What's On Sunday 20th May in Bristol

Events on Sunday 20th May

“This event will be a community effort enabling us to showcase the vibrant talent directly from Bristol through a catwalk, live music, market opportunities and other local talent located at the iconic Bristol venue, motion">Motion, in hopes of raising enough money to save Hamilton House, Stokes Croft, where this project originated.”
From: The Bristol Fashion Show

“Award winning spoken word artist, poet, playwright and author. She has performed across the UK as well as internationally for the British Council (Zimbabwe, Brazil, Botswana). She was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Society Arts in 2015 as well as being named as one of southbank">Southbank Centre’s Nelson Mandela Change Makers for positively affecting cultural Britain. Her most recent collection Songs My Enemy Taught Me is a searing and powerful call of solidarity to all who have experienced sexual violence.”
From: Milk Poetry at Tobacco Factory Theatres

“Young Waters’ twisted neo-folk is a tapestry of emotionally powerful vocals, stirring harmonies, lyrical strings and finely mastered acoustic guitar. Their exhilarating rhythms and intricate melodies, coupled with a repertoire that combines startling original material with traditional folk songs, makes for a captivating stage presence. 2017 has seen the band record a full length album at Peter Gabriel’s legendary Real World Studios which will be released in April 2018 to coincide with their UK tour.”
From: Young Waters

“This is something special, a rare mix of Early Music, Middle Eastern flavours and jazz with Knud Stuwe (guitar), Simon Leach (oud) and Jake McMurchie (saxophones) each bringing their own contribution to a clever and lyrical sound that transcends time and space.”
From: Mr Dowlands Midnight

“Their decidedly hallucinogenic jams whisper and hum the same gentle refrains of their summer of love influences, conjuring up the cognitive imagery of sunny days at the park, spent with friends in a euphoric haze along with lyrics ad sonic mediations on life, love and self-awareness. It just happened. Kind of like how humans crawled out of the slime and came into existence.”
From: Levitation Room // Black Doldrums // Guru