Rather like Bristol’s very own Paul Parry and his one-man quest to defend the correct definition of the word ‘literally’, I am getting increasingly agitated with the overuse of the word ‘random’. ‘Random’ is now used to describe just about every conceivable event that defies a straightforward definition, as well as the title of precisely 89.2 per cent of new Facebook albums.

But with giant kangaroos on bouncy stilts, the smallest travelling vaudeville theatre in the world, a love story involving six-metre-high Slinkies and human topiary, there is only one word for this weekend’s third annual Bristol Do in Portland Square. Yes, random.

Billed as a free festival of outdoor performance, music and games in the heart of Bristol, the Bristol Do is one of those events that makes one joyously happy to reside in this most random of cities.

With the Bristol Do taking place on the doorstep of Circomedia, circus features prominently. Look out especially for Ockham’s Razor on Saturday and Sunday evening in St Paul’s Church, the critically acclaimed aerial theatre company made up of Circomedia graduates who specialise in creating physical theatre on new pieces of aerial equipment, returning with their new show The Mill – set in a wheel of wood and steel which is powered by the five performers and suspended in the air. Random.

The Bristol Do takes place in Portland Square, St Paul’s, between 1pm and 7.30pm on September 25 and 26. For more information, visit www.thebristoldo.com