Upcoming events

October

Wed 23rd 2pm

ATTIC Teas is a Bristol-based tea company that has been running for 18 years and offers an exciting and unique approach to tea drinking.

Fri 25th 7pm

Moonlight Film Fridays
Clifton Library
Moonlight uses one man's story to offer a remarkable and brilliantly crafted look at lives too rarely seen in cinema.

Tue 29th 7pm

Bristol Cars An illustrated talk by Stefan Cembrowicz
Clifton Library
“Not everybody knows that we made cars in Bristol”

Wed 30th 2pm

If Beale Street Could Talk Wednesday Film Matinee
Clifton Library
Celebrate Black History Month: In early 1970s Harlem, daughter and wife-to-be Tish vividly recalls the passion, respect and trust that have connected her and her artist fiancé Alonzo Hunt, who goes by the nickname Fonny.

November

Wed 6th 2.30pm

Death Cafe Welcome to the North Bristol death cafe - the second hosted by FoCCaL
Clifton Library
Since 2011 there have been more than 15,000 death cafes held across 83 countries. The idea was developed in the UK "to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their lives".

Wed 13th 12pm

A United Kingdom
Clifton Library
Welcome to our Wednesday matinee which are held fortnightly. These film showings are free to a very kind donation to FoCCaL. You are welcome to donate if you wish.

Wed 27th 2pm

Rear Window Welcome to our Wednesday matinee. Our Wednesday matinees run every fortnight and are free.
Clifton Library
Professional photographer L.B. "Jeff" Jefferies breaks his leg while getting an action shot at an auto race.

Fri 29th 7pm

Wicked Little Letters Film Fridays
Clifton Library
Film Fridays are held on the last Friday of every month. The bar opens at 6.30 and the film starts at 7pm

December

Wed 4th 2pm

ATTIC Teas is a Bristol-based tea company that has been running for 18 years and offers an exciting and unique approach to tea drinking.

Thu 5th 7pm

Local food writer and cook, Jenny Chandler, will be demonstrating and chatting about some simple ideas for entertaining friends and family over the holiday period.

Wed 11th 2pm

The Holdovers Christmas Wednesday Matinee
Clifton Library
Nobody likes teacher Paul Hunham (Giamatti) -- not his students, not his fellow faculty, not the headmaster, who all find his pomposity and rigidity exasperating. With no family and nowhere to go over Christmas holiday in 1970, Paul remains at school to supervise students unable to journey home.

Fri 13th 7.30pm

The Shrinks
Clifton Library
"....as long as there are bands like The Shrinks, the world is a better place" Julian Owen

Sat 14th 7.30pm

Come and support your neighbours presentig another much loved variety show - a pre-Christmas treat. Performance starts at 7.30 - the bar is open from 7pm

Sun 15th 6pm

Come and support your neighbours presentig another much loved variety show - a pre-Christmas treat. Performance starts at 6.00pm - the bar is open from 5.30pm

January

Wed 8th 2pm

Don't Look Now First Wednesday Matinee of 2025
Clifton Library
John and Laura Baxter are in Venice when they meet a pair of elderly sisters, one of whom claims to be psychic. She insists that she sees the spirit of the Baxter's daughter, who recently drowned.

Wed 15th 7pm

Cyclebag Talk by John Grimshaw
Clifton Library
John will give an illustrated talk tracing the origins of the cycling campaign group, Cyclebag, which came into being at the Nova Scotia pub in July 1977. Then how this group then went onto build the Bristol and Bath path starting with Bitton to Brassmill Lane in 1979, the creation of the riverside path to Pill, the reconstruction of the Kennet and Avon canal towpath and other local paths which are now so popular.

Wed 22nd 2pm

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool Wednesday Matinee
Clifton Library
Real life proves to be just as dramatic off-screen as it does on it for aging Hollywood superstar Gloria Grahame (Annette Bening) and her much younger lover, Peter Turner (Jamie Bell).

Fri 31st 7pm

Zone of Interest Film Fridays are held on the last Friday of every month. The bar opens at 6.30 and the film starts at 7pm
Clifton Library
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Hoss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp
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