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Great venue, loved the experience.

Just saw The Tindersticks and had a fantastic evening. Great venue and sound with pubs and parking right on the doorstep. Looking forward to The Unthanks in December.

Amazing place very polite and helpful staff really enjoyed my evening parking in the Trenchard street multi storey was so convenient and not expensive

Brilliant. Chrissie is still such an inspiration!

Christmas party was fun. Food provided was awful. Just look at it.

Saw The Blue Man Group with my family and had a great time. Wheelchair accessible viewing is back at row S but the view and sound are good here. The venue is much better than the old 'Colesnawl' but still has challenges in that there is little by way of on street parking outside. Roadworks meant that the Trenchard Street exit was not accessible but staff still directed me that way. The beer choice lacks a decent bitter and is quite expensive. The huge airy atrium made me think that the space could have been used more efficiently to provide studio spaces and maybe even a smaller venue.

Car park is next door and not overly priced. View was excellent from 1st floor balcony but little space for your legs. Generally a good venue, and refurbished too which helps the overall experience. Queues for a beer or coffee excruciatingly slow.

Lovely venue, very clean, friendly staff and amazing sound.

Very smart looking. Easy enough to get around. Staff were great. Toilets were little small, considering the demand.

Blue Man Group, what a fabulous time we had.

Our first time seeing the Beacon since it’s massively over budget renovation, and cosmetically it looked pretty good. Sat in the front row of level 1, we had a great view and sufficient leg room. I’m glad we didn’t sit in the stalls because those seats were virtually flat with little tiering (unlike those on the upper levels we were in) and there were people clearly struggling to see if someone tall was sat in front of them in the stalls. It must be a common known problem because the venue were giving out booster seats. It was a missed opportunity not to put a centre aisle into the upper floors because with rows of 60 seats it can mean a lot of standing up to let people shuffle in and out, especially as the venue is let in people who arrived over 20 mins after the show had started. Audio was good and much improved, and the lighting was good throughout.

Very clean and tidy venue great acoustics really friendly staff too

Ar last. Comfy seats with a bit of legroom......unless you're on the side seats upstairs. They are awful

Went back to this theatre for the first time in a while and way before it was renovated inside. Went to see the Blue Man Group too. Show was entertaining, obscure and novel for sure. Whilst at the theatre we got a chance to enjoy the restaurant and it serves beautiful food and drink. I tackled a sourdough chickpea and salad sandwich and sticky toffee iced bun with decaf coffee. Sumptuous. The staff within the restaurant and theatre were all most helpful too. Inside the theatre itself we were sat upstairs on the Upper levels. All was fine and we had a great vantage to see over and onto the stage. The only thing we did clock whilst there was, there are no forms of steps breaking up the seating across the upper floors. Steps only go up the sides. So if you are sat in the middle of a very long row of seats and need toilet or refreshments, you can imagine the fuss it creates....if caught out. Otherwise all good. Interesting renovations with the side "boxes" seating areas.

Great venue and great artists. Best place for live music in Brizzy

Awesome venue with spacious seats. Music was really loud so if you have noise sensitive children take appropriate headgear.

Great venue for shows A 900 space car park at the rear with 8 ev bay

Seats seemed narrow & cramped with poor leg room for the larger person however good views of the stage have been achieved by better positioning. Sound was okay.

Every time I have been here, you can guarantee a good night to remember.

Helpful staff. Easy to get in and out of. Good venue

Revamped Colston Hall - looks great. Nice airy venue with decent number of seats and not too crowded. Attended Blade Runner Live: fantastic acoustics and great view, even tho was quite far back. Recommended.

First visit and loved the place saw Steve Hackett had a great night

Great facility and spacious seats - a bonus!

Just saw the blue man group....stunning

Man the stall in the morning and good atmosphere.

So much better in the auditorium than the old Colston Hall. Doesn't matter where you sit anymore it'll be a more intimate experience. Sound quality / acoustics very good, even quiet playing travels.

Great parking behind but bit of a traffic jam at the end. Barriers slowing the mass exodus.

Absolutely lovely venue. Clean, easy to navigate and lots to do. Incrediblely comfortable seating with loads of legroom. For reference I'm 6ft4 and sat for 2 hours very comfortably.

What a wonderful venue. Firstly, there is a multi-level car park opposite with eight EV charging stations on level 1. See the website for prices, but we paid £7•50 for approx 3 hrs + The venue entrance is quite spacious (see photo) with a cloakroom (we paid £1 for two coats), information centre, large staircase, lifts, large bar with seating area, and good clean toilet facilities. The auditorium is small to medium-sized, which gives good viewing to the stage. Good comfortable seating with removable covers (for cleaning). A most enjoyable day, thank you

Good set up.first time in since refurbished. Very different to 35 years ago when I worked there

Lovely comfortable seats. Nicely heated.

Very good venue. All new and very good job of it. Attracting top acts.

I wanted to write this review to say a massive thank you to the Bristol Beacon staff when I attended to see Matt Rife on his Problemattic World Tour Matt Rife was amazing to see live last month the staff where such a great help and thank you so much for making it possible that I met Matt on stage after the show I can't thank you all enough for making it possible I had such a great time 🥰✨️💫💜

Stopped here for coffee. Lousy coffee. What milk were they using.? Sandwiches labelled in display case, took 10 mijnutes for them to realise they were incorrectly labelled. Sandwiches served with a very small plate and a knife that wouldn't cut it. Sandwich also far too salty. Never bothered to explore any further because I went off to find better food and a cup of coffee that wasn't so foul

Great venue for concert Superb view and sound Highly recommended

Best place for classical music outside of London. Cheap under 26 tickets and always friendly service from the Clerks - feels fancy but not pompous.

Considering this place has had £130m+ spent on it, it was very disappointing. We had seats on the top tier. While there was sufficient leg room, the lay out of the seats and access to them is frankly awful. We sat in row H. This row has 64 seats. The centre block of 56 seats is only accessible from either end, there is no central access. This resulted in us having to stand up and sit down about 30 times as people filed to their seats. A complete farce. Secondly, the stairs leading up to the seats are very shallow in depth. This is fine when you are walking up them but makes them hazardous to walk down as you can't put the ball of your foot on them and have to walk down on your heels. I and several others stumbled down them narrowly avoiding falls. Take care.....! The Pretenders on the other hand were excellent!!

Been here twice recently since renovation, first was my graduation and the other time a concert. It’s a really nice venue with a modern feel. Staff were nice and toilets clean. Carpets in foyers had large stains, so difficult to get nice photos. Would definitely come back for a gig here though.

The revamp of the Bristol beacon is great, I went to see Marc almond the sound and lighting was really good. Parking is just round the corner in frogmore st.

Definitely a great venue! Beautiful views and staff was excellent too!

Beautifully restored and comfortable.

Lovely venue only spoiled by lack of staff when we visited so no hot drinks and roadworks to nearby expensive parking

This is a really lovely venue, not too big so whatever seats you have, you'll always have a good view of the stage. They may have had a refurbishment recently, the whole place was immaculate and had a yummy new carpet smell. I've never been before, so that could be normal! It was quite quick to get drinks even though it was busy. The restaurant is run by The Bristol Loaf, we didn't eat there but I know that's always good. Highly recommend.

Brilliant facility for Bristol. Lots of events and a great restaurant and cafe

Great updated and modern venue and headline act was fantastic.. No Bristol breweries beers on tap... Very disappointed just mass produced pilsner or pale ale.....missing a trick there

After many, many years of refurbishment it's open again ... Just hope with such a long time being closed it was worth everything and it's not lost out to other venues 🤞? ... I really love the venue and it has very good acoustics 🎶

Great venue for gigs, recently modernised.

Fantastic venue with a great variety of artists and performances.

Park opposite the venue, lots of space to meet before the event, seats comfortable, acoustics amazing, great experience.

Fantastic venue. Sound system is unreal.

It's a silly name. Should have kept the original. Good view from most seats snd the dould has been excellent on the occasions I have visited. Good venue for concerts.

I saw Robert Plant at the Beacon and it was a very enjoyable night. There wasn't enough leg room being the only fault I can think of. That being said I thoroughly enjoyed myself and I am coming back for Jethro Tull later in the year and also Chrissie Hynde & The Pretenders. I honestly can't wait.

Went to the orchestra, such good price for under 26, a lovely evening!

Decent concert building but went there to attend Uni of Bristol career fair. They have bathrooms and eating places. Not sure if they have water recharge points.

First visit since it's refurbishment and was quite impressed. Comfortable seating and a good view from second row in the top tier. The only real downside for me was that people were freely allowed to take their seats during the support act rather than waiting for the gap between songs which was very disruptive.

A really good venue very clean toilets were nice and the sounds was excellent

Brilliant venue to watch a band. Will definitely be back

Great venue, comfortable with brilliant acoustics. Friendly staff, would definitely come again and highly recommend it as a concert venue.

Great model venue dose get really hot tho

Very nice, really enjoyed my visit for cannibal corpse.. staff friendly and efficient

Visited for the first time, too see a heavy metal gig, got seats second tier at the back, view was great, sound OK, lots of comments on legroom, I'm well over 6 foot tall and could sit ok in the seats, the side seating areas did look restricted. Staff were helpful, and the huge queues at the bar were delt with efficiently and quickly. Look forward to visiting again.

Lovely venue, nicely set up. They've done really well. They need to work on the intermission smoke break though. Being a lot of people shared tickets, not everyone had their tickets as they were on their partner/friends phone. So security was having a nightmare, they couldn't check tickets that were already in the hall and head security was telling them off. Maybe stamp people on the way in? Or like a little card the smokers/vapers could take with them to save any confrontation? I'm sure they'll streamline it soon enough.

Plastic glasses from the bar. £6.60 per pint. Bar was shut when we came out of act at 10pm! Can't believe it cost over £100million for the refurbishment.

Venue is really nice, much improved from times gone by in terms of decor etc Service was fairly quick, look forward to going back again next year

Performance - Matt Rife: ProbleMATTic World Tour Date: 21/09/24 My first time back in the main hall since the refurbishment and my first big gig since having Bone Anchored Hearing Devices installed. Knowing about the "no photography or recording," I spoke to the usher on the door to the hall about the fact that my hearing is controlled by my phone. So, if I need to change the volume or other settings, I'd need my phone. The usher could not have been better in this instance. I soon found out that they'd immediately told the head of security, who then spent about 10 - 15 minutes telling each and every other of his security colleagues on and off stage. As a disabled person and disability advocate, this was just what was needed.

Extortionate prices for alcohol, (£12 for a glass of wine!) but the cakes were delicious and a perfect setting for seeing Matt Rife, even if it was annoyingly hard to work out what door we had to use!

Redesigned concert venue with wood panelling giving an airy modern feel. Cafe and bars available. Great sound from stage. Only comment a central aisle in Upper tier would have avoided having to get up quite a bit for those on same row.

At Bristol Beacon, we attended Verdi's Requiem performed by the Bristol Choral Society. It was held in the renovated concert hall. Unforgettable moments! A feast for the ears! Bristol Beacon, formerly known as Colston Hall, changed its name in 2020 to distance itself from its association with Edward Colston, a historical figure linked to the slave trade.

Great experience at Bristol Beacon watching #Beverley Knight

Considering that millions were spent on the refurbishment, nothing was done with the foyer, mainly the toilets. They were disgusting. The main hall was okay I guess, bigger than before but the stalls area could have done with being sloped more. Unless you're in row J, it's completely flat so if you have someone tall in front of you, you're not seeing much!!

Big place. Ground level in front of the stage is for people standing. Lots of elevated seats around. Used to be Colston Hall

Lovely mid week visit to see Marc Almond. Great venue and acoustics. 🎶

Like the venue, though a bit of a bottleneck on the staircase getting out. Some good gigs. Dislike the drink prices: £6.50 for a pint, £6.50 for a 125ml glass of wine and £10.50 for 250ml. If you want lemonade, you're still looking at £4.50. Didn't expect drinks to be cheap but that's taking the micky. You do get 10% discount on drinks if you become a member (£45) which I would have considered if it had included a discount on ticket prices.

We visited here to see a comedian. Even though there was a que for the bar it moved quickly. A few stairs up to our level for seats. Seats comfy and good leg room that you can sit side on to let people pass (don't need to stand up). Sound of good quality. Clean and tidy. Really friendly helpful staff who were good at sharing information.

A great venue to see comedy seating means everyone gets a great view even at the back. Loved it.

First visit to the Bristol Beacon to watch Matt Rife. He is hilarious. Staff were friendly and helpful and allowed us to move to a better seat. The auditorium was really hot and stuffy and needed air conditioning. It was a sold out show so air conditioning is a must in a busy venue. It was okay but we wouldn't rush back.

Great venue and Elvis Costello was brilliant. I arrived to collect tickets at 6pm and was guided upstairs to collect. Saw a member of staff who guided me to another person who informed me that I can’t enter the venue until 6.30am. I didn’t want to - I wanted to collect my tickets. She was rude and informed me that she is still setting up and should have left to go home. I eventually went along to the desk and a lovely bloke handed my tickets to me. Customer service training for the grumpy one Beacon!

Taps don't work, only cups allowed for drinks, water/soft drinks was pathetic in tiny extortionate cups. Nothing local. Embarrassing. The stars are for seats/views

Very good refurbishment of the auditorium but universal gender neutral toilets need to be removed.

Great show but the theatre was quite dirty and chairs marked

First visit since the refurb. Nice venue.

Very nice theatre since it's been re-done, seats very comfortable, air con still an issue though - far too hot! Drinks are as you'd expect, very expensive. We had a great night though, will come again.

Saw little Big Town at this venue, I couldn't have enjoyed it any more, view from my seat was brilliant, staff helpful and friendly

Great venue and Little Big Town with Ashley Munro was the best concert I've ever seen.

My first paying visit, (launch weekend was free). Great view from stalls row Q (just in front of the wheelchair access area) Queues for bar & toilets disappointing, otherwise ok. (for Ben Elton 12/09/24)

The refurbishment of the auditorium feels good - level 2 row A balcony seats really lack legroom, whereas on L3 the view is quite restricted in row A. feel like like safety threat if there was an evacuation rush. Surely a modern theatre experience should deliver better seating - and describe/price accordingly if it cannot - this really needs management action as sitting for 90 minutes is almost impossible. Accoustics are good. The single staircase is only just workable but if multiple stages are exiting at the same time it's dire. Bar prices are crazy high for standing room only and horrible plastic beakers. Performers seem to like it

This is the first time attending since it was the Colston Hall which was an iconic venue that I had the please of performing in for 12 years in a row so I have many fond memories as a performer. The music hall looks very nice and sound is brilliant (There hearing the sea shanty sounds of Fisherman Friends). Plenty of leg room and comfortable seating. The reason why I have rated the experience so low is. Sat in the upper tier. It is very stuffy and hot with a lack of air. Surely with a modern building there should be some aircon so if the temperature hits a certain degrees it can cool the place down? Given the increase in size of the building the Beacon, formerly the Colston Hall now appears to have less toilets. I don't know what the women's were like but for the men's, there were queues on all floors for the toilets as many of the toilets only have 1 cubical and minimal urinals. Lastly. At the end of the concert. There are very long queues to get out and at times it became quite dangerous with the queueing on the stairs. People say Bristol Airport queuing on the stairs in the arrival hall is bad but this is much worse. I'd hate to think what would happen if there was a fire. Very bad design flaw.

We went to see Calum Scott at Beacon Hall and what a great show it was. The Beacon is a labyrinth of cultural arts and food and the makeover is excellent. Calum and his support act were excellent and the seats were superb for sound and vision. My only concern would be the seats and a good size but they are very hard and not great for comfort as they are bolt upright and the only reason for marking it down

Stunning accoustic, easy to navigate within. Plenty of facilities!

Saw the BSO, such fantastic acoustics

Looks nice but... Although there is reasonable legroom in the seats in the front flat section are designed to stop you putting your feet under the seat in front (why?) so I still felt cramped. Also a poor choice of drinks in the interval, no coffee seemed to be on sale then, but plenty of alcohol. Also seems to be the only theatre in the UK not to sell ice cream.

Had a great time here for the Hand in Hand festival, but you really do need to train your bar staff. My first round was 2 double gins with lemonade, paid £10 for 2. Second round exactly the same £18, then bought one and was charged £10 for it, I then asked what was with the inconsistent prices and was told that's just how much it is 🤦‍♂️ no 3 different prices from the same bar is not right.

Lovely restaurant. Lovely show, Beth Neilson-Chapman was in great form. She knocked it out of the park. Super voice. Both ladies backing her were superb to. I loved it. 😁

Great concert hall. Went to see the brilliant singer song writer Beth Nelson Chapman, as lovely and wonder as ever.

Like the experience and riverdance was brilliant

Venue us really lovely but the cafe could do with extra staff especially when holding a large event. Having said that...food was lovely x

Stairs too steep, lifts busy but actual arena was great

Brilliant venue as the main base for a singing festival. Lots of different performance spaces and bars .

Lovely new place. Accessible. Stage and rooms amazing. Staff helpfull

Incredible venue, Very friendly staff and there are excellent accessibility arrangements. The sound is wonderful and the atmosphere is amazing