Heritage
For over 150 years we have been at the beating heart of Bristol.
A landmark venue and historic meeting place for the city, challenge and change have been embraced with one thing in mind: to keep amazing live music playing.
Browse through the timeline of our digital archives and discover the heritage of one of the most iconic music venues in the country.
Scroll down to look back at our 150th anniversary celebrations from 2017, read the incredible stories from audiences and view pictures from fascinating moments in our history.
With the support of National Lottery Heritage Fund, we’re bringing our archives to life through a programme of events and exhibitions to celebrate the vibrant history of the Hall.
Sitting alongside this interpretation work will be an extensive programme of community engagement activities with local groups and schools around the heritage of the building.
Take a look below to see how you can discover our heritage.
Colston Hall 150
Celebrate 150 years of music! Look back at Colston Hall's anniversary from 2017....
Timeline
Discover the history of Bristol's home of music....
News
Restoring Charles Lockier's archives
From the 1920s to the 1960s, promoter Charles H. Lockier was responsible for the artistic programme at Colston Hall. In his time he brought some of...
Heritage Playlist: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra 1969/70
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and Colston Hall have a long history; stret...
Season 1, Ep. 6 - Uncovering our heritage
In episode 6 of our Transformation podcast we focus on the heritage that is bein...
The 'golden era' of Jazz at Colston Hall
The Bristol Jazz and Blues Festival returns for it's 6th year this week, and the...
Celebrating 10 years of Colston Hall Foyer
On Wednesday 18 September 2009 we threw open the doors of Colston Hall Foyer for...
Blog: Growing our tiniest audiences
Blog from Julia Roderick, Senior Community, Learning & Volunteering Officer The positive benefits of listening and interacting with music for y...
Your inspiring memories of Colston Hall
As the date of our 150th anniversary draws closer we've been delving through the archive to discover some of the fascinating facts from our rich histo...
Heritage Playlist: 2 Tone
2019 marks the 40th anniversary of legendary and influential record label 2 Tone...
Heritage Playlist: Soul
From Stevie Wonder to Dusty Springfield, Otis Redding to Tina Turner - Colston H...
The unseen Colston Hall – Backstage Photos
Stepping backstage at Colston Hall is like stepping back in time. Amongst the he...
£4.75m investment confirmed from The National Lottery
A £4.75million National Lottery grant has been awarded to Bristol Music Trust f...
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