Californian indie-folk duo, The Milk Carton Kids, consists of Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan. The duo started making music in 2011 and have since released six albums together; with the first two released free of charge.

Since their last studio album, Monterey, The Milk Carton Kids have gained a new perspective on what the band is. Recent life events provided a bruising background for their latest album, All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I didn't Do. Two-part harmonies ride acoustic guitars high above the haunting landscape created throughout the project.

Please note, this is a seated show

Please read our COVID-19 Safety Policy for information on attending events during this time.

Cleo Lake is an activist, artist and elected representative, her activism spans the BLM movement, environmentalism and gender equality.

A former Colston girls school student and a leading voice in the Countering Colston movement Cleo, on taking office as Lord Mayor of Bristol, removed a portrait of Edward Colston that hung in the Lord Mayor's parlour.

Dr Edson Burton caught up with Cleo as part of the oral history research for Art of Resistance and captured the inspirational story of how she remains rooted in grassroots activism whilst navigating local and global corridors of power.

Watch the highlights of the interview above or view the whole interview by clicking here.

Want to find out more about Art of Resistance? Click here to find out more about the project and upcoming events or keep up to date with events and news at Trinity by signing up to our mailing list.

Art of Resistance is a two-year, National Heritage Lottery Funded project charting 100 years of protest in Bristol.

Soundtrack Soft Cheeks by Grove

Sister Nancy is renowned for performing ‘inna soundsystem’ style in the streets of Kingston, Jamaica. Everyone knows her dancehall classics ‘Bam Bam’ and ‘One Two’ all performed in her original ‘ragga muffin style’.

Sister Nancy will head up Trinity backed by ‘rub a dub’ artist Legal Shot.

+ support from

Dutchie ft Joe Yorke

DJ Dad

Please note, this is a standing show

Please read our COVID-19 Safety Policy for information on attending events during this time.

About Trinity Presents

This is part of Trinity Presents - our in-house programme of music, bringing world-class artists and emerging talent to inner-city audiences.

With child friendly lighting, expect a miniature festival environment with spectacular Raver Tots decor, face painting, tonnes of dancing, and more. Suitable for all ages.

Line up:

• Nicky Blackmarket
• Woody Cook
• Dani Whylie
• Moody Mike
• Hosted by Chalkie White

Raver Tots is widely recognised as the nation's most popular family event, often selling months in advance, with thousands of people attending every week, around the nation.

Raver Tots has an ongoing charitable interest and donates thousands of pounds a year to an array of children's charities.

Entry fees are as follows: under 18 months - free, 18 months to 12 years - child ticket, over 12 years - adult ticket

Please read our COVID-19 Safety Policy for information on attending events during this time.

Terms and Info:

Strictly no adults admitted without a child (maximum 3 adults to 1 child)
Parents remain responsible for children at all times. Children must remain under adult supervision. We kindly request no running
Music is kept at safe levels at all time. Please note, it is still loud so, bring ear defenders if you wish
By attending, you give permission for Raver Tots to take photos and videos of the event for press purposes. If you wish to have photos of yourself/your child removed, please contact Raver Tot's via their Facebook page
Buggies are welcome but should be kept off the dance floor
No external food or drink permitted
Tickets are non-refundable and not to be resold

Booty Bass, Trinity, 2021. Photo credit: Khali Ackford

This policy has been updated in response to updated Government guidelines, and is designed to help visitors decide whether or not to attend the Centre during the pandemic.

Attending the venue

To keep others safe, we strongly advise all event attendees to:

• take a PCR/lateral flow test prior to coming on site
• wash and sanitise hands regularly
• respect the personal space and boundaries of others

in addition to the above, we strongly advise all other Centre users to wear a face covering when walking around the building.

Please DO NOT come to the Centre if you:

1. have recently tested positive for COVID-19 and/or
2. have been asked to self-isolate via the NHS Test and Trace app and/or
3. have symptoms of COVID-19 - click here for latest Public Health England guidance

Unable to attend?

Due to the lifting of isolation requirements, we will no longer be issuing refunds due to COVID-19. Please use an ethical resale site, such as Twickets or TicketSwap, if you are unable to attend.

If you have purchased your tickets from an external ticket vendor, please contact them directly for their refund policy.

If you have any concerns about tickets, please contact us at info@trinitybristol.org.uk.

What we’re doing

The health and safety of those using our Centre is our top priority. Trinity has been, and will continue to, closely monitor Public Health England (PHE) guidelines in relation to COVID-19.

We are working to take all reasonable, practical steps to ensure the safety of visitors and minimise risk of infection.

During gigs and club nights:

• We will have screens up at the bar
• We have installed hand-sanitiser stations at key points
• We have installed UV air filtration units at key points

What about air?

Trinity is a Grade II* listed building, with neighbouring residents in close earshot. This makes ventilating the building and air filtration difficult. We are being supported by Architectural Heritage Fund to develop a medium and long-term plan to improve ventilation.

We have installed UV air filtration units at key points around our main events space; eliminating high levels of respiratory viruses, bacteria, and pollution from indoor air. For more information on these UV air filtration units, please see here.

We will continue to provide updates as this plan emerges. If you would like to contact us about our advice for attending Trinity, please email us on feedback@trinitybristol.org.uk.

Your safety

We want to make sure The Trinity Centre is a safe space, where everyone can enjoy music, art, and freedom of expression, and be themselves, free from hatred and harassment.

If you witness or experience any bullying, harassment, unwanted attention or contact, or behaviour of any kind that makes you uncomfortable, please notify a member of staff or security immediately.

You can read our full Code of Conduct here.

Additional event information

All events will be cashless unless specified otherwise.

Exhibition open from 12.30pm Saturday and 10.30am Sunday.

A series of inspiring talks have been programmed throughout the two days. See below for more details.

Day 1: Art, Roots, Revolution

From reclaiming nature, the landscape and the body to building alternative communities, Bristol’s many protest movements are linked by a common thread. They aim to bring us back to the roots of what makes us human and connected. Across this day we explore the many ways in which creativity is central to protest and reconnection.

Please click through the hyperlink on each talk session that you wish to register for:

• 1.30 pm Performance from Rider Shafique

• 2 pm Arts as Activism - Tom Marshman, Michelle Curtis, Rider Shafique

• 3 pm Digital Keynote - Mikaela Loach

• 3:45 pm Ring The Alarm - Deasy Bamford, Doug Fransisco, Rosina Al-Shaater

• 4:45 pm Special Guest Keynote: Melissa Chemam

• 5:45 pm Reclaim Space - Chris Chalkley, Rita Lynch, Freddy Sygrove

• 6:45pm Performance from Rita Lynch

Workshops led by Bristol City Poet Caleb Parkin, hip-hop artist Craft D, Ruth Ramsay, and more.

Day 2: Call This Equality?

As International Women's Day nears, artists and activists will explore challenging questions around classism and sexism and celebrate female desire, the body, asking how far, if at all, women have made progress in reclaiming the body.

• 11am Pay and Equality – TBC, Angie Belcher, Rhiannon White

• 12pm  Body and Soul - Isadora Vibes, Tamatha- Ann Lovett, Lucy J Turner

• 1pm Key Note - Rommi Smith

Our talks programme will be followed by performance Dry Season by Kat Lyons. Please click here for tickets and more information.

Resistance is never futile

Entry is Free – Walk ups allowed but please pre-register for the session(s) you wish to attend to help us manage numbers.

Art of Resistance is a two-year, National Heritage Lottery Funded project charting 100 years of protest in Bristol.

Credit: Mikaela Loach/Charlie Hyams

In March 2022 Trinity are hosting The Final Frontier, a two-day festival that will explore Bristol’s activism and the connection between art and activism that has affected change on a global scale.

Environmental activist Mikaela Loach, who famously took the UK oil industry to the High Courts in 2021, will share their story of using collective action to ensure that the government is held to account for their response to the climate crisis.

Other guests include Bristol ‘artists and activists’ Doug Francis (Invisible Circus) Chris Chalkley (PRCS) and Michelle Curtis whose iconic paintings of ‘The Seven Saints of St Paul’s challenged stereotypes of the African Caribbean community that make the central Bristol ward their home; comedian, programmer, and tutor Angie Belcher (Aftermirth) & Stockholm Fringe favourite, the ever bold poet, performer, producer Isadora Vibes.

Throughout both days there will be workshops running that attendees can sign up to on the day. These include Hip-Hop, poetry, up-cycling fashion and an opportunity to help make a 'banner for Bristol' as well as an exhibition of artwork that uses creativity as a form of activism, including famous Bristol protest artworks.

Click here to book your tickets

Art of Resistance is a two-year, National Heritage Lottery Funded project charting 100 years of protest in Bristol.

The camera has long played a vital role in producing alternative narratives and creating a counter point to mainstream depictions.  Image from 'Activism Through the Lens' credit Khali Ackford/ Trinity Community Arts

Bristol based photographer Khali Ackford came to prominence following his powerful photographs capturing the spirit of the Black Lives Matters movement in the city. The events of which led to the toppling of Colston and a ripple effect around the globe.

“I’d seen his work and know the level of work that he brings across – that was the main attraction, to aspire to get to that level.” Zack, participant of Activism Through the Lens

In autumn 2021, as part of the Heritage Lottery funded project Art of Resistance, Trinity commissioned Khali to create a hands-on workshop series that would explore the role of photography in challenging the dominant narrative and highlight its power to support marginalised voices.

Khali designed the programme to introduce participants to his own journey as a photographer and offered opportunities to connect with his peers, including bringing leading artists/activists to sessions. He supported the group with key technical skills such as tips for shooting with DSLR’s, how to capture the spirit of protests through a lens, as well as shooting in a studio environment.

The programme included a mini-personal project, whereby participants used the skills they had learnt to create studio images that amplified the issues that were most passionate to them including the role and dedication of front-line NHS staff during the pandemic.

Art of Resistance continues to offer a programme of events and activities throughout 2022, including The Final Frontier, a two-day festival in March. The Festival features Mikaela Loach, who famously took the UK oil industry to the High Courts in 2021, as well as Bristol ‘artists and activists’ Doug Francis (Invisible Circus) Chris Chalkley (PRCS) and Michelle Curtis whose iconic paintings of ‘The Seven Saints of St Paul’s challenged stereotypes of the African Caribbean community that make the central Bristol ward their home. Click here to buy tickets.

Children from Hannah Moore Primary at a Forest School Session, children from the school will be taking part in the project

Trinity has teamed up with arts organisation Take A Part to deliver a community arts research project with local school children and their parents/carers.

Take A Part work collaboratively with communities using creativity as a catalyst for change, aiming to re-balance social injustices and models of collective action. In this project, made possible through the Cultural Recovery Fund, they are looking at ways to increase and understand 'cultural democracy'.

The project was developed in late 2021 and runs until Apr 2022. Take a Part are currently delivering creative activities and workshops in which children/carers are exploring what culture they enjoy and what issues matter to them. Alongside this, they will be going on group trips to visit organisations such as Spike Island and The Bristol Museum, meeting staff and volunteers and having an opportunity to ask questions and see behind the scenes of some of the biggest cultural venues in the city.

The project also aims to evidence the ways in which engaging in culture can support more families at the school, who have been separated by Covid19, to reconnect and build new relationships with one another.

The project will culminate in a public exhibition at Trinity on 21 April that will be curated and designed by the children. In this children will be supported to be both artist and curator and to show their work, findings and thoughts to the community.

We will be sharing photos and updates of the projects on our socials throughout the project. Keep an eye out here.

Making Tracks music programme for young people

Making Tracks was a four-year music making project delivered by Trinity in partnership with Basement Studios and ACE.

We worked with young people challenging personal circumstances offering space and guidance to develop their skills and confidency through music-making.

Activities included 1-2-1 and groups sessions delivered by professional musicians working in the industry, covering a wide range of music from guitar and bass to rap and post-production.

Trinity works in partnership with pupil referral units, schools and organisations to provide regular support and guidance, to help young people re-engage with school, find internships, work placements, employment opportunities or to go onto higher and further education.

90% of young people taking part in Making Tracks saw an improvement in their musical practise and 85% reported that they have improved confidence and self-esteem.

Making Tracks was supported by Youth Music and using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, as well as support from match funders Youth Sector Support Fund.

If you are a young person who would like to take part in music making activities at Trinity or if you know a young person who would like to take part, please get in touch.

Anti-Harassment Statement

Everyone has the right to a self-expression and to not feel harassed because of who they are. At the Trinity Centre, our staff and volunteers aim to create a safe, relaxed environment for people to enjoy themselves and have positive social/cultural experiences. We want to make sure The Trinity Centre is a safe space where everyone can:

• be themselves free from hatred and harassment
• enjoy music, art and freedom of expression

If someone is harassed within our venue we want to know about this so we can take action. Our anti-harassment procedure is designed to support victims of harassment to feel safe and supported and to enable our staff to be able to take swift action to protect people from harm.

If you see or experience any unwanted attention, contact, bullying, harassment, or behaviour of any kind that makes you uncomfortable, please speak out and notify our staff immediately.

Sexual harassment, acts of aggression, racism, misogyny, transphobia, homophobia, religious bigotry or hatred and discrimination of any kind are not permitted. Anyone committing such acts will be removed from the venue.

If you would like to share feedback or report an experience please speak to a member of staff during the event, or after an event please email info@trinitybristol.org.uk or call 0117 935 1200 and ask to speak to our Safeguarding Officer in confidence. For more information, please see our Anti-Harassment Policy.

#ItsNotOK

A melting pot of indie, rap, rock, and punk, Bakar's music bridges the gap between genres. Drawing influence from Madlib and Foals, his projects illustrate a mastery in creating fresh beats and disrupting genre stereotypes.

Tickets on sale: Feb 04, 10am

Please note, this is a standing show

Please read our COVID-19 Safety Policy for information on attending events during this time.

Recording music in his bedroom, Joesef enlists a group of musicians to recreate the sound for stage. The young Scot joins Lewis Capaldi in the short list off artists whose first gig sold out before releasing a single track.

Tickets on sale: Feb 04, 10am

Please note, this is a standing show

Please read our COVID-19 Safety Policy for information on attending events during this time.

Photo: Apple N Spice

Head to Trinity this Spring to get involved with a new season of theatre and dance featuring shows that amplify stories from across the UK and beyond, creating a picture of life in modern Britain.

From shadow puppetry inspired by Indian culture to spoken word, this season is one of highs, laughs and - as always - conversations.

"I loved this from the moment I read this two cultures mixing together with singing and dance and audience participation, great one for the children to get involved in" Forum member feedback on Apple 'N Spice, showing 17th Feb 22

Launching with Apple 'N' Spice (17 Feb), an interactive dance and theatre show inspired by Snow White and Ramayana (an ancient Indian story).

On the Inside (25 Feb) by Untold Theatre transports audiences to a dystopian world where four people are trapped inside and forced to live together and their morals and values are thrown out of the window when their true selves begin to emerge...

Dry Season (06 Mar) is a spoken word show that takes a candid look at the impact of experiencing the menopause in your 30's.

Like Mercury (12 Mar) is a powerful new dance and music collaboration by Emma Houston and Bellatrix. Developed with support from Trinity, the show explores the idea of identity through a queer lens.

The Big Trinity Picnic (26 Mar) is a family show hosted by poet Simon Mole and musician Gecko who will perform alongside a very special invited guest poet and is perfect for children aged 7-11 and their families/carers.

About Trinity Presents

The shows where selected following an open call for artists and companies responding to the theme, 'art of resistance'.

Trinity's programming forum made up of community members and independent representatives chose six shows to feature as part of our latest season of in-house programming.

This work is part of Trinity's commitment to amplifying the diverse voices of groups and communities who make UK culture today. To read more about what this means, see: #67MillionVoices.

All tickets are priced as 'pay what you can' starting at £7 + bf and all shows will feature a BSL interpreter.