Christmas Parties 2026 at Watershed, Bristol

The ideal venue to celebrate the festive season with your team, colleagues and clients.

Overlooking the beautiful harbour, our Christmas packages offer an eclectic mix of food, drink, and optional activities to create your ideal party. 

There are also options for mini-parties, quizzes, movie nights, DJ’s, plus introducing our Watershed Sharer Night on Thursday 10th December.

Our events team will be pleased to work with you to create a bespoke experience for you and your guests.

SHARER CHRISTMAS PARTY
Ideal for smaller companies looking to celebrate the season as part of a larger evening. Tables of x 6-10 ppl.

MINI MOVIE CHRISTMAS PARTY
Enjoy a cosy screening Christmas party night. Receive a drink on arrival with nibbles followed by the Cabaret style screening of your favourite festive film.

Timings: 18:00 to 21:00
Capacities: 25 - 100 ppl

MINI WREATH MAKING CHRISTMAS PARTY
Looking for something creative? Bring together your friends, family or colleagues and enjoy a festive wreath making session.

Timings: 18:00 to 21:00
Capacities: 25-50 ppl

WATERSHED CHRISTMAS PARTY PACKAGE
Enjoy a classic Christmas party night! Start your night with a drink on arrival followed by aour delicious food options. Then get to the dancefloor and dance the night away.

Timings: 18:00 - 23:00 
Capacities: 25 - 100 ppl

POST WATERSHED MEETING OFFER
Add your Christmas party onto your Nov or, Dec booking at Watershed, and we’ll include a festive photo op, photo montage and karaoke set up (worth £385) for free!

ADD ON ACTIVITIES

• Movie Night – W3 or, W4 , with Popcorn £5pp 
  *Cinema hire: premium package – on request only
• Awards show – with stage, presentations, technician, mics - £325 (2 hours max)
• Watershed Interactive Christmas Quiz (with host and screen) - £300
• Watershed Karaoke - we provide the kit, you provide the vocals! - £175
• Wreath Making with natural materials (2 hours) £660 (for 25 to 50 people)
• Block-Printed Winter Cards (2 hours) £660 (for 25 to 50 people)
• High powered sound system and monitor £250 – bring your own DJ/Band and dancefloor
• DJ and high powered sound system and monitor £650 and dancefloor £370
• Watershed Festive Photo Backdrop - £95
• Photo Montage – with insta festive backdrops for taking photos & videos and QR codes to upload them to real time slideshow on screen and a post event momento - £115
• Late licence - £250 per hour until 1am

SHARER CHRISTMAS PARTY
Welcome drink 
Sharing Platter menu 
Festive Movie Quiz (with screen) 
Music & dancing 
Bar (card only) 
Photo op

MINI MOVIE CHRISTMAS PARTY
Event coordinator
Room hire
PA system
Use of screen
Access to the Watershed bar 
Welcome drink 
Nibbles 
Popcorn 
Movie could include Muppets Christmas Carol / Die Hard / Arthur Christmas / Elf / Scrooged

MINI WREATH MAKING CHRISTMAS PARTY
Event coordinator
Room hire
PA system 
Use of screen
Access to the Watershed bar 
Welcome drink 
Nibbles 
Wreath Making with natural materials (2 hours) 
Additional food & drink packages to be discussed

WATERSHED CHRISTMAS PARTY PACKAGE
Event coordinator
Room hire
PA system
Use of screen
Access to the Watershed bar 
Nibbles or welcome drink 
Food options:
- Sharer Menu (plus £8pp - max 60)
- Buffet (plus £4pp - max 80)
- Watershed Festive Special - £15.90pp (max 100 guests)
- Other options and more formal catering options are available on request
Add-on activities and drinks packages available 

Watershed is a lively and hugely popular cinema and media organisation.

It is located centrally on Bristol's historic harbourside, with great transport links making it easy to get to, and with car parking near by. The nearest train station is Bristol Temple Meads which is an eight minute car drive away.