Continuing our first instalment with Livity Sound's Hodge & Danielle, who will be performing two sets. Pick your preferred time and book your table*.

Daytime Session: 13:30 - 16:30

Evening Session: 18:00 - 21:00 SOLD OUT

Hodge

With a critically acclaimed album "Shadows In Blue" released on Fabric’s Houndstooth label in early 2020 and a run of releases including revered collaborations with Laurel Halo, Peder Mannerfelt and Randomer, Hodge has quickly secured a unique position for himself in the UK's new school. Sitting on the edge of the more dystopian borders of Techno, Hodge's productions and DJ sets boast an unremitting sense of forward thinking energy and excitement which cannot be missed.

Danielle

Over the last few years Danielle has been playing all over the UK and Europe, and has been taking her canny blend of club and experimental music to some of the best parties around, including back home in Bristol, for the likes of Timedance and Livity Sound, and has played in some of the world’s best clubs, such as Golden Pudel in Hamburg, Fabric London, Griessmuhle in Berlin, and DC10 in Ibiza. Her sets feature an impressive range of genres, drawing from an informed selection of old school house cuts, to Electro, New Wave, EBM, UK Techno and beyond.

*Tables are for up to 6 people (adhering to government guidelines). You'll be able to choose your own table on arrival however, to avoid the potential spread of Covid-19, we do ask that once you have selected your table you don't change your mind.

We will be providing table service, with all orders being made through Love My Local. Information on how to order food will be provided at your table.

Trinity are working with external artists, partners and organisations as part of Trinity Presents to provide exciting content, relevant to Trinity's diverse audiences and in line with our Equal Opportunities and Free Speech Policies. Click here for more information about our Policies.

The health and safety of those using our Centre, is our top priority. Please read our Visiting Trinity: Covid-19 Policy for information on what to do when visiting the venue.

Giant Swan is the brainchild of Robin Stewart & Harry Wright; an acerbic marriage of energised, aggressive dance music, quaking bass, and hypnotic electronic noise. Steadily assembling an arsenal of heavy hitting EPs and their instant classic, self-titled, debut LP. In anticipation of this very rare DJ set, the band have this public service broadcast:

"When people think of a DJ set they perhaps think of the flawless anti-glowstick precision of a Jeff Mills all-nighter, or maybe a pre-now/post-then ironic DJ set from people who download most of their music from 'soundcloud2mp3.com'. Well, we’re pleased to announce that Giant Swan’s brand-new, earth-shattering DJ set will be somewhere in between the two. If you think discovering electronic music has wiped the slate clean of your indie rock tastes as a 13 year old, well think again and get ready to re-live the most traumatic years of your life through the medium of music. Don’t worry though, the rewards will come in the form of sick club bangers from mates, people we wanna be mates with and people who wanna be mates with us. For fans of: when the drunkest person at the afterparty has full reign over the Spotify playlist."

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Food will be available throughout the event. Social distancing rules apply. Tickets are for tables of up to 6 people.

This is a seated event as part of our Garden Sessions - featuring some of the best artists and promoters from Bristol and beyond, all playing in our new outdoor venue, set in the historic grounds of Trinity.

The Garden Session are supported through the Cultural Recovery Fund #HereForCulture

Faisal Salah, aka FaceSoul, is one of those rare artists whose words and sounds speak directly to your soul. The musical maverick is renown for ad-libbing performances. Looping melodies over beatboxing and freestyles, he creates music in the moment, letting it come to him in a raw, unfiltered, and emotionally authentic state. FaceSoul leaves audiences spellbound with honest experiences and learnings over immersive and atmospheric soundscapes.

Food will be available throughout the event. Social distancing rules apply. Tickets are for tables of up to 4 or 6 people.

This is a seated event as part of our Garden Sessions - featuring some of the best artists and promoters from Bristol and beyond, all playing in our new outdoor venue, set in the historic grounds of Trinity.

The Garden Session are supported through the Cultural Recovery Fund #HereForCulture

Finishing off our first weekend with a strong reggae roots lineup, who will be performing two sets. Pick your preferred time and book your table*.

Daytime Session: 13:30 - 16:30
Evening Session: 18:00 - 21:00

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Dubkasm

Dubkasm are comprised of childhood friends Digistep and DJ Stryda, who kicked off their dub project in the mid-90s before going on to launch their Sufferah's Choice label in 2003, to showcase their studio productions. Their 2009 debut album, Transform I, was a culmination of their work so far, collecting tracks from their previous 12-inches and including vocal turns from Dub Judah, Levi Roots and Afrikan Simba. A dub version of the entire record, along with a remix CD, completed the Transform I Trilogy in 2010.

We have worked with DJ Stryda for many years, hosting his Teachings In Dub nights and it is a pleasure to invite Dubkasm to play through these times, which are hard for anyone in the music industry.

Ashanti Selah

Musician / Dub Producer hailing from the UK, is the eldest son of the world-renowned soundman, Aba Shanti-I. Starting the mystical journey for his keen interest of playing music came from his early days of being exposed to the sound system culture, through his father and their musical infrastructure; also being a regular attendee at his father’s location in the Notting Hill Carnival and travelling with the sound system as a crew member to various sessions in the UK & Europe. As well as working on his own productions, Ashanti makes use of his musical abilities as a performer in various bands as a keyboardist and has had the pleasure of working and collaborating with a number of great singers, musicians & producers in the scene- such as: Vivian Jones, Mad Professor, Joe Ariwa, Ras Divarius, Alpha Steppa, Dan I Locks, Junior Roy, and  Ras Teo (just to name a few).

*Tables are for up to 6 people (adhering to government guidelines). You'll be able to choose your own table on arrival however, to avoid the potential spread of Covid-19, we do ask that once you have selected your table you don't change your mind.

We will be providing table service, with all orders being made through Love My Local. Information on how to order food will be provided at your table.

Trinity are working with external artists, partners and organisations as part of Trinity Presents to provide exciting content, relevant to Trinity's diverse audiences and in line with our Equal Opportunities and Free Speech Policies. Click here for more information about our Policies.

The health and safety of those using our Centre, is our top priority. Please read our Visiting Trinity: Covid-19 Policy for information on what to do when visiting the venue.

Starting the weekend with big tunes from Booty Bass. Get your table booked*

Booty Bass

Line up:

• Adibah
• Bungzo
• Zanna
• Devolicious
• Hannza

Booty Bass; born for womxn and non-binary folk to come together and play big, bad, unapologetic bangers from around the globe.

Booty Bass are collective of femxle/non-binary DJs playing bass music that runs through your body, down to your booty, making it pump from the minute you walk in 'till the minute you twerk out. Since 2018 it’s become a space that celebrates different cultures from across the world, mixed with much loved UK sounds. Afrobeats, Latin, bashment, UK funky, 90's, garage, grime, baile funk, trap, tribal, global, BASS music.

In an industry with predominantly men on the decks and in the crowd, Booty Bass are here to shake things up! Formed to platform and showcase some other DJs, Booty Bass want to celebrate womxn and non-binary folk behind the decks and pon di floor. Empowering womxn, embracing different cultures, creating an environment with good vibes and a safe space for EVERYONE.

*Tables are for up to 6 people (adhering to government guidelines). You'll be able to choose your own table on arrival however, to avoid the potential spread of Covid-19, we do ask that once you have selected your table you don't change your mind.

We will be providing table service, with all orders being made through Love My Local. Information on how to order food will be provided at your table.

Trinity are working with external artists, partners and organisations as part of Trinity Presents to provide exciting content, relevant to Trinity's diverse audiences and in line with our Equal Opportunities and Free Speech Policies. Click here for more information about our Policies.

The health and safety of those using our Centre, is our top priority. Please read our Visiting Trinity: Covid-19 Policy for information on what to do when visiting the venue.

Empowering womxn, embracing different cultures, creating an environment with good vibes and a safe space for everyone; Booty Bass are here to shake things up. The collective of femxle/non-binary DJs play music that runs through your body and down to your booty, making it pump from the moment you walk in to the moment you twerk out. Afrobeats, Latin, bashment, UK funky, 90's, garage, grime, baile funk, trap, tribal, global bass music.

Line Up:
Adibah
Devolicious
Hannza
Ngaio
Bungzo

Food will be available throughout the event. Social distancing rules apply. Tickets are for tables of up to 6 people.

This is a seated event as part of our Garden Sessions - featuring some of the best artists and promoters from Bristol and beyond, all playing in our new outdoor venue, set in the historic grounds of Trinity.

The Garden Session are supported through the Cultural Recovery Fund #HereForCulture

Timedance owner Batu has carved out a unique sound for himself, grounded in British bass bin principles. Relentlessly forward thinking, Batu pushes his sound in adventurous was to create a signature aesthetic in electronic music.

Bristol duo Cando, made up of DJ/producer Chad Leotaud and his production partner Owen Roberts, entered the scene with a debut  release for heavy-weight Bristol techno label Livity Sound. Together, their sound is best described as UK funky influenced percussive pressure, combining surging bass with a blend of Afro-tech drums and blissful synth motifs.

Food will be available throughout the event. Social distancing rules apply. Tickets are for tables of up to 6 people.

This is a seated event as part of our Garden Sessions - featuring some of the best artists and promoters from Bristol and beyond, all playing in our new outdoor venue, set in the historic grounds of Trinity.

Daytime Session: 2-5pm

Evening Session: 6-9pm (SOLD OUT)

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The Garden Session are supported through the Cultural Recovery Fund #HereForCulture

We've got a real treat for you this Halloween.. Two sets from Bandulu Records! Pick a time and book a table*

Day Session: 13:30 - 16:30

Night Session: 18:00 - 21:00 (SOLD OUT)

Bandulu Records

We welcome back the gang in full affect. It’s been a while since we have had Kahn, Neek, Hi5ghost & Boofy at Trinity

Expect the usual antics from the lads.

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*Tables are for up to 6 people (adhering to government guidelines). You'll be able to choose your own table on arrival however, to avoid the potential spread of Covid-19, we do ask that once you have selected your table you don't change your mind.

We will be providing table service, with all orders being made through Love My Local. Information on how to order food will be provided at your table.

Trinity are working with external artists, partners and organisations as part of Trinity Presents to provide exciting content, relevant to Trinity's diverse audiences and in line with our Equal Opportunities and Free Speech Policies. Click here for more information about our Policies.

The health and safety of those using our Centre, is our top priority. Please read our Visiting Trinity: Covid-19 Policy for information on what to do when visiting the venue.

Finishing off our first weekend with a strong lineup from Afrofest's Afrobeats Fridays. Book your table*.

Afrobeats Fridays

Afrobeats Fridays Bristol is a brand inspired by the new wave music genre taking over the UK music scene, Afrobeats. Founded by DJ Neyo, hugely popular in Bristol and the South West, Afrobeats Fridays provide party goers with the best DJs in town, including: DJ Wally, and Dancehall Generals. Playing the best of Afrobeats, Dancehall, Soca, Afrohouse, Amapiano, Ndombolo, Kuduro, plus more...

*Tables are for up to 6 people (adhering to government guidelines). You'll be able to choose your own table on arrival however, to avoid the potential spread of Covid-19, we do ask that once you have selected your table you don't change your mind.

We will be providing table service, with all orders being made through Love My Local. Information on how to order food will be provided at your table.

Trinity are working with external artists, partners and organisations as part of Trinity Presents to provide exciting content, relevant to Trinity's diverse audiences and in line with our Equal Opportunities and Free Speech Policies. Click here for more information about our Policies.

The health and safety of those using our Centre, is our top priority. Please read our Visiting Trinity: Covid-19 Policy for information on what to do when visiting the venue.

Garden Party 2024 - Image Credit: Alastair Brookes

On Sunday 12 May, we opened our gates once again for Trinity Garden Party – our, free annual day party, celebrating the start of the summer through music, dance and arts.

"It was a fabulous day - thank you to Team Trinity and everyone involved!" - Audience Feedback

In our outdoor venue, The Den, we programmed a diverse range of live music and DJs from across Bristol and The South West. The young musicians from our Next Gen Sounds programme kicked off proceedings, showcasing their musical talents that they’ve honed during the sessions. Following on, we had beautiful acoustic Folk from Eva Penney, groovy Latin rhythms from Los Gusanos, Moroccan Gnawa from Mohammed Errebba, and live Hip Hop from Komposa. Later on in the evening, DJs brought the energy, with an eclectic world music selection from Kesh, amapiano and UK Funky from Josephine Gyasi, and finally Selecta J-Man and Rider Shafique finished things off with a heavy selection of Jungle and Drum and Bass.

Inside, The Main hall was buzzing with performances from our resident dance group Hype Dance, a Turkish Belly Dance circle from Anna K, and finally The Greenbank Ceilidh Collective led the dance with a joyous ceilidh. Upstairs, Fyfe Hall hosted a range of creative craft workshops to keep the young ones busy.

We wanted to say a massive thank you to all who made Garden Party this year such a success; from the talented artists, workshop facilitators, stall-holders, local food vendors, the dedicated sound and lighting team behind the scenes, our hardworking bar staff, the entire Team Trinity, and, of course, all of you who joined us on the day. The event saw our largest ever turnout, with over 3,500 attendees, and thanks to your generosity we raised over £5000 in donations, allowing us to organise more community events like Garden Party as well as supporting our charitable mission of making the arts accessible to all. Garden Party just keeps getting bigger and better, with a 60% increase on last year's attendees, and a 65% increase on last year's donations. Thank you for coming down to support what we do and celebrating music, dance and the arts.

If you'd like to continue to support Trinity, click here to make a donation.

Crowd throwing the Trinity T's 2017 Photo credit Khali Ackford

This year's Garden Party is on Sunday 13 May, we have a packed schedule of family-friendly activities and workshops running alongside a fantastic mix of local artists and bands.

Throughout the day we have lots of family and kids activities. From learning circus skills with Invisible youth to making a traditional Japanese puppet in the Bunraku Puppetry Workshop. Don't forget to head to the main hall and take part in a drumming workshop.

This year's main stage highlights include some of the most exciting music coming from Bristol & the South West right now. Headliner, Om Unit brings his unique take on sound-system culture, inspired by hip-hop, dubstep, ambient, jungle and footwork. Big party vibes coming from heavyweight live performance, UK Bass scene leader and lyricist Gardna whose taking the stage with DJ and producer, Kreed.

Bristol musician Sam Neal plays at garden party 2017 Photo credit @ Jessica Bartolini

We’re welcoming back Baraka, featuring musicians from Ghana, Senegal, Dominica, Trinidad and Southern Ireland to bring a sound influenced by Calypso baselines, Blues Harmonica, Soca with Balafon and Flute. Sam Neal who is just one of the talents we have seen grow from our Youth Music Scheme, will be performing songs from his up coming EP. It makes us very proud to see him doing so well. Nice one Sam.  Head to our main hall during the afternoon and catch  some of the young people attending music sessons at Trinity, Basement Studio and ACE.

We’ve got a great selection of stalls from Bristol makers, including women and men’s clothing stall Ashanti Empress , art work by Cosmic Soul Collective and cruelty free feather jewellery from Phat Feathers.

Volunteering: Trinity's Garden Party relies on volunteers to ensure that the 3k people who come every year have a great time (and, are is are also kept safe). We have a variety of stewarding roles and shifts across the day. If you fancy meeting new people, gaining new skills and getting 2 free gig tickets, then head over here to find out how to offer your time and sign up.

This year we are going to be shaking our buckets hard and asking everyone for a donation of £3 (or what you can afford). We recently launched the Trinity Conservation Campaign to raise the vital funds needed to repair historic damage to the building. Your donations will go directlytowards our campaign, ensuring we secure Trinity’s past, present & future.

Full line up:

Om Unit

Gardna x Kreed

Sunun

Baraka

The Brackish

Soma

Baast

Rhain

Sam Neal

Youth Music Showcase

Help us secure Trinity's past, present & future

Celebrating 40yrs of music at Trinity

Showcasing the best of Bristol so join us for what is always a great day out.

Garden Stage:

Master's of ceremonies: Alice Taylor-Matthews & Edson Burton

Trinity Music Training / Temple Records- 12:00pm
Bodywork - 12:30pm
Luui - 1:20pm
Yama Warashi - 2:30pm
Many Monika - 3:45pm
The Evil Usses - 5:00pm
Bristol Samba - Bloco Carnavalesco - 5:45pm
The Most Trio ft Lil Rhys & Eva Lazarus - 6:15pm
Lionpulse Official - 7:15pm
RSD - 8pm

This year we have more exciting activities to get involved in...

Arnold's Big Adventure - by Tessa Bide: Taking place in a special bell tent, Arnold's Big Adventure features beautiful shadow puppetry, wonderful original music to sing along to & plenty of thrilling surprises along the way... 11am & 1pm / £5 / ages 3+ (due to limited capacity for Arnold's Big Adventure advance tickets are recommended)

Cinco Coisas: Is a solo show structured around the five basic needs of a child – Place, Nurture, Support, Protection and Limitation. Through dance, play, clowning and improvisation it proposes to lead the audience on a purely human experience.

Jimmy Cauty’s (The ADP Riot Tour 2016): Following the ADP's critically-acclaimed appearance at Banksy's Dismaland last summer, the installation has taken to the road, re-housed in a specially converted shipping container, which will open its doors to visitors across the country, at the sites of historic riots. Trinity will be its home from 29th April: 6pm - 8th May: 9pm. open daily 10am - 7pm

Drumming Workshops of India: A positive, enthusiastic Indian drumming session that teaches a group of children about Indian drumming culture. They cover the basic Indian rhythms and drumming techniques using a wide variety of percussion. Covering the basic Indian rhythms and drumming techniques using a wide variety of percussion. They also cover a brief history of drumming culture in India, including teaching the Indian drumming language.

Bristol Samba: We will have an amazing performance from Bristol Samba. They're one of our resident groups and its always great to have them perform at our events.

Pixel Whipped: Will be joining us again this year with their amazing array of retro games consoles for you all to play.

Trinity's Garden Party is free but we welcome donations in support of of the ongoing charitable work of Trinity Community Arts. You can donate on the day or beforehand via Bristol Ticket Shop (donation does not guarantee entry)

Trinity is sorry to announce that, due to a mistake on our part, Daddy G is unavailable to perform at this year's Garden Party, Sunday 8th May.

We are sorry to have caused confusion. Daddy G is a long-standing supporter of the Trinity Centre and we look forward to working with him on future events.

We will be announcing the change of lineup and new headline shortly and look forward to seeing you all for our '40 Years of Music' celebration.

Please be advised that, due to the small size of our site and large anticipated crowd numbers, dogs will not be permitted entry, with the exception of guide dogs.

Featuring:

Ishan Sound & Ossia / Mankala  / Manushka / Freshly Baked / Bamalam / Chuman / Sceaming' Miss Jackson & The Slap Ya' Mama Big Band / DJ Blindbat / Babylon Samurai

Plus: Pixel Whipped / Drumming Workshops / Kids Workshops / Food / Bar / Stalls

Ishan Sound: We are very happy to announce our headline act for this year. Ishan is one part of Bristol collective Young Echo, who have been pushing things forward over the years. Ishan's sound draws on soundsystem culture for inspiration. The result is a majestic steppers' rhythm.

Mankala: High-Energy Pan-African Coalition Music, directly inspired by elements of Soukous, Township and Afro Beat as well as Rumba, Cumbia, Samba and Reggae. Mankala forges original and joyous roots dance music adding a distinctive and unique style to this rich blend of genres.

Manushka: Bubbling up from the southwest musical melting pot.. Manushka's offbeat vibes are made for moving feet with raucous, rambunctious stomposity! They have supported the likes of Electric Swing Circus & playing Boom Town 2015.

Sceaming' Miss Jackson & The Slap Ya' Mama Big Band: A rambuncious seven-piece featuring guitars, mandolin, harmonica, Banjo, double bass, washboard, and Drums, they’re more eclectic than most, mixing Western Swing, Jug Band blues, Hokum Blues, Ragtime, Cajun, and Roots-of-Country.

Chuman: His music combines rudimentary electronic sounds, notably with the use of a Bontempi drum-machine, with warm funk guitar riffs. He delivers his honesty charged lyrics in a dry and unmistakably Mancunian way. With no intention of stopping anytime soon expect to see Chuman at venues and festivals across the country, Europe, The World, The Universe.

DJ Blindbat: Rock 'n' Roll, Jump Blues, Rockabilly, Surf, R&B, Country and Exotica played on a record player in public.

Our annual free music and arts event, featuring a fantastic mix of local artists, bands and performers. Family friendly with workshops and activities running throughout the day.

Set times:

• Area of Effect 12:00
• Rhain 12:50
• Sam Neal 13:40
• Bristol Samba 14:20
• The Brackish 14:20
• Bristol Samba 15:00
• Baast 15:20
• Soma 16:20
• Baraka 17:20
• Sunun 18:20
• Gardna x Kreed 19:20
• Om Unit 20:00

Fyfe Hall

• Drumming workshop 13:00
• Drumming workshop 14:30
• Hype Dance performance 16:30

Garden & Outside

• Invisible Youth 12:00
• Tea & Coffee / Plant Sale 12:30
• Bunraku Puppetry performance 12:30
• Seed Planting with Helen 13:00
• Bristol Samba Performance 14:00
• Bunraku Puppetry Workshop 14:00
• Bristol Samba Performance 15:00

Main Hall

• Youth Music Performances 14:00

PLEASE NOTE TIMES MAY CHANGE BEFORE THE DAY

Want to get involved? From volunteer opportunities to booking a stall please contact info@3ca.org.uk for more information

Please note that No alcohol &  No Dogs can be brought on site. Bag searches will take place.

Help us secure Trinity's past, present and future

Hosted by: Edson Burton & Lottie Ball

Ft:

Dubkasm (20 year celebration)

Iyabe

Motes

Peng Sound's Wilfy Rootikal ft Snoopy

Run Logan Run

Sepia

Sounds of Harlowe

Tezeta

Toddler

Trinity Youth Music Showcase

Activities:

Ila Dance Project (12:30pm & 1:30pm): Adesola Akinleye and Dancing Strong Company invite children aged 3-8yrs to join their playful and creative dance workshop. Based on monvement devised with school children during the Ila Project, the inclusive workshops offer the children a chance to move, play and explore what connects us to our environment and each other

Pixel Whipped (all day): Are be back and will be bringing their array of retro video games to keep you entertained out of the sun Drumming Workshops: 1pm & 2pm Welcoming all ages to take part in this years drumming workshops. Whatever level you are, come and get involved

Food Stalls:

Ranna Special - Curries

Stone Baked - Pizza

Roger Moores Caribbean Cuisine & Juice Bar. - Caribbean

Tuk-tuk Cafe - Artisan coffee & cakes

Salt Cafe - Home made pastries, salads, frittata's & cakes

Garden: The Community Garden will have a stall full of lovely plants & herbal teas. There will be a chance for you to taste some amazing pizza from the garden's stone bake oven. They will be accepting donations on the day, which goes towards the Community Garden Project

If you would like to apply for an info, produce, arts & crafts, drinks, food stall please contact info@3ca.org.uk for more information