Awesome Things That Happened In Bristol In 2016
Awesome things that happened in Bristol in 2016
2016 may have been a bit of a shit but there was still lots of great things that happened in Bristol this year.
1. This graffiti turned up
2. These Facebook Bristolian emojis were created
3. Another Bristol naked bike ride took place
4. A Donald Trump lookalike was discovered at the Bristol museum
5. Bristol was voted the kindest city in Britain. Give yourselves a pat on the back guys
6. A mini rave took place in the Grecian
7. This Donald Trump street art appeared in Stokes Croft and went viral
8. Bristol Rugby Club achieved promotion back to the premiership
9. Bristol’s first ever cat café announced its opening
10. Everyman cinema opened on Whiteladies Road
11. This touching tribute took place following the Orlando tragedy
12. Bristol rovers achieved promotion back to League 1
13. Massive Attack returned back to Bristol
14. Bristol launched a new initiative to become to become the colour capital of the UK
15. Bristol was voted the 4th most inspiring city in the world
16. Bristol bad film club did a 24 hour bad movie marathon for charity
17. This tribute to immigrants appeared on Gloucester Road following the Brexit vote
18. All the awesome street art at Upfest
19. Another great Bristol pride took place
20. Those Carol Voderman ‘meader’ posters that appeared everywhere
21. Ballon Fiesta took place and eventually some balloons actually flew
22. A hip hop in a chip shop party took place in Soul Fish
23. There was a sushi and prosecco bus tour that went across Bristol and it was amazing
24. In:Motion’s great burn of a ticket tout
25. A fantastic new burlesque night launched
26. This amazing picture
27. The world’s biggest inflatable course came to Bristol
28. Bristol’s first pizza, beer & fizz festival launched
29. Bristol cook book came out
30. This shot of the bridge was captured
31. This glorious shot of the bridge from a balloon was also taken
32. A building in St. Pauls had a makeover for Halloween
33. 19,240 tiny statues were placed on College Green. The display commemorated the soldiers who lost their lives on the first day of the battle of the Somme.
34. A pop up restaurant…. 100ft in the air was announced
35. Bristol was also announced as one of the happiest cities to work in the UK
36. Neighbours formed a human chain around a Mum’s house to stop an eviction
37. Bristol was named as one of the top 10 cities to live in the world (we’ve got to agree)
38. Big Jeff was given guest list to BBC 6 Music Festival
The people of Bristol have spoken – you're on the #6MusicFestival guest list Big Jeff! https://t.co/DTLORV8kOT pic.twitter.com/JWXKl2ryZ3
— BBC Radio 6 Music (@BBC6Music) February 5, 2016
39. Another Bristol zombie walk took place
40. Bambalan opened up in the centre
41. Loads of awesome food crates opened up in Whapping Wharf
42. Charlotte Church stole the show at another great Simple Things Festival
43. Bristol’s first ever micro pub opened
44. Pasta loco opened up in Cotham and it is incredibly tasty
https://www.instagram.com/p/BM7BVphgzT-/?taken-by=pastaloco
45. This awesome video of the morning mist was captured by the Bristol Nature Channel
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