Old City Sounds returns

Bristol's free bank holiday celebration is back on Saturday 23 August

Women’s Rugby World Cup Fan Zone

Free city-centre celebration of women’s sport at Bristol Amphitheatre will show six knockout games.

Bristol Cocktail Weekend 2025

Bristol’s city centre is set to shake up a four-day celebration of cocktails & creativity as the event returns with its most ambitious year to date.

Free events available to you

Looking for a way to break up your workday routine and try something new? Join us for a free lunchtime event!

TAP for Bristol

Launched in 2019, TAP for Bristol is in partnership with local homeless support charity Caring in Bristol. Our aim is to make Bristol the city that solves homelessness.

WHAT WE DO

Thanks to the investment and involvement from our levy paying businesses, we’re creating a better Bristol for all: Our vision is a future-focused city that attracts business, investment, and people to create a resilient and welcoming city for all.

Our guiding principles are to offer strong and effective governance, to have clear accountability, to give our levy paying businesses value for money and to be responsive to our business’s needs.

About Us

OUR OBJECTIVES

  • INTRODUCTION TO YOUR BID

    Our Welcome Pack provides an overview of our most recent activity and an introduction to the City Centre BID for levy paying businesses.

    Read our welcome pack
  • ENHANCING

    Enhancing by delivering projects that attract investment and talent, create a greener, cleaner and more attractive city centre, bringing visitors, employees and residents back into the heart of the city.

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  • PROMOTING

    Promoting with a collaborative approach to delivering innovative campaigns, events, activations, and communications to support and promote Bristol city centre and its businesses. Celebrating everything that makes Bristol a special place to work, study and live.

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  • PROTECTING

    Protecting by investing to reduce, challenge and raise awareness of crime and anti-social behaviour to protect city centre businesses, visitors and residents both day and night.

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  • SUPPORTING

    Supporting by acting as a single point of contact to represent levy payers, leverage investment, influence strategy and support the business community.

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HOW WE’RE DOING THIS

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Women’s Rugby World Cup Fan Zone

Experience all the action at the official Bristol Women's Rugby World Cup Fan Zone

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Old City Sounds 2025

Old City Sounds is back with a bang this August Bank Holiday, transforming the Old City with music and more from midday till late on Saturday 23 August 2025.

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Bristol Cocktail Weekend 2025

A brand new cocktail event shakes up the city’s bar scene.

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Bristol Harbour Festival 2025

Bristol City Centre BID and Redcliffe & Temple BID will once again sponsor this year’s Bristol Harbour Festival, from 18-20 July 2025.

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Gromit Unleashed 3

We're delighted to be a sculpture sponsor for Gromit Unleashed 3, a city-wide sculpture trail featuring everybody's favourite Aardman characters.

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Let's Connect

The BID team welcomes ideas and news from Bristol BID businesses.