Have you all melted yet? For those of you able to leave the house once it reaches 25 degrees (damn my feeble celtic ancestry), there’s a shedload of fun stuff going on this month.

From gin buses to beer festivals and carnivals – it’s all going on. The struggle will be deciding what to choose!

Tell me what you got up to over on Twitter, or check out the Events Calendar if you can’t be bothered to scroll through my epic list of lovingly honed food prose.

Event highlights

Fancying seeing the sights of Bristol with a gin in hand? The Foozie gin bus is back, and this time with some G&Ts from the excellent Martin Miller’s on Sat 7th. Tickets are £35 (or £120 for 4) and include 4 G&Ts during the 2hr bus tour. There’s also a rum bus coming in August!

I feel like if last year’s food thing of the year was burgers, this year it’s ‘bottomless X’. From bottomless boozy brunches to burgers and BBQ, there are plenty of opportunities to scoff yourself silly this month (and most of them are weekly throughout summer, if you want to try a different one each week, like some sort of weirdo/champion)

• Bottomless Prosecco brunch at Harbour & Browns, £29.90 or Brace & Browns, £32.50 (every Sat)
• Bottomless brunch at Steam with Prosecco & Mimosas (every Sat), £28.50
• Bottomless brunch at Prince St Social with Prosecco or Amstel (every Sat), £28
• Bottomless brunch at Pieminster with Prosecco, Bloody Mary or Aperol Spritz (every second Sat), £20
• Bottomless Burger Club at Burger Theory (monthly on Sunday, £35
• Bottomless boozy BBQ at Steam (every Sunday until end of Aug), £30
• Spanish Sundays at Pata Negra – bottomless Cava & tapas (last Sunday of each month), £25

I’m also very excited by the events going on at Corner 77 on Stokes Croft at the moment – it’s trialling a new format, with indoor street food stalls, pop-up residencies and fun little events (including showing all World Cup games) in between.

They’ve got a tap takeover from Bristol Beer Factory on Thu 5th, followed by the mad-sounding Cupping at Corner (coffee tasting, basically) with Extract Coffee on 14th July. Keep an eye to their Facebook page for the latest food vendors and events.

Finally, before I get on to more events, here are a few projects which are currently looking for help and well worth your time/money. I wouldn’t ask if they weren’t top notch, innit.

• Zara’s Chocolates is crowdfunding to make their new chocolate emporium as amazing as possible. The rewards on offer are immense, from chocolate hampers to your own personal chocolate fiesta!
• The wonderful Ceres on Stokes Croft have been hit by some cashflow woes so are basically asking people to advance pay for meals and even some private supper clubs with super talented chef Dan!

Festivals

It’s not enough that we have St Paul’s Carnival (I’m going to eat my body weight in jerk chicken and curry goat), Bristol Pride, Gromit Unleashed 2 and Harbour Festival this month, there are oodles of other festivals coming to Bristol in July!

Bristol Rum Festival comes to the Passenger Shed on Sat 7th, followed by the Viva Ethical Life Festival and Avery’s Craft Beer Festival on Sat 14th, with the Bristol Thai & Multicultural Food Festival rounding off the month on the 28th.

It’s also the season for good old cider festivals – get yourself along to one of these bad boys:

• Fri 13th – Sat 14th – Cider & Sausage Festival at The Hope and Anchor
• Sat 14th – Pork and Cider Festival at The Royal Oak
• Sat 14th – The Wurzels Cider Festival

Pop-ups

Who’s where this month?

• Hoba Kebab are serving gourmet kebabs at The Volunteer Tavern nr Cabot Circus
• Kansai Kitchen are cooking up some Japanese treats at The Hillgrove in Kingsdown
• Izzy & Irie Cosy Dinners bring a bit of Carribean flare to The Old Butcher’s on North St
• Salt Street (from ex-Asado chef Leon Holland) arrives at Bristol Spirit from 4th July
• Aron’s Jewish dinner pop-up on 27th in Redland

Classes & tastings

Learn something new to show off to your mates!

• Sat 14th – Food & wine workshop at The Kensington Arms, £35
• Wed 11th – Chocolate tempering masterclass at Zara’s Chocolates, £50
• Tue 17th – Designing Great Beers class, £120
• Thu 19th – World curries workshop at The Spicery, £45
• Fri 20th – Mastering Pasta at Little Kitchen, £35
• Wed 25th – Aromatic and summer red wine tasting at Avery’s, £30
• Thu 26th – Hyde & Co Spirit Society: Jack Daniels, £20
• Thu 26th – 6 O’clock Gin masterclass, £20

Newbies

Some new places to pay a visit to…

• Bikkle Island –  I’ve been hearing A LOT of good things about this place
• Grow Bar – a new seasonal cocktail bar upstairs at Old Market Assembly
• Loose Canon – a fun new cocktail bar near Millennium Square
• Pizzarova‘s latest restaurant is now open on Park St
• Gambas is a new seafood restaurant in Wapping Wharf
• Kinkajou is a new cocktail bar in what was Hausbar (RIP)
• Fed is a ‘small but perfectly formed’ cafe on Gloucester Road
• The Elmer’s Arms – a new independent pub on Old Market
• Fermenti is a new range of fermented foods available from Pickled Brisket
• Deck Cafe is another new cafe on Gloucester Rd already proving very popular

And coming soon…

• Quay St Diner will soon be opening where Roll for the Soul once stood
• La Guinguette is a new French Bistro coming to Cheltenham Rd
• Joe’s Bakery are expanding into what was The Bread Store on Glouc Rd

That’s it for this month; I post news & events throughout the month of the Life Less Organised Facebook page (which you should def follow), or pics of my food adventures on Instagram. Or I’m always up for a chat on Twitter.

If you want more to read, how about…

1. Bristol’s Best Pub Gardens
2. Oldies but goodies: 11 Bristol institutions
3. The 12 best brunches in Bristol
4. The Vegetarian Guide to Bath & Bristol

Dates for the diary
(or see the Events Calendar)

• Thu 5th – Bristol Beer Factory tap takeover at Corner 77
• Fri 6th – Bristol Eats Summertime Special at Tobacco Factory
• Fri 6th – Local gin tasting at The Rummer
• Fri 6th – 6 O’clock Gin tasting at Avery’s Wine Cellars
• Sat 7th – Moor Beer brewery tour & beer tasting
• Sat 7th – The Wines of France: One day course
• Sat 7th – The Gin Bus with Martin Miller”s Gin
• Sat 7th – Distiller’s Table: Japan at Psychopomp
• Sat 7th – Bristol Rum Festival
• Sat 7th – Tropical Rooftop Brunch
• Sat 7th – Local gin tasting at The Rummer
• Sun 8th – Bottomless boozy BBQ at Steam
• Sun 8th – Ash Saman summer tasting menu at The Malago
• Wed 11th – Chocolate tempering masterclass at Zara’s Chocolates
• Wed 11th – A Taste of Marrakech at Little Kitchen
• Thu 12th – Tapastico! at Spike Island Cafe
• Thu 12th – Gin masterclass at The Rummer
• Thu 12th – DIY Pizza and Dine at Little Kitchen
• Thu 12th – Chase Distillery Supper Club at Riverstation
• Thu 12th – New Bristol Brewery beer tasting
• Fri 13th – Local gin tasting at The Rummer
• Fri 13th – Feast evening street food market at Finzel’s Reach
• Fri 13th – Sat 14th – Cider & Sausage Festival at The Hope and Anchor
• Fri 13th-Sun 15th – Nailsea and Backwell Beer & Cider Festival
• Sat 14th – Bottomless Prosecco and Mimosa brunch at Steam
• Sat 14th – Viva Ethical Life Festival
• Sat 14th – Bristol Bites and Sights tour
• Sat 14th – Cheese & wine pairing at The Kensington Arms
• Sat 14th – The Wurzels Cider Festival
• Sat 14th – Cream tea trip on The Matthew
• Sat 14th – Wiper & True brewery tour
• Sat 14th – Food & wine workshop at The Kensington Arms
• Sat 14th – Pork and Cider Festival at The Royal Oak
• Sat 14th – The Bristol Food Tour: South of the River tour
• Sat 14th – Coffee on the Corner: Cupping at Corner 77
• Sat 14th – The Great Bristol Food Tour with Cycle the City
• Sat 14th – Moor Beer brewery tour & beer tasting
• Sat 14th – Avery’s Craft Beer Festival 
• Sat 14th – Popti’s Pizza Pop-up Supper Club
• Sat 14th – Lost & Grounded Brewhouse Sesh: Burning Sky and Brasserie de la Senne
• Sat 14th – The Bristol Food Tour: Vegan tour
• Sun 15th – Bottomless boozy BBQ at Steam
• Sun 15th – One day bread course at Mark’s Bread
• Sun 15th – Bottomless Burger Club at Burger Theory
• Tue 17th – Designing Great Beers class
• Thu 19th – Cheese & wine pairing at The Rummer
• Thu 19th – World curries workshop at The Spicery
• Fri 20th – Local gin tasting at The Rummer
• Fri 20th – Mastering Pasta at Little Kitchen
• Fri 20th – Four Seasons Series: Summer. A Taste of Sicily
• Sat 21st – Moor Beer brewery tour & beer tasting
• Sat 21st – Billings & Briggs natural wine tasting at Hart’s Bakery
• Sat 21st – Bottomless Prosecco and Mimosa brunch at Steam
• Sat 21st – Jean’s Thai BBQ at Hart’s Bakery
• Sat 21st – The Great Bristol Food Tour with Cycle the City
• Sat 21st – Curry Legend Workshop at The Spicery
• Sat 21st – The Bristol Food Tour: South of the River tour
• Sat 21st – Happily ever after…noon tea at Bristol Harbour Hotel
• Sat 21st – Wiper & True brewery tour
• Sun 22nd – Bottomless boozy BBQ at Steam
• Sun 22nd – Spanish Sunday bottomless Cava brunch at Pata Negra
• Tue 23rd – Childen’s cookery: Touring the world in one day
• Wed 25th – Aromatic & summer red wine tasting at Avery’s
• Thu 26th – Champagne v English Sparkling Wine at Hotel du Vin
• Thu 26th – 6 O’clock Gin masterclass
• Thu 26th – Hyde & Co Spirit Society: Jack Daniels
• Fri 27th – Local gin tasting at The Rummer
• Fri 27th – Cheese, meat & wine on the corner at Corner 77
• Fri 27th – Aron’s Deli pop-up dinner
• Fri 27th – Bristol Hoppers: Triple Brewery Special
• Sat 28th – Bristol Brewery Tour
• Sat 28th – Bristol Thai & Multicultural Food Festival
• Sat 28th – Bristol Bites and Sights tour
• Sat 28th – Moor Beer brewery tour & beer tasting
• Sat 28th – Popti’s Pizza Pop-up Supper Club
• Sat 28th – Bottomless Prosecco and Mimosa brunch at Steam
• Sat 28th – The Great Bristol Food Tour with Cycle the City
• Sat 28th – Wiper & True brewery tour
• Sat 28th – Cream tea trip on The Matthew
• Sat 28th – The Great British Cake Off at Little Kitchen
• Sat 28th – The Bristol Food Tour: South of the River tour
• Sun 29th – Bottomless boozy BBQ at Steam