ARC Event
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ARC Spaces · Bristol
A sober-forward venue for live music, community events, and culture. Open to everyone.
Our main hall holds up to 120 people. Flexible, community-focused, and available for hire. Great for communal events, speeches, stand-up comedy, and live jazz.
"The culture was never in the glass."
The Arc is a pioneering alcohol-free venue run by ARC B CIC. We build spaces, programming and partnerships where culture doesn’t revolve just around alcohol, but around music, art, connection and body and mental care. We believe another kind of nightlife is possible.
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Bristol's community venue for events, gigs, workshops, speeches, stand-up, and jazz. Up to 120 people.
Our main hall is a flexible, community-focused space available for private hire. Perfect for gigs, comedy, jazz, workshops, screenings, and celebrations. The full low and no bar is included in all hires.
Enquire now →ARC is an alcohol-free cultural venue and community space in Bristol, and the home of Arc Radio, run by ARC B CIC.
We’re here to prove the culture was never in the glass. Good nights are built on music, people, atmosphere and care — not pressure to drink.
We run events, venue hire, a curated low/no bar, radio, and community programmes that create pathways for people in recovery, artists, organisers, and anyone looking for a different way to gather.
Any surplus goes back into the space, the programme, and the people helping build it.
120 capacity · Live music, jazz, stand-up, community events · Full low & no bar
Hire the venue →Building sustainable alternatives to alcohol-led culture across music and nightlife.
Learn more →Not merch. Part of the scene. Every purchase funds a free ARC night out.
Shop →Commercially solid. Community rooted. Festival partner for low and no culture.
ARC B is a CIC building sustainable, community-led alternatives to alcohol-led culture in music and nightlife — through spaces, programming, partnerships, and safer practice.
Looking to add a low and no bar to your festival? ARC B delivers end-to-end — staffing, stock, compliance, comms. Revenue share, concession, or hybrid commercial model.
Get in touch →Want to know more about ARC B CIC?
Our full website covers projects, roadmap, pathways, and how to work with us.
ARC is a non-profit CIC. Every contribution goes directly into programming, pathways, and keeping the space open to everyone — regardless of their relationship with alcohol.
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