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Monday: Joe’s Coffee opens, 49A Whiteladies Road
Bristol’s newest speciality coffee shop has been previewing its launch for some time across social media. Can they live up to expectations?
www.joescoffee.co.uk
Wednesday: Harry and the Potters, Cafe Kino
“Imagine if Harry Potter quit the quidditch team and started a punk rock band.”
www.cafe-kino.com/events/130814-harry_and_the_potters.htm
Thursday: Bristol Bad Film Club, The Lansdown
The launch event of the club sees a screening of Plan 9 From Outer Space – routinely voted the worst film of all time.
www.bristolbadfilmclub.co.uk
Friday-Sunday: Lassie, Watershed
Set in 1930s Yorkshire, the original setting of Eric Knight’s novel. Part of the month-long Gromit’s Movie Marvels at the Watershed.
www.watershed.co.uk/gromit
Saturday: The Depressed Cake Shop, Bearpit market
All cakes will be grey on the outside, but perhaps have a colourful inside or somehow convey a message relating to the mental health issues.
www.facebook.com/events/609117235785360/
Saturday: Happy Feet & Anchorman, Bristol Zoo
The last evening of the zoo’s summer evening film nights features family favourite Happy Feet and eminently quotable Anchorman.
www.bristolzoo.org.uk/film-nights-at-bristol-zoo
Saturday: Mad Luv, Motion
The club night’s second birthday party features a DJ set from Mike Skinner, with other acts including Gorgon City and Foundation.
www.motionbristol.com
Saturday & Sunday: Jack Rabbit’s Derby
An “interactive theatre and dining experience” in a mystery Bristol location, with a 1950s theme.
www.foodandtheatrecompany.com
Sunday: Make Sundays Special
The third event where city centre streets are taken over by an assortment of entertainment and motor traffic banished.
www.bristol.gov.uk/sundays
Sunday: All-dayer, The Fleece
A dozen bands, most of them from Bristol, take over the Fleece for the day from 2pm until 11pm.
www.thefleece.co.uk