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Brief Encounters - Annual festival and associated events celebrating, promoting and exhibiting short films.
Bristol International Balloon Fiesta - Details, photo gallery, programme listings for large balloonists' gathering held at Ashton Court every August.
Wildscreen - Held every two years, this event shows moving images from the natural world. Background information, awards and sponsorship details.
Animated Encounters - Annual festival of film, computer and video animation works. Programme, submission information and contact details.
Ashton Court Festival - Annual community arts event: details of bands, performers, traders, news and photos from previous years.
UK Comics Festival - Programme of annual event with guest illustrators, dealers, awards, booking details and contact information.
Tribe of Doris - A many cultured arts collective that has been running for ten years using the arts of music, dance, song and ceremony to bring people together: contacts, events, profile and news.
Bristol International Kite Festival - Annual event held at Ashton Court Estate usually in early September: press and media information, news, sponsors and contact details.
Doors Open Day - Details of buildings which are open for visits on the second Saturday in September: map, details, news and contacts.
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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em." (William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, II:5) "Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country." (Marquis de Lafayette) He had occasional flashes of silence that made his conversation perfectly delightful. -- Sydney Smith, referring to Macaulay Events Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labour in freedom. -- Albert Einstein Men have become the tools of their tools. -- Henry David Thoreau Grove giveth and Gates taketh away. - Bob Metcalfe (inventor of Ethernet) on the trend of hardware speedups not being able to keep up with software demands Events Twenty years fron now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. 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