The role of arts and culture in the city.
Update: July 2024
We're currently renewing the Bristol cultural strategy, 2017. Over the next 12 months we'll be creating a new cultural strategy and action plan for the city.
Bristol culture strategy, 2017
We want to make Bristol an even more dynamic, open, distinctive and enjoyable place to be, using culture to address the city's many social and economic challenges.
The pdf City of Openness, Imagination and Originators: Bristol culture strategy (2.40 MB) looks at the role that culture can play in Bristol. It recognises the valuable contribution culture already makes to the city, and the potential for wider engagement.