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Browse the full programme for the 65th Bath International Music Festival and find out more about our new Artistic Director, Alasdair Nicolson. Priority booking for Patrons and Benefactors opens on Monday 25 February. Friends priority booking opens on Monday 4 March. General booking opens on Monday 18 March.

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Wednesday 22 May

Cook and the Case
Cook and the Case + The Drystones
6:30 PM
7:30 PM
Midsomer Norton Library
Free but booking required
A1
SCO-strings-c-chris-christodoulou
Scottish Chamber Orchestra Strings
8:00 PM
9:30 PM
Bath Abbey
£30, £26, £22, £16, £10
A2

Thursday 23 May

measha-c-mat-dunlop
Measha Brueggergosman & Justus Zeyen
11:00 AM
1:00 PM
Assembly Rooms
£10-£24
B1
SCO-group-c-chris-christodoulou
Scottish Chamber Orchestra with Christian Ihle Hadland
7:30 PM
9:30 PM
The Forum
£32, £28, £26, £18, £10
B2

Friday 24 May

Christian-Ilhe-Hadland
Christian Ihle Hadland
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
Guilhall
£15, £10
C1
Party in the City
Party in the City
5:30 PM
10:30 PM
Various city venues
Free
No booking required
A Little Book of Monsters
A Little Book of Monsters
6:00 PM
7:30 PM
Bath Abbey
Free
No booking required

Saturday 25 May

Harry Nicoll and James Baillieu
Harry Nicoll & James Baillieu
11:00 AM
1:00 PM
Assembly Rooms
£24, £20, £16, £10
D1
norma-winstone-solo
Norma Winstone Trio
2:00 PM
3:30 PM
Guildhall
£15
D2
BBC-singers
BBC Singers
7:00 PM
9:00 PM
St Mary’s Bathwick
£27, £24, £20, £16, £10
D4
svang-hotair-c-juha-reunanen
Sväng + Owl in the Sun
7:30 PM
9:30 PM
Conygre Hall
£10
D3

Sunday 26 May

svang-fan-c-juha-reunanen
Sväng
1:30 PM
3:00 PM
Komedia
£12
E1
hebrides-ensemble-c-sussie-ahlberg
Hebrides Ensemble & Anna Huntley
7:30 PM
9:30 PM
Guildhall
£25, £21, £17, £10
E2
FES
Flat Earth Society
8:00 PM
10:00 PM
Komedia
£18
E3
alexander-janiczek
Alexander Janiczek
10:00 PM
11:15 PM
Bath Abbey
£20, £15, £10
E4

Monday 27 May

hebrides-ensemble-c-sussie-ahlberg
Hebrides Ensemble
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
Guildhall
£15, £10
F1
aneyeforaneye
An Eye for an Eye
7:30 PM
8:45 PM
Komedia
£18
F3
vasen
Väsen
7:30 PM
9:30 PM
Guildhall
£18, £12
F2

Tuesday 28 May

danish-string-quartet-c-carolinebittencourt
Danish String Quartet
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
Guildhall
£15, £10
G1
homefires
Woodfield + The Home Fires
6:30 PM
7:30 PM
Paulton Library
Free but booking required
G2
aneyeforaneye
An Eye for An Eye
7:30 PM
8:45 PM
Komedia
£18
G3

Wednesday 29 May

H1-alasdair
Composers’ masterclass and performance
10:00 AM
1:00 PM
Assembly Rooms
£12
H1
danish-string-quartet-c-carolinebittencourt
Danish String Quartet & Sacconi Quartet
7:00 PM
9:00 PM
Assembly Rooms
£28, £23, £17, £10
H3
RWCMD
Opera Gala
7:30 PM
9:30 PM
Bowerman Hall, Monkton Combe School
£10
H2
dido-elin
Dido and Aeneas
9:30 PM
10:45 PM
Roman Baths
Tickets £30 (including a glass of prosecco)
H5
meowmeow-cancelled
CANCELLED: Meow Meow
10:00 PM
11:30 PM
Komedia
£16
H4
B+M
Bourgeois & Maurice
10:00 PM
11:30 PM
Komedia
£16
H4A

Thursday 30 May

MMH-workshop
Make Music Happen
10:00 AM
5:00 PM
the egg theatre
£35
J1
singers-masterclass
Singers’ Masterclass with Isobel Buchanan
10:00 AM
1:00 PM
Guildhall
£12
J2
Brittens-Women
Britten’s Women
7:00 PM
9:00 PM
Assembly Rooms
£26, £21, £18, £10
J3
dido-elin
Dido and Aeneas
9:30 PM
10:45 PM
Roman Baths
£30 (including a glass of prosecco)
J4

Friday 31 May

gjermund-larsen-trio
Gjermund Larsen Trio
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
Guildhall
£15, £10
K1
sacconi-quartet-c-clive-barda
Family Concert: Sacconi Quartet
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
Royal High School
£7
K2
MMH-performance
Make Music Happen Performance
6:30 PM
7:30 PM
the egg theatre
£5, under 18s go free but require a ticket
K3
BSU-gamelan
Bath Spa University, Gamelan & Vocals
7:30 PM
9:30 PM
Bowerman Hall, Monkton Combe School
£10
K4
Bath-Philharmonia
Bath Philharmonia
7:30 PM
9:30 PM
The Forum
£10-£32
K5
deaths-cabaret
Death’s Cabaret – A Love Story
10:00 PM
11:00 PM
Guildhall
£16
K6

Saturday 01 June

florilegium-workshop
Florilegium Workshop
11:00 AM
1:00 PM
St Mary’s Bathwick
£25
L1
florilegium-concert
Florilegium
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
St Mary’s Bathwick
£12
L3
Bath-Spa-Choir
Bath Spa University, Wind Ensemble & Chamber Choir
7:30 PM
9:30 PM
Victoria Methodist Church, Keynsham
£10
L2
seth-lakeman-c-tim-young
Seth Lakeman
8:00 PM
10:00 PM
The Forum
£20
L4

Sunday 02 June

florilegium-brandenburgs
Florilegium plays the Brandenburg Concertos 1
12:00 PM
1:15 PM
Assembly Rooms
£25, £19, £17, £10
M1
florilegium-brandenburgs
Florilegium plays the Brandenburg Concertos 2
3:00 PM
4:15 PM
Assembly Rooms
£25, £19, £17, £10
M2
Bath-Abbey
Festival Evensong
3:30 PM
4:30 PM
Bath Abbey
Free
No booking required
Mitchell & Vincent
Jamie Beale + Mitchell & Vincent
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
Radstock Library
Free but booking required
M3
barbara-brel-brassens
Barbara, Brel & Brassens
7:30 PM
8:45 PM
Komedia
£18
M4

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