Events in and around Portishead

The Amazing Mike Bess and his loop pedal will be coming to The Old Mill this Friday 10th at 9pm!

A collection of independent makers, designers, bakers and creatives all under one roof with all stalls handpicked based on their high quality, and on-trend products, these include: art, baby clothing, jewellery, plants, cake, food, skincare, ceramics, flowers, glass, animal products and more.

A night of lively acoustic music covering classic songs from artists such as David Bowie, The Beatles, Crowded House, Oasis, Stereophonics, and loads more. Free admission

Two DJ's one great event. SILC Class with Caine at 8-15pm to 9pm followed by pure SILC Music with DJ's John Baker & Caine Langford through to 1am. Licensed bar open throughout.

SILC is a dance syllabus designed to take Ceroc dancers to the next level by improving technique and giving the tools to help people dance more comfortably to slower music. Don't think of is as different dance to Ceroc but instead a way of developing your Ceroc to the next level.

Free tea, coffee & Biscuits.

Admission £12 on the door.

Live band invites all to a night of dancing and singing along to many of your favourite tunes from the past 30 years, including numbers from Ed Sheehan, The Killers, Kings of Leon, Swedish House Mafia, Eminem and Pulp.

Admission free

A brilliant half term activity.

Mini Medics offers first aid training for 7-11-year-olds, delivered in a fun and engaging way. Children practise bandaging each other, take turns to use a choke vest and also use CPR manikins. They learn to indentify dangers in the home and find out about public access defibrillators.

GTE is pleased to be hosting a Mini Medics course this half term, as part of our commitment to community engagement.

Next session takes place on 16th February 10am-noon in the heart of Portishead.

It costs just £15+ vat and could be the best £15 you ever spend.

Spaces are filling up fast to book now or find out more, call 01275 398665 or email hedges.rachael@global-tunnelling-experts.com

What a wonderful start to our spring programme! Andy Hague calls ‘Double Standards’ his dream band. They are masters of their craft and perform with great style and class, playing standards by Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock among others. 

Andy Hague is one of Bristol’s most significant and best loved jazz talents – a fine trumpeter and drummer and a stalwart of the city’s jazz scene. Andy has played on the albums of Portishead and toured with them in the US. In 2016, he appeared as part of the Pee Wee Ellis and Fred Wesley ‘Back to Jazz’ Big Band and often plays at the Bristol International Jazz & Blues Festival as well as Ronnie Scott’s. He also played alongside US trumpet and flugelhorn legend, Bobby Shew in 2017. 

London-based Jonathan Taylor is a wonderfully melodic pianist who has worked alongside Pee Wee Ellis, Iain Bellamy, Andy Sheppard, Ruby Turner and is a founder member of the UK’s leading Tango ensemble, ‘Midnight Tango’. He also featured with Vincent and Flavia on Strictly Come Dancing. 

With Hendrick Jensen’s singing double bass tone and Gwilym Jones’ youthful talent on drums, these wonderful musicians skilfully blend and will be playing compositions from the American Songbook as well as from Andy’s own jazz heroes with a sprinkling of his own amazing compositions.  

The Guardian described them as, “straight-ahead, high-energy jazz”.  

What a night this will be! The band will bring an intimate and yet explosive quality that audiences love. 

Show 8.30pm. Doors open 7.30pm. Admission is £20. No membership required. For advanced ticket sales contact Kate Sheridan using the links below.