Listen: Bristol Unpacked – from Wigan to LA, via Eastville, with Bristol Northern Soul Club
Neil chats to Bristol Northern Soul Club’s Levanna McLean and Eve Arslett about the scene’s resurgence – and how the Eastville Club has become an unlikely place of pilgrimage
Blazing the fire: Sound system culture through the generations
Sound system culture arrived with the Windrush Generation and took root in St Paul's and Easton, where speaker stacks became monuments to belonging, resistance, and Black identity.
Joy as resistance: Inside the club night changing Bristol’s queer scene
With violence and political hostility towards trans and queer people on the rise, club night Soft Butch has become a vital space for community, connection, and liberation
After the crowdfunder: how can cultural spaces not just survive, but thrive?
In Bristol and elsewhere, campaigns to safeguard arts venues’ future are commonplace – and regularly smash fundraising targets. But the hard work doesn’t stop there.
