New Room Closed – February 1st & 2nd 2019
Good morning everyone. Due to the snow, the New Room is closed Friday February 1st. There will be no lunchtime Communion service at 1pm. The Holy Habits Film Club at 2pm is also cancelled. We will also be closed on Saturday 2nd February due to the forecast ice. Weather permitting,
NEW BOOK TELLS THE STORY OF EARLY METHODISTS IN THEIR WORDS
A beautifully illustrated new book telling the story of early Methodism through the words of those who led and experienced it has been released by New Room Publications. In Their Words – the story of early Methodism features 500 short extracts and quotes, all carefully introduced and linked together to
NEW WORK OF ART FOR BRISTOL
A brand new, specially-commissioned stained-glass window has been installed at the New Room, otherwise known as John Wesley’s Chapel, in Bristol this week. The window takes the form of a triptych – a three-panel work of art – and illustrates the remarkable life of John Wesley. It now has pride
FESTIVE FAVOURITES FOR BROADMEAD SHOPPERS
There’s a new twist to the New Room’s popular family dress-up nativity this year, which takes place on Saturday 1 December. Coinciding with the unveiling of the first glimpse of Broadmead’s advent calendar ‘Advent Lights,’ families are invited to drop in at any time between 10.30am to 4pm, have their
NEW ROOM WINS GOLD AS BEST SMALL ATTRACTION IN REGIONAL TOURISM AWARDS
The New Room has been named as the region’s best ‘Small Attraction,’ winning the gold award in the category of Small Attraction of the Year in record year for the Bristol, Bath and Somerset Tourism Awards Ceremony. The New Room also received the bronze award in the ‘International Visitor Experience’
NOVEMBER DELIGHT FOR FOLK MUSIC FANS
November’s concert in the Folk At The New Room series will feature ‘three fiddles, two voices, one melodeon and a pair of clogs,’ and promises to delight audiences with a mixture of English traditional music, reflective moments, energy-infused tunes and the delicate art of clog dancing. Well-known duo Laurel Swift
BRISTOL’S LOST CITY ON DISPLAY IN NEW ROOM
An exhibition that chronicles how the site of a mock city including a castle and medieval buildings was created in Bristol and then used to train troops for the First World War is on display at the New Room in Broadmead throughout November. To mark the 100th anniversary of the
BOLDWOOD LAUNCHES AUTUMN FOLK SEASON AT THE NEW ROOM BRISTOL
The autumn season of folk concerts at the New Room in Bristol promises to get off to a lively start on Thursday 11 October with a rousing performance from popular folk band Boldwood. Formed in 2003 by accordionist Becky Price, Boldwood play their own arrangements of tunes from 17th and
SHARE YOUR VIEWS ON IMMIGRATION DETENTION
An innovative project is coming to Bristol from 15-20 September, designed to encourage people to consider the plight of the 30,000 people locked up indefinitely every year in the UK because they lack correct immigration papers. Many of these people are taken from communities in major cities including Bristol. Taking
MICHAEL EAVIS IS FIRST PATRON OF THE NEW ROOM
Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis has become the first patron of the New Room in Bristol – otherwise known as John Wesley’s Chapel – the oldest Methodist building in the world. Michael visited the New Room after the completion of its multi-million pound Heritage Lottery-funded redevelopment last year and was
