The Bath Festival

Tuesday 18 March

Claire Douglas

Date Tuesday 18 March 2025
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue Waterstones

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Wednesday 02 April

MISS AUSTEN INVESTIGATES with JESSICA BULL

Date Wednesday 02 April 2025
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue Waterstones

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Wednesday 09 April

EXTERMINATE! REGENERATE! The Story of Doctor Who by John Higgs

Date Wednesday 09 April 2025
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue Waterstones

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Tuesday 06 May

Joe Abercrombie

Date Tuesday 06 May 2025
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Thursday 08 May

Tom Kerridge

Date Thursday 08 May 2025
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue St Swithin’s Church

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Saturday 17 May

Walking Tour: “Well, here we are at Bath” – Celebrating The 250th Anniversary Of Jane Austen’s Birth

Date Saturday 17 May 2025
Time 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue Meet centre of Queen Square by obelisk

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In-conversation with Sir Graham Brady

Date Saturday 17 May 2025
Time 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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C.J. Skuse

Date Saturday 17 May 2025
Time 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Venue Bath Central Library

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Walking Tour: Bath’s Rich Musical Heritage – The Venues and the People

Date Saturday 17 May 2025
Time 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue Meet outside No1 Royal Crescent

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Ocean: How To Save The World’s Last Wilderness

Date Saturday 17 May 2025
Time 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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The Teacher of Auschwitz with Wendy Holden

Date Saturday 17 May 2025
Time 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Venue The Little Theatre Cinema

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Laura Bates

Date Saturday 17 May 2025
Time 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Walking Tour: Less Discovered Bath – Five Georgian Crescents

Date Saturday 17 May 2025
Time 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue Meet centre of The Circus, near the trees

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Ben Okri

Date Saturday 17 May 2025
Time 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue St Swithin’s Church

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Raynor Winn

Date Saturday 17 May 2025
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Reeta Chakrabarti

Date Saturday 17 May 2025
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue Waterstones

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William Byrd – singing in secret

Date Saturday 17 May 2025
Time 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Venue Bath Abbey

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Sunday 18 May

Walking Tour: Bath’s Rich Musical Heritage – The Venues and the People

Date Sunday 18 May 2025
Time 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue Meet outside No1 Royal Crescent

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Charlotte Proudman

Date Sunday 18 May 2025
Time 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Lucy Foley chaired by Georgina Moore

Date Sunday 18 May 2025
Time 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Walking Tour: Bath on Screen – The Other Star of the Show

Date Sunday 18 May 2025
Time 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue Meet outside No1 Royal Crescent

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MARMEN STRING QUARTET

Date Sunday 18 May 2025
Time 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue St Swithin’s Church

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Ann Cleeves

Date Sunday 18 May 2025
Time 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Walking Tour: “Well, here we are at Bath” – Celebrating The 250th Anniversary Of Jane Austen’s Birth

Date Sunday 18 May 2025
Time 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue Meet centre of Queen Square by obelisk

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Xiaolu Guo

Date Sunday 18 May 2025
Time 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue Waterstones

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Clare Mackintosh and T.M. Logan

Date Sunday 18 May 2025
Time 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Monday 19 May

Walking Tour: Bath Blitz – A Story of Destruction and Rebuilding

Date Monday 19 May 2025
Time 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue Meet at Orange Grove, by the obelisk

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GUY JOHNSTON PLAYS THE BACH CELLO SUITES I

Date Monday 19 May 2025
Time 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Venue St Swithin’s Church

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Turner and Constable: Two Artists Who Changed The Face Of British Art

Date Monday 19 May 2025
Time 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Venue The Mission Theatre

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Walking Tour: Bath’s Connections with Britain’s Slave Economy in the 18th Century

Date Monday 19 May 2025
Time 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue Meet at Abbey Churchyard

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Walking Tour: Less Discovered Bath – Five Georgian Crescents

Date Monday 19 May 2025
Time 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue Meet centre of The Circus, near the trees

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Emma Gannon

Date Monday 19 May 2025
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue The Mission Theatre

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Alan Johnson

Date Monday 19 May 2025
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue Waterstones

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BAWDY SONG: SEAN SHIBE AND BEN JOHNSON

Date Monday 19 May 2025
Time 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Venue Bath Pizza Co - Upstairs (above Green Park Brasserie)

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William Hanson

Date Monday 19 May 2025
Time 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Tuesday 20 May

Walking Tour: Bath’s Rich Musical Heritage – The Venues and the People

Date Tuesday 20 May 2025
Time 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue Meet outside No1 Royal Crescent

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SEAN SHIBE IN RECITAL

Date Tuesday 20 May 2025
Time 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Venue St Mary’s Bathwick

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Quintin Lake – The Island We Call Home

Date Tuesday 20 May 2025
Time 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Venue The Mission Theatre

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Walking Tour: Bath Blitz – A Story of Destruction and Rebuilding

Date Tuesday 20 May 2025
Time 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue Meet at Orange Grove, by the obelisk

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Walking Tour: “Well, here we are at Bath” – Celebrating The 250th Anniversary Of Jane Austen’s Birth

Date Tuesday 20 May 2025
Time 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue Meet centre of Queen Square by obelisk

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Philippa Forrester

Date Tuesday 20 May 2025
Time 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue The Mission Theatre

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Remarkable Animals with Martin Clunes

Date Tuesday 20 May 2025
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Kit De Waal

Date Tuesday 20 May 2025
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue Waterstones

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Katherine Webber

Date Tuesday 20 May 2025
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue Waterstones

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JUKE BOX with ELENA URIOSTE and TOM POSTER

Date Tuesday 20 May 2025
Time 7:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue St Swithin’s Church

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Wednesday 21 May

Walking Tour: 250 Years of the Bath Urban Treescape

Date Wednesday 21 May 2025
Time 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue Meet at Orange Grove, by the obelisk

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GUY JOHNSTON PLAYS THE BACH CELLO SUITES II

Date Wednesday 21 May 2025
Time 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Venue St Swithin’s Church

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MYTH, MEMOIR AND THE MEANING OF HOME

Date Wednesday 21 May 2025
Time 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Venue The Mission Theatre

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Walking Tour: Bath’s Connections with Britain’s Slave Economy in the 18th Century

Date Wednesday 21 May 2025
Time 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue Meet at Abbey Churchyard

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Walking Tour: Bath Blitz – A Story of Destruction and Rebuilding

Date Wednesday 21 May 2025
Time 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue Meet at Orange Grove, by the obelisk

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Robert Macfarlane

Date Wednesday 21 May 2025
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Jeremy Vine

Date Wednesday 21 May 2025
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue Waterstones

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Stile Antico – Palestrina The Prince of Music

Date Wednesday 21 May 2025
Time 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Venue Bath Abbey

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The Good, the Bad and the Rugby: Unleashed

Date Wednesday 21 May 2025
Time 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Venue The Forum

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Thursday 22 May

Walking Tour: “Well, here we are at Bath” – Celebrating The 250th Anniversary Of Jane Austen’s Birth

Date Thursday 22 May 2025
Time 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue Meet centre of Queen Square by obelisk

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The Radical Science Of Susceptible Minds with Dr Leor Zmigrod

Date Thursday 22 May 2025
Time 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Venue The Mission Theatre

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Walking Tour: Bath’s Rich Musical Heritage – The Venues and the People

Date Thursday 22 May 2025
Time 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue Meet outside No1 Royal Crescent

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CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF THE WEST plays Mendelssohn’s Octet

Date Thursday 22 May 2025
Time 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Venue St Swithin’s Church

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Walking Tour: Bath On Screen – The Other Star Of The Show

Date Thursday 22 May 2025
Time 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue Meet outside No1 Royal Crescent

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Max Hastings

Date Thursday 22 May 2025
Time 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Mike Berners-Lee

Date Thursday 22 May 2025
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue The Mission Theatre

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Jason Reynolds

Date Thursday 22 May 2025
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue Waterstones

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Donna Ashworth

Date Thursday 22 May 2025
Time 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Friday 23 May

Walking Tour: Less Discovered Bath – Five Georgian Crescents

Date Friday 23 May 2025
Time 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue Meet centre of The Circus, near the trees

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GUY JOHNSTON PLAYS THE BACH CELLO SUITES III

Date Friday 23 May 2025
Time 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Venue St Swithin’s Church

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The Wonder of George Orwell

Date Friday 23 May 2025
Time 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Venue The Mission Theatre

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Walking Tour: Bath’s Connections with Britain’s Slave Economy in the 18th Century

Date Friday 23 May 2025
Time 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue Meet at Abbey Churchyard

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Walking Tour: Bath On Screen – The Other Star Of The Show

Date Friday 23 May 2025
Time 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue Meet outside No. 1 Royal Crescent

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Hot Young Royals with Katy Birchall

Date Friday 23 May 2025
Time 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue Waterstones

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JOjO Moyes

Date Friday 23 May 2025
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue The Mission Theatre

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David Baddiel

Date Friday 23 May 2025
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Jeneba Kanneh – Mason: Piano Recital

Date Friday 23 May 2025
Time 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Venue The Forum

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Saturday 24 May

Walking Tour: Bath’s Rich Musical Heritage – The Venues and the People

Date Saturday 24 May 2025
Time 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue Meet outside No1 Royal Crescent

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Sayeeda Warsi – The Anatomy Of Prejudice

Date Saturday 24 May 2025
Time 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Daniel Kehlmann

Date Saturday 24 May 2025
Time 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Venue The Mission Theatre

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Carol Klein

Date Saturday 24 May 2025
Time 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Walking Tour: “Well, here we are at Bath” – Celebrating The 250th Anniversary Of Jane Austen’s Birth

Date Saturday 24 May 2025
Time 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
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Ivo Graham

Date Saturday 24 May 2025
Time 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Venue Christchurch

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STEVE REICH COUNTERPOINTS

Date Saturday 24 May 2025
Time 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Venue St Mary’s Bathwick

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Susie Dent

Date Saturday 24 May 2025
Time 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Walking Tour: Bath Blitz – A Story of Destruction and Rebuilding

Date Saturday 24 May 2025
Time 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue Meet at Orange Grove, by the obelisk

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Lionel Shriver

Date Saturday 24 May 2025
Time 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Venue The Mission Theatre

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Chris Chibnall

Date Saturday 24 May 2025
Time 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Madeleine Thien

Date Saturday 24 May 2025
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue Waterstones

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FIBONACCI STRING QUARTET

Date Saturday 24 May 2025
Time 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Venue St Swithin’s Church

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An Audience with Ruth Jones

Date Saturday 24 May 2025
Time 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Venue The Forum

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Sunday 25 May

Walking Tour: LESS DISCOVERED BATH: FIVE GEORGIAN CRESCENTS

Date Sunday 25 May 2025
Time 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Venue Meet in the centre of The Circus, near the trees

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Proof Party with Holly Smale

Date Sunday 25 May 2025
Time 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Venue The Mission Theatre

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Nicki Chapman

Date Sunday 25 May 2025
Time 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Date Sunday 25 May 2025
Time 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue Meet centre of Queen Square by obelisk

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Michelle De Kretser

Date Sunday 25 May 2025
Time 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Venue The Mission Theatre

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BAROQUE AT ITS BEST ENSEMBLE MOLIERE – THE DANCING STAR

Date Sunday 25 May 2025
Time 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Venue St Swithin’s Church

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Rev Richard Coles

Date Sunday 25 May 2025
Time 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Geoff Dyer

Date Sunday 25 May 2025
Time 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Venue The Mission Theatre

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Walking Tour: BATH’S RICH MUSICAL HERITAGE: THE VENUES AND THE PEOPLE

Date Sunday 25 May 2025
Time 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Venue Meet outside No1 Royal Crescent

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Emma Barnett

Date Sunday 25 May 2025
Time 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue The Guildhall

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Stuart Maconie

Date Sunday 25 May 2025
Time 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue Waterstones

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Quicksilver with Callie Hart

Date Sunday 25 May 2025
Time 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Venue The Mission Theatre

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Monday 26 May

Reverend and the Makers

Date Monday 26 May 2025
Time 7:00 PM
Venue Komedia

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Tuesday 27 May

Joanne Harris

Date Tuesday 27 May 2025
Time 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Venue Waterstones

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Saturday 13 September

Katherine Rundell

Date Saturday 13 September 2025
Time 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Venue The Forum

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Tuesday 18 March

Claire Douglas

Wednesday 02 April

MISS AUSTEN INVESTIGATES with JESSICA BULL

Wednesday 09 April

EXTERMINATE! REGENERATE! The Story of Doctor Who by John Higgs

Tuesday 06 May

Joe Abercrombie

Thursday 08 May

Tom Kerridge

Saturday 17 May

Walking Tour: “Well, here we are at Bath” – Celebrating The 250th Anniversary Of Jane Austen’s Birth

In-conversation with Sir Graham Brady

C.J. Skuse

Walking Tour: Bath’s Rich Musical Heritage – The Venues and the People

Ocean: How To Save The World’s Last Wilderness

The Teacher of Auschwitz with Wendy Holden

Laura Bates

Walking Tour: Less Discovered Bath – Five Georgian Crescents

Ben Okri

Raynor Winn

Reeta Chakrabarti

William Byrd – singing in secret

Sunday 18 May

Walking Tour: Bath’s Rich Musical Heritage – The Venues and the People

Charlotte Proudman

Lucy Foley chaired by Georgina Moore

Walking Tour: Bath on Screen – The Other Star of the Show

MARMEN STRING QUARTET

Ann Cleeves

Walking Tour: “Well, here we are at Bath” – Celebrating The 250th Anniversary Of Jane Austen’s Birth

Xiaolu Guo

Clare Mackintosh and T.M. Logan

Monday 19 May

Walking Tour: Bath Blitz – A Story of Destruction and Rebuilding

GUY JOHNSTON PLAYS THE BACH CELLO SUITES I

Turner and Constable: Two Artists Who Changed The Face Of British Art

Walking Tour: Bath’s Connections with Britain’s Slave Economy in the 18th Century

Walking Tour: Less Discovered Bath – Five Georgian Crescents

Emma Gannon

Alan Johnson

BAWDY SONG: SEAN SHIBE AND BEN JOHNSON

William Hanson

Tuesday 20 May

Walking Tour: Bath’s Rich Musical Heritage – The Venues and the People

SEAN SHIBE IN RECITAL

Quintin Lake – The Island We Call Home

Walking Tour: Bath Blitz – A Story of Destruction and Rebuilding

Walking Tour: “Well, here we are at Bath” – Celebrating The 250th Anniversary Of Jane Austen’s Birth

Philippa Forrester

Remarkable Animals with Martin Clunes

Kit De Waal

Katherine Webber

JUKE BOX with ELENA URIOSTE and TOM POSTER

Wednesday 21 May

Walking Tour: 250 Years of the Bath Urban Treescape

GUY JOHNSTON PLAYS THE BACH CELLO SUITES II

MYTH, MEMOIR AND THE MEANING OF HOME

Walking Tour: Bath’s Connections with Britain’s Slave Economy in the 18th Century

Walking Tour: Bath Blitz – A Story of Destruction and Rebuilding

Robert Macfarlane

Jeremy Vine

Stile Antico – Palestrina The Prince of Music

The Good, the Bad and the Rugby: Unleashed

Thursday 22 May

Walking Tour: “Well, here we are at Bath” – Celebrating The 250th Anniversary Of Jane Austen’s Birth

The Radical Science Of Susceptible Minds with Dr Leor Zmigrod

Walking Tour: Bath’s Rich Musical Heritage – The Venues and the People

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF THE WEST plays Mendelssohn’s Octet

Walking Tour: Bath On Screen – The Other Star Of The Show

Max Hastings

Mike Berners-Lee

Jason Reynolds

Donna Ashworth

Friday 23 May

Walking Tour: Less Discovered Bath – Five Georgian Crescents

GUY JOHNSTON PLAYS THE BACH CELLO SUITES III

The Wonder of George Orwell

Walking Tour: Bath’s Connections with Britain’s Slave Economy in the 18th Century

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