The idea emerged from the pandemic and this year’s will be bigger and better than ever beforeA street party is held every year in Kingston Road, Southville, outside the Coronation pubA street party is held every year in Kingston Road, Southville, outside the Coronation pub(Image: Coronation pub, Southville)

The landlord of a pub which hosts a party so big they need to shut down the street for the day is promising this year’s event will have a new and bigger line up than before.

It will be the fourth year running that the Coronation pub in Southville will host the Kingston Road Street Party – an event which was born from the Covid pandemic restrictions but has since grown into one of the biggest community events of its kind in Bristol.

The event will see the east end of Kingston Road closed from late morning this Saturday, May 3, with the party going right through from 12 noon to 11pm.

The early afternoon is more of a family friendly event, with music and dance gearing up on the street party stage outside the pub later in the afternoon and into the evening.

A line-up of new acts has been announced, with the event ending as usual with an hour long silent disco from 10pm.

Things kick off from noon with two 45-minute family-friendly shows from Adam Richard Magic. From 2pm, the first music act gets involved – Retro Reveries with a duo playing acoustic originals and covers. At 3pm, local duo Albex will take to the stage, and from 4pm, a local country and rock duo called Double who do a blend of originals and covers spanning Americana, jazz and folk.

A street party is held every year in Kingston Road, Southville, outside the Coronation pubA street party is held every year in Kingston Road, Southville, outside the Coronation pub – Batala samba band(Image: Coronation pub, Southville)

The Bristol samba band Batala Bristol have done the last three Kingston Road Street Parties and they will perform twice – first and 5pm and again at 7pm.

In between, at 6pm, a trio called Basic Pleasure Model will truly get the party started with multi-coloured jumpsuits, 80s pop bangers and inflatable instruments to encourage that extra bit of audience participation.

The evening will get underway after Batala’s second set with Big Mambo, a four-piece all-female Bristol band who blend original funk, pop and rock. Topping the bill from 9pm will be Cleo and Petra, a femal-led Bristol-based rock band, who combine soprano vocals and skilful guitar solos, punchy basslines and distinctive rhythm.

“There will be a diverse range of family friendly free music and entertainment all day, with vegan and non vegan food served next to the outside bar,” explained Coronation landlord Ben Cheshire.

A street party is held every year in Kingston Road, Southville, outside the Coronation pubA street party is held every year in Kingston Road, Southville, outside the Coronation pub, and it always ends with a silent disco(Image: Coronation pub, Southville)

“Our list of entertainment includes a magic show at the early part of the day, a range of solo and acoustic acts in the afternoon, followed by two performances of samba and in the evening we have three bands to perform.

“The ending with the silent disco has three different channels of music to get you dancing too,” he added.