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 […]
Read moreA 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 […]
Read moreThis 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 […]
Read moreOn 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 […]
Read moreWe 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 […]
Read moreOne 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 […]
Read moreThere’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 […]
Read moreOur 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 […]
Read moreWe 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 […]
Read moreWe 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 […]
Read more