Bristol Harbour Festival 2017

Bristol Harbour Festival 2017

Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd July 2017
Bristol's Harbour, Queens Square and Millennium Square, Bristol, City of Bristol, BS1 5LF, England MAP
Free, also £25.50 for The Outlook Orchestra

Daily capacity: 100,000

Last updated: Fri 26th May 2017

Bristol's biggest FREE event, the 46th Bristol Harbour Festival takes place on Bristol's harbourside with the main festival weekend taking place from Friday 21st until Sunday 23rd July 2017.

The Bristol Harbour Festival attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors to explore the two mile stretch of the harbour featuring seven areas including dance, music, children's activities, a busy on-water programme and phenomenal circus performances.

Line-up

Music takes place at the amphitheatre, the Queen Square stage, Cascade Steps, the Thekla stage, Louisiana, Grain Barge, Bristol Plays Music Bandstand and SS Great Britain.

This year will include a concert at the amphitheatre as part of Colston Hall's 150th anniversary celebrations, from The Outlook Orchestra, plus a Roots Manuva live set, as a paid-for ticketed event. For details of this show, please see here.

Family friendly

College Green offers an array of children friendly activities including storytelling, creative activities, face painting and interactive performances.

More info

The festival is a rich and diverse platform for the city's wealth of creativity, from dance performers to circus acts and a variety of musical stages including walking bands, interactive theatre and so much more. The festival stretches two miles from the Grain Barge to the Hidden Gardens of Wapping Wharf, from Brunel's SS Great Britain to Cascade Steps and from Queen Square to College Green. There will also be an range of festival markets and food stalls offering visitors a choice of culinary delights.