Half term fun for all the family in Bristol
Half term fun for all the family this October in Bristol
With half term coming up at the end of the month, starting on Monday 24th October, Bristol has a jam-packed lineup of events for students and families alike to join their time off from their daily routines. Whether you fancy getting creative, adventuring in the great outdoors or dancing the night away, Bristol is the place to be this October half term:
- Get crafty and creative in Bristol’s Bump In The Night lantern carnival on Sunday 30th October, which will see illuminated giant puppets parading the streets of Bristol City Centre. Organised by Lamp Lighter Arts with support from Bristol City
- Centre BID, family-friendly craft workshops will bring the puppets to life in time for a spooky Halloween celebration featuring ghost ships and giant spiders. Choose your lantern character and get crafting here.
- Explore Bristol south of the river with Bedminster BID’s Halloween Trail, which will lead children and adults alike on a monster-hunt around the area just in time for Halloween! From 15th October, families can pick up a map from one of the participating businesses around Bedminster (marked with Halloween window stickers) and start the monster-hunt for spooky stickers to complete their map. Share a snap with you and your completed map, and you will be entered into a draw for a £100 prize giveaway! Find out more here.
- Dive into the surreal and fantastical new world of Meridia this half-term at Wake The Tiger, the world’s first ever Amazement Park ® created by the Boomtown team. Children and adults alike can explore the depths of 27 different creative environments in an immersive art experience which blurs the lines between imagination and reality. Book your tickets now to get exploring!
- Fascinated by spirits, sorcerers and shadows? Then look no further than Wake The Tiger‘s unique Halloween experience – Danse Macabre – which will invade the fantastical world of Meridia with darkness, dance music and DJ’s for one night only on Friday 28th October. With pop-up performers, games and the DJs driving the dance of death, get ready to enter the immersive world of Meridia like you’ve never seen it before this Halloween. Find out more here.
- Kick start the half term early on Friday 21st and Saturday 22nd October with your favourite Bavarian craft beer, a brass band and a side of Bratwurst at Propyard’s Hoptoberfest! Local cider and beer breweries including Wild Beer Co, Wiper and True, Bristol Cider and Tiny Rebel will be pouring your favourite drinks over the two days, with live music getting the good times started. Find out more here.
- Enter Propyard‘s cavernous industrial playground as the venue is transformed into a monstrous dance hall for Club Blanco. Expect a mind melding AV show, and two rooms of gruesome and groovy music by DJs Avalon Emerson, Job Jobse and DJ Budino for just one night only on Saturday 29th October. Find out more here.
