Participants will be guided through making small crochet granny squares, with support available for people who have never crocheted before as well as space for more confident participants to experiment with colours and patterns.

Each person’s square will represent their own contribution to Broadmead, and all of the squares will be joined together to create a single community crochet cardigan. The finished piece will act as a wearable artwork that represents collaboration, belonging and the idea that a community is made up of many different individuals coming together.

Unit 1, first floor, The Galleries.

Free.

The Crazy About You Street Party kicks off the Bank Holiday Weekend of free performances and activities around Broadmead.

9am - 2pm: Broadmead Baptist Church Tours.

12pm onwards: The Climbing Hangar Participatory Art Installation.

4pm - 6pm: Performances from Bristol Ballroom Community in Unit One and special live broadcast in Unit Ujima.

6pm - 7pm: Break Dancing, Skateboarding Show and Activated Art Installations.

7pm - 11pm: Decks! Decks! Beats! (The Crazy About You Street Party: Afterparty).

The Crazy About You Street Party: Afterparty

7pm - 11pm: Decks! Decks! Beats!

Broadmead’s urgently in need of some TLC, and Compass’ community-focused takeover is here to deliver it!

In collaboration with this year’s towering Diaspora fest, they light up the Galleries with an afternoon showcase of heritage-celebrating female performers, including stand-up comedian Michelle Meredith, Old Vic storyteller-in-residence Muneera Pilgrim, and dance-theatre artist Ceci Opal.

Unit 1, first floor, The Galleries. Free entry.

Drop the shopping bags at the door and get your best shapes out!

Produced by young people in partnership with groups from Strangebrew and Ujima, the No Bags, Just Bangers Galleries Free Party will transform part of the Galleries into a music event.

From 2pm, audiences will nestle alongside shoppers to enjoy the sounds of Unit Ujima, or immerse themselves in the audio-visual treats in a takeover of Unit One.

At 5pm, when the Galleries closes to the public, the space between the two units will become a dedicated dance floor, performance space, and hangout.

So, dust off your dancing shoes and be part of this city moment, as Bristol re-invents this most kitsch of urban spaces, and consumer units become corners of culture for one night only.

Unit Ujima Set Times:
5-7pm DJ Style
7-9pm Krazy / WordLife
9-11pm Dancehall Generals

Join Many Minds, mental health and performance charity in an interactive and inclusive workshop that invites you to dream with others, of the future we are longing for in a collective act of imagination, care and resistance. Centring people’s experience of culture and identity we’ll use creative exercises dream boldly about what culture could become.  

Unit 1, first floor, The Galleries. Free entry.

Join artist and set designer, Alexia Dobre, for a playful hands-on workshop where everyday discarded materials are transformed into imaginative miniature worlds.

Participants will explore the basics of theatre design and storytelling through model-making, building their own tiny dream spaces. Rooted in the idea of “giving old objects a new life,” the workshop encourages audiences to reimagine Broadmead’s spaces, histories, and identities by creating small-scale sculptural worlds inspired by the neighbourhood.

Unit 1, first floor, The Galleries. Free entry.