Welcome

Landing yourself a place here is one of the best things you ever did. And the odds are you’re never going to want to leave - Bristol and Bath are big enough to keep you busy, friendly enough to feel like home. But we’ll leave you to find all that out for yourself.

Once you’ve dumped your bags, you’ll need to know where to go, what to do there and how to find your way back home. Which is where we come in. Clubs, bands, films, pubs, cafes, art, theatre, shops… We’ve been going out round here since before going out was invented, doing all the legwork, so you don’t have to.

This jam-packed insider’s guide will tell you everything you need to know about anything that counts round here. Hold onto it tight. And if you really want to stay on top of what’s going on (things don’t stand still here for long), take out a subscription to Venue, Bristol and Bath’s only comprehensive weekly magazine on the local entertainment, arts, eating, drinking, shopping, news and going-out scene. Find out more about the mag and how to get FREE copies for a month on p35.

What’s more, to save you hundreds of pounds while you’re finding your feet, we’ve teamed up with some of the best bars, clubs, restaurants and shops in town to bring you 53 pages of discount vouchers (p170). The fun starts right here…