Events in and around Portishead

A Gordano Civic Society talk. Gervase O’Donohoe will be talking about Shepton Mallet Prison. He will present a fascinating history of the prison from 1610 to its closure in 2013. This will include references to the history of the penal policy in this country during those centuries. 

Entrance is £1 for members and £3 for visitors, although membership of the Society for the season at £10 can be purchased on the night. Refreshments included. Free car parking opposite the hall. The Society's range of publications will be available to purchase.

We're rebuilding the railway from Portishead to Bristol.

Everyone is welcome at our public drop-in sessions

Join us at any time - come and learn more, or ask our team questions.

• Wednesday 7 October, 4.30 to 7.30pm, Somerset Hall, Portishead

If you can't make that it's on at Easton-in-Gordano too:

• Wednesday 14 October, 4.30 to 7.30pm, St George’s Church Hall, Easton-in-Gordano 

Event arranged by Network Rail.

With winter arriving soon, Ukraine really needs your help! 

Following our successful aid collections in 2024 & 2025 the Lions are again offering Portishead residents the chance to send some much needed love & aid to Ukraine. 

Its hard to imagine the continued suffering and hardship that our friends in Ukraine have to deal with on a daily basis.  Even small items like basic medicines or sanitary wear which we take for granted will make a real difference.

Through the network of Lions Clubs in Poland and Ukraine your aid donated will reach the people who really need it.

Portishead Lions will be outside Sainsbury from 10am to 4pm on Saturday 10th October to receive your donations whether items or money.

To help a list of items they really need is available on the Lions Website.

Please help send some much needed love to Ukraine thank you

Free digital / tech advice. Connect with others over tea and cake.

Supported by West of England Rural Network and Age UK Bristol working in partnership with Portishead Town Council.

We're rebuilding the railway from Portishead to Bristol.

Everyone is welcome at our public drop-in sessions

Join us at any time - come and learn more, or ask our team questions.

• Wednesday 14 October, 4.30 to 7.30pm, St George’s Church Hall, Easton-in-Gordano 

If you can't make that it's on a week earlier at Portishead too:

• Wednesday 7 October, 4.30 to 7.30pm, Somerset Hall, Portishead

Event arranged by Network Rail.

Discover practical advice on reducing the risk of flooding to your home at the information display in Portishead Library, available from 21 to 24 October.

Got questions about flooding in Portishead? Join the Flood Risk Team and Portishead Town Councillors on Saturday 24 October at Portishead Library for an opportunity to chat, learn more and share your views.

Join a guided walk of the Portishead flood defences on Saturday 24 October at 1pm meeting at the Marina Lock Gates. Please book your space using the link below. 

Floral Demonstration 'A Flower Prescription' with Cathryn Brown

Doors Open at 7pm

Visitors Welcome £10.00 pp at Clarance House, Portishead

Public Meeting to discuss the community response to the proposed Tower Farm and Black Rock developments.

Ticket only event! 
Booking opens Friday 9 Oct at 8am. Please book using the link below.

Agenda and Speakers

Bernie D’Arcy Head of Nature Reserves and Land Management at Avon Wildlife Trust Securing nature’s recovery across North Somerset.
Bernie will share insights into the work that is keeping ecologically important sites and species connected across our region, including the Trust’s site at Weston Big Wood and peat restoration projects.

Chris Sperring MBE Weston Big Wood
A life-time spent around this special place.

Paul Gardner Portishead Town Councillor
Community approach and evidence for the Local Plan Public hearings.

Open Q&A Session

An illustrated talk by Christopher Robinson on the open space in Portishead including around Kilkenny Fields.

Entrance donation £2, cash preferred, includes refreshments

For more information please call either 01275 843160 or 07853 248476

Friday 23rd October 2026
Admission £22

Yetii are the latest Bristol-based band to burst onto the national and international stage. They are thrilling audiences and have built a huge following. They sold out their first concert hall show at St George’s Hall, were a headline band at Swanage Jazz Festival, supported The Bad Plus on their recent UK tour and we are thrilled to welcome them to Speakeasy for their debut performance.

Tonight our audience will pay witness to something very special on stage – a ’happening’, making a connection with the past and the present. Alex Veitch’s carefully crafted melodic tunes are fluent, impressive, inventive and hypnotic.

Yetii will play their own impressive blend of rich, acoustic jazz, playing a mix of original compositions and their arrangements of popular tunes from The Beatles to David Bowie.

Yetii have a totally unique collective voice, exciting, innovative and sensitive, beautiful and evocative. The space created in each tune that allows for each of them to shine is pure genius. Contrasting mood, textures and colours, they brush, slide, slip and dance off each other. Exuberant yet controlled, capturing the audience in spellbound attention that is almost audible. Serious jazz craft that is totally accessible.

“Yetii play together in the telepathic fashion of the finest trios” - UK Jazz News. 
“You get lost in their synergy, all feeling the same deep pulse”- Soweto Kinch, BBC Radio 3. 
“A standing ovation greeted the end of their set” – Jazzwise.

The band: Alex Veitch - keyboard; Dr Ashley John Long – double bass; Alex Goodyear - drums

Doors open 7.00pm. Show 8.00pm. Admission is £22. For advanced ticket sales: phone or email Kate Sheridan using the links below.

Come and join Turn the Tide Portishead's team of enthusiastic volunteers at their monthly Portishead Big Clean on Sunday 25th October, meeting outside Portishead Sailing Club at 10.30 am.  All are welcome!  Please bring gloves and a bag for the litter you collect. Further information can be found on our website: turnthetideportishead.co.uk/events/ and our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/TTTPortishead

Homemade cakes, plants, books, crafts, tombola, white elephant stalls, refreshments available

Free Entry
 

For more information please call either 01275 843160 or 07853 248476

eat:Portishead food festival Saturday 31 October from 10am-4pm, free to attend, family-friendly and accessible to all … Join us for a delicious day out celebrating great local and regional producers most from within a 30 mile radius of Portishead.
We are putting on a cracking one-day festival that is low cost for the producers to attend – meaning that money goes straight back into local businesses and their communities; well publicised; good fun; well run and with lots of variety. eat:Festivals is a not-for-profit social enterprise that aims to connect communities with the productive landscape that surrounds them, which is good for local business, food
producers and for families. You can expect to find over 100 food & drink makers including local
bakers, farmers, brewers, orchardists, roasters and Street Food. Free to attend with plenty of entertainment and activities to join in. Choices for the whole family - accessible, inclusive, inspiring.
Always with a wide range including gluten free, vegan, vegetarian and alcohol free food and drinks. It’s a free day out and a chance to meet friends whilst discovering something new. If you want to have a bit
more elbow room, to get the pick of the produce, we recommend you arrive early! Make sure you take in the Portishead Public Art Trail, download a map at https://www.visitportishead.net/art-trail.php

No tickets needed for this free event … just turn up!

Thinking of applying to trade with eat:Festivals? Head over to www.eatfestivals.org/apply to read more about us, see latest availability and apply

The St Peter's Arms Pop-up Pub and Quiz

For one night only St Peter's Church Portishead will transform into the St Peter's Arms serving beer, wine and cider.  We are hosting a pub quiz to fundraise for the repair of the cracks in the north west  corner of the church.   

Doors Open 6:45pm    Quiz Starts 7:30pm  Tickets £5 per person 

Teams up to five people.  Come as a team (or join a team on the evening).  Star Prize for winning team.

Click on the link below to buy your tickets.