Bristol's Workshops & Classes Scene

Creatives has always been drawn to the city of Bristol - we don't know what came first, the creatives or the workshops and classes! Whatever your poison is: pottery, dance classes, life drawing, basket weaving, yoga - Bristol has it all. Bristol Folk House on Park Street is a key public-facing arts centre - providing workshops on photography, music writing, all forms of modern dance and everything in between (usually at affordable prices).

The RWA, Bristol's oldest art gallery (and one of the only academies left in the UK) also host an art and drawing school offering everything from month long courses to drop-in life drawing events. Other key creative spaces to check out for workshops and classes in Bristol include the Maker Shed @ St Paul's Learning Centre, Hamilton House, Bristol School of Art, Bristol Print Room and Spike Print Studio (to name just a few).

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What our editors say

“The Cary Comes Home Festival returns with our most ambitious edition yet, bringing together three days of screenings, talks, music and special events celebrating the life, legacy and stardom of Cary Grant. We can’t announce the full programme until film rights are confirmed, but we can promise a carefully curated weekend of cinema and conversation, with four events each day and a vibrant atmosphere throughout.”
From: Cary Comes Home 2026 Festival

“Dr Jeffrey DeMarco is a Senior Technical Advisor for Protecting Children from Digital Harm at Save the Children UK. He is also a chartered forensic psychologist, and frequently lectures on trauma at Middlesex University. His research and policy work bridge psychology with technology and child protection, where most recently, he led a nine-nation digital-resilience programme. He has spoken before the European Commission, Europol, and UNICEF on online harms, radicalisation, and the experience of trauma. His ideas have been featured in his TEDx RoyalHolloway talks “The Importance of Trust” and his podcast “Privacy Talks” (2025).”
From: The Neuroscience of Adverse Childhood Experiences

“Mr Teds' Drag Quiz returns to Loco Klub with its irresistible blend of multi-character drag performance, life drawing, arts n crafts, group lip sync finale and shots, shots, shots.... A quiz like no other, it's anarchy, its drag, its creative mayhem”
From: Mr Teds' Drag Quiz

“The Available Light tour brings together new formal and conceptual elements, writing, and sound compositions developed by Quaintance, and placed in a changing configuration alongside other contributions – music, spoken word and moving image – from a range of invited artists: at one venue a screening programme, at another, a static exhibition, a single performance, or a series of talks, at another still, a combination of all of the above.”
From: Morgan Quaintance: Available Light

“Bring your pyjamas, eye mask, earplugs, whatever you need, you are invited to a sleepover! We think there is something special about sleeping in a room with other people. Not closing the door on the world, but sleeping as a pack, a collective, sharing herbal tea and toothpaste, occasional snores, body heat, sleep talks and threads of dreams in the morning. The farm has two purpose built sleepover spaces, a Giant Bunk House, with triple high adult sized bunk beds and a beautiful calm attic room.”
From: Creative Sleepover: OUR BODY in Nature