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CITY SCHOOLS UNITE FOR BATH FESTIVAL
Schools Voices 110-strong choir creates original songs Bath’s secondary schools have united to create a unique choir of young people who are creating and performing their own songs for The Bath Festival this month. The choir, Schools Voices, is made up of 110 young people from 11 of Bath’s secondary schools. They have been creating […]
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BATH’S BIGGEST FREE PARTY IS BACK! Get ready to party at Party in the City
The Bath Festival opening celebration: save the date, from 5pm, Friday 13 May The city of Bath is getting ready to host the biggest free party of the year as The Bath Festival invites you to celebrate the opening of the 2022 festival with Party in the City. The fun kicks off from 5pm on […]
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First names revealed for The Bath Festival 2022 🥳
This year’s The Bath Festival, celebrating music and books in a beautiful city, will run from Friday 13 May to Saturday 21 May 2022. We are excited to announce the first names who will be among this year’s stellar line-up, ahead of our official full programme announcement on 4 March. The booking dates for members, sponsors, partners […]
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Breaking down Barriers with Paraorchestra at Bath Abbey
On December 8, The Bath Festival welcomed a captivated audience for an extremely special event – Symphony of Sorrowful Songs with Paraorchestra: A Musical Installation at Bath Abbey. The atmosphere in Bath was bustling with excitement for this event, as we saw the queues form for what would be a very moving evening. Our lovely […]
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We are delighted to welcome Mr.B’s Emporium as Official Bookseller of the Bath Children’s Literature Festival!
We are delighted to welcome Mr.B’s Emporium as the Official Festival Bookseller of Bath Children’s Literature Festival. This wonderful bookshop has a fantastic array of all the fabulous books from the festival for you to peruse and enjoy. In this interview with the lovely Nic from Mr.B’s, we find out how it all began, from […]
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The Bath Festival Finale Weekend celebrates the return of live music!
One week on, we are absolutely elated at the atmosphere that Finale Weekend evoked in the city of Bath. The sound of the UK’s best artists swept through the city and we all started to feel that wonderful atmosphere that our festivals create. Especially after a year without live music, the feeling of the artists […]
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Bath Children’s Literature Festival 2021 Programme is here!
There’s something for everyone to do at this autumn’s Bath Children’s Literature Festival, which brings a host of writers and illustrators to the city for live, interactive events for young people of all ages. There is something for. . . Waterstones Children’s Laureate Cressida Cowell, creator of the How to Train Your Dragon and Wizards […]
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We are going full steam ahead with The Bath Festival Finale Weekend 7 and 8 August! ⭐
Our wonderful CEO Ian Stockley has said: “With government restrictions on events being lifted on 19 July and things getting back to normal we cannot wait to get back to the Rec this summer. We’re really looking forward to being out in the wide green space of Bath Recreation Ground in the centre of a beautiful World Heritage City with family and friends and enjoying […]
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Reading is Magic Festival is back!
We are so excited to announce that the Reading is Magic Festival will return from 27 September – 1 October! We have once again teamed up with festivals across the globe to create a digital book festival for schools and families. There will be so many writers, illustrators and poets taking part in our five-day […]
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ARTISTS PRAISE COURAGE OF THE BATH FESTIVAL
We were so excited to have a vast variety of talented authors and artists at the festival this year. These included familiar names such as Richard Osman, Mel Giedroyc and Kate Mosse, who expressed such delight at being able to perform for a live audience again. The Bath Festival was one of the first festivals […]
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