Having spent the past 10 years tearing around festival stages, theatres, and clubs, melting down blues and pop, jazz and disco. Combining the impossible vocal melodies of Irish front woman Ríoghnach Connolly, with dirty blues grooves, Ethio-sax, elevated flute, heavy beats, and killer on-stage charisma, Honeyfeet can wow any crowd. The level of downright musical attitude on that stage is more than enough to get any party bouncing.

+ Support from DJ Dad and Sally in the Woods

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

Last entry: 2 hours before curfew

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

Last entry: 2 hours before curfew

Image credit: Nova twins

“Bringing the venue up to spec will not only benefit us as a venue, but the artists, technicians, and promoters who come into the space; increasing creative possibilities and audience experience."

Production Coordinator, Aysha Tailor - Whyte

Trinity are one of 13 venues to have been awarded funds from the Music Venue Trust’s Pipeline Investment Fund to purchase new equipment for our live music/club programme and our outdoor venue, The Den.

The £4134.69 investment from MVT, at time of rising energy costs and a cost-of-living crisis, will enable us to reduce production costs and increase capacity. The costs saved alongside additional revenue generated will help us to build upon our free/subsidised space hire for community groups and residents.

The grant will help towards the purchase of additional lighting fixtures and replace existing fixtures for our live-music spaces, The Den and the Main Hall. The grant will also allow us to purchase uniform for the team to make our staff easily identifiable for those in need of assistance during events.

The Pipeline Investment Fund was established last year with the support of members of the Music Venues Alliance and was primarily funded by donations from ticket sales of MVT’s recent ‘Revive Live’ programme of gigs around the UK, which was a partnership with The National Lottery.

Featuring performances from:

• Asher Simmons (live)
• Hype Dance
• Shakara
• Mutivation (keynote)

This event will also have a creative workshop and a live panel discussion around creative development and activism and how this project will benefit the next generation featuring curator Edson Burton MBE, producer Esther Afikiruweh, Mutivation, and Shakara.

This event represents the launch of the Speak Out project aimed at young people aged 16-18yrs. Their parents/guardians can attend for free. If 19 and older and not a guardian/carer of a young person attending, please buy a £5 ticket.

As funded by BBC 1XTRA, we welcome attendees of Black heritage.

More about the artists

Asher Simmons is a confident and focused deep thinker with a diverse musical style that delves and infuses Conscious Hip-Hop, Melodic Rap, R&B and Afro-beat, anchored by lyrics with meaning.

HYPE is a community based dance company that has been running for 20 years offering exciting and vibrant street dance.

Shakara is a Jamaican-born spoken word artist, poet, vocalist, creative based in Bristol. Her influences stem from dub poetry, dancehall, reggae, jazz and hip hop. She writes about her journey of empowerment, her identity and reclamation of her power and agency as a child of the diaspora.

Mutivation is an Artistic Director, Cultural initiator, Performance artist, Activist, Curator, Movement practitioner, musician and social innovators and director of Village101.

Speak Out is a 7 month  creative development project exploring art and social justice. It is funded by the We Move Fund created by Children in Need and BBC 1XTRA.

Herself and her band are heading on an extensive 25 date European tour following the release of her 5th studio album. The show will be filled with songs from the 3 albums she’s released since 2020, from intimate ballads to high energy band bangers, the concerts aim to bring up feelings and make you dance.

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

Last entry: 2 hours before curfew

Join FIGHT KLUB® Master Trainer Mitch Harper alongside DJ Dazee x Nicky Blacmarket and a Live PA with Colette Warren.

After November’s sold-out show with Juls and Karen Nyame KG, we’re excited host their first party of 2023. This event welcomes powerhouse vocalist Stush for a live show, with support from Arthi, samLOUDD & Peachin’ residents.

Lineup:

Stush (live)

Arthi

SamLOUDD (Reload Sound)

LEXXI

SafeSoul

Ella-Sian

Kofo

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

In 2022 Trinity took part in the Thriving Communities initiative, to develop a programme of creative activity in response to the increased isolation that many people - including older people and those caring for young children - experienced during and post-pandemic.

The year-long initiative, led by specialist 'arts-on-referral' practitioners, creativeShift pioneered a new model of using the arts to improve health and well-being. The pilot project helped to connect key partners in the arts, health and social care setting, to help communities rebuild and recover.

“The art helps you to manage your own feelings and learn how to cope with things. It has given us transferable skills, and I have noticed how the participants have grown in confidence”. Anita, Gentle Creative Dance

Building on our previous Moving Bristol project that explored how dance can be used in a social prescribing model, we connected creativeShift with some of Trinity's resident community groups to design a programme of activity that was subsequently delivered to service users who were referred by local health and community partners due to their health needs.

Over the last year, we have been able to utilise our unique position as a trusted community arts hub to build resilient cross-sectors partnerships, including strengthening links with community health providers Wellspring Settlement, who referred patients to our free-to-access programmes.

Social prescribing delivery in practice

creativeShift worked with Gerry's Attic - an over 55's dance group who meet regularly at Trinity - to create Gentle Creative Movement, a weekly programme designed to increase well-being and confidence for those who may be experiencing long term health issues effecting their mobility.

One Gentle Creative movement participant now volunteers at a local dementia café saying that going to sessions had “... given me the confidence to do that.”

Social prescribing specialists from creativeShift also collaborated with Bristol Children’s Centre (CBCC) to design a play-based programme for parents and carers of young children born during the pandemic to connect with their children and with each other.

This month, Trinity have invited ec2a label head honcho Dr Dubplate to deliver April's Music Masterclass. This will be focusing on differences between major and indie labels, how to market your label, typical working teams, how to make money from a label. The workshop will consist of personal reflections, discussions and time for questions.

Although there is no charge to attend and no tickets are required, we do ask that you sign up for attendance tracking purposes.

Laughter and tears, puberty and menopause, struggles and success. A range of local Bristol women from different generations and cultures come together to share their real-life stories and experiences of being a women.

So get ready to put on your Bluetooth headsets and let this all-women cast take you on a truly mesmerising, intimate and unique journey of what being a women means to them.

Please note, this show contains sexual references.

Batu x Kode9 (3hr Set)
[Timedance x Hyperdub]
The two titans of UK music go b2b for the first time. Having each carved for themselves their own niche of afrofuturist, soundsystem-indebted Techno; the similiarities in their creative trajectories are clear. PTS welcomes them down for a 3-hour session of joining the dots, forging new pathways and going fully off road, on what's already set to be a very special night. Timedance meets Hyperdub, we don't need to tell you how vital this one's going to be.

DJ Travella
[Nyege Nyege]
Top tip! Breakneck cyber-singeli from Nyege Nyege's 19 y/o wunderkind, over from Tanzania on his debut UK tour. Travella juxtaposes grinding 200bpm rhythmic intensity with urgent plucked strings, sounding like Timbaland conjuring a Thunderdome soundtrack for a Tanzanian street party. .

SKY H1
[PAN + AD 93]
SKY H1's celestial sound is both euphoric and melancholic. Stylistically indebted to drum & bass, ambient, techno and dub - the framework is adorned with Vangelic synths and elegiac melodies.

Support from residents: k means b2b Jurango, Aphelion

rxx_tx on the lighting

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

Last entry: 2 hours before curfew

Bringing the space back for the warmer months, The Den Socials give you a free space to enjoy great food and drinks and let our resident background DJs set the vibe for your weekend ahead.

In March we will welcome food from excellent Bristol based companies Small Fire Pizza (10/03 & 24/03), Ceylon and Beyond (17/03 & 31/03) and Grate Somerset (03/03).

March residency we welcome the amazing Booty Bass collective, hot off the heels of their sell out NYE event at Trinity:

• 03/03: Bungzo
• 10/03: postponed
• 17/03: GAROËSS
• 24/03: Hannza
• 31/03: Devolicious

No booking required, just rock up and enjoy - click here to find out about Thursdays at The Den

Please note there are tables available and room for dancing. Accessible seating is available.

About Trinity Presents:

This series is part of Trinity Presents - our in-house programme in our brand new outdoor venue The Den.

Bringing the space back for the warmer months, The Den Socials give you a free space to enjoy great food and drinks and let our resident background DJs set the vibe for your weekend ahead.

In March we will welcome food from excellent Bristol based companies Small Fire Pizza (09/03 & 23/03)  and Ceylon and Beyond (16/03 & 30/03).

March resident DJ's:

• 16/03: Kreed
• 23/03: Discobobulator

No booking required, just rock up and enjoy - click here to find out about Fridays at The Den

Please note there are tables available and room for dancing. Accessible seating is available.

About Trinity Presents:

This series is part of Trinity Presents - our in-house programme in our brand new outdoor venue The Den.

Image Credit: Sophia Stefelle

Speak Out is a new project from Trinity and BBC 1XTRA that offers young people (16yrs - 18yrs) the opportunity to take part in a free-to-access course to learn how to use arts to address social issues.

"Speak Out is a really exciting project that will connect the next generation with present diverse grassroots artists and activists and the wider creative industry" Esther Afikiruweh, Speak Out Producer

Launching in September, the project will invite leading industry creatives to deliver master-classes and workshops that will give young people artistic tools to tackle subjects that matter to them and develop solutions to issues they and their local communities face.

In partnership with organisations including Noods Levels, as well as prominent Black artists and activists, young people will have the opportunity to explore different creative tools including poetry, design, audio and film through workshops and masterclasses.

Alongside this young people will be  able to help shape Speak Out, including co-creating elements of the project and its visual identity.

Throughout the programme, there will be an opportunity for participants to connect with creative industry professionals through artistic skills-based sessions as well as interactive workshops and external trips exploring the future of social action.

The project will culminate with Noods Levels collaborating with young people to create platforms for showcasing the content, stories and artistic ideas created throughout the project. Young people will have an opportunity to connect with broadcast media, film-makers and other professionals to kick-start their next steps as future change makers.

How to get involved:

Sign up to Speak Out here

As funded by BBC 1XTRA, we welcome attendees of Black heritage.