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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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  • We are back with live events for The Bath Festival 2021

    Our 2021 festival opened with sell-out events! We opened The Bath Festival 2021 with a dramatic flourish yesterday as we were among the first arts festivals in the UK to welcome back live audiences to indoor events. The Bath Festival Orchestra played the opening concert in the newly refurbished historic Bath Abbey to a sell-out […]

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  • Let’s get Bath reading!

    The Bath Festival launches the Bath Reads project by inviting us to get to know books by our local authors and start talking to each other about them. Bath Reads kicks off with an invitation to read five titles all by writers who live in or near to Bath. The past 12 months has seen […]

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  • Beautiful music in atmospheric venues

    The Bath Festival hosts concerts in some of the country’s most atmospheric, historic buildings. From Bath Abbey to the Assembly Rooms, read on to find out more about some of the wonderful experiences in this year’s music programme. The Bath Festival is going to welcome the very first day of indoor arts events resuming after […]

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  • Escape into a world of books at The Bath Festival

    They say you’re never alone with a book, something that many of us realised during lockdown. We couldn’t always talk to another human in real life, but we could have a conversation with a book. The 2021 Bath Festival’s selection of literary treats takes its inspiration from the months when our relationship with the written […]

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  • The Bath Festival talks about what matters

    This year’s Bath Festival, more than any other year since its inception just after the Second World War, there is a need for people to get together to have all those conversations we’ve missed out on while we’ve all been in lockdown. The 2021 programme has a strong thread of themes to get us thinking, […]

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  • The Bath Festival At Home programme revealed!

    THE BATH FESTIVAL AT HOME IS NOW LIVE! WATCH HERE Today we’re thrilled to reveal the festival events that will be filmed and broadcast digitally as The Bath Festival At Home. From 28 May to 11 June, audiences will be able to watch and listen to internationally acclaimed musicians and bestselling authors from the comfort […]

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  • Gabrielle to play The Bath Festival Finale Weekend 2021

    Gabrielle joins McFly, UB40 featuring Ali Campbell and Astro, Billy Ocean, Scouting for Girls and a host of other acts for the weekend festival Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 August All remaining tickets are on sale here British singer-songwriter Gabrielle will play at this summer’s two-day music festival on the Bath Recreation Ground. The Dreams […]

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  • The Bath Festival LIVE 17-24 May 2021

    CELEBRATING MUSIC AND BOOKS IN A BEAUTIFUL CITY The Bath Festival live: from Monday 17 May – Monday 24 May 2021 The Bath Festival At Home online: from Friday 28 May 2021 The Bath Festival Finale Weekend: Saturday 7 – Sunday 8 August 2021  General sale for The Bath Festival opens on  13 April. Patrons […]

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