What’s on 27 APR – 27 MAY cfxxFAMILY FUN
ONGOING CINEBABIES Fancy watching a grown-up movie, but stuck with a baby under 12 months? Don’t mind the sound of other people’s kids babbling away? Watershed has special screenings of its current releases especially for you. (
watershed.co.uk)
1 MAY SEA HEAR Join professional storyteller Sarah Mooney for adventures of the high seas . Stories are tailored for pre-school children aged three to four years old). SS Great Britain (
ssgreatbritain.org)
6 MAY PUCKLECHURCH SCARECROW TRAIL AND COMPETITION St Thomas a Becket Church is holding a scarecrow competition of great British characters over the May Bank Holiday. Start
CONCERTS
3 MAY BRISTOL ENSEMBLE Beethoven and cello concerto with Matthew Barley. Colston Hall (
colstonhall.org)
4 MAY ORCHESTRA OF THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT ‘Britain’s best period-instrument ensemble’ takes on Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. St George’s Bristol (
stgeorgesbristol.com)
5-7 MAY BRISTOL FOLK FESTIVAL Seth Lakeman’s this year’s patron; read all about it on page xx.
9 MAY MARMALADE The 1960s band performs an acoustic set; maybe we’ll finally get to discover what Ob-La- Di really meant. Colston Hall (
colstonhall.org)
10 MAY PAUL BRADY Music from the legendary folk veteran. St George’s Bristol. (
stgeorgesbristolco.uk)
MUSIC FOR STRING ORCHESTRA An evening of amazing music, at Circomedia, St Paul’s Church. (
bristolconcertseries.co.uk)
CIRCLE OF SOUND Bengali sarod player Soumik Datta and Austrian drummer Bernhard Schimpelsberger bring together Indian classical music and contemporary theatre. Colston Hall (
colstonhall.org)
15 MAY BERLIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The orchestra performs Sibelius’s Symphony No.5, as well as waltzes and swaying melodies. Colston Hall (
colstonhall.org)
17 MAY KYLE EASTWOOD BAND Son of Clint fronts his jazz band with flavours of funk and swing. Colston Hall (
colstonhall.org)
18 MAY UKULELE ORCHESTRA OF GREAT BRITAIN With an element of the absurd, the orchestra finds common ground
between Beethoven and Nirvana. Colston Hall (
colstonhall.org)
23 MAY FAIRPORT CONVENTION Folk legends Dave Pegg, Simon Nicol, Ric Sanders, Chris Leslie and Gerry Conway. Colston Hall (
colstonhall.org)
24 MAY TRIO MEDIAEVAL/ HENRIKSEN Beautiful sounds from the vocal ensemble Trio Mediaeval combined with music from
legendary trumpeter Arve Henriksen. St George’s Bristol (
stgeorgesbristol.com)
25 MAY THE SIREN SISTERS The trio from Cardiff will be crooning tunes from the 1940s. Colston Hall (
colstonhall.org)
27 MAY KAN Flook flute player Brian Finnegan and Lau’s fiddler Aidan O’Rourke bring technical excellence and boundless energy to this new quartet. (
colstonhall.org)
your village trail at the church from 11.30am where you can pick up your map and entry form. For more information visit the Pucklechurch website (
pucklechurch.org)
18-20 MAY WILDLIFE WEEKEND Bristol Zoo is hosting a Wildlife Weekend, which will include a series of interactive displays, activities and talks. The event is free as part of entry to the zoo. Bristol Zoo (
bristolzoo.org.uk)
COMEDY
6 MAY STEWART LEE A new touring show from the star of BBC 2’s Stewart Lee’
s Comedy V ehicle.
Bristol Hippodrome (
bristolhippodrome.org.uk)
10 MAY RHOD GILBERT Not just the funniest man in Wales but the whole of UK and quite possibly the universe… Which is why his ‘The Man With The Flaming Battenberg Tattoo’ show is already sold out – beg for return tickets. Colston Hall (
colstonhall.org)
14-16 MAY DARA O’BRIAIN – CRAIC DEALER Irish comedian and host of Mock the W Y
eek and The Apprentice: ou’re Fired has a new 2012 n Bristol Zoo. Not just animals
show after his sell-out UK tour in 2010. Bristol Hippodrome. (
bristolhippodrome.org.uk)
n Rhod Gilbert. Colston Hall, 10 May
27 MAY INSTANT WIT Bristol’s acclaimed improvised comedy company will be performing at the Tobacco Factory. The best thing about the show; it will be based entirely around audience suggestions. (
tobaccofactory.com)
n KAN at Colston Hall, 27 May
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