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BS5 Art Trail 2026 is on the weekend of September 5th and 6th!

Watch this space

We are starting to organise the 2026 BS5 Arts Trail!

Save the Date

Please pop the weekend of 5 – 6 September 2026 in your diary, we expect hundreds of visitors exploring the area, discovering artists, and supporting local businesses.

We are looking to open up registration in early May!

Check back regularly, or on our Facebook or Instagram pages, for information on how to join us, take part, and any other key information.

Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who made the BS5 Art Trail 2025 such a success this year!

A big thank you to all the exhibitors, venues and visitors to this year’s trail.

We have asked for feedback from our venues and exhibitors if at all possible before Friday 26th September

The BS5 Art Trail are a small band of unpaid community volunteers whose sole purpose is to bring the community together through art and creativity and we are always on the lookout for more volunteers.

Please email us at hello@bs5arttrail.co.uk  if you have any ideas or suggestions or to to find out more about getting involved.

Right now the team are taking a bit of a break so we can’t promise to be as responsive as during the lead up to this year’s trail!

Once again many many thanks to everyone involved in this year’s trail!

 

Less than a week to go!

All the boards should be up.

Booklets have been distributed or pickups arranged.

Banners have gone up (1 to go)

There was a Metro Ad on Friday 29th August and another one scheduled for Friday 5th August.

31 Posters are going into the Eastside Community Trust community boards from September 1st

Please keep publicising this fantastic community event on social media!

BS5 Art Trail signage agreements

Boardwalk, our lead sponsor, are putting up BS5 Trail signs up for us for the event. Their experience with other trails has shown that it works really well for the signage to go up 4 weeks before the trail.
We need your agreement before 19th July 2025 so that we can start putting the boards up starting August 1st.
Emails have gone out to all the venues and community hubs and cafes.
This year the BS5 Art Trail is 115+ Artists and Makers across 10 community venues and studios and 25 home venues. This year we are also signposting 10 community hubs, cafes and shops.
We are going to start highlighting and promoting all of the Artists and Makers from July 17th so please watch this space!
Once again thank you all – you are wonderful people!

Registration has closed!

Registration has closed for this year’s BS5 ART TRAIL!
We have had a fantastic response with over 110 artists and creators registered and confirmed.
If you have registered and heard nothing then please get in touch via hello@bs5arttrail.co.uk

 

Registration is now open!

Registration Opens: Now!
Trail Event September 6th & 7th, 2025
This is a fantastic opportunity for artists and makers of all mediums to showcase their work, network with peers, and engage with art lovers. Whether your medium is canvas, clay, or jewellery, or whatever! Your contribution is what makes the BS5 Art Trail a kaleidoscope of creativity.
– Deadline for applications is noon on 30th June 2025.
– we will close applications for community venues when at capacity.
This year we are going to try and make the trail as accessible as we can with greater emphasis on creative displays that are visible from roadside so that wheelchair users especially can better experience the trail – It will hopefully brighten up the community as well!
Be a part of Bristol’s vibrant art scene.
We can’t wait to see the masterpieces you’ll bring to life!

Save the date!

Our confirmed dates are the 6th and 7th September, 2025, between 11am and 5pm both days.

We are working hard behind the scenes to deliver another fantastic weekend of Arts across the BS5 postcodes of Bristol.

Please check back here regularly for updates, or our main social platforms: Facebook, and Instagram for more information as it comes.

 

We have our first Sponsor for the 2025 Trail

Thank you to Boardwalk – our First Sponsors…

“Boardwalk are on a mission to fuel creativity in our city.

In a world full of algorithms and AI, Bristol stands up as a bastion for innovation and creative spirit.

Events like the BS5 Arts Trail have never been more vital to nourish our communities and encourage more creative endeavour.

To those taking part, we salute you!“

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...And We're Back!

Watch this space, but us organisers have begin stirring to kick start the 2025 BS5 Arts Trail!

Check back regularly, or on our Facebook or Instagram pages, for information on how to join us, take part, and any other key information