A Love Letter To Broadmead is multi-day event series animating streets and shop windows through performance, workshops, film, light and projection. Windows become stages, screens and galleries; the pedestrianised street becomes a playground and performance space; vacant units will host live events, workshops and hands-on making.

You can keep up to date with all the events by following on our socials, or joining the mailing list for event information. Have you got a cool story or memory about Broadmead? Then we’d love to hear it. Write it down, or send us a voice note, and become part of a growing love letter to Broadmead.

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FULL EVENT SCHEDULE

A flexible performance, gallery, and creative hub space.

Across April, the space will come alive with a lively mix of intergenerational AV events and hands-on workshops led by young creative practitioners. Expect a rolling programme of performances and exhibitions, created in collaboration with brilliant partners from across Bristol’s vibrant creative scene.

THE BROADCAST SCHEDULE

The space will become Ujima’s home for the month

Broadcasting live right from the heart of Bristol throughout April, building excitement day by day as we head towards the bank holiday weekend. Expect the buzz of live radio, stories, music, and conversations flowing straight from the city centre.

THE IDEA BEHIND A LOVE LETTER TO BROADMEAD

This project takes a creative, flexible approach to tackling empty units in the city centre, bringing landlords, stakeholders, and the local community together to breathe new life into Broadmead. At its heart is a simple idea: create welcoming, affordable spaces where people can hang out, connect, and feel like they truly belong.

By shining a spotlight on local organisations and their cultural work, the project helps inspire the wider public while opening the door for young people to get involved. Through intergenerational skill-sharing with professional cultural groups, new events and creative collaborations will emerge.

Young creatives will also have space to rehearse, experiment, and perform, helping nurture the next generation of cultural producers. Most importantly, young people themselves will help steer and shape the project – learning through mentorship and shadowing – so they leave not just inspired, but equipped to carry this work forward long after the project ends.

Keep an eye out for a whole range of other activities popping up in spaces across Broadmead too—brought together in partnership with some of these brilliant collaborators and ‘friends of Broadmead.’ Expect creative surprises, shared moments, and plenty of reasons to explore the area.

THE FULL LIST OF EVENTS

THE CHAPTER ABOUT COMPASS PRESENTS

Compass Presents are a local independent arts company. Working closely with Bristol’s diverse communities, our work seeks to re-present cultural gems, imbuing them with immediacy and relevance through live elements, such as dance, circus, or projection mapping. Compass often works with cult and archive film to create expanded cinema experiences. We also create promenade theatre performances, interactive playthings, and experimental film edits, as well as producing stages and installations for festivals.

A Love Letter To Broadmead is the result of an in-depth consultation process with businesses and communities around Broadmead. The cultural gem is the areas itself! Stories will be brought to life by bespoke performances and interactive activities, designed to unpack all the richness and complexity of what was once the heartbeat of Bristol.

A Love Letter To Broadmead is being delivered as part of the City Centre and High Streets Culture and Events Programme, funded by Bristol City Council. The initiative aims to attract more visitors to the City Centre, boosting local businesses and the economy.

The project has been created in partnership with the businesses on the street, and in consultation with local people. All of the artists and creative team have direct links to Bristol, either historical or current, and for all of us it has been a huge honour to be able to work creatively with the legacy of Broadmead.

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