Our Transformation
Building our Beacon – opening November 2023
The once-in-a-generation transformation of Bristol Beacon will create one of the best and most accessible performance and music education venues in Europe. Our brand new spaces will inspire music lovers and artists to come together and share the joy of live music.
The full-scale refurbishment of the venue is nearly complete and Bristol Beacon will reopen from Thursday 30 November 2023 with two international standard performance venues, a bright new restaurant and our cellars in use for the first time as an education and performance space.
Bristol Beacon will be a celebratory place full of warmth and light, where music lovers meet and everyone belongs.
Opening weekend
You’re invited to celebrate!
Trip The Light Fantastic
Thu 30 Nov 2023
Trip The Light Fantastic
Thu 30 Nov 2023
Witness a space reborn as sound and light collide in spectacular fashion in Trip the Light Fantastic.
Paraorchestra and electronic composer Surgeons Girl create electro-orchestral alchemy, with visuals from AV experts Limbic Cinema, for a landmark concert experience and the opening night at Bristol Beacon.
The Housewarming
Sat 2 Dec 2023
The Housewarming
Sat 2 Dec 2023
We’re celebrating the opening of Bristol Beacon with a day-to-night festival bursting with a colourful spectrum of Bristol creativity and you’re invited to help us warm the place up.
At The Housewarming, every corner of Bristol Beacon – from the Terrace to our brand-new Cellars and our renewed transformed concert hall spaces – will come alive with performances, to celebrate its rebirth with light, sound and of course, music.
Your venue for Bristol
Have your say in our future
Our audience survey
Thanks to everyone who completed our audience survey earlier this year. Your feedback is helping us shape our reopening and plan our future programmes.
We’ll be announcing further consultation opportunities on this page in the near future.
Scene & Heard
Calling artists, promoters, aspiring managers! We want to hear from you about how our programmes and spaces might best support you.
Take part in our Scene & Heard survey and be entered into a draw to win £100 worth of Bristol Beacon gig tickets and Bandcamp vouchers.
Opening programme announcements
Sign up and be the first to know about tickets for our opening weekend events as well as further announcements of our opening programme and regular email updates.
What’s On at Beacon Hall
(15 events)
Step inside our transformation
View the latest photos and videos from the site
Beacon Hall: our new flagship venue
Our new main hall sits on the footprint of the 1867 concert hall but has been sympathetically and wonderfully restored.
World-class acoustics have been built into the fabric of the hall and complemented by 21st century levels of audience comfort, access and stage technology.
Beacon Hall will be the space to hear the best large-scale contemporary and orchestral music, festivals and family shows, as well as being a flexible space for conferences and exhibitions.
Read, watch and listen
Read, watch and listen
View more photos, videos and stories from our construction site and find out more about our transforming venue.
The transformation of Bristol Beacon is vital for music making in the UK.
Sir Simon Rattle, Music Director, London Symphony Orchestra
Impact and vision
We’re proud to be leading one of the most ambitious arts regeneration projects in the UK: Bristol deserves an incredible music venue of this scale.
But beyond the bricks and mortar, our transformation gives us a unique opportunity to make space for people to share in the joy and togetherness that live music brings, and to empower people to change lives through music.
More music for more people
With our transformed spaces we can do more, share more and play more.
Our transformation will allow us to present 200 more concerts each year, provide educational opportunities for 10,000 more children and young people and champion more diversity in the music scene, including 100 performance slots a year dedicated to Bristol-based artists.
Discover more
Find out more about our new performance venues, how we’re putting sustainability at the heart of our plans, and how our organisation is changing alongside our building project through our transformation promise.
Support our Transformation
Play your part in the journey of the South West’s largest redevelopment programme in the arts sector.
FAQs
Your frequently asked questions about our transformation
When will Bristol Beacon be open?
Our venue will be open from Thursday 30 November 2023.
How much has the transformation of Bristol Beacon cost?
The project is worth £131.9 million.
How can I buy tickets to the opening programme?
Our team have been working hard behind the scenes to put our reopening programme in place for autumn 2023.
Look out for news about shows and ticket sales and sign up using the form on this page to be the first to hear.