Please note this is a standing event

Crowd throwing the Trinity T's 2017 Photo credit Khali Ackford

This year's Garden Party is on Sunday 13 May, we have a packed schedule of family-friendly activities and workshops running alongside a fantastic mix of local artists and bands.

Throughout the day we have lots of family and kids activities. From learning circus skills with Invisible youth to making a traditional Japanese puppet in the Bunraku Puppetry Workshop. Don't forget to head to the main hall and take part in a drumming workshop.

This year's main stage highlights include some of the most exciting music coming from Bristol & the South West right now. Headliner, Om Unit brings his unique take on sound-system culture, inspired by hip-hop, dubstep, ambient, jungle and footwork. Big party vibes coming from heavyweight live performance, UK Bass scene leader and lyricist Gardna whose taking the stage with DJ and producer, Kreed.

Bristol musician Sam Neal plays at garden party 2017 Photo credit @ Jessica Bartolini

We’re welcoming back Baraka, featuring musicians from Ghana, Senegal, Dominica, Trinidad and Southern Ireland to bring a sound influenced by Calypso baselines, Blues Harmonica, Soca with Balafon and Flute. Sam Neal who is just one of the talents we have seen grow from our Youth Music Scheme, will be performing songs from his up coming EP. It makes us very proud to see him doing so well. Nice one Sam.  Head to our main hall during the afternoon and catch  some of the young people attending music sessons at Trinity, Basement Studio and ACE.

We’ve got a great selection of stalls from Bristol makers, including women and men’s clothing stall Ashanti Empress , art work by Cosmic Soul Collective and cruelty free feather jewellery from Phat Feathers.

Volunteering: Trinity's Garden Party relies on volunteers to ensure that the 3k people who come every year have a great time (and, are is are also kept safe). We have a variety of stewarding roles and shifts across the day. If you fancy meeting new people, gaining new skills and getting 2 free gig tickets, then head over here to find out how to offer your time and sign up.

This year we are going to be shaking our buckets hard and asking everyone for a donation of £3 (or what you can afford). We recently launched the Trinity Conservation Campaign to raise the vital funds needed to repair historic damage to the building. Your donations will go directlytowards our campaign, ensuring we secure Trinity’s past, present & future.

Full line up:

Om Unit

Gardna x Kreed

Sunun

Baraka

The Brackish

Soma

Baast

Rhain

Sam Neal

Youth Music Showcase

Help us secure Trinity's past, present & future

Jabu x Neek x Manonmars plays at Young Echo Album Launch, photo credit Khali Ackford

Trinity is known for it’s boundry pushing music events, so it is really exciting to be able to bring you a programme of live music & club nights inspired by the musical heritage of the building. This year you'll see established and new artists both local and national who are all about pushing new ideas in music.

We’ve partnered with established promoters to bring you underground music that we know you are going to love. First up we had Bristol collective Young Echo who took over Fyfe Hall for their album launch back in February. Followed by Dubstep artist and promoter Pinch’s club night Subloaded celebrating the 100th release on his Tectonic label.

In May Trinity & Teaching in Dub will bring you Grime & Dubstep collective Bandulu Records with a massive line up ft Commodo, Rizla Teef, Kahn & Neek, Boofy, Hi5ghost. Plus the next generation of producers coming through, Drone, Lucy, Sir Hiss, Bengal Sound, with the big bad SGT Pokes on mic duties.  With more exciting artists coming in the Autumn (keep your eyes peeled for updates).

If you like high energy new reggae music with a heavy dub twist, definitely grab tickets to see Resonators on 19th May. This is going be a get up and dance vibe all night.

It is really important to Trinity that we showcase Bristol talent as much as we can in our in house music programme so we are pleased Resonators will be supported by Bristol artists, Roots Factory featuring YT (worked with the likes of Mungos Hifi and Solo Banton) plus Papa Steve and his mighty Downbeat Melody Soundsystem and Numesa.

Tickets: Bandulu / Resonators

We’ll be announcing more gigs. To know first sign up to our mailing list.

Collective Bandulu head to Trinity x Teachings in Dub presents in May phot credit Khali Ackford

After the success of Tremor’s Big Summer BBQ last year, the Bristol promoters have teamed up with This Is Now for the agencies 5th birthday party to deliver a truly unique event featuring some of Tremor’s favourite acts whilst sticking to the agencies “unique entertainment” ethos.

FEATURING

• Afrikan Boy
• Beans on Toast
• Chainska Brassika
• Oh My God! It's The Church (Full Live Band)
• Too Many T's
• Xylaroo

PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS

• owla
• Powello Bros.
• Trafic MC & Twitchee Cordz

Alongside the back to back shows, we have a whole heap more tasty treats for you that will be announced very soon, inc. the local food stall collective, kids workshops and much, much more.

After the success of Tremor’s Big Summer BBQ last year, the Bristol promoters have teamed up with This Is Now for the agencies 5th birthday party to deliver a truly unique event featuring some of Tremor’s favourite acts whilst sticking to the agencies “unique entertainment” ethos.

FEATURING

• Afrikan Boy
• Beans on Toast
• Chainska Brassika
• Oh My God! It's The Church (Full Live Band)
• Too Many T's
• Xylaroo

PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS

• owla
• Powello Bros.
• Trafic MC & Twitchee Cordz

Alongside the back to back shows, we have a whole heap more tasty treats for you that will be announced very soon, inc. the local food stall collective, kids workshops and much, much more.

+ support

Over the last decade, Will Holland aka Quantic has become one of the most talented and prolific artists in alternative dance. The genre-shifting musician, DJ and producer is known for his adventurous productions that fuse flavours from across the globe. Mixing jazz, dancefloor grooves, deep funk, and tropical rhythms, Quantic delivers a “relentlessly funky sound that seamlessly mixes live playing, programming, and sampling” (Pitchfork). He returns to Bristol this summer for an unforgettable gig with a full band at the Trinity Centre.

'Caution: excessive sound levels' - earplugs are available at the bar for 50p

+ support

Over the last decade, Will Holland aka Quantic has become one of the most talented and prolific artists in alternative dance. The genre-shifting musician, DJ and producer is known for his adventurous productions that fuse flavours from across the globe. Mixing jazz, dancefloor grooves, deep funk, and tropical rhythms, Quantic delivers a “relentlessly funky sound that seamlessly mixes live playing, programming, and sampling” (Pitchfork). He returns to Bristol this summer for an unforgettable gig with a full band at the Trinity Centre.

'Caution: excessive sound levels' - earplugs are available at the bar for 50p

Arts West Side & SPACE joined forces from Apr 2016 to March 2018

“We are very proud of what we've achieved with Arts West Side and are sorry that we aren't able to continue this good work but are glad to see it will continue to be used as an arts space for the next couple of years. Thank you to everyone who has supported us since we took it on it 2011.” Karina Castro, Project Manager.

Last week, we all said a goodbye to a familiar landmark in Old Market, as the friendly pigeons on the façade of Arts West Side – painted by renowned Bristol street artist Silent Hobo – were painted over, marking the end of an era for one of the area’s only dedicated community arts spaces.

Owned by Bristol City Council, 6 West Street was handed over to Trinity Community Arts, via the city’s Community Asset Transfer (CAT) process on a ‘peppercorn’ leasehold. We have been looking after the building since 2011, in order to increase arts provision in Old Market, at a time when the area was struggling with boarded up and vacant premises.

Since then, ‘Arts West Side’ has provided artists and communities with an affordable, central resource used and visited by over 2,000 people each year, helping to encourage other businesses and social enterprises to take up residency in the area. As part of the Council's bid to plug a £102m deficit, they are now seeking a commercial rent from the building.

The space will continue to be used as a meanwhile creative hub at a reduced rent by Arts West Side partners for the last 18 months, Artspace Lifespace (ASLS), who will continue their SPACE project until 2020.

We will now focus our efforts on the Trinity Centre building, which is also owned by Bristol City Council. We are currently fundraising to carry out conservation work to the much-loved community asset, having already invested over £1.5 million in protecting the Grade II* listed building.

Help us secure Trinity's past, present and future

The Another England map and research which can be seen on the Another England website, will tell the story of our multicultural heritage through the cafes, churches, houses and workplaces where people gathered as communities have formed and settled in England.

Join us at the Trinity Centre from 1:30-5pm on Saturday 7th April to share your own local knowledge, memories and photos that we can add to the Another England map.

Entry is FREE and open to everyone.

Brought to you by Historic England and Pidgin Perfect.

The Another England map and research which can be seen on the Another England website, will tell the story of our multicultural heritage through the cafes, churches, houses and workplaces where people gathered as communities have formed and settled in England.

Join us at the Trinity Centre from 1:30-5pm on Saturday 7th April to share your own local knowledge, memories and photos that we can add to the Another England map.

Entry is FREE and open to everyone.

Brought to you by Historic England and Pidgin Perfect.

They will explore how mysticism and the occult has influenced man's perception of reality and his own consciousness. It is a space to be curious about the role of intention in the realms of magic, for example the Tarot, and the role of intention when it comes to tripping or psychedelic ceremony. It is the chance to discuss how the various mystical routes, throughout history, have allowed us to alter and distort our perception of reality and expand our awareness and understanding of the universe.

Book your tickets here: https://psychedelicsociety.org.uk/events/psychedelic-series-bristol-tarot-tue-24th-apr-2018-252

Ticket prices are on a sliding scale:
- £8 concessions
- £10 standard
- £12 higher income

PLEASE NOTE: The Trinity Centre is hired by 3rd Party groups. The views expressed during events run by 3rd party hirers do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the organisation.

This workshop is inspired by Bethan's practice, in which she uses 3D modelling software to generate animations, prints and installations. In this workshop we will consider the ways that digital processes compress three-dimensional form and space onto two dimensional surfaces. Workshop participants will experiment with a variety of 3D materials alongside scanners in order to produce a series of digital prints.

SATURDAY 5 MAY 14:00 - 16:00

EBC

TRINITY CENTRE

BRISTOL BS2 0NW

This is a free workshop but there are limited places. Please book by emailing us at >> eastbristolcontemporary@gmail.com << with the subject heading 'ebc019 workshop'

This workshop is inspired by Bethan's practice, in which she uses 3D modelling software to generate animations, prints and installations. In this workshop we will consider the ways that digital processes compress three-dimensional form and space onto two dimensional surfaces. Workshop participants will experiment with a variety of 3D materials alongside scanners in order to produce a series of digital prints.

SATURDAY 5 MAY 14:00 - 16:00

EBC

TRINITY CENTRE

BRISTOL BS2 0NW

This is a free workshop but there are limited places. Please book by emailing us at >> eastbristolcontemporary@gmail.com << with the subject heading 'ebc019 workshop'

Clay, Stained Glass and Woodcarving workshops

Do you want to learn some of the craft skills that built Trinity? Would you like to have your work permanently displayed in Trinity? Would you like to make new friends from different walks of life? We are offering a new block of free workshops in Clay, Stained Glass and Woodcarving on Tuesdays between 3 Apr to 22 May.

Everyone is welcome to take part but older people, members of Bristol's BME communities and residents of BS5 & BS2 are particularly welcomed.

Please note these are NOT drop-in or taster sessions. You will get the most benefit from your workshop if you are able to complete all the sessions. All the workshops are delivered on the same day and time, so please select and commit to your preference in advance.

To find out more about the second block of workshops and reserve your place, please visit the What's On page of the Hearth & Soul section or click on one of the following links:

Clay with Joanna Espinner - Tuesdays, 11am-1pm from 3 April to 22 May (8 sessions)

Stained Glass with Liz Barton - Tuesdays, 11am-1pm from 10 Apr to 8 May (5 sessions)

Woodcarving with Daniel Bendel - Tuesdays, 11am-1pm from 10 Apr to 1 May (4 sessions)

About the project

Heart and Soul: Trinity in the Community is a celebration of big life events at Trinity. Throughout 2018 there will workshops, talks and heritage activities for all ages. The project runs along side our most recent capital works and has been made possible with the help of these funders.

You can find out more about Heart and Soul: Trinity in the Community here, including how to get involved and how to contribute archive material here.

We're super happy to be hosting the launch for this year's Mayfest festival...as well as three fantastic shows.

To celebrate their return (having taken the decision to become a biannual festival), Mayfest have invited "Ghanaian DJ and producer Katapila to kick off the festival with one of his marathon, euphoria-drenched DJ sets. Splicing the neo-traditional dance music styles of his youth in Accra with the up-tempo, bass-heavy, Roland 808 sounds of Detroit techno, Chicago acid and house, Katapila’s relentlessly joyful sets have become a thing of legend" in Trinity's Main Hall. Come on down (10 May) and expect killer selections adorned with splashes of digital synths, electronic percussion and vocal interjections that galvanise waves of full-blown euphoria wherever he plays.

So, for those who haven't been - what is Mayfest? Mayfest is Bristol’s unique international festival of contemporary theatre, "dedicated to presenting a broad range of unusual, playful and ambitious work from leading theatre makers from Bristol, the UK and beyond". They will be taking over theatre (and non theatre) spaces across the city bringing 10 days of back to back performances, workshops and talks from Thur 10th - to Sun 20th May.

This year we are excited to be hosting How (not) to live in Surburbia (14-15 May) a new show from Annie Siddons "a hilarious, brutal and poignant attempt" to describe what happened next when "in the middle of a shitstorm of life events, single mother, artist and proud Londoner Annie Siddons found herself living in suburbia by accident".

Meanwhile, Scottish Dance Theatre bring Velvet Petal (16-18 May) to Fyfe Hall where they present their latest show about"tough girls and pretty boys living life in the margins, dreaming about being at the centre". They explore "the transformative power of beauty, created out of whatever is on the bedroom floor" in this "truly compelling piece, exquisitely performed” (The Stage).

Finally it feels very fitting to be hosting acclaimed Australian artist Joseph O’Farrell (JOF) and Sam Halmarack who combine theatre with the fist-pumping euphoria and power ballads of a stadium gig, in WE ARE LIGHTNING! (15-18 May) "a darkly comical work that reflects on the importance of communal spaces where people can come together and express themselves".

For more info on the rest of their programming visit Mayfest's website here.