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Grief festival to take place online
By Lowie Trevena, Monday Oct 12, 2020
Originally due to take place in Bristol in May 2020, a new festival exploring grief will instead to take place will instead take place online for its inaugural year.
Good Grief will consist of 70 events, with panel discussions, webinars and interactive workshops broadcast from a studio in Bristol.
Led by the University of Bristol in partnership with organisations including St Peter’s Hospice, Creative Youth Network, Arnos Vale cemetery, Off The Record and Bristol Black Carers, more than 100 speakers will take part in the three-day, free to attend, event, which takes place from October 30 to November 1.