Easter
There’s lots going on in Bristol Shopping Quarter this Easter including the Wonderful Water community arts festival, an Easter Egg Hunt, and more.
Bristol Shopping Quarter’s Wonderful Water
This Easter, you are invited to visit Bristol Shopping Quarter’s Wonderful Water, an exciting community arts festival taking place in Sparks Bristol and John Wesley’s New Room from 9 to 12 and 16 to 19 April (Wednesdays to Saturdays).
Produced by Broadmead BID (Business Improvement District) in partnership with John Wesley’s New Room, and Sparks Bristol, Wonderful Water celebrates the power of water to sustain life, nourish nature, and inspire wellbeing and invites all ages to enjoy exhibitions and allow creativity to flourish with craft sessions, dance workshops, talks, and more. Including street performances by mermaids, water skiers, and a deep-sea diver! All activities will be FREE.
The event has been planned with sustainability, creativity, and the importance of water at its heart, with children, families, community groups, and local artists involved in making artwork for the exhibitions using recycled and sustainable materials.
Tag us with the hashtag #BSQWonderfulWater!
Timetable of events
All activities are free and no pre-booking required (although recommended for the dance workshops), just drop in.
All dates – commissioned and community artwork exhibited in Sparks and JWNR.
Wednesday 9 April:
Bristol Water – Sparks – 12-4pm interactive games and experiments, and freebies to take away.
Thursday 10 April:
Craft Day – John Wesley’s New Room, 11am-3pm – Go along to this workshop to discover the wonders of water, unleash your creativity and discover how we can treasure this precious resource.
Friday 11 April:
Crafty Friday – Sparks, 11am-4pm
Saturday 12 April:
Splash dance workshops – Sparks, 2pm and 3:30pm. Pre-book your space if you can, drop-ins will be subject to availability.
Street Performers – Broadmead West and The Horsefair – look out for mermaids and water skiers or a deep sea diver!
Wednesday 16 April:
Bristol Water – Sparks – 12-4pm interactive games and experiments, and freebies to take away.
Thursday 17 April:
Craft Day – John Wesley’s New Room, 11am-3pm – Go along to this workshop to discover the wonders of water, unleash your creativity and discover how we can treasure this precious resource.
Ocean Saver Day – Sparks – stall and interactivity.
Dr Verity Jones – Sparks, 3-4pm – DRY: Diary of a Water Superhero – storytelling and activities with a FREE book for ages 6-11.
Friday 18 April (Good Friday):
Crafty Friday – Sparks, 11am-4pm
Saturday 19 April
Street Performers – Broadmead West and The Horsefair
Sparks – repair workshop with Rethrindle CIC at 3pm.
Did you know that making one pair of jeans requires over 3’000 litres of water?
Let’s save water by repairing our worn jeans instead of throwing them out!
In this workshop, Meret from Rethrindle CIC will show you basic techniques to repair ripped and worn jeans. We’ll use scrap fabrics and thread to cover holes and reinforce worn areas. Bring a pair of jeans in need of a mend; all other materials will be provided. No previous skills required!
This workshop will take place in the Sustainable Fashion Workshop (ground floor, opposite the café). Entry requirements: 16+. Book your pay-what-you-can ticket.
Find out more about events at Sparks.
Further information about events at John Wesley’s New Room.
Good Friday Service at John Wesley’s New Room
1pm, Friday 18 April.
Free, donations welcome.
All are welcome to join their Good Friday Communion service with hymns and prayers.
Easter Holidays at Treetop
This Easter, join Treetop Golf (Mon 7 – Mon 21 April) for an Easter Trail, a FREE all-day, everyday egg hunt where you can explore and discover hidden eggs along the trek. On select days from 12-3pm, enjoy free face painting and transform into a bunny, butterfly, or superhero! Plus, don’t miss the chance to win a £250 gift voucher!
For those with a sweet tooth, indulge in their limited-edition Easter treats, including an Easter Shake to satisfy those chocolate cravings. No booking is required to join the fun, just turn up and play when you like.
Learn more on their website.
Easter Bake Sale – support a bunny rescue!
The Easter biscuit charity bake season is approaching, and Busy V Bakery in Sparks and The New Room Cafe are delighted to announce that they’ll be raising money for a Bristol-based bunny rescue.
All proceeds will benefit The Littlest Lives Rescue, a rabbit rescue and re-homing service in Bristol, and your support would be greatly appreciated in helping them save more little lives.
Following last year’s successful bake-off, they will be selling their biscuits from 20 March until the end of April. Get 5 vegan biscuits for a minimum donation of £4.50.
Easter Egg Hunt at Cabot Circus
Saturday 19 April, 11-4.30pm.
Find all the different coloured eggs in Cabot Circus and Quakers Friars to get a book and a treat of your choice!
Find them on George White Street (near Oakberry and H.Samuel) between 11 and 4.30pm to get involved.
Free to take part.
They’ve worked with Expect Amazing to put together this Easter Egg Hunt.
Book and treat for participants subject to availability.
Water-Activated mural in Quakers Friars
To mark the UN’s World Water Day on 22 March, Frank Water unveiled a stunning mural in Bristol city centre by artist and activist Jasmine Hortop to highlight fresh water’s crucial role.
Gaming for good: play for a good cause!
20 April, 12-4pm @ Excelsior! Games. Tickets: £5 or more.
More information on this page.
Join the Pirate Treasure Hunt at Cabot Circus
Cabot Circus has been taken over by Captain Blackbrick and they need your help to find his six cheeky monkeys hiding around the centre!
How to Play:
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Explore Cabot Circus to discover all 12 pirate statues.
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Take on Captain Blackbrick’s challenge, follow the clues to find all his missing monkeys!
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Scan the QR code next to the final monkey statue.
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Enter your details for a chance to win a prize from Captain Blackbrick’s Treasure Trove including:
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A family/group night/day out at Kingpins worth up to £100.
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A £50 voucher for 4 for 18 holes of Golf at Treetops Golf
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A family box of a dozen doughnuts from Krispy Kremes
The hunt runs from 10 April to 23 April. Don’t miss out!
Start the Treasure Hunt Now!
Additional Info:
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Entry deadline (23 April) and winner announcement date (25 April)
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Cabot Circus Terms & conditions apply (one entry per person, one prize per person)
Broad Meadow, a free wildflower installation
Smell the sweet scent of flowers, hear the buzz of wings and submerge yourself in the lost nature of our city centre. You’re invited to take a seat and relax in a wildflower meadow installation that gives you a taste of what life used to be like in Broadmead.
Whilst immersed in the plants and wildlife around you, you’ll be able to access an audio piece via your smartphone. The audio experience addresses our intertwined relationship with the plant world and connects us to Bristol prior to the 1500s, when Broadmead was a wet meadow, regularly flooded by the river Frome. The wildflower installation’s soil structure and plant species have been carefully chosen to mimic the meadow that once may have grown there.
The installation is made up of 70 wildflower and tree boxes spread out between Broadmead West (outside the Arcade), Merchant Street North (outside TK Maxx) and Merchant Street South (near corner Philadelphia Street).
Learn more about the project at BroadMeadow.art
Pop-up exhibition at The New Room
