Bristol — Week of 27 Apr 2026

The flagship Bristol ecosystem event of the week. A curated after-hours gathering for founders, operators and active investors from across the South West, held immediately after the Britain's Got Startups Southern Showcase. Co-produced by Novabook, Britain's Got Startups and techSPARK — 'no panels, no pitches,' just warm introductions in a high-quality room. Three ticket categories (Founder, Investor, Startup Ecosystem) all require organiser approval.

with Carl Sargunar (Speaker, Independent)

Bristol's Umbraco community meet. This month Carl Sargunar brings his 'DDoS My Desk' talk — building a live load-balanced mini-cluster on stage and stress-testing it in real time. Hosted at Gibe Digital in Paintworks, with food and drink. A specific developer niche but a reliable, well-run room with named speakers.

CodeHub Bristol's Decodering series goes deep on practical AI-assisted dev workflow. Stephen Leach walks through a real-world multi-agent setup with Claude Code — custom agents, persistent memory, git worktrees — for teams looking to move beyond chat-style usage into repeatable, scalable engineering practice. Online; hosted by Bristol's long-running dev community.

Drop-in clinic at the NatWest Accelerator with Daisy Eckett of the West of England Growth Hub — fully funded regional business support covering planning, finance, marketing, mentor-matching and access to grants. Informal conversation over a cup of tea rather than a pitch-deck session; genuine founder value if you qualify for Growth Hub support.

In-person return of CodeHub Bristol's Python Code Dojo. Teams of 2–4 pair on a community-chosen exercise with more experienced developers supporting newer ones. A friendly, low-pressure way to keep Python skills sharp with the Bristol developer community.

Bristol's Databricks community meet — the first outing of this group at iO Associates in central Bristol. Practical Databricks chat, networking, drinks and pizza for data engineers, analysts, scientists and platform folk. 39 already RSVP'd against a 60-cap venue at time of curation — likely to fill.