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03/10/2025

, 9-30 October 🔥🔥🔥

The first highlight from our Hot Tickets cover feature in the latest issue of nearfield – our roundup of the most unmissable events this autumn.

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Circus City is the UK’s largest – and England’s only – festival dedicated to contemporary circus. For its sixth biennial edition, it’s back with its boldest and most exciting programme yet.

Featuring performances by acts from around the globe – including acrobatics and push-bike artistry from Spanish duo Cie Alto Gama, and explorations of masculinity through wrestling matches, gladiator battles and dance in the Belgian production Armous – the month-long event confirms Bristol’s status as the UK’s unofficial capital of the medium.

“Circus City has always prioritised showcasing the real breadth of circus,” explains festival director Nicole A’Court-Stuart. “It’s lovely to stretch those stereotypes and show the real variety of expressions it can take.”

To see what else is in our autumn preview, pick up a copy of the latest nearfield from 500 stockists across the southwest, or subscribe and get a copy delivered to your door – link in bio.

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01/10/2025

A new issue of nearfield has landed... like a crisp golden leaf into your lap 🍁🍂🍁

The slow creeping in of autumn means one thing: a season packed with unmissable events. With so many hot tickets to snap up in October and November – from festivals of experimental music and powerful films to blockbuster theatre and immersive art – we’ve done the only fair thing: shouted about as many as we possibly can in our big autumn preview 🔥

We also hear from the Music Venue Trust’s Music Venue Properties offshoot about how we can help secure the future of the cultural spaces putting on all these life-affirming events 🆘

Elsewhere, we’re leaning into autumn’s cosy side – rounding up the best Sunday roasts, celebrating the women bringing fresh flavour to your favourite south-west breweries, and chatting with Somerset’s bestselling author Amy Jeffs about her latest book on ancient ballads 🍻

Plus, we get the lowdown on GAME, the debut film from Geoff Barrow’s Invada Films; delve into the world of handpoke tattoos; revisit Dismaland a decade on; and stuff our events listings to the brim 🗓️

That should be enough to keep you busy over the next two months 📈

Pick up a copy from 500 stockists across the southwest, or subscribe and get a copy delivered to your door – see 🔗 in bio. And for even more, sign up for our free weekly events newsletter, Field Notes – link, as always, in bio.

03/09/2025

Whether you have kids or not, this week is giving serious back-to-school energy. And it’s not just the weather.

The end of the summer – when things quieten down again after months spent chasing waves and festivals, and managing a seemingly never-ending itinerary of al fresco plans – is the perfect time to reassess, reset and re-up on some fresh pursuits.

In the latest issue of nearfield – it’s out now, grab a copy! – we’ve put together a bumper guide to what you could be learning.

Here’s a taster!

Longboarding with , giving another option for commuting… or just for fun

Darkroom basics with Bristol’s incredible photo crew

Sneaker making with Clevedon’s

Creative writing at one of ’s much sought-after retreats

Interior design at Bristol’s treasure trove of new skills

DJ lessons to help you master the ones and twos with

Visible mending in Bath, plus a whole load of other places

Build your own campervan with the brilliant folks at blackpaw.org.uk

No-dig gardening masterclass with the man who came up with the whole thing at his Homeacres market garden

Foraging and tasting workshops that mean you’re picking the right (read: safe) things on your walks with

If that’s not enough, there’s also prop- and perfume-making courses, stone-carving workshops, circus skills, beginners burlesque, latte art lessons, improv-acting sessions, gin-distilling… and sheep herding.

If you’re ready to start something new, grab a free copy of nearfield at 500+ locations across the southwest. To find your nearest, see 🔗 in bio.

You can also subscribe and support from just £3 + VAT per month and get a copy through your letterbox.

You can also find even more workshops and courses at thenearfield.com

27/08/2025

The southwest’s street food game is strong – particularly in Bristol.

In the latest issue of nearfield, our food correspondent rounds up a few of her favourite meals on wheels for a mini Bristol street food crawl that will rev up your tastebuds.

Can you catch them all?

are on a mission to get their birria tacos in the hands (and down the fronts) of everyone in the southwest. Because the joy of a crisp birria and cheese taco, dripping in hot consommé, is something everyone deserves to experience.

is run by Bristol street food’s friendliest face, Kit Lee. He also has a knack for making beef rendang so tender it practically apologises as it falls apart. This is soul food with a Malaysian passport.

will do you half and half – curry goat and jerk chicken. You’ll want this little trick up your sleeve, because once the smell of jerk smoke hits you like a freight train, you’ll freeze in the queue, slack-jawed and overcome.

is the Banksy of ramen. Who is he? Nobody knows. What we do know is his ramen slaps – broths dark as secrets, topped with Korean fried chicken or crisp cauliflower katsu.

serve an ancient Hawaiian dish with a generous dose of Japanese ingredients, combining seasoned sushi rice with sashimi, pickles, kimchi and mashed avocado. Think: rainbow rice bowl. By way of Honolulu. Via Tokyo. Made in Bristol.

are our heatwave saviours – and festival-hangover soothers. On a hot day, there’s nothing better than an ice-cold paleta. There’s so much fruit in these Mexican lollies, you could call them breakfast and nobody would argue.

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Read more of Meg’s tasty tips by grabbing a free copy of nearfield at 500+ locations across the southwest. To find your nearest, see 🔗 in bio.

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22/08/2025

Big hits. Flying tackles. Fierce rivalries.

The Women’s Rugby World Cup kicks off this evening, with the Red Roses kicking off their campaign with a transatlantic tussle against the USA. If it all goes to plan, we’ll see them at Ashton Gate in September, with the Bristol stadium set to host two quarter-final matches and both semi-finals.

In the latest issue of nearfield, we chat with and prop Hannah Botterman () about potential stars of the tournament (Abby Dow!), what we can expect from the action (dominant carries and tackles!), what the squad gets up to between games and training (crochet!) and what it will mean to represent England at Ashton Gate.

“It will mean a huge amount. Ashton Gate is fantastic for women’s sport and there’s a great appetite for women’s rugby in the area – as seen with Bears and England matches. The atmosphere will be buzzing – but we have to earn the right to get there first.”

Read the feature in the latest issue of nearfield. Pick up a free copy at 500+ locations across the southwest – to find your nearest, see 🔗 in bio – or visit thenearfield.com.

You can also subscribe and support from just £3 + VAT per month and get a copy through your letterbox.

And don’t forget to sign up for our weekly Field Notes newsletter. Again, 🔗 in bio.

21/08/2025

“We’ve been doing this for nearly ten years. It’s a nice moment for reflection, for something that bridges the gap from those starting points – the more ambient, jazzy stuff – to this bigger, louder thing, and to create a show for that… It’s stretching ourselves, too. It’s amazing how quickly you lose the danger – which is kind of the fun for me. It’s got to be slightly dangerous.”

Pete Cunningham – bandleader, saxophonist and founder of – is talking about his group’s career-spanning set with The Rituals Orchestra at this Saturday, featuring guests and , among others.

It’s a chance for the band to bring together the different sounds they’ve immersed themselves in across three albums, including ambient and astral jazz, dub, techno and transcendent walls of Four Tet-ish noise. And we can’t wait.

The show was just one of the topics we covered with Pete during a long, sunny afternoon conversation for the latest issue. We also chatted about his origins in Midsomer Norton, being swept up into the new-jazz explosion of the late 2010s, and supporting local talent through his label.

For now, though, it’s all about Saturday on Clifton Downs. “It feels like a bookend for something,” Pete reflects. “I just don’t know what that is yet.”

Find the full interview – along with loads of other essential features about the southwest – by picking up a free copy of nearfield at 500+ locations.

To find your nearest, see 🔗 in bio. You can also subscribe and support from just £3 + VAT per month and get a copy through your letterbox.

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20/08/2025

Ready to unleash your creativity on the world?

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You are? Well then, you’ll definitely want to win an art workshop or course at the Royal West of England Academy’s Drawing School in Bristol.

RWA’s courses are led by expert tutors, with basic materials provided (unless stated). Workshop participants also receive free entry to exhibitions on the day of their class (excluding Mondays and exhibition changeover days), along with a 10% discount at the Spicer+Cole café.

If you’re ready to harness that end-of-summer, back-to-school energy, listen up. RWA is offering one nearfield reader the chance to win a voucher worth £150 to be spent on a workshop or course of their choice between 31 August 2025 and 31 August 2026.

For your chance to win, simply follow .nearfield and , like this post and reshare it to your feed (via the circular arrow button next to the comments one).

The competition runs until 6pm on Friday 5 September, when we’ll select a winner at random and announce them here. We’ll DM the winner with details of how to redeem the prize.

Terms & Conditions:

• Only one entry per user will be entered into the prize draw

• Voucher has no cash equivalent

• The prize is redeemable for a voucher to be spent on a workshop or course taking place between 31 August 2025 and 31 August 2026 (subject to availability)

• The winner will be chosen at random by .nearfield at 6pm on 5 September

• The winner must be over 18 and have proof of identity

14/08/2025

COMPETITION TIME! 🚨🚨🚨

In the latest issue of nearfield (it’s out now – grab a copy), the award-winning comedian and co-founder of Rode Comedy Festival Jarred Christmas tells us that comedy is needed more than ever when things get a bit turbulent.

And because we’re all on a bumpy ride right now, Jarred and his team at Somerset’s “greatest littlest comedy festival” – which runs 27-31 August in Woolverton, between Bath and Frome – want to give nearfield followers a bit of levity, an escape from, well, EVERYTHING.

Rode Comedy Festival is offering one lucky nearfielder two tickets to Sunday 31 August’s grand finale, along with two complimentary meals and two free drinks.

Performing on the night are Taskmaster’s Phil Wang , 1930s throwback , New Zealand’s no-talking standup , perennial festival favourite and fast-rising Bristol comedian . Jarred will be hosting alongside world champion beatboxer, .

For your chance to win, simply follow .nearfield and , like this post and tag a lucky friend or loved one you’d like to have a giggle with.

The competition runs until 6pm on Friday 22 August, when we’ll select a winner at random and announce them here. We’ll DM the winners with details of how to redeem the prize.

Terms & Conditions:

• Only one entry per user will be entered into the prize draw

• The prize is redeemable for two tickets to Rode Comedy Festival on Sunday 31 August

• The winner will be chosen at random by .nearfield at 6pm on 22 August

• The winner must be over 18 and have proof of identity

13/08/2025

“Ice cream is SO back. It’s grown up, glowed up and is currently slinking around the southwest in its softest, most sophisticated forms,” writes our food correspondent in the latest issue of nearfield.

Taking on the assignment absolutely everyone wanted, Meg reports on the frosty revolution hitting the region this summer – and discovers a world of ice cream several galaxies removed from the cheap tubs of vanilla of our childhood.

Think bulgogi and pét-nat wines paired with soft serve, or freshly baked croissants pumped full of the stuff; traditional ice cream with a bold, homemade twist, blending kinako with milk chocolate or sandwiching mountain-of-coffee granita and white chocolate ice cream into something you’ll be dreaming about for weeks; mind-blowing subscription services; and glorious gelato that walks the line between dessert and cheese board.

Meg even gets the scoop from Bristol-based food and wine oracle Fiona Beckett on how to actually pair booze and ice cream, and digs into the science behind frozen treats.

When temperatures soar this week, you can forget Mr Whippy. There’s a tastier way to cool down.

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09/08/2025

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07/08/2025

NF11 in Bradford-on-Avon!

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