The Trinity Centre, formerly the Holy Trinity Church, was opened on 17 February 1832 by the Bishop of Bristol. The former Holy Trinity Church, is now a vibrant hub for all communities and faiths today.
To mark this epic milestone, we have plans for lots of FREE celebration events throughout the year. Our annual Garden Party, Sun 13 May will be jam-packed with bands and lots of activities, arts and crafts and fun for the whole family.
On Sat 30 June we will be working with the Old Market Community Association as part of a local arts festival. We will provide a 'Faux-Glasto' from the Trinity grounds, with lots of festival-themed frivolities such as flag making, welly-wanging, music and games.
On Sat 28 July we will be hosting the fabulous 'Bristolympics', with our partners in crime, The Love of It. We will provide a day of alternative games and sporting activities with a twist, so please come and join in the creative fun!
More details to come soon on the Events area of our website.
We are also planning to launch a commemorative T-Shirt which we will make available for purchase online and during our events. If you have a particular interest in our history and heritage, we have a book which encapsulates just some of Trinity's past - "The Trinity Centre - Culture and Change in Urban Bristol" which was produced as part of our Heritage Lottery Funded project, What's Your Trinity Story?
]]>What happened when the UK's maddest bashment party landed in Bristol for the first time in November?
FIREWORKS. See for yourself >>>>>>>>> http://youtu.be/d0KIe6khZXw
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Now they're back and on Saturday 18th February and they touch down at Trinity Centre. It's a rave in a club that used to be a church and we will be worshipping at the altar of bashment.
>> STYLO G // LIVE
>> THE HEATWAVE
>> FIRE MAN SAM
>> MAINY
>> KELVIN 373
Hosted by Rubi Dan, Benjamin D and Redskin.
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STYLO G is leading the way for UK bashment with a string of hits including the massive CALL MI A YARDIE. He's currently working with the likes of Popcaan, Skepta and some other people we can't even tell you about right now. 2012 is gonna be a very very big year for him.
THE HEATWAVE are the UK's number one bashment sound. Everywhere they go it's a carnival and there are about a million girls going crazy.
FIRE MAN SAM and DJ MAINY are two of Bristol's finest bashment selectors and they tore up the last Hot Wuk in November.
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Visit the event page http://hotwuktrinity.eventbrite.co.uk/
* Click 'enter promotional code'
* Type in 'leader'
* £7 advance tickets are now available for £5
* Offer valid until Thursday 16th Feb.
Get them while you can!
http://www.bristolticketshop.co.uk/
TICKET + T-SHIRT
> We have a VERY LIMITED run of Hot Wuk tees
> £20 gets you a tee plus entry to the rave
> They come in yellow and pink and you can pick yours up when you reach the club
> Tees available from http://hotwuktrinity.eventbrite.co.uk/
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18+ // ID will be required // ROAR
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]]>* Make a heart and bring it with you to get a free hot drink and cake *
Entry £2
Under 18's must be accompanied by an adult
Cafe & Bar open
Access info: The Trinity Centre has wheelchair access throughout and accessible toilets.
]]>The Horrors open the show with Changing The Rain. Its stomping parade beats and euphoric synth-heavy choruses was also the opening track of 2011’s Skying, the album that elevated Faris Badwan and co out of semi-underground attention to put them firmly in the limelight. In fact, Skying makes up most of tonight’s show; other colourful offerings include I Can See Through You, Endless Blue and the colossal pre-encore Still Life. They all work phenomenally well. A signifier, perhaps, to the longevity The Horrors are likely to enjoy.
There is little in the way of material from their earlier years tonight and the band focus on tracks from their second and third albums, Primary Colours and Skying. Mirrors Image, Sea Within a Sea and Who Can Say all provide the evening’s noisier interludes while the decidedly upbeat sounds of Skying contrast nicely with the more amorphous feel of its predecessor.
The Horrors are on form tonight. Faris Badwan towers over the mic stand while shaggy-haired guitarist Joshua Hayward rocks the feral beats of The Horrors’ back catalogue, rattling Trinity to its core. The Horrors haven’t got lost in the euphoria of their success and, to the delight on the leather-heavy crowd, it doesn’t look likely that they ever will.
The Horrors close the show with the haunting crescendo of Moving Further Away where they exercise their talent for creating a scratchy, freeform jam – it works despite its distance from the more polished album version.
Everyone in this crowd has been waiting a long time to see The Horrors and they haven’t disappointed. Their focus, songwriting and creative endurance is indisputable. Much as they may shy from attention - it isn’t going anywhere soon.
Duncan Harrison
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For more on both artists head to www.myspace.com/tremblingbells and www.bonnieprincebilly.com.
As a consequence Trinity Community Arts applied for and has been granted funding from English Heritage to carry out an Architectural Feasibility Study and undertake emergency roof repairs.
Trinity Community Arts has appointed Project Manager Mark Gundry from Bristol City Council to manage the delivery of the project, with lead architects gcp Chartered Architects and Simon Cartlidge a conservation accredited architect who previously worked with Trinity as part of the 2009 Conditions Survey.
The Trinity Centre is a community arts centre and independent music venue run by Trinity Community Arts - a not-for-profit charity group operating in the heart of three of the most ethnically diverse and economically deprived wards in the City of Bristol - Easton, Ashley and Lawrence Hill. The Trinity Centre is held by Trinity Community Arts on a lease from Bristol City Council and is protected by a covenant, placed on it by the Church, outlining it can only be used for Youth, Arts, Community and Education purposes.
Since the church was made redundant most of the internal fittings have been removed and a floor inserted near the top of the tall nave arcade. Consent was granted for the repair and conversion of the building in 1987, including the installation of the mezzanine floor by Bristol City Council.
The project forms part of a wider programme of renovation and development works which Trinity is currently seeking funding for, to help improve space for both existing and potential new users.
]]>Majistrate * Eksman & Herbzie * Logan D (3 deck special) * Fatman D * DJ Guv B2B Dominator * Shabba D & Stormin * Klip B2B Harry Bizzle * Shaydee & Nutcracka * Lady V Dubz B2B Bassikz * Mekar, Kombo TBT & Boxer * Corruption * Danja & Double 0 * Mr-K * Mc Longman & Youngafox * Matt-T B2B Wiggz * Fanatic, Fyla & Luca D
Tickets £10 adv / £13.50 on the door
Available from:
or get in touch with Jack Martin, Adam Clark or Dale Dee on facebook
]]>Business West's Bristol 2050 consulted business leaders from across the City. A group of people associated with Occupy Bristol are starting a rival People’s Bristol 2050, which involves all the communities in Bristol, not just the business leaders. The people of Bristol and the surrounding area have the knowledge, ingenuity and skills to come up with a far greater plan, and start putting it into action. We also think the 40 year timescale frees people to think more imaginatively, and to propose creative and hopeful futures.
Occupy Bristol envisage the project including,Open Space meetings, online discussions and information sharing, events in community centres and more.
The hope is to bring interested people together to talk about sensible ideas and plans and kick start initiatives, both big and small.
If you’re interested, please come along. Bring your thoughts, ideas and enthusiasm and, above all, a willingness to listen to others.
All welcome! Why not also join us for our Indoor Picnic?
]]>A Genre Clash of Epic Proportions across -
Featuring:
★ DEADLY HUNTA (Live) ★
★ KENNY KEN ★
★ STIVS & ED COX LIVE ACCORDION SHOW ★
★ DUBHEART (Live) ★
★ KINGPIN & DJ SNUFF (Live) ★
★ VANDAL & GREEDY ★
★ EVERMOOR SOUND ★
★ STAF ★
All on a MASSIVE QUALITY RIG LINK UP courteously of KAOTIK, 4BIDDEN & FRIENDS!!!
Tickets: £10 + BF
Bristol Ticket Shop - 0117 929 9008
Idle Hands (Stokes Croft)
Trinity now operates a "Challenge 25" policy. If you look under 25, please be prepared to show proof of age when buying alcohol.
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Tickets £16.50 adv + bf *SOLD OUT*
available from:
‘A+E’
New tour to accompany eighth solo album from one of Britain’s most gifted musicians.
Accompanying tour features locally nominated bands chosen by Coxon.
Graham Coxon returns to Parlophone for his new album titled A+E, which will be released on 2nd April. A+E is Coxon’s first release since the acclaimed, acoustic-driven The Spinning Top.
Aptly named not only for the sense of scratchy, frantic urgency that suffuses its 10 songs, A+E finds Graham continuing with his singular vision as a truly eclectic artist. Playing all the instruments and improvising in the studio, Coxon found himself preoccupied with lyrical themes around the effects of weekend hedonism in modern Britain, on which A+E shines an outsider’s light, albeit with a mordant, sharp wit.
Produced by Ben Hillier, A+E features Coxon’s distinctive, visceral garage-punk-pop and is inspired by the experimental genres of Krautrock and the black & white, post-punk era – bringing to mind artists such as Neu! (‘City Hall’), Can and Kraftwerk (‘What’ll It Take’), as well as Peter Hamill, Joy Division (‘Knife In The Cast’) and Monochrome Set - with hypnotic, driving grooves (‘The Truth’). This may be the closet Graham has ever come to making, in a skewed sense of the word, ‘dance’ music.
Coxon describes the album as, “Improvisations, experiments in beats, rhythms. A chance to uninhibitedly make some sort of perversely sad, danceable and funny and despondent songs.” Adding “I didn’t want to get caught up in my usual struggle with trying to make things sound really posh. I didn’t want lovely 60s-sounding drums and valves.”
In keeping with the album’s themes, Graham will curate the bill on a special tour around the UK in April, where he’ll invite his fans to nominate local bands to support him – he will then select his favourite for each venue (please go to www.nme.com / www.grahamcoxon.co.uk for further information).
The full A+E track list is:
Advice
City Hall
What’ll It Take
Meet+Drink+Pollinate
The Truth
Seven Naked Valleys
Running For Your Life
Bah Singer
Knife In The Cast
Ohh, Yeh, Yeh
To enter a competition to play with Graham Coxon as tour support click here
]]>An article by A G Taylor produced for the Assendon e-Museum outlines how Henley-on-Thames had various professional photographers at the end of the 19th century: “In the 1880s and 1890s, Cartes de Visites (CDVs) became popular. People would have their own portraits taken and presented on a card measuring 2.5 inches by 4 inches. Collecting CDVs of celebrities was also a popular pastime. ”
How the photo ended up under the floorboards of a shop along the high street of Old Market we will just have to leave to speculation.
If you love anonymous and unusual found images take a look at thefoundphoto gallery which specialises in vernacular and extraordinary photographs.
]]>The Trinity Centre can boast a rich history of hosting musical events (check out our Archive) as well regular dance classes, arts workshops, creative courses for young people and community-led events such as this year’s innovative Bridges project.
“Gaining charity status is great in terms of providing us with access to more funding for activities and exciting projects as well as helping us to raise funds for building improvement works,” says centre manager Emma Harvey.
Trinity Community Arts will also be aiming to achieve VISIBLE accreditation. This is a quality kite mark for community centres providing a set of standards that will help the Trinity Centre gain more funding and give its users confidence in its policies and procedures.
More details here.
During 2011 a number of additional Directors were recruited in order to strengthen the governance of the organisation. The enlarged Board is busy settling in and has recently held two “away days” in order to assess how best to operate in order to serve Trinity.
One long awaited success has been gaining charitable status for Trinity. This is important because it will enable us to access a wider range of potential funds and to achieve greater financial stability. As part of this initiative we have set up a trading company to operate our non charitable activities, with all surpluses gifted to the charity.
For the first time we have been awarded a grant from the Arts Council - £65,000 for the Bridges Project - an important recognition of the high quality work being delivered at Trinity. The Bridges project will provide a programme of accessible arts workshops using spoken word, creative writing, performing and visual arts, to draw out personal stories of local people and to use the arts to build bridges between communities and celebrate the rich cultural diversity of inner-city Bristol.
We are working very closely with English Heritage as part of ongoing repairs to the roof, assisted by project management skills from Bristol City Council. The Council have also committed to a 35 year lease through their Community Asset Transfer Policy. We are very grateful for the assistance of all our partners.
Our newest venture in West Street is nearly ready to be launched, with building works almost complete and enthusiastic volunteers exploring how best to use all the new facilities.
This is a very exciting time to be involved with Trinity. I’m delighted to be able to report positive progress on so many fronts. I look forward to even more progress in 2012 and in subsequent years.
Check out our Annual Report for more information.
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