Drop the shopping bags and get your best shapes out!

Produced by young people in partnership with groups from Strangebrew and Ujima, the No Bags, Just Bangers Galleries Free Party will transform part of the Galleries into a music event.

From 2pm, audiences will nestle alongside shoppers to enjoy the sounds of Unit Ujima, or immerse themselves in the audio-visual treats in a takeover of Unit One.

At 5pm, when the Galleries closes to the public, the space between the two units will become a dedicated dance floor, performance space, and hangout.

Partners Bleep Klub, Bristol Live Techno Society, We All Play Synth, and Esher Music have hand-picked some of their fave musicians to share their platform with some of Bristol's budding musical talent.

Using their music as muse, our young people have hand-selected artists that represent a new wave of Bristol electronic music, for your enjoyment, in Unit One.

From Unit Ujima, special broadcasts and DJ sets from a range of the stations best musical talent including DJ Style, Krazy, Dancehall Generals, and more!

So dust off your dancing shoes and be part of this city moment, as Bristol re-invents this most kitsch of urban spaces, and consumer units become corners of culture for one night only.

Unit Ujima Set Times
5-7pm DJ Style
7-9pm Krazy / WordLife
9-11pm Dancehall Generals

Unit One Set Times TBC
Bleep Klub
We All Play Synth
Bristol Live Techno Society
Esher Music
Acid House Therapy
Josh Granger
Maxi

Maxi: A resident at Queerky, co-creator of PLU Summer Camp, and a regular choice for ballroom functions across the UK, Maxi brings sharp instincts and serious groove wherever she plays. Her sets are guided by current sonic fixations and pull from a wide range of influences both retro and new. Themes include lyrical melodies, unexpected drum patterns, full-bodied basslines, and emotive synths.

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A Love Letter to Broadmead events are all free to attend, however for some events we ask for a refundable deposit of £5 to secure your place. Your £5 can be fully refunded after your attendance of the event, or it can be spent in a selection of participating businesses in Broadmead. If the £5 deposit is a barrier, please contact [email protected] and we will give you a free ticket. Further event info will be emailed to ticket holders ahead of the event. 

You can find Unit One on the first floor of The Galleries opposite Boots, in Broadmead, Bristol. Unit One is an accessible venue, with lifts and accessible toilets located on the opposite side of the escalators by the lifts. To get to us, the ground floor lifts are located towards the Merchant Street end of the centre, situated between Bonmarché and Claire's.

Please let us know in advance if you will be attending in a wheelchair, with a pushchair, or have specific access needs, so that we can plan ahead and ensure a smooth experience for you. The contact for this, and any other enquiry, is [email protected]. 

This show is part of Compass Presents‘ A Love Letter to Broadmead project. 

About A Love Letter To Broadmead

Unfolding across April and culminating over the early May Bank Holiday weekend, A Love Letter to Broadmead will see a takeover of empty units and shop windows, bringing fresh energy into the city centre; a growing invitation to experience Broadmead in a different light, through creativity, connection, performance and unexpected moments in the heart of the city.

The project has been born out of conversations with local people. Pounding the pavements across December and early Jan, the Compass team visited every business in Broadmead and had exciting chats with the cultural organisations in the area, ultimately recruiting a pool of young people to lead and deliver the project alongside us. 

The heartbeat of the project is the first floor of the galleries, in the old Captain Kandy (check spelling) shop, now “Unit Ujima” with its cool tiled flooring and floor to ceiling widows, and the old Vertigo VR shop (now “Unit One”, with tons of space for hangouts and performances. Plus hangout and chilling space in the wide area outside Boots.

Spaces are limited so snap them up early - they are all Free!

We are reimagining the city. It is Broadmead, but not as you know it.

https://compasspresents.com/a-love-letter-to-broadmead/

A Love Letter to Broadmead is funded by the UK government through UK Shared Prosperity Fund, and funding from the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority.