Knowle West Media Centre

17/06/2026

...And last but definitely not least, we'll also have a drone station at our DiscoTech!

Ever wondered how a drone stays in the air? Explore the parts, physics, and clever tech that let drones hover, spin, and fly. Get hands-on with real components and discover how tiny computers control flight in real time.

Join us TOMORROW (Thursday 18th) to get hands-on with lots of playful creative tech alongside great music and delicious dinner.

👉 FREE tickets: discotech.eventbrite.com

15/06/2026

Tomorrow!

Are you based in South Bristol and concerned about how microplastics are already affecting your home and daily life?

Join our free hands-on workshop for adults exploring the hidden world of microplastics (tiny fragments of plastic that are now found everywhere: in oceans, rivers, soil, in the food we eat, the air we breathe and throughout the human body).

Together we will:

🔎 View real microplastic samples under the microscope with artist and plastics specialist Ben Parry.

🗣️ Listen to a 30 minute talk from microplastics researcher Dr Winnie Courtene-Jones, sharing how this issue is affecting the whole world.

🏠 Receive a simple monitoring kit and learn how to collect microplastic samples from your home over two weeks.

Everyone is welcome. No prior knowledge required, just curiosity.

📍 KWMC, South Bristol

🗓️ Tuesday 16th June (10am-1pm)

👉 Free tickets: home-microplastics.eventbrite.com

Image credit: Khanchit Khirisutchalual

13/06/2026

Come along to our DiscoTech! Hands-on creative tech, live DJ and free dinner.

🫂 Adults & Families
🗓️ Thur 18 June
⏰ 4:30–6:30pm (drop-in)
📍 KWMC, Bristol

Sneak peek of just a few things that will be happening throughout the afternoon, to dip into at your own pace:

🔌 Touch the Circuit & Connect - Explore what community connection means to you while creating conductive cardboard objects that trigger sound.

💬 Let’s Talk About Tech, Baby! - Meet Mother Cyborg (Detroit, USA) and dive into her zines and quilts about community tech.

🎨 Video Painting - Create your own music-responsive visuals using simple coding loops.

🔐 Get Down With Your Data - BASE (anarchist community hub in Easton) will give practical, hands-on support in improving your security online. Become a little safer and less leaky with your data. Welcome to bring your own device!

🍳 Recipes for a Community-led Party - Discover DIY party culture with Musical Fruits, check out their DIY lighting, speakers, sound systems, and get tips for throwing your own parties.

🌀 Care in All Dimensions - Step into a gentle VR experience. Draw in 3D what care means to you and imagine how virtual spaces could feel more caring.

🎧 DJ Set by Misscoteque - Enjoy downtempo oddities, synth pop and 80s electro with a robotic twist.

👉 FREE TICKETS: discotech.eventbrite.com

Image credit: 100 Years of Knowle West photographed by Ibi Feher.

11/06/2026

A sneak peak of a few things happening at Bristol’s first DiscoTech next Thursday 18th June, 4:30-6pm at KWMC! Grab your free ticket: discotech.eventbrite.com

04/06/2026

We're so excited to welcome Amaia (they/them) as the DJ for our DiscoTech! 🎵

Amia - Misscoteque co-founder and Bristol vinyl DJ veteran - will be bringing a case full of downtempo oddities, synth pop, and 80s electro records, with a thematic focus on all things robotic / computer related!

JOIN US for a brilliant afternoon of tech discovery with KWMC and Mother Cyborg - a visiting artist from Detroit, USA! Play with creative tech and learn something new. Live DJ, good vibes, free dinner. For adults and families.

🗓 Thu 18 June, 4:30-6:30pm drop-in
📍 KWMC in South Bristol.

👉 FREE TICKETS: discotech.eventbrite.com

03/06/2026

💥 Job Opportunity - only a few days left to apply! 💥

KWMC are looking for a Community Organiser to find and support local changemakers and “everyday innovators” in Knowle West to develop ideas, projects and leadership skills.

Ideally, you’ll have lived experience of Knowle West as a current or former resident, or deep experience working in the area.

If you enjoy bringing people together, spotting potential in others, creating opportunities and helping ideas grow into action, we’d love to hear from you.

⏰ 2 days per week (fixed-term contract for 2 years). Occasional evening and weekend work may be required.

📍 Knowle West Media Centre (in South Bristol) and across Knowle West

💸 £12,183 per year (£30,051 full time equivalent)

⏳ Apply by Sunday 7th June 2026 (23:59pm)
More info: https://kwmc.org.uk/whats-on/opportunities/

💚 This job is funded by the Rayne Trust investment we received as part of the ‘Where People Meet’ grant funding programme, where we will be exploring how community spaces can act as hubs of everyday innovation and leadership.

31/05/2026

How can you protect the environment if you don’t feel connected to it? 🌱

Recently, we collaborated with OTR on 'Nature Works' - a series of workshops supporting young people to connect with nature in creative new ways.

Over six weeks, 11–14 year-olds explored Springfield Community Allotments as a site for storytelling and making. They experimented with digital tools (photography, videography, digital drawing, 3D scanning, field-recording) as well as hands-on crafts (cyanotype, gelli printing, Japanese plant hammering).

Blending craft and digital tools is one of the ways we work at KWMC to make technology feel approachable.

For these young people, these tools opened up new ways of seeing and reimagining their environment, while gently building confidence with technology and their connection with nature...

👉 Read more: kwmc.org.uk/blog/nature-works

💚 Special thanks to Quartet Community Foundation or funding this work.

28/05/2026

What makes AI explainable from community perspectives? 💭 This is the question we'll be exploring in an upcoming event hosted in collaboration with Bristol Digital Futures Institute and Black South West Network.

The event will be showcasing the outputs of a six-year project collaboration on 'Explainable AI', which highlighted the crucial role of racial justice, arts and community participation in grounding AI in local knowledge, needs and interests. We will also explore how to build successful collaborations between community, industry and academic partners.

🗓 Tuesday 9th June, 10am-2pm
📍 BDFI, The Sheds, 65 Avon St, BS2 0PZ

26/05/2026

KWMC are looking for a Community Organiser to find and support local changemakers and “everyday innovators” in Knowle West to develop ideas, projects and leadership skills.

Ideally, you’ll have lived experience of Knowle West as a current or former resident, or deep experience working in the area.If you enjoy bringing people together, spotting potential in others, creating opportunities and helping ideas grow into action, we’d love to hear from you.

⏰ 2 days per week (fixed-term contract for 2 years). Occasional evening and weekend work may be required.

📍 Knowle West Media Centre (in South Bristol) and across Knowle West

💸 £12,183 per year (£30,051 full time equivalent)

⏳ Apply by Sunday 7th June 2026 (23:59pm)

More info: https://kwmc.org.uk/whats-on/opportunities/

💚 This job is funded by the Rayne Trust investment we received as part of the ‘Where People Meet’ grant funding programme, where we will be exploring how community spaces can act as hubs of everyday innovation and leadership.

25/05/2026

Are you based in South Bristol and concerned about how microplastics are already affecting your home and daily life?

Join our free hands-on workshop for adults exploring the hidden world of microplastics (tiny fragments of plastic that are now found everywhere: in oceans, rivers, soil, in the food we eat, the air we breathe and throughout the human body).

Together we will:

🔎 View real microplastic samples under the microscope with artist and plastics specialist Ben Parry.

🗣️ Listen to a 30 minute talk from microplastics researcher Dr Winnie Courtene-Jones, sharing how this issue is affecting the whole world.

🏠 Receive a simple monitoring kit and learn how to collect microplastic samples from your home over two weeks.

Everyone is welcome. No prior knowledge required, just curiosity.

📍 KWMC, South Bristol

🗓️ Tuesday 16th June (10am-1pm)

👉 Free tickets: home-microplastics.eventbrite.com

Image credit: Khanchit Khirisutchalual