Bluecoat
With a city centre location and striking, Grade I listed building, the Bluecoat offers a dynamic programme of exhibitions and events, an award-winning programme for families and children and a bustling café serving delicious homemade meals. Our legendary garden is open all year round, it’s the perfect spot for a coffee break.
We’re also home to several independent retailers and creative businesses. From wedding dresses and handmade gifts to vintage records and house plants, get your shopping fix while you’re here.
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- Bluecoat: Are you Messin'? - 3.7.22 - 18.9.22 - 11:00 - 17:00
- Bluecoat: Online: Bruce Asbestos: The Eye of Newt - 29.3.22 - 28.3.23 - All Day
- Bluecoat: The Bluecoat's Colonial Legacies - 23.3.22 - 3.7.22 - All Day
- Bluecoat: CONSCIOUS by Suki Chan - 12.3.22 - 12.6.22 - All Day
- Bluecoat: In Conversation at the Bluecoat - The Black Magus: Power and Magnificence in Renaissance Europe - 9.12.21 - 18:00
- Bluecoat: dot-art: Festive Felt Making - 21.11.21 - 11:30 - 17:00
- Bluecoat: dot-art: Introduction to Cartooning - 14.11.21 - 11:30 - 17:00
- Bluecoat: dot-art: Drawing for Everyone - 7.11.21 - 11:30 - 17:00
- International Student Welcome: Bluecoat Tours - 24.10.21 - 15:00
- International Student Welcome: Bluecoat Tours - 17.10.21 - 15:00
- Bluecoat: Rosa-Johan Uddoh: Practice Makes Perfect - 16.10.21 - 23.1.22 - All Day
- Bluecoat: Sumuyya Khader: Always Black Never Blue - 15.10.21 - 23.1.22 - All Day
- Bluecoat: Deborah Roberts - A Look Inside - 15.10.21 - 23.1.22 - All Day
- Bluecoat: dot-art: Life Drawing - 3.10.21 - 11:30 - 17:00
- Bluecoat: dot-art: Abstract Painting (3 x Sundays) - 3.10.21 - 11:30 - 16:00
- Bluecoat: A Creative Community - 8.9.21 - 31.10.21 - All Day
- Bluecoat: Abstract painting with Alex Macupova - 12.8.21 - 13:00 - 16:00
- Bluecoat: Storytelling, songs & activities with Og the Giant - 11.8.21 - 13:00 - 16:00
- Bluecoat: The Identity of Activism - 9.8.21 - 18:30 - 19:30
- Bluecoat: Bubbles workshop with Amazelab - 6.8.21 - 13:00 - 16:00









