Wonderful Water community arts festival
Celebrates the power of water to sustain life, nourish nature, and inspire wellbeing for your Easter holiday.
This Spring, you are invited to a free Easter event – Wonderful Water, a community art festival taking place in John Wesley’s New Room and Sparks Bristol from 9th to 19th April.
All activities will be FREE.
Produced by Broadmead BID (Business Improvement District) in partnership with John Wesley’s New Room, and Sparks Bristol, Wonderful Water celebrates the power of water to sustain life, nourish nature, and inspire wellbeing and invites all ages to enjoy exhibitions and allow creativity to flourish with craft sessions, dance workshops, talks, and more. Including street performances by mermaids and deep-sea divers!
The event has been planned with sustainability, creativity, and the importance of water at its heart, with children, families, community groups, and local artists involved in making artwork for the exhibitions using recycled and sustainable materials.
Free Easter Fun Information
All dates – commissioned and community artwork exhibited in Sparks and JWNR.
Week 1
Wednesday 9 April:
Bristol Water – Sparks (on Broadmead West if dry) – interactive games and experiments, and freebies to take away.
Thursday 10 April:
Craft Day – John Wesley’s New Room, 11am-3pm – Come along to this workshop to discover the wonders of water, unleash your creativity and discover how we can treasure this precious resource.
Friday 11 April:
Crafty Friday – Sparks, 11am-4pm
Saturday 12 April:
Splash dance workshops – Sparks, 2pm and 3:30pm. Pre-book your space if you can, drop-ins will be subject to availability.
Street Performers – Broadmead West and The Horsefair – look out for mermaids and a deep sea diver!
Week 2
Wednesday 16 April:
Bristol Water – Sparks (on Broadmead West if dry) – interactive games and experiments, and freebies to take away.
Thursday 17 April:
Craft Day – John Wesley’s New Room, 11am-3pm – Come along to this workshop to discover the wonders of water, unleash your creativity and discover how we can treasure this precious resource.
Ocean Saver Day – Sparks – stall and interactivity
Dr Verity Jones – Sparks, 3-4pm – DRY: Diary of a Water Superhero – storytelling and activities with a FREE book for ages 6-11
Friday 18 April (Good Friday):
Crafty Friday – Sparks, 11am-4pm
John Wesley’s New Room– Good Friday Service
Saturday 19 April
Street Performers – Broadmead West and The Horsefair
Visit Our Museum and Learn More About Wesley Brothers and Bristol!
The Museum at the New Room tells the story of John and Charles Wesley and eighteenth-century Methodism and its relevance today.
The museum is housed in the rooms that were originally constructed in 1748 to accommodate the Wesleys and the early Methodist preachers. As part of your visit you will see John Wesley’s study and bedroom, as well as the main parlour for the preachers.
