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Bath Festivals 2026 brings books, music and family inspiration to the city this May and June
Over four weeks in May and June Bath Festivals welcomes a host of authors, poets, historians, comedians and world-class musicians to the city in celebration of music and books. The full programme is now available to see and tickets go on sale from 10am on Friday, 27 February. The festival season launches with Party in...
Bath Festivals new Chief Executive seeks to embrace a ‘younger and wider audience’
Bath Festivals has appointed Caroline Ferguson as Chief Executive of the arts charity which runs Bath Music Festival, Bath Literature Festival, Bath Children’s Literature Festival and Party in the City. Caroline, who has lived in and near Bath for more than 20 years, joined Bath Festivals earlier this year as Head of Fundraising. Her appointment...
Bath Festivals presents a very special evening with F1’s Susie Wolff
Former racing driver and managing director of F1 Academy Susie Wolff lifts the bonnet on her incredible journey to the top of motorsport, with a visit to the Pavilion Bath on 24 October. From the moment her parents first sat her in a go-kart, Susie felt it: the thrill of speed, the spark of something...
Bath Festivals presents a summer of entertainment including Julian Clary and Gaby Roslin
For visitors and locals this summer there’s fun, laughter, thrills and spills with a series of one-off live events featuring Julian Clary with Gaby Roslin, Bath-born Dame Jacqueline Wilson, actor turned bestselling thriller writer Richard Armitage and children’s author Katherine Rundell. Tickets are on sale now from Bath Festivals. Comedian, actor and successful children’s writer...
Bath Festivals brings out the stars – including David Baddiel, Ruth Jones and Ivo Graham
Bath was filled with famous faces as big names came to the city to delight thousands of their fans for Bath Festivals’ celebration of music and books. Festival season opened with Party in the City, a massive evening of free music in dozens of venues, which attracted thousands of locals and visitors to Bath city...
Super chef Tom Kerridge among the stars at the Bath Literature Festival
When the British summer hots up, the Brits can’t resist a spot of barbecuing! And who better than top chef Tom Kerridge to inspire us to cook up some delicious al fresco dishes in our own backyards and gardens this summer? The best-loved Michelin-starred chef has created the ultimate guide to cooking outdoors, The BBQ...
Bath Festivals marks 250th anniversary of Jane Austen with mystery and walking tours
Bath Festivals celebrates the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen with an evening with author Jessica Bull and a series of Austen-themed walking tours around the city where the author lived and wrote. Join Jessica Bull on Wednesday 2 April at Waterstones, Milsom Street, Bath from 7pm, when she’ll be talking about A...
Calling all young adult readers and music lovers – cut price tickets for the Bath Festivals
Bath Festivals is offering reduced ticket prices on ALL Music and Literature events to anyone under 26. Pay as little as £10 to see Martin Clunes, Ruth Jones, Ivo Graham, the musical sensation Jeneba Kanneh-Mason and many more! Literature – Big Three YA events What is YA? Young Adult books that contain themes that young people want to talk about. But you don’t have to be...
Bath Literature Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary with extra special line-up
Bath’s Literature Festival celebrates its 30th birthday with an extra-special line-up that includes Ruth Jones, Ben Okri, Carol Klein, Lionel Shriver, Jeremy Vine, David Baddiel, Sayeeda Warsi, Joanne Harris, Martin Clunes, Robert Macfarlane, Rev Richard Coles, Jojo Moyes, Emma Barnett, Max Hastings, Ivo Graham, Alan Johnson, Kit de Waal, Mike Tindall and Reeta Chakrabarti. Bath...
Bath Festivals announce the return of the Bath Music Festival 2025
Bath Festivals is delighted to announce the return of the historic and internationally renowned Bath Music Festival in May 2025. Bath Music Festival will run in tandem with Bath Literature Festival over nine days, from Friday 16 May to Sunday 25 May 2025, under the Bath Festivals arts charity umbrella. There will be a full...
Susie Dent, Rev Richard Coles and Ben Okri all set for Bath Literature Festival 2025
A titan of contemporary literature, a respected lexicographer and a finalist in this year’s I’m A Celebrity TV reality series have been announced as three of the stars for next year’s Bath Literature Festival, with tickets going on sale before Christmas. Bath Festivals is proud to announce that Booker Prize winning Nigerian-British poet and novelist,...