Music for Everyone
Music is a universal language that knows no boundaries and connects communities.
We invite all members of Bristol’s communities to share, celebrate and participate in creative projects, performances, workshops, networks and social meet-ups.
Our comprehensive programmes collaborate with Bristol’s diverse communities to make sure music is at the heart of our city.
Through the power of creating joyful music together, we hope to enrich lives, empower people with creative potential, and build healthy and happy communities.
Our Projects
City of Beacons
Connecting and amplifying voices of marginalised communities in Bristol.
Taking inspiration from our diverse heritage, we’re inviting communities to work alongside specially-commissioned Bristol artists to co-curate unique pieces of work.
Together, the artists and participants from across the city will find creative freedom and a platform to shine their own light.
Hope Creative
Hope Creative is our programme of work for children in care (CiC) from 7-18 years old and their community. Exploring singing and creative musical activities in a safe and supportive atmosphere, young people get the opportunity to: Learn, create, play, perform, write and record their very own music.
FLOW Creative
FLOW Creative is a regular music making club for disabled young musicians aged 11-25 who want to have fun, be creative, and make new music and new friends.
You can play instruments, write songs, compose, produce, sing, rap, and much more. We think that the more comfortable you are, the more creative you can be and all our sessions are fun, supporting and accessible.
The FLOW Creative is for young people at all levels of musical ability, whether you’ve been having lessons for years, are already part of an Open Orchestra at school, or have no experience but want to try something new.
PULSE
Pulse a group for adults who wish to improve their health and wellbeing through music and movement.
Created in collaboration with Southmead Development Trust, Pulse is run with monthly drop-in sessions and a regular weekly group and offers music making and physical exercises for people of all abilities.
Foster Carers Singing Group
A fun fortnightly social music session for foster carers in Bristol, in collaboration with Bristol City Council.
Free to join, no need to read music, and no need to have any prior musical experience. Make music together for enjoyment, relaxation, and improving mental and physical health.
Our Music Club
Working in partnership with Dementia Navigators from the Dementia Wellbeing Service, Our Music Club brings creative activity and live music to people living with dementia, along with their carers and families.
Supported by music leaders, individuals experience, play and make music together, providing joyful and connective times for people to be together in the present.
Once you’ve been once, and you know what it’s about, you want to keep coming!
Our Music Club Participant
Read more: The Power of Music – supporting people living with dementia
Read more: The Power of Music – supporting people living with dementia
The recently published ‘Power of Music’ report from Music for Dementia and UK Music sets out a plan for harnessing music to improve our health, wellbeing and communities. Read about how Our Music Club music sessions and their aim to make ‘meaningful’ action on dementia while providing a sense of community.
Empowerment
Empowerment
Empowerment is a project to directly empower, build the confidence, and raise the voice of young women and non-binary young people.
Run in partnership with South Bristol Youth, Empowerment workshops are co-created by the participants. They explore themes of identity and feminism through activities such as music making, movement, public speaking and visits to cultural organisations.
BLOOM
BLOOM
BLOOM is a free music group for mums and babies that uses music and sound in a playful and safe way.
Created in partnership with Bluebell, a charity that support parents with their perinatal mental health and wellbeing, this regular weekly group offers new parents an opportunity to make music together with their children, or just listen and absorb.
A New Song For Bristol
A New Song For Bristol
A New Song For Bristol is a city-wide invitation for everyone to share their thoughts, feelings and experiences of Bristol during the pandemic, creatively expressed through words and music.
Since 2020 we’ve collected creative responses and worked with artists and music leaders to express them through songwriting, visual art and film.
Mail A Musician
Mail A Musician
Mail A Musician is Bristol Beacon’s initiative to deliver the joy of live music direct to the hearts and homes of Bristolians. Mail A Musician is a way that the people of Bristol can send their love to the special people or places in their life, and gift them a personalised musical performance.
Bristol Beacon will match selected nominees with a local musician to perform especially for them as a covid-safe ‘doorstep gig’. Concerts are presented by a diverse range of brilliant local Bristolian musicians, many of whom work across our schools and community projects.
