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.
- The Trial of the Big Bad Wolf September 6–15 Theatre Bristol
- Low Sugar Cooking Workshop September 15 Mercantile on State
- Creative & Crafty: Dyeing Silk Scarves September 16 Bristol Public Library
- Friends of the Bristol Public Library Meeting September 16 Bristol Public Library
- State Street String Band September 16 Blackbird Bakery
- VMFA on the Road Artmobile September 18–22 Birthplace of Country Music Museum
- Rhythm & Roots Kickoff Show: Dave Eggar & Friends September 18 Bristol Hotel
- Happy Fall Canvas Class September 19 Kil'n Time Ceramics Studio
- Blue Mountain Saints September 19 Blackbird Bakery
- 19th Annual Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion September 20–22 Downtown Bristol
- Broken Daze September 21 Cascade Draft House
- Bristol Sessions Super Raffle September 22 Birthplace of Country Music Museum
- Sounds of Summer: Tim Laughlin & The Longbow Ramblers September 24 Downtown Center
- Wine & Unwind Wednesday w/ Lightnin' Charlie September 25 Lumac Rooftop Bar
- Beat of Your Own Drum Canvas Class September 26 Kil'n Time Ceramics Studio
- The Ballad of Shirley Collins September 26 Birthplace of Country Music Museum
- Sounds of Summer: Wanted Stranger Band September 26 Downtown Center
- The Diamonds September 26 Blackbird Bakery
- Small Business Advocate September 26 Bristol Chamber of Commerce
- Gerald Sheppard September 27 Bristol Hotel
- Paramount Chamber Players presents American Women Composers September 27 Paramount Bristol
- Zamar Band September 27 Blackbird Bakery
- Big Son and The Parachute Brigade September 27 Bloom Cafe & Listening Room
- Miracle on 34th Street Auditions September 28 – October 1 Theatre Bristol
- Auditions for Miracle on 34th Street September 28 – October 1 Theatre Bristol
- Fall Pasta Making Workshop September 28 Mercantile on State
- Gerald Sheppard September 28 Bristol Hotel
- The Swing Band September 28 Blackbird Bakery
- Tomcats September 28 O'Mainnin's Pub
- High Kicking Cancer for Steve September 29 O'Mainnin's Pub
- State Street String Band September 30 Blackbird Bakery
- Beatles vs. Stones – a Musical Showdown October 1 Paramount Bristol
- The Black Jacket Symphony: The Eagles' "Hotel California" October 3–4 Paramount Bristol
- First Fridays: Mini Golf October 4 Downtown Bristol
- Rebirth Brass Band October 5 Paramount Bristol
- An Evening with Lorrie Morgan October 6 Paramount Bristol
- PUSH+2 — Photography Competition & Show 2.0 October 7–12 State Street Brewing
- Wine & Unwind Wednesday w/ Daniel Byrd October 9 Lumac Rooftop Bar
- Farm & Fun Time ft. Chatham County Line and Jeff Scroggins & Colorado October 10 Birthplace of Country Music Museum
- The Marshall Tucker Band October 10 Paramount Bristol
- The John Pizzarelli Trio October 11 Paramount Bristol
- PUSH! Film Festival October 12 Downtown Bristol
- Wine & Unwind Wednesday w/ Beth Snapp & Jason Crawford October 16 Lumac Rooftop Bar
- Pumpkin Palooza and Downtown Trick or Treating October 26 Downtown Center
- First Fridays: Scavenger Hunt November 1 Downtown Bristol
- Russian Ballet Theatre's Swan Lake November 1 Paramount Bristol
- Karla Bonoff with Nina Gerber November 6 Paramount Bristol
- Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker November 8 Paramount Bristol
- Veteran's Day Parade & Traditional Memorial Service November 9 Downtown Bristol
- Symphony of the Mountains: The Magic of Strings | Strings and Things November 9 Paramount Bristol
- Theatre Bristol presents Into the Woods November 15–24 Paramount Bristol
- Front Country November 23 Birthplace of Country Music Museum
- Downtown Bristol's Annual Christmas Open House November 25 Downtown Bristol
- Tinsley Ellis and Tommy Castro & the Painkillers November 29 Paramount Bristol
- Small Business Saturday November 30 Downtown Bristol
- Mark O'Connor's "An Appalachian Christmas" December 1 Paramount Bristol
- Annual Community Christmas Tree Lighting December 2 Cumberland Square Park
- Bristol Christmas Parade December 5 Downtown Bristol
- Miracle on 34th Street December 6–22 Theatre Bristol
- First Fridays: Art D'vine December 6 Downtown Bristol
- Santa at The Center December 7 Downtown Center
- Robert Earl Keen: Countdown to Christmas December 7 Paramount Bristol
- Bristol Ballet presents "The Nutcracker" December 13–14 Paramount Bristol
- Journey's End December 17 Downtown Bristol
- An Evening with Dailey & Vincent January 3 Paramount Bristol
- Henry Cho January 17 Paramount Bristol
- Bill Engvall February 9 Paramount Bristol