What's happening: Week of 20 April 2026
Monthly drinks and networking for Bristol’s freelance creative and digital community, hosted by Bristol Creative Industries. Free for BCI members; £5 + VAT for non-members. One of the best recurring…
A free lunch-and-learn at Engine Shed for founders and innovators navigating intellectual property. Patent Attorneys Oliver Leason and Michael Blake cover how to protect, manage, and commercialise your IP —…
Bristol’s leading AI networking meetup returns to Origin Workspace. Three talks cover building with LLMs, AI productivity tools, and AI’s broader societal impact — followed by pizza, drinks, and genuine…
Monthly drinks and networking for Bristol’s freelance creative and digital community, hosted by Bristol Creative Industries. Free for BCI members; £5 + VAT for non-members. One of the best recurring rooms for digital freelancers, designers, developers, and agency folk.
An intimate 15-seat brunch for Bristol's creative founders and digital doers at Boston Tea Party in Clifton. Focus: creative ideas — what's working, what's stuck, what the group can help unstick. Hosted by Helena Traill of nooh Studio with ongoing WhatsApp community access included.
Drake Music launches DMLab Bristol — a new workshop series bringing musicians and makers together to prototype accessible, DIY instruments for people who face barriers to music-making. Held at Watershed's Pervasive Media Studio, one of Bristol's key creative technology spaces. A distinctive niche for engineers, designers and accessibility technologists.
Engine Shed's Bristol Innovations series tackles AI's dual role in cybersecurity — the same technology enabling sophisticated attacks is also the most powerful tool for defending against them. An evening…
SETsquared Bristol's flagship networking evening — a gathering of the Bristol tech ecosystem celebrating startup culture, new investments, and the people building the next generation of tech companies in the…
Monthly free meet-up at KWMC for creatives, artists and technologists interested in using technology for social good and community projects. A welcoming, cross-disciplinary space particularly strong for those working at…
Monthly free meet-up at KWMC for creatives, artists and technologists interested in using technology for social good and community projects. A welcoming, cross-disciplinary space particularly strong for those working at the intersection of technology and community impact.