Bristol Harbour Hotel sits on Corn Street in the city centre - a flat-floor function space with the kind of no-fuss setup that suits a self-contained band. We load in through the main entrance and round to the room, and the space takes what we bring with it. The Brotherhood have played Christmas corporate events here on the floor with our own PA and lighting, running in-ears for a tight stage footprint.
A city-centre hotel on Corn Street
Bristol Harbour Hotel is a central location for Bristol corporates - Corn Street puts it minutes from Temple Meads, the business quarter, and the quays. The function room is a flat floor with decent ceiling height, which gives load-in flexibility and lets you configure the space for your event shape - reception drinks, dinner with a stage, or straight to a dancefloor depending on the brief. Room capacity typically runs 150 seated, up to 200 standing for a drinks reception or party.
Bringing your own kit
The room has no house PA, so we arrive with our own system - mixer, speakers, and lighting rig - and handle both the front-of-house mix and our in-ears from the same console. Load through the main entrance and round the corner - stairs up into the space, so plan the vehicle parking - and we’re set up on the floor with the night’s sound and lighting in our hands.
There’s enough power distribution for a self-contained rig, and no house tech to wait on.
Flat floor, flexible event shapes
A flat floor means you are not stuck in one layout - round tables for dinner, then out to the floor for dancing, or a reception that flows into performance without furniture moves. Brotherhood lineups scale from a 6-piece for an intimate Christmas dinner to an 8 or 9-piece if you want more colour and presence in the room. The city-centre location and the self-contained rig suit companies working to a tight schedule.
The evening shape
Bristol corporate events follow the familiar pattern: arrival drinks, dinner with any speeches or awards, then the band. We play two roughly hour-long sets blended together in our own style, loaded with material that works a mixed crowd - corporates and partners, a spread of ages and tastes. Load-in and soundcheck happen before guests arrive, so the room is already set when the first of them walks in.
The Brotherhood are South Wales’ premier corporate band, based in Newport and playing corporate events across the Bristol and Southwest circuit regularly. Over the Severn Bridge from home. Check our availability for your corporate event, awards night or Christmas party, or see how we approach corporate events across Southwest and Bristol.
