He is the youngest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. Seun has spent most of his life preserving and extending his father’s political and musical legacy as the leader of his father’s former band Egypt 80. A a developing saxophonist and percussionist, he entered the formal ranks of the band before he was 12.

+ support: TC and the groove Family

Please note this is a standing event, accessible seating is available

Last entry 2 hours before curfew

Venue levy: Trinity has introduced a £1 Restoration Levy on every event ticket sold. This income will be used to create a dedicated fund for critical building works that will protect and maintain the Trinity Centre building and grounds.

Bristol Harbour Festival 2024 - Image Credit: Amy Fern

We were delighted to be welcomed back to programme the vibrant dance stage at this year's Bristol Harbour Festival - one of the biggest events in the city welcoming over 250,000 visitors across the weekend.

'This cocreated dance piece has been a wonderful creative project that brought dancers together from different backgrounds from across Bristol to create a unique, emotive piece' - Penny Marie, Dance Workshop Facilitator

Taking over the stage in Queens Square, we platformed a huge range of dance styles and traditions present in Bristol’s dance community; from Indian to Irish Dance, Voguing to Turkish Belly Dancing.

Some highlights from the weekend included Anna K, Bristol Ballroom Community, D-Wild Fitness and RSVP Drummers. We also platformed established resident dance groups based at The Trinity Centre, such as Gerry’s Attic, a dance group for older people who rehearse at Trinity every week.

In the lead-up to Bristol Harbour Festival, we commissioned Dance Facilitator, Penny Marie, to lead a series of participatory dance workshops in which attendees co-created a new dance piece to be performed at the festival. Across five workshops dancers of all abilities and backgrounds collectively devised a 15 minute dance piece entitled 'Our Light Within' that they performed on the Saturday of the festival.

Alongside this, HYPE Dance, who offer weekly street dance sessions at Trinity, hosted the Ultimate Dance Championships 2024 – a competition open to all dance styles for ages 12 and above. Winners of this competition showcased their dancing skills in front of the Harbour Festival audience and a panel of judges that included professional dancers Bethany Kyle, Tesleem Adeyemi and Candice Scott. Alongside this, HYPE brought performances from Lil Hype, Hype Dance and Hype Carnival Squad.

We wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone who made the takeover at Bristol Harbour Festival 2024 such a success; from the facilitators, the talented dancers, the technical team behind-the-scenes, our partners Movema, Gerry’s Attic and HYPE Dance, and of course to everyone who came along to watch the performances and support dance in Bristol.

Programming the Dance Stage is one of the many ways we are creating pathways for communities to connect and celebrate together though culture. Click here to find out more.

Head to Trinity for our end of summer community celebration

Set in our historic grounds this family friendly day will have creative arts workshops, performances from local and emerging artists and activities for children and young people.

Line up

Workshop Corner 12pm -4pm

Get involved with permaculture workshops in the garden, creative workshops and explore crafts, youth theatre and more in Fyfe Hall with artists Ruth Ramsay, Sayambrita Mukherjee and local creatives at Threefold.

Next-Gen Takeover - 12:30pm - 4pm

Check out performances from young people across Bristol as they take to the stage.Featuring performances from ACE, Basement & Trinity's Children and Young People Programme.

The Den 12pm -7pm

Hear from our local Councillor Yassin Mohamud and Shona Jemphrey as well as creative sharings from exciting Trinity projects featuring storytelling, singing and the Citizen's Assembly Programme. 

Music Lineup:
Indian Man, Sisanda & Ru, Bigfoot Brass Band, and Soufian Saihi.

Shop Local    12pm – 7pm

Featuring a fantastic mix of stalls featuring PBA Studios, Bristol Vintage, East Bristol Books, cherelle dion, So Mi jewellery, Haus of Coco / Fancy Finance and many more!

More information

Access - if you have access requirements please let one of our team know how we can help.

Play your part in Trinity's future and support events like Garden Party, with a suggested donation of £3 per person.

Please note that no alcohol and no dogs can be brought on site. Bag searches will take place.

About Trinity Presents

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

Expect the usual great tunes, great company and a chance to see all your friends or make lots of new ones. Some of our members come for a while – some stay the whole night.

Music will come from DJs (Will, David, A-J) who are here to get you on the dance floor. You can let one of the Misfits Team on the day if you have a special music request. There is plenty of space to sit back and watch if you prefer and the bar will be open all evening (18+, ID required for buying drinks).

There is some parking on site, you just need to pay at the car park machine or via the Ringo app for how many hours you stay. If the car park is full, you can also park on nearby street parking.

We can’t wait to see you there.

The Misfit’s Guide to a Good Night Out

Travel Safely:

• Make sure someone knows where you are going and when you expect to be back.

• If you need help booking a taxi let one of the Misfits Staff know.

Know your limits:

• We all love dancing at Rhythm of The Night but it is also good to take a break when you need to.

• Keep yourself safe by not drinking more than you can manage.

Enjoy yourself and allow others to enjoy themselves too:

• We all have the right to have a good time. If you don’t feel comfortable because of someone else’s actions let the Misfits Team or Venue Staff know and we can help.

• Keep an eye out on other people you are with. If we all look out for each other, we can all have a good time.

• Respect each other's space and give each other room.

This class will take inspiration from the Ashtanga primary series, incorporating asana (postures) to build both strength and flexibility. You will be guided through breathing exercises followed by sun salutations and sections of the Ashtanga Vinyasa Primary series. Aimée will bring along some journal prompts which will support you to reflect on anything that came up for you in the Yoga practice. Journaling is optional, you can just use this time to sit and reflect or have a tea and a natter with the wonderful people you will be sharing space with.Grace has put together a nourishing menu filled with seasonal ingredients. This picnic style meal will be self service style and you can sit on tables or blankets and cushions around the room - whatever you feel most comfortable with.

Suitable for beginners or to support those with an established practice.

For more information on what you will need please see here: Come as you are: Yoga Lunch - Booking by Bookwhen

About Grace
Self-taught vegan chef and baker with a wealth of experience working in kitchens in both the UK and the United States. Has hosted supper clubs, facilitated workshops, catered retreats and designed menus for a busy cafe, and has recently started a baking business. Grace loves nothing more than holding events that enable people to share a meal around a table.

About Aimée
An Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga teacher. Aimée’s primary focus is creating a safe space for people to show up as they are. Aimée is fascinated by the workings of the human body including anatomy, the mind-body connection and the science of breathing, and is constantly learning and using this knowledge base to support and empower students to cultivate a practice that works for them.

Expect big tunes all day long from an all-star line up, as-well as a selection of delicious food and refreshing beverages in our Den and garden area.

LINEUP:

• Sully
• Izco & Reek0
• Cheetah
• Sharnie
• Fonzo

Powered by Firmly Rooted Soundsystem

Last entry 2 hours before curfew

Venue levy: Trinity is introducing a £1 Restoration Levy on every event ticket sold. This income will be used to create a dedicated fund for critical building works that will protect and maintain the Trinity Centre building and grounds.

They have been described as one of the most raucous, electrifying and chaotic acts in the UK. Coming up on the back of word-of-mouth live hype, drawing round the block queues to chaotic early gigs, before releasing any music – the band have consistently set themselves apart with their intoxicating ambition. An endless back and forth, with no give or take; A succession of vivid snapshots of modern Britain and the follies, foibles and frustrations of youth. The band calls to mind a loving but fractious family, bickering one minute, weeping with laughter the next.

+ support:

Mary in the Junkyard

19:00: Doors

20:00: Mary in the Junkyard

21:00: Sports Team

23:00: Curfew

Please note this is a standing event, accessible seating is available.

Last entry: 2 hours before curfew

Venue levy: Trinity has introduced a £1 Restoration Levy on every event ticket sold. This income will be used to create a dedicated fund for critical building works that will protect and maintain the Trinity Centre building and grounds.

Blending the power, energy, and melody of reggae with the lyricism of hip hop.

A key pillar of the Reggae Revival movement, Kabaka Pyramid carved his way into the Jamaican reggae scene with Rebel Music in 2011. His hip hop roots were evident in the lyrical style and hard-hitting beats, laying the foundation for an ever-ascending career highlighted by the Grammy winning album “The Kalling” produced by role model Damian “Jr Gong” Marley.

Kabaka is well known for delivering an electrifying and entertaining live performance.

+ support from STRYDA (Teachings In Dub)

Doors: 7pm

STRYDA: 7.30pm

Kabaka: 9.30pm

Curfew: 11pm

Please note this is a standing event, accessible seating is available

Last entry 2 hours before curfew

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.

Venue levy: Trinity has introduced a £1 Restoration Levy on every event ticket sold. This income will be used to create a dedicated fund for critical building works that will protect and maintain the Trinity Centre building and grounds.

Are you ready to experience a weekend like no other? Immerse yourself in the vibrancy and depth of West African and African Diaspora cultures over a jam-packed weekend of:

• 25+ artists from Senegal / Guinea / Burkina Faso / Nigeria / Brazil and More
• Dance, Percussion & Singing Workshops
• Live Music Concerts
• Saturday “Come Together As One” Performance Evening & Party
• Sunday  "Teranga" Closing Event Celebration with all our artists
• African Food & Stalls
• Visual Art Installation

Known for their versatility as a producer, composer and vocalist. Their sonic world circulates intricate arrangements informed by Bethany’s eclectic musical background as both a classical instrumentalist, and an avid producer, creating “sublime twilight electronica” (Music is My Sanctuary).

Their long awaited Debut EP ‘Sundial’ was released on 24th May and has received support from BBC Bristol and BBC Radio 6.

Bethany Ley and visual artist Alfie Dwyer will be performing Sundial as a unique Audio-Visual live show for this tour. Alfie Dwyer is an artist and filmmaker that makes short & surreal animations influenced by lucid dreaming and explorations of space & time inside these worlds. He recently worked with Bethany Ley to create artwork for the ‘Sundial’ EP, and the animation for their single ‘Back to Body’. This animation was inspired by ideas surrounding reincarnation, and inter-dimensional perspectives that see humans across multiple interlinking life-lines.

+ guests...

• James Storm (synth sax & vox)
• Isla Greenwood (vox)
• Laura Wilson (violin)

+ support: HANAH

Please note this is a standing event, accessible seating is available.

Please head to strangebrewbristol.com for more info

Strange Brew: 10-12 Fairfax St, Bristol BS1 3DB

About Trinity Presents:

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

Come down and let loose while supporting Bristol's independent media.

This is a family-friendly event with a creche and kids activities to keep attendees of all ages busy.

From 5pm -8pm their will be, food, a live podcast recording, and activities, community stalls and a collage making workshop in The Den, and from 8pm onwards, the dancing begins with DJ sets in the upstairs Fyfe Hall space.

We are committed to championing the positive benefits of music and arts on both mental and physical health, so we are delighted to work in partnership with Tonic Music to offer mental health signposting and advice support for audiences and artists as part of our in-house programme, Trinity Presents.

"Tonic Music are delighted to be partnering with Trinity to provide mental health support for music communities in Bristol and the surrounding areas. We look forward to starting this exciting partnership work."- Jeordie Shenton, Tonic Music, Programmes Lead

Through their Tonic Rider programme, Tonic Music will have an information stall at several up-coming Trinity Presents shows, offering a space for audiences and artists to find out more about the work they do and get access to the services they provide. The Tonic Music team includes qualified mental health practitioners, each with significant experience participating in music as an occupation.

Tonic Music is a registered charity with the aim of establishing good mental health within music communities, by providing accessible programmes of mental health support tailored for the music industry (Tonic Rider), music fans (Never Mind The Stigma) and music youth (Tonic Futures).

Tonic Music will be present at the following upcoming shows:

• 18/08: Trinity X Teachings in Dub day party with Mungo's Hi Fi
• 13/09: Bethany Ley EP Launch
• 22/09: Garden Party: Community Celebration
• 24/10: Ishmael Ensemble

Ceilidhs are organised, very fun and energetic dances, to Gaelic folk music. You don't need to come with a partner or any previous ceilidh experience, as there will be a "caller" on hand to tell you all the steps.

Fancy dress as your favourite native wildlife is non-compulsory but very much encouraged! There will be a prize for the best dressed. However, bear in mind that riotous ceilidh dancing means that you will want to keep layers and extra potentially-eye-gouging-appendages to a minimum, and trainers/ comfortable shoes are highly recommended.

Come join in an evening of frivolity, good cheer and dancing, with Shanvaghera - a Bristol-based Irish folk band, playing pure-drop foot-tapping traditional Irish music on fiddle, flute, tenor banjo and guitar.

The last event raised just over £1000 for Somerset Wildlands Trust. All proceeds will be donated to Trees For Life, a charity working to restore the Caledonian Pine Forests in Scotland to their formerly wild and abundant glory. Part of their work also focuses on  giving people the opportunity to reconnect to nature and themselves by partaking in rewilding weeks across the Scottish Highlands.

Stay & Play is a regular Friday session, but these extended Stay & Play sessions  will be running for six weeks, every Friday, from the 23rd July – 23rd Aug.

No need to book or sign up, just come along.

Summer Family Sessions are programmed in partnership with Trinity and Central Bristol Children's Centre

Trinity Garden Party 2024 - Image Credit: Alastair Brookes

We are very happy to announce we are one of three organisations to be awarded funding to deliver free culture and events activities in the city centre, between summer 2024 and February 2025.

“We are absolutely thrilled to receive this grant and to be recognised as the anchor organisation to bring together the diverse communities that make Old Market such a vibrant neighbourhood to visit, live and work in” - Jen Farmer, Arts Engagement Manager, Trinity Community Arts

Compass Presents, The Invisible Circus and Trinity Community Arts have each received £40,000 of funding from Bristol City Council to be the lead organisations to produce and manage activities in three areas of the city centre: Christmas Steps, Old Market and Stokes Croft.

This grant highlights the focus of our work over the last few years to proactively connect and engage with our hyper-local communities in arts and cultural activities, alongside our live events programme that boosts the local economy. With this grant we can build on our reputation producing high quality arts activities by co-designing an exciting and meaningful programme in partnership with our trusted local partners bringing together artists, residents and small businesses to maximise our collective potential.

The ongoing aim of the programme is to attract more people into the city centre to help support the local economy, businesses and the culture and events sector by showcasing Bristol’s reputation for creativity and arts.

We will be announcing more details about the events in the coming weeks.