+ Support from Bellatrix vs Maggie Nichols

Kassia Zermon aka 'Bunty' is a unique force best known for pioneering underground experimental vocal loop shows and fronting UK leading Dub act Resonators. Bunty's distinctive voice and powerful avant-pop orchestra has been compared to FKA Twiggs and Tune-Yards and championed by likes of Rodigan, Mark Lamar and BBC6 taste makers Tom Robinson and Lauren Laverne.

She combines the rawness of early M.I.A with the lyrical espionage of Tom Waits and a voice that can sound as sweet as Ella Fitzgerald (on Acid).

To celebrate the launch of Bunty's new album 'Multimos' (11/14 Beatabet records), she has created a brand new ensemble and dazzling AV live show, which she will be presenting LIVE at Trinity. Join us for an epic audio visual feast, featuring stunning bespoke visuals of VJ metaLuna, performers Poppy Kay and Zoe Padley, megalithic beats from Dave the Machine and an audience choir.

Complete with its own home-made light show, special FX and a lot of helium to suck you into a raucous avant - pop party!

Hard to fit into any box this lady's influences are huge, bringing her Morrocan Londoner roots to create her own blend of raw avant – pop music. She has performed her boundlessly creative live shows at all the main UK festivals including Glastonbury, Bestival,and Secret Garden. Bunty has supported an eclectic mix of acts including Jamie Woon, scroobius pip, Kate tempest and Susheela Raman. She has collaborated with world class beatboxers Dub FX, Shlomo and Beardy man and some of UK's top vocal improvisers such as Maggie Nichols.

Live Bunty uses her synths, toys, ukulele, voice, effects pedals and a mash of real and made-up languages. She whispers, bellows, beatboxes, claps and stamps producing impressive vocal harmonies for her hook heavy tunes.

'Somewhere between a rave, a piece of theatre ,a workshop and a game ...but primarily an awesome pop gig' Rebecca Fiddler, Brighton Dome.

'Ha! We've never had such a visual music show on radio' BBC radio4 Clive Anderson

'...a musical and visual feat' Brighton Digital Festival 2014

'Great Voice' BBC radio 6 Tom Robinson

'Brighton's Rising star' BBC radio 3 Nick Luscombe

Multimos Taster Video

Maggie Nichols has performed internationally for several decades, for instance at the Zürich and the Frankfurt "Canaille" festivals and Moers, Grenoble,Mulhouse, Vancouver and Victoriaville Festivals.

She has also given solo performances at the Moers Music Festival, the Cologne Triennale, and a number of other creative and improvised music festivals. She has worked with a great many improvisers from all over the world including drummer Günter "Baby" Sommer, British musicians,soprano saxophonist Lol Coxhill, guitarist John Russell, Dutch trombonist and violinist Annemarie Roelofs, the Australian Relative Band (with Jim Denley), tuba player Pinguin Moschner, and prolific songwriting bands Loverly and Cats Cradle.

Vocalist Maggie Nicols has been an active participant in the European improvisational community since joining the Spontaneous Music Ensemble in the late '60s. As a co-founder of the Feminist Improvising Group, she has also worked to further women in improvised music, dancing and other creative arts not only by example, but through workshops and extensive collaborating.

Tickets available from:

Bristol Ticket Shop / 0870 44 44 400 or 0117 929 9008

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Times and details to be updated.

NB The website currently shows details from the festival in 2017: www.bsf.co.uk

Saturday 9th January

Workshops: 11am to 6pm

Full workshop timetable coming soon...

Party: 7pm until 3am with DJs Jamil Bacha and Angus Peters and more...

Shows: 9pm

Dress code/theme: Pirates of Bristol

Sunday 10th January

Workshops: 11am to 6pm

Full workshop timetable coming soon...

Party: 7pm until 12am with DJs Mauricio Reyes and Ariel Johnson and more...

Shows: 8pm

Live Music: 9pm details coming soon...

Dress code/theme: Cocktail Party

Social and classes: 8.30pm - 2am

Saturday 13th January

Classes and workshops: 10am - 6pm

Party and shows: 7pm until 4am - with Live Salsa Band and Bristol Salsa Orchestra

Sunday 14th January

Classes and workshops: 10am to 6pm

Party and shows: 9pm until 1am

A full day of top quality workshops and master classes in a range of Latin dances, followed by an evening of shows and dancing to sizzling music with 4 dance floors until 4am!

In January 2016 the Trinity Centre opened its doors to the First Ever Bristol Salsa Congress. Our aim was to put together a fantastic weekend with some of the best salsa and Latin dance artists in the UK and abroad brought together under one roof in the South West, where you could benefit from their expert training and experience, enjoy their shows and party with them and other passionate salseros to some of the best DJs and live salsa music.

We are working hard to repeat and build on the success of the first Congress in 2017. In the meantime join us at Trinity Centre this summer for an entire day of top quality workshops, jaw-dropping shows, and your favourite DJ's who will keep you on the dance floor until 4am!! The Bristol Latino All Dayer is a celebration of Latin and African music and culture through dance. With a variety of classes from salsa (on1, on2, cuban), cha cha, rumba to tango and kizomba, the event will cater for different levels and tastes. Our venue, the Trinity Centre, offers a unqiue atmosphere and not one, not two but four dance floors!! Whatever your taste in Latin music might be, we have a floor and a DJ for it! This August make it a special one, make it to Bristol Latino All Dayer! We would love to see you there.

Classes: 10.50am -6pm
Party: 8pm -4am
Shows: midnight

Artists:

Gill and Shelley
Sam Mr Sleek
Marosh and Krisitina
Iris de Brito
Mauricio Reyes
Angus Peters
Stellan Jara
Ellwood and Angeliki
Alain Hernandez
Eduardo Bozzo
Tamba and Emanuela
Eddie Hunt
Fernando Traquino
Nigel May
Richard Down
Alex Driersprong

*Tickets: 
Evening pass (party and shows) - £20
All day pass - £45
Tickets will also be available on the door.

*booking fees apply if bought online

For more information and detailed programme please visit
http://www.bristolsalsacongress.uk/home

Performances and workshops will take place across the weekend, at venues including The Exchange and The Black Swan. The main event hosted at Trinity, with performances from:

Afon Sistema
Barracwda
BLOCO B
Bristol Samba
Batala Bristol
Carnaval Transatlântico
Ilu Axé
Jamma de Samba
Olá Samba
Orin Asé
The African Sambistas

Please read our COVID-19 Safety Policy for information on attending events during this time.

breathing.systems explores fluid, mediated and granular experiences of gender, embodiment and neurodiversity. Using a custom wireless multi speaker sound system worn on the bodies of performers, they create a network of live voices and a communal sound body to sing through.

Temporal, relational and shifting experiences of selfhood, embodiment and gender are a fundamental theme in the work. Spanning Gregorian chant and Sacred Harp singing; club and spiritual, breathing.systems asks- how does a voice tell the story of its body when it is heard through a network? Without the feedback of others’ skin, where does your own body end? Growing new self-hoods and forgetting, destroying or recycling discarded ones; forming in relation to and absorbing others. Each performer/speaker in the work forms a networked node and a collaborator, a carrier and a community member.

About the company

Nik Rawlings is a Counter Tenor vocalist, Artist and DJ/Promoter. They often make work that considers experiences of remote networked presence, polymorphous bodies and vocal transformation. They have shown work at LUMA in Zurich, Guest Projects London and ran the MegaLast and AfterTouch clubnights at Dalston Superstore and residency on Noods Radio.

Performances will last approx. 30 minutes

“breathing.systems has been generously supported by a grant from Bristol + Bath Creative R+D, with further support from Trinity, Sennheiser and Minirig”

“Wielding inspiration and uplift in equal measure, this musical odyssey is one of the cinematic journeys of the year. Don't miss it.”

Philip Wilding, Empire ★ ★ ★ ★

From the lawless streets of Kinshasa, Congo, comes one of the most incredible stories ever committed to film. Five years in the making, BENDA BILILI follows a group of street musicians as they struggle to record their first album. Four of the group are paraplegics who get around Kinshasa in Mad Max/ Easy Rider-style customised wheelchairs. The other three are homeless street children whose star is Roger Landau - a teenage prodigy who plays on a home-made, single string guitar, fashioned from a tin can.

Prepare to lose yourself in the remarkable true story of BENDA BILILI, as we follow them from their first recording session to worldwide acclaim and stardom. Hailed as the new Buena Vista Social Club and brimming with humour in the vein of Anvil, BENDA BILILI is an inspirational, infectious, hilarious and life-affirming story of a dream that becomes reality.

12 +

Presented by Come The Revolution as Part of Doing Things Differently

South West Dance Theatre and Breathing Fire team up to bring home to you the riot of emotions that make up this legendary love story - the hatred between the two families sworn enemies, the love that knows no bounds, and the grief and tragedy that ultimately brings reconciliation. With Breathing Fire's inimitable African griot-inspired playback theatre alongside SWDT's signature blend of ballet, contemporary, jazz, capoeira, Latin and tap in a dance performance of Romeo and Juliet – we make you the audience the heroes and heroines experiencing how all this would feel using a mixture of pop, indie and classical music.

South West Dance Theatre draws from styles including ballet, tap, contemporary, Latin, commercial and capoeira, and has danced in venues from festivals and street performances to traditional theatres. The company has generated work around topics ranging from fairy tales to the physics of light and has repeatedly returned to Shakespeare. More details available at www.southwestdancetheatre.co.uk

Breathing Fire is the only all black all women playback theatre group in the UK. By sharing stories offered by the audience taps in to the griot – the culture of Afrikan storytelling, which is grounded in the group’s ancestral African Caribbean heritage. More details available at http://www.breathingfire.co.uk/

Image: Sould and Cells

We are thrilled to announce our Autumn Theatre and Arts programme, a dynamic exploration of grassroots social justice which celebrates underrepresented voices and shares untold stories from Bristol and beyond.

“This season is an ode to the underrepresented voices and cultures that make up our social fabric, redefining and exploring contemporary arts through the lens of social justice.” Esther Afikiruweh, Combined Arts Producer, Trinity

The series features film screenings, spoken word performances, theatre and dance and kicks off with an immersive audio trail, 'Duppy Hunter: A Local's Guide to St Paul's' on 03 Oct. Audiences are invited to embark on a playful exploration of St. Paul's, assuming the role of Duppy Hunters in pursuit of an elusive spirit hidden amongst the streets and sights of this vibrant neighbourhood. This unique ‘listening experience’ is a collaboration between Trinity and the renowned Tamasha Theatre Company whose work supports both emerging & established Global Majority artists and arts organisations Coney who create playful digital experiences.

On 12 October, we welcome community artists Carlota Matos and Hiba Elhindi, who, in collaboration with the refugee and asylum seeker support charity Borderlands, will host 'Theatre of Migration'. This evening promises engaging panel discussions, screenings, and sharings, delving into the world of participatory theatre and the ethical considerations of creating theatre based on lived experiences, particularly from the perspective of refugees and asylum seekers.

The powerful documentary, 'I am Judah', will be screened on 20 October. The film tells the poignant story of Easton resident Ras Judah, who was unjustly tasered by the police in 2017. Despite a criminal trial, the officer responsible was found not guilty, and in September 2018, she was also cleared of misconduct. "I Am Judah" critically examines this case, giving voice to Judah as a community elder and shedding light on the broader issue of police injustices affecting many others.

Returning to Trinity on 05 November, dance artist Akeim Toussaint Buck and Crystal Zillwood present their performance, 'Souls and Cells'. This mesmerising showcase delves into themes of heritage, ancestry, and moments of inter-connectiveness through the medium of movement, dance, and sound.

As a culmination of the season, we join forces with the Afrika Eye film festival on 17 November for the 17th festival edition. Together, we will present a screening of 'Neptune Frost', the 2022 science fiction romantic musical film co-directed by Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman, alongside performances from spoken word artists.

Our Autumn Theatre and Arts programme promises to be a season of thought-provoking and inspiring events, celebrating diversity, social justice, and artistic expression. Join us as we elevate underrepresented voices and share powerful stories that resonate with the many communities who live in Bristol.

About Trinity Presents:

This is part of Trinity Presents - our in-house programme of music and performance, bringing world-class artists and emerging talent to inner-city audiences.

Auguste and The Moon

The Smile at the Foot of the Ladder, according to Miller, is his only composition to draw inspiration "from the blue". The complex story follows the journey of Auguste, the famous clown who finds nothing easier than to make his audience laugh, but suffers dissatisfaction night after night. Through his performance, instead he seeks more, stopping at nothing less than attempting to bestow a lasting joy to his audience. It intricately explores the nature of work, the essence of happiness, and the longing to shake free of everyday life and to find something more.

This short story has been adapted by Up The Ante, who have developed the piece attentively using their explorative approach. Auguste and The Moon is a contemporary piece that melds physical theatre, improvisation and clowning with media and composition.

Show dates: 14th, 15th & 16th April.

Show times: 7.30pm / Doors 7pm

Matinee Saturday 16th April: 2pm / Doors 1.30pm

- No physical tickets will be distributed for this event. Print or screen grab your receipt or alternatively present your name and transaction number on the door. 
- This event will be filmed for VOD release. Filming the event is strictly prohibited! 
- Card subject to change. 
- Ticket sales are non-refundable.

Tickets for this event have sold out.

The weird and wonderful cast of characters from ATTACK! Pro are back for the spookiest night of professional wrestling you'll ever see! Goblins and ghouls from across the country will flock to the Trinity Centre on Sunday 18th October for the most horrifying offering of the ATTACK! Pro calendar.

Featuring all your ATTACK! favourites including;
24/7 Champion YxB Pete Dunne
The Pride of Wales' Eddie Dennis
The Wild Boar
'Ginger Jesus' Mike Bird
'One Man Wolf-Pack' Kid Lykos
Culture Squad (Luchadora/Brookes)
Anti-Fun Police (Dunne/Smile)
& MUCH MORE!

*Please Note!* No physical tickets will be posted for this show. Please bring a copy of your PayPal transaction number and present this with your name on the door!