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  • The Bath Festival 2022 Podcast

    Introducing your festival fix, where you can now enjoy the highlights of The Bath Festival, May 2022, in the comfort of your home! Missing festival week? Reminiscing about when you were in the same room as some of your favourite entertainers, authors, presenters and writers? Well you can now get your Bath Festival on demand, thanks to […]

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  • AUTHORS TAKE TO THE STAGE TO SHARE ADVENTURES IN READING

    The Chicken House Roadshow visits Somerset Three children’s authors took to the stage to entertain and inspire some 500 schoolchildren with the magic of reading at The Chicken House Roadshow, held at The Cheese and Grain in Frome. The children’s publishing house, celebrating its 20th anniversary, teamed up with Bath Festivals to invite Jasbinder Bilan […]

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  • And that’s a wrap! A close to The Bath Festival 2022

    It’s a wrap folks! As we pack away the banners, fold away the chairs and shut down the microphones we say a fond farewell to whirlwind that was The Bath Festival 2022. Our aim was, as always, to celebrate music and books in a beautiful city. Our visiting authors, speakers and musicians did us and […]

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  • Ready for the final festival weekend!

    What a terrific festival we’re having! The city has been filled with the sound of applause, music and laughter since the first opening acts back on Friday 13 when we launched The Bath Festival 2022 with Party in the City. Now, a week on, we’re well into our stride after dozens of concerts and talks […]

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  • Thousands joined the start of The Bath Festival – authors and musicians bring the crowds

    The return of live events has been massively celebrated this weekend as the opening of The Bath Festival brought crowds of people into Bath city centre. The annual festival kicked off on Friday night with Party in the City, which saw revellers of all ages enjoying free live music in dozens of venues, from churches […]

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  • It’s here! The opening weekend of The Bath Festival 2022

    Message your friends, gather up your family, galvanise your partner, fill your diary with some me-time – The Bath Festival 2022 is officially open for a full-on programme of live events, kicking off tomorrow night at 5pm with Party in the City and you are ALL invited! The evening of FREE live music in more […]

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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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  • Programme Announcement and Reveal – Citywide Celebrations for The Bath Festival!

    TICKETS ON GENERAL SALE FROM 11th MARCH We are MORE than excited to reveal The Bath Festivals’s 2022 programme, with an outstanding array of authors, musicians and influential thinkers lined up to entertain and inspire. The annual world-renowned festival, celebrating books and music in a beautiful city, will run from Friday 13 May to Saturday […]

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  • An Exciting Project is Coming to Schools Near You: Bath Reads

    A fantastic project is happening in our local schools, inspiring children’s love of reading. Bringing authors of children’s books face to face with young readers in their classrooms, Bath Reads is just one of the community events organised by the brilliant Bath Festivals’ Creative Learning Team. Bath Reads is a hugely captivating programme, inspiring young […]

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