If you’re not able to open up your own house or don’t live in BS3 but would like to take part, you can contact any of our Community Venues listed below who will be happily hosting artists.
If you would like to exhibit at any of these venues, please get in touch with the contact given by email, ensuring you provide them with the following information:
- Your name and a sentence or two about your art practice or work
- Website or social media link/s
- 3 images that represent your work, linked as small, low-res jpeg files
Once you have and a confirmed venue you can then register for the 2026 Arts Trail.
If you contact several potential venues, once you have a confirmed space in one place, please let the other venues know that you’re declining a space with them – let’s keep each other in the loop.
Community Venues
Bedminster Library – 4 inside spaces available, some freestanding, some in front of a wall. Tables and chairs can be provided. Artwork should be family friendly. The library will be open to the public as usual on Saturday. We will have use of a side room for 1 workshop each day. Access: Step-free access to library and suitable for wheelchair users. Contact: Morayo
Bedminster Methodist Church Hall – Full
Coffee #1 – TBC
Hen & Chicken – 10 inside spaces in The Chicken Shed on the ground floor. Spaces are in front of a wall, tables and chairs available if needed. There is no overnight storage available on the Saturday evening due to an event. Stalls will need to be vacated by 5.30pm on the Saturday afternoon and then set up again on the Sunday morning. Access: Not a fully accessible space, 4 steps up to Chicken Shed. Contact: James
Independent Design Collective – 1 space available in the middle of the shop. Table can be provided but a chair or stool might be needed. Access: 3 steps up into the shop. Contact: Chitra
Mudworks – Up to 14 spaces available. Spaces will be on tables which will be provided. There’s no additional charge for Mudworks members, but there will be a small additional charge for non-members. Access: Step-free access into venue. Contact: Miranda
Riverside Garden Centre – 6 spaces available, sharing a space is an option. Most spaces will have trellis behind for hanging, all spaces are outside but undercover. Plant tables, measuring 2mx1m, and chairs are available. As the space is outside, artwork (or anything of value) will need to be taken down and put into trolleys (supplied) to wheel indoors overnight to store at Riverside. Artists to be ready for our full opening hours (Sat 9:30-5:30, Sun 10:30-4:30). Access: Riverside is fully accessible. Please apply to Riverside by 18 May by completing this online form. Any questions, Contact: Abigail
Share Bristol – TBC
Silver & Steel – Full
St Aldhelm’s Church – 10 inside spaces available, these will be set up around the church. Spaces are free standing, tables, chairs and large wooden display screens are all available if needed. Access: Fully accessible venue, suitable for wheelchair users, accessible toilets on site. Please note a donation of £20 will be required to be part of this community venue. Contact: Rachel 2 spaces left!
Storysmith – 2 spaces available. Both spaces have a very small amount of wall space, and one has a long bar/shelf which artists have displayed things on before. One artist would have access to the bar shelf at the front as well as putting some pieces in the window. Tables and chairs available. Pop in to check the space before applying. Access: Step free access, suitable for wheelchair users. Contact: Emily & Dan
The Southville Centre – Full
Tobacco Factory Café Bar – 7 spaces available; 5 exhibition grids in the café bar, 2 further grids in the corridor leading to the outside yard. Exhibitors will have use of one grid space from 18 August – 5 October. On the Arts Trail weekend, exhibitors can then be present with further work on a table in front of their grid. Each grid measures approx 6ft x 4ft portrait. Feel free to pop by to take a look at the space. TF take 20% commission on work sold from the grid, but not from your table over the Arts Trail weekend. Contact: Katie 2 spaces left!
Venue list will be updated regularly as additional venues confirm their availability.
Do you work or live in BS3?
Fancy opening your home up for the weekend for yourself or others?
Want to attract new customers to your local business?
Whether you can give a home for the weekend to 1 artist or 10, we’d love to hear from you. Get involved in our wonderful creative community and get in touch.