Arnolfini event hires and hospitality

Arnolfini is a unique venue with an enviable position on Bristol’s Harbourside,yet close to the city centre. Incorporating art galleries, a live art/ music/ cinema venue, bookshop and café bar, Arnolfini is a dynamic and versatile location suitable for a variety of events.

We offer flexibly priced packages for fully catered events, professional sound, lighting, projection and presentation facilities and box office support to help ensure your event is a success.

We pride ourselves on our friendly and realistic approach to managing your event combined with a wealth of technical and practical expertise.

Previous events hosted at Arnolfini have included workshops, away-days, breakfast seminars, screenings, television recordings, drinks receptions, conferences and board meetings. Due to the unique nature of our venue we are open to suggestions for alternative events also.

Catering is available for all events through our café bar, offering a range of menus and delegate packages.

"Thank you so very much for all the wonderful help you and your colleagues gave to us on Tuesday. I really appreciate your support, and we had a very productive day." Kate Southworth, Research Cluster Leader, University College Falmouth

"A huge, huge thank you all of you today for making it such a great success! You were all so calm, happy and accommodating you really kept us going!" Natalie Cross, Aardman Animations

"I wanted to thank you for helping to make our first road show in Bristol a lovely success. I would like to think that we could use Arnolfini again for other similar function." Karen Howarth, Regional Manager, British Institute of Interior Design

For more information, please contact Kate Robinson 0117 917 2313 or email roomhire@arnolfini.org.uk

Want to find out how your organisation can get more involved with Arnolfini?

Information about corporate support and sponsorship is available here.

Spaces for Hire

Cinema / Theatre 

an adaptable space with newly refurbished raked seating for a maximum of 209 people. Incorporating a large cinema screen and projection facilities, this space is ideal for conferences, large screenings and seminars. Seating is flexible and can be moved to create a larger stage area. We offer dressing rooms with en-suite bathroom facilities if required. General technical support is included in the price. The theatre is fully accessible for wheelchair users and fitted with an induction loop.

Dark Studio

A dramatic room ideal for screenings, presentations or as a rehearsal space (capacity of 50 in theatre-style seating, and up to 60 for drinks receptions). The room is equipped with a digital projector connected to DVD and VHS players and laptop point for presentations or screenings.

Light Studio

A large white space with panoramic harbour views. Ideal for larger meetings, launches, creative sessions and discussion groups, it has a capacity of 20 for boardroom style, 26 for theatre style seating and up to 40 for a drinks reception. Wireless internet connection is available here upon request.

Meeting room

This bright room overlooks the historic harbourside and has a seated capacity of 12-16 arranged in a boardroom style. The room benefits from wireless broadband and a pull down projection screen.

Foyer/Galleries

We also hire our foyer spaces and galleries for drinks receptions.