Classes will run from 5:15pm - 6:45pm on:

• Wednesday 12 June
• Wednesday 19 June
• Wednesday 26 June
• Wednesday 03 July
• Wednesday 10 July
• Wednesday 17 July
• Wednesday 24 July
• Wednesday 31 July

Please pay on the door at the beginning of the session. Julia will accept payments via cash or card.

About Julia
Julia has worked extensively in dance over the past 30 years She trained at the Laban Centre and received an MA in Creative Producing from UWE. Julia is the Artistic Director of Julia Thorneycroft Dance. Under the umbrella of JTD, she has devised and produced many funded projects including Full Bloom, a festival of dance for and by older people. This project developed from working with older Bristol residents to set up Gerry’s Attic Dance, a performance company for over-55’s in partnership with Trinity Arts Julia is currently working with Untold Dance Theatre. Having toured with the company as a performer for Woman Wise and Ties that Bind, Julia recently co-directed the companies new show On the Inside which toured in 2022.

This is the very first book launch by Zimbabwean author, Nomsa Mlambo. The event is a fun filled event for parents and children with the following activities:

• A reading from the author of the book, “A Dancing Night”
• Colouring activity with images from the book
• Learn a new song and play the Zimbabwean instrument, the mbira
• Play fun games including a treasure hunt for musical instruments, duck duck goose and unique Zimbabwean games
• Physical copies of the book available for purchase
• Free sticker for the first 20 purchases (available only at the launch)

About the Author
Nomsa Hazel Mlambo is the co-founder of Bhala Writers, a community that seeks to champion, inspire, elevate and connect African writers. She is passionate about seeing writing become a viable career option for her fellow Africans. Creative at heart, Nomsa enjoys singing, playing the guitar, dancing, and songwriting. When she isn’t trying to find rhymes for her next children’s book, she can be found with her nose in a book, MCing an event or encouraging someone to live out their purpose.

Please RSVP to the event via the ticket link here

Harbour Festival 2019 - Image Credit: Alastair Brookes

Trinity is commited to creating spaces to celebrate and engage with different types of artforms. This is why we have teamed up with Harbour Festival to bring back the dance stage at this year's festival, programming a stage in Queen Square 20 July.

On Saturday, Trinity will be curating the stage, followed by Movema – an award-winning dance company – taking the reins on Sunday. This year's dance programme is more inclusive and representative than ever before, celebrating Bristol's diverse community through an array of talents and styles.

As always, we'll be collaborating with local dance companies, community groups, independent artists, and cultural organisations to showcase the rich tapestry of dance talent Bristol has to offer. We will also advocate for dance across the city, featuring open access and free-to-attend dance workshops leading up to the festival, ensuring dance is accessible to all.

We are thrilled to announce that Penny Marie will be our dance facilitator for Harbour Festival, working with the community to co-create a dance piece for Bristol through community workshops. Additionally, Trinity residents Hype Dance, an urban dance group for young people, will unveil their Ultimate Dance Championships 2024 – a competition open to all dance styles for ages 12 and above, giving contestants the opportunity to perform in front of a live audience at the Harbour Festival and win exciting prizes!

Our programme boasts an incredible lineup of dance groups, featuring long-time collaborators with Trinity: Gerry's Attic, a regular dance class for over 55s; Anna K, a Turkish belly dancer who led performances and workshops at our Garden Party on 12 May; Bristol Ballroom, a queer-led collective known for their vogue balls at Trinity and previous Harbour Fest performances; and Kennedy Muntanga, a professional dancer presenting his new work ‘Hare and Lion’. We are eager to unite these established partnerships, promote fresh work, and provide a platform for these talented dancers at one of Bristol’s biggest events of the year.

Here you will be taken across the world and through the ages - from the world of shapes, sums and mathematical abstraction to the lab with experiments and simulations of quasicrystals - to feast your eyes, ears and mind on beautiful ideas using ballet, breakdancing and the pretty fractal patterns of Hofstadter's butterfly.  Think Misty Copeland meets Beat Street, Penrose, graphene and gorgeous ancient middle eastern tiling.

There will also be a workshop before the performance (5:45-6:45) for those who would like to try a ballet and breakdancing approach to maths and physics for themselves – all ages and levels of expertise welcome. Attendance of the performance and participation in the workshop is free but sign up is recommended.

This event is funded by the UKRI/EPSRC

You'll have the chance to engage in meaningful conversations, make new friends and potentially meet that special someone. The afternoon will feature:

• Speed dating—you will be matched to people with compatible gender(s)/preferences.
• Have time to mingle freely and explore your connections one-to-one.
• The option to follow up with people after the event.

All profits from the event will be donated to Bristol Pride. Times are tough—please contact Bristol Pride if you need a concessionary ticket.

When you click the booking link, you will be directed to a short form that asks about who you are looking to meet. Your answers will help Bristol Pride find your matches.

With their live-instrumentation-meets-electronic merging of styles, the group were always broader than the ‘new UK jazz’ tag which they were often given, but here their scope and boundary-pushing ambition is more evident than ever before. Still maintaining a blend of spiritual jazz, dub, experimental and electronic soundscapes, here those elements are vigorously whipped-up into huge cyclones of sound, more song-based and accessible than before, but also almost psychedelic in its euphonic blend of colours, textures, facets and moods.

+ Support from

• Waldos Gift
• Surgeons Girl

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

This event will take place at SWX: Bristol 15, Nelson Street, BS12JY, Bristol

Trinity and Metropolis 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.

Her interest in sonic mysteries has led her to record in various settings--in her home, outside with a field recorder, and in recording studios—as well as to perform live, often with a focus on the voice and the space between language and babble. Holter’s music is multi-layered and texturally rich, often featuring an array of instruments played by an ensemble of creative musicians. She has amassed a body of work that explores melody within free song structures, atmosphere, and the impulses of the voice.

+ support: Nyokabi Kariũki

19:30: Doors

20:00: Nyokabi Kariũki

21:00: Julia Holter

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.

Igloo - Image Credit: Alastair Brookes

This May Half Term, we’ve got an exciting programme of activities and events for children and young people of all ages to get involved with at Trinity.

Wednesday 29 May - Friday 31 May – Speak Out

Our Speak Out workshops continue on Monday, offering young people aged 16-18 free workshops and the chance to create a performance piece with the guidance of Kabbo Ferdinand – an African Indigenousness storyteller and musician, and Natasha Gatward an immersive performance artist and eco-conscious costume designer.

Wednesday 29 May – Music Masterclass: Hodge

Music Masterclasses are back on Wednesday 29th May. This month, young people aged 16-25 are invited to a free production workshop with Bristol-based DJ and Producer Hodge, who will share their approach to producing which involves finding sounds, processing them, and creating loops and ultimately overcoming writer's block while finding methods to create music in an organised way.

Thursday 30 May – Next-Gen Sounds

Next-Gen Sounds continues as normal during the half-term, with young people aged 14-25 invited to Trinity to take part in group drop in music making sessions led by Trinity and Off The Record.

Friday 31 May – Stay and Play

Children aged 0-5 & their families are invited to Trinity to play, learn and have fun together in our Friday Stay and Play sessions, delivered in partnership with the Health Visiting team. Come along to play, sing, share stories and enjoy the beautiful gardens.

Sunday 02 June – The Fairy Forest

Head to Trinity on Sunday to explore a forgotten woodland world, filled with fairies, forest sprites and mystical beings in ‘The Fairy Forest’ a new children’s theatre show from Tidal Tales, suitable for ages 3 and up.

Click here to learn more about our programme of activities for children, young people and families.

Their brand of feel-good funk and hyped-up hip-hop has seen them clock up A List status and numerous 'Album of The Day’ gongs at BBC 6 Music, and soundtrack a whole host of international ad campaigns. Year in, year out, they’ve sharpened their skills in the studio, dropping one dynamite LP after another. 2024 sees them cut the ribbon on their seventh all-star album Breakthrough. Full to the brim with party-starting heat, the record showcases their never-ending knack for turning out soul-sampling bangers, and deep infectious grooves. Due to popular demand, they’ll be assembling their crack team of musical collaborators once more, and hitting the road with a high-octane live show to bring their music to life.  Joining them on stage, as always, is LA rap legend, Andy Cooper The mighty pipes of soul sensation, Marietta Smith, and the blazing horns of sax supremo, James Morton. 
Together, they’ve earned a rep for their dynamite crowd-rocking. And, with this new material in the bag, it looks like they’ll be raising the roof even higher this year.

Doors: 7pm

7.30pm: Sam Tweaks

8.45pm: The Allergies

11pm: 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.

Equipping you with a deeper understanding of toxic family dynamics, this talk will validate your experience and provide the tools you need to deal with emotionally immature parents and family members.

Josh offers a pathway to heal your inner child and break free from the traumas of the past. Whether your solution is to go 'no contact', place new boundaries or even to reconnect, this talk will help you get unstuck and heal from the strongest wounds.

Highlights

• 45-minute talk. The event will close with a Q&A.
• Josh will lead a 15-minute guided breathwork to help you release negative emotions.
• Any purchased books will be signed by Josh. Additional books will be available for sale on the night.
• Discover a community of like-minded people at the event.

About Josh Connolly
Josh Connolly is a resilience and wellbeing coach, leading conversations around addiction recovery and dysfunctional family environments. As a certified breathwork practitioner, host of the podcast 115 Miles and founder of the Inner You self-healing programme, Josh's work resonates with people struggling to reconcile the past with the present

About Seed Talks
Seed Talks was founded in London in late 2021. We are an independent events company dedicated to sharing interesting and worthwhile knowledge around the areas of Science, Psychedelics, Wellness, Philosophy, Psychology and Neuroscience.

"We want you to come to our events and plant a seed. A seed that will grow with you, so you can improve your wellbeing, health or simply discover a new fascinating subject to delve into”. Their speakers are carefully selected and vetted by a team with over five years of experience in public education.

I've attended a few of your talks over the past few months and have absolutely loved them so first of all thank you so much for bringing joy and understanding to the world of neuroscience. -Joe F

Bristol Ballroom Commnuity are back at Trinity for the second instalment of OTA FRUITEA. OTAs are a mock version of Kiki balls and allow walkers from the scene to practice competing in their categories at a ball style function with judges who really know their stuff.

Categories:
Face
Runway
Oldway v New Way
Realness
Baby Vogue
Best Outfit
Com v Com
Sex Siren
OTA Vogue to Anything

FRUITEA is a QTBIPOC* priority space!

Produced in their now legendary Bandulu studio, the 20 tracks of this album are the results of a patient production process, carried out with care and passion. Throughout the album, L’entourloop testifies in its own way via a puzzle of film samples, of this strange period that we have gone through collectively, using all its savoir faire when it comes to make the people dance.

Doors: 7.30pm

Support: 8pm

L'entourloop: 9.30pm

Curfew: 11pm

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.

José Almarcha is a virtuoso guitarist, with an extensive artistic career. His tireless exploration of the instrument has allowed him to develop his own personal language which also highlights his outstanding technique. He regularly composes for and performs with Spanish dance companies such as Olga Pericet, Marcos Flores, Antonio Canales, Sara Calero and José Manuel Álvarez.

José Almarcha returns to the UK in June to present songs from his latest studio album (Alejandra), previous albums, plus new material, in an intimate trio format. In collaboration on percussion with the brilliant Demi Garcia Sabat and the extraordinary dancer Lucía Ruibal, all arrangements have been created especially for this occasion.

Demi García Sabat is a versatile percussionist who performs with flamenco, jazz, Latin and Arabic groups around the UK and Europe. Demi studied at the London College of Music.

Garden Party 2024 - Image Credit: Alastair Brookes

On Sunday 12 May, we opened our gates once again for Trinity Garden Party – our, free annual day party, celebrating the start of the summer through music, dance and arts.

"It was a fabulous day - thank you to Team Trinity and everyone involved!" - Audience Feedback

In our outdoor venue, The Den, we programmed a diverse range of live music and DJs from across Bristol and The South West. The young musicians from our Next Gen Sounds programme kicked off proceedings, showcasing their musical talents that they’ve honed during the sessions. Following on, we had beautiful acoustic Folk from Eva Penney, groovy Latin rhythms from Los Gusanos, Moroccan Gnawa from Mohammed Errebba, and live Hip Hop from Komposa. Later on in the evening, DJs brought the energy, with an eclectic world music selection from Kesh, amapiano and UK Funky from Josephine Gyasi, and finally Selecta J-Man and Rider Shafique finished things off with a heavy selection of Jungle and Drum and Bass.

Inside, The Main hall was buzzing with performances from our resident dance group Hype Dance, a Turkish Belly Dance circle from Anna K, and finally The Greenbank Ceilidh Collective led the dance with a joyous ceilidh. Upstairs, Fyfe Hall hosted a range of creative craft workshops to keep the young ones busy.

We wanted to say a massive thank you to all who made Garden Party this year such a success; from the talented artists, workshop facilitators, stall-holders, local food vendors, the dedicated sound and lighting team behind the scenes, our hardworking bar staff, the entire Team Trinity, and, of course, all of you who joined us on the day. The event saw our largest ever turnout, with over 3,500 attendees, and thanks to your generosity we raised over £5000 in donations, allowing us to organise more community events like Garden Party as well as supporting our charitable mission of making the arts accessible to all. Garden Party just keeps getting bigger and better, with a 60% increase on last year's attendees, and a 65% increase on last year's donations. Thank you for coming down to support what we do and celebrating music, dance and the arts.

If you'd like to continue to support Trinity, click here to make a donation.