Tickets on sale Thursday 6th October 10am

General access – Last entry 11:30pm

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Celebrating Killjoy's EP who is coming in from Sydney to party with us.

Line Up:

Killyjoy

Ikonika

Kahn & Neek

DJ EJ (O.G 4x4 Bassline Set)

Neffa-T b2b Boofy

Minty

Escha

All frequencies will be pushed through the formidable Sinai Sound System

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Never pulling punches, Bailey's latest album, Shining in the Half Light, delivers knockout blows with a fire, maturity, and soulfulness that is brought to life in her visceral live shows.

+ support: Tamara Stewart is an Australian award winning singer/songwriter.

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Growing up listening to Al Green, The Cure and The Spice Girls, he never thought that he could sing until he went to an open mic night with friends five years ago.

His songs are packed with persistently honest and impassioned lyrics; Rocked by soul-warming, jazz-inspired and lo-fi pop instrumentals, Joesef describes his sound as "sad boy music". He recently announced his highly anticipated debut album 'Permanent Damage', set for release on 13 January 2023 on AWAL. Representing the multilayers of the Scottish singer’s character and heart, over the past two years we have all witnessed an artist who has grown from bedroom pop to master and co-producer of new soul born from new heartbreak.

+ support: Etta Marcus is a 20-year-old singer, songwriter, and musician hailing from South London presents her first EP, View From The Bridge. A personal and intimate experience that expresses universal sentiments of loss, regret, and a desire to strive for something better.

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It is time we unite because we are all connected and influenced by one another.

The team has a shared mission: to educate and experience the history and culture of West Africa, and how these rhythms and dances have been passed from Africa to the wider diaspora.

1-1.15: Introduction with Batch Gueye

1.15-2.45: Afrobrazilian Dance with Irineu Noguiera

3-4.15: Sabar Dance: Thieoboudienne Rhythm with Batch Gueye

4.30-6: Afrobrazilian-Sabar Fusion Dance with Irineu Noguiera and Batch Gueye

Live Drums with Dembis Thioung, Baye Ngom, Batch Gueye, Mac Dende, Jon Hardeman, Wagner Santos

Tell us what you think - and be in for a chance to win a Trinity Mini Rig plus goodie bag

Each year we ask you to let us know your thoughts about Trinity. We use this to help shape and adapt our programme and to help us raise funds so we can ensure that everyone in Bristol has the opportunity to access and shape arts and culture.

Last year you said: you would like to see more music performances in the Garden and for there to be a space for communities to cook together.

We responded: we opened The Den - a new seasonal outdoor venue in July 2022 that will be opened annually until late summer. The Den has an outdoor kitchen and a bar.

You said: You wanted more activity for over 60s that reflects peoples tastes and interests.

We responded: Our Community Activities Coordinator has worked with resident groups to re-ignite provisions and have welcomed back Gentle Dance and Gerry's Attic. Our partnership project Eastside People and Places is supported by community-led activity with regular Creative Coffee Mornings at Rosevear House already established.

Using the feedback from last years survey alongside and extensive Community Consultation, we have published our 2022 Trinity Pledges, a 12pt action-plan that will help to ensure that Trinity live by our values. Read more about this here.

This year we are again calling for those who use Trinity, and those who don't, to fill in our audience survey and lend their voice to help shape the future of Trinity.

By taking part you will entered into a prize draw* to win a custom Trinity Mini-Rig. Survey closes on 10 Oct so hurry and click on the link to tell us what you think!

Click here to fill out our audience survey

Survey closes 10 Oct 2022 5:00pm

*T&Cs apply, click here to download them

Trinity's Community Consultation

Thanks to the support of Architectural Heritage Fund, we were able to carry out an extensive community consultation, led independently by Artspace Lifespace. Working with PH3 Designs, we also worked to update our Feasibility Study for the Trinity Centre, to ensure we have a plan for future capital works linked to the feedback of communities we serve.

Our 12pt action-plan, linked to our Business Plan for 2023-26 will help to ensure we remain on track to respond to these fundings and recommendations, in line with our values:

Accessibility & visibility

1. Achieve 'Attitude is Everything Charter' Silver Award to further improve venue accessibility
2. Develop a 'soft' entrance into the building, introducing visual aesthetics to make the Centre more inviting, welcoming and celebratory of our communities
3. Provide a programme of publicly accessible drop-in activities to enable visitors to attend and utilise the site freely

Relevancy & equity

1. Develop activities in direct response to feedback and community needs analysis, including open access activities for young people and targeted provision for men aged 55+ living locally
2. Increase place-based work, delivering activity outside of Trinity to connect and engage new communities in partnership with local groups and artists
3. Adopt Equity Union minimum rate of pay for freelancers/artists and prioritise resources to nurture and support locally embedded artists
4. Invest in a cross-sector partnership model and prioritise support for grassroots groups who can proactively respond to community needs and interests

Reach & representation

1. Develop existing and new participatory decision-making forums to ensure representation across programmes
2. Develop targeted community-specific communications and engagement, including neighbourhood champions to reach our diverse communities and celebrate community achievements
3. Adopt Unlock: the Inc Arts Diverse Workforce Toolkit, which includes inclusive recruitment actions to reach and support a diverse workforce

Responsibility & accountability

1. Update our 2014 Green Audit to identify short, medium and long-term actions in response to the climate emergency
2. Appoint a dedicated mental health lead for Trinity’s workforce and offer mental health first aid training to support staff and centre users

Context

Trinity’s values are Empower, Respond and Amplify and we are committed to living these values through the proactive development of our workforce, programme and building. In response to previous surveys and feedback we have taken the steps to ensure our actions align with our values, including:

• Empower: Becoming a Real Living Wage employer in 2020 for all age-groups and roles, to ensure everyone is paid fairly to start their career in the arts

• Respond: Appointed a new Activities Coordinator in 2021 to lead asset-based community development activities and initiatives

• Amplify: Ran the 100 Beacons campaign, 2022 to raise the profile of the work of community buildings across the city, helping to inspire a £4m Community Resilience Fund for the city

If there is anything else you think we could or should be doing to make sure we live out our values, please get in touch with your suggestions: feedback@trinitybristol.org.uk

More info

What's Next? Community Consultation, Artspace Lifespace

Feasbility Study, PH3 Designs

Trinity Business Plan, 2023-26

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Focussing on independence, not letting anyone run your life, and owning your problems, ELIZA relishes in the freedom that comes from making music for herself, shrugging off the pop moniker to create art that moves her.

+ support: Kemi Ade is a pioneer in the “Lo-Fi R&B” sound that is storming our air waves. Her rich husky hypnotising tone paired with melodic synths and new-era funk basslines set her apart from the masses.

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Grove - Image Credit: Sophia Stefelle

Kahn ft. Rider Shafique - Image Credit: Sophia Stefelle

After The Fire - Image Credit: Sophia Stefelle

Rita Lynch - Image Credit: Marley Small

Hip Hop Garden - Image Credit: Sophia Stefelle

Image Credit: Sophia Stefelle

Solomon O.B - Image Credit: Sophia Stefelle

Irish Mellow + Cxption - Image Credit: Marley Small

Garden Party: Revolution Sounds was our second free-community event of the year where we said goodbye to the summer with a mix of live music, workshops, performances and an immersive exhibition: After The Fire.

As always we welcomed some of the best artists in Bristol and the South West all playing on The Den stage. From punk to experimental we had the likes of Rita Lynch, Talisman and Kahn. Kept a secret until they came on, headliner Grove closed out proceedings with an epic mosh pit.

"Inspirational people and artwork" Feedback, Garden Party: Revolution Sounds

In the Fyfe Hall, we hosted an immersive exhibition 'After the Fire', a thought-provoking odyssey through the sounds and sights of Bristol’s protest history in recent years. This exhibition allowed us to present a culmination of artwork made as part of the last two years of Art of Resistance - pieces created by participants including pottery and murals, alongside placards made as part of our Visions of Resistance including a mural made by Tanith Gould which was displayed outside People's Republic of Stokes Croft on Jamaica Street.

We also had a number of workshops running throughout the day, including Movema Dance Workshops and Button-Up Badge Making Workshop in the Main Hall, plus Hip-Hop Workshops in the Trinity Garden.

Big thanks once again to everyone that made this event possible - from the artists that performed, the exhibition curators, the workshop facilitators, the lighting and sound team working behind the scenes, the bar staff and Trinity Team, and of course all of you that came down on the day - over 1,200 of you came along, and we raised over £1,000 in donations so that we can put on more events like Garden Party for the local community.

If you'd like to stay in the loop with everything on at Trinity, head to our What's On page for all our upcoming events, or follow our Instagram, Facebook and Twitter and sign up to our mailing list to stay updated.

Art of Resistance is a two-year, National Heritage Lottery Funded project charting 100 years of protest in Bristol.

With songs formed in the heart and hearth of the folk music that Gaelic-speaking Robertson had grown up with, Tide Lines showcase music that reaches far beyond cultural boundaries. New album, An Ocean Full of Islands, coming soon.

Support: Quiet Houses are an Edinburgh born and Manchester based indie-folk duo

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Community Painting Day part of the Wish List. Photo credit Khali Ackford

We have joined forces with St Paul’s Carnival to launch an ambitious project that aims to pilot a new people-led model for culture. Together, we want to support people to take decisions, make change and create culture that matters to them.

St Paul’s Carnival and Trinity are both grassroots, independent organisations based in East Bristol. Alongside delivering citywide events, we both work with local communities to design and deliver creative and cultural provision throughout the year.

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (UK Branch) has committed funding for this research and development project, to test a process in which citizens could lead the creation and design of a cultural strategy for Bristol and the surrounding region.

Trinity and St Pauls Carnival will collaborate with the Gulbenkian Foundation, David Jubb of Citizens In Power and others to develop a bottom-up approach within the city that speaks of the collective experiences of diverse communities in order to better shape future decision making.

“We want to explore a different approach - one in which the very people who make and enjoy culture have a voice to express what this means for our city.” LaToyah McAllister-Jones Executive Director of St Pauls Carnival

Over the next year, the pilot will explore tested models such as Citizens’ Assemblies - used in Bristol in 2021 as part of the city’s post-COVID19 recovery planning - to input and shape democratic decision making in Bristol; a city known for its arts and culture.

This research phase will run until Summer 2023 and will involve a series of targeted workshops and open sessions, that will explore different ways of co-creating with communities.

If you would like to get involved, or for more information, please contact esther@trinitybristol.org.uk or sign up to Trinity’s Mailing list.

In recent years, Matsson has undertaken single oriented projects, incorporating writing, producing, and self-releasing songs and videos at regular intervals. Finding inspiration in the process, the artist puts his thoughts into the world while still processing them himself.

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A summer of self-love and introspection led to a joyous sense of beginnings and endings allowed Courtney to make a record of triumph. Out 07 Oct, Loose Future features track of layered, futuristic sounds and tender advice and vocals.

+ Support from Robert Ellis

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Yemz - Sophia Stefelle

The Den - Khali Ackford

Big Tent - Rahil Ahmad

Bristol Harbour Festival - Jade Ayino

While we're all sad that summer is winding down, we thought this would be the perfect opportunity to take a minute to reflect on some of the amazing arts and music events that’ve happened at Trinity over the last few months. Read on to learn more about our highlights from an amazing summer of activities.

Garden Party

Trinity's annual Garden Party returned this summer for the first time since 2019 and it was such a pleasure to welcome you all back to one of our flagship events for the season.

This year, we were able to bring a great programme of artists from Bristol and beyond to perform in The Den, including LCY, Yemz, tlk and more. Alongside our music offering, we also hosted a range of workshops including drumming and circus skills, Young Musicians takeover of the main stage, poetry and heritage activities in the Graffiti Room, as well as a whole load of food and craft stalls from local businesses.

We had a great time at May's Garden Party and it seemed like you all did too - over 4000 people attended on the day and we managed to raise £4500 in donations so that we can continue to offer events like Garden Party to our amazing local community.

The Den

We launched The Den, our new outdoor space for platforming emerging talent. Joining forces with some of the best promoters and talent developments agencies in the South West we welcomed Bristol poetry collective Raise The Bar, family friendly day raves from female led DJ collective Peachin' and Club Djembe.

Bristol Harbour Festival

Trinity took to the stage at Bristol Harbour Fest 2022, hosting Bristol Dances in Millennium Square. Over the weekend we showcased the breadth of dance in the city from Irish Dancing to Bharathnatyam Dance to Voguing alongside performances from award-winning dance troupes, HYPE and Miss Daisy Dance Class.

Big Tent

As part of Radix Big Tent Ideas Festival, Trinity joined forces with Bristol DIY Arts Network to shine a light on Bristol’s diverse and rich cultural offering by inviting cultural leaders in the city to take part in keynotes and panel discussions exploring the role of culture in driving change in the city and what ‘City of Culture’ means for an independently creative city like Bristol.

Bristol Ball

We were honoured to host Bristol’s first official Vouge Ball at Trinity this summer with The Bristol Ball. Originating in Harlem in the 1920s, Ballroom culture provides a safe space for LGBTQIA+ people to express themselves through dance, music and fashion. It was great to be able to host a sold-out Vogue Ball at Trinity and be a part of this ongoing Ballroom culture.

We'll be celebrating the end of summer this Sunday (18 Sep) at Garden Party: Revolution Sounds, our second Garden Party of 2022, a free, community party that will bring together some of the best arts activists, covering music, sound, poetry, art and performance.