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Party in the City Friday 18 May
THE BIGGEST NIGHT OF FREE ENTERTAINMENT IN BATH This year, The Bath Festival has broken from tradition by programming Party in the City on the second Friday of the festival period. Party in the City is an almighty celebration of FREE entertainment in central Bath and, this year, it will take place on Friday 18 […]
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Paloma Faith to replace Tears for Fears in the much anticipated The Bath Festival 70th Anniversary Finale Weekend
BRIT Award winner Paloma Faith will headline the Saturday night of The Bath Festival Finale Weekend of May 26-27 as an extension to her sell-out summer tour. This follows Tears for Fears having been forced to postpone their sold-out UK tour on doctor’s orders due to unforeseen health concerns. The tour, due to start April […]
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Join the debate at The Bath Festival’s political events
A stellar line-up of political events are coming to The Bath Festival, covering topics that include Brexit, fake news and Russia’s involvement in American politics. Award-winning writers, journalists and politicians will offer new thoughts through lively debates and illuminating discussions. Read on to discover our highlights… Luke Harding The award-winning journalist brings new evidence to the […]
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IN THE NEWS
Prizes, publications and other plaudits A very happy publication to Deborah Levy, whose memoir The Cost of Living, has been receiving rave reviews. Levy will appear with acclaimed Canadian writer Sheila Heti – a thrilling pairing that you’ll only see here in Bath. BOOK HERE And congratulations too to Nikesh Shukla, whose novel The One Who […]
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Tickets available for Kanneh-Mason Family
Good news if you are seeking tickets for the sell-out show The Kanneh-Mason Family – book to see them perform alongside their brother Sheku Kanneh-Mason at A Concert for the People of Bath – Stars of the Future. Tickets are selling fast so be quick! Book for A Concert for the People of Bath here
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Competition Living Literature – Frankenstein Giveaway
We are giving away 2 tickets to The Bath Festival Living Literature – Frankenstein event on the 25 May! For a chance to win, you need to go to our Facebook post and do two things: Although the monster is commonly known as ‘Frankenstein’ – it was never actually named by the author Mary Shelley! […]
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LITERATURE EXPERIENCE EVENTS NOW ON SALE
LIVING LITERATURE – FRANKENSTEIN Friday 25 May, 7.30-10pm, £40 (£38) In the 200 years after it was first published, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has established itself as one of the most enduring and unsettling horror novels of all time. It is perhaps all the more amazing because it was written by an 18-year old girl during a […]
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Hot new acts for The Bath Festival Finale Weekend
The line-up is now complete! We are thrilled to announce a host of hot new acts to join headliners Tears for Fears and Robert Plant at Bath Recreational Grounds for the first ever Finale Weekend. Artists include; The Novatines An exciting Bath based alternative rock four piece. Novatines released their debut single September 2017 to an […]
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The Bath Festival 70th anniversary programme launch
Stop Press! Last night, The Bath Festival officially launched the programme for their 70th Anniversary year at Komedia, Bath. A whole host of guests from the local community joined the team in their celebrations. Eleanor Household, the Festivals Team Development Director spoke of how ‘wonderful it was to see the turn out for our celebrations; […]
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International Women’s Day & Women’s Prize for Fiction long-list
As if International Women’s Day wasn’t enough of a reason to celebrate, four of the writers featured in the 2018 Women’s prize for fiction longlist are set to join us at The Bath Festival and we couldn’t be any more excited about it! Joanna Canon and Kit de Waal are the first of our longlisted […]
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