Monday: Foals, Bristol Academy
Later this month, Foals are playing at the Royal Albert Hall. Catch the Oxford band in Bristol at the slightly smaller venue of the Academy.
www.o2academybristol.co.uk/event/48219/foals-tickets

Tuesday: Bobby Tank, Thekla
A dubstep rising star – who has been lined up to work with Wretch 32 and Two Door Cinema Club – plays in Bristol for the first time as part of the Yolo club night.
www.theklabristol.co.uk/club/21-yolo

Tuesday: Emilia Romagna five-course feast, Primrose Cafe
A five-course dinner featuring food from the region, including Balsamico Tradizionale, which Primrose say “is (almost) worth the price of the meal alone”.
www.primrosecafe.co.uk/2013/02/a-night-in-emilia-romagna.html

Wednesday: Alain Robert talk, Bristol University
‘The Human Spider’ has climbed most of the world’s tallest buildings including the the 828m Burj Khalifa in Dubai, with just his bare hands. Part of the Wilderness Lectures.
www.wildernesslectures.com/speaker.php?id=161

Thursday: Bright Club Bristol, Hamilton House
“The thinking person’s variety tonight” returns for another evening of comedy, music and science with a theme this time of “Bodies”. Talks from medicine to equine genitalia.
www.brightclubbristol.wordpress.com/2013/02/06/bright-club-bristol-7-bodies-2/

Thursday-Saturday: Bristol Beer Festival, Brunel’s Old Station
Camra’s annual shindig returns for another year, featuring some 140 different real ales from near and far to be as well as an increased range of around 50 ciders and perries.
www.camrabristol.org.uk/festival.html

Thursday: The Breadhorse, Bristol Old Vic
The premiere of a new stage adaptation of Alan Garner’s short story from Bristol’s Firebird Theatre, a group of experienced disabled performers.
www.bristololdvic.org.uk/thebreadhorse.html

Friday: Roddy Woomble, Folk House
The Idlewild frontman is also a solo singer-songwriter whose new album Listen to Keep, recorded on the isle of Mull, was released last week.
www.folkhousemusic.com/live_music/roddy-woomble-band_march_15

Saturday & Sunday: Bristol Women’s Literature Festival, Watershed
A festival “bringing together the country’s best women writers, academics and feminist commentators for a weekend of thought-provoking discussion, debate and activity”.
www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/season/229/bristol-womens-literature-festival

Sunday: Hoochie Coochie Sunday Social, Mauretania Lounge
Sunday afternoon is the new Friday night in Bristol with “games, shows, decadence and nonsense” across five lavish members rooms at the bottom of Park Street.
www.hoochiecoochiekabaret.com/events/sunday-social-sunday-17th-march/

Bristol Beer Festival at Brunel’s Old Station