Events and Experiences

What’s On

Discover more for less this April with Kid For A Quid!

One full priced standard ticket with a junior ticket (aged 12 and under) included for just £1.  

Be quick! The opportunity to purchase these tickets is only available until the 4th April 2025.

Once purchased these tickets are valid from 5th April until the 27th April 2025 and are not exchangeable, extendable or refundable.

Time travellers wanted!

🌴 Scroll down to find out all about what we have going on this April at… Titans of Time 🦕

🧪 British Science Week 🐠

Join us for some fun and fascinating activities on the weekends of the 8^th/9^th and 15^th/16^th and 22nd/23rd March!

Awesome Aquarists!

This British Science week we are celebrating our Aquarists, our expert team of keepers here at the aquarium. They work hard every day to keep our thousands of fish happy and healthy across our 40 different tanks.

Get involved and learn more about what it takes to be a top aquarist at Bristol Aquarium! Plus: try out some of the fantastic experiments that our aquarists do as part of their day-to-day role.

Aquarist Experiments!

Try your hand at some aquarist experiments on the 8^th/9^th and 15^th/16^th and 22nd/23rd March!

Discover how we keep our tanks in perfect condition with water chemistry. 🧪

How do we weigh out each animals’ food? How do we clean the huge range of tanks we have in the aquarium?

Come along to our experiment activities at

11am at our Amazing Amazon tank – zone 6

2:30pm at our Bay of Rays tank – zone 2

Learn all about the water chemistry of our tanks, which helps us ensure that the fish are living in the best conditions possible. Explore how we make sure the food for each and every animal is weighed out to the correct amount before feeding the tank.

Discover how we keep our tanks looking so clean, what enrichment we provide for our animals, among the other crucial elements which contribute to being an aquarist at Bristol Aquarium!

Don’t forget, you can come back around all day with your ticket. So you can come and explore our aquarist activities before or after you’ve discovered all of our other displays!

Each talk/activity will last around 15 minutes.

Booking not required

Included as part of your regular ticket

Ask an Aquarist!

We want you to send in your questions for our expert aquarists.

Does a fish remember you? What makes up a turtle’s shell? What does an octopus do with all those arms?

Ask us about the ocean, marine animals, rivers, lakes, anything about the aquatic world, and we will put them to our aquarists who will answer them in a video on our social media. 🐠

Anyone who asks a question will be entered into a competition to win a family ticket to Titans of Time this April! Our Easter holiday event where we will be learning all about the wonders of prehistoric nature. 🦕

Send in your questions to bristoladmin@bristolaquarium.co.uk with your first name and age, no later than the 2^nd March, with the Subject: Ask an Aquarist.

We can’t guarantee that we will answer every question that is sent in but we will try our best to respond to everyone where we can.

The winner will be notified via email.

British Science Week is happening from the 7^th-16^th March! Find out all about it here.

Mother’s Day weekend at Bristol Aquarium!

29th and 30th March

Learn all about some of the aquatic world’s most interesting mothers. Discover some fascinating facts about underwater mums as you explore the aquarium on the 29^th and 30^th March.

Make Mum a handmade present at our octopus craft workshop! We’ll be crafting some paper octopuses write a reason why you love your mum on each of their eight arms at 12 o clock in our rear foyer.

All included in your ticket

Time travellers wanted!

🦕 Titans of Time! 🦕

5th – 27th April

Calling all curious adventurers: a space time rift has opened up at Bristol Aquarium! Join us to take this special opportunity to dive backwards in time to learn all about the creatures you could find on planet Earth in the prehistoric period!

Did you know, the biggest dinosaur footprint ever discovered is big enough for an adult to lie down in from head to toe?! This April we’re taking you on a trip back through time, 200 million years ago, to when giants ruled the earth.

Meet our time travelling palaeontologist, follow them into the past to discover some fascinating fossils at their Cretaceous Camp, every day 11am – 3pm. 🌴

Learn all about dazzling dinos and prehistoric plants at our daily 4pm Tour Through Time! 🦖

Watch out for nesting dinosaurs! One of them has run through the aquarium, laying eggs everywhere they go, follow the trail to spot them all and find the secret word! 🥚

Get creative at our daily craft workshop. Make some Portholes Through Time at 11am in our rear foyer.

All included in your regular ticket.

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Conservation Link!

Have you heard of the Beelzebufo? This amazing amphibian was a giant frog who roamed the rivers of what is now known as Madagascar, during the late cretaceous period, around 66 million years go.

Fossils from this fabulous frog have shown that they could grow to 41 centimetres in length, that’s a frog the size of a darts board!

This beautiful creature is now sadly extinct and its down to us to make sure the wonderful species of frog that still exist around the world don’t go the same way.

This April we are encouraging our visitors to learn more about frog and toad conservation!

Did you know Froglife is searching for volunteers to help their Toad Patrol all over the country? Head on over to their website to find out how you can get involved.

Plus: Save the Frogs day is on 28^th April every year! This international charity focuses on educational activities to promote frog conservation and frog conservation groups around the world. You can find our all about how you can get involved on their site here.

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Silent Disco!

Dive into an unforgettable immersive silent disco at the iconic Bristol Aquarium!

Explore and dance around the aquarium exclusively after hours. Enjoy several DJs around the Aquarium’s multiple rooms, lush jungles and mesmerising underwater tunnel until 9pm, before all partying in the main arena for one of Bristol’s biggest Silent Discos until 11pm.

We’ve got a selection of some of the UK’s best DJs allowing you to choose between them. Expect iconic singalong hits from the 80s, 90s and 00s across three channels as well as a Propaganda channel for all the indie fans. You choose the music you want to dance to while you make waves across our dancefloor.

This exclusive event is promoted by Iconic Silent Discos a collaboration between the UK’s biggest Silent Disco provider, Silent Disco King and Propaganda, one of the country’s most renowned event promoters. Collectively they have over 20 years’ experience of hosting, supplying and promoting some the country’s biggest and best silent discos including at Festivals such as Glastonbury, Boardmasters and Reading and Leeds Festivals as well as in unique and iconic locations around the world.

Iconic Silent Disco at Bristol Aquarium

Saturday 10th of May

7pm – 11pm

Over 18s Only

Please note: this event is organised by Iconic Silent Discos. For any enquiries please message them via their channels.

Daily Talks & Feeds Schedule:

Talks and feeds subject to change.

11:30am

Coral Seas

Meet the inhabitants of our Coral Reef and see how we train our rays and sharks to come to the surface for their breakfast!

Location: Section 5, Edge of Rainforest

12:30pm

Mon/ Wed/ Fri

UK Native Fish and Sharks

Discover more about the shark species that can be found around our own shores!

Location: Section 3, Ocean Floor

12:30pm

Tue/ Thurs/ Sat/ Sun

Seahorses

Discover more about our graceful herd of Big Bellied Seahorses from Australasia.

Location: Section 4, Learning Lab

1:30pm

Bay of Rays

Meet our inquisitive rays and learn about how they’re actually flat sharks!

Location: Section 2, Rocky Shores

2:30pm

Amazing Amazon

Come and check out this big fish feeding frenzy – just watch you don’t get splashed!

Location: Section 6, Amazon River

3:00pm

Octopus

Meet our common octopus, and learn some fascinating facts about these amazing molluscs, as she get’s her dinner.

Location: Section 3, Ocean Floor

Once purchased, tickets are valid for one day of your choice within 6 months from the date of purchase.
You do not need to book a time slot or a day. We endeavour to admit all visitors and will prioritise online tickets and members on days we are at capacity but due to the nature of the attraction’s one way system this is a very rare occurrence.

Bristol Aquarium – Even Calmer Days

Our dedicated Even Calmer days create a more relaxing sensory experience for any customers who may need it. We will be turning off our music, and children’s rides to reduce any unexpected noises. We also increase our lighting in some of our darker areas throughout the day to create a more consistent sensory experience throughout the aquarium.

Join us for our Even Calmer Days in 2025 on:

Thursday 16^th Jan

Thursday 6^th Feb

Sunday 9^th Mar

Thursday 3^rd Apr

Wednesday 14^th May

Sunday 8^th Jun

Thursday 17^th Jul

Thursday 18^th Sep

Sunday 5^th Oct

Thursday 13^th Nov

Thursday 18^th Dec

Once purchased, tickets are valid for one day of your choice within 6 months from the date of purchase.
You do not need to book a time slot or a day. We endeavour to admit all visitors and will prioritise online tickets and members on days we are at capacity but due to the nature of the attraction’s one way system this is a very rare occurrence.