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Bristol: A year of food and festivities
Bristol's annual calendar is stuffed full of events and festivals, from the Bristol Light Festival in the winter, through to the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta in August and music festivals throughout.
GuestSusie Bowers
Published15 April 2026
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What you’ll unlock in this episode
Things to Do in Bristol
Start with a walking tour of the city – there are lots themed around street art, thanks to Banksy's connection with Bristol.
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Episode show notes
Visit Bristol PR Manager, Susie Bowers, joins Daniel to talk about the largest city in the southwest of England.
Bristol’s annual calendar is stuffed full of events and festivals, from the Bristol Light Festival in the winter, through to the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta in August and music festivals throughout.
Bristol Bookshelf
Things to Do in Bristol
Start with a walking tour of the city – there are lots themed around street art, thanks to Banksy’s connection with Bristol.
Make sure your tour takes you to Brunel’s monumental Clifton Suspension Bridge, like this cycling tour does. At the bridge, check out the museum for more information.
And then head slightly out of town to Aerospace Bristol, where you can step onboard the last Concorde to fly.
As Susie says, Bristol has a full calendar of festivals and events. If you’re in the city in August, perhaps take to the sky in a hot air balloon…
In the episode, Susie also shows how you can use Bristol as a base to explore the wider region, including Bath (only 12-minutes by train), Cardiff (1 hour), Cleveden, Stonehenge…
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Susie Bowers
Connect with Visit Bristol Connect with Visit Bath Destination Unlocked in your Inbox [the_ad id='607'] Susie Bowers is PR Manager at Visit West, which run the destination marketing for the West of England, including Bristol and Bath. The team at Visit West run the Visit Bristol and Visit Bath websites and social media channels. In…
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