Bristol Beacon

Bristol Beacon
	Exterior of venue (c. 2014)
Former names	Colston Hall (1867–2020)
Coordinates	51°27′17″N 2°35′53″W / 51.4546°N 2.5981°W
Owner	Bristol City Council
Operator	Bristol Music Trust
Capacity	1,800 (2,100 standing) (main auditorium)
Construction
Broke ground	May 1863
Opened	20 September 1867
Renovated	1993; 2009; 2018–2023;
Reopened	27 November 1900; December 1936; 7 July 1951; 30 November 2023;
Rebuilt	1898–1900; 1935–36; 1945–51;
Architect	Foster & Wood
Website
	bristolbeacon.org

Bristol Beacon, previously Colston Hall, is a concert hall and Grade II listed building on Colston Street, Bristol, England. It is owned by Bristol City Council. Since 2011, it has been managed by Bristol Music Trust.

The hall opened as a concert venue in 1867, and became a popular place for classical music and theatre. In the mid-20th century, wrestling matches were in strong demand, while in the late 1960s it developed into one of the most important rock music venues in Britain. The hall has been redeveloped several times, and was gutted by fires in 1898 and 1945, though the original Bristol Byzantine foyer has survived. A major refurbishment, adding an extra wing, opened in 2009.

The hall closed in 2018 for repair and refurbishment work, and reopened on 30 November 2023. Formerly named after the slave trader, merchant and philanthropist Edward Colston, who founded Colston's School on the site in the early 18th century, it was renamed after a number of years of campaigning because of Colston's ties to the Atlantic slave trade. The renaming was brought forward in September 2020 following anti-racism protests in Bristol that summer.