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A Day in the Festival Life of a Literature Programmer
Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes at The Bath Festival? While the festival would have been happening, we’re sharing a series of articles from our festival team and partners to give you some insight into what goes on to make the festival happen! Below is a day in festival life from Literature Programmer Kate Abbey. […]
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Bath Festivals Memories – Led Zeppelin, Terry Pratchet, Vera Lynn and more
Since the 1940s, we’ve been celebrating the joy of music, books and performance in Bath. Of course, at the centre of all of these festivals have been audiences. For that reason, we’re asking for your favourite festival memories! We’ve loved reading your responses, step back in time below. If you’d like to help us survive […]
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Party in the City: Creative Learning through the years
Each year we co-create a new performance piece with schools and community groups which opens The Bath Festival as part of Party in the City. The participants work with different musicians, composers, choreographers and artists, who weave together the participants ideas and creations into a celebratory piece that’s shared with families, friends and our community […]
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Party in the City Memories
Since the 1940s, we’ve been celebrating the joy of music, books and performance in Bath. Of course, at the centre of all of these festivals have been audiences. For that reason, we’re asking for your favourite festival memories! Here are two recollections from Dan Brown and Christopher Hansford, both reflecting on Party in the City, the […]
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Bath Festivals In Time: A Look Back Through The Archives
For more than 70 years, Bath Festivals have brought world-leading musicians and authors to Bath. We’ve been sifting through the Bath in Time archives recently and came across these fascinating images of our festivals though the decades. If you’d like to see Bath Festivals survive for future generations, you can donate to our Crowdfunder here […]
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Bath Festivals COVID-19 Statement 20.03.2020
We write in the face of the fast changing and challenging situation. Our thoughts are with you all and we are hugely grateful for your patience and support at this time. The wellbeing of our audiences, partners, staff, volunteers, artists and community is paramount. Due to the rapid escalation of the COVID-19 virus and the […]
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The Bath Festival 2020: Celebrating music and books in a beautiful city
A ten day celebration of music and books, The Bath Festival 2020 programme is packed with inspiring conversations and spectacular performances. As well as featuring some of the world’s most talented writers and musicians, this year’s festival takes place in more beautiful venues than ever before. As a UNESCO world heritage site, you can’t fail […]
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Listen to The Bath Festival Finale Weekend Spotify playlist!
Are you growing tired of the dark evenings and brisk winter winds? Don’t worry, spring is just around the corner and with it comes The Bath Festival Finale Weekend! Start looking forward to the festival with our feel-good Finale Weekend Spotify playlist. From infectious pop and 80s floorfillers to storytelling folk and indie rock ‘n’ […]
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The Bath Festival Finale Weekend 2020 full line-up revealed
Bath is getting ready to party for two days in May as an impressive line-up of stars prepares to entertain crowds at the Bath Festival Finale Weekend. Bath Festivals and music promoters Orchard Live have announced that KT Tunstall, Fun Lovin’ Criminals and Seth Lakeman will be among the big names appearing alongside headliners McFly, Scouting […]
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What a year! Bath Festivals 2019 Highlights
While packing away the Christmas decorations and closing last year’s diaries we take a lingering look at some of our finest festival moments in 2019. And what a year we had… To make sure you don’t miss out on any Bath Festivals news and announcements for 2020, you can sign up to our mailing list […]
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