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What is Purple Flag Purple Flag is an accreditation process similar to the Blue Flag award for beaches. It leads to Purple Flag status for town & city centres that meet or surpass the standards of excellence in managing the evening and night time economy. The Purple Flag Scheme is operated by a board in each city. In Bristol The Purple Flag partnership is a group of organizations from the public, private and non for profit sectors working together with the aim to attract a greater number of visitors into the city centre at night and to reduce the negative perceptions that some people held about our city centre. The Partnership feel that we have made considerable progress due to the Purple Flag scheme in bringing about change and believe that the Purple Flag award is an independent confirmation of our achievements to date.

What is in it for Bristol Bristol is a dynamic, prosperous, forward looking city that is the gateway to the South West with ambitions to be one of the great European cities, proud of its diverse communities, its heritage and proud of the rich range of attractions on offer to both visitors and residents. Bristol attracts almost half a million West End / Harbourside / Old City overseas visitors a year (staying at least one night). / Bristol Shopping Quarter / Old Market Quarter Visitors and residents bring the city centre to life and during the summer months the city’s Harbourside areas, public squares and green spaces are vibrant, exciting places and its visitor economy is worth an Purple Flag Bristol Operating Hours estimated £1 billion annually to Bristol’s economy supporting almost 20,000 jobs. Monday - Sunday 17:00-05:00

Purple Flag Map Victoria Rooms & RWA West End

One of the most significant achievements is that Purple Flag has acted as a catalyst to enhance partnership work around managing the night time economy. Quarterly Night time self assessments are now a permanent fixture and have proved invaluable for addressing issues and identifying new opportunities to improve the offer to residents and visitors using the city centre. RWA West End O2 West End

Clifton Triangle West End

Cabot Circus Bristol Shopping Quarter Colston Hall West End

NIght Markets Old City

Gay Village West End

Kings Street & Bristol Old Vic Old City

Park Street West End

Pop up Events Harbourside

Millienium Square & Amphitheatre Harbourside

Old Market Quarter

Arnofini Harbourside

MSHED Harbourside

Gay Village Old Market Quarter Thekla Harbourside

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MAY 2017

Bristol City Council Equalities / Strategic planning

Badminton Horse Trails Bristol Motor & Leisure Show

The Bath Festival

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Bristol Bear Fiesta

LGBT+ Guide for the West of England

James Critchley Photography

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Feature: Badminton Horse Trails 2017

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Date: Venue:

Badminton Horse Trails 3 -7 May Time: 07:00-18:00 Badminton Estate Ticket price: £8-£30

The Mitsubishi Motors Badminton Horse Trials will take place from Wednesday 3rd May through to Sunday 7th May 2017 The event is staged within the beautiful grounds of the Badminton Estate in South Gloucestershire (UK). Wednesday is the first day of the ticketed event with our array of over 500 tradestands opening for business, the International competition kicking off with the horse inspection in the afternoon as well as the cross country culmination of the ‘amateur’ eventing competition of the Mitsubishi Motors Cup. The event continues with Dressage on the Thursday and Friday before the thrills and spills of the Cross Country phase on the Saturday. Sunday is the culmination of the competition and is a Show Jumping test over knock down arena jumps. This annual spectacle offers a great family day out, with children and dogs very welcome to enjoy great hospitality options, shopping, top level equestrian sport and more in a stunning location.

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Feature: The Bath Festival

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Party in the City Date: 19-05-2017 Time: 18:00 - 23:30 Venue: Various venues in Bath City Centre Price: FREE This year we are filling the streets, parks and venues of Bath with a multitude of arts from electro-swing to cheerleading to Chinese shadow-puppetry. The city will come alive with folk, rock, classical, jazz, acoustic, swing and soul – and it’s all free! Join in dancing, drumming and samba on our Carnival Street, head to one of our DJ booths to throw some serious shapes or visit our festival hub on Alfred Street for a family friendly extravaganza. After sun sets, hit one of our festival venues or bars and enjoy the music until the early hours in style. Opening the night with a extravaganza of Wild Voices will be over 100 school children bringing the Abbey to life with song, stories, and visual art. Working with composer Richard Barnard and artist Edwina Bridgeman the children will create a brand new piece celebrating heritage through the eyes of wild creatures. Join us to celebrate children’s creativity and see the Abbey reimagined. Back by popular demand we are pleased to announce the return of our Festival [Queen] Square filled with great live music in association with Moles, and local food and drink. In 2016 over 20,000 people graced Bath city-centre to see their favourite bands and groups across 35+ venues and 3 outdoor stages. This year, invite your friends, family and co-workers to join the city’s largest, free festival and celebrate the arts in Bath.

Literature

Mary Berry Everyday

Authors: Mary Berry Publisher: BBC Books Language: English ISBN-10: 1785941682 ISBN-13: 978-1785941689

About the event Mary Berry might have waved farewell to The Great British Bake Off, but she’s the only one we’ll turn to when we want to talk lemon drizzle. Mary joins us to talk about a life in cookery, her new book Mary Berry Everyday and the art of keeping cool even when your bottom goes soggy. All tickets include a copy of Mary Berry Everyday. The first 300 bookers will receive pre-signed copies..

Synopsis Everyday cooking is about sharing your love of food with family and friends. With this book I hope that you will feel encouraged to create new favourites, making everyday meals into something extra-special. Add a little Mary magic to your cooking with 120 brand-new recipes from the inspiring new BBC series. Delicious family suppers, tempting food for sharing and plenty of sweet treats, all made with everyday ingredients and a clever twist. Date: 20-05-2017 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Venue: The Forum Price: £26 (ticket includes a copy of Mary Berry Everyday)

Lifestyle: Film

If I Think of Germany at Night 15

Date: Fri 19 - Thu 25 May Director: Romuald Karmakar Cast: Ata, Roman Flügel, Sonja Moonear Time: 105 mins, Released: 2017, Country: Germany Venue: www.watershed.co.uk Fans of electronic dance music know that Germany remains one of the greatest producers of techno in the world, and that visiting Berlin’s infamous nightspot Berghain is the EDM (Electronic Dance Music) equivalent of going on a pilgrimage. Director Romuald Karmakar hammers that point home in his documentary about the German electronic music scene, by focusing on five major DJs who are keeping Teutonic techno alive and well. Speaking - and sometimes freely associating - about the music they make and its evolution over the past decades, international stars (Ricardo Villalobos, Sonja Moonear, Ata Macias, Roman Flügel and Move D/David Moufang) take us behind the turntables to reveal the methods to their madness. In between eloquent thoughts from the musicians in interviews, quiet observations of them at work at their DJ home, and images of sweating masses at raves, a selective image gradually and very quietly emerges of a music scene in transition.

Photo: Lindsey Byrnes

Music

Paramore Wed 21 Jun 2017/ www.bristoljazzandbluesfest.com

Since forming in their hometown of Nashville in 2004, Paramore have won fans around the world for their highly energetic and individual brand of rock, pop, punk and emo. An exhilarating live act, they have spent much of the past decade-plus on the road, with highlights including sold out headline arena tours and festival sets around the globe. They have received a GRAMMY Award, two People’s Choice Awards, three NME Awards and three MTV Video Music Award nominations. As well as featuring in the soundtrack for the hugely successful Twilight film (2008), they have repeatedly topped rock charts, hitting platinum for multiple single and album releases. Grammy Award-winning Paramore have announced the eagerly awaited release of their fifth studio album ‘After Laughter’, due for release on 12 May. Recorded at Nashville’s historic RCA Studio B, ‘After Laughter’ is Paramore’s first new album in nearly five years, and marks the return of original member Zac Farro to the band. With just five other UK dates on this tour, Colston Hall is the only South West show so don’t miss your chance to see this globally adored band while you can. Support from Bleached, a punk-rock/pop-punk trio from Los Angeles. This show is part-standing in the stalls. Venue: Colston Hall Time: 19:00 Date: Wed 21 Jun 2017 Price: £37.62 to £45.69 incl. booking fee

Culture

James Critchley Photographer / www.jamescritchley.co.uk /

“Interpreting form & structure, stylist & photographer James Critchley’s work naturally captures the masculinity of his subject.”

A rising star in the portrait and physique photography world, James Critchley has already shot many of the worlds physique models. What sets his work apart is the combination of his physique photography with his other passion of landscape design which creates his unique style. His choice of stunning locations and physique models his work is reminiscent of Ansel Adams and Bruce Weber.

Where do you get your inspiration from ? Coming from a design background I have always been drawn to structure and form. This extended into my photography and into capturing the form and structure of the athletic physical form. Living in the Cotswolds, much of my nature series focuses on locations based in natural settings and way the natural setting accentuates the strong form of the model.

Culture

James Critchley Photographer / www.jamescritchley.co.uk / Show 2-3 June 2017 / Space Gallery, Bristol, BS2 0BH

What kind of camera do you use? I use a Canon 5D with a variety of lenses in order to create a range of different photos. To me, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the lenses that create the magic. How much creative freedom do you have on an editorial shoot? I have had complete freedom in almost every shoot. I am very lucky that I get to choose my models, locations and style of photography How important are personal projects to you ? I would like to think that almost all of my muscle photography is personal to me. To start with, I had to ask the models to shoot for me with very little photographs to entice them. Now I have top fitness and muscle models from around the world asking me to shoot them and within those shoots, I choose where and how they will pose with very good results. So each shoot I do, I like to think is a personal project.

Culture:- James Critchley Photographer / www.jamescritchley.co.uk/ Show 2-3 June 2017 / Space Gallery, Bristol, BS2 0BH

How much preparation goes into a shoot? Often I set out a list of goals and ideas for each shoot and sometimes the models will bring their ideas with them. I have a fantastic assistant Alicia who will assist with lighting, camera equipment etc. and without her I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t keep up with the fast pace of some of the shoots. How much do you do in post production? A LOT! My ratio of shooting to editing is surprising. I might spend 6 hours on a shoot but I can spend up to 6 days working up the photographs. I am very particular, and nothing leaves my studio without being edited to the highest standard. My ethos is to over deliver on images for my clients. Where the top fitness photographers might only release five photos from a shoot (some models have dieted for weeks for that shoot) I will happily work up at least 50 images for them, and give a massive variety of shots for them to choose from. Do you think a photographer needs a philosophy to do good work ? Yes I do. A very happy positive attitude helps enormously and that can get you through the most awkward of shoots. Keep things fun, always make the models laugh and that not only makes for photos full of emotion but also keeps the shoot upbeat and memorable.

Culture:- James Critchley Photographer / www.jamescritchley.co.uk/ Show 2-3 June 2017 / Space Gallery, Bristol, BS2 0BH

Among your works, which one is your favourite? Why? All of my photographs are like my children and I love them all. I have models who I have a lot of time for who have helped me get started before I was well known and I am particularly fond of their photos, so a massive thank you to Kenolivier, Charlie Garforth and Ry Williams whose support and loyalty has helped me get where I am today. Whose work has influenced you most? I am a big fan of photographer Pat Lee from the United States, whose ability to make a monstrous vascular bodybuilder look serene and alluring has always inspired me. British fitness photographer Jules Godfrey always manages to capture images where the light and look of the models is so beautiful. What is the one thing you wish you knew when you started taking photos? I used to get very nervous before a shoot and I now look forward to them. I wish I could tell the younger me to relax more and just enjoy the view. Describe your photographic style? How did you develop your style? My style is so varied and is still developing, like my chaotic mind every photo from a single shoot can look like a completely different photographers work. I have recently become a big fan of depth of field images where the subject is perfectly crisp but the surrounding landscape is almost like a watercolor painting. I always throw in a location with every physique shoot which now has helped me get recognized as one of the UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best location photographers. To see James Critchleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest show please visit Space Gallery, 6 West Street, Old Market Quarter, Bristol BS2 0BH show is Fri 2nd June and Saturday 3rd June 2017 all day both days and into the evening.

Food & Drink

Dutch 16 West Street, Old Market Quarter, Bristol BS2 0DF Opening Hours Mon Closed , Tue - Wed 16:00-23:00 Thurs 16:00-02:00 Fri 16:00-00:00 Sat 16:00-02:00 Sun 16:00-00:00

Dutch is a new speciality Gin bar & restaurant with an event space in the heart of Old Market, Bristol. We are hoping to stock in excess of 350 Ginâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alongside our Gin inspired menu. Come and drink and learn about Gin! We shall also be operating as a 200 capacity venue with a downstairs/separate bar with low ceilings that you may struggle to blow the roof off as it was once used as a bank vault, features of which you can still find there today.

Performance

Latrice Royale 28 May 2017 / Queenshilling / www.facebook.com/eatsleepdragrepeat

Eat Sleep Drag Repeat presents LATRICE ROYALE Good good get a grip girl! We’re bring the almighty LATRICE ROYALE back to Bristol to spread her heavenly light and take us to church. Jesus is a biscuit, let him sop you up! Tickets from http://hdfst.uk/E37599 Latrice will be joined by VIRGIN XTRAVAGANZAH aka the Holy Mother of Gawd. It’s a bank holiday so we’re also hosting a totes sinful afterparty... but don’t worry, your sins will be forgiven and it’s going to be one holy night! #strutwithchrist Doors: 20:00 Show: 21:00 Meet & Greet 23:30 NB: This event is 18+ only and the venue operates a Challenge 25 policy. NBB: Sometimes drag queen shows run a little later than advertised. Because drag queens. Soz. TICKETS £21.83 General / £37.76 VIP To book to see this amazing show book online. https://www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/#date=2017-05-28&event_ id=37599

WWW.MEMBERS-BRISTOL .CO.U.K Members provides friendly, fun events in chic environments for the discerning gay man for business, social and networking opportunities. Events take place throughout the year, consisting of monthly drinks evenings, occasional parties & dining events. The team behind Members Bristol has been running and hosting events for gay professionals in Bristol and the South West since 2009. Members events are a fun, friendly, relaxed, informal way of meeting like-minded people. Our members come from a wide range backgrounds and professions, so everyone will feel at home. If you feel you would enjoy alternative fun, friendly, stylish events in elegant surrounds then why not come along? Date: Monthly Time: 20:00-11:00 Venue: Square Bar, BS8 1HB Essential Info Who is your LGBT+ Market Coak Check Entry Cost Challenge 25 Do I need ID Public transport Nearby car park Gender neutral toilets

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Lesbian YES Gay YES Bi YES Trans YES Plus YES Straight YES

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Welcome to Indigo

Indigo produce social & cultural events for Lesbian / LBTQ+ women from Bristol & beyond. Renowned for their friendly atmosphere, join us solo or arrive with a pal.

FEATURING

Comedian Sarah Keyworth In under 3 years Sarah has established herself as one of comedy’s rising stars. She’s come runner-up in the Funny Women Awards & has just been shortlisted for Diva Magazine’s 2017 ”Rising Star” Award. Expect honest anecdotal storytelling, silly observation, sharp lines & a cheeky smile. Date: Thurs 25 May 2017 Time: 20:00-23:55 Venue: Square Bar, BS1 1HB Tickets: indigonetwork.co.uk £6 Early Bird + BF £7 Advance + BF Essential Info Who is your LGBT+ Market Coak Check Entry Cost Challenge 25 Do I need ID Public transport Nearby car park Gender neutral toilets

NO £7 YES YES YES YES NO

Lesbian YES Gay NO Bi YES Trans YES Plus YES Straight NO

5 May 2017 Miss Jason

6 May 2017 Vileda Mopp

13 May 2017 Louis Cyfer

19 May 2017 Dave Lynn

20 May 2017 Miss Penny

26 May 2017 Cookie Monstar

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Welcome to the biggest Girl’s Night outside London. The girls hijack the club for Hush, a colourful club night for all you brilliant lesbian / LBTQ+ women, girls, gals & beautiful creatures. Featuring the best gal DJs, Hush promises a night of flirts, friends, laughter & unstoppable tunes. We’re running a Singles Mingle from 9 pm – 10 pm, buy a singles mingle ticket & email anna@indigonetwork.co.uk to register.

FEATURING

* Riot Paula * [Bristol] * electroNIC * [Bristol] * hush Residents * [Bristol] Date: Fri 12 May 2017 Time: 21:00-03:00 Venue: Queenshilling, BS1 Tickets: indigonetwork.co.uk Essential Info Who is your LGBT+ Market Coak Check Entry Cost Challenge 25 Do I need ID Public transport Nearby car park Gender neutral toilets

YES £10 YES YES YES YES YES

Lesbian YES Gay YES Bi YES Trans YES Plus YES Straight YES

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Bristol Bear Bar is the first and currently only, purpose built bear bar in the UK. Steve and his team welcome everyone to an attitude free and friendly bar. Open Tuesday to Sunday you’ll find the bar in the heart of Bristol’s Gay Village at the crossroads where Old Market Street becomes West Street. The area is the focus for those wanting and independent less commercial crowd catering for a mostly gay male crowd of all ages and Bristol Bear Bar is where the men meet. Bristol Bear Bar 2 West Street Bristol, United Kingdom Essential Info LGBT+ Audience Coak Check Entry Cost Challenge 25 Do I need ID Public transport Nearby car park Gender neutral toilets

YES £10 YES YES YES YES NO