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Family Arts Day: Tips for getting creative at home
This Sunday would have been Family Arts Day, our annual event for families to get creative. We put up marquees in Parade Gardens, and invite artists, writers and musicians to fill those marquees with fun activities. Family Arts Day is about play and trying something new, children and grown-ups all having a go together. If […]
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A Day in the Festival Life of an Artist Liaison
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 Artist Liaison, Sara […]
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A Day in the Festival Life of a Green Room and Venue Manager
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 Green Room and […]
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A Day in the Festival Life of a PR Officer
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 PR Officer, Georgette […]
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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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