Through the Bristol City Centre Transport Changes consultation we're proposing to pedestrianise more of Broadmead, improve pedestrian and cycle routes, prioritise bus services and much more. Get involved at orlo.uk/wxKKd

Great set from Henrik Jensen trio The Be-Bop Club Bristol last night. Catch them in Birmingham tonight

Yet another visiting band next week, Oct 3rd, and a sextet no less. Sixways, featuring Ben Partridge - tenor sax, Oscar Lawrence - alto, Henry Hanssen - trombone, Leo Morland - guitar, Amy Coates - bass, Aidan Amann - drums.

Another touring band bristling with talent next week, Oct 17th, Tom Thorp's Ilumetris, featuring Tom on saxes with the great Neil Yates on trumpet, and Andy Stamatakis-Brown - piano, Grant Russell - bass, and John Arnesen - drums. youtube.com/watch?v=HCYO8W…

Wow. A local NHS consortium bid for this contract - yet it’s just been awarded to HCRG Care Group, the private company that was once Virgin Care. HCRG Care Group will now - for profit - provide community care across all of Bath, Swindon, NE Somerset & Wiltshire. Heartbreaking 😔

just donated - there's still time... !

I don't oppose all contracted out provision but these kind of services are definitely not suitable - the undercut just makes delivery far worse (as family experience of maternity care switch to this provider in another locality demonstrates)

Nice new Korean pop-up with a new menu until Xmas at the Galli - good news for Gloucester Rd folks thegallimaufry.co.uk/food

tomorrow!

Dem bones... Next Thursday Oct 31 trombonist Joe Bradford celebrates another master of the instrument with a tribute to bebop legend J J Johnson. With Greg Sterland - tenor sax, Dorian Childs-Prophet - piano, Chris Jones - bass, Paolo Adamo - drums

Rarely post here now but just popping back to say, if you were waiting for BlueSky to get interesting, that’s really happened now. Move over and you’ll likely not miss new, enshittified twitter at all.

Last gig of the year tomorrow with Andy Hague's Albert All-Stars Big Band at Bristol Beacon tickets at bristolbeacon.org/what.../albert… or from the Box Office from 7pm. Doors at 7.15 for 8pm start, great sound of 16-piece band with top brass sections and Bristol's foremost rhythm section

"... brimful of the shared delight in improvisation that Monk seems to trigger so reliably in suitably talented interpreters ... these versions stand with any others I’ve heard, including the ones left us by the composer." 📖 jon turney at UK Jazz News ukjazznews.com/xhosa-cole-on-…

About that empty bus lane...

OLIE BRICE / RACHEL MUSSON / ALEXANDER HAWKINS / MARK SANDERS - Olie Brice Quartet are at Fringe Jazz at The BRISTOL MUSIC CLUB, 76 St Paul's Road, BS8 1LP this Wed 12th March. Tickets at fringejazz.com/gig-list.html #bristol #livejazz

Timothy Snyder and Sławomir Sierakowski Are Raising Funds Towards an Armored Evacuation Vehicle | UNITED24 (Ukraine House DC Foundation) donorbox.org/armored-medeva…

Bristol science cafe rises again - next month... eventbrite.com/e/science-cafe…

Some say they’ll switch to an EV ‘when the charging is easy.’ Well, surprise—it already is. 80% of charging happens at home, and with Co Charger, you don’t even need your own charger. No more excuses… just clean, quiet driving.

still here, not on Bluesky? Here's what you might be missing... wired.com/story/big-inte…?

New jazz calendar for Bristol bristoljazzlive.co.uk