2006 Previous Events

Please Note: I do not check the historic links below, the older they are the less likely they are to work!

• SoulTrain: Ashton Court Mansion 8pm Sat 31st Dec 2006 to 2pm, £20 Tickets (online).
• New Years Eve Masked Party 19:30 start £15 Tobacco Factory Sat 31st Dec 2006
• The Night it Snowed in Rio Ashton Court beside the mansion, Mon to Sat Dec 23rd 2006.
• Science Cafe: Cabaret, Tobacco Factory Mon 11th Dec 2006
• Create Festive Fair Create Centre 8th - 9th Dec 2006
• Snowball Ashton Court, 8pm Thu 7th Dec 2006 to 2pm, £30 - students only?
• Science Cafe: Alan Windfield - Robots: Please dont switch me off!, Tobacco Factory Mon 27th Nov 2006
• UWE Open Day Sat 25th Nov 2006
• Archive Awareness Campaign 2006 - Making Local History Accessible. Record Office, Thu 9th Nov 2006 7:15-9:00pm.
• Wedding Fayre David Lloyd Leisure Sun 5th Nov 2006 10:30am-4pm.
• Science Cafe: Richard Ellam - Mr Brunels Bloomers, Tobacco Factory Mon 30th Oct 2006
• Cathy Hicks RWA 2005 Prizewinner includes local works. Create Centre 9th to 20th Oct 2006 10am-4pm.
• Half Term Family Fun. Ashton Court 23rd-28th Oct 2006, Free.
• Factoberfest: Showcase for locally produced Real Ale Tobacco factory £5 Sun 15th Oct 2005, includes 5 free beers 12 noon to 6pm.
• UWE Open Day Sat 14th Oct 2006
• "Greater Bedminster Community Partnership" Launch 5pm-8m Tues 10th October 2006. Tobacco Factory, North Street. Just drop in for what its all about.
• Science Cafe: TBA, Tobacco Factory Mon 25th Sep 2006
• Sun 24th Sep 2006, 12 noon - 4pm. Your Park event at Greville Smyth Park
• Bristol 1/2 Marathon, Sun 17th Sep 2006. Road closure details.
• Deer Feeding Walk Ashton Court 10:30-11:30am Sun 10th Sep 2006
• Open Doors Day: Record Office & Create Centre Sat 9th Sep 2006, 10am-4pm
• Performance: Isambards Kingdom. Singers, musicians, puppets and slapstick (free). Bristol Record Office Thu 7th Sep 2006 7:30-9-30pm.
• Organic Food Festival 2nd-3rd Sep 2006, Create Centre
• Bristol Festival of Kites Ashton Court, 8am - 6pm Sat 2nd and Sun 3rd Sep 2006
• Great Western Runners Towpath 10K 5 of 5. 19:30 Fri 25th Aug 2006
• Bristol Balloon Fiesta Thu 10th to Sun 13th Aug 2006, Ashton Court.
  • Thu 10th Opens noon, 6pm: Special Shapes launch and tether + 9:30pm Night Glow
  • Fri-Sun 6am & 6pm launches.
  • Sat 12th 9:30pm Night Glow.
• Great Western Runners Towpath 10K 4 of 5. 19:30 Fri 4th Aug 2006.
• Ashton Court Festival, (music) 22nd and 23rd Jul 2006, 11am-11pm.Road closures at peak times A369: Clanage Rd/Rownham Hill & the Suspension Bridge.
• Great Western Runners Towpath 10K 3 of 5. 19:30 Fri 21st Jul 2006
• Ashton Boys Football Tournament Greville Smyth Park Fri 15th to Sat 16th Jul 2006 10am-6pm.
• Charity LeRoc Dance Ashton Park School 15th Jul 2006 8pm-12. Tickets £5 in advance and £6 at the door.
• Walk the Walk Sunwalk Charity Walk in Ashton Court 9am-5pm 9th Jul 2006. Parklands Road and Courtlands Lane may be closed at some times.
• Colliters Brook Walk, starting at the Create Centre, 10am Sun 2nd Jul 2006.
• Exhibition - The Merchant Venturers Of Bristol, Record Office 4th Apr - 30th Jun 2006, 9am-6pm.
• The Who, Ashton Gate BCFC. Wed 8pm 28th Jun 2006 £45+. Note there MAY be other cheaper ticket sources.
• 2-6pm, Sun 25th Jun 2006 - Lazy Sunday - Greville Smyth Park, 2-6pm.
• Sun 25th Jun 2006 Bristols Biggest Bike Ride. Portway closed 7:30am to 2pm, also Avon Trail used.
• Ronald Keating at Ashton Gate BCFC, Sat 24th Jun 2006 8pm. Note there MAY be other cheaper ticket sources.
• Degree and MA Show UWE 10am start 6,4,8 and 8pm finish respectively 17-20th Jun 2006
• Great Western Runners Towpath 10K 2 of 5. 19:30 Fri 16th Jun 2006
• UWE Open Day Sat 14th Jun 2006
• Police Dog and Horse Open Day Clanage Rd, Police Station. 11th Jun 2006. Small fee for parking opposite station.
• Bristol Bike Fest Free, Ashton Court Sun 11th Jun 2006 9am to 10pm
• 10am Sun 11th Jun 2006. Wildflower walk around the Avon New Cut. Meet at Vauxhall Bridge.
• Burwalls House and Gardens. From the Iron to Victorian Age, 2-3:30pm Sat 10th Jun 2006 £7.50 (with cream tea), booking required.
• Deer Feeding Walk, 31st May 2006 Ashton Court 10:30-11:30am. Free but booking essential.
• Eleven Minutes: A Sculpture Trail In The Western Docklands Create Centre, 9am-5pm 22nd Apr to 31st May 2006
• Ashton Court Rose Garden Plan. Due for completion by late spring, roses should be in full bloom by July.
• Bristol Science Café: David Ashford:The future of space travel. Tobacco Factory, 8pm Mon 22nd May 2006.
• South Bank Arts & Performance Trail Tobacco Factory, 20-21st May 2006.
• Deer Feeding Walk, 21st May 2006 Ashton Court 10:30-11:30am. Free but booking essential.
• Foundation Summer Show 2006 UWE 10am start 4,3,3 4 and 4pm finish respectively 12-16th May 2006.
• Kielder Challenge Heats (x2) Wed 10th and Tue 16th May 2006, Ashton Court, 10am-3pm Free. Countryside problem solving activities for young people age 13-16.
• Bristols Alternative Homes and Gardens Fair Create Centre, Sat 13th May 2006,10am-5pm
• Great Western Runners Towpath 10K 1 of 5. 19:30 Fri 12th May 2006.
• Exhibition: Bristol Bridges Bristol Record Office 6th Mar to 28th Apr 2006, 9am to 6pm.
• Hats off to Brunel Exhibition at the CREATE Centre Tues 4th to Thu 27th Apr 2006
• 10am Sun 9th Apr 2006 - River walk around the Avon New Cut. Meet at Vauxhall Bridge.
• Brunel 200 7:30-9:25pm Sat 8th April 2006. Brunel Lock Road, Cumberland Basin: Free music, inauguration of the new Clifton Suspension Bridge lights and fireworks.
• Gardens in Leigh Woods (Burwalls Garden). 2-3:30 Thu 6th Apr 2006, Led by Tony Titchen, a local botanist and dendrologist. £5 booking required
• New Cut Nexus. Plans for the New Cut 20th Feb-31st Mar 2006 ?-4pm, CREATE Center.
• Bristol Science Café: Professor Bass Hassan: Cancer research latest. Tobacco Factory, 8pm Mon 27th Mar 2006
• UWE Open Day Sat 18th Mar 2006'
• Sports Volunteering Fair, Ashton Park Sports Centre, Blackmoors Lane, 6:30-8:30pm Mon 6th Mar 2006.
• Exhibition: Just Looking Bristol Record Office 2nd Jan - 3rd Mar 2006 9am to 6pm.
• Bristol Science Café: John Greenman: Using biotechnology to create clean energy from renewable sources. Tobacco Factory, 8pm Mon 27th Feb 2006
• Ashton Court Coach House Planning changes work commenced Feb 2006.
• Ceilidh (Folk Music) in aid of Maji Safi - Cats Whiskers + Jethro Anderson/Derek Kingscote, Ashton Park School 8pm Sat 25th Feb 2006
• UWE Open Day Sat 18th Feb 2006
• Green Party: Green Futures Conference Tobacco Factory, 10:15am to 5pm Sun 19th Feb 2006
• UWE Planning Applications - search application for Kennel Lodge Road. Comments or objections before 8th Feb 2006.

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