Arnolfini
Iconic gallery and venue on Bristol’s waterfront
Established 1961, Arnolfini is an internationally renowned contemporary arts centre on the city harbourside, offering a diverse programme of visual art, contemporary dance, film screenings and live music, as well as workshops, talks and lectures, and family events.
Its versatile facilities span multiple exhibition and performance spaces including five galleries and a 200-capacity auditorium, plus specialist bookshop, reading room, and cafe-bar. Part of the building is shared with The University of the West of England (UWE).
Alongside its own exhibitions and events, over the years Arnolfini has hosted events for many of Bristol’s key cultural institutions, including Mayfest, Bristol Palestine Film Festival, Bristol Artists Book Event, Lyrafest, and Encounters Film Festival alongside Watershed and the Bristol Beacon.
Level access into the building is available via Prince Street, with lift access to all floors. Accessible toilets are available throughout the building. Further access information can be found on the Arnolfini website: http://arnolfini.org.uk/plan-your-visit/accessibility
Its versatile facilities span multiple exhibition and performance spaces including five galleries and a 200-capacity auditorium, plus specialist bookshop, reading room, and cafe-bar. Part of the building is shared with The University of the West of England (UWE).
Alongside its own exhibitions and events, over the years Arnolfini has hosted events for many of Bristol’s key cultural institutions, including Mayfest, Bristol Palestine Film Festival, Bristol Artists Book Event, Lyrafest, and Encounters Film Festival alongside Watershed and the Bristol Beacon.
Level access into the building is available via Prince Street, with lift access to all floors. Accessible toilets are available throughout the building. Further access information can be found on the Arnolfini website: http://arnolfini.org.uk/plan-your-visit/accessibility
What's On At Arnolfini
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workshops & classes
spoken word
poetry
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noise
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underground hip hop
electronic
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experimental
contemporary classical
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Sell out warning! BNM have truly pulled it out the bag showcasing some of the most outré and forward-thinking music-makers around. Friday sees us diving deep into KMRU’s dissonant noise and heavy synth drones, Saint Abdullah, Eomac & Rebecca Salvadori unleashing crunching illbient AV wonderment and Yunis weaving a cosmic ritual of Egyptian street-fire experimentation. Serious!
KMRU + Saint Abdullah, Eomac & Rebecca Salvadori + YUNIS at Arnolfini.
RepresentAsian’s dedication to amplifying South Asian culture in the club and beyond has been tireless. Now they’re hosting another informal sit-down with the local Desi diaspora (and curious outsiders) to listen to lyrical tales of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi experiences, struggles and triumphs.
RepresentAsian Storytelling Evening at Arnolfini.
Local virtuosic experimentalist Nik Rawlings lends their sublime operatic vocals to this new series exploring DIY spatial sonics! They're joined by Duncan Speakman’s visceral fog of guitar-processed musique concréte and spectral dronewave from Natalia Mamcarczyk – immersive minimal soundscapes await at this essential one FFO: Éliane Radigue, Kali Malone, claire rousay, Blank Forms.
PUNK/T SPATIAL #1 Nik Rawlings, Duncan Speakman, Natalia Mamcarczyk at Arnolfini.
An LGBTQ+ History Month special from the good folk of Raise The Bar, showcasing four visionary queer voices in verse: award-winning British-Syrian writer Lisa Minerva Luxx, former Birmingham Poet Laureate and beatbox maestro Jasmine Gardosi, radical poet-activist Aflo and theatre-maker-cum-storyteller Anita Karla Kelly. All profits to MAP, so dig deep!
A special Queer Solidarity event to mark LGBTQ+ History Month.
After an outstanding debut at the Bristol New Music, Shui Mo Ensemble makes a much-anticipated return with a fresh round of commissioned compositions, fusing Asian folk disciplines with Western contemporary classical and jazz instrumentation. Those tired of stuffy conservatoire conservatism should look no further.
East-West musical pioneers Shui Mo Ensemble make a welcome return to Arnolfini to present a new transcultural music exchange project with composers and ensembles from Beijing, Xi’an, Taipei and Seoul.