TOUR: Join a tour of M Shed’s collection stores and encounter treasures from the city’s industrial and maritime past.

EXHIBITION: From dramatic landscapes to bizarre species, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition showcases the most arresting images of our natural world.

WALK: Discover a millennium of history on this 1.8 mile walk around the heart of Bristol’s old city.

TALK: Using manuscript sources Rose Hewlett will examines the cause, extent and the social and economic impact of the Great Severn Estuary Flood in 1607.

WALK: Venture on our guided walk into the once-autonomous township of Redcliffe, where you will find some of the most impressive remains of historical Bristol.

FAMILY: Step into the world of a bat and test your hunting skills, enjoy fairly traded tea with Pukka and find out about Avon Wildlife Trust. Part of the international Fair Saturday campaign.

SPECIAL EVENT: This year’s celebration includes a first peek of Rest Room, a new piece about resting spaces by one of the UK’s (and Bristol’s) emerging Disabled arts activists. Plus much more.

SPECIAL EVENT: Gather your friends, family and colleagues for a Christmas get together and party your way into the festive season, no coat or scarf needed!

WALK: Our expert guides will vividly retell the history of this tragic episode, exploring some of the sites that played a prominent role in the unrest.

TALK: Opened in the summer of 1836, Bristol Zoo is exceptional. Its history is complicated and sometimes confusing. This talk relays a version of that history.