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What's happening: Week of 20 April 2026

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Bristol Creative Industries
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Bristol Creative Industries Freelancer Networking Drinks — April
Tue 21 Apr · 5:30pmThe Square Club

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…

£5
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Stratagem IPM
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From Innovation to Income: Maximising the Value of Your IP
Wed 22 Apr · 12:00pmEngine Shed

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 —…

Free
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Mindstone
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Mindstone Bristol April AI Meetup
Wed 22 Apr · 6:00pmOrigin Workspace

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…

Free
AI & ML

Thursday 23 April1 event

5:30pmFree
Pervasive Media Studio, Watershed, Harbourside

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.

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