What's On / Bristol Concerts, Theatre & Dance / exhibitions

Art & Exhibitions

upcoming event

Bristol's Exhibitions Scene

New art exhibitions are opening all the time in Bristol. Use this guide to find private views and exhibition launches in Bristol.

Buy tickets for exhibitions events in Bristol

Our recent exhibitions recommendations

The first true horror film takes its rightful place at Exchange Horror Club, complete with suitably unsettling live score! German expressionist masterpiece The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari distills interwar paranoia into a claustrophobic dreamscape of lurking shadows, menacing angles and impossible distortions, realised through some of the most fantastical set design ever committed to film. Mandatory cinephile viewing! Exchange Horror Club: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari at Exchange.

Sell out warning! A bite-sized blast of women’s micro-fiction to warm you up for this year’s Flash Fiction Festival. East Bristol Books brings together a selection of award-winning, razor-sharp flash storytellers from across the globe – Bristol’s own Kathryn Aldridge-Morris, WA’s Gillian O’Shaughnessy and the Bay Area’s Patricia Q. Bidar. Feminist Flash Fiction from the UK, Australia and US at East Bristol Books.

Superbad for the girls and gays! 2019’s Booksmart follows two co-dependent nerds whose end-of-high-school blowout / hormonal exorcism spirals into serious suburban chaos – it’s the gross-out cringe-comedy we deserve, beamed to Cafe Kino by the trans healthcare fundraising angels at Project The Dolls. Booksmart 15 7.30pm at Cafe Kino.

The concert film to end all concert films! Before there was Woodstock, there was 68’s Monterey Pop, immortalised in this euphoric countercultural snapshot. D. A. Pennebaker captured some of the best live performances in history, not to mention Mama Cass’ rapturous gawping while Janis Joplin howls the sky down, the multiple counts of guitar destruction/fornication/arson, the priceless cutaways to a sea of blissed-out hippies… HIPPY TRIPPY SUMMER PRESENTS: MONTEREY POP at The Cube.

More Photos of Art & Exhibitions

What our editors say

“JAMAICA STREET STUDIOS OPEN STUDIO 2026 Once a year Jamaica Street Studios throws open it's doors for you to come and explore our beautiful building! - 27 stunning artist's studios - 32 artists - A grade II listed building - The KIT FORM group show exhibition - Our brand new KIT FORM DARKROOM - Our famous fundraising auction - Beers, ciders, coffee, cake! - KIT FORM is on ground level with step free access Jamaica Street Studios is only accessible via stairs - Jamaica Street Studios & KIT FORM 37 - 39 Jamaica Street Bristol BS2 8JP”
From: Jamaica Street Studios - Open Studios 2026

“Ragged Edges A solo exhibition of British landscapes by printmaker Ruth Ander. With handprinting demonstrations throughout the weekend. "My inspiration is landscape, nature and light- often in North Somerset, the Severn Estuary, Dorset and Wiltshire- the places I know and love best, but also sometimes far away places I’ve travelled to. My motivation is to express the way I feel about these places- they move me and I want to move others." PREVIEW EVENING all welcome Thursday 10th September, 18:00 - 21:00 - Runs 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th September 12:00 - 18:00 & 12:00 - 16:00 Sunday KIT FORM has step-free access - 37 Jamaica Street, Stokes Croft, BS2 8JP”
From: Ragged Edges