Bristol World Discuss What’s On: From craft beer festivals to nature festivals there is so much to do!

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One exciting thing is the ‘Festival of Nature’: Bristol and Bath host the UK's largest free celebration of the natural world. This year's theme is "Water," featuring exhibitions, talks, citizen science activities, and film screenings.

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00:00Okay, so Bristol is a city full of very exciting things to do, from the theatre to the film, from food to drink.

00:08So let's start off by talking about one very exciting thing, which is the Festival of Nature in Bristol and Bath.

00:14Well, the iconic festival is the UK's biggest free nature festival.

00:20And we'll be returning to Bristol and Bath from June 7 to 15 with over 80 events.

00:25All themed around water, including a unique pop-up wetland.

00:30The 8x8 pop-up wetland will be constructed in the middle of Bristol's Millennium Square by WWT, the charity for wetlands and wildlife.

00:39Some other highlights for the festival will include a wildlife boat trip with expert zoologist and TV personality Ed Druid on June 10.

00:49Ex-BBC presenter Ali Vowell's environmental chat show aboard a boat on June 11.

00:56The festival's first ever nature-themed club night, Club Soul Presents, Listen to Your Mother at the Old Market Assembly on June 13.

01:06And the Wild Weekend on Bristol's Millennium Square on June 14 and 15.

01:10Ah, thank you. That sounds very exciting for this spring and summer calendar.

01:16So should we move from that to the art scene?

01:20Pixel Pioneers is at the M-Shed. Tell me a bit more.

01:24Well, the exciting conference will be returning for its 7th edition to Afonini on June 20.

01:31Bristolans will be able to learn all about practical and inspiring front-end and UX UI design

01:36from seven world-class speakers, including Leonie Watson, Jank Franklin and Anna Rodriguez.

01:43Ah, thank you, Adriana. So that is another lovely one.

01:47Let us move to UpFest.

01:50Every year, UpFest attracts thousands of people in and to the city of Bristol.

01:56This year's is going to look different. Tell us more.

01:58Well, instead of the traditional UpFest, it will be the Western Waltz that will be returning from July 19th to 27th

02:06with new artworks planned across multiple venues throughout Western.

02:10We're free to attend workshops, life painting, arts activities and street art tours.

02:17Some of the artists that have been confirmed so far include Shauna, Sophie Orling, Hazard One and Dale Grimshaw.

02:23That is another very exciting one for our calendar this year.

02:28So let's move on to general walks around the city.

02:32One thing that is really exciting about Bristol is our rich architecture, especially our engineering with our bridges.

02:38So tell me a little bit about what we can expect if we want to see the bridges in Bristol.

02:42Well, the city is home to 45 different bridges, all of which can actually be crossed in a 45-kilometre circular walk

02:52when the bridges are not closed for restorations.

02:55Some of the most iconic bridges include the famous Clefton Suspension Bridge.

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03:26Well, let me try to bring your own versions out of this.

03:28Now eve.

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