PRSC
Community space in Stokes Croft dedicated to cultural and political activities.
The People's Republic Of Stokes Croft has been something of a cultural landmark in an ever changing Bristol since 2006. With their roots in local street art contingents, they're responsible for the tourist favourite Hokusai Wave on Hillgrove Street, as well as the Jamaica Street Outdoor Gallery.
The space itself is used to to encourage human connections, social change and the exploration of ideas. With an emphasis on art exhibitions, talks, book launches, comedy, performance, theatre, circus, live music, film screenings, workshops. Recently a string of socially-conscious documentary premieres have highlighted the importance of this space for community discussion, wellbeing and events in Bristol. It's available for hire (as long as the cause is right) and hosts private event of up to 150 people.
The space itself is used to to encourage human connections, social change and the exploration of ideas. With an emphasis on art exhibitions, talks, book launches, comedy, performance, theatre, circus, live music, film screenings, workshops. Recently a string of socially-conscious documentary premieres have highlighted the importance of this space for community discussion, wellbeing and events in Bristol. It's available for hire (as long as the cause is right) and hosts private event of up to 150 people.
What's On At PRSC
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pop
lgbtq+
hip hop
spoken word
poetry
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experimental
workshops & classes
theatre
festival
cabaret
Get a feel for PRSC
Our recent recommendations for PRSC
Be angry, be very angry. The trans underground unites for this terrifying assault on the ears-that-be, all making a cash-raising racket for Athens’ squatted autonomous zone. Snake Eater’s scimitar-waving metallic grind repurposes Pakistani liberation poetry into guttural rippers + there’s a double hit of rising local hardcore in the form of Sarsour and Hag Reflex.
Snake Eater, Sarsour, Endocrine, Hag Reflex at PRSC.
PWYC! Nations around the globe are hurtling toward climate collapse, and the powers-that-be are busy hiding it from you. School of Activism host an urgent screening of this expert briefing on the delicate state of the UK, designed to galvanise communities into positive, preventative action.
A new film featuring Chris Packham, leading climate and nature scientists, a former general and Jennifer Saunders - all being pretty frank about where things are heading and what can be done about it.
Democratise the canvas! For 9 days the People’s Republic of Stokes Croft throws open its doors for a massive free-to-exhibit, free-entry art exhibition, alongside all-ability workshops, live comedy, an eclectic bazaar, and a Chris Packham-starring climate action doc screening.
Acting as a celebration of culture and expressive art, the People’s Art Fair is open to artists, makers, photographers, painters, sculptors and creatives of all shapes and flavours. We know art isn’t just paintings hanging on walls, so the People’s Art Fair includes all sorts of creative workshops and activities.
Free entry / PWYC! Northfield Records dives deep into the industrial continuum for their next sonic intrusion. Chicago’s enigmatic cyberpunk Dalibor Cruz deploys sci-fi soundscapes, thrumming with avant-garde dread and chopped ‘n’ screwed mechanics. With Yokel’s dungeon rap / no-wave narcotics, this is a huge one FFO: Natural Sciences, Low Jack, Beau Wanzer, John T. Gast, Muslimgauze.
Northfield Records Showcase / Record Launch featuring Dalibor Cruz of Chicago
One Million migrants harvest Europe’s fields picking the fruit and vegetables that we buy in European supermarkets. Most of them work and live in precarious conditions.