Bristol — Week of 5 Oct 2026

October edition of the Rebel Meetups gathering for founders, creators and freelancers.

Your Partnerships' Bristol breakfast networking at The Lost & Found on Queens Road, including tea, coffee and pastries. £30.

SDE Nexus networking morning at Bristol & Bath Science Park on the future of uncrewed and autonomous systems — a defence and engineering audience that rarely surfaces on the open listings.

Hi all, This is a free coworking session intended to alleviate the isolation of remote work/WFH! We are a group of freelancers, remote workers and business owners who get together for a chat over coffee, work on our respective projects for a few hours, and then enjoy some more social time at lunch (we will head to St. Nick's food market at 13:00).

More than just coffee and a catch-up - this is your monthly moment to pause, connect, and recharge with fellow founders & business leaders.

A free 60-minute one-to-one with a BIPC information specialist on your business idea or an IP question. Booked as individual appointment slots.

Help to understand the process of setting up. Contact us if this time is not convenient.

The 'On The Sofa' series is a Networking Event featuring an exceptional line-up of business and industry leads.

A monthly meet-up for 18-30(ish) creatives at the start of building a practice or a career in the creative industries - a space to connect, compare notes and get unstuck. Runs at the Pervasive Media Studio.

CodeHub Bristol's fortnightly social coding session. Side projects, challenges, company. Arrive by 18:30.

Autumn edition of CatalystHER, the Business & IP Centre's evening networking and support event for women in business, at Junction 3 Library.

Rick has spent years keeping some of the world's largest WordPress sites standing. What actually breaks at 100,000+ requests a second is rarely what you would guess.

Small meetup for people running something of their own in Bristol — a business, a freelance practice, a product. Any stage, from first customer to a full client book.

She Scales brings women founders together at the NatWest Accelerator for practical conversation about scaling a business.

Roland DG training course for the VersaStudio BD Series UV printer, at Roland's Bristol training centre.

Roland DG training course for UV flatbed printers, at Roland's Bristol training centre.

Understand how to grow your business successfully by buying others.

UWE Bristol launches Enterprise Engine, its new innovation and growth programme, at the Bristol Business School.

Global Woman Club's Bristol mastermind and networking morning at The Bristol Hotel, led by founder and CEO Mirela Sula. £40.79.

UWE session on routes into startup formation and the enterprise support actually available in the region.

A paid half-day on building real professional relationships when everyone else is automating theirs. £75 via PayPal.

with Ash Phillips (Founder, Rebel Meetups / Rebellious Co)

Ash Phillips — 14 years building Rebel Meetups into a 23,000-member community across 30+ cities, angel investor and board member — on how deliberate network-building actually works when AI is flattening everything else. Half-day workshop, £75.

Free one-to-one appointments with a qualified IP attorney on patents, trade marks and design rights. Worth a slot if you are an early-stage technical founder.

Digital Skills Course Digital Skills Course welcomes Beginners to Improvers, topics include Online, Ai, Emailing, Social Media and Online Safety. 8 Weeks Break for Half Term

A free workshop for founders with ADHD. Explore dopamine and craft your role to spend more time on work that moves the dial.

Free taster session of The Dopamine Lab's ADHD Founders Club at Origin Workspace — how dopamine actually works for founders with ADHD and how to spend more time in the work that moves the business forward.

Pluriversity in Practice: Reimagining Research Methods and Outputs in the Creative Lives of African Universities Project - AFRIUNI project

A free taster session for founders with ADHD. Explore dopamine, your zone of genius, and how to spend more time on work that moves the dial.

PyData Bristol returns after a long break with a social rather than a talks night — one five-minute intro from the organisers at 18:30, then drinks. Good moment to find out if the group is restarting properly.

Established in 1999 - Come for a one-off visit and network with our membership at Aqua Welsh Back, Bristol BS1 4RR

The South West Fraud Forum's autumn conference at VWV — a day on fraud, financial crime and the controls and technology used against them.

Hi all, Hi all, This is a free coworking session intended to alleviate the isolation of remote work/WFH! We are a group of freelancers, remote workers and business owners who get together for a chat over coffee, work on our respective projects for a few hours, and then enjoy some more social time at lunch. No obligation to show up at the start of the appointed session time, either - feel free to join whenever, even if just for lunch :) Beacon Loaf is a spacious, airy cafe with good WiFi that makes great coffee, pastries and lunch options.

Future Space's agri-tech cluster meetup — regional growers, researchers and startups working on technology for food and farming.

In this workshop we’ll dive into the sales funnel and explore how to optimise each stage of the funnel to convert leads into loyal customers

Networking morning for founders and small business owners who dislike networking mornings.

Join us for a casual meetup where you can chat, network, and connect with fellow property enthusiasts in Bristol!

techSPARK's PitchMe! session — South West founders pitching to an audience of investors and operators, run online by the region's tech network.

One-to-one information clinic at Bristol Central Library on the practicalities of setting up as a sole trader or a limited company.

After Work Club social at Barbara's Bier Haus on the harbourside — welcome drink, nibbles and games for Bristol professionals. £9.37.

Mark Proctor on breaking Excel automation into reusable components with the Automation Toolkit framework, so what you build stays maintainable. Online, not in person.

Cotswold Networking's October Bristol meet-up at the Aztec Hotel & Spa, Almondsbury — informal evening networking with local professionals.

Bristol's longest-running web conference, now in its 17th edition: one day, one track, six talks and two lightning talks, capped at around 100 people. Speakers include Josh Tumath (BBC), Amy Hupe (Frankly), Hidde de Vries (Logius), Caroline Jarrett and Paavan Buddhdev (Granola). £99, tickets via Tito.

Drop into our coworking day in Bristol and have a lovely time connecting with other self-employed women & non-binary people.

Exocad Advanced- Full Arch Bar Design — hosted by ALS Dental at Bristol CADCAM in Bristol.

We're an informal meetup group of people who wish to reduce the solitary nature of remote working by gathering at cafes and having casual work sessions together over a cup of tea/coffee. We welcome a diverse range of individuals, including writers, software engineers, designers, students, freelancers and anyone equipped with a laptop to join us. The Watershed cafe bar is a spacious, airy cafe with good WiFi and decent lunch options.

Free 60-minute one-to-one on your business idea or an IP question with a BIPC information specialist.

with Teresa Dillon (Researcher, Repair Acts) · Felipe Schmidt Fonseca (Researcher, Repair Acts)

Teresa Dillon and Felipe Schmidt Fonseca of the artist-led research programme Repair Acts on their methods, and on co-writing local Repair Declarations with citizen bodies — the right-to-repair argument made at city scale.

A diverse, inclusive and cross-sector networking space for women leaders in BANES.

Join us to celebrate our 150th anniversary and the opening of Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus with a series of inspiring events.

Join us to celebrate our 150th anniversary and the opening of Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus with a series of inspiring events.

Short public session at Bristol's new Temple Quarter campus on how business school research turns into commercial practice.