The Bath Festival

Friday 17 May

Party in the City

Date Friday 17 May 2024
Time 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Venue Across the city

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Saturday 18 May

Walking Tour: Less Discovered Bath – Five Georgian Crescents

Date Saturday 18 May 2024
Time 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue Meet at The Circus

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Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: Daniel Finkelstein talks to Simon Mayo

Date Saturday 18 May 2024
Time 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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The Bath Festival Book Club Event: Jennie Godfrey and Susan Fletcher

Date Saturday 18 May 2024
Time 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Walking Tour: Reading Bath Between the Lines

Date Saturday 18 May 2024
Time 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue Bath World Heritage Centre

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Kathy Lette: The Revenge Club

Date Saturday 18 May 2024
Time 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Good Grief: Cariad Lloyd talks to Kit de Waal

Date Saturday 18 May 2024
Time 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Clive Myrie: Everything is Everything

Date Saturday 18 May 2024
Time 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Thank You For The Music: ABBA 50th Anniversary Celebration

Date Saturday 18 May 2024
Time 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Bath Blitz: A Story Of Destruction And Rebuilding

Date Saturday 18 May 2024
Time 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue Meet at Orange Grove

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Murdle Live: Murder in the Bookshop!

Date Saturday 18 May 2024
Time 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Venue Waterstones

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Sara Pascoe and Cariad Lloyd

Date Saturday 18 May 2024
Time 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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An Evening With Salena Godden

Date Saturday 18 May 2024
Time 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Sunday 19 May

Walking Tour: Bath’s Remarkable Women

Date Sunday 19 May 2024
Time 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue Meet at Orange Grove

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The Science of Eating for a Lifetime of Health with Dr Federica Amati

Date Sunday 19 May 2024
Time 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Kit de Waal and Tracy King

Date Sunday 19 May 2024
Time 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Harriet Wistrich: Sister In Law

Date Sunday 19 May 2024
Time 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Freya North and Matt Cain

Date Sunday 19 May 2024
Time 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Walking Tour: Less Discovered Bath – Five Georgian Crescents

Date Sunday 19 May 2024
Time 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue Meet at The Circus

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Waking Tour: Bath Blitz- A Story Of Destruction And Rebuilding

Date Sunday 19 May 2024
Time 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue Meet at Orange Grove

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Howard Jacobson: What Will Survive of Us

Date Sunday 19 May 2024
Time 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Anna Murphy: Destination Fabulous

Date Sunday 19 May 2024
Time 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Walking Tour: Bath On Screen – The Other Star Of The Show

Date Sunday 19 May 2024
Time 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue Meet outside No.1 Royal Crescent

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Sarah Crossan: Hey Zoey

Date Sunday 19 May 2024
Time 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue Waterstones

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Shaparak Khorsandi: Scatter Brain

Date Sunday 19 May 2024
Time 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Anne Corlett and Anna Mazzola

Date Sunday 19 May 2024
Time 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Monday 20 May

Walking Tour: Less Discovered Bath – Five Georgian Crescents

Date Monday 20 May 2024
Time 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue Meet at The Circus

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WORKSHOP: Freedom To Write – Life Writing with Andy West and Yvonne Jewkes

Date Monday 20 May 2024
Time 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Venue Bath Central Library

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Lunchtime Talk: Eggs, Evolution and Life on Earth with Jules Howard

Date Monday 20 May 2024
Time 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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The Imposter Cure with Dr Jessamy Hibberd

Date Monday 20 May 2024
Time 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Walking Tour: Bath On Screen – The Other Star Of The Show

Date Monday 20 May 2024
Time 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue Meet outside No.1 Royal Crescent

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Walking Tour: Bath Blitz-A Story Of Destruction And Rebuilding

Date Monday 20 May 2024
Time 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue Meet at Orange Grove

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Women’s Health: Everything You Need to Know

Date Monday 20 May 2024
Time 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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John Connolly: The Instruments of Darkness

Date Monday 20 May 2024
Time 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Walking Tour: Reading Bath Between the Lines

Date Monday 20 May 2024
Time 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue Meet outside Bath World Heritage Centre

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Poetry in the City! Poetry Reading and Open Mic

Date Monday 20 May 2024
Time 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Venue Chapter 22 Roots and Records

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Zeinab Badawi: An African History of Africa

Date Monday 20 May 2024
Time 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Vintage Books Proof Party

Date Monday 20 May 2024
Time 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Aidan O’Rourke & Brighde Chaimbeul

Date Monday 20 May 2024
Time 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Venue St Swithin’s Church

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Tuesday 21 May

Walking Tour: Bath On Screen – The Other Star Of The Show

Date Tuesday 21 May 2024
Time 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue Meet outside No.1 Royal Crescent

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Kate Molleson: Sound Within Sound

Date Tuesday 21 May 2024
Time 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Lunchtime Talk: Reboot! Reclaiming Your Life in a Tech-Obsessed World

Date Tuesday 21 May 2024
Time 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Jenni Falconer: The Joy of Running

Date Tuesday 21 May 2024
Time 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Walking Tour: Bath Blitz – A Story Of Destruction And Rebuilding

Date Tuesday 21 May 2024
Time 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue Meet at Orange Grove

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Claire Douglas & Tim Weaver

Date Tuesday 21 May 2024
Time 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Viv Groskop: One Ukrainian Summer

Date Tuesday 21 May 2024
Time 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Walking Tour: Bath’s Remarkable Women

Date Tuesday 21 May 2024
Time 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue Meet at Orange Grove

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Harriet Evans: D is for Death

Date Tuesday 21 May 2024
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue Waterstones

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Ruby Wax: Navigating Tough Times

Date Tuesday 21 May 2024
Time 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Damien Lewis: Ungentlemanly Warfare

Date Tuesday 21 May 2024
Time 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Stile Antico – The Golden Renaissance

Date Tuesday 21 May 2024
Time 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Venue Bath Abbey

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Wednesday 22 May

Walking Tour: Less Discovered Bath: Five Georgian Crescents

Date Wednesday 22 May 2024
Time 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue Meet at The Circus

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Workshop: Writing Nature Now – Ecopoetry with Carrie Etter

Date Wednesday 22 May 2024
Time 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Venue Bath Central Library

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Lunchtime Talk: The Life of Gwen John with Alicia Foster

Date Wednesday 22 May 2024
Time 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Catherine Coldstream: Cloistered

Date Wednesday 22 May 2024
Time 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Walking Tour: Bath’s Remarkable Women

Date Wednesday 22 May 2024
Time 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue Meet at Orange Grove

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George Monbiot

Date Wednesday 22 May 2024
Time 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Abigail Dean & Stig Abell

Date Wednesday 22 May 2024
Time 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Walking Tour: Reading Bath Between the Lines

Date Wednesday 22 May 2024
Time 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue Meet outside Bath World Heritage Centre

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Becky Hunter: Meet Me When My Heart Stops

Date Wednesday 22 May 2024
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue Waterstones

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Conn Iggulden: Nero

Date Wednesday 22 May 2024
Time 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Cara Dillon: Coming Home

Date Wednesday 22 May 2024
Time 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Nosferatu – Screening and Live Music

Date Wednesday 22 May 2024
Time 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM
Venue Christ Church

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Thursday 23 May

Walking Tour: Bath’s Remarkable Women

Date Thursday 23 May 2024
Time 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue Orange Grove

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Awaken Your Senses: Writing Workshop and Swim

Date Thursday 23 May 2024
Time 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Venue Cleveland Pools

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Lunchtime Talk: The Science of Happiness with Professor Bruce Hood

Date Thursday 23 May 2024
Time 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Confessions of a Literary Agent with Simon Trewin

Date Thursday 23 May 2024
Time 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Walking Tour: Reading Bath Between the Lines

Date Thursday 23 May 2024
Time 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue Outside Bath World Heritage Centre

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Jonathan Dimbleby: Endgame 1944

Date Thursday 23 May 2024
Time 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Adam Sharp: The Wheel is Spinning But The Hamster is Dead

Date Thursday 23 May 2024
Time 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Walking Tour: Bath Blitz – A Story Of Destruction And Rebuilding

Date Thursday 23 May 2024
Time 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue Orange Grove

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Zulekhá A. Afzal: Dancers of the Dawn

Date Thursday 23 May 2024
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue Waterstones

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Ordinary Time: Cathy Rentzenbrink talks to Max Porter

Date Thursday 23 May 2024
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue Waterstones

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Danny Wallace: Lies, Trolls and Conspiracy Theories

Date Thursday 23 May 2024
Time 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Orlando: The Adventurer – Song and Guitar

Date Thursday 23 May 2024
Time 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Venue St Swithin’s Church

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Friday 24 May

Walking Tour: Reading Bath Between the Lines

Date Friday 24 May 2024
Time 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue Outside Bath World Heritage Centre

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Workshop: Writing A Memoir – Where Do I Start?

Date Friday 24 May 2024
Time 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Venue American Museum & Gardens

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Jack Cornish: The Lost Paths

Date Friday 24 May 2024
Time 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Lunchtime Talk: Venice – City of Pictures with Martin Gayford

Date Friday 24 May 2024
Time 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Walking Tour: Bath On Screen – The Other Star Of The Show

Date Friday 24 May 2024
Time 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue Outside No. 1 Royal Crescent

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Maggie Aderin-Pocock: The Art of Stargazing

Date Friday 24 May 2024
Time 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Talking Therapy: Benji Waterhouse and Joshua Fletcher talk to Cathy Rentzenbrink

Date Friday 24 May 2024
Time 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Walking Tour: Less Discovered Bath: Five Georgian Crescents

Date Friday 24 May 2024
Time 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue The Circus

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Dead Happy with Josh Silver

Date Friday 24 May 2024
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue Waterstones

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Cloud Atlas 20th Anniversary with David Mitchell

Date Friday 24 May 2024
Time 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Keanu Reeves is Not In Love With You with Becky Holmes

Date Friday 24 May 2024
Time 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Fabian Müller plays Brahms and Beethoven

Date Friday 24 May 2024
Time 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Venue St Swithin’s Church

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Saturday 25 May

Walking Tour: Bath Blitz: A Story Of Destruction And Rebuilding

Date Saturday 25 May 2024
Time 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue Orange Grove

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Workshop: Make Your Setting Come Alive with Kim Sherwood

Date Saturday 25 May 2024
Time 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Venue The Gainsborough Hotel

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Ancient Wonders with Bettany Hughes and Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Date Saturday 25 May 2024
Time 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Read Them Here First

Date Saturday 25 May 2024
Time 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Walking Tour: Bath On Screen – The Other Star Of The Show

Date Saturday 25 May 2024
Time 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue Outside No. 1 Royal Crescent

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See What You’re Missing with Will Gompertz

Date Saturday 25 May 2024
Time 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Living The Good Life with Julius Roberts

Date Saturday 25 May 2024
Time 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Workshop: Introduction to Tarot with Litwitchure

Date Saturday 25 May 2024
Time 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue The Gainsborough Hotel

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Politics Made Simple with Tatton Spiller and Ben Riley-Smith

Date Saturday 25 May 2024
Time 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Stacey Halls and Susan Stokes Chapman

Date Saturday 25 May 2024
Time 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Walking Tour: Bath’s Remarkable Women

Date Saturday 25 May 2024
Time 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue Orange Grove

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John Boyne talks to Donal Ryan

Date Saturday 25 May 2024
Time 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Helen Lederer: Not That I am Bitter

Date Saturday 25 May 2024
Time 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Carducci Quartet with Sean Shibe

Date Saturday 25 May 2024
Time 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Venue St Mary’s Bathwick

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Sunday 26 May

Walking Tour: Bath’s Remarkable Women

Date Sunday 26 May 2024
Time 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue Orange Grove

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Charlie Higson & Kim Sherwood: Writing James Bond

Date Sunday 26 May 2024
Time 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Navigating the Climate Crisis: Tori Tsui & Mikaela Loach

Date Sunday 26 May 2024
Time 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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The Great Post Office Scandal

Date Sunday 26 May 2024
Time 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Clover Stroud talks to Cathy Rentzenbrink

Date Sunday 26 May 2024
Time 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Less Discovered Bath: Five Georgian Crescents

Date Sunday 26 May 2024
Time 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue The Circus

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Spotlight on The Women’s Prize for Fiction

Date Sunday 26 May 2024
Time 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Elly Griffiths & Mark Billingham

Date Sunday 26 May 2024
Time 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Tea with Miss Austen

Date Sunday 26 May 2024
Time 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Venue Waterstones

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Walking Tour: Bath On Screen – The Other Star Of The Show

Date Sunday 26 May 2024
Time 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue Outside No. 1 Royal Crescent

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Michael Ball: Different Aspects

Date Sunday 26 May 2024
Time 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Lynn Barber: A Little Art Education

Date Sunday 26 May 2024
Time 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Rick Stroud: Women of the Resistance

Date Sunday 26 May 2024
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue Waterstones

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Maxwell String Quartet

Date Sunday 26 May 2024
Time 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Venue St Mary’s Bathwick

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Friday 17 May

Party in the City

Saturday 18 May

Walking Tour: Less Discovered Bath – Five Georgian Crescents

Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: Daniel Finkelstein talks to Simon Mayo

The Bath Festival Book Club Event: Jennie Godfrey and Susan Fletcher

Walking Tour: Reading Bath Between the Lines

Kathy Lette: The Revenge Club

Good Grief: Cariad Lloyd talks to Kit de Waal

Clive Myrie: Everything is Everything

Thank You For The Music: ABBA 50th Anniversary Celebration

Bath Blitz: A Story Of Destruction And Rebuilding

Murdle Live: Murder in the Bookshop!

Sara Pascoe and Cariad Lloyd

An Evening With Salena Godden

Sunday 19 May

Walking Tour: Bath’s Remarkable Women

The Science of Eating for a Lifetime of Health with Dr Federica Amati

Kit de Waal and Tracy King

Harriet Wistrich: Sister In Law

Freya North and Matt Cain

Walking Tour: Less Discovered Bath – Five Georgian Crescents

Waking Tour: Bath Blitz- A Story Of Destruction And Rebuilding

Howard Jacobson: What Will Survive of Us

Anna Murphy: Destination Fabulous

Walking Tour: Bath On Screen – The Other Star Of The Show

Sarah Crossan: Hey Zoey

Shaparak Khorsandi: Scatter Brain

Anne Corlett and Anna Mazzola

Monday 20 May

Walking Tour: Less Discovered Bath – Five Georgian Crescents

WORKSHOP: Freedom To Write – Life Writing with Andy West and Yvonne Jewkes

Lunchtime Talk: Eggs, Evolution and Life on Earth with Jules Howard

The Imposter Cure with Dr Jessamy Hibberd

Walking Tour: Bath On Screen – The Other Star Of The Show

Walking Tour: Bath Blitz-A Story Of Destruction And Rebuilding

Women’s Health: Everything You Need to Know

John Connolly: The Instruments of Darkness

Walking Tour: Reading Bath Between the Lines

Poetry in the City! Poetry Reading and Open Mic

Zeinab Badawi: An African History of Africa

Vintage Books Proof Party

Aidan O’Rourke & Brighde Chaimbeul

Tuesday 21 May

Walking Tour: Bath On Screen – The Other Star Of The Show

Kate Molleson: Sound Within Sound

Lunchtime Talk: Reboot! Reclaiming Your Life in a Tech-Obsessed World

Jenni Falconer: The Joy of Running

Walking Tour: Bath Blitz – A Story Of Destruction And Rebuilding

Claire Douglas & Tim Weaver

Viv Groskop: One Ukrainian Summer

Walking Tour: Bath’s Remarkable Women

Harriet Evans: D is for Death

Ruby Wax: Navigating Tough Times

Damien Lewis: Ungentlemanly Warfare

Stile Antico – The Golden Renaissance

Wednesday 22 May

Walking Tour: Less Discovered Bath: Five Georgian Crescents

Workshop: Writing Nature Now – Ecopoetry with Carrie Etter

Lunchtime Talk: The Life of Gwen John with Alicia Foster

Catherine Coldstream: Cloistered

Walking Tour: Bath’s Remarkable Women

George Monbiot

Abigail Dean & Stig Abell

Walking Tour: Reading Bath Between the Lines

Becky Hunter: Meet Me When My Heart Stops

Conn Iggulden: Nero

Cara Dillon: Coming Home

Nosferatu – Screening and Live Music

Thursday 23 May

Walking Tour: Bath’s Remarkable Women

Awaken Your Senses: Writing Workshop and Swim

Lunchtime Talk: The Science of Happiness with Professor Bruce Hood

Confessions of a Literary Agent with Simon Trewin

Walking Tour: Reading Bath Between the Lines

Jonathan Dimbleby: Endgame 1944

Adam Sharp: The Wheel is Spinning But The Hamster is Dead

Walking Tour: Bath Blitz – A Story Of Destruction And Rebuilding

Zulekhá A. Afzal: Dancers of the Dawn

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