Downtown Bristol Events Calendar
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Events marked with this icon are outside Historic Downtown Bristol, however the organizer's main presence is here in the Main Street District. These events are being promoted on this website because they are organized by an official downtown business.
- Summer Swing Canvas Class July 18 Kil'n Time Ceramics Studio
- Country Music July 18 Paramount Bristol
- BPL Book Club: Far from the Madding Crowd July 18 Bristol Public Library
- Sounds of Summer: From the Edge July 18 Downtown Center
- Billy Crawford Band July 18 Cumberland Square Park
- Mr. Nobody & The Extras July 18 Quaker Steak and Lube
- For The Song’s Sake: Abigail Dowd + Julie Williams July 18 Bloom Cafe & Listening Room
- Phil Ling & Erin Dalton July 19–20 Bristol Hotel
- Bingo July 19 Bristol Public Library
- Border Bash July 19 Downtown Bristol
- Derrick Ryan with Desmond Fugate, Fling, and Fidem July 19 Bloom Cafe & Listening Room
- Jackdaw's 7 July 19 Quaker Steak and Lube
- 50th Anniversary Film Screenings: The Day We Walked on the Moon July 20 Birthplace of Country Music Museum
- Kids Canvas Class July 20 Kil'n Time Ceramics Studio
- The Dimestore Cowboys w/ guest Danielle Walters July 20 Bloom Cafe & Listening Room
- My New Favorites July 20 Bristol Station Brews & Taproom
- If Birds Could Fly July 20 Quaker Steak and Lube
- Sounds of Summer: Ken Morrell Family July 23 Downtown Center
- Senior Show Choir July 24–25 Paramount Bristol
- Creative & Crafty: Tie-Dye Your Own T-Shirt July 24 Bristol Public Library
- 50th Anniversary Film Screenings: The Day We Walked on the Moon July 25 Birthplace of Country Music Museum
- Sounds of Summer: Retroville July 25 Downtown Center
- Sherlock Holmes July 26–28 Theatre Bristol
- Radio Bristol Sessions ft. The McLain Family Band July 26 Birthplace of Country Music Museum
- USAF Band of Mid-America USAF Band of Mid-America July 26 Paramount Bristol
- Back to School Palooza July 27 Cumberland Square Park
- Harry Potter Day July 27 State Street Brewing
- State Street String Band Bluegrass July 29 Blackbird Bakery
- Sounds of Summer: Hollow Ground July 30 Downtown Center
- Border Bash August 2 Downtown Bristol
- Tab Benoit August 2 Paramount Bristol
- Into the Woods Auditions August 3 – July 10 Theatre Bristol
- Farm & Fun Time ft. The Lonesome River Band and Irene Kelley August 8 Birthplace of Country Music Museum
- Hot Bristol Night Antique Car Show August 9 Downtown Bristol
- Movies in the Park: Ant-Man & The Wasp August 9 Anderson Park
- Get the Led Out August 9 Paramount Bristol
- Summer Pasta Class August 10 Mercantile on State
- Applachian Outlaw Jamboree August 23 Bloom Cafe & Listening Room
- RTE 23 Music Festival August 24 UVA Wise
- RTE 23 Music Festival August 24 UVA Wise
- Hank, Pattie, & The Current August 24 Birthplace of Country Music Museum
- Railway Express August 24 Quaker Steak and Lube
- Summer's End 5k Run and Back to School Youth Mile August 31 Anderson Park
- VMFA on the Road Artmobile September 18–22
- VMFA on the Road Artmobile September 18–22 Birthplace of Country Music Museum
- Auditions for Miracle on 34th Street September 28 – October 1 Theatre Bristol
- The Black Jacket Symphony: The Eagles' "Hotel California" October 3–4 Paramount Bristol
- Russian Ballet Theatre's Swan Lake November 1 Paramount Bristol
- Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker November 8 Paramount Bristol
- Theatre Bristol presents Into the Woods November 15–24 Paramount Bristol
- Front Country November 23 Birthplace of Country Music Museum
- Miracle on 34th Street December 6–22 Theatre Bristol