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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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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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