A partnership project from Bedminster Works and Artspace Lifespace to protect and develop Fiddlers into a new cultural hub for South Bristol.
Fiddlers was a beloved music and community venue in Bedminster, South Bristol and is at imminent risk of being lost forever. The family that has run it for three decades is seeking to retire, and the venue is due to go to auction in June 2026 with a guide price of £900,000 and advertised as having scope for “Residential Conversion”.
Bedminster Works, in partnership with Artspace Lifespace is now seeking to acquire and reimagine Fiddlers as a permanently affordable, multi-use community hub.
The vision is to maintain Fiddlers as a live music and performance venue with affordable music studios, and flexible community space to make Fiddlers an anchor for music and community in South Bristol.
We are urgently seeking philanthropic pledges and community investment ahead of the auction on 17th June 2026.
If you would like to support the Save Fiddlers campaign as a major donor, community investor, or in another capacity, please get in touch as a matter of urgency.
Please contact:
james@bedminsterworks.co.uk / 07787 422617
kathryn@artspace.uk / 07828 949387