Comedy, movies, music and a solar eclipse - just a few of the great things happening in Bristol this week.
Blankety Quiz Does Cars, No. 51 Stokes Croft, Tuesday March 17, £1
The weekly quiz at Stokes Croft favourite No. 51 takes a motoring theme, as a nod to the ‘fracas’ we’ve all been reading so much about over the last week.
Psyched x NNTS: Rustie, Lakota, Tuesday March 17, £10
Mid week music doesn’t get any better than this. A massive quadruple header of bass-driven talent hits Lakota on Tuesday as Rustie, Joker, Plastician and MSSINGNO play for Psyched.
Solar Eclipse, Friday March 20
The most dramatic solar eclipse in 15 years happens on Friday, with 90% of the sun’s light to be obscured by the moon around
Barry Cryer: Comedy Legend, Bristol Old Vic, Friday March 20, £10-£22
With a career spanning over 50 years, and having worked with the likes of Morcambe and Wise, Billy Connolly and Ronnie Barker, Barry Cryer really is a comedy legend. Catch him for one night only at the Old Vic on Friday.
Hellfire Video Club, The Cube, Friday March 20, £5
The Cube’s monthly Hellfire Video Club presents a double bill of ‘Night Of The…’ movies. 1986’s ‘Night Of The Creeps’ is main feature, while ‘Night Of The Comet’ takes second billing.
Drawn 2015, RWA, from Saturday March 21, £5
The open submission exhibition returns by popular demand, featuring the selected drawings of those brave enough to submit their work. British artist Tania Kovats is the invited artist.
Alfresco Disco DJs, The Love Inn, Saturday March 21, £3
Bristol’s favourite outdoor party starters head indoors on Saturday for the latest installment of their regular party at The Love Inn.
Emma Smith: 5Hz, Arnolfini, from Friday 20 March 2015, free
An interactive installation at Arnolfini from artist Emma Smith, which invited audiences to ‘experience a new human language’.
Radioland – Kraftwerk’s ‘Radio-Activity’ Revisited, Colston Hall, Saturday March 21, £12.50
Pianist Matthew Bourne, electronic composer Franck Vigroux and installation artist Antoine Schmitt perform Kraftwerk’s seminal 1975 album live in a unique audio-visual show.
Suite Francaise
Themes of betrayal, compassion and collaboration run through this adaptation of the writings of Auschwitz survivor Irene Nemirovsky. Find out what Time Out thought here.