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Tuesday 30th November -0001

Walcot Street

Price: Free
Start time: 00:00

Walcot Street Open Air Art Gallery

Throughout the summer months, this exciting and unique collaboration between local artists and businesses on the street will celebrate the amazing artists among us. This project is being headed by Darrin at Coopers of Bath. Artists already signed up include The Nick Cudworth Gallery, The Pencil Tree and Bronwyn Williams-Ellis. More info and booking...

Friday 27th May 2016

Roper Theatre, West Wing, Hayesfield Girls School

Price: £10
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bath Community Gospel Choir

Sing for Childline

with Hayesfield Girls School Choir and City Sound in a Charity Concert

A Charity Performance to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Childline
In recent months we have been made very much aware by the media that child abuse is both prevalent and widespread and reaffirms the need for Childline
The full value of tickets sold and all donations will go to the charity.



More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £8 Adv / £10 on door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

The Undercover Hippy

Politically driven roots-reggae folk-hop with a sly sense of humour from festival favourite The Undercover Hippy. Guaranteed to make you jump up and dance whilst simultaneously contemplating the state of the world and your place in it. Not to be missed!
“As real as music gets” - BBC Introducing. More info and booking...

The Bell - Love Lounge (Back bar)

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

FAB & Bath Fringe

Openings Night Cabaret

It's the night all the FAB art shows open in town - several of them in Walcot Street - and artists like a drink, something to look at, and a dance as much as anyone else does. And here's where they'll be doing it. There will be entertainment and a DJ; when we know more we'll tell you all about it. More info and booking...

Saturday 28th May 2016

Lecture Theatre, Bath School of Art and Design

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Fringe Arts Bath

utopia:dystopia in conversation

with Richard White

A free and open conversation in the lecture theatre of the Bath College of Art and Design, where artists, writers, thinkers and anyone else who wants to join in can engage with themes that correspond with the best of our aspirations and the worst of our nightmares. The conversation concludes with a guided stroll through utopian Bath, wearing dystopian glasses. Further info at www.fringeartsbath.co.uk/utopiadystopia More info and booking...

Radstock town centre

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Round-about Radstock

Back by popular demand DNA arts takes you on a journey of exploration. Round-about Radstock is a day of free arts activities, workshops, performance, live music, dance, street theatre and food, all taking place in unusual locations across the town from 12 noon - 6pm. Perfect for the family on May bank holiday weekend. Will you complete the trail and win the prizes? For more information www.boomsatsuma.com/dna More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 16:00

OnSet Productions present

A Dog's Life

Four dogs lie in cages in an animal shelter. A woman visits the shelter to choose a dog, a choice that could mean life or death for the oldest, Ben.
More info and booking...

Green Park Station

Price: Free
Start time: 17:00

Urban Playground

Steam

full professional show

The Urban Playground Team are the original performance-parkour company, combining urban & contemporary dance with authentic French Free-Running, and include co-creator of Parkour Malik Diouf.
A group of urban explorers discover the skeletal remains of a machine that changed the world. Ands embark on a whistle stop tour through silent movies, the Wild West, James Bond, WWI and a dark future …
Try out your own skills after the show!

Extra info: The event begins at 5pm but there will be music and other performance during the evening so don't worry if - like the train - you may be running late.

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £7 / 5 Concs
Start time: 18:00

OnSet Productions present

About a Goth

Nick is 17, a goth and very gay. His misadventures include working with old people, being in love with his straight mate, and hating his family for refusing to reject him due to his sexuality. Less a comedy
about coming out, more one of coming to terms with oneself!
More info and booking...

Friends Meeting House

Price: £5.00
Start time: 19:00

The Gorsedd of Caer Badon presents

Celebrating Water

hosted by Keri Hendy

Come and celebrate the element of water through ,lstorytelling , music , and poetry with the current Bard of Bath (Keri Hendy).The event will feature the song cycle' Bladud retold 'by Keri Hendy written in collaboration with composer Anne Gregson performed by the Aquae Sulis
musicians and singers . More info and booking...

The Chapel, Royal Mineral Water Hospital

Price: Free
Start time: 19:00

Harmonium

"Harmonium" is a beautiful interlocking of rhythms and harmonies, created by layering 12 women's voices. It is a composition by Su Hart (of Baka Beyond and Walcot State Choir) and Sian Croose. Experience this new experiment in vocal sound sung in a fine acoustic space More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 20:00

OnSet Productions present

Cabaret

Enjoy a veritable feast of entertainment as students of Bath Spa past and present share their irrefutable and irrepressible talents for your delight and delectation. Probably the best show in the world...
More info and booking...

The Bell - Love Lounge (Back bar)

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

Art Film Art

Films from artists working on this year's Fringe Arts Bath programme, and maybe more.
If the weather's good and we can get the technology working we may show films in the pub garden as well or instead. More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

An Evening Without Victoria Wood

To bring together Victoria Wood fans in an evening of tribute and celebratory hilarity, we are staging a special staged reading of monologues and sketches, and of course, songs. Entry is free, but donations will be encouraged, with all proceeds going to www.jessiesfund.org.uk – a musical charity of which Victoria was patron. More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: from £11
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 18:30

Krater Comedy Club

Roger Monkhouse, Matt Richardson, Nathan Caton, MC: Sally Anne Hayward

Watch three top stand-ups and enjoy the best comperes in the business, plus eat delicious food served by our Soil Association Gold Standard Award Winning Restaurant. And for the full Saturday Night Out Krater Comedy Club ticket holders gain FREE ENTRY, without a queue to the sell-out club night Motorcity. More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: From £11
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 18:30

Krater Comedy Club

Roger Monkhouse, Matt Richardson, Nathan Caton, MC: Sally Anne Hayward

“Watch three top stand-ups and enjoy the best comperes in the business, plus eat delicious food served by our Soil Association Gold Standard Award Winning Restaurant. And for the full Saturday Night Out Krater Comedy Club ticket holders gain FREE ENTRY, without a queue to the sell-out club night Motorcity.” More info and booking...

Sunday 29th May 2016

The Circus

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Harmonium

"Harmonium" is a beautiful interlocking of rhythms and harmonies, created by layering 12 women's voices. It is a composition by Su Hart (of Baka Beyond and Walcot State Choir) and Sian Croose. Experience this new experiment in vocal sound sung in a fine acoustic space More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00
Doors open: 12:00

Joel Savoy, Jesse Lége and

The Cajun Country Revival

"Two Cajuns and an old time stringband walk into a bar…”
Spanning generations from across the nation the Cajun Country Revival is a veritable supergroup of American roots musicians. Comprised of Cajun musicians Jesse Lége and Joel Savoy - Son of Cajun music royalty Marc and Ann and the founder of the Louisiana label Valcour Records - and two members of Portland Oregon’s Foghorn Stringband, this group presents a music that seems to embody all of the things that make life wonderful and together they’ve delighted audiences around the world celebrating rather than “performing" the music that brought them together: Cajun music and early Country music. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £8 / £6 concs
Start time: 14:00

Running Dog Theatre

Wanna Dance With Somebody! Or, A Guide to Managing Social Anxiety Using Theoretical Physics

Josh is good at dancing, but not at people. On the other hand he did once read ‘A Brief History of Time’ by Stephen Hawking so he reckons he’ll probably be alright.
A new show about social anxiety, coping mechanisms, big ideas and how they impact on small things. About taking chances. And about dancing.

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 18:00

OnSet Productions present

A Dog's Life

Four dogs lie in cages in an animal shelter. A woman visits the shelter to choose a dog, a choice that could mean life or death for the oldest, Ben.
More info and booking...

The Bell - Love Lounge (Back bar)

Price: Entry by donation, £5 suggested
Start time: 19:30

Sam Lindo with

The Homegrown Collective

featuring Pip & The Polar Bears & Jacob Spencer

Distinctively different, but complementary in styles, this three-in-one package, has inspired audiences across the country with their infectiously fun and joyful performance as well curating their own ‘Homegrown’ festival at Wick Court, just outside Bath. They share justice related themes in their music, although at the same time embody a huge diversity of sound. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £8 / £6
Start time: 20:00

Bianca Bertalot in

Cinco Coisas

“A solo show that fuses psychology and clowning.
Cinco Coisas is inspired by the five basic developmental needs
of a child – Place, Nurturing, Support, Protection and Limitation. Through dance, play, clowning and improvisation it proposes to lead the audience on a purely human experience.”
More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £6 on the door
Start time: 20:00

Asteroid Deluxe

Fantastic Planet

plus ARCC

Asteroid Deluxe are making a name for themselves playing warped-out music to soundtrack warped-out movies. Their recent rendition of 'The Holy Mountain' in Bristol sold out in a flash. Their psych/prog is reassuringly epic and dazzlingly played. Fantastic Planet is a sci-fi animation from 1973 with surreal and mesmerising psychedelic imagery.
ARCC are a Bath-based impro-to-film collective. More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £10
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Benjamin Folke Thomas

WE ARE SORRY BUT THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED
One of the most exciting new talents to emerge from the Americana, alt country scene. Influenced by ‘sad guys with guitars’ like Zevons, Cohen and Van Zandt, Ben’s songwriting possesses a lyrical and stylistic maturity whilst weaving stories with depths of meaning - sometimes dark, often personal. More info and booking...

Monday 30th May 2016

Burdall's Yard

Price: £8 / £6
Start time: 14:00

Bianca Bertalot in

Cinco Coisas

“A solo show that fuses psychology and clowning.
Cinco Coisas is inspired by the five basic developmental needs
of a child – Place, Nurturing, Support, Protection and Limitation. Through dance, play, clowning and improvisation it proposes to lead the audience on a purely human experience.”
More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: From £6
Start time: 14:00
Doors open: 13:30

Nutty Noah: Wear Your Pants With Pride

Join the king of fun for a very silly show for all the family. Nutty Noah, one of the region’s top children’s entertainers, will delight children and adults alike, with his mix of comedy, music and unbridled fun. Recommended Age 3+ (U16s must be accompanied by an adult) More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 16:00

OnSet Productions present

Pronoun

A love story that knew no bounds is now challenged by circumstances beyond Josh’s control. Isabella
took a long look in the mirror, and a long look at her life. She was unhappy, but now she finally
understands why. She is meant to be a boy. A heart-warming story of transition, acceptance, love
and testosterone.
More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £8 / £6 concs
Start time: 18:00

Running Dog Theatre

Wanna Dance With Somebody! Or, A Guide to Managing Social Anxiety Using Theoretical Physics

Josh is good at dancing, but not at people. On the other hand he did once read ‘A Brief History of Time’ by Stephen Hawking so he reckons he’ll probably be alright.
A new show about social anxiety, coping mechanisms, big ideas and how they impact on small things. About taking chances. And about dancing.

More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £5
Start time: 19:30

Phil Cooper

Song-writing: is it witchcraft?

Singer-songwriter Phil Cooper presents an evening of live music and spoken word, investigating the art of song-writing. Through stories and examples he will explain how a song can go from non-existing to real and memorable within a matter of minutes, and show how songs change over time. In a final brave/stupid move he will try to write a brand new song on the night, which will then be recorded and sent to all in attendance. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £7 / 5 Concs
Start time: 20:00

OnSet Productions present

About a Goth

Nick is 17, a goth and very gay. His misadventures include working with old people, being in love with his straight mate, and hating his family for refusing to reject him due to his sexuality. Less a comedy
about coming out, more one of coming to terms with oneself!
More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Mammal Hands

A trio of like-minded musicians - Nick Smart piano, Jesse Barrett drums and tabla, and Jordan Smart saxophones - who have carved out a growing following both here and abroad for their hypnotic fusion of jazz, folk and electronica: they have been compared to both Portico Quartet and GoGo Penguin (who the group have toured with). More info and booking...

Tuesday 31st May 2016

Komedia

Price: £6 Child, £7 Adult and £22 for a Family ticket
Start time: 11:15
Doors open: 10:30

Seska – Milkshake!

Crazier than finding a poodle in your fridge – yes it’s Seska! with the coolest comedy show – Milkshake!
Packed with magic tricks, music, laughter, happiness, sword swallowing, mind reading and lots and lots of cookies! It’s FAB! Expect the unexpected – don’t miss it!
Recommended ages: 2-8 More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 16:00

OnSet Productions present

Boxed Up

A group of individuals each suffering with a deep issue that they can’t seem to talk to anyone about. Each character is on their lunch break, as they open up about their issues we gradually witness their lives fall apart. ‘Boxed up’ shows the importance of opening up in this visually-beautiful, collaborative new play. Written, produced, directed and acted by the players from REGENERATE! Theatre Company More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 18:00

OnSet Productions present

Pronoun

A love story that knew no bounds is now challenged by circumstances beyond Josh’s control. Isabella
took a long look in the mirror, and a long look at her life. She was unhappy, but now she finally
understands why. She is meant to be a boy. A heart-warming story of transition, acceptance, love
and testosterone.
More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £7 (Full Price) £5(Concessions) £3(Bath Spa Students)
Start time: 20:00

The Rue Theatre presents

The Dead Boat On Wheels

Are you scared to die? The Dead Boat on Wheels is a gritty performance that takes you through the river Styx in a hospital bed, anno 2016. Based on the research of an arts facilitator who worked with terminally ill patients, the performance faces questions surrounding death head on, and opens up the conversation about death and bereavement in a medicalized world.

Extra info: 12+

More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £6
Start time: 20:00

Screamin' Miss Jackson and the Slap Ya Mama Big Band

This Bristolian 7 piece draw influence from such diverse players such the wonderful Memphis Minnie, Jazz singers from the 20’s & 30’s and the western swing of The Texas Playboys all mixed up with the country folk of Doc Watson. Whether it’s their own original tunes or their own unique take on an early classic the energy and passion all seven have for the music is more than apparent. More info and booking...

St James Wine Vaults - Downstairs

Price: 6 pounds
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 19:30

RMT Music Presents

Effra & Galleons

RMT Music Presents Effra & Galleons

Effra
“Stylish, high-energy brand of folk-minimalist music”

Galleons
"Indie-folk 3 piece from Utrecht, the Netherlands (via London), midway through their UK mini-tour" More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £6adv / £8 door / £5concs
Start time: 21:00
Doors open: 20:30

Amadou Diagne & Group Yakar

Senegalese multi instrumentalist, singer and songwriter Amadou Diagne and his UK based band Group Yakar have a style that is uniquely their own. Amadou weaves his Senegalese melodies and rhythms with vocals that though soft and warm can deliver great power, or rousing the audience into a dancing frenzy with superb African percussion. More info and booking...

Wednesday 1st June 2016

Bath Artists' Studios

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Fresh Art @ FAB16

Creative Perspectives exhibition & workshops

Fresh Art @ FAB16 with Creative Perspectives exhibition and ‘An Hour A Day’ Free workshops for Creative Arts, Health & Wellbeing 1st – 12th June (11am - 4pm), Roper gallery, Bath Artists Studio. New art created for ward 4 dementia assessment walls, St Martin's Hospital inspired through positive wellbeing workshops at Bath Museums. For up to date information visit www.creativityworks.org.uk More info and booking...

44AD

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Walking not Drowning

with Richard White

, More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: £6 Child, £7 Adult and £22 for a Family ticket
Start time: 11:30
Doors open: 11:00

The Teddy Bears Picnic

If you go down to the woods today you're sure of a big surprise ..... come join Sally, Danny and Bear for live music, songs and stories. This delightful show will have the children enthralled. Bring your teddy! Bring a picnic, and let’s have fun! Ages 2+ (U16s must be accompanied by an adult) More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 16:00

OnSet Productions present

Still

The tides of life can sometimes pull you under... Waves overhead, shimmering stillness below, swimming in aquatic wonders. The constant stutter of the ocean reflects and distorts every moment... every movement. This is a physical theatre piece that explores body/mind and the struggle of keeping your head above the water. More info and booking...

Green Park Station

Price: Free
Start time: 17:00

Urban Playground & Friends

Steam Local Line

The Community Show

See Saturday 28th for details of the main show: but this version is extended by the addition of performers from the community (especially along the line of the old Somerset & Dorset Railway which started here in Green Park Station) who have been working with either the Urban Playground Team or Bath's own Natural Theatre.

Extra info: The event begins at 5pm but there will be music and other performance during the evening so don't worry if - like the train - you may be running late.

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5.00
Start time: 18:00

Under Two Floorboards

Is it Tabu?

A new show by Roman Bloodworth and Rikki Howard

Like 'Waiting for Godot' on speed, this hilarious and moving new show revealing the dramas that transpire when an old TV actress from Hi-De-Hi and a young classical actor get together and stage their own play. Confronting issues of age, gender and prejudice. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 20:00

OnSet Productions present

Boxed Up

A group of individuals each suffering with a deep issue that they can’t seem to talk to anyone about. Each character is on their lunch break, as they open up about their issues we gradually witness their lives fall apart. ‘Boxed up’ shows the importance of opening up in this visually-beautiful, collaborative new play. Written, produced, directed and acted by the players from REGENERATE! Theatre Company More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Baka Beyond

One of the most successful and consistent bands in the city, the original Afro-Celtic fusion, played with considerable verve as well as authenticity: freewheeling and infectious dance rhythm. Full band playing a warmup to some European dates. More info and booking...

Thursday 2nd June 2016

Bath Artists' Studios

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Fresh Art @ FAB16

Creative Perspectives exhibition & workshops

Fresh Art @ FAB16 with Creative Perspectives exhibition and ‘An Hour A Day’ Free workshops for Creative Arts, Health & Wellbeing 1st – 12th June (11am - 4pm), Roper gallery, Bath Artists Studio. New art created for ward 4 dementia assessment walls, St Martin's Hospital inspired through positive wellbeing workshops at Bath Museums. For up to date information visit www.creativityworks.org.uk More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: From £6
Start time: 14:00
Doors open: 13:30

Komedia presents:

Pitschi: The Kitten With Dreams

Pitschi doesn’t care for the rough and tumble and mischievous fun of kitten play, but instead dreams of being something else – a chicken, perhaps, or a goat, or a rabbit… for after all, anything is better than being a cat! Ages: 2-7years (U16s must be accompanied by an adult) More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 18:00

OnSet Productions present

Still

The tides of life can sometimes pull you under... Waves overhead, shimmering stillness below, swimming in aquatic wonders. The constant stutter of the ocean reflects and distorts every moment... every movement. This is a physical theatre piece that explores body/mind and the struggle of keeping your head above the water. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £5
Start time: 19:30

Ali George

(with special guest Ruby Brown) and Tim Graham

One of Bath's most treasured singer/songwriters, Ali's beautifully controlled voice reminds many of Cat Stevens and Nick Drake. He will be joined by special guest Ruby Brown; a singer whose stunningly beautiful voice always compliments Ali’s in harmony and timbre. Plus support from Tim Graham, inspirational guitarist and vocalist - and member of Pedal Folk. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5.00
Start time: 20:00

Under Two Floorboards

Is it Tabu?

A new show by Roman Bloodworth and Rikki Howard

Like 'Waiting for Godot' on speed, this hilarious and moving new show revealing the dramas that transpire when an old TV actress from Hi-De-Hi and a young classical actor get together and stage their own play. Confronting issues of age, gender and prejudice. More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £12Adv; £14 Door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

The Mojo Hobo Agency

The Urban Voodoo Machine

Support from Pirate Joe

Join the theatrical Urban Voodoo Machine as they invite you on a musical journey with their unique brand of Bourbon Soaked Gypsy Blues Bop’n’Stroll. Visually stunning and musically beguiling they’ll transport you to a world of burlesque houses, saloons, back street London dives and places where you’ve never dared go. More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Fake Escape Presents a 20:20 Vision Theatre Experience

DEADLY: 7 Plays / 7 Sins

Gluttony. Envy. Pride. Greed. Sloth. Lust. Wrath.

For thousands of years, these seven simple words have served to describe the most extreme elements of the human condition. We have always been fallible since the dawn of man, and we continue to possess a strange fascination with the more questionable sides of our nature. This collection of stories from around the world shines a contemporary light on behaviour often best left in the dark. More info and booking...

Friday 3rd June 2016

Kingston Parade

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Forest of the Imagination

World heritage city to host pop-up contemporary arts event with conservation theme
Spaces around Bath Abbey are to be transformed into a temporary fantastical forest and outdoor gallery by a collective of local artists and creative businesses during a free, four-day contemporary arts event on 3-6 June 2016.


Featuring a playful programme of sensory installations, artworks, outdoor theatre and participatory creative activities for visitors of all ages, Forest of Imagination is returning to the World Heritage City for its third year this summer. More info and booking...

Bath Artists' Studios

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Fresh Art @ FAB16

Creative Perspectives exhibition & workshops

Fresh Art @ FAB16 with Creative Perspectives exhibition and ‘An Hour A Day’ Free workshops for Creative Arts, Health & Wellbeing 1st – 12th June (11am - 4pm), Roper gallery, Bath Artists Studio. New art created for ward 4 dementia assessment walls, St Martin's Hospital inspired through positive wellbeing workshops at Bath Museums. For up to date information visit www.creativityworks.org.uk More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal - Library

Price: £8
Start time: 19:30

Angie Belcher’s Mythical Creature

“Equally at home on the stand-up circuit as in a posh tent at a literature festival, Angie (finalist Best female comedian 2015, What The Frock and best spoken word show 2015, North East Theatre Review) presents naughty stanzas and awkward stories. An accomplished comedy performer this is her second Edinburgh show. "Highly Recommended, go see her" Phil Jupitus. . Angie is supported by Odious Vex and Robert Garnham” More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £8 / £5 concs
Start time: 19:30

Bath University Student Theatre

Hamlet

Directed by Jamie Leich

“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark”... Vengeful Hamlet, haunted by his father’s Ghost and his own melancholy, seeks justice against his uncle who has usurped the throne and taken the Queen as his wife. Set in a 20th Century dictatorship, this shortened Shakespearean classic explores treachery, love, madness and revenge. More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: From £22
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:30

The Rat Pack Vegas Spectacular Show

’Purveyors of Cool’ swing into town with The Greatest Music of the 20th Century Wonderful memories of classic Las Vegas: Frank Sinatra-Dean Martin-Sammy Davis
Every song a winner: Come Fly with Me, Volare, That’s Amore, Under My Skin, Mr Bojangles, Sway, Mack The Knife and many more of your favourites. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £8 full price, £6 conc, £4 BSU students
Start time: 20:00

Rapscallion Theatre Company and Old Bag Theatre Company present

Dare to Care

By Sarah Curwen and Clare Reddaway

Two new plays using fast-paced comedy, verbatim text, lyrical movement, and a cappella singing to tell the stories of two women who dare to care. Rachel Carson, who stood up to the powerful agro-chemical industry, and Camila Batmanghelidgh of Kids Company, her rise and fall More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £12 / £10 concs
Start time: 20:00

Pinky and Quirky

with John Christopher Wood & Kettle of Fish

A fun-packed evening of a kind you won’t have seen anything quite like before, we promise. Features Bristol’s quirkiest and funniest acappella group Kettle of Fish and stand-up comic poet John Christopher Wood - in a pink suit! Expect oddball musical virtuosity, idiosyncratic versifying, and plenty of laughs. “One word – brilliant!” More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £8
Start time: 20:00

The Saskia Griffiths-Moore Trio

with support from 'Johns and Nowak'

The Saskia Griffiths-Moore trio perform heartfelt atmospheric folk/pop, passionately sung over classical and acoustic instruments. The all female Bristol based trio are being supported by a local Americana duo, Johns and Nowak. Expect a night of engaging songs, captivating instrumentation and crystal clear vocals. More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £8
Start time: 20:00

Kobo Town

WE ARE SORRY BUT THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED
Founded by Trinidadian/Canadian songwriter Drew Gonsalves, Kobo Town is named after the historic neighbourhood in Port-of-Spain where calypso was born.
“Merging calypso, roots reggae, acoustic performance, dub studio techniques and Trinidadian/Jamaican cultures, Kobo Town is a unique, stylistic, transnational composite of rhythm, poetry and activist journalism." Brent Hagerman, Exclaim!

More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Fake Escape Presents a 20:20 Vision Theatre Experience

DEADLY: 7 Plays / 7 Sins

Gluttony. Envy. Pride. Greed. Sloth. Lust. Wrath.

For thousands of years, these seven simple words have served to describe the most extreme elements of the human condition. We have always been fallible since the dawn of man, and we continue to possess a strange fascination with the more questionable sides of our nature. This collection of stories from around the world shines a contemporary light on behaviour often best left in the dark. More info and booking...

Prior Park

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 21:00
Doors open: 19:30

Kilter Theatre presents

The Darkling Society

A Play. Outside. After Dark.

Stay up late tonight, pack a torch, and make a pilgrimage into the great outdoors. As the sun sets over Bath, join a band of musicians and outsiders for an expedition like no other! Cosy up as darkness falls and watch the wonder and wisdom of the night unfold before your very eyes! More info and booking...

Saturday 4th June 2016

Bath Artists' Studios

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Fresh Art @ FAB16

Creative Perspectives exhibition & workshops

Fresh Art @ FAB16 with Creative Perspectives exhibition and ‘An Hour A Day’ Free workshops for Creative Arts, Health & Wellbeing 1st – 12th June (11am - 4pm), Roper gallery, Bath Artists Studio. New art created for ward 4 dementia assessment walls, St Martin's Hospital inspired through positive wellbeing workshops at Bath Museums. For up to date information visit www.creativityworks.org.uk More info and booking...

Kingston Parade

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Forest of the Imagination

World heritage city to host pop-up contemporary arts event with conservation theme
Spaces around Bath Abbey are to be transformed into a temporary fantastical forest and outdoor gallery by a collective of local artists and creative businesses during a free, four-day contemporary arts event on 3-6 June 2016.


Featuring a playful programme of sensory installations, artworks, outdoor theatre and participatory creative activities for visitors of all ages, Forest of Imagination is returning to the World Heritage City for its third year this summer. More info and booking...

Various venues

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Streats Ltd. & Bath Fringe

Bedlam Fair

The Fringe's Street Arts weekend is returning to the city centre on Saturday afternoon and then heads to Green Park Station to continue our railway theme. On Sunday we'll be dodging between the building works and confused traffic in SawClose and Kingsmead Square. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £8 full price, £6 conc, £4 BSU students
Start time: 14:00

Rapscallion Theatre Company and Old Bag Theatre Company present

Dare to Care

By Sarah Curwen and Clare Reddaway

Two new plays using fast-paced comedy, verbatim text, lyrical movement, and a cappella singing to tell the stories of two women who dare to care. Rachel Carson, who stood up to the powerful agro-chemical industry, and Camila Batmanghelidgh of Kids Company, her rise and fall More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: From £6
Start time: 14:00
Doors open: 13:30

Comedy Club 4 Kids

Now in it’s ninth year at Komedia, Comedy Club 4 Kids is back and better than ever. Cracking entertainment for everyone over the age of six, we have the best comedians on the UK circuit doing what they do best… but without the rude bits! Ages 6+ (U16s must be accompanied by an adult) More info and booking...

Green Park Station

Price: Free
Start time: 15:00

Streats Ltd. & Bath Fringe

Bedlam Fair

The Fringe's Street Arts weekend is returning to the city centre on Saturday afternoon and then heads to Green Park Station to continue our railway theme. On Sunday we'll be dodging between the building works and confused traffic in SawClose and Kingsmead Square. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 16:00

OnSet Productions present

Inward Ripples

It’s funny; you’re ready to let someone go, and they sail right back to you. Water under the bridge? You wish. First a memory, then a thought... then want.
Meet Boy. Boy wants Girl.
More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 18:00

OnSet Productions present

Dear Me

If you could write a letter to your younger self, what would you say? With thousands of places and faces woven into a colourful patchwork in your mind, what do you choose to share and what stays hidden in the bottom of a dusty cardboard box. Dear Me invites you back to a place in your memory - why don’t you open the door and see what’s waiting inside? More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £8 / £5 concs
Start time: 19:30

Bath University Student Theatre

Good Morning, Bill

PG Wodehouse, Directed by Monica Cox

A farce which will leave your cheeks aching from laughter. Bill is holidaying where he's met an attractive, but common young girl, Lottie. Sensing her charms are diminishing, Lottie has a fit of hysterics and Doctor Sally is called in. From then on numerous complications arise… More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £10
Start time: 20:00

World Premiere!

The Unravelling Wilburys

Brought to you by the people behind Sgt Pepper's Only Dart Board Band, this is the first ever live performance as The Unravelling Wilbury. Aa tribute to the greatest ever super-group, featuring not only the best Travelling Wilbury songs, but many of the finest hits of Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne
Opening the show, Martin Dimery presents extracts from his previously unperformed comedy music- revue. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 20:00

OnSet Productions present

Nobody Suspects a Murder

A musical murder mystery set in 1935. A pompous upper class family are grief stricken after receiving news of Granny’s death. That is until an even more pompous Inspector starts to uncover the truth. Whodunit? Everyone is a suspect - even the band!! More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: From £11
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 18:30

Krater Comedy Club

Richard Morton, Jen Brister, Marlon Davis, MC: Mark Olver

Watch three top stand-ups and enjoy the best comperes in the business, plus eat delicious food served by our Soil Association Gold Standard Award Winning Restaurant. And for the full Saturday Night Out Krater Comedy Club ticket holders gain FREE ENTRY, without a queue to the sell-out club night Motorcity. More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £14.50 / £12.50 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Bath Comedy @ Bath Fringe

Frank Williams - More Tea Vicar?

Dad's Army Vicar Frank Williams invites you to join him for a hilarious afternoon/evening of TV nostalgia. David Croft and Jimmy Perry chose Frank to create the role of the wonderfully eccentric vicar who was always slightly tetchy as he tried to come to terms with the elderly platoon's invasion of his beloved church hall. Join Frank as he celebrates a lifetime on Stage, TV, Film and the legendary BBCTV series. More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £15 / !3 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

The Arabian Fantasy Dance Theatre

Julnah of the Sea

Plus music and belly dance with 'Hazir'

‘Julnah of the Sea’ is a fairy tale filled with magic, marvels and wonders. Originating in Middle Eastern dance, the company also combines contemporary and ballet dance to express the true nature of the characters.

Hazir will perform classic songs from the Middle East and Turkey accompanied by a dazzling array of belly dance artists.
More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Fake Escape Presents a 20:20 Vision Theatre Experience

DEADLY: 7 Plays / 7 Sins

Gluttony. Envy. Pride. Greed. Sloth. Lust. Wrath.

For thousands of years, these seven simple words have served to describe the most extreme elements of the human condition. We have always been fallible since the dawn of man, and we continue to possess a strange fascination with the more questionable sides of our nature. This collection of stories from around the world shines a contemporary light on behaviour often best left in the dark. More info and booking...

The Bell - Love Lounge (Back bar)

Price: £6; £5 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:45

Lucy Harrington in

Wake Up & Deirdrealize

Get ready to embark on the journey of a lifetime direct to the epicentre of awesome, in this outlandish, riotous, improvised, character show. If you think you don’t want that, trust Deirdre when she tells you ‘you sure as hell need it’. The louder you scream the faster we go. More info and booking...

Prior Park

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 21:00
Doors open: 19:30

Kilter Theatre presents

The Darkling Society

A Play. Outside. After Dark.

Stay up late tonight, pack a torch, and make a pilgrimage into the great outdoors. As the sun sets over Bath, join a band of musicians and outsiders for an expedition like no other! Cosy up as darkness falls and watch the wonder and wisdom of the night unfold before your very eyes! More info and booking...

Sunday 5th June 2016

Bath Artists' Studios

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Fresh Art @ FAB16

Creative Perspectives exhibition & workshops

Fresh Art @ FAB16 with Creative Perspectives exhibition and ‘An Hour A Day’ Free workshops for Creative Arts, Health & Wellbeing 1st – 12th June (11am - 4pm), Roper gallery, Bath Artists Studio. New art created for ward 4 dementia assessment walls, St Martin's Hospital inspired through positive wellbeing workshops at Bath Museums. For up to date information visit www.creativityworks.org.uk More info and booking...

Kingston Parade

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Forest of the Imagination

World heritage city to host pop-up contemporary arts event with conservation theme
Spaces around Bath Abbey are to be transformed into a temporary fantastical forest and outdoor gallery by a collective of local artists and creative businesses during a free, four-day contemporary arts event on 3-6 June 2016.


Featuring a playful programme of sensory installations, artworks, outdoor theatre and participatory creative activities for visitors of all ages, Forest of Imagination is returning to the World Heritage City for its third year this summer. More info and booking...

Sawclose & Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Streats Ltd. & Bath Fringe

Bedlam Fair

The Fringe's Street Arts weekend is returning to the city centre on Saturday afternoon and then heads to Green Park Station to continue our railway theme. On Sunday we'll be dodging between the building works and confused traffic in SawClose and Kingsmead Square. More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00
Doors open: 12:00

Dudlow Joe

How come one of Bath's most popular bands has never played The Bell?
Back in the day they were playing literally everywhere else so we left them to it. Nowadays they don't do so much, so a triumphal return to the city where they began seemed a great idea.
Blues & boogie-woogie with a fine pianist and assortment of vocalists. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 16:00

OnSet Productions present

When Will it be Me?

Freddie Sinclair is having a mid life crisis at 27. With the pressure of settling down and finding a ‘real job’ becoming a terrifying reality, he decides to up-sticks and go to Ecuador to fulfil his travelling dreams, enjoy a life of no commitment and fill his days with frivolity and all round good times. Our story follows the people he has left behind; his mum, his best friend and his older sibling; in their jealousies over his ‘success’. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 18:00

OnSet Productions present

Inward Ripples

It’s funny; you’re ready to let someone go, and they sail right back to you. Water under the bridge? You wish. First a memory, then a thought... then want.
Meet Boy. Boy wants Girl.
More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £6 door £5 advance
Start time: 18:00

RMT Music & Furthur present:

Psych Out! - psychedelic marathon

Ulysses, The Brackish, Cloudshoes, Rauschenberg

5 hour psych melt-down referencing many of psychedelia’s myriad faces (maaaan). Headliners Ulysses are from the glam-rock end of the spectrum and probably the best rock band in town right now; The Brackish are arty post-Beefheart mindboggling; Cloudshoes float through the sky, beaming; and Rauschenberg make a lovely and cosmic noise.. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre

Price: £10 (£7 concs)
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:45

South West Dance Theatre presents

Lady MacBeth

with Edson Burton and Sandra Barefoot

Success but at what price? We harness a triad of eloquent dance, dextrous prose and animated signing to spin a tale of avarice and murder. Ballet, street, contemporary dance, Latin, poetry, speech and British Sign language for the deaf all intertwine in an epic retelling of Shakespeare’s timeless classic. More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £8 / £5 concs
Start time: 19:30

Bath University Student Theatre

Hamlet

Directed by Jamie Leich

“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark”... Vengeful Hamlet, haunted by his father’s Ghost and his own melancholy, seeks justice against his uncle who has usurped the throne and taken the Queen as his wife. Set in a 20th Century dictatorship, this shortened Shakespearean classic explores treachery, love, madness and revenge. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 20:00

The Brilliant Buskers of Bath

Jerri Hart hosts an evening featuring music from the best entertainers to be found performing on the streets of the Bath. Full line-up TBC, please see web-site for further details. More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £10 Adv: £12 Door Price
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Lucy Ward

BBC Radio 2 Folk Horizon Award 2012, and being nominated for BBC Folk Singer of the Year Award 2014, Lucy is now established as one of the UK’s top folk performers who delights audiences with her beautiful voice, depth, originality of her songs and her witty and warm stage persona. More info and booking...

Sleight Bar

Price: £10/£7 concs
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 20:15

Bizarre Bath

Deceptively Simple

With Noel Britten & Richard McDougall

Join us for this celebration of 25 years of one of Bath's great comedy institutions - "Bizarre Bath". Noel Britten and award winning magician Richard McDougall take a skewed and humorous look at the world of magic and illusion. Prepare to learn the secrets of deception, laugh at them and then be fooled by them again.

Never has discovering the inner details of deception been so much fun! (Not suitable for under 16's) More info and booking...

Monday 6th June 2016

Bath Artists' Studios

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Fresh Art @ FAB16

Creative Perspectives exhibition & workshops

Fresh Art @ FAB16 with Creative Perspectives exhibition and ‘An Hour A Day’ Free workshops for Creative Arts, Health & Wellbeing 1st – 12th June (11am - 4pm), Roper gallery, Bath Artists Studio. New art created for ward 4 dementia assessment walls, St Martin's Hospital inspired through positive wellbeing workshops at Bath Museums. For up to date information visit www.creativityworks.org.uk More info and booking...

Kingston Parade

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Forest of the Imagination

World heritage city to host pop-up contemporary arts event with conservation theme
Spaces around Bath Abbey are to be transformed into a temporary fantastical forest and outdoor gallery by a collective of local artists and creative businesses during a free, four-day contemporary arts event on 3-6 June 2016.


Featuring a playful programme of sensory installations, artworks, outdoor theatre and participatory creative activities for visitors of all ages, Forest of Imagination is returning to the World Heritage City for its third year this summer. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £7 (Full Price) £5(Concessions) £3(Bath Spa Students)
Start time: 18:00

The Rue Theatre presents

The Dead Boat On Wheels

Are you scared to die? The Dead Boat on Wheels is a gritty performance that takes you through the river Styx in a hospital bed, anno 2016. Based on the research of an arts facilitator who worked with terminally ill patients, the performance faces questions surrounding death head on, and opens up the conversation about death and bereavement in a medicalized world.

Extra info: 12+

More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £8 / £5 concs
Start time: 19:30

Bath University Student Theatre

Good Morning, Bill

PG Wodehouse, Directed by Monica Cox

A farce which will leave your cheeks aching from laughter. Bill is holidaying where he's met an attractive, but common young girl, Lottie. Sensing her charms are diminishing, Lottie has a fit of hysterics and Doctor Sally is called in. From then on numerous complications arise… More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 20:00

OnSet Productions present

Howl

A troubled writer struggles, pushing through roadblocks in both his personal and professional life. As he becomes frustrated he creates a reflection of himself, one that is impulsive, confident and successful in his endeavours. When he falls in love with a girl at his work, the reflection begins to act erratically and the man realises he is losing control of himself. More info and booking...

Sleight Bar

Price: £10/£7 concs
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 20:15

Bizarre Bath

Deceptively Simple

With Noel Britten & Richard McDougall

Join us for this celebration of 25 years of one of Bath's great comedy institutions - "Bizarre Bath". Noel Britten and award winning magician Richard McDougall take a skewed and humorous look at the world of magic and illusion. Prepare to learn the secrets of deception, laugh at them and then be fooled by them again.

Never has discovering the inner details of deception been so much fun! (Not suitable for under 16's) More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Kevin Figes Sextet

Kevin Figes Sextet More info and booking...

Tuesday 7th June 2016

Bath Artists' Studios

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Fresh Art @ FAB16

Creative Perspectives exhibition & workshops

Fresh Art @ FAB16 with Creative Perspectives exhibition and ‘An Hour A Day’ Free workshops for Creative Arts, Health & Wellbeing 1st – 12th June (11am - 4pm), Roper gallery, Bath Artists Studio. New art created for ward 4 dementia assessment walls, St Martin's Hospital inspired through positive wellbeing workshops at Bath Museums. For up to date information visit www.creativityworks.org.uk More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 16:00

OnSet Productions present

Roommate with my Demons

All of us want to seem normal. We all want to be perceived as though on the path that we have set ourselves.But what happens when your inner demons are trying to break through? Can you keep your inflictions within, or do they end up consuming you? More info and booking...

Friends Meeting House

Price: £8
Start time: 17:30
Doors open: 17:00

By Olly Fry

I, Hooky

a 1hr show.

I HOOKY, an hour long two men Frantic and darkly comic quest between Olly Fry and the maniacal mad creation of J.M. Barrie's. Captain James Hook.
Our mission, to remember the point where we leave behind childhood forever.
Contains strong language, awfully acted death scenes and a disgustingly cute ending.

Extra info: Does contain strong language.

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 18:00

OnSet Productions present

Nobody Suspects a Murder

A musical murder mystery set in 1935. A pompous upper class family are grief stricken after receiving news of Granny’s death. That is until an even more pompous Inspector starts to uncover the truth. Whodunit? Everyone is a suspect - even the band!! More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 20:00

OnSet Productions present

Dear Me

If you could write a letter to your younger self, what would you say? With thousands of places and faces woven into a colourful patchwork in your mind, what do you choose to share and what stays hidden in the bottom of a dusty cardboard box. Dear Me invites you back to a place in your memory - why don’t you open the door and see what’s waiting inside? More info and booking...

Sleight Bar

Price: £10/£7 concs
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 20:15

Bizarre Bath

Deceptively Simple

With Noel Britten & Richard McDougall

Join us for this celebration of 25 years of one of Bath's great comedy institutions - "Bizarre Bath". Noel Britten and award winning magician Richard McDougall take a skewed and humorous look at the world of magic and illusion. Prepare to learn the secrets of deception, laugh at them and then be fooled by them again.

Never has discovering the inner details of deception been so much fun! (Not suitable for under 16's) More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Tuesday Choice

John Fairhurst (solo)

John Fairhurst truly epitomises the modern day wandering blues man. Stories of hunger, listlessness, roaming and reckless abandon are just a prelude to John’s amazing story.
The Guardian described his 2008 debut album Joys of Spring as “Truly exquisite” More info and booking...

Wednesday 8th June 2016

Bath Artists' Studios

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Fresh Art @ FAB16

Creative Perspectives exhibition & workshops

Fresh Art @ FAB16 with Creative Perspectives exhibition and ‘An Hour A Day’ Free workshops for Creative Arts, Health & Wellbeing 1st – 12th June (11am - 4pm), Roper gallery, Bath Artists Studio. New art created for ward 4 dementia assessment walls, St Martin's Hospital inspired through positive wellbeing workshops at Bath Museums. For up to date information visit www.creativityworks.org.uk More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 16:00

OnSet Productions present

Roommate with my Demons

All of us want to seem normal. We all want to be perceived as though on the path that we have set ourselves.But what happens when your inner demons are trying to break through? Can you keep your inflictions within, or do they end up consuming you? More info and booking...

Friends Meeting House

Price: £8
Start time: 17:30
Doors open: 17:00

By Olly Fry

I, Hooky

a 1hr show.

I HOOKY, an hour long two men Frantic and darkly comic quest between Olly Fry and the maniacal mad creation of J.M. Barrie's. Captain James Hook.
Our mission, to remember the point where we leave behind childhood forever.
Contains strong language, awfully acted death scenes and a disgustingly cute ending.

Extra info: Does contain strong language

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £3; £5; £7
Start time: 18:00

Spontaneous Theatre Company presents

Hippocrite

with Lindsey Garwood and Nathan Keates

This two-headed hippopotamus is a playful animal that clowns around, opposing and agreeing with itself in altering moods. Hippos are beautiful, yet deadly creatures, coming from a need for self-defense, like humans. This isn't the only reason either are aggressive. Our two-headed hippo is a hypocrite. More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Free
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Museum of Bath at Work Presents

The Boyfriend

Starring Twiggy, Barbara Windsor, Glenda Jackson etc

Ken Russell's classic film 'The Boyfriend' from 1972.

Extra info: Introduced by Museum Director Stuart Burroughs

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £7 (Full Price) £5(Concessions) £3(Bath Spa Students)
Start time: 20:00

The Rue Theatre presents

The Dead Boat On Wheels

Are you scared to die? The Dead Boat on Wheels is a gritty performance that takes you through the river Styx in a hospital bed, anno 2016. Based on the research of an arts facilitator who worked with terminally ill patients, the performance faces questions surrounding death head on, and opens up the conversation about death and bereavement in a medicalized world.

Extra info: 12+, Seminar Afterwards

More info and booking...

Club XL - Upstairs

Price: £10
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Bath Comedy @ Bath Fringe

Bill Smarme & The Bizness plus Special Guests - Bill Smarme Comes Strictly Dancing

Foxtrot Tango! Foxtrot Tango!.....Bill Smarme hosts a cheeky evening of dance inspired Musical Cabaret.
A riotous fandango of hip hop, flip flop, lindy hop and new fangled tangos performed by Bill, his swinging band The Bizness and Special Guests. Watch Bill put his left leg in and shake it all about for a truly terpsichoreal experience.
Sold out last year so book early to ensure disappointment. More info and booking...

Sleight Bar

Price: £10/£7 concs
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 20:15

Bizarre Bath

Deceptively Simple

With Noel Britten & Richard McDougall

Join us for this celebration of 25 years of one of Bath's great comedy institutions - "Bizarre Bath". Noel Britten and award winning magician Richard McDougall take a skewed and humorous look at the world of magic and illusion. Prepare to learn the secrets of deception, laugh at them and then be fooled by them again.

Never has discovering the inner details of deception been so much fun! (Not suitable for under 16's) More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Mohawkestra

Innovative Bristol electric funk band recently returned to the live businss after a long lay-off in other bands, new serious recording out very soon, in fact this should be the launch.
Joe Wilkins, Evan Newman, Pedro Alves, Marcel Osborne and Edward Gallimore. all familiar faces from some of the best rhythm-inclined outfits in the city. More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £7 / 5 Concs adv; £8 door
Start time: 21:00
Doors open: 20:30

Azhaar & Global Wave

Plus DJ and Visuals

Versatile jazz violinist and vocalist, Azhaar made her name fronting the excellent Brazilian Jazz group Sirius B. She returns from travelling and touring the Americas with her new project, Global Wave
Azhaar Saffar: violin and vocals / Anders Olinder: keyboards / Jake Miles Tyghe: bass / Paolo Adamo: drums / Ivan Moreno: percussion More info and booking...

Thursday 9th June 2016

Sorry, this event is cancelled

St John the Evangelist

Price: £6 or £10 if combined with a ticket for the walk
Start time: 09:30
Doors open: 09:00

Downside Abbey Monastery and Library Presents:

The Gordon Riots in Bath - Talk

with Simon Johnson and Steve Poole

The Gordon Riots began in Bath on 9 June 1780. For two days, riots broke out across the city centre. Hear from two experts on the subject, and walk with us as we rediscover the sites of this historic event. More info and booking...

Bath Artists' Studios

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Fresh Art @ FAB16

Creative Perspectives exhibition & workshops

Fresh Art @ FAB16 with Creative Perspectives exhibition and ‘An Hour A Day’ Free workshops for Creative Arts, Health & Wellbeing 1st – 12th June (11am - 4pm), Roper gallery, Bath Artists Studio. New art created for ward 4 dementia assessment walls, St Martin's Hospital inspired through positive wellbeing workshops at Bath Museums. For up to date information visit www.creativityworks.org.uk More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

The Circus

Price: £6 or £10 if combined with a ticket for the walk
Start time: 13:15
Doors open: 13:00

Downside Abbey Monastery and Library Presents:

The Gordon Riots in Bath - Walk

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Extra info: This is a walk around Bath city centre, so wear appropriate footwear. If the weather is very poor this will be a virtual tour held in the church of St John the Evangelist..

More info and booking...

Molloys

Price: Free
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:45

Tinned Pizza Company

As You Like It

Something is stirring in the winter wind around the Forest of Arden. It is love in all its complexities. Love is in the air for the young and free. Come hither, drink with the Duke, and listen to a winter’s tale in this new student production. More info and booking...

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 19:30

Liberated Words present

Dance and Freedom

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The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £10
Start time: 20:00

An evening with Eddie Martin

The Story of the Blues

Performance

“Absolutely Superb” BBC Radio 2 Paul Jones. “A Blues Master” New Jersey Times. Eddie Martin’s performances with Big Band or one-man-band have been acclaimed from Festival stages round Europe to Jook Joints in Clarksdale, Mississippi. Tonight his solo show brings the history of his beloved blues music alive with anecdotes, guitar and harmonica wizardry, and songs from the Delta to the British Blues Boom and back to Chicago.
Eddie will run a harmonica workshop before the performance, commencing at 6.30pm. For workshop details and prices contact Eddie direct through his website.

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £3; £5; £7
Start time: 20:00

Spontaneous Theatre Company presents

Hippocrite

with Lindsey Garwood and Nathan Keates

This two-headed hippopotamus is a playful animal that clowns around, opposing and agreeing with itself in altering moods. Hippos are beautiful, yet deadly creatures, coming from a need for self-defense, like humans. This isn't the only reason either are aggressive. Our two-headed hippo is a hypocrite. More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £5
Start time: 20:00

Sylvia Hunt

Dog Show

Coiffed and teased to perfection, clipped and trimmed in all the right
places Sylvia Hunt's Dog Show is a fabulous 60 minutes of canine high jinks & biscuit slobbering joy. . Humorous, hilarious and painfully poignant this show explores the complex, co-dependant relationship we share with our canine companions. "an absolute gem of a show" Theatre Bath

More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £10/£8 concs (NUS, unwaged, Friends of the Festival)
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Widcombe Nights Comedy Special

Starring: Nick Doody, Aideen McQueen, Bilal Zafar, Philip Cooper

Bath Comedy presents an evening of great stand-up comedy in Widcombe's new fantastic venue. Starring Nick Doody, Aideen McQueen, Bilal Zafar and Philip Cooper.
"All hail Nick Doody...pure comedy gold" ***** Metro More info and booking...

Friday 10th June 2016

Bath Artists' Studios

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Fresh Art @ FAB16

Creative Perspectives exhibition & workshops

Fresh Art @ FAB16 with Creative Perspectives exhibition and ‘An Hour A Day’ Free workshops for Creative Arts, Health & Wellbeing 1st – 12th June (11am - 4pm), Roper gallery, Bath Artists Studio. New art created for ward 4 dementia assessment walls, St Martin's Hospital inspired through positive wellbeing workshops at Bath Museums. For up to date information visit www.creativityworks.org.uk More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 16:00

OnSet Productions present

Fear of God

Copenhagen 1518, people are starving, homeless and sick with disease. Marin and Annette have run out of food, they don’t know when they will eat again. Both believe in very different solutions to their plight
and they are forced to take desperate measures in order to survive. Meanwhile outside, their neighbours
start to dance...
you?
More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

Burdall's Yard

Price: £8; £7; £6
Start time: 18:00

Tayo Aluko and Friends Present

Just An Ordinary Lawyer

Written and performed by Tayo Aluko

WE ARE SORRY BUT THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED
He is Britain’s first Black judge. He is also a fine singer and keen cricket lover. Tunji Sowande is not a political man – just an ordinary lawyer, he says. Finding himself stranded in the heart of empire, he muses on Black liberation struggles worldwide, contributing only through his music. More info and booking...

Museum of Bath Architecture

Price: £8 including wine/refreshments
Start time: 18:30
Doors open: 18:00

Musicke in the Ayre presents

Grounds for Double Delight

songs & duets based on 17th century

An early-evening chill-out with beautiful music created over simple popular patterns. Two sopranos and early plucked strings bring to life early Baroque masterpieces by Monteverdi, Purcell, Lambert and Legrenzi.
Maria Danishvar Brown and Jane Hunt are accompanied by Din Ghani on lute, archlute and baroque guitar.
HIGH RISK OF EARWORMS!
More info and booking...

Molloys

Price: Free
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:45

Tinned Pizza Company

As You Like It

Something is stirring in the winter wind around the Forest of Arden. It is love in all its complexities. Love is in the air for the young and free. Come hither, drink with the Duke, and listen to a winter’s tale in this new student production. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £14 full price £12 concession
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Hambledon Productions with the kind support of The Tommy Estate and Vicky Cooper presents

Just Like That! The Tommy Cooper Show

The Smash Hit West End Tribute Show

Tommy Cooper, with his impeccable timing, misfiring magic, and quick-fire gags was an international star.
"JLT!" is touring nationwide after sell-out success in the West End. Featuring John Hewer giving "a perfect illusion of time travel" as the man in the fez, this is the perfect celebration of Britain's favourite comedian. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £10
Start time: 19:45

Double Bill

Davis Lindley Mullan with Special Guests Leon Hunt and Jason Titley

DLM are a vehicle for some of the finest songs Andrew Cresswell Davis has ever written. Along with Clare Lindley and Brian Mullan they play a variety of instruments and the addition of three fine voices singing beautiful harmonies breathes life into songs about love, loss, life ......and squirrels. New duo of bluegrass masters Leon Hunt and Jason Titley completes the bill More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £5
Start time: 20:00

Sylvia Hunt

Dog Show

Coiffed and teased to perfection, clipped and trimmed in all the right
places Sylvia Hunt's Dog Show is a fabulous 60 minutes of canine high jinks & biscuit slobbering joy. . Humorous, hilarious and painfully poignant this show explores the complex, co-dependant relationship we share with our canine companions. "an absolute gem of a show" Theatre Bath

More info and booking...

Natural Theatre Studio

Price: £8
Start time: 20:00

Modest Geniuses

Dying to Please You

We have devised this mortally funny piece of theatre exploring the comedy behind death, dying and grief. Through music, dance and physical theatre we hope to interpret the world of death and dying as gentle and ridiculous. This project is an exploration into the question: Can we laugh in the face of death? More info and booking...

The Bell - Love Lounge (Back bar)

Price: Entry by donation
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 20:00

The Duckworths

and Friends

The Duckworths have been cooking up a new album, and Lawrie's been off on the road in the States getting into the kind of trouble that will write the next one and make his legend one day: this is their first serious live showing in a while, and will feature side-performances from various bandmates & associates. Ray Bradbury stories set to alternate-reality lullabies. More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £6 on the door
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 20:00

Ichi meets Kid Carpet

Two unique musicians with a DIY attitude.
Ichi makes his own instruments and his performance, while breaking barriers and misusing conventions, is always entertaining, tuneful, danceable even.
Kid Carpet makes a sort of candy punk rock with toy and broken instruments and a lot of (sometimes misplaced) energy. More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

The Royal Oak

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Furthur presents

The Neighbourhood Strange

WE ARE SORRY BUT THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED
Formed in 2015, not far from Stonehenge in the confluence of the five rivers, The Neighbourhood Strange's edgy punk-tinged psychedelic garage-rock will certainly gain approval from weird neighbour Julian Cope: desolate heartfelt vocals, fuzzy guitars and reedy organ: the bastard love child of Lou Reed and Reg Presley! More info and booking...

Prior Park

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 21:00
Doors open: 19:30

Kilter Theatre presents

The Darkling Society

A Play. Outside. After Dark.

Stay up late tonight, pack a torch, and make a pilgrimage into the great outdoors. As the sun sets over Bath, join a band of musicians and outsiders for an expedition like no other! Cosy up as darkness falls and watch the wonder and wisdom of the night unfold before your very eyes! More info and booking...

Saturday 11th June 2016

Sorry, this performance is cancelled.
Other performances are still taking place.

Green Park

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

John Barclay presents

Poetry a la Carte

performance poetry - but not as you know it!

In the tranquility of Green Park, writer and entertainer John Barclay presents poems chosen by the audience from a menu of his best plus popular pieces by others. Suitable for all ages. Come and go as you please. "John Barclay had full command of the audience and delighted us with some very entertaining work" (Paula Brown of the People's Poet)

Extra info: today's performance cancelled - but tomorrow's is still happening

More info and booking...

Bath Artists' Studios

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Fresh Art @ FAB16

Creative Perspectives exhibition & workshops

Fresh Art @ FAB16 with Creative Perspectives exhibition and ‘An Hour A Day’ Free workshops for Creative Arts, Health & Wellbeing 1st – 12th June (11am - 4pm), Roper gallery, Bath Artists Studio. New art created for ward 4 dementia assessment walls, St Martin's Hospital inspired through positive wellbeing workshops at Bath Museums. For up to date information visit www.creativityworks.org.uk More info and booking...

The Bell - Love Lounge (Back bar)

Price: Free
Start time: 16:00

The Oxymoron

The Oxymoron

The Oxymoron on line alternative comedy club live!

The Oxymoron on line alternative comedy club, found as a group on Facebook. Emerges from cyberspace to present a live comedy show, featuring members of the club and guests.
This show will be streamed live via The Bell,Bath UK. Donation on the door
The word on the street (or, rather, the pub garden) is that there are still some slots but they're filling up fast! More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: Full Price: £5 Concessions: £3
Start time: 16:00

James Elston in

Krapp's Last Tape

Written by Samuel Beckett

James Elston is KRAPP. No really, he is Krapp.

Following the destructive nature an addiction for the past can have on the present, and the future. Accepting that his life is coming to an end, Krapp listens to his old tape recordings in hope of finding happiness and comfort within them. What follows is something far worse. . .

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 18:00

OnSet Productions present

Fear of God

Copenhagen 1518, people are starving, homeless and sick with disease. Marin and Annette have run out of food, they don’t know when they will eat again. Both believe in very different solutions to their plight
and they are forced to take desperate measures in order to survive. Meanwhile outside, their neighbours
start to dance...
you?
More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £9
Start time: 20:00

Lose The Shoes (featuring James Warren)

Klassic Hits, Kovers & The Korgis

The vibrant Bath music scene has given rise to a succession of critically acclaimed bands through the years, including Strackridge, Graduate, The Korgis, and Tears For Fears. Many of the musicians associated with those groups have led a double life as Lose The Shoes, a sideline act dedicated to celebrating classic pop, rock, Motown and Disco, in addition to their own musical legacies. Limited Seating Available More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

Burdall's Yard

Price: £8; £7; £6
Start time: 20:00

Tayo Aluko and Friends Present

Just An Ordinary Lawyer

Written and performed by Tayo Aluko

WE ARE SORRY BUT THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED
He is Britain’s first Black judge. He is also a fine singer and keen cricket lover. Tunji Sowande is not a political man – just an ordinary lawyer, he says. Finding himself stranded in the heart of empire, he muses on Black liberation struggles worldwide, contributing only through his music. More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £5
Start time: 20:00

Sylvia Hunt

Dog Show

Coiffed and teased to perfection, clipped and trimmed in all the right
places Sylvia Hunt's Dog Show is a fabulous 60 minutes of canine high jinks & biscuit slobbering joy. . Humorous, hilarious and painfully poignant this show explores the complex, co-dependant relationship we share with our canine companions. "an absolute gem of a show" Theatre Bath

More info and booking...

Natural Theatre Studio

Price: £8
Start time: 20:00

Modest Geniuses

Dying to Please You

We have devised this mortally funny piece of theatre exploring the comedy behind death, dying and grief. Through music, dance and physical theatre we hope to interpret the world of death and dying as gentle and ridiculous. This project is an exploration into the question: Can we laugh in the face of death? More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £8
Start time: 20:00

K'Chevere

One of the UK’s finest, this 9 piece Latin band is strongly influenced by music and rhythms from across Latin America. Artists including ‘Tito Puente’, 'Patato Valdés’, 'Buena Vista Social Club’ and ‘Eddie Palmieri’, have influenced their mix of Cuban classics with their own original compositions, that combine Afro-Cuban dance rhythms such as Son, Danzón and Cha-Cha-Cha with a blend of Latin Jazz and Salsa. More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: From £11
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 18:30

Krater Comedy Club

Marcel Lucont, Luke Toulson, Milo McCabe, MC: Sally Anne Hayward

Watch three top stand-ups and enjoy the best comperes in the business, plus eat delicious food served by our Soil Association Gold Standard Award Winning Restaurant. And for the full Saturday Night Out Krater Comedy Club ticket holders gain FREE ENTRY, without a queue to the sell-out club night Motorcity. More info and booking...

Prior Park

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 21:00
Doors open: 19:30

Kilter Theatre presents

The Darkling Society

A Play. Outside. After Dark.

Stay up late tonight, pack a torch, and make a pilgrimage into the great outdoors. As the sun sets over Bath, join a band of musicians and outsiders for an expedition like no other! Cosy up as darkness falls and watch the wonder and wisdom of the night unfold before your very eyes! More info and booking...

Sunday 12th June 2016

Green Park

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

John Barclay presents

Poetry a la Carte

performance poetry - but not as you know it!

In the tranquility of Green Park, writer and entertainer John Barclay presents poems chosen by the audience from a menu of his best plus popular pieces by others. Suitable for all ages. Come and go as you please. "John Barclay had full command of the audience and delighted us with some very entertaining work" (Paula Brown of the People's Poet)

Extra info: continuous performance 1100 to 1500 - just drop in

More info and booking...

Bath Artists' Studios

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Fresh Art @ FAB16

Creative Perspectives exhibition & workshops

Fresh Art @ FAB16 with Creative Perspectives exhibition and ‘An Hour A Day’ Free workshops for Creative Arts, Health & Wellbeing 1st – 12th June (11am - 4pm), Roper gallery, Bath Artists Studio. New art created for ward 4 dementia assessment walls, St Martin's Hospital inspired through positive wellbeing workshops at Bath Museums. For up to date information visit www.creativityworks.org.uk More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00
Doors open: 12:00

Pete Brandt

and band

WE ARE SORRY BUT THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED
Already featuring in that as-yet unwritten Walcot musical history book for creating Slow Twitch Fibres with a post-Korgi Andy Davis, Pete is something of a legendary musos’ muso over in Bristol, with everything from hardcore free jazz to soundtracks to idiosyncratic and witty songwriting to his credit. We think it’s the latter that will characterise today’s performance: band also featuring Andy, Eddie John and Valere Speranza. More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00
Doors open: 12:00

Bath Music super-bill

Larkhall, Waitress for the Bees, Neil Gay

Three of the most creative minds in town...

Replacing the cancelled Pete Brandt show (to be rescheduled) we have a triple bill - no less - of contemporary Bath creativity.
Two projects involve musician/novelist/academic Emma Hooper - one performed by her partner Charlie - and the third head to this trinity is her fomer colleague from The Cedar, Neil Gay, one of the most under-rated but creative musical minds in the city for some years now. More info and booking...

Bath Aqua Theatre of Glass

Price: £4
Start time: 14:30
Doors open: 14:00

Bath Aqua Glass presents

Obsidian Strikes Back!

Madness in its purest form

Return to the world of Obsidian. Journey through the depths of creativity and insanity to arrive in a place where logic has no power.
This family friendly show combines music, glass blowing and spoken word in a string of acts that will leave you speechless.
All profits go to charity.

Extra info: Wheelchair access

More info and booking...

The Bell - Love Lounge (Back bar)

Price: Free
Start time: 15:30

Walcot Weekend Television

Walcot History Event

Films & talk (maybe) touching on history of the alternatve arts & related social movements, in Walcot in particular.
Starting at 3.30 with a selection from the archives:
Nasher's Last Journey (film of the procession etc.)
Duck Man
BEDLAM 2013-2016 selection
Hat and Feather Open Stage
Haven't you got homes to got to? (Ever-popular account of the Last day in the Hat & Feather)

Then on to films from other sources:
5.30 'Off the Cut' 20 minutes from in-the-know local film-maker about life on the Kennet & Avon Canal
6pm 'Everybody's Wally' - 60min film about the life of Wally Hope who was a prime mover in the founding of Stonehenge Free Festival and other totemic /70s events (that Bath people also featured at in a big way).
More items to be announced. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / 3 Concs
Start time: 16:00

OnSet Productions present

Howl

A troubled writer struggles, pushing through roadblocks in both his personal and professional life. As he becomes frustrated he creates a reflection of himself, one that is impulsive, confident and successful in his endeavours. When he falls in love with a girl at his work, the reflection begins to act erratically and the man realises he is losing control of himself. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: Full Price: £5 Concessions: £3
Start time: 19:00

James Elston in

Krapp's Last Tape

Written by Samuel Beckett

James Elston is KRAPP. No really, he is Krapp.

Following the destructive nature an addiction for the past can have on the present, and the future. Accepting that his life is coming to an end, Krapp listens to his old tape recordings in hope of finding happiness and comfort within them. What follows is something far worse. . .

More info and booking...

Ustinov

Price: £10/£7
Start time: 20:00

TRB Engage and Bath Spa University presents

The 24 Hour Plays

Without question, one of the most heart-poundingly exciting theatrical experiences going.

Six writers, six directors and a pool of actors meet for the first time on a Saturday night.

By the Sunday night, they will have written, directed, rehearsed and performed six brand new pieces of theatre. More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 20:30

End of the Fringe Party

with ShakShak

We end the festival with Walcot favourites and all-round festival goodtimes guaranteed collective ShakShak. Eternal spring in your step ska groove referencing Afro, Calypso and Celtic flavours from a familiar bunch of faces who are themselves embodiments of Walcot history and connectedness. More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Walcot Weekend Television

Walcot History Event

Films & talk (maybe) touching on history of the alternatve arts & related social movements, in Walcot in particular.
Starting at 3.30 with a selection from the archives:
Nasher's Last Journey (film of the procession etc.)
Duck Man
BEDLAM 2013-2016 selection
Hat and Feather Open Stage
Haven't you got homes to got to? (Ever-popular account of the Last day in the Hat & Feather)

Then on to films from other sources:
5.30 'Off the Cut' 20 minutes from in-the-know local film-maker about life on the Kennet & Avon Canal
6pm 'Everybody's Wally' - 60min film about the life of Wally Hope who was a prime mover in the founding of Stonehenge Free Festival and other totemic /70s events (that Bath people also featured at in a big way).
More items to be announced.

Extra info: films to be projected in the garden later (minimal soundtrack)

More info and booking...

Saturday 20th May 2017

The Old Barn, Kelston Roundhill

Price: £14
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:30

Kelston Records presents:

Gas Giants

plus support

The mighty Gas Giants re-emerge from interstellar cloud for special intimate event in the unique surroundings of the barn. The stars are closer out there. Will (Goldfrapp) Gregory meets superlative drummer Tony Orrell and cosmic tinkerer Ross Hughes in a surrealist soundtrack world of their own. Unique and unmissable. More info and booking...

Sunday 21st May 2017

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Barbarella's Bang Bang

Strikingly theatrical take on that old Gipsy Cabaret style, still coming up with new spins of the wheel since the 19th Century. A clear vision of what they want to say and the musical ability to make it work. Will appeal to Euro intellectuals, goths and plain ol' weirdoes More info and booking...

Wednesday 24th May 2017

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Bonfire Radicals

One of the myriad ways that British Folk Forms are spinning themselves in the modern world, the six B.Rads pack in influences from World, Rock and Early Music to form something that veers dangerously from the calm, considered or clever into jumping around raucously. They're really not much like anything else out there, though fans of The Moulettes and the folkier end of Prog will share aspirations. More info and booking...

Friday 26th May 2017

Crystal Palace pub - Outside, in Abbey Green

Price: £9 / £6 Concs
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:45

Kilter Theatre presents

The Pub Tour

A Walking Tour of Bath's Historical Pubs

Meet outside The Crystal Palace Pub, Abbey Green for a charming local’s guide to the best secret drinking holes in town. A 90-minute witty walkabout through Bath’s Drinking History with round after round of fascinating facts delivered in a tongue-in-cheek Pub Quiz format. Come ready with a winning Team Name. Prizes to be won!

Extra info: Dress for the weather.

More info and booking...

The Bell - Love Lounge (Back bar)

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

FAB & Bath Fringe

Openings Night Party

Dance yourself Arty

It's where you head after the art openings close: we're still celebrating! Late licence and guest DJs/performers to be advised nearer the time. More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £12.50 Advance: £10.00 adv; £12.50 on door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Papillon

Violin and guitar duo

Papillon is the new project by Anna Phoebe and Nicolas Rizzi. It combines raw Eastern inspired violin and guitar melodies set within cinematic soundscapes. Anna Phoebe has performed throughout the world as a featured soloist for various artists and is now carving a career with her own projects. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £10 per adult (£8 concession)
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Softsod Productions presents

Fragile Man

Written and produced by David Martin

On an isolated hilltop two men must confront their darkest secrets and deepest fears in a chance encounter destined to change their lives forever. An unsettling and insightful drama exploring fate, faith, envy, self-preservation and the mental and emotional struggle we face to know our true selves. More info and booking...

The Ale House - Upstairs

Price: £10
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Krowd Keepers Magic Theatre

Krowd Keepers is a weekly magic theatre in Bath presenting some of the top magicians in the world. No Rabbits, Cheese or Top Hats; instead quality magic which engages, astonishes and entertains diverse audiences with great participation. Comedy and magic mixed together at its best.

Extra info: Suggested age limit 10 +

More info and booking...

Saturday 27th May 2017

The Mission Theatre

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 13:30

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: No Innocent Laughter by James Green

More info and booking...

The Bell - Love Lounge (Back bar)

Price: £10 (plus £3 drum hire if needed)
Start time: 15:00

Amadou Diagne

Djembe Workshop

Beginner/Intermediate level Djembe workshop. Connect to some new rhythms that - however simple or complicated - end up as an exciting whole experience within the group.
Bring your own drum or pre-book one for loan (£3 extra) if available. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 15:30

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Heels and Ties

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 16:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: The Ripper

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 17:30

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Final Test

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 18:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Crush

More info and booking...

Crystal Palace pub - Outside, in Abbey Green

Price: £9 / £6 Concs
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:45

Kilter Theatre presents

The Pub Tour

A Walking Tour of Bath's Historical Pubs

Meet outside The Crystal Palace Pub, Abbey Green for a charming local’s guide to the best secret drinking holes in town. A 90-minute witty walkabout through Bath’s Drinking History with round after round of fascinating facts delivered in a tongue-in-cheek Pub Quiz format. Come ready with a winning Team Name. Prizes to be won!

Extra info: Dress for the weather

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 19:30

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Heartbeat

More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £10/£8
Start time: 20:00

NOS Three Presents

Blooming Out

with Bianca Bertalot and Maria de Jesus Aguiar

“Blooming Out is a funny and clever non-verbal language clown show - interpreted by two Brazilian women - that embraces the disparate and fascinating themes of the feminine universe, such as fragility, physical transformation, period, maternity, social taboos and love; all this covered in a light, comic and poetic way.”

Extra info: age 12+

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £10 / £8 Concs/ £5 BSUStudent
Start time: 20:00

Gritty Theatre

Chapel Street

By Luke Barnes

As bottles are drained and the sun sets, the two hit the town, neither aware that soon their lives will irreconcilably collide. An acerbic yet compassionate and comic portrait of good times gone bad for a betrayed generation in broken Britain.

**** Edfringe Review 2016
**** Edfringe Review 2016
**** Broadway Baby 2016

Extra info: Contains partial nudity and strong language

More info and booking...

The Bell - Love Lounge (Back bar)

Price: £6 (£5 concs.)
Start time: 20:00

Amadou Diagne

Solo Kora Concert

Amadou's great contribution to a number of bands (including his own) tends to obscure the fact that he's also a fine solo artist with a number of strings to his bow (or Kora). A solo Kora concert could go in a number of directions, traditional from his griot heritage, or contemporary with pedals and loops - or conceivably both! Only one way to find out!!
See also Djembe workshop in the afternoon More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: £19 (see komedia.co.uk for other ticketing options)
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 18:30

Krater Comedy Club

Watch three top stand-ups and enjoy the comedy stylings of one of the best comperes in the business, plus eat delicious food served by our Soil Association Gold Standard Award winning restaurant.

Extra info: This week’s line–up: Nick Doody // Danny O’Brian // Damian Clark // MC. Andy Robinson

More info and booking...

St James Wine Vaults - Upstairs (gallery room)

Price: £5.00
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Wassail Theatre Company presents

Rex The King

by Will Gore

A blind man walks into a pub and tells anyone who’ll listen that he was once the king of darts.
Rex The King is the story of a Somerset darts champion who ruled the world, but lost it all – it’s a theatrical tale that’s witty, uplifting and ludicrously tragic. Expect blood and sweat, tears and beers. More info and booking...

The Ale House - Upstairs

Price: £10
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Krowd Keepers Magic Theatre

Krowd Keepers is a weekly magic theatre in Bath presenting some of the top magicians in the world. No Rabbits, Cheese or Top Hats; instead quality magic which engages, astonishes and entertains diverse audiences with great participation. Comedy and magic mixed together at its best.

Extra info: Suggested age limit 10+

More info and booking...

The Barley Mow

Price: £3 / £4 on door
Start time: 21:00
Doors open: 20:00

Foxy Music presents

Burbank

Luke Gittins and Ashley Smith

Described as 'the new Lennon & McCartney' and signed without hesitation; with captivating original songs and harmonies, some fabulous guitar playing and a confident delivery (influenced by John Mayer & Ed Sheeran amongst others) see this talented new duo warm up for festival headliners & a tour of America while you can!

Extra info: 2 x 45 minute sets with a break.

More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: £6
Start time: 23:00
Doors open: 23:00

Motorcity

Bath’s busiest and best club night never fails to deliver a refreshing but classic mix of all the best Motown, Soul, Funk and Rock ‘n’ Roll Anthems to keep your feet stomping into the early hours! More info and booking...

Sunday 28th May 2017

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Kris & the Blues Machines

More usually seen with Canadian carney crew Blackberry Wood, musical omnivores to the max, this project sees frontman Kris making the style more straightforward but certainly not playing safe or straight. And he’s always been a great frontman too. Electro Blues this way! More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 13:30

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: You’ve Got Dragons

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 14:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Girls Like That

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 15:30

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: You’ve Got Dragons

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 16:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Crush

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 17:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Final Test

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £10 / £8 Concs/ £5 BSUStudent
Start time: 18:00

Gritty Theatre

Bones

By Jane Upton

19-year-old Mark cares for his drug-addict mum and her baby. He knows he has to make a choice that could change things forever, as he is living a life he never signed up for. But how far will he go? Contains scenes of a very graphic and sexual nature, nudity and strong language.


***** Edfringe Review 2016
***** Edfringe Review 2016
**** Broadway Baby 2016
**** Broadway Baby 2015

Extra info: Contains nudity and strong language

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 19:30

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Those Legs

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 20:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: The Ripper

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The Bell - Love Lounge (Back bar)

Price: £7
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Bath Comedy presents

Mishka Shubaly

Cult favorite singer/songwriter, who has opened nationally for comedy iconoclast Doug Stanhope and is known as one of Johnny Depp's favourite artists. Gruff-voiced Mishka takes time out of touring dive bars in the USA to play dive bars in the UK... More info and booking...

Monday 29th May 2017

The Mission Theatre

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 13:30

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Heartbeat

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Burdall's Yard

Price: £10 / £8 Concs/ £5 BSUStudent
Start time: 14:00

Gritty Theatre

Bones

By Jane Upton

19-year-old Mark cares for his drug-addict mum and her baby. He knows he has to make a choice that could change things forever, as he is living a life he never signed up for. But how far will he go? Contains scenes of a very graphic and sexual nature, nudity and strong language.


***** Edfringe Review 2016
***** Edfringe Review 2016
**** Broadway Baby 2016
**** Broadway Baby 2015

Extra info: Contains nudity and strong language

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No. 1 Royal Crescent - Outside

Price: Free
Start time: 14:00

Outside! NOW!! - Bath Fringe & Natural Theatre present:

Looking after No.1

Interactive Site-Specific Performance Event

Celebrating the workers that built and served the Royal Crescent.
It’s time to remember those without whom there would be no powder, clean sheets, lice free wigs, full bellies, warming coal or empty bed pans. The Natural Theatre Company and performers from around the SW have been working with Dutch company Directie & Co to produce an immersive treat that will titillate and transfix. Spot them pop up throughout the city as they make their way to the Grand Finale. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre

Price: £8 / £6 / £4 BSU
Start time: 15:30
Doors open: 15:15

GoodDog BadDog Theatre Company presents

Squeezy Green's Compendium of Games

a theatrical game show

For the first time in Bath, Squeezy Green and Finney Haddock are bringing a host of idiotic games to test you. Everyone plays as they split the audience to battle through a series of challenges for silliness’ sake.
Most suitable for 3+
By theatre makers Gwendolyn Scott and Megan Brooks More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 16:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Paying the Piper

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The Mission Theatre

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 17:30

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Heels and Ties

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Burdall's Yard

Price: £10 / £8 Concs/ £5 BSUStudent
Start time: 18:00

Gritty Theatre

Chapel Street

By Luke Barnes

As bottles are drained and the sun sets, the two hit the town, neither aware that soon their lives will irreconcilably collide. An acerbic yet compassionate and comic portrait of good times gone bad for a betrayed generation in broken Britain.

**** Edfringe Review 2016
**** Edfringe Review 2016
**** Broadway Baby 2016

Extra info: Contains partial nudity and strong language

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The Mission Theatre

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 19:30

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Footprints on the Moon

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Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 20:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: MadMan

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The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £8 / £7 Concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Molland vs Sullivan

Freedom of Speech

Social barriers will dissipate as Rick Molland and Sully O’Sullivan go head-to-head in an epic stand-up comedy battle about freedom of speech. ‘Hard-hitting, no-holds-barred comedy.’ Edinburgh Evening News.

Extra info: Full disabled access

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The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Mark Lewandowski Trio

Waller

The Fats Waller Project

Mark Lewandowski - double bass
Liam Noble - piano, Fender Rhodes
Paul Clarvis - drums
Exploring the catalogue of one of the early innovators of jazz - the great Thomas ‘Fats’ Waller - delving into his music and bringing their own personal spin on his repertoire in the intimate trio setting. Three musicians known for their intricate dialogues and strong humour, paying tribute to another musician who had these attributes. Mixing the traditional with the modern, this trio brings a little of 1930s Harlem into the 21st Century. More info and booking...

Tuesday 30th May 2017

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 14:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Seeds

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The Mission Theatre

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 15:30

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Those Legs

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The Mission Theatre

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 17:30

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Footprints on the Moon

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Burdall's Yard

Price: Full £10/ Conc £8 / BSU Student £5
Start time: 18:00

Rapscallion Theatre Company presents

The Red Court

By Clare Reddaway

The Red Court tells the story of a real-life 21st century Chinese Macbeth.
In 2011, China’s Premier-in-waiting is popular, charismatic, ambitious. His rise to power seems unstoppable. Behind him stands a ruthless wife, a British fixer and a fortuneteller who’s predicted his triumph. What could possibly go wrong? More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 19:30

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: No Innocent Laughter by James Green

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Sorry, this event is cancelled

Burdall's Yard

Price: £10 / £8 Concs/ £5 BSUStudent
Start time: 20:00

The Reckoners present

i should save this

Theatre Verite

During her tormented high school years, Katy saved over ninety AIM instant message conversations. Twelve years later she excavated them from her old desktop. What emerges is a confrontation with the parts of herself she has filed away for no one else to see. After a sold out NYC run, devising team The Reckoners present this UK premier, directed/devised by Sash Bischoff, performed/devised by Katy Pinke + Lily Akerman, and produced by C.C. Kellogg More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 20:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: What I Do For You

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The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £8 / £7 Concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Simon Allen, Sam & Beth Eason, Tom Corneill and Lee Cole present

'90s Acoustic Mixtape LIVE

Choose Britpop. Choose anthems. Choose reminding yourself of staying out past midnight on school nights. Choose songs you fell in love to. Choose incredible acoustic twists on the best dance and grunge music. Choose remembering muddy festival moments. Choose guilty pleasure pop songs. Choose music to make you feel alive.

Extra info: Full disabled access

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The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Tuesday Choice

Declan Millar

We’ve been awaiting great things from Declan since he won the Bath Folk Festival’s 2015 New Shoots competition against much more obvious & conventional singers & players: a mark of his strong individuality and appeal. Part faerie foundling, part 21st Century agitator activist, the traditions are well served by his hand. Though tonight the focus is on his songs, he will be accompanied by bandmates from new Trad Folk combo Gorias. More info and booking...

Wednesday 31st May 2017

Sorry, this event is cancelled

Burdall's Yard

Price: £10 / £8 Concs/ £5 BSUStudent
Start time: 14:00

The Reckoners present

i should save this

Theatre Verite

During her tormented high school years, Katy saved over ninety AIM instant message conversations. Twelve years later she excavated them from her old desktop. What emerges is a confrontation with the parts of herself she has filed away for no one else to see. After a sold out NYC run, devising team The Reckoners present this UK premier, directed/devised by Sash Bischoff, performed/devised by Katy Pinke + Lily Akerman, and produced by C.C. Kellogg More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 18:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: MadMan

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The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Free
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Museum of Bath at Work presents

Survivors: First and Last

Introduced by Museum Director Stuart Burroughs

Forty years after the last episode of the post-apocalyptic BBC drama series Survivors was shown in 1977, the very first and very last episodes of this iconic series are being shown at the Museum of Bath at Work. Two hour long episodes will be introduced by Museum Director Stuart Burroughs. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: Full £10/ Conc £8/ BSU Student £5
Start time: 20:00

Rapscallion Theatre Company presents

The Red Court

By Clare Reddaway

The Red Court tells the story of a real-life 21st century Chinese Macbeth.
In 2011, China’s Premier-in-waiting is popular, charismatic, ambitious. His rise to power seems unstoppable. Behind him stands a ruthless wife, a British fixer and a fortuneteller who’s predicted his triumph. What could possibly go wrong? More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £8 / £7 Concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Brian Madigan

Think of a Song

plus Paul Bradley

Singer-songwriter Brian Madigan is famed for his lengthy, spoken intros. So what if he were to remove the songs altogether – only thinking them ‘out loud’ with the audience invited to imagine them? Would that be deeply uncomfortable, transcendental, or a brief moment of sanity amid the cacophony of everyday madness?

Extra info: Full disabled access

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The Old Theatre Royal - Library

Price: £5
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 19:30

Stephanie Laing

Mad About The Boy

Stephanie Laing’s love life has been a roller coaster ride, if roller coasters involve a lot of awkward sex, self-sabotage and therapy. Come and hear this lovable little weirdo talk about all the boys she’s done stuff with, including some proper wrong-uns.

Please note: There is no disabled access as the Library is on the third floor

Extra info: No disabled access as the Library is on the third floor

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The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Tonto Malembe

Venezuelan psych-funk exiled to London for the predictable political/lifestyle issues as well as matters of the artistic economy, enigmatic frontman Baldo Verdú and his boys really do hit a time-slipped groove you won’t have encountered before, with rock’n’roll and street sass/suss. Big things are expected - and some sought-after festival dates in place - but still just breaking. Get in now! More info and booking...

Thursday 1st June 2017

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 14:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Paying the Piper

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 16:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Red Rain By Malcolm Martin

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Burdall's Yard

Price: £10 / £8 Concs/ £5 BSU Student
Start time: 18:00

Middle-Weight Theatre Company presents

Remedies - A Ballad of Broken Britain

Written by Matt Roberts Directed by Tom Stabb

Within the four walls of a local pharmacy, two opinionated, strong willed and polarised members of staff witness the ailments and sicknesses of the public, they may be able to administer the medicine, but can they find the remedy for the ills of Britain? More info and booking...

Crystal Palace pub - Outside, in Abbey Green

Price: £9 / £6 Concs
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:45

Kilter Theatre presents

The Pub Tour

A Walking Tour of Bath's Historical Pubs

Meet outside The Crystal Palace Pub, Abbey Green for a charming local’s guide to the best secret drinking holes in town. A 90-minute witty walkabout through Bath’s Drinking History with round after round of fascinating facts delivered in a tongue-in-cheek Pub Quiz format. Come ready with a winning Team Name. Prizes to be won!

Extra info: Dress for the weather

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The Mission Theatre

Price: £8 / £6 Concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:45

Novato Dance Company

Encore

In their 10th Anniversary show, Novato Dance Company combine energy, innovation and originality. Bringing styles from varied cultures, from ballet to Latin, jazz to contemporary, Novato Dance promise a night of diversity that guarantees to bring a smile to your face and tears to your eyes.

Extra info: Lighting show may contain flashing lights

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Kingswood Theatre

Price: £8 / £6 Concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bath Spa Musical Theatre Society presents

Fame: The Musical

Bath Spa Musical Theatre Society continues into its fourth year with a fresh production of 'Fame'! Following the interlinking stories of a group of students at the High School of Performing Arts, this uplifting musical explores the highs and lows of tirelessly reaching for fame. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £10
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:20

Super Hamlet 64: Parody DLC

by Edward Day

An ocarina, a ukulele and a thirst for revenge. Lecoq trained Edward Day battles four decades of videogame nostalgia in an explosion of Shakespeare, live music, video projection and 16-bit mayhem. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 20:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Girls Like That

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The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £6 / £5 Concs excluding workshop
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

James Rippingale

Guitar on a Summer Evening

Preceded by Guitar Workshop (book workshop separately)

Join award winning classical guitarist James Rippingale as he makes his Bath debut with a programme of musical delights and guitar favourites featuring pieces by J. S. Bach along with his own unique compositions, and ending with a musical journey through the heart of Spain.

Extra info: Full disabled access

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The Old Theatre Royal - Library

Price: £5
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Tom Glover & Richard James

Work in Progress

Double header first outing of debut solo shows for these Devon Comedians. Tom Glover is a new father struggling to bring-up a child whilst not being willing to put the Lego down. Richard James tells how his dreams of being an explorer conflict with his main passion of staying indoors.

Extra info: No disabled access as the Library is on the third floor

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Chapel Arts Centre

Price: Advance: £17.50 Door Price: £20.00
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

“It was Fifty Years Ago Today…”

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band 50th Anniversary Concert

featuring All You Need Is The Beatles

All You Need Is The Beatles celebrate 50 years of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band LP with a special celebration concert. The album will be performed in its entirety and the show will also feature many of The Beatles’ greatest hits.
“A splendid time is guaranteed for all!”

Extra info: Standing event

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Widcombe Social Club

Price: £17.50
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

'All Of The Above' - WSC and Nod Knowles Productions present:

Martin Taylor and Alison Burns present: Ella Fitzgerald at 100

Celebrating 100 Years of Ella Fitzgerald

Celebrating the centenary of the birth of the great jazz vocalist, multi-award winning guitarist Martin Taylor - internationally renowned for his work with everyone from Stephane Grappelli to Jamie Cullum - and Scottish-Canadian jazz singer Alison Burns highlight the Grammy-award winning collaboration between Ella and jazz guitarist Joe Pass More info and booking...

Friday 2nd June 2017

Kingswood Theatre

Price: £8 / £6 Concs
Start time: 14:30
Doors open: 14:00

Bath Spa Musical Theatre Society presents

Fame: The Musical

Bath Spa Musical Theatre Society continues into its fourth year with a fresh production of 'Fame'! Following the interlinking stories of a group of students at the High School of Performing Arts, this uplifting musical explores the highs and lows of tirelessly reaching for fame. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £10 / £8 Concs/ £5 BSU Student
Start time: 16:00

Middle-Weight Theatre Company presents

Remedies - A Ballad of Broken Britain

Written by Matt Roberts Directed by Tom Stabb

Within the four walls of a local pharmacy, two opinionated, strong willed and polarised members of staff witness the ailments and sicknesses of the public, they may be able to administer the medicine, but can they find the remedy for the ills of Britain? More info and booking...

The Holburne Museum

Price: £3
Start time: 17:00

The Miraculous Theatre Company

Romantic Botanic

A love story revealing how plants, like humans, are romantically driven.
We discover how plants communicate with each other and how they succeed in seducing us.
“It’s not the gardener who chooses the plant but the plant who chooses the gardener.” More info and booking...

Crystal Palace pub - Outside, in Abbey Green

Price: £9 / £6 Concs
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:45

Kilter Theatre presents

The Pub Tour

A Walking Tour of Bath's Historical Pubs

Meet outside The Crystal Palace Pub, Abbey Green for a charming local’s guide to the best secret drinking holes in town. A 90-minute witty walkabout through Bath’s Drinking History with round after round of fascinating facts delivered in a tongue-in-cheek Pub Quiz format. Come ready with a winning Team Name. Prizes to be won!

Extra info: Dress for the weather

More info and booking...

The Holburne Museum

Price: £3
Start time: 19:30

The Miraculous Theatre Company

Romantic Botanic

A love story revealing how plants, like humans, are romantically driven.
We discover how plants communicate with each other and how they succeed in seducing us.
“It’s not the gardener who chooses the plant but the plant who chooses the gardener.” More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre

Price: £8 / £6 Concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:45

Novato Dance Company

Encore

In their 10th Anniversary show, Novato Dance Company combine energy, innovation and originality. Bringing styles from varied cultures, from ballet to Latin, jazz to contemporary, Novato Dance promise a night of diversity that guarantees to bring a smile to your face and tears to your eyes.

Extra info: Lighting show may contain flashing lights

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £8/6/4
Start time: 20:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Talking Tales - Even More Banksy than Bonnets

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Komedia

Price: £14
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 18:30

The Noise Next Door- Uproar!

Witness the astonishing comedy sensation LIVE!
The Noise Next Door are causing a commotion with their fourth nationwide tour – an anarchic evening of side-splitting jokes, jaw-dropping characters, and mind-blowing songs. Join the quickest wits in comedy as they transform audience suggestions into a fantastic, fresh new entertainment experience every single night. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

2016 BGT Finalist

Jasmine

Jasmine moved some judges to tears with her audition on 'Britain's Got Talent' last year, winning Ant & Dec's Golden-Buzzer nomination before going on to finish fourth in the Final. Come and experience live the 15-year-old girl that David Walliams said "looked like an Angel and sounded like one too."

Extra info: Full disabled access

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The Old Theatre Royal - Library

Price: £5
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Tony Basnett

Always Lands On His Feet

Tony Basnett is a young and exciting act, with bundles of energy and enthusiasm. He is a playful and cheeky performer with a childish outlook on anything and everything. He's reached the final of numerous competitions including Comedy Central Student of the year and Beat the Frog World Series.

Extra info: We regret there is no disabled access to this part of the building.

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Rondo Theatre

Price: £10 (£9 concs)
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Mike Scott and David C Johnson's World Premiere

Still Doing It

Full of wit, songs, poetry and banter.
How did talented singer/songwriter Mike Scott, ex pupil of PenPole Point Secondary Modern, and David C Johnson, witty, prize-winning performance poet, ex cadet of the Nautical College Pangbourne, find themselves writing a show and sharing a stage? Their entertaining and original “Still doing it” attempts to answer this question. More info and booking...

The Ale House - Upstairs

Price: £10
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Krowd Keepers Magic Theatre

Krowd Keepers is a weekly magic theatre in Bath presenting some of the top magicians in the world. No Rabbits, Cheese or Top Hats; instead quality magic which engages, astonishes and entertains diverse audiences with great participation. Comedy and magic mixed together at its best. More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: £5
Start time: 23:00
Doors open: 23:00

Fame

With all your guilty pleasures under one roof, Fame is Bath’s biggest night for you to unleash your inner dancer to the soundtrack of nostalgic numbers from the past and modern groovers that you wouldn’t normally dare sing out of the shower! More info and booking...

Saturday 3rd June 2017

The Holburne Museum

Price: £3
Start time: 11:00

The Miraculous Theatre Company

Romantic Botanic

A love story revealing how plants, like humans, are romantically driven.
We discover how plants communicate with each other and how they succeed in seducing us.
“It’s not the gardener who chooses the plant but the plant who chooses the gardener.” More info and booking...

The American Museum in Britain

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

‘The Interlinear of Cabeza de Vaca’ by Haniel Long

Spanish Conquistador takes Theatre Bath Bus to The American Museum in Britain

Local theatre company, Thereby Hangs A Tale, are taking the Theatre Bath Bus to The American Museum in Britain, and telling the true story of a Spanish conquistador’s disastrous expedition to Florida.

Created for the Fringe Art Bath’s ‘Embodied Cartographies’ exhibition 'The Interlinear of Cabeza de Vaca' is a 25-minute recital - with live music accompaniment - of Haniel Long’s 1936 re-telling of the true story of the survivors of the 16th century expedition to Florida. In 1542 Cabeza De Vaca returned to Spain and told how he journeyed with various tribes of native American Indians who helped him find his way to Mexico.

The show will be performed with live music accompaniment. More info and booking...

Kingston Parade

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Inverted - Box

Somewhere between dance, gymnastics, acrobatics and hand balancing lies Inverted. Expect a world turned upside down. Part of the New Work Works Scheme More info and booking...

Kingston Parade

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Street to the Point

The Point Theatre, Eastleigh Youth Theatre

The youngsters from the Youth Theatre at The Point Eastleigh come en mass More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £8
Start time: 12:00
Doors open: 12:00

Rebecca Tantony's new one woman show

All The Journeys I Never Took

directed by Raquel Meseguer, designed by Synnove Fredericks and produced by Lucy English

Poet Rebecca Tantony and director Raquel Meseguer (Lost Dog), bring you All The Journeys I Never Took, an immersive spoken word show from a stellar all female team.

Extra info: performances start at noon and in half an hour slots until 6pm

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Kingston Parade

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Bedlam Fair - The Saturday

Bath Fringe's Street Performance weekend kicks off with the Saturday crowds and a selection of experienced and emerging street performance artists tacking the city centre. This year's event has received a Lottery grant from Arts Council England to ensure that we successfully support the new artists and guarantee the quality of our headline acts.
To see Saturday's acts, click here
Full details download our PDF programme here:
www.bathfringe.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Bedlam-Fair-2017-v-10.pdf More info and booking...

Kingston Parade

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Lino Creamy

A solo show from New Work Works Scheme performer Pete Lloyd.

Lino Creamy may not want to set the world on fire but will he start a flame in your heart? Join him to find out, at this sweet and silly clown show about a man in a hat looking for love and fun. More info and booking...

Kingston Parade

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

ELA

ELA are Elle Kate Edwards and Alise Piebalga, accomplished circus performers, moving away from touring with nofitstate and into working on the street and in outdoor environments. Part of the New Work Works Scheme More info and booking...

Kingston Parade

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Animystic Productions - Hessie the Elephant

Marvelous puppeteers Jake Ruddle and Ayla Terzi accompanied by Hessie performing as part of the New Work Works Scheme

Lost in a foreign land, a young elephant is on an adventure! An adventure around the streets of Bath More info and booking...

Kingston Parade

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Old Spot Theatre Co: Los Perdidos Village Band

Old Spot Theatre Company have worked the circus and street theatre circuit for years, nay decades but will bring something decidedly new to Bedlam Fair this year as part of the New Work Works Scheme
More info and booking...

Kingston Parade

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Avanti Display: Full Circle

Buckets full of mayhem and erm..yes, water..from one of the UK’s finest and longest established street theatre companies, premièring their new show here with us!! More info and booking...

Kingston Parade

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Natural Theatre Company

Bath's very own fabulous street theatre company performing new characters as part of the New Works Work Scheme More info and booking...

Kingston Parade

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Julia Vita: Splish

A solo show from Julia Vita as part of the New Works Work Scheme

Join Splish on her journey across the high seas! Put a little wind in her sail, hear her strange tale in a foreign tongue, and hopefully find a few fish along the way too. More info and booking...

The Holburne Museum

Price: £3
Start time: 13:30

The Miraculous Theatre Company

Romantic Botanic

A love story revealing how plants, like humans, are romantically driven.
We discover how plants communicate with each other and how they succeed in seducing us.
“It’s not the gardener who chooses the plant but the plant who chooses the gardener.” More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 14:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Seeds

More info and booking...

The Holburne Museum

Price: £3
Start time: 16:00

The Miraculous Theatre Company

Romantic Botanic

A love story revealing how plants, like humans, are romantically driven.
We discover how plants communicate with each other and how they succeed in seducing us.
“It’s not the gardener who chooses the plant but the plant who chooses the gardener.” More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 16:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Memories We Lost in the Fire

More info and booking...

Kingswood Theatre

Price: £8 / £6 Concs
Start time: 16:00
Doors open: 15:30

Bath Spa Musical Theatre Society presents

Fame: The Musical

Bath Spa Musical Theatre Society continues into its fourth year with a fresh production of 'Fame'! Following the interlinking stories of a group of students at the High School of Performing Arts, this uplifting musical explores the highs and lows of tirelessly reaching for fame. More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

Burdall's Yard

Price: £10 / £8 Concs/ £5 BSU Student
Start time: 18:00
Doors open: 17:50

Frenetic Fox Theatre presents

Appily Ever After

by Paul Lawless

Serenading you with original song, spoken word and just the right amount of desperation, join Paul as he questions your relationship with dating apps - exploring tech-addiction, disillusionment and how far are we prepared to go to be fulfilled.

Extra info: May contain mild swearing and sexual references (non-vulgar)

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Crystal Palace pub - Outside, in Abbey Green

Price: £9 / £6 Concs
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:45

Kilter Theatre presents

The Pub Tour

A Walking Tour of Bath's Historical Pubs

Meet outside The Crystal Palace Pub, Abbey Green for a charming local’s guide to the best secret drinking holes in town. A 90-minute witty walkabout through Bath’s Drinking History with round after round of fascinating facts delivered in a tongue-in-cheek Pub Quiz format. Come ready with a winning Team Name. Prizes to be won!

Extra info: Dress for the weather.

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The Bell - Love Lounge (Back bar)

Price: £6 / £4
Start time: 19:30

The Last Word Poetry Slam

With Polly Denny

We're giving two teams of incredible poets a topic to attack or defend and fight their corner, poetry style! Only one team can win, but who has the last word? You do, our wonderful audience! Bath Fringe young person Poet Laureate Polly Denny invites poets of all ages to this event. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre

Price: £8 / £6 Concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:45

Novato Dance Company

Encore

In their 10th Anniversary show, Novato Dance Company combine energy, innovation and originality. Bringing styles from varied cultures, from ballet to Latin, jazz to contemporary, Novato Dance promise a night of diversity that guarantees to bring a smile to your face and tears to your eyes.

Extra info: Lighting show may contain flashing lights

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Kingswood Theatre

Price: £8 / £6 Concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bath Spa Musical Theatre Society presents

Fame: The Musical

Bath Spa Musical Theatre Society continues into its fourth year with a fresh production of 'Fame'! Following the interlinking stories of a group of students at the High School of Performing Arts, this uplifting musical explores the highs and lows of tirelessly reaching for fame. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 20:00

Croon productions present

Spaghetti

IS a Western.

Puppet Theatre Spaghetti Western. A jail break! Two gunslingers ride into town, as a Wild West frontier town made from pianos materialises before your eyes! Tumbleweed, the saloon is humming, a bank job, the bell chimes, the coffin maker is busy, the noose sways in the wind.

Extra info: Contains gun shot effects.

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Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 20:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Ellipsism - The Last Days of Napoleon

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Green Park Station

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

Avanti Display: Full Circle

Buckets full of mayhem and erm..yes, water..from one of the UK’s finest and longest established street theatre companies, premièring their new show here with us!! More info and booking...

Green Park Station

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band

With a diverse repertoire spanning Rajasthani folk songs, Bollywood hits, spiritual qawwali and Bhangra beats these ten vividly costumed artists cover the full spectrum of the evocative and joyous music that governs life in Rajasthan.
More info and booking...

Green Park Station

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

Inverted - Box

Somewhere between dance, gymnastics, acrobatics and hand balancing lies Inverted. Expect a world turned upside down. Part of the New Work Works Scheme More info and booking...

Green Park Station

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

Dynamogene - Mr Colbuto

320 kilos de poesie brute'..(Bafflingly translates as something about poetry)
Don’t miss the irresistible and irrepressible Monsieur C, he has come all the way from Nimes in France to meet YOU, the people of Bath. More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: £19 (see komedia.co.uk for other ticketing options)
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 18:30

Krater Comedy Club

Watch three top stand-ups and enjoy the comedy stylings of one of the best comperes in the business, plus eat delicious food served by our Soil Association Gold Standard Award winning restaurant.

Extra info: Dan Nightingale, Alistair Barrie, Mike Gunn, MC Sally Anne Hayward

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Green Park Station

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Street Performers' Party

Bedlam Fair - The Night Out

The Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band, Avanti Display, and more...

After a busy day on the streets of Bath what we all need is a bit of a party to recharge the batteries for tomorrow. Highlight shows from some of this afternoon's key performers, a work-in-progress from the legendary Avanti, Indian Brass madness from the very watchable (and still more danceable) Rajasthan Heritage crew, then on into the night with Indian-into-Worldbeat DJ Desi Heights inside the Brasserie.
To see all the acts, click here
Full details download here:
www.bathfringe.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Bedlam-Fair-2017-v-10.pdf

Extra info: till late

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The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £6 / £5 C-oncs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Joe Probert

plus support

19-year-old Bristolian Joe Probert is one of the UK’s most promising singer/songwriters - single-mindedly motivated to deliver fresh music that people love. Self-taught, whilst other kids were on X-Boxes, Joe was busking on the streets of Bristol & Bath, before setting-up his own DIY recording studio in the garden shed.

Extra info: Full disabled access

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The Ale House - Upstairs

Price: £10
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Krowd Keepers Magic Theatre

Krowd Keepers is a weekly magic theatre in Bath presenting some of the top magicians in the world. No Rabbits, Cheese or Top Hats; instead quality magic which engages, astonishes and entertains diverse audiences with great participation. Comedy and magic mixed together at its best.

Extra info: Suggested Age Limit 10+

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Widcombe Social Club

Price: £15 includes supper
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Amuse Bouche present

Valerie's Birthday Party

with the Boxcats

Valerie has reached a significant age, so her Aunties have secretly planned a fabulous party … and you are all invited! Comedy troupe Amuse Bouche and Boxcats blues band present a birthday party to remember: expect a retro buffet supper, family rows and inappropriate presents. What could possibly go wrong? More info and booking...

The Barley Mow

Price: £3 / £4 on door
Start time: 21:00
Doors open: 20:00

Foxy Music presents

The Swings

plus Flies Fly Away

Bath’s most exciting & new band creating a real stir, packing out Moles, The Bell & other venues. The Swings play psychedelic, soulful, alternative rock originals with highly unique & heavy latin-influenced guitar riffs; gutsy lead singer Millie reminds us a bit of Janis Joplin is "a star in the making" (Tim Orchard, Purr Records). More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: £6
Start time: 23:00
Doors open: 23:00

Motorcity

Bath’s busiest and best club night never fails to deliver a refreshing but classic mix of all the best Motown, Soul, Funk and Rock ‘n’ Roll Anthems to keep your feet stomping into the early hours! More info and booking...

Sunday 4th June 2017

The Mission Theatre

Price: £7 / £5 Concs
Start time: 11:30
Doors open: 11:15

Brave Bold Drama present

Alf the Highwayman

devised by Gill Simmons & Paul Lawless

Highwayman Alf snatches and grabs without a care. It's time for him to learn there are better ways to play. Come adventuring with him as he gallops through woodland, seashore and circus! Full of songs, chances to join in and no frights.
Winner of “Best Children’s Show” Shaftesbury Fringe 2016 More info and booking...

Sawclose & Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bedlam Fair - The Sunday

It’s the street theatre event of the year with dozens of performers from the emerging new ideas through to renowned companies at the top of their game, spilling around the streets in and around Kingsmead Square & Saw Close (roadways closed for the afternoon, no parking).
See all of Sunday's acts here
Click here for Sunday's running order (timings are a guide and are subject to change)
The event is free but please put money ‘in the hat’ if the performer is using one.
Full details download PDF programme here:
www.bathfringe.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Bedlam-Fair-2017-v-10.pdf More info and booking...

Sawclose & Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Inverted - Box

Somewhere between dance, gymnastics, acrobatics and hand balancing lies Inverted. Expect a world turned upside down. Part of the New Work Works Scheme More info and booking...

Sawclose & Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bongo Bolero - Fat Cat

Back by popular demand, the Fat Cat returns...

Slapstick buffoonery from Sir Felix and Mousey taking on the world of international money makers in a larger than life kinda way
More info and booking...

Sawclose & Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Street to the Point

The Point Theatre, Eastleigh Youth Theatre

The youngsters from the Youth Theatre at The Point Eastleigh come en mass More info and booking...

Sawclose & Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Dynamogene - Mr Colbuto

320 kilos de poesie brute'..(Bafflingly translates as something about poetry)
Don’t miss the irresistible and irrepressible Monsieur C, he has come all the way from Nimes in France to meet YOU, the people of Bath. More info and booking...

Sawclose & Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

The Colombian Street Party

Recreating a bit of Columbian cultural heritage on the streets of Bath through asphalt art More info and booking...

Sawclose & Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Lino Creamy

A solo show from New Work Works Scheme performer Pete Lloyd.

Lino Creamy may not want to set the world on fire but will he start a flame in your heart? Join him to find out, at this sweet and silly clown show about a man in a hat looking for love and fun. More info and booking...

Sawclose & Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Rajasthan Heritage Brass Band

With a diverse repertoire spanning Rajasthani folk songs, Bollywood hits, spiritual qawwali and Bhangra beats these ten vividly costumed artists cover the full spectrum of the evocative and joyous music that governs life in Rajasthan.
More info and booking...

Sawclose & Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

ELA

ELA are Elle Kate Edwards and Alise Piebalga, accomplished circus performers, moving away from touring with nofitstate and into working on the street and in outdoor environments. Part of the New Work Works Scheme More info and booking...

Sawclose & Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Animystic Productions - Hessie the Elephant

Marvelous puppeteers Jake Ruddle and Ayla Terzi accompanied by Hessie performing as part of the New Work Works Scheme

Lost in a foreign land, a young elephant is on an adventure! An adventure around the streets of Bath More info and booking...

Sawclose & Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Old Spot Theatre Co: Los Perdidos Village Band

Old Spot Theatre Company have worked the circus and street theatre circuit for years, nay decades but will bring something decidedly new to Bedlam Fair this year as part of the New Work Works Scheme
More info and booking...

Sawclose & Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Avanti Display: Full Circle

Buckets full of mayhem and erm..yes, water..from one of the UK’s finest and longest established street theatre companies, premièring their new show here with us!! More info and booking...

Sawclose & Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Natural Theatre Company

Bath's very own fabulous street theatre company performing new characters as part of the New Works Work Scheme More info and booking...

Sawclose & Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Julia Vita: Splish

A solo show from Julia Vita as part of the New Works Work Scheme

Join Splish on her journey across the high seas! Put a little wind in her sail, hear her strange tale in a foreign tongue, and hopefully find a few fish along the way too. More info and booking...

Sawclose & Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Grand Palladian Puppets

Beautiful traditional marionettes and enchanting storytelling from Bath based international puppeteers Tony & Iksana More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Terry & Gerry

Gerry Colvin made a lot of friends in Bath and The Bell some years ago with Colvin Quarmby, but now he’s back with a revival of his much loved ‘80s skiffle combo who recorded 3 Peel sessions and scored Indie Chart hits with straight-to-the-point tales like ‘Clothes Shop’ and ‘Last Bullet in the Gun'. Great writing and no-fuss delivery. More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: £15 General Admission Seated.
Start time: 14:00

CSF Wrestling Showdown

Following a huge debut event held at Komedia in November 2016, CSF Wrestling returns once again as the Federation celebrates its 18th Anniversary.
The very top stars of the sport will collide in five pro bouts of bone crunching, body slamming, action packed family entertainment. Joining us at this very special event is former WWE Intercontinental and Tag Team Champion: Cody Rhodes! More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre

Price: £7 / £5
Start time: 14:30
Doors open: 14:00

Brave Bold Drama present

Alf the Highwayman

devised by Gill Simmons & Paul Lawless

Highwayman Alf snatches and grabs without a care. It's time for him to learn there are better ways to play. Come adventuring with him as he gallops through woodland, seashore and circus! Full of songs, chances to join in and no frights.
Winner of “Best Children’s Show” Shaftesbury Fringe 2016 More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £12
Start time: 15:00

Annette Gregory

Ella - Celebrating 100 Years

Jazz Vocalist Annette Gregory celebrates the music of the iconic jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald, 100th Year. More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

Burdall's Yard

Price: £10 / £8 Concs/ £5 BSU Student
Start time: 18:00
Doors open: 17:50

Frenetic Fox Theatre presents

Appily Ever After

by Paul Lawless

Serenading you with original song, spoken word and just the right amount of desperation, join Paul as he questions your relationship with dating apps - exploring tech-addiction, disillusionment and how far are we prepared to go to be fulfilled.

Extra info: May contain mild swearing and sexual references (non-vulgar)

More info and booking...

The Bath Brewhouse

Price: £4
Start time: 19:00

Students from Bath and Cardiff reluctantly collaborate in

A Fringe Debut

Cardiff and Bath students team up to make you laugh at the Bath Fringe 2017. A mix of stand-up and sketches from the best student comedians in the South-West (because who needs Bristol or Exeter?). More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre

Price: £7 / £5 Concs
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:45

Husband of the Bride

by Luke Graves

A Stand Up Comedy Show about Life, Love and Marriage. Come and watch the “Very funny” and “Immensely likeable” Luke Graves with his “Laid-back & friendly show” and if you don’t like it Luke offers a full... ‘Money Back Guarantee’! More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £9 / £7.50 Concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:30

Simon Currie's 6plus1

Musical Comedy with Virtuosic Musicians

6plus1 is a band of 7 musicians playing New Orleans Jazz, mixing in Funk, Rock and Ska with two Saxophonists doubling woodwind, two trumpets, trombone, tuba and drums. Some of the music is presented with a comic edge, next to virtuosic playing.

Extra info: Full disabled access

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Widcombe Social Club

Price: £5. The 4-6pm session is FREE.
Start time: 19:45
Doors open: 19:00

Misha Carder, the current Bard of Bath, invites you to

Travel stories and music from around the world

Themed concert with Wessex Musicians & Wordsmiths

Venue: The Wharf Room, Widcombe Social Club. Come to either or both sessions
4-6pm Poetry, Music, Digital Exhibition, and Pop-Up Gallery.
6.30 - 7.30 Optional Shared Supper at 6.30
7.45 - 10pm Stories and Music from local performers, featuring Brighid's Flame: an hour of Irish music, myths, stories, with harp.

Extra info: optional shared supper at 18.30 -19.30

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Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 20:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Red Rain By Malcolm Martin

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The Old Theatre Royal - Library

Price: £5
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Liam Pickford

Your Love Is A Knackered Bus Stop I Can No Longer Be Arsed To Vandalise

If Stewart Lee and Jack Dee ever had a child together then they would call Liam Pickford son. A unique brand of stand up, mixing cleverly-honed material with unpredictable audience interaction. All this, mixed with a hint of ‘whimsy’ and clever observations whilst delivered in a wonderfully unenthusiastic and grumpy style.

Extra info: No disabled access as the Library is on the third floor

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Monday 5th June 2017

The Mission Theatre

Price: £5 / £3 Concs
Start time: 15:00

Theatre with Teeth Presents

Woolf

created by Holly Williams

Imagined after the death of her husband, 28 years after her own, Leonard Woolf returns home to reconcile with his wife and tell one last important story. Told through physicality, playful creativity, and nostalgic storytelling, 'Woolf' is based on the incredible true story of one of the world’s most celebrated writers and women, Virginia Woolf.

Extra info: 12A guidance rating - some strong themes

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Burdall's Yard

Price: Full price: £8 Concessions: £6 BSU students: £4
Start time: 16:00
Doors open: 15:30

Black Dog Productions presents

Films About Ghosts

Suicide doesn't make sense. Clara was happy! She wouldn't have committed suicide...
When Clara dies, it breaks Elsie's world. Bent on proving that the police are wrong in their conclusion that Clara committed suicide, Elsie decides to work the case herself. More info and booking...

44AD

Price: £5
Start time: 16:30

Audio Tales

Written and curated by Harri Thompson

OtozGozo presents a new fully immersive audio participation workshop that combines sensory deprivation with binaural 3D technology to create dark and gritty short stories, taking you into the life and mind of the main character this insight to life will touch and immerse you through sound.

Extra info: Perfomances from 4.30-5.30pm, 6.30-7.30pm, 8.30- 9.30pm.

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £8 / £6 Concs / £4 BSU
Start time: 18:00

I Am Nincompoop Presents

Wake Up & Deirdrealize

Starring Lucy Harrington

A hilarious, outlandish, character romp, guaranteed to take you on the ride of your life. Hailing from Texas-Tennessee, more magnanimous than Gandhi, sexier than chocolate, hotter than the sun, Deirdre is on a mission to show the world how awesome it is, one person at a time, starting with you. More info and booking...

The Bath Brewhouse

Price: £4
Start time: 19:00

Students from Bath and Cardiff reluctantly collaborate in

A Fringe Debut

Cardiff and Bath students team up to make you laugh at the Bath Fringe 2017. A mix of stand-up and sketches from the best student comedians in the South-West (because who needs Bristol or Exeter?). More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre

Price: £5 / £3 Concs
Start time: 19:30

Theatre with Teeth Presents

Woolf

created by Holly Williams

Imagined after the death of her husband, 28 years after her own, Leonard Woolf returns home to reconcile with his wife and tell one last important story. Told through physicality, playful creativity, and nostalgic storytelling, 'Woolf' is based on the incredible true story of one of the world’s most celebrated writers and women, Virginia Woolf.

Extra info: 12A guidance recommended

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 20:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: What I Do For You

More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Phoenix River Band

plus Support from Prairie Dog

Phoenix River Band’s music is original with an undoubted salute to country influences plus hints of R&B and Blues. Think Allman Brothers meet Chris Rea meets Jackson Browne with a touch of Fleetwood Mac and you have a potent mix of original songs with driving beats and soulful melodies. Prairie Dog are a Southwest-based country roots duo playing mostly original songs with a bluegrass-tinged style and vocal harmonies that are rootsy, humorous, edgy and sometimes sensitive.

Extra info: Full disabled access

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The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Africa Entsha

Formerly Soweto Entsha (played Fringe a few years ago), these guys are a phenomenon: acappella singers bringing a wide range of Afro-American vocal styles together to show continuity in the traditions and the value of sheer style and skill. Traditional to Doo-Wop to Soul to RnB. Close-up they'll be dynamite! More info and booking...

Tuesday 6th June 2017

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 16:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: The Perfect Woman?

More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £8/ £5 Concs
Start time: 16:00
Doors open: 15:00

Fish Pie! present

Two Parallel Columns

Fresh from their sell-out, Cambridge run of their sketch show “Laugh, Why Don't You?” (4.5*, Varsity), punchy, young comedy troupe Fish Pie! have teamed up with the best of Bath's student comedians to bring you Two Parallel Columns - two days of sketchy silliness at Bath's iconic Old Theatre Royal.

Extra info: Full disabled access

More info and booking...

44AD

Price: £5
Start time: 16:30

Audio Tales

Written and curated by Harri Thompson

OtozGozo presents a new fully immersive audio participation workshop that combines sensory deprivation with binaural 3D technology to create dark and gritty short stories, taking you into the life and mind of the main character this insight to life will touch and immerse you through sound.

Extra info: Perfomances from 4.30-5.30pm, 6.30-7.30pm, 8.30- 9.30pm

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 18:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Stiff

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre

Price: £8 / £6 concs
Start time: 19:30

Threedumb Theatre presents

i thought i might be jet li (but it turns out that i'm not)

a new play by Stuart Crowther

'You're not a woman... who you speaking for?'
Three men with made-up names wait for the world to make sense. Lads. Lads. Lads? Something big's gonna happen - if they can cut the bull and keep Michelle Obama alive. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £8/ £5 Concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Fish Pie! present

Two Parallel Columns

Fresh from their sell-out, Cambridge run of their sketch show “Laugh, Why Don't You?” (4.5*, Varsity), punchy, young comedy troupe Fish Pie! have teamed up with the best of Bath's student comedians to bring you Two Parallel Columns - two days of sketchy silliness at Bath's iconic Old Theatre Royal.

Extra info: Full disabled access

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: Full price: £8 Concessions: £6 BSU students: £4
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Black Dog Productions presents

Films About Ghosts

Suicide doesn't make sense. Clara was happy! She wouldn't have committed suicide...
When Clara dies, it breaks Elsie's world. Bent on proving that the police are wrong in their conclusion that Clara committed suicide, Elsie decides to work the case herself. More info and booking...

Wednesday 7th June 2017

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 16:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Memories We Lost in the Fire

More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £8/ £5 Concs
Start time: 16:00
Doors open: 15:00

Fish Pie! present

Two Parallel Columns

Fresh from their sell-out, Cambridge run of their sketch show “Laugh, Why Don't You?” (4.5*, Varsity), punchy, young comedy troupe Fish Pie! have teamed up with the best of Bath's student comedians to bring you Two Parallel Columns - two days of sketchy silliness at Bath's iconic Old Theatre Royal.

Extra info: Full disabled access

More info and booking...

44AD

Price: £5
Start time: 16:30

Audio Tales

Written and curated by Harri Thompson

OtozGozo presents a new fully immersive audio participation workshop that combines sensory deprivation with binaural 3D technology to create dark and gritty short stories, taking you into the life and mind of the main character this insight to life will touch and immerse you through sound.

Extra info: Perfomances from 4.30-5.30pm, 6.30-7.30pm, 8.30- 9.30pm

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 18:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Freak by Anna Jordan

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre

Price: £8 / £6 concs
Start time: 19:30

Threedumb Theatre presents

i thought i might be jet li (but it turns out that i'm not)

a new play by Stuart Crowther

'You're not a woman... who you speaking for?'
Three men with made-up names wait for the world to make sense. Lads. Lads. Lads? Something big's gonna happen - if they can cut the bull and keep Michelle Obama alive. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £8 / £6 Concs / £4 BSU
Start time: 20:00

I Am Nincompoop Presents

Wake Up & Deirdrealize

Starring Lucy Harrington

A hilarious, outlandish, character romp, guaranteed to take you on the ride of your life. Hailing from Texas-Tennessee, more magnanimous than Gandhi, sexier than chocolate, hotter than the sun, Deirdre is on a mission to show the world how awesome it is, one person at a time, starting with you. More info and booking...

Secret Location in Bath

Price: £15 / £10 Concs
Start time: 20:00

Invulnerable Nothings

A Bright Room Called Day

by Tony Kushner

Invulnerable Nothings presents Kushner's spectacular political parable in a site specific apartment staging for intimate audiences. Email invulnerablenothings@gmail.com for tickets: location revealed upon booking confirmation! More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £8/ £5 Concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Fish Pie! present

Two Parallel Columns

Fresh from their sell-out, Cambridge run of their sketch show “Laugh, Why Don't You?” (4.5*, Varsity), punchy, young comedy troupe Fish Pie! have teamed up with the best of Bath's student comedians to bring you Two Parallel Columns - two days of sketchy silliness at Bath's iconic Old Theatre Royal.

Extra info: Full disabled access

More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Restless Theatre Company presents

Network Tales After Dark

restless

Ever wondered who you are sitting next to on the train? Do overheard conversations make you ponder? As night falls, climb aboard for a madcap journey of passion, loss, and mystery as Anna and Stuart get to grips with the less romantic practicalities of love on the tracks. More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £14
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Bath Comedy presents

Bill Smarme & The Bizness with Dave Lemkin

The Village Hall

The Vicar of Lower Swell introduces some bizarre and frankly quite nutty locals performing in The Village Hall, They will include former cabinet minister the Rt. Hon. Dickie Daventry, who will regale us with tales from the corridors of power and be plugging his memoirs, and special guests Bill Smarme & The Bizness who will be travelling all the way from Twerton to perform their unique comedic take on a farrago of musical genres. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal - Library

Price: £5
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 19:30

Lucy Thompson

Shake It Off

Lucy Thompson’s set is a laughter-packed routine mixing clever observations and stories, covering everything from everyday life to her journey as a gay female. Although still a relatively new face on the circuit Lucy has already made a lot of noise picking-up Best Breakthrough Act at The 2016 Midlands Comedy Awards.

Extra info: No disabled access as the Library is on the third floor

More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Jackson

A product of the restlessly recombinant Bristol funk/jazz/soul scene, Jackson sprays colours from all over the musical spectrum onto the canvas, featuring faces that the truly alert will have seen before: Jack Baldus, Asian Hawk, Rich O’Brien, Joe Price and other hotshots. A very contemporary sound that is not afraid of its own intelligence, nor of shaking that thing or rocking it out. And already better than their acclaimed debut EP. More info and booking...

Thursday 8th June 2017

44AD

Price: £5
Start time: 16:30

Audio Tales

Written and curated by Harri Thompson

OtozGozo presents a new fully immersive audio participation workshop that combines sensory deprivation with binaural 3D technology to create dark and gritty short stories, taking you into the life and mind of the main character this insight to life will touch and immerse you through sound.

Extra info: Perfomances from 4.30-5.30pm, 6.30-7.30pm, 8.30- 9.30pm

More info and booking...
Sorry, this event is cancelled

Burdall's Yard

Price: £8 / £6 Concs / £4 BSU
Start time: 18:00
Doors open: 17:30

Sylvia Hunt Presents

Tease and Preen

supported by Bath Spa Live

Backcombed, behived, then set firmly in place, 1960s hairdressing apprentice Connie discovers a different side to hair and even life at a swinging party on the other side of town… With more sass than Brigitte Bardot’s barnet and a good layering of eccentric comedy, puppetry & a toy poodle, Sylvia Hunt Presents one très chic ensemble! More info and booking...

The Egg

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 19:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Wind in The Willows - Adapted by Alan Bennett

More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £6 / £5 Concs
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:00

Open Up Music present

The South-West Open Youth Orchestra

including the Premiere of a new piece by Liam Taylor-West written especially for them

TSWOYO is the UK’s first disabled-led regional youth orchestra, featuring disabled and non-disabled young musicians playing conventional and electronic instruments incorporating accessible EyeGaze technology. On the eve of their BBC Music Day performance, come and experience these uniquely modern young musicians in the intimate surroundings of the Old Theatre Royal.

Extra info: Full disabled access

More info and booking...

Crystal Palace pub - Outside, in Abbey Green

Price: £9 / £6 Concs
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:45

Kilter Theatre presents

The Pub Tour

A Walking Tour of Bath's Historical Pubs

Meet outside The Crystal Palace Pub, Abbey Green for a charming local’s guide to the best secret drinking holes in town. A 90-minute witty walkabout through Bath’s Drinking History with round after round of fascinating facts delivered in a tongue-in-cheek Pub Quiz format. Come ready with a winning Team Name. Prizes to be won!

Extra info: Dress for the weather

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre

Price: £8 / £6 concs
Start time: 19:30

Threedumb Theatre presents

i thought i might be jet li (but it turns out that i'm not)

a new play by Stuart Crowther

'You're not a woman... who you speaking for?'
Three men with made-up names wait for the world to make sense. Lads. Lads. Lads? Something big's gonna happen - if they can cut the bull and keep Michelle Obama alive. More info and booking...

Secret Location in Bath

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:10

Fake Escape present:

Apocalypse

What if you knew exactly when your life would end?

What If You Knew Exactly When Your Life Would End? To The Very Second... How Would You Want To Go Out?
For '20:20 Vision's 5th year at Bath Fringe the acclaimed immersive experience turns its attention to our planet's final hours. 4 new plays by 4 writers under 30, with stories spanning relationships and continents played out in real time, as the audience hurtles towards the end of the world. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £14
Start time: 20:00

moonson.co presents

Robin & Bina Williamson

Songs, Stories and Music

Robin and Bina Williamson perform an exotic mix of English, Celtic, and Old Timey roots. Their unique interweave of songs stories and music feature the East/West harmonies of their voices with harp, bowed psaltery and diverse other instruments.
"An enchanting evening 's entertainment" - Edi Stark, Celtic Connections -
"Pure beauty through simplicity" - Robert Plant More info and booking...

Secret Location in Bath

Price: £15 / £10 Concs
Start time: 20:00

Invulnerable Nothings

A Bright Room Called Day

by Tony Kushner

Invulnerable Nothings presents Kushner's spectacular political parable in a site specific apartment staging for intimate audiences. Email invulnerablenothings@gmail.com for tickets: location revealed upon booking confirmation! More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £12/£10concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Bath Comedy presents

Scott Capurro's Gay Turnaround

Award winning US comedian, actor and writer Scott Capurro, known for his work on several UK TV programmes, including The Wright Stuff, 8 Out of 10 Cats and The Truth About Gay Animals, comes to Bath Fringe. Strap yourselves in, Bath iconoclasts!

"If you thought comics like Ricky Gervais pushed boundaries then nothing will prepare you for Scott Capurro…He is, in my opinion, the bravest and funniest comedian on the circuit" - GQ Magazine
“…the only reaction is to laugh, partly out of discomfort, partly out of the sheer audacity of it all" ***** Chortle More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £8 Adv; £10 on door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Rik van den Bosch and Rainy

A night where folk and blues meets cuban, reggae and latin grooves. One-man-band and story teller, Rik van den Bosch, is armed with his slide, harmonica and his incredible vocal range.
Rainy takes you on a journey with his laid back grooves, sun soaked open roads and a healthy dose of wonder. Watch, listen and enjoy. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £10 / £8 Concs/ £5 BSU Student
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:55

inamoment theatre

King Lear (alone)

With Bob Young

King Lear is left alone to once more think about that fateful day and everything that happened since then, whilst at the same time fighting the effects of dementia.
This fascinating opportunity takes us along Lear’s ensuing spiritual journey, showing the original play’s themes and insights from a completely different angle. More info and booking...

Friday 9th June 2017

The Mission Theatre

Price: £8/ £5 Concs
Start time: 14:00
Doors open: 13:15

Bath University Student Theatre Presents

Tartuffe

by Molière

This hilarious translation of Molière’s Tartuffe, by BBC Radio 4’s Roger McGough brings new life to the classic French farce. Set within the 17th century aristocracy the play tells the tale of Tartuffe, a fraud posing as a priest, who feigns piety to swindle the upper classes out of their wealth. ​ More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

Burdall's Yard

Price: £8 / £6 Concs / £4 BSU
Start time: 16:00
Doors open: 15:30

Sylvia Hunt Presents

Tease and Preen

supported by Bath Spa Live

Backcombed, behived, then set firmly in place, 1960s hairdressing apprentice Connie discovers a different side to hair and even life at a swinging party on the other side of town… With more sass than Brigitte Bardot’s barnet and a good layering of eccentric comedy, puppetry & a toy poodle, Sylvia Hunt Presents one très chic ensemble! More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £10 / £8 Concs/ £5 BSU Student
Start time: 18:00
Doors open: 17:55

inamoment theatre

King Lear (alone)

With Bob Young

King Lear is left alone to once more think about that fateful day and everything that happened since then, whilst at the same time fighting the effects of dementia.
This fascinating opportunity takes us along Lear’s ensuing spiritual journey, showing the original play’s themes and insights from a completely different angle. More info and booking...

The Bell - Love Lounge (Back bar)

Price: £4 / £2 Concs
Start time: 19:00

Tinned Pizza Theatre Presents An Evening Of

New Writing, Stand-Up, And Spoken Word

A student theatre company - comprised of recent graduates and some still studying - present new writing inspired by their day to day lives. Poetry, stand-up comedy, and monologues that will have you laughing, crying, and questioning all at the same time! More info and booking...

The Egg

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 19:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Wind in The Willows - Adapted by Alan Bennett

More info and booking...

Secret Location in Bath

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 19:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Just in Case (Venue revealed on booking)

More info and booking...

Secret Location in Bath

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 19:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: 2 Comfortable Place (venue revealed on booking)

More info and booking...

Crystal Palace pub - Outside, in Abbey Green

Price: £9 / £6 Concs
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:45

Kilter Theatre presents

The Pub Tour

A Walking Tour of Bath's Historical Pubs

Meet outside The Crystal Palace Pub, Abbey Green for a charming local’s guide to the best secret drinking holes in town. A 90-minute witty walkabout through Bath’s Drinking History with round after round of fascinating facts delivered in a tongue-in-cheek Pub Quiz format. Come ready with a winning Team Name. Prizes to be won!

Extra info: Dress for the weather

More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:30

The Unravelling Wilburys

Following their sell-out world debut at last year's Fringe@theOTR, this band of good ol’ boys from Nashville Tennessee who had a whole bunch of songs (allegedly) stolen by some supergroup called “The Travelling Wilburys” have been hitting the highway and are back with an even bigger show this year.

Extra info: Full disabled access

More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: £5 for Students and Concessions, £8 Standard Ticket
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bath University Student Musicals Society Presents:

The Ballad of Me and My Friends

A New Musical with the Songs and Lyrics of Frank Turner

A new jukebox musical written for this year's fringe follows the life and times of musicians, artists and other failed 21st century bohemians trying to make it in contemporary London. Taking inspiration from Frank Turner's lyrics and live shows, the performance weaves together gig and theatre in Bath University's new arts complex, The Edge. More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: £12:50 / £10:50 Concs/ £8:50 UoB Students
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Nowadays Tipi

Kadialy Kouyate & Claire Northey

A celebration of summer strings

Nowadays is popping up this summer with a rich blend of new and old music. Join us for this unique musical evening in our enchanting tipi venue, set in the grounds of The Edge. A delicious summer’s evening treat… with mixed seating including cushions, picnic benches, chairs and cosy snug…

In part one of our summer music pop up, we welcome master Kora player and songwriter Kadialy Kouyate and Bristol-based French violinist Claire Northey to play in our Tipi. More info and booking...

Secret Location in Bath

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:10

Fake Escape present:

Apocalypse

What if you knew exactly when your life would end?

What If You Knew Exactly When Your Life Would End? To The Very Second... How Would You Want To Go Out?
For '20:20 Vision's 5th year at Bath Fringe the acclaimed immersive experience turns its attention to our planet's final hours. 4 new plays by 4 writers under 30, with stories spanning relationships and continents played out in real time, as the audience hurtles towards the end of the world. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre

Price: £8/ £5 Concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:15

Bath University Student Theatre Presents

Phantom

By Lucas Fisher-Horas

Gabriel Blake is a man haunted by grief. Through an act of heroism he is introduced to Olivia, a girl who is equally lost in life, trapped within a toxic and abusive relationship. The two find deep solace in one another, yet the closer they grow, the greater the stakes should tragedy strike.

Extra info: Recommended Age: 15+

More info and booking...

The Nest

Price: £5 (£3 NUS), ££ in advance
Start time: 20:00

RMT present

Vels Trio

plus Tiger Trail and Bird Noire

Channelling ingrained deep grooves, progressive soundscapes and contemporary hip hop, the Trio’s sound represents an amalgamation of different influences, with the extraterrestrial electrified leanings of prog and jazz-funk anchored to a deep backbeat, hyperactively engaging audiences with their heavy groove and energetic live sets. A hip-hop-infused reinterpretation of jazz for contemporary audiences with a distinct twist of their own.
The band sold out The Jazz Cafe on Monday 13th February with a live rendition of Madlib’s Shades of Blue. More info and booking...

Secret Location in Bath

Price: £15 / £10 Concs
Start time: 20:00

Invulnerable Nothings

A Bright Room Called Day

by Tony Kushner

Invulnerable Nothings presents Kushner's spectacular political parable in a site specific apartment staging for intimate audiences. Email invulnerablenothings@gmail.com for tickets: location revealed upon booking confirmation! More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

St Wally's Eve

As a prelude to the Walcot Nation Day celebrations, The Bell will be buzzing to an upgrade on the usual already-groovesome vinyl DJ malarkey, and, we are assured, some popup events to match. More details on their website and ours nearer the time. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £10 / £8 / £5 BSU
Start time: 20:00

Himmeltheatre Presents:

Antigone

Sophocles’ tragedy tells the struggle between the law of Men and the Law of Nature. A woman stands against the will of a tyrant: her vision being the only thing that can make the power collapse and open new prospects. The city of Tebe will heal only with sacrifice. More info and booking...

The Ale House - Upstairs

Price: £10
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Krowd Keepers Magic Theatre

Krowd Keepers is a weekly magic theatre in Bath presenting some of the top magicians in the world. No Rabbits, Cheese or Top Hats; instead quality magic which engages, astonishes and entertains diverse audiences with great participation. Comedy and magic mixed together at its best. More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £8/ £5 Concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:45

Bath University Student Theatre Presents

Other Places

By Harold Pinter

Join Bath University Student Theatre as they perform three of Harold Pinter's best One Act plays shown together in one night, including "A Kind of Alaska", "Victoria Station" and "One For The Road".

Extra info: Recommended Age: 15+

More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal - Library

Price: £8 /£7 Concs
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 19:30

Tony Jameson

Football Manager Ruined My Life

Tony Jameson has become one of the UK's hottest comedic talents with his laid back, chatty, observational style. For the past 18 months, Tony has been touring the UK with this sell-out show, including a week-long residency at both Leicester Square Theatre and Museum of Comedy in London.

Extra info: No disabled access as the Library is on the third floor

More info and booking...

The Royal Oak

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Jesuits

New-ish Bristol psych quartet including ex-members of the rather-good-sadly Towns, surfing a tidal wave of feedback & noise but with punk/grunge energy and attitude to keep them out of any trouble they didn't choose to be in. Ones to watch (and indeed listen to). More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: £5
Start time: 23:00
Doors open: 23:00

Fame

With all your guilty pleasures under one roof, Fame is Bath’s biggest night for you to unleash your inner dancer to the soundtrack of nostalgic numbers from the past and modern groovers that you wouldn’t normally dare sing out of the shower! More info and booking...

Saturday 10th June 2017

The Mission Theatre

Price: £6 / £4 students
Start time: 11:00
Doors open: 10:40

Back In Time Productions Presents

A Suitcase of Memories

When a husband is caring for his very unwell wife, the memorable moments they've shared bring them closer than ever as they reflect on their adventurous journey together. More info and booking...

Secret Location in Bath

Price: Free
Start time: 11:15
Doors open: 11:00

walknowlive:

Bath’s Last Legal Slaveowners

Sweet Waters: walking, sensing legacies of slave-ownership.

Richard White hosts a creative performative walk wayfaring through the obscured histories and reluctant heritage of Bath, reflecting on flow, cycle and memory; alert for sounds, voices, tears, sweat and blood suspended in the waters. Generating a social media trail, networking contemporary resonance. Join on foot or online.

Extra info: Its a walk! So come prepared. Return by bus or on foot.

More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 14:00

Walcot Independence Partyparty

K'Chevere, Nathan, Mick & Bruno

To celebrate 20 years of the re-birth of Walcot Nation and its sensational street party, on top of the Bell's usual eclectomaniac Saturday formula we're adding a classic Bath live band and then on into 2 rooms of major DJ action from some of our traditional longterm local favourites. Lineup to be announced, see our website and The Bell's. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 14:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Finally Human

More info and booking...

The Egg

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 14:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Wind in The Willows - Adapted by Alan Bennett

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre

Price: £8/ £5 Concs
Start time: 14:00
Doors open: 13:45

Bath University Student Theatre Presents

Phantom

By Lucas Fisher-Horas

Gabriel Blake is a man haunted by grief. Through an act of heroism he is introduced to Olivia, a girl who is equally lost in life, trapped within a toxic and abusive relationship. The two find deep solace in one another, yet the closer they grow, the greater the stakes should tragedy strike.

Extra info: Recommended age: 15+

More info and booking...

St. Michael's Church

Price: £7 / £5 concs
Start time: 14:30
Doors open: 14:00

Thereby Hangs A Tale presents

Ovid's Heroines

By James Darnton

Three of mythology's most complex and compelling women come to life in this brand new re-imagining of Ovid's poetry, especially commissioned for the 2000th anniversary of his death.
Directed by Milo Morris
All ticket proceeds go to Southside Family Project Bath More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £10 Full/£8 Conc/£5 BSU Student
Start time: 16:00

Tobacco Tea Theatre Company

The Accidental Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

When Holmes unknowingly murders his own client, the game is on to catch the criminal! But are Watson's rent and Moriarty's thirst for detective fiction manipulating events? Expect hilarity, satire, metafiction and plot twists galore! More info and booking...

Secret Location in Bath

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 16:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Just in Case (venue revealed on booking)

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £10 / £8 / £5 BSU
Start time: 18:00

Himmeltheatre Presents:

Antigone

Sophocles’ tragedy tells the struggle between the law of Men and the Law of Nature. A woman stands against the will of a tyrant: her vision being the only thing that can make the power collapse and open new prospects. The city of Tebe will heal only with sacrifice. More info and booking...

The Egg

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 19:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Wind in The Willows - Adapted by Alan Bennett

More info and booking...

St. Michael's Church

Price: £7 / £5 concs
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:30

Thereby Hangs A Tale presents

Ovid's Heroines

By James Darnton

Three of mythology's most complex and compelling women come to life in this brand new re-imagining of Ovid's poetry, especially commissioned for the 2000th anniversary of his death.
Directed by Milo Morris
All ticket proceeds go to Southside Family Project Bath More info and booking...

Crystal Palace pub - Outside, in Abbey Green

Price: £9 / £6 Concs
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:45

Kilter Theatre presents

The Pub Tour

A Walking Tour of Bath's Historical Pubs

Meet outside The Crystal Palace Pub, Abbey Green for a charming local’s guide to the best secret drinking holes in town. A 90-minute witty walkabout through Bath’s Drinking History with round after round of fascinating facts delivered in a tongue-in-cheek Pub Quiz format. Come ready with a winning Team Name. Prizes to be won!

Extra info: Dress for the weather

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre

Price: £8/ £5 Concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 17:15

Bath University Student Theatre Presents

Tartuffe

by Molière

This hilarious translation of Molière’s Tartuffe, by BBC Radio 4’s Roger McGough brings new life to the classic French farce. Set within the 17th century aristocracy the play tells the tale of Tartuffe, a fraud posing as a priest, who feigns piety to swindle the upper classes out of their wealth. ​ More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: £5 for Students and Concessions, £8 Standard Ticket
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bath University Student Musicals Society Presents:

The Ballad of Me and My Friends

A New Musical with the Songs and Lyrics of Frank Turner

A new jukebox musical written for this year's fringe follows the life and times of musicians, artists and other failed 21st century bohemians trying to make it in contemporary London. Taking inspiration from Frank Turner's lyrics and live shows, the performance weaves together gig and theatre in Bath University's new arts complex, The Edge. More info and booking...

Secret Location in Bath

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:10

Fake Escape present:

Apocalypse

What if you knew exactly when your life would end?

What If You Knew Exactly When Your Life Would End? To The Very Second... How Would You Want To Go Out?
For '20:20 Vision's 5th year at Bath Fringe the acclaimed immersive experience turns its attention to our planet's final hours. 4 new plays by 4 writers under 30, with stories spanning relationships and continents played out in real time, as the audience hurtles towards the end of the world. More info and booking...

Secret Location in Bath

Price: £15 / £10 Concs
Start time: 20:00

Invulnerable Nothings

A Bright Room Called Day

by Tony Kushner

Invulnerable Nothings presents Kushner's spectacular political parable in a site specific apartment staging for intimate audiences. Email invulnerablenothings@gmail.com for tickets: location revealed upon booking confirmation! More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 20:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Freak by Anna Jordan

More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: £19 (see komedia.co.uk for other ticketing options)
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 18:30

Krater Comedy Club

Watch three top stand-ups and enjoy the comedy stylings of one of the best comperes in the business, plus eat delicious food served by our Soil Association Gold Standard Award winning restaurant.

Extra info: Scott Capurro, Stuart Mitchell, Prince Abdi, MC Mark Olver

More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £8 (concessions £7)
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Guy Fawkes

Indie set to Blow-up

A backlash to A-sides, a response to four-minute songs by manicured manikins, a single finger to the Ed's of this world, the beginning of the good new days. But most of all Indie that seamlessly blends nuance and beauty with energy and rhythm. Set to blow up.

Extra info: Full disabled access

More info and booking...

The Ale House - Upstairs

Price: £10
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Krowd Keepers Magic Theatre

Krowd Keepers is a weekly magic theatre in Bath presenting some of the top magicians in the world. No Rabbits, Cheese or Top Hats; instead quality magic which engages, astonishes and entertains diverse audiences with great participation. Comedy and magic mixed together at its best.

Extra info: Suggested Age Limit 10+

More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £8/ £5 Concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:45

Bath University Student Theatre Presents

Other Places

By Harold Pinter

Join Bath University Student Theatre as they perform three of Harold Pinter's best One Act plays shown together in one night, including "A Kind of Alaska", "Victoria Station" and "One For The Road".

Extra info: Recommended Age: 15+

More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: £10 ADULT / £8 CONCS/ £8:00 CHILD/ £24 GROUP TICKET – OPTION ONE (INC:1 ADULT & 3 CHILDREN) / £26 GROUP TICKET – OPTION TWO (INC: 2 ADULTS & 2 CHILDREN)
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 18:00

Nowadays Family Tipi

Adventures in Story, Theatre and Music

JOIN US ROUND THE CAMPFIRE FOR MUSIC AND STORYTELLING! At the magical tipi with your family, catch up with your friends and picnic on the lawn or sit at tables on the Edge terrace enjoying the summer’s evening. Take part or watch your children create their own ‘moving suits.’ Then it’s time to sit back together around the tipi camp fire (mixed seating including cushions, chairs and a snug) and hear marvellous and fantastical stories with a musical twist…Enjoy Kilter Theatre, Storytelling with Somerset Storytellers, James Watts and Michael Loader and create wonderful moving costumes with Lets Make Art! A wonderful summer’s evening treat… This event is suitable for grownups and under 12’s.
More info and booking...

The Barley Mow

Price: £5 / £6 door
Start time: 21:00
Doors open: 20:00

Foxy Music presents

A Tribute to Pink Floyd

by James Hollingsworth

James creates amazing soundscapes using skilful guitar effects and loop technology to recreate the legendary rock of Pink Floyd and totally blow your mind! A “truly phenomenal experience” (Barry ‘The Fish’ Melton, Country Joe and The Fish), an absolute must for all fans of Pink Floyd and psychedelic, folk, blues, trance or metal guitar. More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: £6
Start time: 23:00
Doors open: 23:00

Motorcity

Bath’s busiest and best club night never fails to deliver a refreshing but classic mix of all the best Motown, Soul, Funk and Rock ‘n’ Roll Anthems to keep your feet stomping into the early hours! More info and booking...

Sunday 11th June 2017

Beckford's Tower - Walk starts in gardens

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00
Doors open: 10:00

walknowlive:

Sweat and Sugar: walking the points of the Triangular Trade

Sweet Waters: walking, sensing legacies of slave-ownership.

Richard White hosts a creative performative walk wayfaring through obscured histories and reluctant heritage of Bath down to the river, reflecting on flow, cycle and memory; alert for sounds, voices, tears, sweat and blood suspended in the waters. Generating a social media trail, networking contemporary resonances. Join on foot or online.

Extra info: Its a walk, some come prepared! Bring water and snacks.

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £10 Full/£8 Conc/£5 BSU Student
Start time: 12:00

Tobacco Tea Theatre Company

The Accidental Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

When Holmes unknowingly murders his own client, the game is on to catch the criminal! But are Watson's rent and Moriarty's thirst for detective fiction manipulating events? Expect hilarity, satire, metafiction and plot twists galore! More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00
Doors open: 12:00

Walcot Nation Celebration!

It was 20 years ago today...

Walcot Nation Day festival - run by Bath Fringe, The Bell, and key local traders - was 20 years ago on the Sunday at the end of that year's Fringe. We reckon that's a major excuse for a party. Already confirmed: an afternoon of top local live music, events in the yard, archive film showings of past local misdemeanours, pop-up art, and the unpredictable. See our website and The Bell's for details nearer the time. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 14:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: The Perfect Woman?

More info and booking...

St Swithins Church - In the garden

Price: Free
Start time: 14:15
Doors open: 14:00

Walcot Village Fair

Children's outdoor theatre event

2.15pm: The Adorable Snowman by Gulliver Keunzler..
When a Yeti is discovered, the locals call it abominable but as events unfold they realise it is in fact adorable!
3.15pm The Lorax by Dr Seuss. Adapted for performance and performed by Mike Wallton and friends.
4.15pm Children's cabaret - do you have a special skill or joke to tell? More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6 / £4 concs / £3 BSU
Start time: 16:00

On Set Productions

Bath Spa Live Fringe

Two weeks of innovative new drama: Undergraduates from Bath Spa University's Performing Arts course present their degree shows.

Extra info: Ellipsism - The Last Days of Napoleon

More info and booking...

Secret Location in Bath

Price: £15 / £10 Concs
Start time: 20:00

Invulnerable Nothings

A Bright Room Called Day

by Tony Kushner

Invulnerable Nothings presents Kushner's spectacular political parable in a site specific apartment staging for intimate audiences. Email invulnerablenothings@gmail.com for tickets: location revealed upon booking confirmation! More info and booking...

The Bell - Love Lounge (Back bar)

Price: please make a donation (£3 suggested, price of a pint)
Start time: 20:00

Comedy & Music

Walcot Street Comedy Collective

featuring Calico Jack

The Fringe of the Fringe gets excited round the back of the pub tonight: a phalanx of performances from the truly alternative edge of the city, featuring:
Onanism - Matt Cranium - The Whistleblowers - Arnold Kuenzler-Byrt --- plus a little bit more.
The night culminates with a show from yer actual Pirates of the Kennet & Avon, Calico Jack More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £8 / £7 Concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Andy Wilky

Just Me

Anyone who has seen ‘Phoenix Nights’, 'That Peter Kay Thing’, 'Mrs Brown’s Boys’, ‘Cold Feet’ and the Ken Loach film 'Looking For Eric’ will instantly recognise Andy Wilky. This ‘Just me’ Tour features anecdotes from his home life laced with surreal tangents, including the welcome appearance of a talking dog.

Extra info: Full disabled access

More info and booking...

Monday 12th June 2017

Saltford Brass Mill - Walk starts outside

Price: Free
Start time: 10:15
Doors open: 10:00

walknowlive

Sweet Waters: a cycle of walks along the River Avon sensing legacies of slavery and slaveownership

different starting points

Richard White hosts a series of creative performative walks wayfaring through obscured histories and reluctant heritage from Bath and along the river, reflecting on flow, cycle and memory; alert for sounds, voices, tears, sweat and blood suspended in the waters. Generating a social media trail, networking contemporary resonances. Join on foot or online.

Extra info: From Saltford Brass Mill to Keynsham Brass Mill. Approx 5 miles. Level path.

More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

The Underscore Orkestra

6 piece from Portland Oregon who had such a ball last summer they were begging to be back this year. Balkan, Klezmer, Hot Jazz, Swing and other stuff that makes air and feet move in an inescapably joyous fashion, with the commitment and hard work on presentation and motivation that our transatlantic cousins do so well. More info and booking...

Tuesday 13th June 2017

Keynsham railway station - Walk starts in station car-park

Price: Free
Start time: 10:15
Doors open: 10:00

walknowlive

Sweet Waters: a cycle of walks along the River Avon sensing legacies of slavery and slaveownership

different starting points

Richard White hosts a series of creative performative walks wayfaring through obscured histories and reluctant heritage from Bath and along the river, reflecting on flow, cycle and memory; alert for sounds, voices, tears, sweat and blood suspended in the waters. Generating a social media trail, networking contemporary resonances. Join on foot or online.

Extra info: From Keynsham train station to Bristol. Approx 8 miles. Level path. Meet at Keynsham train station.

More info and booking...

Wednesday 14th June 2017

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Kangaroo Moon

A festival perennial for 30-odd years and always a guarantee that summer is finally here - not least because they used to work the double-summer trip so beloved of performers with a strong antipodean connection. Celtic and tranced-out grooves, future primitive eco instincts and a shot of the mystic derived from their Planet Gong connection. Plenty have tried to copy but none hit it like they do. More info and booking...

Saturday 17th June 2017

Locksbrook Inn - Walk starts outside on canal towpath

Price: Free
Start time: 10:15
Doors open: 10:00

walknowlive

Sweet Waters: a cycle of walks along the River Avon sensing legacies of slavery and slaveownership

different starting points

Richard White hosts a series of creative performative walks wayfaring through obscured histories and reluctant heritage from Bath and along the river, reflecting on flow, cycle and memory; alert for sounds, voices, tears, sweat and blood suspended in the waters. Generating a social media trail, networking contemporary resonances. Join on foot or online.

Extra info: From Weston Lock to Saltford Brass Mill Approx 5 miles. Level path. Meet on bridge at rear of The Locksbrook Inn (formerly The Dolphin) 10.00

More info and booking...

Monday 19th June 2017

Bath Abbey - Walks starts outside main doors

Price: Free
Start time: 10:15
Doors open: 10:00

walknowlive

Sweet Waters: a cycle of walks along the River Avon sensing legacies of slavery and slaveownership

different starting points

Richard White hosts a series of creative performative walks wayfaring through obscured histories and reluctant heritage from Bath and along the river, reflecting on flow, cycle and memory; alert for sounds, voices, tears, sweat and blood suspended in the waters. Generating a social media trail, networking contemporary resonances. Join on foot or online.

Extra info: From Bath City Centre to Keynsham Brass Mill. Approx 8 miles. Level path. Meet outside Bath Abbey main entrance 10.00

More info and booking...

Tuesday 20th June 2017

Keynsham railway station - Walk starts in station car-park

Price: Free
Start time: 10:15
Doors open: 10:00

walknowlive

Sweet Waters: a cycle of walks along the River Avon sensing legacies of slavery and slaveownership

different starting points

Richard White hosts a series of creative performative walks wayfaring through obscured histories and reluctant heritage from Bath and along the river, reflecting on flow, cycle and memory; alert for sounds, voices, tears, sweat and blood suspended in the waters. Generating a social media trail, networking contemporary resonances. Join on foot or online.

Extra info: From Keynsham train station to Bristol. Approx 8 miles. Level path. Meet at Keynsham train station at 10.00

More info and booking...

Wednesday 21st June 2017

Avonmouth Bridge - Walk starts on bridge

Price: Free
Start time: 05:00
Doors open: 04:30

walknowlive

Sweet Waters: a cycle of walks along the River Avon sensing legacies of slavery and slaveownership

different starting points

Richard White hosts a series of creative performative walks wayfaring through obscured histories and reluctant heritage from Bath and along the river, reflecting on flow, cycle and memory; alert for sounds, voices, tears, sweat and blood suspended in the waters. Generating a social media trail, networking contemporary resonances. Join on foot or online.

Extra info: From Avonmouth to Bath along the river. Approx 26 miles. Some steep sections. Meet on Avonmouth bridge at 4.30 for midsummer sunrise Finish on Bathwick fields, picnic, closing conversation and sunset if the weather obliges.

More info and booking...

Monday 10th July 2017

Central Bath

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Bath Big Cheese Trail

There is life after the Fringe! Join the Bath Big Cheese Trail. Running from Monday 10th to Sunday 16th July. You and 100 cheeses!
Organised by Bath Comedy in association with VisitBath and Bath-Alkmaar Twinning Association’s 70th Anniversary Celebrations and supported by Heritage Lottery.
Details soon!
www.bathcomedy.com More info and booking...

Wednesday 23rd May 2018

St James Wine Vaults - Downstairs

Price: £5 on the door
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 20:00

Live at St James Wine Vaults

Latino Groove / Alejandra Restrepo Cantora

Local band Latino Groove and Colombian singer-songwriter sensation, Alejandra Restrepo, team up for a night of uplifting musical entertainment at the famous St James Wine Vaults. A unique fusion of Latin American rhythms and other traditions - their high-energy performance is guaranteed to fill the dance floor! More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Murder Murder

Six-piece string band with suitcase percussion playing a unique blend of bluegrass and outlaw country with a sublime storytelling sense: every song is a Murder ballad or at least a NorthAmerican Noir worthy of a great movie. Very much a cut above the usual ranch stash. More info and booking...

Thursday 24th May 2018

The Royal Oak

Price: Free
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 20:00

Live at The Royal Oak

Latino Groove / Alejandra Restrepo Cantora

Local band Latino Groove and Colombian singer-songwriter sensation, Alejandra Restrepo, team up for a night of uplifting musical entertainment. A unique fusion of Latin American rhythms and other traditions - their high-energy performance is guaranteed to fill the dance floor! More info and booking...

Friday 25th May 2018

Various venues

Price: Free
Start time: 18:00

Bath Fringe Opening Night

Circomedia walkabouts

On Friday 25th May the Circomedia students burst out of their studios and onto the streets, in a chaotic and frolic filled evening of walkabout performance. Prepare to see the world differently as this talented group of thirty international circus performers roam the streets of Bath in search of an audience. This isn’t your normal Friday night out. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: Free
Start time: 19:00

Tantalising Tasters at The Mission

The Mission kicks off an exciting fortnight of Fringe frenzy with a theatrical treat - a chance to glimpse ten minute tasters of many of the Mission’s Fringe shows. And then meet the actors, network and relax in the The Mission’s Fringe Hub Bar with a glass of Fringe Fest Fizz! More info and booking...

Crystal Palace pub - Outside, in Abbey Green

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:50

Back By Popular Demand

The Bath Pub Tour

An Insider's Guide to Bath's Best Boozers

A charming local's guide to the best secret drinking holes in town. A 90-minute witty walkabout through Bath's Drinking History with round after round of fascinating facts delivered in a tongue-in-cheek Pub Quiz format. Come ready with a winning Team Name. Prizes to be won!

Extra info: 30 minutes walking / >75 mins standing

More info and booking...

Fairfield House

Price: TBC
Start time: 19:30

An Audience with

The Last Poets

Live at the House of Haile Selassie I

The legendary New York civil rights activists and groundbreaking performers The Last Poets are coming to Bath for one night only to share an intimate evening of welcome, conversation, performance and hospitality. This once in a lifetime opportunity will take place in Fairfield House, the Victorian villa left to the City of Bath by HIM Haile Selassie I.

Extra info: Time TBC

More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £13.50 adv / £15 door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

20th Century Foxes Presents

Cool Britannia

A Ride Through The Swinging 60s

Relive the heady 1960s as this unforgettable live band whirls you through the decade of the British Explosion, from early '60s kitsch to rooftop rock, and everything in between. Sixties Britain created a style and sound all its own - and made the world sit up and take notice. More info and booking...

Green Park Station

Price: Free
Start time: 22:00
Doors open: 18:00

Everywhere

Openings Night

featuring The Gin Bowlers

Our Openings Night features a little party in every FAB Art venue, and a bigger one in Green Park Station at 10pm with The Gin Bowlers playing their own angle on that much-abused lady, Swing (they played the Zen Hussies birthday party so they're the tops).
Plus: the milkfloat of music, various excursions from performanmce artistes, and a great selection of this year's top crop of Circomedia specialist performance students, on the streets and coming at you. More info and booking...

Saturday 26th May 2018

Walcot Chapel

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Live Live

The internationally renowned ceramics artist Sandy Brown invites people with many skills and none to work with Avon clay. The sculptor Martin Staniforth encourages visitors to make a new piece with found materials. The process artist Aine Kelly creates new work on site. Anais Comer tells a child-friendly story about a stranded whale. And the celebrated choir leader and singer-songwriter, Su Hart, conducts an impromptu workshop to make an improvised and spontaneous choral piece that lifts the spirits of singers and listeners alike. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Upstairs theatre

Price: £6 / £5 concs
Start time: 12:30
Doors open: 12:00

Thereby Hangs A Tale presents

The Interlinear of Cabeza de Vaca & Malinche

Two epic stories from the 16th Century Spanish colonisation of the Americas told with live original music.
"The power of maintaining life in others lives within each of us, and from each of us does it recede when unused" More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8 / £6 Concs / £5 Under 16s / Group Deals £21/£25 (Family of 4/Family of 5)
Start time: 15:00
Doors open: 14:45

The Little Things Theatre presents:

A Dog's Brexit

By Josie Hunt

An exciting new family show for children age 7+. A Dog's Brexit is a Dr Seuss meets Animal Farm-esque portrayal of Britain's exit from the EU, filled with dogs, rhyme, songs and explanations that aim to speak directly to children. More info and booking...

Crystal Palace pub - Outside, in Abbey Green

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:50

Back By Popular Demand

The Bath Pub Tour

An Insider's Guide to Bath's Best Boozers

A charming local's guide to the best secret drinking holes in town. A 90-minute witty walkabout through Bath's Drinking History with round after round of fascinating facts delivered in a tongue-in-cheek Pub Quiz format. Come ready with a winning Team Name. Prizes to be won!

Extra info: 30 minutes walking / >75 minutes standing.

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8 / £5 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:30

High and Dry Present

The Child Who Said No

A spoken word meta-drama based on real lives and real mental health recovery.

The play is a journey of life, grief, hope, change and the human condition. Beyond a story, we walk alongside the shadows into a dream reality of feeling, learning and evolving.
The Child Who Said No is a High and Dry production, written and performed by Alice Smith and Bethany Blue.
Featuring Abi, The Rainbow Child and Swingerella, The Fool. More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: £12:50 Full price// £10 Concs// £2:50 Edge Arts Community members.
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

The Edge Proudly Presents ..

Pee Wee Ellis

In conversation with Ian Shaw ..

Pee Wee Ellis, In conversation with Ian Shaw, Join us to hear the legendary Pee Wee talk about his life and times. In what promises to be an atmospheric and beautiful evening - not to be missed! Tickets from https://bit.ly/2JqUiT7

Extra info: Two conversations with a Q&A session

More info and booking...

The Nest

Price: £5 adv / £6 door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Spellbinding celtic blues improvisation to an iconic film

ARCC

50 years of 2001 : A Space Odyssey

Local band ARCC, in one of their are live appearances, improvise a soundtrack to the iconic film 2001: A Space Odyssey, Kubrick’s seminal work that has defined sci-fi movies since it’s release in 1968. With a live band and VJ mixing multiple projections, expect a spectacular show. More info and booking...

St James Wine Vaults - Downstairs

Price: £7
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:45

Close Enough at the Fringe

Close Enough picked up a Buxton Fringe nomination in 2017 for their slick and stylish singing. Join the feisty foursome - Woody, Tom, Tom (!), and Johnny - as they perform their unique mix of classic barbershop alongside choice close harmony arrangements, spanning everything from East European folk to Big Band swingtime, and guaranteed to put a smile on your face! More info and booking...

The Barley Mow

Price: £3 adv / £4 door
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 19:30

Foxy Music

The Big Massive Orchestra

Passionate, experimental three-piece fusing post-rock, traditional folk and classical into a unique, ambient electronic sound. These superb young musicians have been selling out venues in Bristol and captivating audiences with their atmospheric sound and front man Louis's sublime delivery of edgy and unique songs. Definitely a catch them while you can! More info and booking...

Sunday 27th May 2018

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00
Doors open: 12:00

Isembard's Wheel

Great new Brit-folk ensemble with quite another angle on the current resurgence of interest in all things home grown. Isembard is one of those with a very clear vision, the mission to go with it, and something new to bring to the table: a fearless attitude to the tradition and to their own creative place in it. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8 / £6 Concs / £5 Under 16s / Group Deals £21/£25 (Family of 4/Family of 5)
Start time: 13:00
Doors open: 12:45

The Little Things Theatre presents:

A Dog's Brexit

By Josie Hunt

An exciting new family show for children age 7+. A Dog's Brexit is a Dr Seuss meets Animal Farm-esque portrayal of Britain's exit from the EU, filled with dogs, rhyme, songs and explanations that aim to speak directly to children. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8 / £6 Concs / £5 Under 16s / Group Deals £21/£25 (Family of 4/Family of 5)
Start time: 14:30
Doors open: 14:15

The Little Things Theatre presents:

A Dog's Brexit

By Josie Hunt

An exciting new family show for children age 7+. A Dog's Brexit is a Dr Seuss meets Animal Farm-esque portrayal of Britain's exit from the EU, filled with dogs, rhyme, songs and explanations that aim to speak directly to children. More info and booking...

The Old Barn, Kelston Roundhill

Price: £10 adv.
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:00

RMT presents

Sloth Racket & Run Logan Run

SR - new school improvisation from hard-edged & out-there quintet combining the thought processes of Jazz, the attitude of Free and the sonics of Post-Rock. RLR emphasise loops, effects and rhythm in their quest to show how a sax/drums duo can map a future. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £12 / £10 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

The Rattle'n'Roll Players present

The Rise and Fall of King Donald the 1/5th

by Gabriel Chanan

A rich, aggressive merchant aims to seize Egoland from dying King Omba. He makes a risky pact with three witches - but they have their own subversive ideas. Who can save the world from his destructive impulses? Humour, pathos and Shakespearean echoes jostle in this hilarious take on contemporary politics More info and booking...

Monday 28th May 2018

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8
Start time: 18:00
Doors open: 17:15

Softsod Productions Presents

UnSpoken

By David Martin

As funeral bells chime, a mysterious woman whispers a terrible secret to a grieving wife. Some years later, now in therapy, the woman pieces together the jigsaw of her life, the damning relationship with her father, her struggle with trust and love and the disturbing truth behind that secret whisper.
Directed by Jacqs Graham, featuring Lucy Elzik and David Martin. Suitable Age 16+ only. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:15

Softsod Productions Presents

UnSpoken

By David Martin

As funeral bells chime, a mysterious woman whispers a terrible secret to a grieving wife. Some years later, now in therapy, the woman pieces together the jigsaw of her life, the damning relationship with her father, her struggle with trust and love and the disturbing truth behind that secret whisper.
Directed by Jacqs Graham, featuring Lucy Elzik and David Martin. Suitable Age 16+ only. More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

The Silken Same

Galway duo Mossy Nolan and Colm McGowan, artfully combine the bygone and the new, drawing on Irish and Balkan influences; songs that on the face of it will seem instantly familiar, but that supplant the traditional with fresh melodic and conceptual ideas. More info and booking...

Tuesday 29th May 2018

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £9 / £7 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:20

Big Egg Theatre

Bummer and Lazarus

An absurd comedy that blends slapstick, nonsense and existentialism. This is the tale of two inseparable friends, renowned killers, and the most welcome faces in California.
They are trapped, and if they don't escape soon they will surely die. But first, Lazarus has some questions. Also, they are both dogs. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £5
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Comedienne-ess

Sally-Anne Hayward

A familiar face as one of the regular hosts of Krater Comedy at Komedia, Sally-Anne is taking time off from supporting Sarah Millican to bring her us her own show.
59 minutes of jokes from a female/woman unafraid of embracing her bitchier side.
“Warm and very funny” Sarah Millican. More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £10 adv / £12 door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Brejeiro: the Brazilian musical

Years before Samba emerged, Brazilian Choro music and Maxixe dances rocked the world. Join Brejeiro and friends to experience this infectious music and its social history from its beginnings in the 1860's to today. Come and dance, sing, play and smile with us and catch the Choro bug too. With 12 dancers on stage! More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Benjamin William Pike

An outstanding fingerstyle guitarist, with a voice that slots in beside the hallowed names of the '70s Folk & Beyond crowd, Ben is an artist of a kind you might have feared they didn't make any more. Depths of study and troughhs in life have brought him here, an experience we are all the richer for. More info and booking...

Wednesday 30th May 2018

St James Wine Vaults - Upstairs (gallery room)

Price: £5 / £7 concs
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:45

Daniel John Smith in

Big Dumb Cats

Two word texts, a nameless cat, blood where it shouldn't be and a fashion show to die for. We're shaped both by our experiences and how we get through them. Come share in some stories that have made Daniel John Smith the human he now appears to be.

Extra info: R18, Sexual themes, bad language

More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £5 / £7 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:30

Celtic & Spanish Guitar Music from the Heart

with Geoff Robb

A guitarist and composer whose music blends his classical training with his love of Spanish and Celtic music. Geoff has performed his well crafted and deeply moving compositions at festivals and concerts all over the UK and Europe. An outstanding guitarist..his innovative technique was of the highest standard.” The Argus More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £9 / £7 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:20

Big Egg Theatre

Bummer and Lazarus

An absurd comedy that blends slapstick, nonsense and existentialism. This is the tale of two inseparable friends, renowned killers, and the most welcome faces in California.
They are trapped, and if they don't escape soon they will surely die. But first, Lazarus has some questions. Also, they are both dogs. More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £18 adv / £20 door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

'Arte Flamenco Puro'

Juan Martín Flamenco Dance Trio

with Antonio Aparecida & Amparo Navarro

The awe inspiring guitarist and composer Juan Martín brings his fantastic flamenco trio direct from Spain featuring the tremendous footwork and artistry of prize winning dancer Amparo Navarro. The Times said of Juan Martin: 'A giant of the flamenco guitar tradition'. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Act V Theatre Company presents

Venus and Adonis

By William Shakespeare

The goddess Venus is obsessed with the mortal Adonis. How will their passionate encounter end? Shakespeare's dazzling verbal virtuosity, explores love with the wit and pathos later found in his best-loved comedies. A classic poem adapted into a play for four actors and violinist, with Act V's stripped-back style. More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

The Lords of Thyme

A new frontier in the unfolding worlds of psych/folk, the LOT blend the intensity, elusiveness and boundary-skipping skills of a Pentangle with the blissed out stonerdom of the West Coast koolaid jug bands. Unafraid of Trad, unafraid to write - there is so much to like! More info and booking...

Thursday 31st May 2018

FAB 1, 94 Walcot Street

Price: Pay What You Can
Start time: 12:00

Kilter Theatre & University of Bath present

The Cubicle

A theatrical space to ponder & play with cutting-edge research on body image.

Activities of every shape & size! Guest speakers celebrating the amazing body you already have! Workshops for singing, stretching, dancing, laughing... but not changing a thing! Developed in collaboration with University of Bath Psychology Researchers, The Cubicle will have you head over heels with your hiccups & hairy armpits.
Open 12 noon to 10pm

Extra info: Details at kiltertheatre.org

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £9 / £7 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:20

Big Egg Theatre

Bummer and Lazarus

An absurd comedy that blends slapstick, nonsense and existentialism. This is the tale of two inseparable friends, renowned killers, and the most welcome faces in California.
They are trapped, and if they don't escape soon they will surely die. But first, Lazarus has some questions. Also, they are both dogs. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £5
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

An Evening with Jelli Records

Phoenix River Band with support Higgs Bison

A potent mix of original songs with driving beats and soulful melodies . There is an undoubted salute to country influences with hints of R&B and Blues and a touch of Pink Floyd and Fleetwood Mac for good measure.
Higgs Bison sing beautiful songs of love, loss, money and menace. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £10 / £8 concs.
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:15

Softsod Productions Presents

UnSpoken

By David Martin

As funeral bells chime, a mysterious woman whispers a terrible secret to a grieving wife. Some years later, now in therapy, the woman pieces together the jigsaw of her life, the damning relationship with her father, her struggle with trust and love and the disturbing truth behind that secret whisper.
Directed by Jacqs Graham, featuring Lucy Elzik and David Martin. Suitable Age 16+ only. More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Nick Steel presents

James Hollingsworth's Pink Floyd Night

A sensational solo show from ace guitarist

A special event centred on the music of Pink Floyd, performed by acclaimed multi-instrumentalist singer/guitarist James Hollingsworth.
"Fascinating one man band James Hollingsworth conjures some wonderful soundscapes with guitar effects and loops to create colour and build the suspense." - Somerset Guardian More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £12 adv / £14 door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

fromthewhitehouse presents:

Reg Meuross

with special guest, harpist Anna Tanvir

A captivating musical evening with multi-award winning Somerset singer-songwriter Reg Meuross and his special guest the harpist Anna Tanvir. Anna will perform a solo opening set, and will join Reg for part of his headline set. The combination of these two musicians is magical. More info and booking...

Friday 1st June 2018

FAB 1, 94 Walcot Street

Price: Pay What You Can
Start time: 12:00

Kilter Theatre & University of Bath present

The Cubicle

A theatrical space to ponder & play with cutting-edge research on body image.

Activities of every shape & size! Guest speakers celebrating the amazing body you already have! Workshops for singing, stretching, dancing, laughing... but not changing a thing! Developed in collaboration with University of Bath Psychology Researchers, The Cubicle will have you head over heels with your hiccups & hairy armpits.
Open 12 noon to 10pm

Extra info: Details at kiltertheatre.org

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 17:00

Spaniel in the Works Theatre Company

The Final Journey of Edward Wilson

by John Bassett

Powerful play charting the life of Edward Wilson, explorer and naturalist on Scott's fateful journeys to the Antarctic. Wilson encounters a mysterious figure as he faces the end at the South Pole.
The play explores Wilson's life as an artist, scientist and as a caring and brave man of discovery. More info and booking...

St James Wine Vaults - Upstairs (gallery room)

Price: £5 / £7 concs
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:45

Daniel John Smith in

Big Dumb Cats

Two word texts, a nameless cat, blood where it shouldn't be and a fashion show to die for. We're shaped both by our experiences and how we get through them. Come share in some stories that have made Daniel John Smith the human he now appears to be.

Extra info: R18, Sexual themes, bad language

More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: Free
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 19:00

Rural Music Network

Young Acts and Bands from across the region

Rural Music Network works to support young people from across the region to rehearse, record and perform. We are delighted to be back in Bath with a great line up of singer-songwriters, psychedelic rock, metal, acoustic, and lyrical. These guys are super talented. If you want to get involved contact jamesbrookes@sryp.org.uk More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £14 / £12 concs
Start time: 20:00

Ritchie-Parrish-Ritchie: UnTangled Again

Originally the UK rhythm section of the Canadian powerhouse Tanglefoot, RPR have now teamed up with percussionist/singer/songwriter Beaker Granger. Their music, storytelling, humour and high-spirited stage presence bubble over with that same combination of aggressive enthusiasm & personality that made Tanglefoot famous. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £5
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

An Evening with Jelli Records

Funkinsteins

with Special Guest Bashema

This trio has crafted a truly original master sound, with amazing vocals and breathtaking guitar from Sal Wyatt and phat slap bass from Alex Gabb, and the mighty Jon Carter on drums, all together they give a truly dynamic performance. Bashema is a jazz influenced soulful songstress with an edgy twist. More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £12 adv / £14 door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Mondegreen Records presents

Track Dogs

Track Dogs make "sun-shiny songs thriving on dark themes behind irresistible rhythms". The Madrid-based ex-pats release their 4th album Kansas City Out Groove in 2018, the perfect showcase for their unique brand of acoustic music. A multi-instrumentalist line-up of cajun, bass, guitar, ukulele and trumpet; four-part harmonies steal the show. More info and booking...

Walcot Chapel

Price: £5
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Live at Walcot Chapel

Harmonium

Su Hart, the dynamic choir leader and singer-songwriter, joins the composer Sian Croose to lead an adventurous evening of layered women's voices, using interlocking rhythms and harmonies. Their influences are as diverse as Meredith Monk and Baka women's rainforest singing. More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:45

Route

by Marie Myrie

ROUTE originated from verbatim and poetry, it plays with the journey of self-acceptance and the meaning of home. Having parents that migrated as a product of the Windrush in 1948 from Jamaica, she finds herself embarking in a mirrored experience of isolation during her time at a predominantly white middle-class university.
Directed by Ewa Dina & Produced by Flo Akano More info and booking...

Saturday 2nd June 2018

Theatre Bath Bus - Brunel Square

Price: £8 / £6 concs
Start time: 10:00
Doors open: 09:45

Howard-Vick Productions presents

The Stationmaster

A new family musical by Gabriel Vick

Wesley is a 10 year old boy who loves trains and spends too much time at Swindon station for his parents liking. But on this day of the launch of the new intercity express train, Wesley finds himself in charge of the entire station! More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair in Radstock

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

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Bedlam Saturday in Radstock

Bath's big outdoor performance day features Bash St. Theatre, DotComedy, and many many more - including our New Work Works performers and the main performance of this year's Outside! NOW!! project - all in Radstock for the day.
More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair in Radstock

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Curious Company presents:

The Dept of Complaints

Got something to moan about? Is something just not right? Tell it all to our very own Department of Complaints. It MAY get sorted. Then again, it may not. More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair in Radstock

Price: Free
Start time: 11:15

Liberty Rocks present:

The Lost Luggage

3 space explorers and their mobile semi-sentient robotic dinosaur land in Bath, their mission - to discover our alien environment and interact with its inhabitants, delivering a vital message and collecting fuel to allow them to continue on their journey. Oooh errr..robotic dinosaurs...in Bath!! More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair in Radstock

Price: Free
Start time: 11:30

Alex Hofgartner Presents:

Strong Women

Strength of mind? Strength of body? Strength of Purpose? Yes, all of these and more from 3 acro-balancing phenomena More info and booking...

Theatre Bath Bus - Brunel Square

Price: £10 / £8
Start time: 11:30
Doors open: 11:00

OOOH ARRR Productions presents

Musical Mayhem

All of your favourite musicals in one place.

Let our two dazzling divas take you directly to the West End. It is here where they will serenade you with a feel-good hour of toe-tapping tunes and the ballads that are sure to hit home. They will take you through the A-Z of Musical theatre to ensure you do have the time of your life. Dance and sing along to all of your favourite show tunes for 60 minutes of pure entertainment! More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair in Radstock

Price: Free
Start time: 11:45

Sarah Slater Presents

Ralph La Wong

Ralph is a parody of traditional music hall entertainment, attempting world record breaking plate spinning….without plates…. More info and booking...

Radstock town centre

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bedlam Saturday in Somer Valley

Somer Valley Arts Family Day

featuring Outside! NOW!! More info and booking...

FAB 1, 94 Walcot Street

Price: Pay What You Can
Start time: 12:00

Kilter Theatre & University of Bath present

The Cubicle

A theatrical space to ponder & play with cutting-edge research on body image.

Activities of every shape & size! Guest speakers celebrating the amazing body you already have! Workshops for singing, stretching, dancing, laughing... but not changing a thing! Developed in collaboration with University of Bath Psychology Researchers, The Cubicle will have you head over heels with your hiccups & hairy armpits.
Open 12 noon to 10pm

Extra info: Details at kiltertheatre.org

More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair in Radstock

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Jessica Rost Company present:

Peddlers' Pack

So many things you never saw before'- five hucksters will be hawking the fringes and byways of town: conducting their commerce, making connections, interactions and unforgettable transactions; the like of which you could not ever have imagined possible. Find them before they find you! More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair in Radstock

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

The Milk Float Stage

‘The Milk Float Stage’ is a solar powered mobile music stage, run by singer-songwriter Paul Thompson. Paul gained a Guinness World record with his eco-float (named Bluebell!), after touring from Norfolk to the Edinburgh Fringe and back…at 10mph!!

Paul’s latest venture is the creation of ‘Milk Float TV’ with fellow Bath Spa University MA Songwriter, Andy Jones. MFTV features music sessions, live gigs and interviews with songwriters, all from the back of Bluebell.

The Milk Float Stage will be showcasing some of the fabulous students from Bath Spa’s Commercial Music and Songwriting MA courses, as well as filming some ‘Bedlam Specials’ for MFTV. Come and experience some great moo-sic, once floated, never forgotten!
More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair in Radstock

Price: Free
Start time: 12:15

Emma Louvelle Presents:

Red Shoes

Artist Emma Louvelle brings Hans Christian Anderson's 'Red Shoes' to life dancing her way around Bedlam propelled by her enchanted shoes. More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair in Radstock

Price: Free
Start time: 12:45

Liberty Rocks present:

The Lost Luggage

3 space explorers and their mobile semi-sentient robotic dinosaur land in Bath, their mission - to discover our alien environment and interact with its inhabitants, delivering a vital message and collecting fuel to allow them to continue on their journey. Oooh errr..robotic dinosaurs...in Bath!! More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair in Radstock

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Curious Company presents:

The Dept of Complaints

Got something to moan about? Is something just not right? Tell it all to our very own Department of Complaints. It MAY get sorted. Then again, it may not. More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair in Radstock

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Sarah Slater Presents

Ralph La Wong

Ralph is a parody of traditional music hall entertainment, attempting world record breaking plate spinning….without plates…. More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair in Radstock

Price: Free
Start time: 13:15

Animystic Productions Presents:

The Hoary Halfling Tavern

Welcome to the Hoary Halfling, the oldest travelling pub this side of Great River! Come and have a drink with the cantankerous bar maid and be regaled with tall tales from our resident Adventurer! More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair in Radstock

Price: Free
Start time: 13:15

Emma Louvelle Presents:

Red Shoes

Artist Emma Louvelle brings Hans Christian Anderson's 'Red Shoes' to life dancing her way around Bedlam propelled by her enchanted shoes. More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair in Radstock

Price: Free
Start time: 13:30

Phil Young Presents

Philentertains

He fell in love with her in the deep sea, but can he fathom how to win her love or will she think him too shallow? An aquatic love story. More info and booking...

Theatre Bath Bus - Brunel Square

Price: £10
Start time: 13:30
Doors open: 13:25

Gritty Theatre presents

Fred and Ginger

by Michael Southan

Taffeta, testosterone and no-talent! Who did not love the annual school musical? 'Fred and Ginger' is a gorgeous little piece that reminds us of our own halcyon days at secondary school. More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair in Radstock

Price: Free
Start time: 13:45

Jessica Rost Company present:

Peddlers' Pack

So many things you never saw before'- five hucksters will be hawking the fringes and byways of town: conducting their commerce, making connections, interactions and unforgettable transactions; the like of which you could not ever have imagined possible. Find them before they find you! More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: Children £5 / Adults £10
Start time: 14:00

NOSThree presents

Friendly Ever After

with Maria de Jesus Rocha and Bianca Bertalot

A lovely story of two young clowns trying to find true friendship. When fate unites them, they realise that cultivating a new friendship is not an easy job. They discover together the beauty of friendship and the need to respect, help and understand one's friend. More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair in Radstock

Price: Free
Start time: 14:15

Alex Hofgartner Presents:

Strong Women

Strength of mind? Strength of body? Strength of Purpose? Yes, all of these and more from 3 acro-balancing phenomena More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair in Radstock

Price: Free
Start time: 14:20

DotComedy

The Chain

Somer Valley Arts Family Day

The Chain is a random sequence of slapstick blunders that develops into a comic disaster – with hilarious results that catch the audience by surprise.

More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair in Radstock

Price: Free
Start time: 14:30

Bash Street Theatre

Bellevue Hotel

It’s the 1950’s and Elsie Lovejoy runs a dilapidated, theatrical boarding house in a seaside town. When a local gangster tries to buy her out her theatrical guests rally round to save the day using their considerable talents. More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

Theatre Bath Bus - Brunel Square

Price: £8 / £6 concs
Start time: 15:00
Doors open: 14:55

Croon productions

MONSTER!

Classic cinematic monsters have escaped their retirement home. Look Out! A little girl, some seagulls, a bat, a fish... 2 hotel managers! Terrifying! Can 4 bright eyed teenagers save the World? MONSTER Explores the horror film genre with Puppet theatre. Made for grownups (Suitable for over 10 yrs.) More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair in Radstock

Price: Free
Start time: 15:15

Curious Company presents:

The Dept of Complaints

Got something to moan about? Is something just not right? Tell it all to our very own Department of Complaints. It MAY get sorted. Then again, it may not. More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair in Radstock

Price: Free
Start time: 15:30

Phil Young Presents

Philentertains

He fell in love with her in the deep sea, but can he fathom how to win her love or will she think him too shallow? An aquatic love story. More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: Children £5 / Adults £10
Start time: 16:00

NOSThree presents

Friendly Ever After

with Maria de Jesus Rocha and Bianca Bertalot

A lovely story of two young clowns trying to find true friendship. When fate unites them, they realise that cultivating a new friendship is not an easy job. They discover together the beauty of friendship and the need to respect, help and understand one's friend. More info and booking...

Theatre Bath Bus - Brunel Square

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 16:30

A Word In Your Ear presents

Little Potatoes

By Clare Reddaway

Matchmaking mums at the Shanghai marriage market hatch a plan to get their Little Emperors hitched. Little Potatoes is a powerful, bittersweet comedy-drama which explores the realities and repercussions of state controlled fertility for two women in China.
Featuring Michelle Wen Lee and Sarah Curwen, directed by Bryn Holding. More info and booking...

Green Park Station

Price: Free
Start time: 18:30
Doors open: 18:00

Festival of Nature presents

Pop up Wildlife Party

Festival of Nature - After dark! This takeover of Green Park Station will find performers, artists and new technologies joining forces with conservation organisations to create an evening of wildlife surprises! More info and booking...

Theatre Bath Bus - Brunel Square

Price: £6 / £4 concs
Start time: 18:30
Doors open: 18:25

Derekk Ross in...

Autolycus! (on the bus!)

A unique hybrid of comic live performance and dramatic film screening

Shakespeare's lovable comic rogue from 'The Winter's Tale'.
Live on the Theatre Bath Bus, Autolycus teases the audience with street patter, introducing short film 'Susurrar es nada/Whispering is Nothing' -also based on the play. Derekk Ross plays Autolycus (and jealous Leontes in the film, with Samuel de la Torre as Camillo). Two 20-minute performances at 6.30pm and 7pm. More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:45

Something Theatre presents

The Lightning Tree

A New One Man Show Performed by Darren Little

1960's America. A man sits in a mental institution awaiting his 'fate'. How did he end up in such a place and will his twisted memory and dreams become reality? Storytelling, theatrics and fear rising horror collides then twists and turns until we are all left unsure of the truth! More info and booking...

St James Wine Vaults - Upstairs (gallery room)

Price: £5 / £7 concs
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:45

Daniel John Smith in

Big Dumb Cats

Two word texts, a nameless cat, blood where it shouldn't be and a fashion show to die for. We're shaped both by our experiences and how we get through them. Come share in some stories that have made Daniel John Smith the human he now appears to be.

Extra info: R18, Sexual themes, bad language

More info and booking...

Theatre Bath Bus - Brunel Square

Price: £6 / £4 concs
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:55

Derekk Ross in...

Autolycus! (on the bus!)

A unique hybrid of comic live performance and dramatic film screening

Shakespeare's lovable comic rogue from 'The Winter's Tale'.
Live on the Theatre Bath Bus, Autolycus teases the audience with street patter, introducing short film 'Susurrar es nada/Whispering is Nothing' -also based on the play. Derekk Ross plays Autolycus (and jealous Leontes in the film, with Samuel de la Torre as Camillo). Two 20-minute performances at 6.30pm and 7pm. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £6 / £7 concs
Start time: 19:30

Thereby Hangs A Tale presents

Black Flags Red Capes

"Sometimes to build a new world, you have to burn the old one down. Being able to shoot flames from your fingertips helps with that."

What happens to society when some people develop extraordinary abilities? And what happens when those people start to riot?

More info and booking...

Walcot Chapel

Price: Free
Start time: 19:30

Live at Walcot Chapel

TseTse Fly Middle-East

and Human Rights Watch

The London-based experimental arts platform, with global roots, Tse Tse Fly Middle East presents curated short films and sound performances. All artists are locally-based but from all over the world, performing in support of human rights and freedom of speech More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

Rondo Theatre

Price: £12 / £10 concs
Start time: 20:00

Amy Tobias in

The Quantum Physics of My Heart

A comedy science lecture about growing up in the '90s

If Amy's dad is a kick-ass scientist then she can be one too, right? Isn't that probability, or logic, or something? Amy invites you to her comedy science lecture about growing up in the '90s. With the help of some complex scientific theories (not really), Amy grapples with the teenage experiences that shaped her. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £5
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Wasuremono

This local four piece indie/dream-pop outfit feature intricate guitar styles and soundscapes, four part harmonies, rhythmic drums and synths, and their debut recordings have been championed by BBC 6 Music's Lauren Laverne,
with songs featured heavily on 6 Music "A marvellous little curio of a record" - Steve Lamacq More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £12 adv / £15 door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Miss Violent May presents...

Untamed Burlesque

with Ophelia Wilde, Velveteen Hussey and many more...

A new burlesque and cabaret night in the wonderful Chapel Arts Centre showcasing the most daring, wildest and Untamed performers in the South West and further afield. Headliner includes the international badass beauty Ophelia Wilde! More info and booking...

Kingswood Theatre

Price: £15.68
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Live music, dance and theatre from the Middle East and beyond!

Club Cairo

featuring the 'Serpent Slayer'

Club Cairo presents live music, dance and theatre from the Middle East and beyond. Experience the drama of our theatrical production 'The Serpent Slayer' - a story where tough reality meets fairytale - followed by a fun live music set accompanied by a dazzling array of belly dancers.

Extra info: strobe lighting

More info and booking...

Theatre Bath Bus - Brunel Square

Price: £8
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:55

Positive Poetry Presents

Twenty Something

Created & performed by Janey McLeod

A colourful, comical & emotive explosion of spoken word poetry. Painting a picture of why daring to hope can powerfully ignite every aspect of life. More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 20:15

Something Theatre presents

The Lightning Tree

A New One Man Show Performed by Darren Little

1960's America. A man sits in a mental institution awaiting his 'fate'. How did he end up in such a place and will his twisted memory and dreams become reality? Storytelling, theatrics and fear rising horror collides then twists and turns until we are all left unsure of the truth! More info and booking...

The Barley Mow

Price: £3 adv / £4 door
Start time: 21:00
Doors open: 20:00

Foxy Music presents

The Idle Playthings Comedy Show

This Fringe comedy special at The Barley Mow is full of laughs, giggles and so much more.... Comprising of sketches, stand-up and improvisation this alt-comedy trio are sure to have you laughing for the rest of the festival! More info and booking...

Sunday 3rd June 2018

Theatre Bath Bus - Brunel Square

Price: £8
Start time: 10:00
Doors open: 09:50

Couch - the musical

(miniature youth version)

"A brilliantly imaginative evocation of a whole new universe" The Telegraph.
Teenager, C.P., enters the world of the lost and forgotten. Devices, gadgets, and creatures take on new meaning as a musical adventure unfolds.

Extra info: Family musical

More info and booking...

Theatre Bath Bus - Brunel Square

Price: £6
Start time: 11:30
Doors open: 11:25

Brave Bold Drama presents

Sticky Ends

written & performed by Gill Simmons

Comic cautionary tales for the modern age, Sticky Ends is a collection of original stories & songs about what might happen if you do really really bad stuff, like Eat Too Much Ice-cream or Play Too Much Minecraft. Full of fun, silliness and chances to join in. Suitable for age 5+. More info and booking...

FAB 1, 94 Walcot Street

Price: Pay What You Can
Start time: 12:00

Kilter Theatre & University of Bath present

The Cubicle

A theatrical space to ponder & play with cutting-edge research on body image.

Activities of every shape & size! Guest speakers celebrating the amazing body you already have! Workshops for singing, stretching, dancing, laughing... but not changing a thing! Developed in collaboration with University of Bath Psychology Researchers, The Cubicle will have you head over heels with your hiccups & hairy armpits.
Open 12 noon to 10pm

Extra info: Details at kiltertheatre.org

More info and booking...

Walcot Chapel

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Live Voices of Timeless Lives

The direct voices of artists from many centuries ago will speak out in this performative recital: they will be temporarily brought back to life by art historian Sara Riccardi, and add their words to the dialogue created in the live exhibition by present-day artists.

Sara will be in Walcot Chapel throughout the day and will facilitate visitors and passers-by wishing to interact with the artists’ voices. 12 noon and 14.00 More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Akro Kraks

Boy meets boy or girl? Clown and fool followed by Akro brilliance and a tantalizing striptease for all the family (yes, it is surprising!). Contortion and juggling follow in a bizarre combination of absurdity and audience participation. Everything is rounded off with a breath taking performance of Acrobatic skill leaving the public with their jaw on the floor and their hands clapping. More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

The Milk Float Stage

‘The Milk Float Stage’ is a solar powered mobile music stage, run by singer-songwriter Paul Thompson. Paul gained a Guinness World record with his eco-float (named Bluebell!), after touring from Norfolk to the Edinburgh Fringe and back…at 10mph!!

Paul’s latest venture is the creation of ‘Milk Float TV’ with fellow Bath Spa University MA Songwriter, Andy Jones. MFTV features music sessions, live gigs and interviews with songwriters, all from the back of Bluebell.

The Milk Float Stage will be showcasing some of the fabulous students from Bath Spa’s Commercial Music and Songwriting MA courses, as well as filming some ‘Bedlam Specials’ for MFTV. Come and experience some great moo-sic, once floated, never forgotten!

Extra info: Sessions, live gigs and interviews until 5pm

More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Phil Young Presents

Philentertains

He fell in love with her in the deep sea, but can he fathom how to win her love or will she think him too shallow? An aquatic love story. More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Curious Company presents:

The Dept of Complaints

Got something to moan about? Is something just not right? Tell it all to our very own Department of Complaints. It MAY get sorted. Then again, it may not. More info and booking...

Sawclose & Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Bedlam Sunday

Bath's big outdoor performance day features Bash St. Theatre, Whalley Range Allstars, Ramshacklicious, and many many more - including our New Work Works performers. More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Animystic Productions Presents:

The Hoary Halfling Tavern

Welcome to the Hoary Halfling, the oldest travelling pub this side of Great River! Come and have a drink with the cantankerous bar maid and be regaled with tall tales from our resident Adventurer! More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Sarah Slater Presents

Ralph La Wong

Ralph is a parody of traditional music hall entertainment, attempting world record breaking plate spinning….without plates…. More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Sylvia Hunt Presents:

'Cocktails and dog tails' and 'Billy Bubbles bath time'

A woozy mix of puppetry and physical comedy as bright young thing Lady Poirot and pampered pouch Billy Bubbles tussle in the battle between owner and pet in these two new sketches.
More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00
Doors open: 12:00

Dusty Stray + Stuart Cullen

Folk Noir from Texas and Somerset via Amsterdam & Brighton, these two chaps (DS is, in the modern way, one feller by the name of Jonathan Brown) are great pals and one ca see the attraction. Jonathan is renowned for the beauty of his writing; Stuart has been better known for electronica but this step into the acoustic is an artistic rebirth. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £9
Start time: 13:00
Doors open: 12:40

OOOH ARRR Productions presents

Murdery Mystery on the SS Great Britain

Written by Jack Turner

The year is 2018 and The SS Great Britain is about to embark upon a new journey. However, as soon as the ship departs there is something untoward. Five high profile guests are aboard this ship, however one of them goes mysteriously missing. It is up to YOU to solve the mystery. More info and booking...

Theatre Bath Bus - Brunel Square

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 13:15
Doors open: 13:10

On A String

A new government scheme is being trialled to replace Jobseeker's Allowance and help struggling Millennials; earn money by reciting your memories. Mel, a successful business woman, finds her world turned upside down and desperate for money, takes part. But is there more at stake than sharing a few experiences?
Mel's world is turned upside down when her beloved lifestyle is taken from her. Desperate for money, she participates in this scheme, but is there more at stake than just sharing a few experiences? More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 13:30

Liberty Rocks present:

The Lost Luggage

3 space explorers and their mobile semi-sentient robotic dinosaur land in Bath, their mission - to discover our alien environment and interact with its inhabitants, delivering a vital message and collecting fuel to allow them to continue on their journey. Oooh errr..robotic dinosaurs...in Bath!! More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 13:30

Street to the Point

Once again young people from Eastleigh’s The Point Youth Theatre Eastleigh will be parading their fabulous and numerous walkabout comedy en masse. You sure won’t miss them! More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 13:30

Jessica Rost Company present:

Peddlers' Pack

So many things you never saw before'- five hucksters will be hawking the fringes and byways of town: conducting their commerce, making connections, interactions and unforgettable transactions; the like of which you could not ever have imagined possible. Find them before they find you! More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

Komedia

Price: £9 per walking person, £32 Family of 4, Babes in arms go free
Start time: 14:00

Baby Loves Disco

After over a decade of family day clubbing events across the globe including 9 consecutive sell-out seasons at Edinburgh Fringe, the original family dance party makes its Bath Fringe debut. Real club DJs spin and mix feel-good chart floor fillers with nostalgic pop classics from the years before parenthood struck – for parents and babies, toddlers and young children to enjoy together.
Day clubbing with kids’ activities galore! More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 14:00

Emma Louvelle Presents:

Red Shoes

Artist Emma Louvelle brings Hans Christian Anderson's 'Red Shoes' to life dancing her way around Bedlam propelled by her enchanted shoes. More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 14:00

Ramshacklicious

The Band at the End Of The World

They arrive in a cloud of raucous brass heavy music, driving a water spurting, flaming and smoking battle contraption. These idiots are convinced that the inevitable end of the world is upon us, maybe today, maybe right here, maybe right now! More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 14:00

Whalley Range Allstars

Ye Gods

Three performers tower a miniature town and bring it to life…. Church bells ring out, a factory grinds into action, there’s a boozy sing-along in the pub and the local dog’s home can’t stop its inmates barking at the church bells.
By the time these three have finished the entire tiny town is humming with noise and life. And life goes on…Until the storm comes….
More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 14:15

Sylvia Hunt Presents:

'Cocktails and dog tails' and 'Billy Bubbles bath time'

A woozy mix of puppetry and physical comedy as bright young thing Lady Poirot and pampered pouch Billy Bubbles tussle in the battle between owner and pet in these two new sketches.
More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 14:30

Dominique Fester Physical Theatre presents:

An Ordinary Place - The Hospital

Dominique Fester Physical Theatre presents ‘The Hospital’, a playful Street Theatre piece which takes us inside the medical world, and the situations encountered there More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 14:30

Alex Hofgartner Presents:

Strong Women

Strength of mind? Strength of body? Strength of Purpose? Yes, all of these and more from 3 acro-balancing phenomena More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 14:45

Akro Kraks

Boy meets boy or girl? Clown and fool followed by Akro brilliance and a tantalizing striptease for all the family (yes, it is surprising!). Contortion and juggling follow in a bizarre combination of absurdity and audience participation. Everything is rounded off with a breath taking performance of Acrobatic skill leaving the public with their jaw on the floor and their hands clapping. More info and booking...

Walcot Chapel

Price: Free
Start time: 15:00

Live at Walcot Chapel

Live Conversation

Artists involved with the exhibition and events informally gather together to talk about their featured work, and to put it in its wider context. Anyone who drops by is welcome to join in the conversation. More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 15:00

Street to the Point

Once again young people from Eastleigh’s The Point Youth Theatre Eastleigh will be parading their fabulous and numerous walkabout comedy en masse. You sure won’t miss them! More info and booking...

Theatre Bath Bus - Brunel Square

Price: £6 / £5 concs
Start time: 15:00
Doors open: 14:55

Thereby Hangs A Tale presents

The Interlinear of Cabeza de Vaca & Malinche

Two epic stories from the 16th Century Spanish colonisation of the Americas told with live original music.
"The power of maintaining life in others lives within each of us, and from each of us does it recede when unused" More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 15:30

Animystic Productions Presents:

The Hoary Halfling Tavern

Welcome to the Hoary Halfling, the oldest travelling pub this side of Great River! Come and have a drink with the cantankerous bar maid and be regaled with tall tales from our resident Adventurer! More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 15:30

Bash Street Theatre

Bellevue Hotel

It’s the 1950’s and Elsie Lovejoy runs a dilapidated, theatrical boarding house in a seaside town. When a local gangster tries to buy her out her theatrical guests rally round to save the day using their considerable talents. More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: Children £5 / Adults £10
Start time: 16:00

NOSThree presents

Friendly Ever After

with Maria de Jesus Rocha and Bianca Bertalot

A lovely story of two young clowns trying to find true friendship. When fate unites them, they realise that cultivating a new friendship is not an easy job. They discover together the beauty of friendship and the need to respect, help and understand one's friend. More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 16:00

Sarah Slater Presents

Ralph La Wong

Ralph is a parody of traditional music hall entertainment, attempting world record breaking plate spinning….without plates…. More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 16:00

Curious Company presents:

The Dept of Complaints

Got something to moan about? Is something just not right? Tell it all to our very own Department of Complaints. It MAY get sorted. Then again, it may not. More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 16:00

Sylvia Hunt Presents:

'Cocktails and dog tails' and 'Billy Bubbles bath time'

A woozy mix of puppetry and physical comedy as bright young thing Lady Poirot and pampered pouch Billy Bubbles tussle in the battle between owner and pet in these two new sketches.
More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 16:30

Emma Louvelle Presents:

Red Shoes

Artist Emma Louvelle brings Hans Christian Anderson's 'Red Shoes' to life dancing her way around Bedlam propelled by her enchanted shoes. More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 16:30

Alex Hofgartner Presents:

Strong Women

Strength of mind? Strength of body? Strength of Purpose? Yes, all of these and more from 3 acro-balancing phenomena More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 16:30

Jessica Rost Company present:

Peddlers' Pack

So many things you never saw before'- five hucksters will be hawking the fringes and byways of town: conducting their commerce, making connections, interactions and unforgettable transactions; the like of which you could not ever have imagined possible. Find them before they find you! More info and booking...

Theatre Bath Bus - Brunel Square

Price: £6 / £4 concs
Start time: 16:30
Doors open: 16:00

Etherman Music Group

Tim Clayton & The Higher Lovers

Finally Made It To The Fringes

Tim is a gifted songwriter and performer, playing a mix of original acoustic and echo/looped material, offering tons of atmosphere in songs documenting the triumph of love and hope over adversity. More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 17:00

Phil Young Presents

Philentertains

He fell in love with her in the deep sea, but can he fathom how to win her love or will she think him too shallow? An aquatic love story. More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 17:00

Ramshacklicious

The Band at the End Of The World

They arrive in a cloud of raucous brass heavy music, driving a water spurting, flaming and smoking battle contraption. These idiots are convinced that the inevitable end of the world is upon us, maybe today, maybe right here, maybe right now! More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 17:15

Whalley Range Allstars

Ye Gods

Three performers tower a miniature town and bring it to life…. Church bells ring out, a factory grinds into action, there’s a boozy sing-along in the pub and the local dog’s home can’t stop its inmates barking at the church bells.
By the time these three have finished the entire tiny town is humming with noise and life. And life goes on…Until the storm comes….
More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 17:15

Sylvia Hunt Presents:

'Cocktails and dog tails' and 'Billy Bubbles bath time'

A woozy mix of puppetry and physical comedy as bright young thing Lady Poirot and pampered pouch Billy Bubbles tussle in the battle between owner and pet in these two new sketches.
More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 17:30

Dominique Fester Physical Theatre presents:

An Ordinary Place - The Hospital

Dominique Fester Physical Theatre presents ‘The Hospital’, a playful Street Theatre piece which takes us inside the medical world, and the situations encountered there More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 17:45

Street to the Point

Once again young people from Eastleigh’s The Point Youth Theatre Eastleigh will be parading their fabulous and numerous walkabout comedy en masse. You sure won’t miss them! More info and booking...

Bedlam Fair: Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 17:45

Liberty Rocks present:

The Lost Luggage

3 space explorers and their mobile semi-sentient robotic dinosaur land in Bath, their mission - to discover our alien environment and interact with its inhabitants, delivering a vital message and collecting fuel to allow them to continue on their journey. Oooh errr..robotic dinosaurs...in Bath!! More info and booking...

Theatre Bath Bus - Brunel Square

Price: £7
Start time: 18:30
Doors open: 18:25

Behind Closed Doors

Behind Closed Doors is the tale of four women with their own hidden lives. It explores what goes on in one's own home and how the world outside goes on regardless. How well do you know your neighbour? Your co-worker? Could you do more?
An emotional and powerful performance that asks the questions we don't always want answered. More info and booking...

Green Park Station

Price: Free
Start time: 19:30

Bedlam Cabaret

featuring The Hot Potato Syncopators

In for the evening in our favourite covered open air space, Bedlam Cabaret features faces from the afternoon on the street, plus some extra stunning up & coming artists from the region, all rounded off by a show from the West's most stylish street band.
Full bill to be confirmed on the Bedlam leaflet and website nearer the time. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £9 / £7.50 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:30

Cecilia le Poer Power with Amadou Diagne

Nationally-acclaimed singer Cecilia Le Poer Power will be joined by the evocative Senegalese singer /multi-instrumentalist Amadou Diagne for an evening of intimate and atmospheric music. A spellbinding collaboration, which promises a sumptuous melting pot of two continents'. 'Elegant new music star' - The Guardian; 'A beautiful voice' - Jools Holland More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8 / £6 concs
Start time: 20:00

Palomar Theatre

Darlings

Written by Eleanor Hope-Jones

Night out. Pub. Friends - but one of them is a bit more than a mate, isn’t he? Using tender puppetry, striking stage images and a brutally vulnerable script, Darlings is a timely look at modern relationships, manipulation, and how they are tied into our childhood experience. More info and booking...

Theatre Bath Bus - Brunel Square

Price: £8 / £6 concs
Start time: 20:00

Old Bag Theatre Company supports

The Big Oh!

sex ed on the back of the bus

School's out. Professional sex ed. escapes the classroom and gets on the bus for a lesson you'll not forget. Can 'blue ball' kill you? How much stuff actually comes out? How DO you have sex in a wheelchair? What IS non-binary?? Bring your smartphone to get involved.

Extra info: some adult content

More info and booking...

Monday 4th June 2018

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 17:00

Spaniel in the Works Theatre Company

The Final Journey of Edward Wilson

by John Bassett

Powerful play charting the life of Edward Wilson, explorer and naturalist on Scott's fateful journeys to the Antarctic. Wilson encounters a mysterious figure as he faces the end at the South Pole.
The play explores Wilson's life as an artist, scientist and as a caring and brave man of discovery. More info and booking...

St James Wine Vaults - Downstairs

Price: £8 Adults / £6 concs
Start time: 17:15
Doors open: 17:00

Slackjaw Theatre Presents

Smile, You're On Camera

At what point do measures taken for our own safety intrude on the freedoms we take for granted?
A fragmented, episodic two-hander following the interrogation of a woman who has been arrested for wearing inappropriate clothing while running. 'Smile' is an absurd, darkly comic exploration of the rules that govern our daily lives. Suitable Age 15+

Extra info: Flashing lights

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £8 concs.
Start time: 20:00

Palomar Theatre

Darlings

Written by Eleanor Hope-Jones

Night out. Pub. Friends - but one of them is a bit more than a mate, isn’t he? Using tender puppetry, striking stage images and a brutally vulnerable script, Darlings is a timely look at modern relationships, manipulation, and how they are tied into our childhood experience. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £4
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Ali George with Tom Allen

One of Bath's most treasured singer/songwriters, Ali's beautifully controlled voice is reminiscent of Cat Stevens and Nick Drake and his fingerstyle guitar of John Martyn and Bert Jansch. His self-penned songs are as exciting and entertaining as they are honest and original. Ali will be joined by double-bassist Tom Allen (Zen Hussies). More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Eva Abraham

Born in Muswell Hill to Polish mother and Hungarian father, Eva grew up with music in her blood. Fronting touring soul/jazz bands and deep involvement with the original Big Chill, then to a physical and emotional turning-point, she has become a performer of transformative sensitivity & power. More info and booking...

Tuesday 5th June 2018

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £8 concs.
Start time: 17:00
Doors open: 16:50

Mechanimal presents

Zugunruhe

'Migratory restlessness in birds'

Zugunruhe - Ornithology's term for 'migratory restlessness in birds'. From cages to planetariums, Zambia to UK, quantum biology to magnetic fields, this solo show explores the wild migration flight of a Marsh Warbler. Rehearsing among Somerset wetlands, Tom Bailey creates a feast of bird behaviour alongside a digital sound map. More info and booking...

St James Wine Vaults - Downstairs

Price: £8 Adults / £6 concs
Start time: 17:15
Doors open: 17:00

Slackjaw Theatre Presents

Smile, You're On Camera

At what point do measures taken for our own safety intrude on the freedoms we take for granted?
A fragmented, episodic two-hander following the interrogation of a woman who has been arrested for wearing inappropriate clothing while running. 'Smile' is an absurd, darkly comic exploration of the rules that govern our daily lives. Suitable Age 15+

Extra info: Flashing lights

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £8 concs.
Start time: 20:00

Palomar Theatre

Darlings

Written by Eleanor Hope-Jones

Night out. Pub. Friends - but one of them is a bit more than a mate, isn’t he? Using tender puppetry, striking stage images and a brutally vulnerable script, Darlings is a timely look at modern relationships, manipulation, and how they are tied into our childhood experience. More info and booking...

Wednesday 6th June 2018

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8 / £5 concs
Start time: 16:00

Noonday Demons Theatre Co present

Excellence & The Rest Of Us

a double bill of institutional horror by Duncan Ellis

Two brief, bilious, occasionally bloody one-acters. Two institutions. A local comp and a sedate little care home. United by menace, linked through secrets, consolidated with corny one-liners... A nasty little double bill.
"Thrillingly fresh, imaginatively structured and defiantly experimental" The Scotsman on Block, 2015. More info and booking...

St James Wine Vaults - Downstairs

Price: £8 Adults / £6 concs
Start time: 17:15
Doors open: 17:00

Slackjaw Theatre Presents

Smile, You're On Camera

At what point do measures taken for our own safety intrude on the freedoms we take for granted?
A fragmented, episodic two-hander following the interrogation of a woman who has been arrested for wearing inappropriate clothing while running. 'Smile' is an absurd, darkly comic exploration of the rules that govern our daily lives. Suitable Age 15+

Extra info: Flashing Lights

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £8 concs.
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:20

Mechanimal presents

Zugunruhe

'Migratory restlessness in birds'

Zugunruhe - Ornithology's term for 'migratory restlessness in birds'. From cages to planetariums, Zambia to UK, quantum biology to magnetic fields, this solo show explores the wild migration flight of a Marsh Warbler. Rehearsing among Somerset wetlands, Tom Bailey creates a feast of bird behaviour alongside a digital sound map. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £8 / £7 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Think of a Sequel

With Brian Madigan

Following last year's ground-breaking 'Think of a Song', Brian Madigan teams up with Tony Orrell, Paul Bradley and James Watts in 'Think of a Sequel'.
Three of the region’s finest musical improvisers create unique interpretations of songs they’ve never heard… Engrossing story-telling, dazzling musicianship, and a show-stopping finale are assured. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

The Incunabula Collective present

#Gunsh0w

by Connor Macleod

Gabe is an aspiring YouTube star, filming her reviews of guns whilst alone in her basement. Overnight, she becomes a viral sensation - a one woman exploration into the dangerous use of online language and our current 'YouTube' generation.

Extra info: Contains explicit language, strong themes and scenes which audiences may find upsetting. 18+

More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Da Fuchaman

with The Fire Blaze Band

A new voice, a new face, and a new energy in Roots Reggae: born and raised in St Ann, Jamaica; currently the most sought after vocal collaborator over in Bristol town; tonight with his young and hungry westcountry band, songs that could have come from the '70s golden age, and sounds of now. More info and booking...

Thursday 7th June 2018

Central United Reformed Church

Price: £5
Start time: 13:00
Doors open: 12:30

Jane Austen and the Piano

Judith Gore - Piano

You've seen the films. Read the books. Now come and hear the music from Jane Austen's personal collection. Pianist Judith Gore has selected a special collection of pieces for audiences to enjoy and experience Jane Austen's musical interests. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8 / £5 concs
Start time: 16:00

Noonday Demons Theatre Co present

Excellence & The Rest Of Us

a double bill of institutional horror by Duncan Ellis

Two brief, bilious, occasionally bloody one-acters. Two institutions. A local comp and a sedate little care home. United by menace, linked through secrets, consolidated with corny one-liners... A nasty little double bill.
"Thrillingly fresh, imaginatively structured and defiantly experimental" The Scotsman on Block, 2015. More info and booking...

FaB 2, 6-7 New Bond Street

Price: Free
Start time: 16:00

Fake Escape present

20:20 Vision - UNSCRIPTED!

Due to unforseen circumstances, Fake Escape have had to retool their 'Retold' show this week. Instead they present a collection of devised pieces based on original artwork presented inside FaB2, where every performance will be different and unique.

NOTE TIME CHANGE More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Free
Start time: 19:00

Totem Factotem: Sculpture of the Found and Made

Paul Juillerat

Renowned local sculptor Paul Juillerat will be talking about his latest exhibition of work displayed amongst the cluttered workshop settings of the Museum of Bath at Work. Inspired by and including historical artifacts found in the grounds around his home on Brassknocker Hill. Fascinating. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:45

Scotland!

The Latebloomers

SCOTLAAAAND! A show that takes the audience on a wild ride, full of silliness, songs, stomping and dancing, fishing, hunting, slapping, rowing, freedom and brotherhood! Three "Scots" go forth into the ancient lands of the highlands, overcoming dangers, in search of the spirit of Scotland. More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:30

Richard Riley's 'I Can't Tell You'

with Audrey Riley and special guests.

Unfortunately the artist has now cancelled this event.
A rare live performance of this acclaimed electronic work - an epic psychedelic journey into the mind taking inspiration from Stockhausen's 'Hymnen', The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Delia Derbyshire but remaining totally unique in every way. Performed with a full band, contemporary dance and spoken word plus special guests. More info and booking...

Theatre Bath Bus - Brunel Square

Price: £ 10 adv / £12 at the bus stop
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:15

The Beige Brothers Omnibus Company presents :

Bill Smarme : Exposed

With Bill Smarme and The Bizness

It's not easy being an international entertainer and ladies’ man. Hear the warts-and-all story behind Bill's relentless 47-year rise to fame and mis-fortune whilst running the Smarme's Arms, and Smarmerection simultaneously! Climb on board for an intimate evening of comedy, music, repartee-hee, exposes, enlightenment and prizes with Bill and The Bizness, all in the best possible taste. Running time 1 hour.

Extra info: This performance takes place on the Bath Theatre Bus

More info and booking...

The Moorfields Inn

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

The Old Town Reclamation String Band present

Skiffle Singalong and other stuff

In association with Bath Songwriters Group

Come along with your voices and acoustic instruments and join in the skiffle, country, folk, rockabilly classics - or just come along. Songsheets with chords will be provided. There will also be original songs from local singer songwriters. More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £10 / £8
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Bath Comedy presents

The Scott Walker Songbook - with Andy Davies and Kirsty Newton.

A tribute to Scott Walker

Part stand up and part tribute to one of the greatest singers in popular music, The Scott Walker Songbook is an intimate, touching and funny evening for both Scott Walker fans and newcomers alike. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

The Incunabula Collective present

#Gunsh0w

by Connor Macleod

Gabe is an aspiring YouTube star, filming her reviews of guns whilst alone in her basement. Overnight, she becomes a viral sensation - a one woman exploration into the dangerous use of online language and our current 'YouTube' generation.

Extra info: Contains explicit language, strong themes and scenes which some audiences may find upsetting.

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £5
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 20:00

CWIPS Presents

Missionary

A Comedy Sketch Show

Making their debut at Bath Fringe is Bath University's resident Comedy society, CWIPS, with a sketch show jam-packed full of their best, tried and tested material. "Missionary" is set to be their best show yet!
"A lovely evening of silliness" - Sean Turner, The Play That Goes Wrong

Extra info: May contain strong language

More info and booking...

Theatre Bath Bus - Brunel Square

Price: £ 10 adv / £12 at the bus stop
Start time: 21:00
Doors open: 20:45

The Beige Brothers Omnibus Company presents :

Bill Smarme : Exposed

With Bill Smarme and The Bizness

It's not easy being an international entertainer and ladies’ man. Hear the warts-and-all story behind Bill's relentless 47-year rise to fame and mis-fortune whilst running the Smarme's Arms, and Smarmerection simultaneously! Climb on board for an intimate evening of comedy, music, repartee-hee, exposes, enlightenment and prizes with Bill and The Bizness, all in the best possible taste. Running time 1 hour.

Extra info: This performance takes place on the Bath Theatre Bus

More info and booking...

Friday 8th June 2018

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £5
Start time: 13:00
Doors open: 12:00

Jane Austen and the Piano

Judith Gore - Piano

You've seen the films. Read the books. Now come and hear the music from Jane Austen's personal collection. Pianist Judith Gore has selected a special collection of pieces for audiences to enjoy and experience Jane Austen's musical interests. More info and booking...

FaB 2, 6-7 New Bond Street

Price: Free
Start time: 16:00

Fake Escape present

20:20 Vision - UNSCRIPTED!

Due to unforseen circumstances, Fake Escape have had to retool their 'Retold' show this week. Instead they present a collection of devised pieces based on original artwork presented inside FaB2, where every performance will be different and unique.

NOTE TIME CHANGE More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: Tickets £8, Concessions (Students & Senior Citizens) £5
Start time: 16:00
Doors open: 15:30

BUST presents

The History Boys

By Alan Bennett

An unruly bunch of bright, funny sixth-formers in pursuit of sex, and a place at university. A maverick English teacher at odds with the shrewd supply teacher. A headmaster obsessed with results. Alan Bennett's pitch-perfect command of character and wit raises questions about education, aspiration, adolescence, role-models, sexuality and truth. More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

Mystery location

Price: £8
Start time: 18:00

Taking a Tune for a Walk

Rock of Eye

Unique musical experience featuring some of our favourite players in the region taking you on a tune-full amble around some of Bath's hidden corners, to end with tonight's performance by new acoustic explorers Rock of Eye.
Come prepared for a walk and for some surprises. You will have time to snatch a bite to eat in Walcot St. before the concert. More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: £12.50 / £10 concs
Start time: 19:00

Femi & The Inrhythms

Pressure to Pleasure Tour

Femi and The InRhythms, a 7-piece band from Lagos, Nigeria, mixes the cerebral musicality of afrobeat with the visceral grooves of funk underpinned with Yoruba-English vocal styles to create an eclectic futuristic world dance music, making them one of the key bands from the contemporary African music scene.
14+ (under 16’s must be accompanied by an adult) More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:45

Scotland!

The Latebloomers

SCOTLAAAAND! A show that takes the audience on a wild ride, full of silliness, songs, stomping and dancing, fishing, hunting, slapping, rowing, freedom and brotherhood! Three "Scots" go forth into the ancient lands of the highlands, overcoming dangers, in search of the spirit of Scotland. More info and booking...

Crystal Palace pub - Outside, in Abbey Green

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:50

Back By Popular Demand

The Bath Pub Tour

An Insider's Guide to Bath's Best Boozers

A charming local's guide to the best secret drinking holes in town. A 90-minute witty walkabout through Bath's Drinking History with round after round of fascinating facts delivered in a tongue-in-cheek Pub Quiz format. Come ready with a winning Team Name. Prizes to be won!

Extra info: includes 30 mins walking / > 75 mins standing

More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £5
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:30

Dimension 50

With Paul Mallon

If you were you a clubber in Bath between 1968 and 1983, you’ll remember when local Discos played Stax Soul, Motown and Ska – and later Funk and Northern Soul. Dance those years away and relive the atmosphere with ex-Tiffanys & Nero's - and now Soul Train Radio - DJ Paul Mallon. More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Adults £8, Concessions (Senior Citizens & Students) £5
Start time: 20:00

BUST presents

Fear and Misery of the Third Reich

by Bertolt Brecht

BUST presents Fear and Misery of the Third Reich. Prepare to be guided through the memories of life under Hitler's tyranny, as imagined by Bertolt Brecht, featuring a live soundtrack by our cast band. You may have heard the stories before, but this journey will help you truly understand them. More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £12
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Jill Jackson

Are We There Yet? is the 5th solo album by Paisley born singer songwriter Jill Jackson, a record that bears the hallmarks of a 25 year musical journey that has taken her from Paisley to Top of The Pops to playing in every State of America (50 States in 50 Days.....yes really!), and then Nashville. The result is stunning, lyrically and beautifully tender. Don't miss the chance to see this major talent. More info and booking...

The Bell - Love Lounge (Back bar)

Price: £3
Start time: 20:30

Bella Cielo

Hosted by Candy Flipp and Joshua Beau Jangles

Are you worried that your weekend isn't camp enough? Then welcome to Walcot's newest queer cabaret night. Tucked away at the Bell Back bar, they're bringing you a night of Comedy, Cabaret and Camaraderie for all to enjoy. Celebrating the local queer community and beyond, our aim is to bring a slice of fantastical, hedonistic fun back to the Bath scene.

Extra info: time not confirmed

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: Adults £8, Concessions (Students & Senior Citizens) £5
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 20:00

BUST presents

Yerma

by Federico Garcia Lorca

Lorca tells the story of Yerma whose preoccupation with motherhood leads her to do the unthinkable. The play is a spectacular exploration of the pressure to bear children in conservative Spain during the 1900's, and the isolation and jealousy many women faced as a result of their inability to conceive. More info and booking...

Walcot Chapel

Price: £6
Start time: 20:45
Doors open: 20:30

Taking a Tune for a Walk Part 2

Rock of Eye

Rock of eye are Alex Vann (Spiro, Three Cane Whale) with Ron Phelan and Madame Ceski. The name is a tailoring term signifying to be guided by the eye, to do by feel and intuition rather than by precise methods.
They are an extraordinary improvising folk-based acoustic experience.

This show is the conclusion to 'Taking a Tune for a Walk', which precedes it, and participants on the walk will be admitted before additional tickets are sold (see online in the days before the event). More info and booking...

Saturday 9th June 2018

Walcot Street

Price: Free
Start time: 14:00

Les Zoings

at large on Walcot Street

Make your way into town this afternoon by way of Walcot Street and you may well find yourself serenaded by this idiosyncratic street band from the deep South London home of many of our favourite performance bands, playing to shop, cafe, pub, queue, open street but never just to themselves. More info and booking...

FaB 2, 6-7 New Bond Street

Price: Free
Start time: 16:00

Fake Escape present

20:20 Vision - UNSCRIPTED!

Due to unforseen circumstances, Fake Escape have had to retool their 'Retold' show this week. Instead they present a collection of devised pieces based on original artwork presented inside FaB2, where every performance will be different and unique.

NOTE TIME CHANGE More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: Adults £8, Concessions (Students & Senior Citizens) £5
Start time: 16:00
Doors open: 15:30

BUST presents

Yerma

by Federico Garcia Lorca

Lorca tells the story of Yerma whose preoccupation with motherhood leads her to do the unthinkable. The play is a spectacular exploration of the pressure to bear children in conservative Spain during the 1900's, and the isolation and jealousy many women faced as a result of their inability to conceive. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £5
Start time: 18:00
Doors open: 17:30

CWIPS Presents

Missionary

A Comedy Sketch Show

Making their debut at Bath Fringe is Bath University's resident Comedy society, CWIPS, with a sketch show jam-packed full of their best, tried and tested material. "Missionary" is set to be their best show yet!
"A lovely evening of silliness" - Sean Turner, The Play That Goes Wrong

Extra info: May contain strong language

More info and booking...

Moles Club

Price: £5 Adults / £3 concs
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 19:00

Rural Music Network

Young Acts and Bands from across the region

Rural Music Network works to support young people from across the region to rehearse, record and perform. We are delighted to be back in Bath with a great line up of singer-songwriters, psychedelic rock, metal, acoustic, and lyrical. These guys are super talented. If you want to get involved contact jamesbrookes@sryp.org.uk More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: £8 / £5 concs
Start time: 19:30

BUSMS Presents: Oh What a Lovely War

by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop

Bath University Student Musicals Society are excited to bring you this exciting and unique production. A landmark musical, Oh What a Lovely War uses music, statistics, and media to challenge common narratives about conflict and war. More info and booking...

St. Michael's Church

Price: £5
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Edward Bettella and Jonathan Stabler

Original music for Cello and Piano

Join composer pianist Edward Bettella and cellist Jonathan Stabler for an evening of modern new music written especially for the cello and piano. Your musical hosts will guide you through a bombastic and epic selection of music from the composer himself, plus short pieces by a diverse range of other composers, from Purcell to Stevie Wonder. No knowledge of music history required! More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Adults £8, Concessions (Senior Citizens & Students) £5
Start time: 20:00

BUST presents

Fear and Misery of the Third Reich

by Bertolt Brecht

BUST presents Fear and Misery of the Third Reich. Prepare to be guided through the memories of life under Hitler's tyranny, as imagined by Bertolt Brecht, featuring a live soundtrack by our cast band. You may have heard the stories before, but this journey will help you truly understand them. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

The Unravelling Wilburys

After previous sell-out gigs in Bath Fringe, this band of good ol’ boys from Nashville Tennessee (who had a whole bunch of songs – allegedly - stolen by some super group calling themselves “The Travelling Wilburys”) are back with all the old hits including: “Pretty Woman”, “Mr Blue Sky”, “Mr Tambourine Man” & “ Lay Lady Lay”. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £10
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:45

Sugar Butties presents

Trolley Girls

By Jessica Forrest and Olivia Nicholson

Attention All Shoppers! Ever found oneself staring down the down the stark and soul-less void of the freezer aisle wondering to yourself 'Who am I? How did I get here? Do I really need that reduced vanilla slice?' The Trolley Girls know exactly how you feel. A constant conveyor belt of sparkling musical numbers and side splitting belly laughs. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: Tickets £8, Concessions (Students & Senior Citizens) £5
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 20:00

BUST presents

The History Boys

By Alan Bennett

An unruly bunch of bright, funny sixth-formers in pursuit of sex, and a place at university. A maverick English teacher at odds with the shrewd supply teacher. A headmaster obsessed with results. Alan Bennett's pitch-perfect command of character and wit raises questions about education, aspiration, adolescence, role-models, sexuality and truth. More info and booking...

The Barley Mow

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00
Doors open: 20:00

Foxy Music presents

Smallfry with support from Remy

Alternative country? Acoustic Pop? Folk/Rock? Smallfry are not hung up on genres, they just love to play great songs. With their delicious musical mix of guitar, ukulele, bass and cajon and the sweet vocal style of front woman Irene, Smallfry serve up an irresistible musical treat to both Bath Fringe and The Barley Mow. More info and booking...

Sunday 10th June 2018

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00
Doors open: 12:00

BAW History Group invites you to

Bath Arts Workshop and Counterculture in the 1970s

Free drop in event with film 1200-1600 hours

Do you remember Bath in the 1970s, the Bath Arts Workshop, the Other Festivals, Comtek? Join us at the Museum of Bath at Work to hear and share stories and film of Bath's groundbreaking counterculture from 50 years ago, soon to be the subject of a book and exhibition (opens April 2019). More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00
Doors open: 12:00

Walcot Sunday at The Bell

Nuala Honan & Claire Northey / Strange Planet / Mustard Brass Band

Walcot Weekend at The Bell brings three new acts from familiar faces: Nuala Honan we know all about round here, Claire Northey plays great fiddle and electronic bits; SP focus around Van Der Graff co-founder Judge Smith, and MB are a New Orleans marching band style combo from the makers of The Jazz Cannibals. Bands at 1pm, 3.30pm and 6pm, till 8pm. For running order see website nearer the time.

Extra info: Bands at 1pm, 3.30pm, 6pm

More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: £8 / £5 concs
Start time: 19:30

BUSMS Presents: Oh What a Lovely War

by Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop

Bath University Student Musicals Society are excited to bring you this exciting and unique production. A landmark musical, Oh What a Lovely War uses music, statistics, and media to challenge common narratives about conflict and war. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £6 / £7 concs
Start time: 20:00

Hat & Feather Forever!

ShakShak, Jules Landau, Su Hart, Hodmadoddery, Clive TV & more

Way back last century, The Hat & Feather was the place in Bath to be, not least upstairs on a Thursday night at what was to become the longest running Open Mic night in the West, The Playgroup. Tonight reunites some of its regulars in music and something of the Hat's notorious party spirit. More info and booking...

Monday 11th June 2018

St James Wine Vaults - Downstairs

Price: pay what you will
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

The Medicine Show Radio Revue Presents

Carrington MacDuffie

plus Fraser Anderson

Austin Indie High Priestess includes Bath Fringe on her 50 date European Tour, described as Carol King meets Grace Jones
Fraser Anderson Hailed by Howard Thompson (Former Head of A&R, Elektra Records) as “the best singer-songwriter I’ve heard in a long time”, the BBC’s Bob Harris as a “truly beautiful voice” and by Rolling Stone Magazine as “one to keep an eye on”, Anderson is a “truly remarkable artist” (BBC Radio Wales). Likened to Damien Rice’s emotionality, Glen Hansard’s crafted storytelling, the intensity of Nick Drake and the lively humour of John Martyn, Anderson stands out in his own right.
If you haven’t heard Anderson’s music yet, you are in for a treat. Words fail to prepare you for the delicate warm and comforting tones of his voice More info and booking...

Thursday 14th June 2018

Parade Gardens

Price: Free
Start time: 10:00
Doors open: 10:00

A celebration of heritage skills

Festival of Iron

Four days of Blacksmithing Action!

This four day festival offers a unique opportunity to witness Master blacksmiths at work as they forge a brand new balustrade for the Parade Gardens bandstand. This striking piece of public art - 'Hammer and Anvil' - is based on an original musical score; it will be donated to the city. 10am - 6pm daily. More info and booking...

Friday 15th June 2018

Parade Gardens

Price: Free
Start time: 10:00
Doors open: 10:00

A celebration of heritage skills

Festival of Iron

Four days of Blacksmithing Action!

This four day festival offers a unique opportunity to witness Master blacksmiths at work as they forge a brand new balustrade for the Parade Gardens bandstand. This striking piece of public art - 'Hammer and Anvil' - is based on an original musical score; it will be donated to the city. 10am - 6pm daily. More info and booking...

Saturday 16th June 2018

Parade Gardens

Price: Free
Start time: 10:00

A celebration of heritage skills

Festival of Iron

Four days of Blacksmithing Action!

This four day festival offers a unique opportunity to witness Master blacksmiths at work as they forge a brand new balustrade for the Parade Gardens bandstand. This striking piece of public art - 'Hammer and Anvil' - is based on an original musical score; it will be donated to the city. 10am - 6pm daily. More info and booking...

Sunday 17th June 2018

Parade Gardens

Price: Free
Start time: 10:00

A celebration of heritage skills

Festival of Iron

Four days of Blacksmithing Action!

This four day festival offers a unique opportunity to witness Master blacksmiths at work as they forge a brand new balustrade for the Parade Gardens bandstand. This striking piece of public art - 'Hammer and Anvil' - is based on an original musical score; it will be donated to the city. 10am - 6pm daily. More info and booking...

Saturday 18th May 2019

St. Michael's Church

Price: £7 / £5 concession
Start time: 19:00

Unity

The Blazing Hearts Chorus with Walcot Choir

This concert brings together two choirs with songs from many lands and cultures.
Bath’s very own Walcot State choir celebrates its 20th Anniversary by inviting a sister choir from Penzance to bring you a world of songs from The UK, Europe, Africa and beyond in Fabulous rhythm and harmony. Conducted by Vicky Abbot, Su Hart and Sian Penlington
More info and booking...

Friday 24th May 2019

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: Free
Start time: 19:00

Tantalising Tasters at The Mission

In order to prepare you for a fortnight of theatrical treats at the Mission Theatre, come and sample a series of ten minute tasters of the shows on offer. You'll be able to meet the companies and mingle in the Fringe Hub bar with a glass of Fest Fizz! More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £12.50 adv / £15 on door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Modou Ndiaye

Modou Ndiaye aka Mamadou Cissokho is a virtuoso Kora player and vocalist from Southern Senegal. Performing with his Kora based group, blending together an irresistible mix of captivating harmonies, mesmerising Kora solos, groovy rhythms and soulful melodies, Moudou unites traditional and modern beats that will leave you invigorated and inspired. More info and booking...

Green Park Brasserie

Price: Free
Start time: 22:00

Openings Night

Moonshot

If you've wanted a serious c'mon everybody party in Bath or Bristol in the past couple of decades, there's been one name at the top of your shopping list. Horn-heavy Studio 1 ska and early reggae from the '60s is one of the world's favourite goodtimes recipes, and you'd have to walk a long way tonight to find it being done better than by this local institution, through whose ranks many of the city's top players have passed.
More info and booking...

Saturday 25th May 2019

Walcot Chapel

Price: £5 suggested donation
Start time: 13:00

Broken Spectacles present

The Feast

The Wedding of Cupid & Psyche

Together with their families,
Psyche and Cupid
Request the pleasure of your company on their special day at 1pm/5pm at The Walcot Chapel
Curry, drinks and merriment to follow
PS: please bring your favourite piece of crockery and spoon
An interactive piece of theatrical joy, love and heartbreak by Broken Spectacles
Suitable for ages 7+ More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8
Start time: 15:00
Doors open: 14:50

Derekk Ross presents

AUTOLYCUS!

One-man play about one man's quest for freedom.
Derekk Ross's irreverent comedy about Shakespearean character Autolycus in his attempts to escape from the play he's trapped in: a clownish street peddler and trickster who will try to flog you some useless tat and tell you a tale or two... More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8
Start time: 16:30
Doors open: 16:20

Derekk Ross presents

AUTOLYCUS!

One-man play about one man's quest for freedom.
Derekk Ross's irreverent comedy about Shakespearean character Autolycus in his attempts to escape from the play he's trapped in: a clownish street peddler and trickster who will try to flog you some useless tat and tell you a tale or two... More info and booking...

Walcot Chapel

Price: £5 suggested donation
Start time: 17:00

Broken Spectacles present

The Feast

The Wedding of Cupid & Psyche

Together with their families,
Psyche and Cupid
Request the pleasure of your company on their special day at 1pm/5pm at The Walcot Chapel
Curry, drinks and merriment to follow
PS: please bring your favourite piece of crockery and spoon
An interactive piece of theatrical joy, love and heartbreak by Broken Spectacles
Suitable for ages 7+ More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £5.00
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Museum of Bath at Work Presents

Some People

(1962)

'Bored young rebels, living for kicks’ so reads the description of this early 1960s musical made and filmed in Bristol. With a swathe of British character actors – David Hemmings, Angela Douglas, Harry H Corbett and Kenneth More (that’s what I said) all attempting Bristolian accents. See teenagers fall off motorbikes in the Clifton Gorge and complain about missing a bus at the Hippodrome. Has to be seen to be believed. More info and booking...

St. Michael's Church

Price: £5 adv / £7 on the door
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bettella & Stabler Present

Debussy Cello Sonata

A night of music for cello and piano

Join composer pianist Edward Bettella and cellist Jonathan Stabler for a performance of Debussy’s late masterpiece, Cello Sonata in D minor. Composed in 1915, this sonata displays Debussy’s full musical range combining dissonance, rich harmony and pentatonic melodies that would have a far-reaching influence on jazz and later modern music. More info and booking...

The Bell - Back bar

Price: £3 on door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

The Walcot Street Comedy Club

New material night

The most chaotic comedy club in the South West! Featuring The Herb Albert Sound System plus a host of comedians trying out new material. If you'd like to book a slot, please call Arnie on 07501438879.
More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £9 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:45

Bedivere Arts Presents:

Wrath of Achilles

The Trojan War rages. As the Greek army throw themselves against Troy’s impenetrable walls, three desperate lives are woven together by the Fates. Bedivere Arts’ new adaptation of Homer’s Iliad, complete with a cinematic original score by acclaimed composer George Jennings, explores modern ideas of masculinity and gender. More info and booking...

Sunday 26th May 2019

Parade Gardens

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Family Arts Day

The Bath Festival Family Arts Day

The Bath Festival

Get creative with us in Parade Gardens! This year The Bath Festival are celebrating craft and making, joining together with our friends from BathIRON and The Holburne Museum to bring you even more exciting activities to try. More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00
Doors open: 12:00

Louis Bingham & Griselda Sanderson

Way back in the '90s Gris Sanderson was one of the first people we heard taking the fusion of folk music and electronics out on the road as a working live band, and since then we've heard her get to grips with exotic instruments like the nyckelharpa, and traditions as far away from the frozen north as West Africa (with our friend Amadou) & Morocco. This here is a mother-and-son duo, drawing on their experiences from a travelling circus band all the way through to academia. Special stuff. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Upstairs theatre

Price: £8
Start time: 18:00

That's Enough Drama presents

Gerard Harris: Attention Seeker

Award-winning storytelling comedy about how to standup - and not be counted

The shy, anxious jokewriter for a top British comedian accidentally crashes into the standup spotlight and decides to stay. Armed with paralysing fear, blind panic and jokes the comedian didn't buy, he sets out to prove just who's REALLY the talented one, and the rest, as they say, is history.

"Very funny, reminiscent of Woody Allen in his early-60s stand-up years" - Pioneer Press, Minneapolis
***** Edmonton Journal

Best Comedian: Buxton
Best Solo Show: Nelson
Best of Fest: Ottawa
Best Comedy: Dunedin
More info and booking...

Parade Gardens

Price: £10/£7 under 16 or with a valid student card. £30 for a group family ticket (2 adult + 2 child)
Start time: 18:30
Doors open: 18:00

Bath IRON and the National Heritage Ironwork Group present

Fire FOLK

Join us in Parade Gardens to celebrate the installation of the beautiful, hand forged, bandstand balustrade, a gift to the city of Bath. We’ll have a foot-stomping line up of talented local FOLK bands playing, bar, food stalls and we'll be celebrating the traditional heritage craft of the artist blacksmith with live forging demonstrations throughout the evening. There’ll be something for everyone so bring the whole family!

More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: £25
Start time: 20:00

Bath Festival and Bath Fringe present:

Apparat

Plus Dataline

Flexible, eclectic, APPARAT, a.k.a.Sascha Ring, started in pure dance techno, then caught the Glitch bug, and now the impurities in the sound come from 'real' instruments and singers. Genre isn't really a millstone round his neck. A landmark on the Berlin scene since the late '90s, he has never stopped experimenting and collaborating. This is a special event for Bath and for both festivals. More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

The Bell - Back bar

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Slackjaw Theatre & Bath Fringe present:

Bath Night

Let us celebrate like the Romans! Socialize, drinks and entertainment!
It's a scratch session, it's a work-in-progress, it's a poetry theme, it's a stand-up challenge. Or just a toe in the water.
Tell us something about Bath (or a bath) in a few minutes. If you like, we can tell you what we thought about it. Or just applaud. We’re inviting some Theatre Industry people so the opinion will be better informed.
To put something in the pool tonight, EMail us on slackjawtheatre@gmail.com by May 10th. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £9 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:45

Bedivere Arts Presents:

Wrath of Achilles

The Trojan War rages. As the Greek army throw themselves against Troy’s impenetrable walls, three desperate lives are woven together by the Fates. Bedivere Arts’ new adaptation of Homer’s Iliad, complete with a cinematic original score by acclaimed composer George Jennings, explores modern ideas of masculinity and gender. More info and booking...

Monday 27th May 2019

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8
Start time: 18:00
Doors open: 17:50

Derekk Ross presents

AUTOLYCUS!

One-man play about one man's quest for freedom.
Derekk Ross's irreverent comedy about Shakespearean character Autolycus in his attempts to escape from the play he's trapped in: a clownish street peddler and trickster who will try to flog you some useless tat and tell you a tale or two... More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £8 / £7 Concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:30

Beth Porter and the Bookshop Band

Plus Red Carousel

The Bookshop Band is the offspring of an artistic love-affair between a duo of English folk singer-songwriters, Beth Porter & Ben Please, and a multi-award winning independent bookshop in Bath, Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights.
More info and booking...

St James Wine Vaults - Downstairs

Price: £10 / £8 concs (students & job seekers)
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:45

The Ordinary People

The Love Chronicles, Vol.1

You are sat in the centre of the universe. A billion memories spin past your head like comets in a perpetual state of ecstasy. You fall in love. Over and over again. The Love Chronicles Vol 1. is a series of moments and happenings. It’s wild and sprawling with projection, puppetry, dance, nostalgia and interactivity.
More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £9 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:45

Bedivere Arts Presents:

Wrath of Achilles

The Trojan War rages. As the Greek army throw themselves against Troy’s impenetrable walls, three desperate lives are woven together by the Fates. Bedivere Arts’ new adaptation of Homer’s Iliad, complete with a cinematic original score by acclaimed composer George Jennings, explores modern ideas of masculinity and gender. More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Scott Lavene

Described as "a 21st century take on those maverick genius outsiders that Stiff Records used to release back in the punk wars" and unsurprisingly gaining plenty of 6 Music airtime, Lavene has inveigled himself onto The Bell's stage through the stratagem of grabbing a Bath band (the polyglot Port Erin) to provide the "wonk beats and scuzz riffs" upon which he writes his street stories.
More info and booking...

Tuesday 28th May 2019

The Old Theatre Royal - Library

Price: £5
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:30

The Improlectuals

Richard Baldwin & Robert Lane

An improv 'super-group' of some of the Midlands' finest. They create completely new comedy sketches on the spot, based entirely on audience suggestions. Performances always feature Richard Baldwin and Robert Lane plus a rotating cast of talented improvisers. More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: £3
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Young Somerset & The Cheese and Grain Presents

The Rural Music Network Project Spring Tour 2019

Markus Smith, Patchwork Poet, Elliot Garcia, Swingray, The Frontrunners, Otto Wilde, The Marianas

Experience an eclectic mix of some of Somerset's most awesome up-and-coming music acts from across the County. Featuring: Markus Smith, Patchwork Poet, Elliot Garcia, Swingray, The Frontrunners, Otto Wilde, The Marianas. More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £10
Start time: 20:00

David Crowe: Boundaries

A tale of humiliation and bliss

David Crowe is an American stand-up comedian. His delivery is a hybrid of jokes and long form story telling which has drawn comparisons to the likes of Billy Connolly and Robin Williams. He has won the Seattle and San Francisco Comedy Competitions and his comedy specials have appeared on Showtime, Comedy Central and most recently Dry Bar. Oh, and his mother is from Scunthorpe. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £9 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:45

Bedivere Arts Presents:

Wrath of Achilles

The Trojan War rages. As the Greek army throw themselves against Troy’s impenetrable walls, three desperate lives are woven together by the Fates. Bedivere Arts’ new adaptation of Homer’s Iliad, complete with a cinematic original score by acclaimed composer George Jennings, explores modern ideas of masculinity and gender. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £5
Start time: 20:15
Doors open: 19:15

Robert Lane

A musician, songwriter & actor whose charismatic presence on stage, makes every note seem effortless. Northern Sky Magazine described his third album 'Only a Flight Away', as 'Impressive in its scope, and almost a compendium of styles'. More info and booking...

Wednesday 29th May 2019

The Mission Theatre - Upstairs theatre

Price: £8 / £6 Students
Start time: 17:00
Doors open: 16:45

Atomic Clock Theatre presents

Elephants (are the Largest Land Mammals)

By Niall Farnan

"A funny and thought provoking exploration of loss, through one young person's philosophy of life."
Meet Squirrel. I knew Squirrel, Squirrel was my friend, Squirrel was me, Squirrel might also have been you.
Squirrel could be any young person, anywhere. “You think you see me – but you don’t, not really”. Young people are often demonised but should never be generalised. Age 14+

Extra info: One person show

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:50

Derekk Ross presents

AUTOLYCUS!

One-man play about one man's quest for freedom.
Derekk Ross's irreverent comedy about Shakespearean character Autolycus in his attempts to escape from the play he's trapped in: a clownish street peddler and trickster who will try to flog you some useless tat and tell you a tale or two... More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £5.00
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Museum of Bath at Work Presents

Vampire Dawn

(2015) Written and Directed by Dave Gunstone

This Horror film was set and filmed in Bath by local film maker Dave Gunstone, who engaged local people as actors in the telling of a tale of terrifying terror. it has to be seen to be believed. The film will be introduced by Director Dave Gunstone and there will be a Question and Answer session afterwards. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £10
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Flipside Productions Presents

Get F*cked

Flipside Productions brings you a collection of new monologues presenting the female perspective on the one-night-stand. Join the vibrant characters as they negotiate the pleasures and perils of dating as young women, each with their own story: some shocking, some moving and some hilarious, but all with one thing in common: there’s no strings attached!
More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £8
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Think of a Conclusion

Brian Madigan

The final part of the Trilogy that began with the ground-breaking ‘Think of a Song’ in 2017, and followed in 2018 with ‘Think of a Sequel’, 'Think of a Conclusion' asks what happens when the curtain comes down - Is this really the end? More info and booking...

St James Wine Vaults - Downstairs

Price: £10 / £8 concs (students & job seekers)
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:45

The Ordinary People

The Love Chronicles, Vol.1

You are sat in the centre of the universe. A billion memories spin past your head like comets in a perpetual state of ecstasy. You fall in love. Over and over again. The Love Chronicles Vol 1. is a series of moments and happenings. It’s wild and sprawling with projection, puppetry, dance, nostalgia and interactivity.
More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Upstairs theatre

Price: £8 / £7 concs
Start time: 20:30

Rob Johnston in concert

Rob Johnston is one of the very best acoustic guitar players around. His brilliant playing style covers a huge range of influences from folk, world and classical. “Staggering playing...He is a mighty, mighty fine player.” Phil Jackson, South Live, BBC Southern Counties Radio. More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Bare Souls

Rockin' Soul with a funk backbone from 7-piece fronted by the very self-posessed Florence Pardoe. Playing the right venues in Bristol & Boomtown brought them to our attention and we judged them worthy of yours. The name is more about passion than depression and the vibe is UP. More info and booking...

Thursday 30th May 2019

The Mission Theatre - Upstairs theatre

Price: £8 / £6 Students
Start time: 18:30
Doors open: 18:15

Atomic Clock Theatre presents

Elephants (are the Largest Land Mammals)

By Niall Farnan

"A funny and thought provoking exploration of loss, through one young person's philosophy of life."
Meet Squirrel. I knew Squirrel, Squirrel was my friend, Squirrel was me, Squirrel might also have been you.
Squirrel could be any young person, anywhere. “You think you see me – but you don’t, not really”. Young people are often demonised but should never be generalised. Age 14+

Extra info: One person show

More info and booking...

St. Barnabas Church

Price: £10
Start time: 19:00

String Orchestra Lundi Bleu

Young Dutch Orchestra

Purcell - Chacony In G Minor
Walton - Two Pieces For Strings From Henry V
Van Wassenaer - Concerto Armonico Nr. 1 In G Major
Delius - Two Aquarelles
Hellendaal - Concerto Grosso Op. 3 Nr. 2
Pärt - Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Britten - Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge
Van Klaveren - Hope Is The Thing With Feathers More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £5
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

The Phoenix River Band

Plus The Shipmates

Neither heavy nor pop, the band play original songs with driving beats and soulful melodies. One reviewer described the band as "Like cruising in a Cadillac with Chris Rea at the wheel with Pink Floyd and the Allman Brothers in the back, and maybe some Eagles flying overhead". More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £14
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Peter Searles: Hey Gringo - A Chile Christmas

British actor and writer Peter Searles, a veteran of stage, screen, and BBC television and radio, gives an intensely dramatic and frequently hilarious account of his journey from the scorching wastes of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile to the shantytowns and smog-laden cities of the south, to a world of forests, lakes, and volcanoes. More info and booking...

Walcot Chapel

Price: £5 on door
Start time: 20:15
Doors open: 19:30

ARCC present

Return of the Beast of Walcot

GothARCC. Bath swamp blues band ARCC play soundtrack to an iconic horror film from the silent era. Guaranteed chills and thrills. With scary poetry from Tim Burroughs, spoken word from the ghost of Eva and immersive video decor, come and experience.
Do you dare to be there? Do you dare not? More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £5.00 + booking fee
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 20:15

Bristol Shakespeare Festival presents

Hamlet: the Musical

by Rachel Waterhouse

Experience Shakespeare's most famous play in its purest, most ridiculous form! The timeless tale of Hamlet is retold with cheeky irreverence and boundless energy through genius rewrites of modern hits - including classics by Queen, Britney Spears, ABBA, Kanye West, Frank Sinatra, Kanye West, and Elvis Presley! More info and booking...

Friday 31st May 2019

No. 1 Royal Crescent

Price: Free with normal admission. An adult ticket is £10.60. Please see our website for other prices.
Start time: 10:00
Doors open: 10:00

No.1 Royal Crescent

Minuet Mayhem

Costumed characters performed by Bath Spa University Drama students

A grand group of Georgian ladies and gents are gathering at Bath's finest address between 10am and 1pm to prepare a minuet dance. As you visit the house they will entertain you with their tales of capering, flirting and treading on toes. A rambunctious event for all the family!

Extra info: Performers continually in the house until 12:00

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 16:00
Doors open: 15:30

Exit Pursued By Panda presents

Tulips

By Michael Beakhouse

Domestic abuse and men: a problem we still haven’t solved. Christine aims to prove that Jason, “who can’t admit there’s a problem”, can be different. Alex doesn’t want to lose Scarlet but refuses to be the good person she needs. Is it more important to “be a man”, or to change? Age 15+

Extra info: Mature themes and strong language used. Recommended for ages 15+

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £5.00 + booking fee
Start time: 18:30
Doors open: 18:15

Bristol Shakespeare Festival presents

Hamlet: the Musical

by Rachel Waterhouse

Experience Shakespeare's most famous play in its purest, most ridiculous form! The timeless tale of Hamlet is retold with cheeky irreverence and boundless energy through genius rewrites of modern hits - including classics by Queen, Britney Spears, ABBA, Kanye West, Frank Sinatra, Kanye West, and Elvis Presley! More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £7.50 / £6 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:30

Dimension 50 Disco

Paul Mallon

If you were you a clubber in Bath between 1968 and 1983 you’ll remember when local Discos played Stax, Soul, Motown and Ska, and later, Funk and Northern Soul. Dance those years away and relive the atmosphere with ex-Tiffanys & Nero's - and now Soul Train Radio - DJ Paul Mallon. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £10/ £8 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

The Actor's Wheel Presents

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

Written by Stephen Adly Guirgis

This is a story about choices and consequences and a journey through time and place. A host of historical, fictional and biblical characters gather in a makeshift courtroom in purgatory with Judas at the centre of it all, catatonic with despair and unable to defend himself in a trial that debates the motives of Christianity’s least popular apostle.
More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: £20.00 / £13.00 concs, Students (Balcony): £9.00, Meal Deal: £30.50, Meal Deal Plus: £41.00
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 18:30

The Ministry Of Burlesque: Cabaret

Fusing the wild, weird and witty traditions of circus, cabaret and burlesque, The Ministry of Burlesque’s Cabaret unfolds as a bold and daring, ever evolving new-variety experience. Enjoy a myriad of musical comedy masters, provocative prima donnas, enigmatic exotic dancers and astonishing feats of human grace – all balanced on a contemporary knife edge. 18+ More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Upstairs theatre

Price: £8
Start time: 20:30

The O.S. Map Fan Club

Written and performed by Helen Wood

Join Ordnance Survey enthusiast, Helen Wood, for a humorous exploration of the much-loved, fold-out, paper map. This Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show takes you on a fascinating, laughter-filled, virtual ramble and celebrates the simple beauty of Britain’s inspiring national treasure.

***** ‘Endearing, sincere, wholesome and zany. Comic genius.’ (Everything Theatre) More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

St James Wine Vaults - Downstairs

Price: £10
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 20:00

Carus Thompson

"Australia's answer to Bruce Springsteen", OZ Folk-rock-roots singer-songwriter Carus Thompson has toured the world with Jack Johnson, John Butler & Dave Mathews. He's toured the UK opening for his good friend Seth Lakeman and plays this exclusive Bath show for the Fringe. Wonderful honest, singer-songwriter, acoustic music that rocks, engages and entertains. More info and booking...

The Bell - Back bar

Price: £3 suggested donation on door
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 20:00

1st Birthday Bash

Bella Cielo

It’s Bella Cielo’s Birthday!! Are you ready for the queerest 1st Birthday in Bath?
We’re back bringing Walcot Street another night full of LGBTQ+ celebration. They’ve got music, comedy, burlesque, drag and much more - hosted as always by Bath’s premier Drag Couple, Candy Flipp & Joshua Beau Jangles.

More info and booking...

Green Park Station

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Bedlam Party

Try your Latino with a bit of Electro, the way they like it back home! Camo Clave are a local Latin band with a difference, inspired by the sounds of today and picking up influences from all over – again, just like they do South of Central – and have been grabbing slots at only the funkiest festivals (Boomtown, Wilderness). More info and booking...

Saturday 1st June 2019

Southgate & Brunel Square

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe presents

Bedlam Fair

For more about bedlam fair click here
and scroll down the page for full info.
Supported by ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND Lottery Funding. More info and booking...

SouthGate

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Bedlam Fair

The Masqueing Band

Two old men with a sea chest, two sheep, and some cunning disguises. Add a violin, whistles, banjo, some teeny-weeny bits of juggling and some of those catchy olde tyme tunes, and you have a curious street performance, full of wonder, laughter and maybe something quite strange… More info and booking...

Brunel Square

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Bedlam Fair

Circle of Two

The Chimney Sweeps: A Family Business

Bringing back the charms of the Victorian era in a silent show with an original score, dazzling acrobatics, juggling, humour and a full load of charm.

More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £10 / £8 Concession
Start time: 13:00
Doors open: 12:00

An Afternoon of Musical Theatre

with Thomas Cameron

Thomas Cameron is a Classic Brit Award-nominated tenor whose vibrant voice, described as having 'velvet-like qualities', has blown-away sell-out audiences across the UK and Ireland.
More info and booking...

Brunel Square

Price: Free
Start time: 13:30

Bedlam Fair

Acrolokos

Take a cup of acrobatics, combines it with a teaspoon of silliness, then a barrelful of antics. Watch as they frantically search for the meaning of love and fame, only to find it in the most unexpected of places. More info and booking...

SouthGate

Price: Free
Start time: 13:30

Bedlam Fair

Sylvia Hunt

Billy Bubbles

She’s a flapper fashionista with a fluff ball to match, but this dog’s no handbag! The daily battle of being a pampered pooch is hard work for a small dog but Billy Bubbles hates bath time like nothing else. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 13:30
Doors open: 13:00

Exit Pursued By Panda presents

Tulips

By Michael Beakhouse

Domestic abuse and men: a problem we still haven’t solved. Christine aims to prove that Jason, “who can’t admit there’s a problem”, can be different. Alex doesn’t want to lose Scarlet but refuses to be the good person she needs. Is it more important to “be a man”, or to change? Age 15+

Extra info: Mature themes and strong language used. Recommended for ages 15+

More info and booking...

Brunel Square

Price: Free
Start time: 14:00

Bedlam Fair

Jon Hicks

Kickmouse

Gently eccentric, earnestly funny, unspoken, physical & prop based comedy.
Games, challenges, illusions, dancing, magic, contraptions, audience participation
& an obsession with eggs.

More info and booking...

SouthGate

Price: Free
Start time: 14:00

Bedlam Fair

Rost Productions

Pockets of Resistance

Meet these thoroughly forward thinking ladies, who will enlighten and inform you whilst lovingly sewing a pocket of your choice onto your garment while you wait.

More info and booking...

Brunel Square

Price: Free
Start time: 14:30

Bedlam Fair

Bongo Bolero

Dick Danger - Dad Dancer

Witness the worlds loudest juggling routine and marvel as Dick Danger attempts to ascend the chair stack of insanity to balance on his hands high above the ground. More info and booking...

SouthGate

Price: Free
Start time: 14:30

Bedlam Fair

Curious Company

The Disco Litter Queens

The Disco Litter Queens love tidying up and disco music so what could be more groovy than to put the two together. If you bump into them in town, join in and Let’s Pick it Up More info and booking...

Brunel Square

Price: Free
Start time: 15:00

Bedlam Fair

John Teasdale

Raw entertainment from the gravity of the situation – a street juggling show to provide laughter and amazement in all who pass by More info and booking...

SouthGate

Price: Free
Start time: 15:00

Bedlam Fair

The Masqueing Band

Two old men with a sea chest, two sheep, and some cunning disguises. Add a violin, whistles, banjo, some teeny-weeny bits of juggling and some of those catchy olde tyme tunes, and you have a curious street performance, full of wonder, laughter and maybe something quite strange… More info and booking...

Brunel Square

Price: Free
Start time: 15:30

Bedlam Fair

Rost Productions

Pockets of Resistance

Meet these thoroughly forward thinking ladies, who will enlighten and inform you whilst lovingly sewing a pocket of your choice onto your garment while you wait.

More info and booking...

SouthGate

Price: Free
Start time: 15:30

Bedlam Fair

Reeny Roo Raz

Noisy Hoops

With a wooden board, a rug, Irish dancing shoes, and some hula hoops, Darine has a bit of a puzzle to work out ... a heel-stomping, toe-tapping, hoop-spinning, hand-clapping finale is her mission, and she needs your help! More info and booking...

Brunel Square

Price: Free
Start time: 16:00

Bedlam Fair

Circle of Two

The Chimney Sweeps: A Family Business

Bringing back the charms of the Victorian era in a silent show with an original score, dazzling acrobatics, juggling, humour and a full load of charm.

More info and booking...

SouthGate

Price: Free
Start time: 16:00

Bedlam Fair

Jon Hicks

Kickmouse

Gently eccentric, earnestly funny, unspoken, physical & prop based comedy.
Games, challenges, illusions, dancing, magic, contraptions, audience participation
& an obsession with eggs.

More info and booking...

Brunel Square

Price: Free
Start time: 16:30

Bedlam Fair

Bongo Bolero

Dick Danger - Dad Dancer

Witness the worlds loudest juggling routine and marvel as Dick Danger attempts to ascend the chair stack of insanity to balance on his hands high above the ground. More info and booking...

SouthGate

Price: Free
Start time: 16:30

Bedlam Fair

Curious Company

The Disco Litter Queens

The Disco Litter Queens love tidying up and disco music so what could be more groovy than to put the two together. If you bump into them in town, join in and Let’s Pick it Up More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £5.00 + booking fee
Start time: 16:30
Doors open: 16:15

Bristol Shakespeare Festival presents

Hamlet: the Musical

by Rachel Waterhouse

Experience Shakespeare's most famous play in its purest, most ridiculous form! The timeless tale of Hamlet is retold with cheeky irreverence and boundless energy through genius rewrites of modern hits - including classics by Queen, Britney Spears, ABBA, Kanye West, Frank Sinatra, Kanye West, and Elvis Presley! More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Upstairs theatre

Price: £8
Start time: 18:30

The O.S. Map Fan Club

Written and performed by Helen Wood

Join Ordnance Survey enthusiast, Helen Wood, for a humorous exploration of the much-loved, fold-out, paper map. This Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show takes you on a fascinating, laughter-filled, virtual ramble and celebrates the simple beauty of Britain’s inspiring national treasure.

***** ‘Endearing, sincere, wholesome and zany. Comic genius.’ (Everything Theatre) More info and booking...

Christ Church

Price: £15
Start time: 19:00

String Orchestra Lundi Bleu

Young Dutch Orchestra

Purcell - Chacony In G Minor
Walton - Two Pieces For Strings From Henry V
Van Wassenaer - Concerto Armonico Nr. 1 In G Major
Delius - Two Aquarelles
Hellendaal - Concerto Grosso Op. 3 Nr. 2
Pärt - Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten
Britten - Variations On A Theme Of Frank Bridge
Van Klaveren - Hope Is The Thing With Feathers More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £5.00
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Museum of Bath at Work Presents

Glastonbury Fayre

(1971)

This classic film chronicles the first ever Glastonbury Festival - made by famous director Nic Roeg. Quite astonishing if you consider how the Glastonbury Festival these days is an excuse for glamping, in those days the several hundred attending put up with minimal facilities, rain and a succession of performers with no clothes on. Not to be missed. Features nudity. More info and booking...

The Bell - Back bar

Price: £9 / £7 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Thereby Hangs A Tale presents

10 Days That Shook The World

by John Reed

Welcome to the Russian Revolution of 2019.
Part gig, part play, part means-of-production-seizing revolution! Protest songs, spoken word and today's most radical politics mix with events from a century ago to present an irreverent re-imagining of John Reed’s iconic eyewitness account. ***** “Mesmerising..poetic, passionate” Theatre Bath More info and booking...

Winsley Village Hall

Price: £8 in adv / £10 on door
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

The Hot Potato Syncopators

Live at the Village Hall, Winsley

An evening of insane lunacy and cacophonous jazz performed by the West Country’s most esteemed and ridiculous marzipans of tea time jazz and biscuits.
A joyous and celebratory evening of music, comedy, dance, silly noises, a giant paper plane fight and a lovely cup of tea.
Bring your own gin. Alternatively tea and biscuits will be served.
More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: 20.00 / £13.00 concs, Students (Balcony): £9.00, Meal Deal: £30.50, Meal Deal Plus: £41.00
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 18:30

Krater Comedy Club

Discover the best in live comedy, featuring three top stand-ups and one of the best comperes in the business! Get the most from your Saturday night out and stay for FREE for club Motorcity straight after the comedy show! Pre-show dining is available at the venue, advanced booking highly recommended. More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

Rondo Theatre

Price: £10
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Brainfruit presents

Bear North

Northern Exposure meets The Singing Ringing Tree

Absurd & funny with a dancing wolf, buffalo & grizzly. "Songs of lakes, firesides and bears. An impossible odyssey" Highly Recommended - Fringereview “The tables were turned and it was me who danced to Bear North’s tune”  **** FringeGuru. From the company who won ‘Best Ensemble’ @ Wellington Fringe 2017 More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £11
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

The Unravelling Wilburys

This band of good ol’ boys from Nashville Tennessee had a whole bunch of songs (allegedly) stolen by super group “The Travelling Wilburys.” After a lengthy legal battle, they can now hit the highway with all their old songs including: “Pretty Woman”, “You’ve Got It”, “Mr Blue Sky” and “Mr Tambourine Man”. More info and booking...

St James Wine Vaults - Downstairs

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Klaus White & Chortle award winner Ben Robson in

The Daft

With MC Darren Lerigo & Other Alternative Comics

The Daft are a revolving group of comics who tour the country bringing their own brand of silly comedy to those who want to laugh. If you need a break from being serious, come and join The Daft for an hour. With Klaus White, 3rd in Bath New Act Competition 2018. More comics to be announced. More info and booking...

Walcot Chapel

Price: £6
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 20:00

The Pinkertons

Kimberly Moore’s songs immerse you in a world of the bizarre yet familiar and her voice haunts with honesty and beauty. Su Hart’s deliver interestingly uncomfortable messages coated in jolliness. Harmony and sensitive musicianship helped along by Su’s longtime mates Stevie (double bass) and Sarah (mandolin and accordion).

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £5.00 + booking fee
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 20:15

Bristol Shakespeare Festival presents

Hamlet: the Musical

by Rachel Waterhouse

Experience Shakespeare's most famous play in its purest, most ridiculous form! The timeless tale of Hamlet is retold with cheeky irreverence and boundless energy through genius rewrites of modern hits - including classics by Queen, Britney Spears, ABBA, Kanye West, Frank Sinatra, Kanye West, and Elvis Presley! More info and booking...

Sunday 2nd June 2019

Sawclose, Kingsmead Square & Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe presents

Bedlam Fair

For more about bedlam fair click here
and scroll down the page for full info.
Supported by ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND Lottery Funding. More info and booking...

Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bedlam Fair

Safetycatch Theatre

Doctor! Doctor!!

An Ambulance. A Medical Team. A Farcical Epic – Mid Epidemic. The satirical slapstick medical roadshow – part DIY surgery demonstration gone wrong, part old time travelling medicine show. A farcical love triangle in a clapped out ambulance in the middle of an epidemic. This accidental emergency medical team is the front line of the NHS, forming SOS Squad – in an effort to stop the spread of the infection they are calling The Malady. Symptoms are many and varied. You are probably contaminated. Do not be alarmed. Possibly the last Doctor, Nurse and
Paramedic left standing desperately trying to treat the waiting room full of audience before it’s too late. SOS Squad are here to help.


More info and booking...

Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bedlam Fair

Mufti Games

One Kid and their Dog

Sheep are on the loose! Only the shepherds and their hapless sheepdog Patch can prevent certain chaos. The street becomes our playing field and street furniture our obstacle course in this physical, cooperative game for younger children and their families. More info and booking...

Stall Street / Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Bedlam Fair

The Pinkertons

Kimberly Moore’s songs immerse you in a world of the bizarre yet familiar and her voice haunts with honesty and beauty. Su Hart’s deliver interestingly uncomfortable messages coated in jolliness. More info and booking...

Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Bedlam Fair

Street to the Point

We're pleased to welcome our regular visitors from Eastleigh’s The Point Youth Theatre Group, who are bringing four new pieces of street theatre to Bedlam Sunday:

The Experts, The Band, Fab News and Woodland Wisdom.

Extra info: This is a roaming performance.

More info and booking...

Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 12:30

Bedlam Fair

The Masqueing Band

Two old men with a sea chest, two sheep, and some cunning disguises. Add a violin, whistles, banjo, some teeny-weeny bits of juggling and some of those catchy olde tyme tunes, and you have a curious street performance, full of wonder, laughter and maybe something quite strange…

Extra info: This is a roaming performance.

More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Reverend James

The afterlife of Cardiff institution Railroad Bill has made for a few bonuses to balance the blues, and one of those is the first Western Swing band we've had in here in several years, and that at least is a very good thing. Described as "jazz with a cowboy hat on", Western Swing - greatest exponents Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys - is one of those side-roads in American Music that a few more should have explored and the maps are still worth studying.
More info and booking...

Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Bedlam Fair

Curious Company

The Disco Litter Queens

The Disco Litter Queens love tidying up and disco music so what could be more groovy than to put the two together. If you bump into them in town, join in and Let’s Pick it Up More info and booking...

Stall Street / Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Bedlam Fair

Circle of Two

The Chimney Sweeps: A Family Business

Bringing back the charms of the Victorian era in a silent show with an original score, dazzling acrobatics, juggling, humour and a full load of charm.

More info and booking...

Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 13:30

Bedlam Fair

Suspension

Sugar?

Stories that explore what comfort means to all of us and how people are forced to adapt when these comforts aren't there anymore. Hilarious, painfully relatable and beautifully told stories from the people not too far from your doorstep.

Extra info: This is a roaming performance.

More info and booking...

Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 13:30

Bedlam Fair

John Teasdale

Raw entertainment from the gravity of the situation – a street juggling show to provide laughter and amazement in all who pass by More info and booking...

Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 13:30

Bedlam Fair

Sylvia Hunt

Billy Bubbles

She’s a flapper fashionista with a fluff ball to match, but this dog’s no handbag! The daily battle of being a pampered pooch is hard work for a small dog but Billy Bubbles hates bath time like nothing else. More info and booking...

Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 13:30

Bedlam Fair

Rost Productions

Pockets of Resistance

Meet these thoroughly forward thinking ladies, who will enlighten and inform you whilst lovingly sewing a pocket of your choice onto your garment while you wait.

More info and booking...

Stall Street / Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 13:30

Bedlam Fair

Jon Hicks

Kickmouse

Gently eccentric, earnestly funny, unspoken, physical & prop based comedy.
Games, challenges, illusions, dancing, magic, contraptions, audience participation
& an obsession with eggs.

More info and booking...

Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 14:00

Bedlam Fair

Acrolokos

Take a cup of acrobatics, combines it with a teaspoon of silliness, then a barrelful of antics. Watch as they frantically search for the meaning of love and fame, only to find it in the most unexpected of places. More info and booking...

Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 14:00

Bedlam Fair

Street to the Point

We're pleased to welcome our regular visitors from Eastleigh’s The Point Youth Theatre Group, who are bringing four new pieces of street theatre to Bedlam Sunday:

The Experts, The Band, Fab News and Woodland Wisdom.
More info and booking...

Stall Street / Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 14:00

Bedlam Fair

Tangled Feet

That Parking Show

There are three certainties in life: death, taxes and people getting angry about parking spaces. But what really fuels the road rage? Come and witness a hilarious, acrobatic and absurdist mix of parking row meets full-blown war.
More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 14:00
Doors open: 13:45

Mechanimal presents

Vigil

Bali Tiger. Dusky Seaside Sparrow. Psychedelic Rock Gecko. Fire Millipede From Hell… One man. Twenty-six thousand animals. A wildly intimate, inter-species meditation on mass animal disappearance. “Extraordinary” (New Scientist on Mechanimal’s 2018 Herald Angel award-winning Zugunruhe).
More info and booking...

Sawclose, Kingsmead Square & Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 14:30

Bedlam Fair

Das Brass

This London based 8 piece Brass Ensemble mix modern tracks with New Orleans influences to create an up-beat and lively sound that will spread smiles and dance moves across the party. More info and booking...

Stall Street / Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 14:30

Bedlam Fair

Brave Bold Drama

Look out for The Monitors, The Poets and The People’s Protection League – they’re all here to help you have a better life. More info and booking...

Stall Street / Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 14:30

Bedlam Fair

John Teasdale

Raw entertainment from the gravity of the situation – a street juggling show to provide laughter and amazement in all who pass by More info and booking...

Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 14:30

Bedlam Fair

Mimbre

Lifted

Lifted is a collection of funny, poetic and surprising moments, which explore in different ways what it means when one body is carried by another. Or when one person carries two people. Or when a person doesn’t want to be carried. Or when three people find the perfect balance. More info and booking...

Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 14:30

Bedlam Fair

Reeny Roo Raz

Noisy Hoops

With a wooden board, a rug, Irish dancing shoes, and some hula hoops, Darine has a bit of a puzzle to work out ... a heel-stomping, toe-tapping, hoop-spinning, hand-clapping finale is her mission, and she needs your help! More info and booking...

Sawclose, Kingsmead Square & Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 15:00

Bedlam Fair

Cocoloco

Your chance to have the best experience of your life... More info and booking...

Stall Street / Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 15:00

Bedlam Fair

Street to the Point

We're pleased to welcome our regular visitors from Eastleigh’s The Point Youth Theatre Group, who are bringing four new pieces of street theatre to Bedlam Sunday:

The Experts, The Band, Fab News and Woodland Wisdom.
More info and booking...

Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 15:00

Bedlam Fair

Mufti Games

One Kid and their Dog

Sheep are on the loose! Only the shepherds and their hapless sheepdog Patch can prevent certain chaos. The street becomes our playing field and street furniture our obstacle course in this physical, cooperative game for younger children and their families. More info and booking...

Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 15:00

Bedlam Fair

The Masqueing Band

Two old men with a sea chest, two sheep, and some cunning disguises. Add a violin, whistles, banjo, some teeny-weeny bits of juggling and some of those catchy olde tyme tunes, and you have a curious street performance, full of wonder, laughter and maybe something quite strange… More info and booking...

Stall Street / Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 15:30

Bedlam Fair

Animystic

Hessie & Kalli

A mischievous walkabout of gigantic proportions. These sisters just want to explore.

Extra info: This is a roaming performance.

More info and booking...

Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 15:30

Bedlam Fair

Safetycatch Theatre

Doctor! Doctor!!

An Ambulance. A Medical Team. A Farcical Epic – Mid Epidemic. The satirical slapstick medical roadshow – part DIY surgery demonstration gone wrong, part old time travelling medicine show. A farcical love triangle in a clapped out ambulance in the middle of an epidemic. This accidental emergency medical team is the front line of the NHS, forming SOS Squad – in an effort to stop the spread of the infection they are calling The Malady. Symptoms are many and varied. You are probably contaminated. Do not be alarmed. Possibly the last Doctor, Nurse and
Paramedic left standing desperately trying to treat the waiting room full of audience before it’s too late. SOS Squad are here to help.


More info and booking...

Stall Street / Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 16:00

Bedlam Fair

Circle of Two

The Chimney Sweeps: A Family Business

Bringing back the charms of the Victorian era in a silent show with an original score, dazzling acrobatics, juggling, humour and a full load of charm.

More info and booking...

Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 16:00

Bedlam Fair

Jon Hicks

Kickmouse

Gently eccentric, earnestly funny, unspoken, physical & prop based comedy.
Games, challenges, illusions, dancing, magic, contraptions, audience participation
& an obsession with eggs.

More info and booking...

Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 16:30

Bedlam Fair

Street to the Point

We're pleased to welcome our regular visitors from Eastleigh’s The Point Youth Theatre Group, who are bringing four new pieces of street theatre to Bedlam Sunday:

The Experts, The Band, Fab News and Woodland Wisdom.

Extra info: This is a roaming performance.

More info and booking...

Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 16:30

Bedlam Fair

Acrolokos

Take a cup of acrobatics, combines it with a teaspoon of silliness, then a barrelful of antics. Watch as they frantically search for the meaning of love and fame, only to find it in the most unexpected of places. More info and booking...

Stall Street / Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 16:30

Bedlam Fair

Rost Productions

Pockets of Resistance

Meet these thoroughly forward thinking ladies, who will enlighten and inform you whilst lovingly sewing a pocket of your choice onto your garment while you wait.

Extra info: This is a roaming performance.

More info and booking...

Stall Street / Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 17:00

Bedlam Fair

Tangled Feet

That Parking Show

There are three certainties in life: death, taxes and people getting angry about parking spaces. But what really fuels the road rage? Come and witness a hilarious, acrobatic and absurdist mix of parking row meets full-blown war.
More info and booking...

Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 17:00

Bedlam Fair

Suspension

Sugar?

Stories that explore what comfort means to all of us and how people are forced to adapt when these comforts aren't there anymore. Hilarious, painfully relatable and beautifully told stories from the people not too far from your doorstep. More info and booking...

Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 17:00

Bedlam Fair

Sylvia Hunt

Billy Bubbles

She’s a flapper fashionista with a fluff ball to match, but this dog’s no handbag! The daily battle of being a pampered pooch is hard work for a small dog but Billy Bubbles hates bath time like nothing else. More info and booking...

Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 17:00

Bedlam Fair

Reeny Roo Raz

Noisy Hoops

With a wooden board, a rug, Irish dancing shoes, and some hula hoops, Darine has a bit of a puzzle to work out ... a heel-stomping, toe-tapping, hoop-spinning, hand-clapping finale is her mission, and she needs your help! More info and booking...

Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 17:00

Bedlam Fair

The Masqueing Band

Two old men with a sea chest, two sheep, and some cunning disguises. Add a violin, whistles, banjo, some teeny-weeny bits of juggling and some of those catchy olde tyme tunes, and you have a curious street performance, full of wonder, laughter and maybe something quite strange… More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 17:00
Doors open: 16:30

Exit Pursued By Panda presents

Tulips

By Michael Beakhouse

Domestic abuse and men: a problem we still haven’t solved. Christine aims to prove that Jason, “who can’t admit there’s a problem”, can be different. Alex doesn’t want to lose Scarlet but refuses to be the good person she needs. Is it more important to “be a man”, or to change? Age 15+

Extra info: Mature themes and strong language used. Recommended for ages 15+

More info and booking...

Stall Street / Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 17:30

Bedlam Fair

Curious Company

The Disco Litter Queens

The Disco Litter Queens love tidying up and disco music so what could be more groovy than to put the two together. If you bump into them in town, join in and Let’s Pick it Up

Extra info: This is a roaming performance.

More info and booking...

Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 17:30

Bedlam Fair

Animystic

Hessie & Kalli

A mischievous walkabout of gigantic proportions. These sisters just want to explore. More info and booking...

Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 17:30

Bedlam Fair

John Teasdale

Raw entertainment from the gravity of the situation – a street juggling show to provide laughter and amazement in all who pass by More info and booking...

Stall Street / Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 18:00

Bedlam Fair

Bongo Bolero

Dick Danger - Dad Dancer

Witness the worlds loudest juggling routine and marvel as Dick Danger attempts to ascend the chair stack of insanity to balance on his hands high above the ground. More info and booking...

Stall Street / Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 18:00

Bedlam Fair

Brave Bold Drama

Look out for The Monitors, The Poets and The People’s Protection League – they’re all here to help you have a better life. More info and booking...

Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 18:00

Bedlam Fair

Mimbre

Lifted

Lifted is a collection of funny, poetic and surprising moments, which explore in different ways what it means when one body is carried by another. Or when one person carries two people. Or when a person doesn’t want to be carried. Or when three people find the perfect balance. More info and booking...

Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 18:00

Bedlam Fair

Mufti Games

One Kid and their Dog

Sheep are on the loose! Only the shepherds and their hapless sheepdog Patch can prevent certain chaos. The street becomes our playing field and street furniture our obstacle course in this physical, cooperative game for younger children and their families. More info and booking...

Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 18:00

Bedlam Fair

Rost Productions

Pockets of Resistance

Meet these thoroughly forward thinking ladies, who will enlighten and inform you whilst lovingly sewing a pocket of your choice onto your garment while you wait.

More info and booking...

The Bell - Back bar

Price: £9 / £7 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Thereby Hangs A Tale presents

10 Days That Shook The World

by John Reed

Welcome to the Russian Revolution of 2019.
Part gig, part play, part means-of-production-seizing revolution! Protest songs, spoken word and today's most radical politics mix with events from a century ago to present an irreverent re-imagining of John Reed’s iconic eyewitness account. ***** “Mesmerising..poetic, passionate” Theatre Bath More info and booking...

St James Wine Vaults - Downstairs

Price: £8
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:15

The Bosun's Delight in

The Poseidon Conjecture

A narrative sketch show

The Poseidon Conjecture is a narrative sketch show set on a low budget cruise ship. It follows a set of odd yet familiar characters in a tale of greed, faux decadence and near certain disaster. The Bosun’s Delight have been together since 2015. This is their third hour-long show. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £8 / £7 Concessions
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Curtis Eller's American Circus

Curtis is a gifted banjo player, rock & roll singer and prolific songwriter, whose evocative compositions describe a dreamlike vision of American history where all points in time have collapsed into one. His dynamic, highly physical stage performances have gained The American Circus a devoted international following.

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 20:00

The Hamoaze Band presents:

Plump Dead Thighs & Pretty Blue Eyes

Songs and tales of murder

A show from S.E. Cornwall's premier folk/acoustic band. Based on the great folk tradition of the murder ballad "a highly engaging, deeply amusing, mix of concert and theatre ... terrific songs ... plenty of off-kilter humour ... surpasses all expectations!"

Extra info: In 2 acts with a 20 minute (approx) interval

More info and booking...

Monday 3rd June 2019

Meet at Saracen's Head pub

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00
Doors open: 12:00

The History Game

By Walkie Talkie Tours

An irreverent romp around the City, tracing the route of the old Roman wall that once encircled the ancient site of Bath. Immerse yourselves in re-enactments, learn about the city, who lived here and what they said and did, all whilst playing a game of True or False. Meet at The Saracen's Head on Broad Street. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £8
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:30

Irantzu Agirre-Arrizubieta presents

Dawn of Shadows & Scintillation

A Multidisciplinary Arts Performance with Harp Music

This talented Basque harpist has performed around the world since the age of sixteen, as a soloist and in leading orchestras. Described by the 'New York Concert Review' as "a sensitive chamber musician as well as a virtuoso soloist", she here presents her latest project for Harp, literature and lighting effects. More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: £8 / £5 concs
Start time: 19:30

Hot Liquor Theatre Presents

Claustrophobia

By Jason Hewitt

A woman. A man. Trapped. Isolated from the outside world, games and fantasies blur into memories neither wishes to confront. Claustrophobia puts relationships under the microscope and asks – “what does it mean to be in control?”
Punctuated with moments of humour and tenderness, this minimalist, haunting psychological thriller is a must see this Fringe. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £9 concs
Start time: 20:30

Wildcat Queenz Productions presents

Casting The Villain Aside

Written & Directed by: Anna-Lisa Maree

“…They say that money can’t buy you happiness but it can certainly buy you smoke and mirrors…”
Set a stone’s throw away from the Vegas of the North, this darkly humorous and gloriously gritty production strips away the glitter of all that is Panto - Oh YES IT DOES!

Extra info: This production contains strong language

More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Joan Davis & Friends

Erstwhile queen of Bath Jazz returns to re-claim her crown. We’ve missed her. With Joan (vox), the sublime Tony Remy (guitar), Anders Olinder (keys), Andy Tween (drums/perc.), Nick Cohen (bass). More info and booking...

Tuesday 4th June 2019

Meet at Saracen's Head pub

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

The History Game

By Walkie Talkie Tours

An irreverent romp around the City, tracing the route of the old Roman wall that once encircled the ancient site of Bath. Immerse yourselves in re-enactments, learn about the city, who lived here and what they said and did, all whilst playing a game of True or False. Meet at The Saracen's Head on Broad Street. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 18:00
Doors open: 17:45

Moving Pieces presents

Total Eclipse

'In a moment, my mum is going to step out of the moon'

A humorous, playful, truthful and thought provoking piece of theatre, which challenges taboos and explores the impact of grief on our relationships and mental health. ‘I don’t think I have ever cried and laughed at the same time before! I discovered such a powerful and meaningful piece.’ Asako, London Clown Festival More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: £8 / £5 concs
Start time: 19:30

Hot Liquor Theatre Presents

Claustrophobia

By Jason Hewitt

A woman. A man. Trapped. Isolated from the outside world, games and fantasies blur into memories neither wishes to confront. Claustrophobia puts relationships under the microscope and asks – “what does it mean to be in control?”
Punctuated with moments of humour and tenderness, this minimalist, haunting psychological thriller is a must see this Fringe. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal - Library

Price: £5
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Sally-Ann Hayward

Work in Progress

Fresh from supporting Sarah Millican on her international tour, Sally-Anne Hayward returns to Bath's Old Theatre Royal with a new hour of hilarity. Sally guarantees this show will change your life - even if only by reducing the remainder by one hour.
“Exceptionally Funny” The Independent
More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £9 concs
Start time: 20:30

Wildcat Queenz Productions presents

Casting The Villain Aside

Written & Directed by: Anna-Lisa Maree

“…They say that money can’t buy you happiness but it can certainly buy you smoke and mirrors…”
Set a stone’s throw away from the Vegas of the North, this darkly humorous and gloriously gritty production strips away the glitter of all that is Panto - Oh YES IT DOES!

Extra info: This production contains strong language

More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Razzomo

Two of the key personalities from Bristol/festival favourites Mr Tea & The Minions, playing a set with some of the same influences as the bigger band, with a bit more subtlety but no less energy. Full of the joys of busking and being close to your audience. More info and booking...

Wednesday 5th June 2019

Meet at Saracen's Head pub

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

The History Game

By Walkie Talkie Tours

An irreverent romp around the City, tracing the route of the old Roman wall that once encircled the ancient site of Bath. Immerse yourselves in re-enactments, learn about the city, who lived here and what they said and did, all whilst playing a game of True or False. Meet at The Saracen's Head on Broad Street. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 18:00
Doors open: 17:45

Moving Pieces presents

Total Eclipse

'In a moment, my mum is going to step out of the moon'

A humorous, playful, truthful and thought provoking piece of theatre, which challenges taboos and explores the impact of grief on our relationships and mental health. ‘I don’t think I have ever cried and laughed at the same time before! I discovered such a powerful and meaningful piece.’ Asako, London Clown Festival More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £8.00
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Find a Performer Ltd Presents

Geoff Robb - The Music of Trees

Geoff Robb was the winner of the 2018 Brighton Fringe Live Music Award for his solo show. His beautiful meditative compositions blend his classical training and background in healing with his love of Spanish and Celtic music. If you enjoy beautiful acoustic guitar music then don't miss this award-winning show.
More info and booking...

The Moorfields Inn

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

The Old Town Reclamation String Band together with Bath Songwriters Group present

A Skiffle Sing-Along and Other Stuff - Again

Sing along to skiffle, country, folk and rockabilly classics with The Old Town Reclamation String Band, and listen to original songs from Bath Songwriters Group. Bring your voices and acoustic instruments and join in - or just come and be entertained. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £8 / £7 Concessions
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Invisible Opera Company of Tibet

Plus Shankara Andy Bole

Deepspace funk-punk psychedelic rock infused with a hint of jazz and a twist of gnome. The band’s set of all original material addresses the Tibetan situation, future politics, deep inner space, the nature of things and a few classic Gong and (founder member) Daevid Allen favourites. All played with deepspace funk-punk psychedelic rock infused with a hint of jazz and a twist of gnome. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £10
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Monstrous

Written and performed by Alexandra Ricou

Hera is angry, but she's been trying her best to get past it. Then again, when you're an Ancient Greek goddess, being filled with an unquenchable wrath comes with the territory. Perhaps it's time to have a little vent... but is the world ready for 3000 years worth of anger?

Extra info: Contains strong language and references to rape & sexual assault.

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £9 concs
Start time: 20:30

Wildcat Queenz Productions presents

Casting The Villain Aside

Written & Directed by: Anna-Lisa Maree

“…They say that money can’t buy you happiness but it can certainly buy you smoke and mirrors…”
Set a stone’s throw away from the Vegas of the North, this darkly humorous and gloriously gritty production strips away the glitter of all that is Panto - Oh YES IT DOES!

Extra info: This production contains strong language

More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Los Gusanos

Guitar-based Latin, not the most common flavour on The Bell's stage tho' it has a lot of traction on the other side of the Atlantic. The drums & perc. are really special too. From the same stable as Bell favourites born-again blues rockers Belle Day, LGs share with them the uncanny alchemy that can make you believe again in the oldest tricks of the trade.
More info and booking...

Thursday 6th June 2019

Secret Location in Bath

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Fake Escape presents

20:20 Vision - Famous Last Words

5 New Plays by Writers under 30

20:20 Vision's immersive new writing festival returns to Bath Fringe for a 7th year with 5 new plays inspired by the dying words of some of history's most iconic personalities. What can those precious final moments tell you about a life, and the person who lived it?

Extra info: Please note this is an immersive performance and will require walking and standing

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Upstairs theatre

Price: £8
Start time: 20:00

That's Enough Drama presents

Gerard Harris: Attention Seeker

Award-winning storytelling comedy about how to standup - and not be counted

The shy, anxious jokewriter for a top British comedian accidentally crashes into the standup spotlight and decides to stay. Armed with paralysing fear, blind panic and jokes the comedian didn't buy, he sets out to prove just who's REALLY the talented one, and the rest, as they say, is history.

"Very funny, reminiscent of Woody Allen in his early-60s stand-up years" - Pioneer Press, Minneapolis
***** Edmonton Journal

Best Comedian: Buxton
Best Solo Show: Nelson
Best of Fest: Ottawa
Best Comedy: Dunedin
More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

Woodstock '69 - Summer of Love

Promoted by Nick Hales

50 years on from fabled festival Woodstock, a musical celebration of the 'Summer of Love'. Music from three years before and after. Joplin, Garcia, Hendrix, Grace Slick, Quicksilver et al. Hippie clothing and attitudes are encouraged. There will be free face/leg/arm painting too. Peace, Love and Music.

More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £12 / £10 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Slim Chance

One of the hottest live bands in the UK - that the founder, Ronnie Lane (Small Faces/Faces), would have been proud of. With three original members, Steve Bingham, Charlie Hart and Steve Simpson, they play ‘British Americana’/rock and roll and deliver a well-crafted show of new material and Ronnie Lane’s classics.

More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £12 / £10 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Vocal Stargazing

Cecilia Le Poer Power

followed by her duo 'Cecilia & Amadou'

The debut of Cecilia's much anticipated one-woman vocal experience. Using loop pedal technology, Cecilia weaves exquisite layers of vocals creating ethereal and mesmerising landscapes and songs. In the second half of the evening, Cecilia will be joined by Senegalese musician Amadou Diagne for a set of spellbinding original duets. More info and booking...

St James Wine Vaults - Downstairs

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 21:00
Doors open: 20:30

Fake Escape Presents

My Father The Tantric Masseur

Written and Performed by Roann McCloskey

Roann McCloskey navigates life as a post #MeToo Queer, British-Algerian woman in this award winning sellout production that will take you on an hilarious and heartbreaking journey of self discovery.

Extra info: Contains adult language and themes

More info and booking...

Friday 7th June 2019

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £5
Start time: 13:00
Doors open: 12:00

Casting an Impression

A Musical Revue by Martin Dimery

Martin (of Sgt Pepper's Only Dart Board Band) has a parallel career impersonating others, whilst maintaining a life in writing and directing. Here he brings together humorous readings from his autobiography "Being John Lennon" linked by a series of songs allegedly discarded by the likes of Elvis, John Lennon and Mick Jagger. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8 / £5 students & concs
Start time: 14:30
Doors open: 14:00

Bath University Student Theatre presents

Romeo and Juliet

Written by William Shakespeare and Directed by Emma Robinson

The timeless vendetta between the Montagues and Capulets erupts onto the stage in this modern adaptation of an age-old script. Following the love-struck duo through their trials of love, passion and fixation, we watch the obsession for control and conflict dictate the tragic endings of this poignant piece. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £10 / £8 Concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:30

Jelli Records present

Cindy Stratton

Plus Ellie Frank and Rosina Keri

Singer/songwriter Cindy Stratton produces beautiful, timeless music. Fresh from the finals of the Gibraltar song festival, she will be joined by band members Marius Frank, Ali Nourse and Susie Wright. Plus an intimate and soulful performance from up and coming local singer/songwriter Ellie Frank and witty and passionate songs from Rosina Keri. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8 / £5 students & concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bath University Student Theatre presents

Party

Written by Tom Basden. Directed by Ross Elmore and Osama Salam

A humble shed: four young idealists form a political party to save the world from itself. The fifth just wants his cake. It’s small minds tackling big issues - China, sex trafficking, cycle lanes, unfair trade, whether to call themselves 'Friendly Party' or 'Gladios'. And when, exactly, they eat cake. More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £8 / £5 students & concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bath University Student Theatre presents

Rhinoceros

Written by Eugène Ionesco and Directed by Owen Biggadike

Eugene Ionesco’s avant-garde work, Rhinoceros, is brought to life in the Museum of Bath at Work and accompanied by live music. Welcome to Bérenger’s home town, where life goes on as normal except for one small detail: everyone is turning into Rhinoceroses. A post-war take on mob mentality and fascism like almost no other. More info and booking...

Central United Reformed Church - Tovey Hall (upstairs theatre)

Price: £6.50 / £5 concs & students
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Milan's Game

by AllouAqui Dance Theatre

A couple have naturally invented an absurd game of role play, shifting between reality and fantasy. Unleashing their instincts and imagination, they challenge the paradoxes of love and sexuality. On-stage movement and theatricality merge into a world that balances between the real and the surreal in this contemporary dance-theatre duet. More info and booking...

Secret Location in Bath

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Fake Escape presents

20:20 Vision - Famous Last Words

5 New Plays by Writers under 30

20:20 Vision's immersive new writing festival returns to Bath Fringe for a 7th year with 5 new plays inspired by the dying words of some of history's most iconic personalities. What can those precious final moments tell you about a life, and the person who lived it?

Extra info: Please note this is an immersive performance and will require walking and standing

More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £10
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Queue

written and performed by Connor Macleod

Queue is an epic performance poem that follows one man's journey from one end of a queue to the other in a mixture of sharp comedy, existential dread and unconventional poetics. Queue is the show that plays in all of our heads when we're trapped with our own thoughts. Incunabula Collective follow their successful debut of #Gunsh0w at last year’s Bath Fringe. More info and booking...

Walcot Chapel

Price: £6
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 20:00

Johnny G

Discogs (the home of discerning music collectors) says "English Singer/Songwriter, renowned for his eccentricity" - but he's also a dab hand with classics of blues, RnB and even an electric canter through 'A Horse with No Name'. Scoring press plaudits in London during the '70s pub-rock boom, it was in Bath that his work shifted up a division, with classic songs and performances which he has no problem living up to now. Years down the road he's different, and still different, but still great! More info and booking...

The Bell - Back bar

Price: £6
Start time: 21:00

First Friday with

Eddie Martin

plus Bluesman Mike Francis

King of the Acoustic Blues in these parts, Mr Martin is doing the thing that he does the best in solo spotlight mode, so you get to hear every twist and turn of his award-winning guitar style and every nuance of the song close up.
More info and booking...

St James Wine Vaults - Upstairs (gallery room)

Price: Pay what you want
Start time: 21:00
Doors open: 20:30

Dylan Dodds and Friends (Friends Not Included)

Edinburgh Preview

For 4 years, Dylan Dodds (comedian) has written a blog about Friends (sitcom) every 2 weeks. Now he presents his findings so far… How have things changed since the 90s? How does his life compare to Friends? And is the show still even any good?? More info and booking...

Saturday 8th June 2019

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 14:00

Saturday at The Bell

Walcot Arts Weekend

In the spirit of the Walcot Community print shop, we have invited Mr Simon Rigby back for the weekend - to play with letterpress and screen print behind The Bell, as the Bruno & Mick Saturday afternoon DJ summit gets into the swing (and indeed the shimmy and the slamdance). The Pink Milkfloat's work is all round The Bell, and the houses of the cognoscenti, here's your chance to make your own. Plus other diversions yet to be announced. More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: £8 / £5 students & concs
Start time: 14:30
Doors open: 14:00

[Title of Show]

[title of show]—taken from a theatre festival’s application form asking for the [title of show]—follows a group of writers on a journey of creative self-expression. In the span of 90 minutes they write and perform their show whilst learning lessons about themselves as people, friends and artists. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8 / £5 students & concs
Start time: 14:30
Doors open: 14:00

Bath University Student Theatre presents

Party

Written by Tom Basden. Directed by Ross Elmore and Osama Salam

A humble shed: four young idealists form a political party to save the world from itself. The fifth just wants his cake. It’s small minds tackling big issues - China, sex trafficking, cycle lanes, unfair trade, whether to call themselves 'Friendly Party' or 'Gladios'. And when, exactly, they eat cake. More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: £8 / £5 students & concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Ordinary Days

Ordinary Days tells the story of four New Yorkers whose lives intersect as they search for fulfilment, happiness, love and cabs. With equal doses of humour and poignancy, it celebrates how 8.3 million individual stories combine in unexpected ways to make NYC a unique and extraordinary home. More info and booking...

St. Michael's Church

Price: £5 adv / £7 on the door
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bettella & Stabler Present

Debussy Cello Sonata

A night of music for cello and piano

Join composer pianist Edward Bettella and cellist Jonathan Stabler for a performance of Debussy’s late masterpiece, Cello Sonata in D minor. Composed in 1915, this sonata displays Debussy’s full musical range combining dissonance, rich harmony and pentatonic melodies that would have a far-reaching influence on jazz and later modern music. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8 / £5 students & concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bath University Student Theatre presents

Romeo and Juliet

Written by William Shakespeare and Directed by Emma Robinson

The timeless vendetta between the Montagues and Capulets erupts onto the stage in this modern adaptation of an age-old script. Following the love-struck duo through their trials of love, passion and fixation, we watch the obsession for control and conflict dictate the tragic endings of this poignant piece. More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £8 / £5 students & concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bath University Student Theatre presents

Rhinoceros

Written by Eugène Ionesco and Directed by Owen Biggadike

Eugene Ionesco’s avant-garde work, Rhinoceros, is brought to life in the Museum of Bath at Work and accompanied by live music. Welcome to Bérenger’s home town, where life goes on as normal except for one small detail: everyone is turning into Rhinoceroses. A post-war take on mob mentality and fascism like almost no other. More info and booking...

Central United Reformed Church - Tovey Hall (upstairs theatre)

Price: £6.50 / £5 concs & students
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Milan's Game

by AllouAqui Dance Theatre

A couple have naturally invented an absurd game of role play, shifting between reality and fantasy. Unleashing their instincts and imagination, they challenge the paradoxes of love and sexuality. On-stage movement and theatricality merge into a world that balances between the real and the surreal in this contemporary dance-theatre duet. More info and booking...

Secret Location in Bath

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Fake Escape presents

20:20 Vision - Famous Last Words

5 New Plays by Writers under 30

20:20 Vision's immersive new writing festival returns to Bath Fringe for a 7th year with 5 new plays inspired by the dying words of some of history's most iconic personalities. What can those precious final moments tell you about a life, and the person who lived it?

Extra info: Please note this is an immersive performance and will require walking and standing

More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £10
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Queue

written and performed by Connor Macleod

Queue is an epic performance poem that follows one man's journey from one end of a queue to the other in a mixture of sharp comedy, existential dread and unconventional poetics. Queue is the show that plays in all of our heads when we're trapped with our own thoughts. Incunabula Collective follow their successful debut of #Gunsh0w at last year’s Bath Fringe. More info and booking...

The Bell - Back bar

Price: £8
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

plus Sylvia Hunt, Rare Species and Marty Skiver

Bill's Back Bar

An evening of cabaret with Bill Smarme

""Bill Smarme - international entertainer, playboy, building contractor - will entertain you with a farrago of songs
you may have heard but not in quite the same way." With special guests: Lady Tete de Pisse and Billy Bubbles, Marty Skiver, Rare Species and more acts to be announced. More info and booking...

St James Wine Vaults - Downstairs

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 21:00
Doors open: 20:30

Fake Escape Presents

My Father The Tantric Masseur

Written and Performed by Roann McCloskey

Roann McCloskey navigates life as a post #MeToo Queer, British-Algerian woman in this award winning sellout production that will take you on an hilarious and heartbreaking journey of self discovery.

Extra info: Contains adult language and themes

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St James Wine Vaults - Upstairs (gallery room)

Price: Pay what you want
Start time: 21:00
Doors open: 20:30

Dylan Dodds and Friends (Friends Not Included)

Edinburgh Preview

For 4 years, Dylan Dodds (comedian) has written a blog about Friends (sitcom) every 2 weeks. Now he presents his findings so far… How have things changed since the 90s? How does his life compare to Friends? And is the show still even any good?? More info and booking...

Sunday 9th June 2019

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Lawrie Duckworth

The most musically creative (if not the most prolific) of his own Walcot generation, Lawrie's great songwriting has fuelled dozens of shows and a fine album of The Duckworths, and more recently a solo career with a lot of work Stateside. This gig is to celebrate the end of recording of his newest album, and will feature some old friends and maybe a few faces from The Playgroup, where he rules every Thursday night out back.
More info and booking...

The Bell - Back bar

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Walcot Arts Weekend

Sunday Afternoon Pictures

As The Bell's contribution to the Bath Arts Workshop History project, and to complement the Outswide! NOW!! interactive theatre project that will be roaming the street outside, The Bell Back Bar will host a number of professionally-shot films from the '70s Arts Festivals (Arts Council & BBC material as well as Workshop Films) and associated material - programme TBC but material will get shown more than once so drop in and see what you catch.
More info and booking...

Walcot Street

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Walcot Street Theatre

Cocoloco

Dr Yaya

The Natural Theatre Co and invited artists Cocoloco have been working with a cast of volunteer performers to bring Walcot Street alive with exciting and outrageous promemade theatre. Dr Yaya: A mashup of all flamboyant dictators - he’s a paranoid clown with a benevolent smile; a saint with a Puckish grin; and he’s here to take over the street with Lady YaYa, his exuberant side-kick. More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Free
Start time: 14:00

Exhibition and workshops created by Bath Arts Workshop

Brilliant or Bonkers?

Counterculture of the 70’s in Bath

2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the initial set–up of Bath Arts Workshop/Comtek and to celebrate the anniversary The Museum of Work at Bath presents an archive exhibition and workshop programme, with the participation of community energy / climate emergency groups, repair cafes and recycle / reuse projects active in Bath today. More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: £8 / £5 students & concs
Start time: 14:30
Doors open: 14:00

Ordinary Days

Ordinary Days tells the story of four New Yorkers whose lives intersect as they search for fulfilment, happiness, love and cabs. With equal doses of humour and poignancy, it celebrates how 8.3 million individual stories combine in unexpected ways to make NYC a unique and extraordinary home. More info and booking...

Walcot Street

Price: Free
Start time: 15:30

Walcot Street Theatre

Cocoloco

Dr Yaya

The Natural Theatre Co and invited artists Cocoloco have been working with a cast of volunteer performers to bring Walcot Street alive with exciting and outrageous promemade theatre. Dr Yaya: A mashup of all flamboyant dictators - he’s a paranoid clown with a benevolent smile; a saint with a Puckish grin; and he’s here to take over the street with Lady YaYa, his exuberant side-kick. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:30

Thunderbridge Bluegrass Band

Thunderbridge bring their own version of bluegrass to you, using one microphone, five instruments and voices that blend together to make a highly traditional yet thoroughly original sound. All-acoustic music featuring fiddle, banjo, guitar, mandolin and double bass, and playing some classics, some covers, plus many self-penned, there is something for everyone More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: £8 / £5 students & concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

[Title of Show]

[title of show]—taken from a theatre festival’s application form asking for the [title of show]—follows a group of writers on a journey of creative self-expression. In the span of 90 minutes they write and perform their show whilst learning lessons about themselves as people, friends and artists. More info and booking...

St. Michael's Church

Price: £5 adv / £7 on the door Under 16’s free accompanied by an adult
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

BathTub Orchestra

with special guests Bristol Mandolin and Guitar Ensemble

Bath’s newest community orchestra is an informal group of mixed ability musicians who enjoy playing together a wide variety of music. They will be supported by a fretted instrument community orchestra from Bristol with similar tastes. More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £14, £10 Unwaged, £7 Under 25s
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

All Of The Above - the people who brought you the Bath Jazz Weekend - present

The Iain Ballamy Quartet - IBQT

featuring pianist Jason Rebello

The highlight of the Bath Jazz Weekend and so many other festivals, Iain Ballamy is an undoubted favourite: recognised as one of Europe's finest saxophonists and band leaders, plus remarkable pianist Jason Rebello, Percy Pursglove (bass & trumpet) and Mark Whitlam, drums More info and booking...

The Bell

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

The 2nd Annual...

Hat & Feather Forever

Playgroup's Greatest Hits

Convened last Fringe to fill a date that had fallen apart, this turned into one of the hits of trhe festival, at least for the generation who started The Playgroup back in the latter days of The Hat & Feather, bringing us the likes of Zen Hussies, ShakShak, Hanover St., Hodmadoddery, Brian Mad, and a hundred mysterious visitors we would never see again. Which of those luminaries will make it tonight is as unpredictable as it ever was, but you can be sure something unprecedented will happen.
Dedicated to Johnny Rench and Phil 'just wanna be like Jimi Hendrix'. More info and booking...

Monday 17th May 2021

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Admission Free - with admission to Museum.
Start time: 10:30

The Bath Arts Workshop and Bath's Counter Culture in the 1970s.

Bonkers but Brilliant!

Exhibition at Museum of Bath at Work May 17-November 1 2021

Founded in 1969 the Bath Arts Workshop spawned the Natural Theatre Company, Walcot Reclamation, The Bath Fringe Festival and John's Bikes and – ahem- the Bath Fringe Festival. Back by popular demand.
They ran a youth club, a rock group, a tea shop, a junk shop and baby sitting operations. The things those crazy seventies people got up to! Fifty years of frivolity and whim encapsulated in one great exhibition. Far out.

Extra info: Last admission to the Museum is at 16.00

More info and booking...

Friday 21st May 2021

Widcombe Social Club

Price: Free
Start time: 18:00
Doors open: 17:30

Friday Night Social

Jools Scott

Palm Court piano from Pump Room to Punk.
The Waterside Arts Bar at Bath’s best wharf-side arts centre, Widcombe Social Club, is open to everyone every Friday from 5.30pm. More info and booking...

Friday 28th May 2021

Widcombe Social Club

Price: Free
Start time: 18:00
Doors open: 17:30

Friday Night Social

Chaser Trio

Guitar led jazz trio featuring Andrew Murphy, Duncan Kingston and Dan Reid.

The Waterside Arts Bar at Bath’s best wharf-side arts centre, Widcombe Social Club, is open to everyone every Friday from 5.30pm, with free live music 6-8pm and a new bar food menu launching in June. More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £12 / £10 concs (Students, unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door)
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 19:45

Bath Comedy Club

John Moloney, Harriet Braine, Phil Cooper

Bath Comedy Club continues it's triumphant return to indoor comedy, at Widcombe Social!
Three top notch comedians in one night!
Covid-secure conditions including temperature checks, regular sanitising and cleaning, air conditioning, distancing disguised as cabaret seating, table service.
More info and booking...

Wednesday 2nd June 2021

Rondo Theatre

Price: Full £16 / Concessions £14
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Dirty Bath

Behind its beige façade, Bath is hiding a past riddled with tales of debauchery, villainy and depravity. The Natural Theatre Company invite you on a voyage through Bath’s murkier waters as they throw light on the less virtuous aspects of the city’s history. It won’t be plain sailing, but it will be very funny.

Extra info: Please note: due to social distancing regulations, we are restricted to 50% of capacity, and the easiest way to do this in the Rondo is to sell every other seat. However, if you are from the same household, you are welcome to move along the row and sit together. We will be unable to open the bar for this production, so please feel free to bring your own refreshments (and please take your rubbish with you!). Dirty Bath lasts just over an hour, and is presented without an interval.

More info and booking...

Thursday 3rd June 2021

Rondo Theatre

Price: Full £16 / Concessions £14
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Dirty Bath

Behind its beige façade, Bath is hiding a past riddled with tales of debauchery, villainy and depravity. The Natural Theatre Company invite you on a voyage through Bath’s murkier waters as they throw light on the less virtuous aspects of the city’s history. It won’t be plain sailing, but it will be very funny.

Extra info: Please note: due to social distancing regulations, we are restricted to 50% of capacity, and the easiest way to do this in the Rondo is to sell every other seat. However, if you are from the same household, you are welcome to move along the row and sit together. We will be unable to open the bar for this production, so please feel free to bring your own refreshments (and please take your rubbish with you!). Dirty Bath lasts just over an hour, and is presented without an interval.

More info and booking...

Friday 4th June 2021

Widcombe Social Club

Price: Free
Start time: 18:00
Doors open: 17:30

Friday Night Social

Tea & Biscuits (TBC)

Happy-go-lucky acoustic fingerpicking duo.

The Waterside Arts Bar at Bath’s best wharf-side arts centre, Widcombe Social Club, is open to everyone every Friday from 5.30pm. More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: 15
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:30

Komedia presents:

Noble Jacks + The Hawkmen

With the fiddle leading the charge, Noble Jacks are out to take no prisoners with their high-energy footstompin’ rhythms, which have taken crowds by storm across the UK. More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £13 and £11 (WSC Members)
Start time: 20:00

All Of The Above presents

An Evening with Dave Newton's Piano Trio

Award-winning international pianist Dave Newton brings his trio, from the mainstream heart of the great jazz tradition, to once again celebrate the end of lockdown and the joyful beginning of a new Covid-secure chapter of All Of The Above's music promotions and the re-opened WSC.
More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: Full £16 / Concessions £14
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Dirty Bath

Behind its beige façade, Bath is hiding a past riddled with tales of debauchery, villainy and depravity. The Natural Theatre Company invite you on a voyage through Bath’s murkier waters as they throw light on the less virtuous aspects of the city’s history. It won’t be plain sailing, but it will be very funny.

Extra info: Please note: due to social distancing regulations, we are restricted to 50% of capacity, and the easiest way to do this in the Rondo is to sell every other seat. However, if you are from the same household, you are welcome to move along the row and sit together. We will be unable to open the bar for this production, so please feel free to bring your own refreshments (and please take your rubbish with you!). Dirty Bath lasts just over an hour, and is presented without an interval.

More info and booking...

Saturday 5th June 2021

17-18 Milsom Street

Price: £3
Start time: 11:00

Ramshacklicious present:

Club Supreme

An Audience with the WORSHIPFUL MASTER. The ULTIMATE roadshow, a group of “exceptional” people, demonstrating the untapped POTENTIAL that we all have to reach the kind of PERFECTION we desire: body, mind and lifestyle all operating at optimum levels.

Extra info: Ticketed performances throughout the day - Ticketed only today, sorry.

More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: Full £16 / Concessions £14
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Dirty Bath

Behind its beige façade, Bath is hiding a past riddled with tales of debauchery, villainy and depravity. The Natural Theatre Company invite you on a voyage through Bath’s murkier waters as they throw light on the less virtuous aspects of the city’s history. It won’t be plain sailing, but it will be very funny.

Extra info: Please note: due to social distancing regulations, we are restricted to 50% of capacity, and the easiest way to do this in the Rondo is to sell every other seat. However, if you are from the same household, you are welcome to move along the row and sit together. We will be unable to open the bar for this production, so please feel free to bring your own refreshments (and please take your rubbish with you!). Dirty Bath lasts just over an hour, and is presented without an interval.

More info and booking...

Sunday 6th June 2021

17-18 Milsom Street

Price: £3
Start time: 11:00

Ramshacklicious present:

Club Supreme

An Audience with the WORSHIPFUL MASTER. The ULTIMATE roadshow, a group of “exceptional” people, demonstrating the untapped POTENTIAL that we all have to reach the kind of PERFECTION we desire: body, mind and lifestyle all operating at optimum levels.

Extra info: On-street free version at 11.56-12.30 and 2.15-3pm.

More info and booking...

Monday 7th June 2021

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £14.50 full price, £12.50 concessions, £5 students/job-seekers
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:55

Next Stage Theatre Company presents

The Memory of Water

by Shelagh Stephenson

Three sisters are brought together by the death of their mother. Preparing for the funeral the siblings laugh, cry and bicker over past events and half-recalled memories. More info and booking...

Tuesday 8th June 2021

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £14.50 full price, £12.50 concessions, £5 students/job-seekers
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:55

Next Stage Theatre Company presents

The Memory of Water

by Shelagh Stephenson

Three sisters are brought together by the death of their mother. Preparing for the funeral the siblings laugh, cry and bicker over past events and half-recalled memories. More info and booking...

The Belvoir Castle

Price: Free
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

The Poetry Teacher

Andy Gilbert

The self-proclaimed No. 1 poetry teacher in the UK delivers a mini masterclass, before combining poetry, storytelling and theatre. Annus Horribilis, Anus Horribilis (Horrible Year, Horrible Bottom) is both vulgar and deluded but the sincerity of Gilbert cannot be doubted. 16 + strong language and adult themes. One hour show.

Extra info: Tickets in advance from venue

More info and booking...

Wednesday 9th June 2021

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £14.50 full price, £12.50 concessions, £5 students/job-seekers
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:55

Next Stage Theatre Company presents

The Memory of Water

by Shelagh Stephenson

Three sisters are brought together by the death of their mother. Preparing for the funeral the siblings laugh, cry and bicker over past events and half-recalled memories. More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: 12
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:30

Komedia Bath presents:

Will Johns: Bluesdaddy Tour

Striking a masterful balance between old soul & modern flair, Will Johns is one of the most distinctive and exciting British Blues performers in the world today. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: Full £16 / Concessions £14
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Dirty Bath

Behind its beige façade, Bath is hiding a past riddled with tales of debauchery, villainy and depravity. The Natural Theatre Company invite you on a voyage through Bath’s murkier waters as they throw light on the less virtuous aspects of the city’s history. It won’t be plain sailing, but it will be very funny.

Extra info: Please note: due to social distancing regulations, we are restricted to 50% of capacity, and the easiest way to do this in the Rondo is to sell every other seat. However, if you are from the same household, you are welcome to move along the row and sit together. We will be unable to open the bar for this production, so please feel free to bring your own refreshments (and please take your rubbish with you!). Dirty Bath lasts just over an hour, and is presented without an interval.

More info and booking...

Thursday 10th June 2021

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: General £16 - Concessions £14 (prices before box office service fees)
Start time: 18:30
Doors open: 17:30

Lourdes Fernández Flamenco Company presents:

Raices

Without losing purity and depth, this show aims to universalise Flamenco, make it sing, dance and play, to conquer the world like Rock or Jazz did, to bring Flamenco to a wide and diverse audience, a show for both aficionados and novices, for those who listen to flamenco and those who do not... just yet. More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: Free
Start time: 19:30

BUST presents

The Tempest

By William Shakespeare

Shakespeare’s last play, 'The Tempest' comes to life this Summer! Come and see the best play performed in the last year… probably… who cares it is going to be amazing! Our cast perform this short version of the classic with such brilliance, you will be left astonished and in awe! More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: 14
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:30

Komedia presents:

The Undercover Hippy

Drum and Bass MC turned singer-songwriter Billy Rowan, aka The Undercover Hippy, is definitely not your average singer songwriter. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: Full £16 / Concessions £14
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Dirty Bath

Behind its beige façade, Bath is hiding a past riddled with tales of debauchery, villainy and depravity. The Natural Theatre Company invite you on a voyage through Bath’s murkier waters as they throw light on the less virtuous aspects of the city’s history. It won’t be plain sailing, but it will be very funny.

Extra info: Please note: due to social distancing regulations, we are restricted to 50% of capacity, and the easiest way to do this in the Rondo is to sell every other seat. However, if you are from the same household, you are welcome to move along the row and sit together. We will be unable to open the bar for this production, so please feel free to bring your own refreshments (and please take your rubbish with you!). Dirty Bath lasts just over an hour, and is presented without an interval.

More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: General £16 - Concessions £14 (prices before box office service fees)
Start time: 21:00
Doors open: 20:45

Lourdes Fernández Flamenco Company presents:

Raices

Without losing purity and depth, this show aims to universalise Flamenco, make it sing, dance and play, to conquer the world like Rock or Jazz did, to bring Flamenco to a wide and diverse audience, a show for both aficionados and novices, for those who listen to flamenco and those who do not... just yet. More info and booking...

Friday 11th June 2021

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: Free
Start time: 14:30

BUST presents

The Tempest

By William Shakespeare

Shakespeare’s last play, 'The Tempest' comes to life this Summer! Come and see the best play performed in the last year… probably… who cares it is going to be amazing! Our cast perform this short version of the classic with such brilliance, you will be left astonished and in awe! More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: Free
Start time: 18:00
Doors open: 17:30

Friday Night Social

Spoonful with Simon Grimes

Acoustic Slide Blues Trio playing their own unique blend of vocal harmonic blues.

The Waterside Arts Bar at Bath’s best wharf-side arts centre, Widcombe Social Club, is open to everyone every Friday from 5.30pm. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £7 standard, £5 concession
Start time: 19:30

In conjunction with The Mission Theatre, BUST presents

The Importance of Being Earnest

By Oscar Wilde

Follow Jack and Algernon, two young Victorian men with a compulsion for lying, as they learn the importance of being earnest... while answering to the name of Ernest! BUST present Oscar Wilde’s classical farce, which has proven to be one of Britain’s most popular and time-enduring plays. More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: 15
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:30

Komedia presents:

From the Specials - Neville Staple Band + Talisman

Neville Staple, Legendary front man of The Specials, Fun Boy Three and Special Beat, also known as The Original Rude Boy, is credited with changing the face of pop music not only once but twice. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: Full £16 / Concessions £14
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Dirty Bath

Behind its beige façade, Bath is hiding a past riddled with tales of debauchery, villainy and depravity. The Natural Theatre Company invite you on a voyage through Bath’s murkier waters as they throw light on the less virtuous aspects of the city’s history. It won’t be plain sailing, but it will be very funny.

Extra info: Please note: due to social distancing regulations, we are restricted to 50% of capacity, and the easiest way to do this in the Rondo is to sell every other seat. However, if you are from the same household, you are welcome to move along the row and sit together. We will be unable to open the bar for this production, so please feel free to bring your own refreshments (and please take your rubbish with you!). Dirty Bath lasts just over an hour, and is presented without an interval.

More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: Price: £12 / £10 concs (Students, unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door)
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 19:45

Bath Comedy Club

Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, Archie Maddocks

Bath Comedy Club continues it's triumphant return to indoor comedy, at Widcombe Social!
Three top notch comedians in one night!
Covid-secure conditions incuding temperature checks, regular sanitising and cleaning, air conditioning, distancing disguised as cabaret seating, table service.
More info and booking...

Saturday 12th June 2021

19 New Bond Street

Price: Free
Start time: 10:00
Doors open: 10:00

Curious Company presents

The Dept of Complaints

Let's Grumble!

Drop in to our pop up office and have a grumble; no niggle too small or issue too big.
This light-hearted theatrical simulation of a complaints department offers an opportunity to have a good moan and gossip, all in the name of sharing and caring.
More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £7 standard, £5 concession
Start time: 14:00

In conjunction with The Mission Theatre, BUST presents

The Importance of Being Earnest

By Oscar Wilde

Follow Jack and Algernon, two young Victorian men with a compulsion for lying, as they learn the importance of being earnest... while answering to the name of Ernest! BUST present Oscar Wilde’s classical farce, which has proven to be one of Britain’s most popular and time-enduring plays. More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: Free
Start time: 19:30

BUST presents

The Tempest

By William Shakespeare

Shakespeare’s last play, 'The Tempest' comes to life this Summer! Come and see the best play performed in the last year… probably… who cares it is going to be amazing! Our cast perform this short version of the classic with such brilliance, you will be left astonished and in awe! More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £7 standard, £5 concession
Start time: 19:30

In conjunction with The Mission Theatre, BUST presents

The Importance of Being Earnest

By Oscar Wilde

Follow Jack and Algernon, two young Victorian men with a compulsion for lying, as they learn the importance of being earnest... while answering to the name of Ernest! BUST present Oscar Wilde’s classical farce, which has proven to be one of Britain’s most popular and time-enduring plays. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: Full £16 / Concessions £14
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Dirty Bath

Behind its beige façade, Bath is hiding a past riddled with tales of debauchery, villainy and depravity. The Natural Theatre Company invite you on a voyage through Bath’s murkier waters as they throw light on the less virtuous aspects of the city’s history. It won’t be plain sailing, but it will be very funny.

Extra info: Please note: due to social distancing regulations, we are restricted to 50% of capacity, and the easiest way to do this in the Rondo is to sell every other seat. However, if you are from the same household, you are welcome to move along the row and sit together. We will be unable to open the bar for this production, so please feel free to bring your own refreshments (and please take your rubbish with you!). Dirty Bath lasts just over an hour, and is presented without an interval.

More info and booking...

Sunday 13th June 2021

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10/ £8 conc.
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Alive and Brel

A cabaret revue of the finest songs by Jacques Brel More info and booking...

Friday 18th June 2021

Widcombe Social Club

Price: Free
Start time: 18:00
Doors open: 17:30

Friday Night Social

Steve Mathers and John Paul Gard

Top notch jazz Sax and Hammond Organ duo.

The Waterside Arts Bar at Bath’s best wharf-side arts centre, Widcombe Social Club, is open to everyone every Friday from 5.30pm.
More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: tbc
Start time: 19:30

Film Night - main feature to TBD

Old-school cinematic experience including table service, Pearl & Dean adverts, Looney Tunes cartoons and an Intermission for ice-cream and other delights from the kiosk!
Covid-safety measures. Air conditioning! Cinema quality 4K HD projection.

Extra info: Times tbc

More info and booking...

Sunday 20th June 2021

Komedia

Price: 10
Start time: 14:00
Doors open: 14:00

Komedia presents:

The Skimmity Hitchers + John D Revelator

Sunday live music matinee with Scrumpy & Western favourites Skimmity Hitchers and John D Revelator! More info and booking...

Monday 21st June 2021

17-18 Milsom Street

Price: Free
Start time: 10:00
Doors open: 10:00

Little Lost Robot Studio presents

Digital Playground

An immersive, walk-through forest installation of oversized robotic flowers and hanging gardens. Reminding us all to take it slowly, breathe and play! As visitors move around, the sculpture will react with gentle movements. Not replacing nature, but representing our relationship with the environment and exploring possibilities of technological innovation to aid ecological sustainability. More info and booking...

Sorry, this performance is cancelled.
Other performances are still taking place.

Komedia

Price: Free
Start time: 17:00
Doors open: 17:00

Komedia presents:

FREE Music Festival Featuring: Novatines

Bite The Bufallo, Meekers and more

Komedia Bath is proud to present a FREE night of the very best in live local music. Featuring 6 awesome bands across 2 stages, this mini-festival will run from 5pm – 10pm and is open to all ages (with under 16s to be accompanied by an adult).
POSTPONED TILL 19th JULY More info and booking...

Tuesday 22nd June 2021

17-18 Milsom Street

Price: Free
Start time: 10:00

Little Lost Robot Studio presents

Digital Playground

An immersive, walk-through forest installation of oversized robotic flowers and hanging gardens. Reminding us all to take it slowly, breathe and play! As visitors move around, the sculpture will react with gentle movements. Not replacing nature, but representing our relationship with the environment and exploring possibilities of technological innovation to aid ecological sustainability. More info and booking...

Wednesday 23rd June 2021

17-18 Milsom Street

Price: Free
Start time: 10:00

Little Lost Robot Studio presents

Digital Playground

An immersive, walk-through forest installation of oversized robotic flowers and hanging gardens. Reminding us all to take it slowly, breathe and play! As visitors move around, the sculpture will react with gentle movements. Not replacing nature, but representing our relationship with the environment and exploring possibilities of technological innovation to aid ecological sustainability. More info and booking...

Thursday 24th June 2021

17-18 Milsom Street

Price: Free
Start time: 10:00

Little Lost Robot Studio presents

Digital Playground

An immersive, walk-through forest installation of oversized robotic flowers and hanging gardens. Reminding us all to take it slowly, breathe and play! As visitors move around, the sculpture will react with gentle movements. Not replacing nature, but representing our relationship with the environment and exploring possibilities of technological innovation to aid ecological sustainability. More info and booking...

Friday 25th June 2021

17-18 Milsom Street

Price: Free
Start time: 10:00

Little Lost Robot Studio presents

Digital Playground

An immersive, walk-through forest installation of oversized robotic flowers and hanging gardens. Reminding us all to take it slowly, breathe and play! As visitors move around, the sculpture will react with gentle movements. Not replacing nature, but representing our relationship with the environment and exploring possibilities of technological innovation to aid ecological sustainability. More info and booking...

Sorry, this performance is cancelled.
Other performances are still taking place.

Komedia

Price: Free
Start time: 17:00
Doors open: 17:00

Komedia presents:

FREE Music Festival Featuring: Bare Jams

The Maitree Express, Plume and More

Komedia Bath is proud to present a FREE night of live music guaranteed to get your feet moving, this mini-festival will run from 5pm – 10pm and is open to all ages (with under 16s to be accompanied by an adult).
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TILL FRIDAY 13th AUGUST More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: Free
Start time: 18:00
Doors open: 17:30

Friday Night Social

Tonight's act is to be confirmed.

Tonight's act is to be confirmed.
The Waterside Arts Bar at Bath’s best wharf-side arts centre, Widcombe Social Club, is open to everyone every Friday from 5.30pm. More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £12 / £10 concs (Students, unwaged or Friends of the Festival only, ID required on door)
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 19:45

Bath Comedy Club

Raymond & Mr Timpkins Revue, James Dowdeswell

Bath Comedy Club continues it's triumphant return to indoor comedy, at Widcombe Social!
Three top notch comedians in one night!
Covid-secure conditions incuding temperature checks, regular sanitising and cleaning, air conditioning, distancing disguised as cabaret seating, table service.
More info and booking...

Saturday 26th June 2021

17-18 Milsom Street

Price: Free
Start time: 10:00

Little Lost Robot Studio presents

Digital Playground

An immersive, walk-through forest installation of oversized robotic flowers and hanging gardens. Reminding us all to take it slowly, breathe and play! As visitors move around, the sculpture will react with gentle movements. Not replacing nature, but representing our relationship with the environment and exploring possibilities of technological innovation to aid ecological sustainability. More info and booking...

The Holburne Museum - Gardens

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Bedlam Saturday

The United Nations Board of Significant Inspiration (UNBOSI)

The United Nations Board of Significant Inspiration (UNBOSI) is a little-known arm of the UN.
These ingenious thinkers are currently researching pockets of inspiration emanating from the ground in the form of odourless, colourless gas – and they’ve found significant amounts of it here in Bath.

Extra info: Performances take place from 1pm to 6pm

More info and booking...

Sunday 27th June 2021

17-18 Milsom Street

Price: Free
Start time: 10:00

Little Lost Robot Studio presents

Digital Playground

An immersive, walk-through forest installation of oversized robotic flowers and hanging gardens. Reminding us all to take it slowly, breathe and play! As visitors move around, the sculpture will react with gentle movements. Not replacing nature, but representing our relationship with the environment and exploring possibilities of technological innovation to aid ecological sustainability. More info and booking...

Sawclose, Kingsmead Square & Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Bedlam Sunday

Bath's own and only Street Theatre Festival More info and booking...

Kingsmead Square

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Bedlam Sunday - Walcot National Health Service Present:

Analogue High Fidelity Stereo Sound

Ska Aerobics; Acid House Therapy;
Blimfield’s West Coast Jazz & Blues Review;
Pink Milkfloat Letterpress Poster Printing Press workshops.

--- More info and booking...

Sawclose, Kingsmead Square & Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Bedlam Sunday - 16rpm in:

Rolling, rolling, rolling.

Hard up, tired and worn down in search of a party, an opening, a celebrity. Disorientated and determined, the Carpeters find their way, marking out a bold red line of chaos and confusion. More info and booking...

Sawclose, Kingsmead Square & Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Bedlam Sunday - Bureau of Silly Ideas

Makers of inspired madness and controlled chaos in the public realm, The BoSI street furniture classics will, we hope, be joined by some new items fresh from the silly laboratories. More info and booking...

Saw Close

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Bedlam Sunday - Mufti Games

L_ve Hangman

A life-sized, 3D version of the timeless pen and paper favourite, re-imagined as a macabre light-entertainment
gameshow from the ‘70s. More info and booking...

Sawclose, Kingsmead Square & Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Bedlam Sunday - Rimski & Handkerchief

Rimski's Yard is now a fixture at the more discerning style of greenfield festival, Glastonbury, BoomTown, variety of
mobile and static, visual and performance Art spectacles, performed & produced by Oliver Cumming & Laura Pocket. More info and booking...

Sawclose, Kingsmead Square & Bath Street

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Bedlam Sunday - Natural Theatre Company

50 years creating delicious “what did I just see?” moments on the streets of Bath - and Worldwide - the Nats are
hoping to have some new pieces for your delight and befuddlement this afternoon. More info and booking...

Friday 2nd July 2021

Rondo Theatre

Price: £15.50 - £11.50
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Flipside Productions Presents

Cut Bait

Written by Pippa Thornton & Performed by Maia Tassalini

Nina’s young, single and ready to mingle! But when she encounters a guy with a rather... engorged... ego, their casual hook-up unearths desires she never knew she had.

A brand-new comedy from the company who brought you Get F*cked, the sell-out show of Bath Fringe 2019. More info and booking...

St Swithins Church

Price: 10.00
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Spindle Ensemble

Inkling Album Tour

Contemporary chamber quartet Spindle Ensemble will be performing pieces from their second album Inkling (Hidden Notes Records) at the beautiful St Swithin's Church, Walcot St.

"If you love to be delighted by fluid and sparkling musical arrangements and instrumentation you’ll greatly enjoy this record." Nick Luscombe (BBC radio 3 Late Junction)

Daniel Inzani - piano, Celtic harp
Caelia Lunniss - violin
Harriet Riley - marimba, vibraphone
Jo Silverston - cello

spindleensemble.com More info and booking...

Saturday 3rd July 2021

Rondo Theatre

Price: £13.50 - £11.50
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Stiff & Kitsch: Bricking It

2019: Stiff & Kitsch write a hit show about everything keeping them awake at night: tax, wooden cutlery and the consequences of last night's eight double G&Ts. Each.

2020: Global Pandemic hits... That wooden cutlery doesn't seem too scary now.

“Properly 'laugh until your face aches' hilarious" - Broadway World
More info and booking...

Friday 9th July 2021

Widcombe Social Club

Price: Tickets £14 and £12 (WSC Members)
Start time: 20:00

All Of The Above presents

The Jazz Locavores

Conceived by Iain Ballamy during the 2020 lockdown as a positive antidote to the Covid-19 and travel restrictions on musicians, The Jazz Locavores was formed with fellow internationally renowned musicians - all local Somerset residents - to capitalise on staying at home but making great music with brilliant friends. More info and booking...

Saturday 17th July 2021

The Guildhall

Price: Free
Start time: 18:00

Freedom in the City Festival

King Solomon and Queen of Sheba Opera (performance)

by Composer Juwon Ogungbe

This is an 'in person' live performance.

Please check https://www.crowdcast.io/fitcadmin%20 for further information.

Extra info: Please note: performance times are yet to be decided.

More info and booking...

Monday 19th July 2021

Komedia

Price: Free
Start time: 17:00
Doors open: 17:00

Komedia presents:

FREE Music Festival Featuring: Novatines

Bite The Bufallo, Meekers and more

Komedia Bath is proud to present a FREE night of the very best in live local music. Featuring 6 awesome bands across 2 stages, this mini-festival will run from 5pm – 10pm and is open to all ages (with under 16s to be accompanied by an adult).
POSTPONED TILL 19th JULY More info and booking...

Friday 23rd July 2021

Online event

Price: Free
Start time: 15:00

Freedom in the City Festival

The Emperor’s Birthday Gathering

Freedom in the City: Festival of Learning is a new series of events coming out of Fairfield House, Bath, the former residence of Emperor Haile Selassie I and Empress Menen Asfaw of Ethiopia, in partnership with the University of the West of England. More info and booking...

Meet outside the Assembly Rooms

Price: £16
Start time: 18:00

Shakespeare Undone

The Natural Theatre Company has ‘unearthed’ an early work of Shakespeare, written when Will was a young whippersnapper.
Shakespeare Undone! is an immersive experience that takes you on a theatrical journey around the cobbled streets of Venice* - where the best bits of Shakespeare come to life around you!

(*aka Bath…)
More info and booking...

Meet outside the Assembly Rooms

Price: £16
Start time: 19:00

Shakespeare Undone

The Natural Theatre Company has ‘unearthed’ an early work of Shakespeare, written when Will was a young whippersnapper.
Shakespeare Undone! is an immersive experience that takes you on a theatrical journey around the cobbled streets of Venice* - where the best bits of Shakespeare come to life around you!

(*aka Bath…)
More info and booking...

Saturday 24th July 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

Meet outside the Assembly Rooms

Price: £16
Start time: 15:00

Shakespeare Undone

The Natural Theatre Company has ‘unearthed’ an early work of Shakespeare, written when Will was a young whippersnapper.
Shakespeare Undone! is an immersive experience that takes you on a theatrical journey around the cobbled streets of Venice* - where the best bits of Shakespeare come to life around you!

(*aka Bath…)
More info and booking...

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 15:00

This is not a shop

The Pinkertons

Bath three piece, The Pinkertons, play a mixture of Eastern European folk and gypsy jazz with Tom on piano, Stevie on double bass and Sarah on guitar and Accordion. More info and booking...

Meet outside the Assembly Rooms

Price: £16
Start time: 16:00

Shakespeare Undone

The Natural Theatre Company has ‘unearthed’ an early work of Shakespeare, written when Will was a young whippersnapper.
Shakespeare Undone! is an immersive experience that takes you on a theatrical journey around the cobbled streets of Venice* - where the best bits of Shakespeare come to life around you!

(*aka Bath…)
More info and booking...

Meet outside the Assembly Rooms

Price: £16
Start time: 18:00

Shakespeare Undone

The Natural Theatre Company has ‘unearthed’ an early work of Shakespeare, written when Will was a young whippersnapper.
Shakespeare Undone! is an immersive experience that takes you on a theatrical journey around the cobbled streets of Venice* - where the best bits of Shakespeare come to life around you!

(*aka Bath…)
More info and booking...

Meet outside the Assembly Rooms

Price: £16
Start time: 19:00

Shakespeare Undone

The Natural Theatre Company has ‘unearthed’ an early work of Shakespeare, written when Will was a young whippersnapper.
Shakespeare Undone! is an immersive experience that takes you on a theatrical journey around the cobbled streets of Venice* - where the best bits of Shakespeare come to life around you!

(*aka Bath…)
More info and booking...

Sunday 25th July 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

Meet outside the Assembly Rooms

Price: £16
Start time: 15:00

Shakespeare Undone

The Natural Theatre Company has ‘unearthed’ an early work of Shakespeare, written when Will was a young whippersnapper.
Shakespeare Undone! is an immersive experience that takes you on a theatrical journey around the cobbled streets of Venice* - where the best bits of Shakespeare come to life around you!

(*aka Bath…)
More info and booking...

Meet outside the Assembly Rooms

Price: £16
Start time: 16:00

Shakespeare Undone

The Natural Theatre Company has ‘unearthed’ an early work of Shakespeare, written when Will was a young whippersnapper.
Shakespeare Undone! is an immersive experience that takes you on a theatrical journey around the cobbled streets of Venice* - where the best bits of Shakespeare come to life around you!

(*aka Bath…)
More info and booking...

Meet outside the Assembly Rooms

Price: £16
Start time: 18:00

Shakespeare Undone

The Natural Theatre Company has ‘unearthed’ an early work of Shakespeare, written when Will was a young whippersnapper.
Shakespeare Undone! is an immersive experience that takes you on a theatrical journey around the cobbled streets of Venice* - where the best bits of Shakespeare come to life around you!

(*aka Bath…)
More info and booking...

Meet outside the Assembly Rooms

Price: £16
Start time: 19:00

Shakespeare Undone

The Natural Theatre Company has ‘unearthed’ an early work of Shakespeare, written when Will was a young whippersnapper.
Shakespeare Undone! is an immersive experience that takes you on a theatrical journey around the cobbled streets of Venice* - where the best bits of Shakespeare come to life around you!

(*aka Bath…)
More info and booking...

Wednesday 28th July 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

Thursday 29th July 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

Friday 30th July 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

Saturday 31st July 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 15:00

This is not a shop

Paul Bradley

Bristol-Belfast's premier spontaneous performer, composer and wordsmith, Paul invents microworld's of tune and imagery, and sweetly/wilfully conjures the energy of the day, time, and space that his performances happen to be in. Improvising ambient sentimental abstractions on guitar, voice and sundry therapeutic noises, Paul aims to heal the free or captive listener. 
More info and booking...

Online event

Price: Free
Start time: 18:30

Freedom in the City Festival

King Solomon and Queen of Sheba Opera (online screening event))

by Composer Juwon Ogungbe

Watch the video of this epic opera and meet composer Juwon Ogungbe, producer Charlotte Lang, and members of the cast. Q&A chaired by Sister Cee.
More info and booking...

Sunday 1st August 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 14:00
Doors open: 12:00

This is not a shop

JOW

New acoustic duo of James Gow (cello) and Pete Judge (trumpet)

The space will be animated by short atmospheric and intimate performances by James Gow (cello) and Pete Judge (trumpet) throughout the afternoon between 2pm - 5pm. More info and booking...

Wednesday 4th August 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 19:00

This is not a shop

Richard Dedominici

The Redux Project

In 2013 artist Richard DeDomenici launched The Redux Project, his attempt to disrupt the cinema industry by making counterfeit sections of popular films. This includes 'The Duchess', made during Bath Fringe Festival. More info and booking...

Thursday 5th August 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

Friday 6th August 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

Saturday 7th August 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 15:00
Doors open: 12:00

This is not a shop

The Pinkertons

Bath three piece, The Pinkertons, play a mixture of Eastern European folk and gypsy jazz with Tom on piano, Stevie on double bass and Sarah on guitar and Accordion. More info and booking...

Sunday 8th August 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

Wednesday 11th August 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 19:00

This is not a shop

All Roads Lead to Rome by Chris Dobrowolski 

Part investigation into his father’s time as a Polish soldier in the Italian Campaign and part muse on consumerism, All Roads Lead to Rome brings together car mechanics, a road trip, dictators and the fetishisation of possessions in a solo performance using old photos, new film and surprising mechanical objects. More info and booking...

Thursday 12th August 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

Friday 13th August 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: Free
Start time: 17:00
Doors open: 17:00

Komedia presents:

FREE Music Festival Featuring: Bare Jams

The Maitree Express, Plume and More

Komedia Bath is proud to present a FREE night of live music guaranteed to get your feet moving, this mini-festival will run from 5pm – 10pm and is open to all ages (with under 16s to be accompanied by an adult).
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TILL FRIDAY 13th AUGUST More info and booking...

Saturday 14th August 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

Sunday 15th August 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 14:00

This is not a shop

Amadou Diagne

Amadou Diagne is a singer and multi-instrumentalist who has the traditions of West Africa at his fingertips. Originally from Dakar, Senegal, Amadou comes from a long family line of West African Griot percussionists and praise singers and as a young man, was a full-time member of L’Orchestra National du Senegal.

Extra info: There will be short performances between 2 and 5pm

More info and booking...

Wednesday 18th August 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 19:00

This is not a shop

A New Kind of Requiem, by Helen Ottaway

Helen talks about nurturing seeds in music, performance and outdoor art to grow a new kind of Requiem. Illustrated with musical box miniatures and a portable sound installation.
More info and booking...

Thursday 19th August 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

Friday 20th August 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

Saturday 21st August 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

Sunday 22nd August 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00
Doors open: 12:00

Curious Company presents

The Dept of Complaints

Let's Grumble!

Drop in to our pop up office and have a grumble; no niggle too small or issue too big.
This light-hearted theatrical simulation of a complaints department offers an opportunity to have a good moan and gossip, all in the name of sharing and caring.
More info and booking...

Wednesday 25th August 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

Thursday 26th August 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

Friday 27th August 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 19:00

This is not a shop

retropxssy plus

For our closing night, retropxssy’s alternative hip hop blends with trap, house, UK Garage. Always eclectic, eccentric, punk as hell, the London chameleon journeys through a post-genre world. More info and booking...

Saturday 28th August 2021

5 Broad Street

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Bath Fringe & F@B present

This Is Not A Shop

Bath Fringe's Bargain-Busting Art in Empty Shops project More info and booking...

Sunday 12th September 2021

Venue to be confirmed...

Price: Free
Start time: 12:00

Book Launch

Bath Arts Workshop: Counterculture in the 1970s

They thought art could change the world. Thousands joined in and things were never the same again.

'Bath Arts Workshop: Counterculture in the 1970s' will be published on September 12th 2021 by Tangent Books.

Extra info: Times are provisional at this point

More info and booking...

Saturday 21st May 2022

The Old Barn, Kelston Roundhill

Price: £15
Start time: 19:45
Doors open: 19:00

Kelston Records and Komedia Bath present

Three Cane Whale at the Old Barn

Bristol wordless folk trio, Three Cane Whale, open the 2022 season of performance at the off grid Old Barn, Kelston Roundhill on Saturday 21st May. Performing in the trees and on the threshing room floor, the band will conjure their sound pictures of countryside and country life.

Extra info: Break between sets 20.45 to 21.30

More info and booking...

Sunday 22nd May 2022

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00
Doors open: 12:00

Sam Brookes & Kit Hawes

We consider Sam one of our own: been playing for us since well before he was
legal in the pub! He has a beautiful folk/blues voice and his writing has really matured under the influence of the ‘60s masters. With guitar buddy & virtuoso Kit this will be a state-of-the-art statement of contemporary acoustic classics. More info and booking...

Monday 23rd May 2022

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Jim Blomfield / Michel Padròn Quintet

Anything with Jim Blomfield in is worth hearing. Anything with him playing Latin Jazz outclasses all else in the style in the region. No Lie. In cahoots with Cuban-born-and-bred brass maestro Michel, they risk lift-off. You can trust us on this one. More info and booking...

Wednesday 25th May 2022

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Clusterfunk

Si John made his name first with The Federation, biggest selling record to that point on Mo’ Wax, no less. Then he made a name again on bass with the
flatten-all-comers Ronnie Size Reprazent juggernaut. With a background like that, this project is more like just-for-fun. But it’s Big Fun, and just a little bit naughty with it... More info and booking...

Friday 27th May 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £15 adv / £17 on door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Ma Bessie and Her Pig Foot Band

Classic blues and jazz tunes from the inter-war years with a selection of original songs and hand-picked covers.
More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £9
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Sarah Mills Presents

Badass

A Love Note to the NHS

In 2018 things are looking rosy for Sarah Mills. All she needs now is a fella. But instead of finding her prince, Sarah finds a surprise in her poo and discovers she can’t even trust her own BUM not to kill her. ‘Heartfelt, important, and very very funny’ (Rob Rinder). More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 20:30

Funk Friday

For one week only Tuesday night is Friday night and Friday night is Funk night!
Spearheaded by local favorite Tom Berge (Organ/ keys) and featuring some of the best musicians of the South West Ivan Moreno (percussion) and Jacob Tyghe (electric bass), this session is guaranteed to have you up and on your feet dancing. Come down, grab a drink and soak up the music.
Please note this is a closed session. More info and booking...

Saturday 28th May 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 15:00

Vinyl Saturdays

with the Westgate Allstar Collective

We love our vinyl here at The Grapes and Saturday afternoons, we ramp up the grooves with the Westgate AllStar Vinyl Collective – a funky group of local DJ’s bringing their own brand of turntabalism to the bar. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £12.50 (£10 concs £10)
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bedivere Arts Presents

The Many Lives of Nellie Bly

by Jack Fairey

The Many Lives of Nellie Bly is a new one woman show that tells the outrageous true story of a pioneer of investigative journalism. Her exploits blazed a trail for ambitious women around the world and pushed boundaries nobody knew could be pushed.

Extra info: (Post Show Q&A)

More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: Various prices - see Komedia web-site
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 18:30

Krater Comedy Club

The best in live comedy, featuring 3 comedians and a top-notch compere! More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £10 adv / £12 on door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Mississippi Macdonald

Energised and authentic soul-infused blues from this 4 piece with an ear for the classic and an eye on the future.
More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £9
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Sarah Mills Presents

Badass

A Love Note to the NHS

In 2018 things are looking rosy for Sarah Mills. All she needs now is a fella. But instead of finding her prince, Sarah finds a surprise in her poo and discovers she can’t even trust her own BUM not to kill her. ‘Heartfelt, important, and very very funny’ (Rob Rinder). More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: Various prices - see Komedia web-site
Start time: 23:00

Motorcity

A classic mix of all the best Motown, Soul and Funk to keep you dancing till the early hours! More info and booking...

Sunday 29th May 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

The Horsenecks - CANCELLED, SORRY

TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS, TOUR CANCELLED
“Hard-hitting and heartfelt Old Time, classic Bluegrass, and original roots music from Astoria, Oregon”, says their website, and we couldn’t put it better. Masters
of at least 3 genres there, but none too fussed about the strict rules of any of them; we are happy to concede that our Stateside cousins are the guv’nors in this and will be happy to come, learn, and enjoy! More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 14:00

Young Musicians Showcase, headlined by

The Mayors of Shagtown

Join us for a Sunday showcase celebrating some of Bath’s brightest, funkiest and most talented up and coming musicians. Featuring some of our locals and followed by two of our own bar staff in ‘The Mayors of Shagtown’, this should make for a brilliant afternoon of homegrown live music.
Performing their civic duty to funk, The Mayors of Shagtown deliver a blend of naughty guitar riffs and humorous lyrics. Always with a lighthearted attitude and occasionally landing on profoundly positive notes. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £12.50 (£10 concs £10)
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bedivere Arts Presents

The Many Lives of Nellie Bly

by Jack Fairey

The Many Lives of Nellie Bly is a new one woman show that tells the outrageous true story of a pioneer of investigative journalism. Her exploits blazed a trail for ambitious women around the world and pushed boundaries nobody knew could be pushed.

Extra info: Post Show Q&A

More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £7 / £5 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Phoenix River Band

With their driving beats and soulful melodies, the band have performed with classic artists including Wishbone Ash, 10cc, The Blockheads and The Yardbirds. "Like cruising in a Cadillac with Chris Rea at the wheel with Pink Floyd and the Allman Brothers in the back, and maybe some Eagles flying overhead". More info and booking...

Revolution

Price: £10
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Bath Comedy Club: Revolution

Bath Comedy's brand new Comedy Club venue!
Special hand-picked line-up for Bath Fringe.
Bath Comedy Club: Revolution presents the best of local, national and even international comedians together on one stage.
More info and booking...

The Grapes - Pocock's Living Room

Price: £5
Start time: 21:30
Doors open: 21:15

Richard Todd

Meanwhile…

With a busted knee, a burst eardrum and heroic reveries replaced by painkillers and words like 'ouch', 'pardon' and 'I'm down here!’, the ripe old Todd reckons he has one last chance to reinvent himself, and just enough transferrable skills and body parts to do it. More info and booking...

Monday 30th May 2022

The Grapes - Pocock's Living Room

Price: £10
Start time: 19:00

Life Drawing with Melissa

This life drawing class is for every artist from beginners to those who have been coming along for years, and is offered as untutored, with basic materials and model provided. Bath Drawing provides an opportunity to draw from the historic and beautiful Pococks Room, while also enjoying a drink from the bar downstairs. More info and booking...

Sorry, this performance is cancelled.
Other performances are still taking place.

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £12.50 (£10 concs £10)
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bedivere Arts Presents

The Many Lives of Nellie Bly

by Jack Fairey

The Many Lives of Nellie Bly is a new one woman show that tells the outrageous true story of a pioneer of investigative journalism. Her exploits blazed a trail for ambitious women around the world and pushed boundaries nobody knew could be pushed.

Extra info: Post Show Q&A

More info and booking...

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Tatcho Trio

Gundula Stojanova Gruen has earned the epithet ‘Magic Violin’ and is an acknowledged expert on Macedonian & Romani music, considered among the first rank in this country. She’s also a great performer, as this lineup will simply but amply underline. A treat! More info and booking...

The Grapes - Pocock's Living Room

Price: £5
Start time: 21:30
Doors open: 21:15

Richard Todd

Meanwhile…

With a busted knee, a burst eardrum and heroic reveries replaced by painkillers and words like 'ouch', 'pardon' and 'I'm down here!’, the ripe old Todd reckons he has one last chance to reinvent himself, and just enough transferrable skills and body parts to do it. More info and booking...

Tuesday 31st May 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: £10
Start time: 19:00

Life Drawing with Melissa

This life drawing class is for every artist from beginners to those who have been coming along for years, and is offered as untutored, with basic materials and model provided. Bath Drawing provides an opportunity to draw from the historic and beautiful Pococks Room, while also enjoying a drink from the bar downstairs. More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

Funk Session

Introducing our newest weekly music session at The Grapes: Tuesday night is Funk night! Spearheaded by local favourite Tom Berge and featuring some of the best musicians of the South West, this session is guaranteed to have you up and on your feet dancing. Come down, grab a drink and soak up the music.

For the Bath Fringe Festival these sessions will be featuring Nurdle, A crooked funk machine forging addictive hooks dipped in nostalgic beats, distorted dreamscapes and creating the soundtrack to your alter ego's taboo lifestyle.

Please note this is a closed session.
More info and booking...

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Su & Sarah's Secret Sisters

An evolving project among a group of female writers & performers, headed who-knows-where but certainly having fun getting there. We’re hosting a series
of intimate sessions with the girls, but it’s them doing all the hard work, no question. No question of its quality either. More info and booking...

Wednesday 1st June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

Jazz Sessions

Led by a core group of amazing local musicians Tim Petherick, Jack Lecomber and friends. This is a lively night in the bar each Wednesday with improv featuring heavily in their repertoire. Expect the double bass, some stonking guitar and electrifying keyboard skills as an absolute minimum.
Please note this is a closed session. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Bike to the Future

Brian Madigan

Brian’s on a mission, taking songs and stories around the country by bicycle with a Special Preview at the OTR. As with Brian’s previous Fringe shows, boundaries will be blurred...is it a gig? Is it a show? Will there be a band.. a choir… or dancers? Come and find out. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £11
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Black Hound Productions Presents

The Predicament of Jackson Scott

By Josh McGrillen

The Predicament of Jackson Scott is a dark comedy about Jackson, who after killing his boyfriend Ted, covers up his death, however a version of Ted lives on... This is a play about grief, queer relationships and secrets. More info and booking...

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Subject A

Erin Bardwell ran one of the more original ska-and-soul-based-sound projects in the SouthWest for several years, but now post-lockdown the addition of some
jazzier flavours and tabla make for something still more ambitious, already scoring high. More info and booking...

Thursday 2nd June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

Irish Trad Folk Sessions

Each Thursday from 8pm, the bar comes alive to the sounds of Trad Irish tunes from a talented bunch of local musicians, sometimes joined by friends on the circuit from further afield. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5 / £3 concs
Start time: 20:00

The Jazz Social - POSTPONED - new date is July 7th

The Jazz Social is a new jazz space for everyone interested in playing or listening to the best of contemporary jazz. Opening with the Jazz Social House Band and then inviting anyone who wants to perform, be it instrumentalists or vocalists. Backline is provided - instrumentalists please bring your own instruments. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £8 / £6.50
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

90s Acoustic Mixtape

Sam Eason

The Acoustic Mixtape is a collective of top South West musicians putting on amazing and unique acoustic shows themed on the music of a decade or genre. Expect the usual & the unusual, including the likes of Radiohead, Green Day, Prodigy, Spice Girls, Alanis Morissette, N-Trance and er... Ricky Martin?! More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £17.50 + booking fee
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

RMT Music Live presents...

Get The Blessing

Influenced by jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman and his free-spirited albums of the late 1950s and early 1960s, Get The Blessing will have you on the edge of your seat with their uncategorizable and thrilling world of post-jazz that has been proudly cultivated in the West Country over two decades. More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £14
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Klezmer-ish

From rip-roaring klezmer and dynamic tango to their own gypsy jazz, they bring a trademark twist to whatever takes their fancy.
More info and booking...

Friday 3rd June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

The Little Theatre Cinema - Community room

Price: £6
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:50

Its time...

The Depression Cure Show

It's Therapy; but not as we know it!

Ever lost your way, your mind, or your will to live?
Jonathan Winfield brings his comedy show about family trauma, mental illness and depression from his lived experience with his own cure suggestions; therapy puppets, silly dancing, the royal family, and lycra! More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10
Start time: 19:30

High Hopes: The Tour

An energetic, satirical musical comedy examining the reality of creating a performance without a budget. Using whatever they can find and with the help of some audience interaction, Ethan and Sam have high hopes they can achieve the dream of creating a great show – and have fun along the way. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £8 / £6.50 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:30

Lawrie Duckworth & Friends

Lawrie brings his unique musical stylings to The OTR, featuring foot-tapping tunes performed with panache, along with acoustic finger-pickers. Backed by top-class musicians - including Californian Keyboard player Dave Palmer (Air, Fiona Apple, Cake, Fleetwood Mac) and composer Jools Scott - this promises to be a dynamic and unforgettable evening. More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

Jonny Melancholy and the Sad Cowboys

On the first Friday of the month, Jonny Melancholy and the Sad Cowboys bring their infectious brand of country classics to the bar. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £17.50 + booking fee
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

RMT Music Live presents...

Nick Harper

Phantastes

Legendary singer-songwriter Nick Harper (son of Roy) performs his latest album ‘Phantastes’. Enter an ethereal realm inspired by the seminal C19th fantasy by George MacDonald and the beginnings of Nick's own love story from 1982… The album was recorded, and is performed live on solo electric guitar, simultaneously triggering percussive electronic soundscapes. More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £13adv / £15 on door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

K’Chevere - Salsa Night

Afrocuban Latin Salsa Jazz 8-piece combining dance rhythms such as Son, Danzón and Cha-Cha-Cha with a blend of Latin Jazz and Salsa
More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £5
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 20:15

Jake Rayner Blair and Chris Richards in...

If it's to Break

"Your clay is put in an oven to cook and harden. It either splits, breaks... or holds. Is it up to you to decide if it's to break or if it's to hold?"
Devised by Bitterroot, If it’s to Break is a dark piece exploring self-acceptance and failure in art.

Extra info: TW: Flashing Lights and Violence

More info and booking...

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Plus supporting programme

RSVP

Decades as the No.1 Bhangra attraction in the SouthWest have not blunted these boys’ appetite for a good time by the width of a single silk scarf - perhaps
because of all the other music the individual players are involved in and which feeds into the overall experience. Hoi! Hoi!! and indeed Hoi!!!

Free - but we will be taking a collection for Ukrainian causes More info and booking...

Saturday 4th June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

Radstock town centre

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Radstock Jubilee festival

Witness the finest theatrical acts, silly spectacle, quirky comedy and Bath's very own Natural Theatre at St Nicholas Church Field, Radstock. Take part or come and support our community stage showcasing the very best of our local talent. Plus local stalls, food and have a- go creative workshops. More info and booking...

Parade Gardens

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Music in Parade Gardens

B&NES Council are happy to present a programme of local bands and musicians who will be performing on the bandstand in the glorious Parade Gardens to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
NB we were told about this event in advance and various B&NES pages refer to it, but we haven't seen or been sent any further details. Parade Gardens is nice anyway! More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 15:00

Vinyl Saturdays

with the Westgate Allstar Collective

We love our vinyl here at The Grapes and Saturday afternoons, we ramp up the grooves with the Westgate AllStar Vinyl Collective – a funky group of local DJ’s bringing their own brand of turntabalism to the bar. More info and booking...

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 18:00

Plus supporting programme

Dub Souls

This is arguably the best band in town at the moment: heavyweight musicianship from chaps with pro jobs in better-known outfits, playing a music [the jazz-tinged memories of early Jamaican originals] that they clearly dearly love and are getting a great feeling for. A classic Saturday Night in prospect.

Free - but we will be taking a collection for Ukrainian causes
More info and booking...

The Little Theatre Cinema - Community room

Price: £6
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:50

Its time...

The Depression Cure Show

It's Therapy; but not as we know it!

Ever lost your way, your mind, or your will to live?
Jonathan Winfield brings his comedy show about family trauma, mental illness and depression from his lived experience with his own cure suggestions; therapy puppets, silly dancing, the royal family, and lycra! More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10
Start time: 19:30

High Hopes: The Tour

An energetic, satirical musical comedy examining the reality of creating a performance without a budget. Using whatever they can find and with the help of some audience interaction, Ethan and Sam have high hopes they can achieve the dream of creating a great show – and have fun along the way. More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: Various prices - see Komedia web-site
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 18:30

Krater Comedy Club

The best in live comedy, featuring 3 comedians and a top-notch compere! More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: 11
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:25

Steven Berkoff's

Dog/Actor

Two hilarious and explosive short plays from playwright Steven Berkoff, performed back-to-back by one actor. DOG is a day in the life of a racist football hooligan and his beloved blood-thirsty pitbull terrier, Roy. ACTOR is a humorous yet poignant depiction of the trying life of a struggling artist. More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £18 adv / £20 on door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Sarah Jane Morris

Sweet Little Mystery - The Songs of John Martyn

British soul, jazz and R&B singer pays homage to a musical maverick who influenced a generation.
More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: Various prices - see Komedia web-site
Start time: 23:00

Big Disco

Guilty disco pleasures from the 80’s, 90’s and 00’s. More info and booking...

Sunday 5th June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

Bath City Centre

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Pop-up Performances

Enjoy an energetic and fun filled performance from a brilliant Bristol based 6-piece Jazz band who will be joined by a marvellous swing dance duo. Catch them performing on New Bond Street, 1pm to 2.30pm and in Kingsmead Square 3pm to 4.30pm! Programmed by B&NES Council and Bath Carnival.
NB We haven't been able to find updated information about this event.
Bath Spa University's Sparkfest presents:
The Wave, Calf2Cow Theatre, 2pm [show runs 55 mins], Stall Street
...and we just might have a classic Bath Arts Workshop street piece roaming round town for the afternoon. Keep your eyes peeled! More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: Free
Start time: 14:00

Live in Session at the Electric

Reuben's Daughters

Reuben Myles Tyghe, (aka Reuben’s Daughters) has been at the heart of the local independent scene for almost 2 decades. With his previous group Port Erin, he garnered a deep appreciation by fan and press alike. More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 16:00

Tom Allen and Joe Trudgeon

Joe Trudgeon on guitar and vocals with Tom Allen on double bass. This local duo are primed and ready to excite your ears and blow those sunday blues away with some old time classic Jazz. We can't wait to see them! More info and booking...

Komedia - The Electric Bar

Price: £12 / £10 concessions
Start time: 19:00

The Singing Psychic Game Show & The Seven Aprons of Woman

With Marysia Trembecka and Elizabeth Mee

Comedy Double Bill from two Funny Women Finalists. Edinburgh and Adelaide Fringe sell-out "Singing Psychic" with spookily accurate (if bonkers) audience readings and 70s team games (including psychic jenga).
"Seven Aprons encapsulates women's zigzags through life in all the comedic glory. "An elegant performer, stylish gags pepper the set". Chortle

Extra info: Suitable for ages 18+

More info and booking...

Walcot Chapel

Price: Free
Start time: 19:00

Film Screening + Q&A

Make It A Fair COP, Glasgow.

with makers John Potter and Phil Shepherd

This 33 minute film tells the story of COP 26 from the viewpoint of two non-experts without official passes, who went to Glasgow to the main conference to bear witness to what should have been a crucial global event. More info and booking...

The Little Theatre Cinema - Community room

Price: £6
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:50

Its time...

The Depression Cure Show

It's Therapy; but not as we know it!

Ever lost your way, your mind, or your will to live?
Jonathan Winfield brings his comedy show about family trauma, mental illness and depression from his lived experience with his own cure suggestions; therapy puppets, silly dancing, the royal family, and lycra! More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10
Start time: 19:30

High Hopes: The Tour

An energetic, satirical musical comedy examining the reality of creating a performance without a budget. Using whatever they can find and with the help of some audience interaction, Ethan and Sam have high hopes they can achieve the dream of creating a great show – and have fun along the way. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £8
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:30

Julie July Band

The Sandy Denny Experience Tour 2022

The band have built a substantial reputation with reinterpretations and arrangements of Sandy’s legacy of beautiful, haunting original and traditional compositions. Featuring superb vocals and forthright lyrics and delivered with skill, technique and conviction, the set includes songs from their own self-penned Albums 'Lady of the First Light' and 'Wonderland'. More info and booking...

The Grapes - Pocock's Living Room

Price: £5
Start time: 21:30

Jessica Aszkenasy and Dan Jones present

Groan Ups

A split-bill hour featuring two up-and-coming comedians talking about trying (and failing) to be functioning human beings. Love. Nervous breakdowns. Cheese-rollers. That time Jess shat herself on a bus.

Full disclosure: some of it's unfinished. But after hearing about their failures, you'll DEFINITELY come out of this feeling better about yourself. And Rhod Gilbert did describe Dan as "definitely one to watch" once. Come for the ego boost, stay for the jokes!
More info and booking...

Monday 6th June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

The Grapes - Pocock's Living Room

Price: £10
Start time: 19:00

Life Drawing with Melissa

This life drawing class is for every artist from beginners to those who have been coming along for years, and is offered as untutored, with basic materials and model provided. Bath Drawing provides an opportunity to draw from the historic and beautiful Pococks Room, while also enjoying a drink from the bar downstairs. More info and booking...

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Ibou Tall

Born in Dakar, Senegal, earned his spurs & learned his chops as bandleader with Alioune Mbaye Nder’s Le Setsima Group - back home superstars of the
contemporary generation of mbalax. There are a lot of chancers out there telling us they’re playing Afro-Jazz; exhibit A, an actual Afro-Jazz musician for
your delectation. More info and booking...

The Grapes - Pocock's Living Room

Price: £5
Start time: 21:30

Jessica Aszkenasy and Dan Jones present

Groan Ups

A split-bill hour featuring two up-and-coming comedians talking about trying (and failing) to be functioning human beings. Love. Nervous breakdowns. Cheese-rollers. That time Jess shat herself on a bus.

Full disclosure: some of it's unfinished. But after hearing about their failures, you'll DEFINITELY come out of this feeling better about yourself. And Rhod Gilbert did describe Dan as "definitely one to watch" once. Come for the ego boost, stay for the jokes!
More info and booking...

Tuesday 7th June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

The Grapes - Pocock's Living Room

Price: £10
Start time: 19:00

Life Drawing with Melissa

This life drawing class is for every artist from beginners to those who have been coming along for years, and is offered as untutored, with basic materials and model provided. Bath Drawing provides an opportunity to draw from the historic and beautiful Pococks Room, while also enjoying a drink from the bar downstairs. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £5
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:30

The WHY Tribe plus Support

In Aid of The We Hear You Charity

The WHY Tribe is a group of local musicians who play here, there and everywhere to support Frome-based charity “We Hear You” (WHY). It comprises an eclectic mix of four seasoned musicians who literally play all sorts of music including rock, blues soul, reggae and americana music that transcends generations. More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

Funk Session

Introducing our newest weekly music session at The Grapes: Tuesday night is Funk night! Spearheaded by local favourite Tom Berge and featuring some of the best musicians of the South West, this session is guaranteed to have you up and on your feet dancing. Come down, grab a drink and soak up the music.

For the Bath Fringe Festival these sessions will be featuring Nurdle, A crooked funk machine forging addictive hooks dipped in nostalgic beats, distorted dreamscapes and creating the soundtrack to your alter ego's taboo lifestyle.

Please note this is a closed session.
More info and booking...

St James Wine Vaults - The Vaults (Basement)

Price: £10.00 adv / £12 on door
Start time: 20:00

The 7 Hills Presents

Matt Owens and the D.V.P + Jennifer Crook & The Broken Road + Al O'Kane

This very special night at the newly revamped, legendary Bath venue will feature 3 local leading lights of the music scene, Matt Owens and his all-star band : The Delusionary Vanity Project, the sublime Jennifer Crook & The Broken Road, and the rocking Al O’Kane. Set in the intimate setting of the Vaults it’s one not to be missed, set to sell out early so get in there quick. More info and booking...

The Forum

Price: £23
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Bath Comedy festival presents

Paul Merton's Impro Chums

Paul Merton, Richard Vranch, Suki Webster, Mike McShane and accompanist Kirsty Newton are back on the road to visit some of their favourite parts of the UK with another evening of mind-blowing improvisation. More info and booking...

Sorry, this performance is cancelled.
Other performances are still taking place.

The Grapes - Pocock's Living Room

Price: £5
Start time: 21:30

Jessica Aszkenasy and Dan Jones present

Groan Ups

A split-bill hour featuring two up-and-coming comedians talking about trying (and failing) to be functioning human beings. Love. Nervous breakdowns. Cheese-rollers. That time Jess shat herself on a bus.

Full disclosure: some of it's unfinished. But after hearing about their failures, you'll DEFINITELY come out of this feeling better about yourself. And Rhod Gilbert did describe Dan as "definitely one to watch" once. Come for the ego boost, stay for the jokes!
More info and booking...

Wednesday 8th June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

The Grapes - Pocock's Living Room

Price: Free
Start time: 19:00

The Bath Skiffle Jam

Make some noise and celebrate live music, with a focus on old acoustic American folk, rock n’ roll and songs from the British Skiffle boom. Everyone is made most welcome – the group are all about enthusiasm over skill. To find out more and take a gander at the songbooks, head over to the Bath Skiffle website. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £8 concs.
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bristol Shakespeare Festival presents

Macbeth: The Musical

“Is this a real knife? Is this just fantasy?”
Enjoy Shakespeare's spooky tragedy like never before, as six actors deploy wittily rewritten pop classics, uproariously silly comedy, and an array of highly questionable props to recount the rise and fall of Scotland's most murdery king! More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

Jazz Sessions

Led by a core group of amazing local musicians Tim Petherick, Jack Lecomber and friends. This is a lively night in the bar each Wednesday with improv featuring heavily in their repertoire. Expect the double bass, some stonking guitar and electrifying keyboard skills as an absolute minimum.
Please note this is a closed session. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £11
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Precarious Theatre presents

Failure Studies

By Marco Biasioli

What does it mean to succeed in our world today? Our society constantly reassures us that failure is an intermediate stage in a process that eventually leads us to happiness, but how truthful is this? If we keep trying, do we fail better, or do we fail 'worse'? More info and booking...

Sorry, this performance is cancelled.
Other performances are still taking place.
Sorry, this event is cancelled

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £10 adv / £12 on door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Nick presents

The Alternative Fashion Show Returns

This Event is now Cancelled

Bringing more than seven sets of fashion together, young, daring, student and ethical. Raising funds for Save The Children and Whale and Dolphin Conservation. This was always one of the most colourful events of the Fringe so we are reviving it to chase away the two dull Covid years. More info and booking...

The Barley Mow

Price: Free
Start time: 20:30
Doors open: 19:30

Bath Bluegrass Session

A monthly acoustic music session, informal playing and singing songs and tunes from the Bluegrass (and wider) repertoire. All instruments, levels and repertoire are welcome. It’s an inclusive session, and we make sure that everyone gets a turn. More info and booking...

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Year of the Dog

6-piece brass-driven House/Soul from Cardiff, pressing the party button so hard it’s burst through to the other side and they got to feature on a notorious Netflix series. Still at the level of blowing the roof off grassroots small gigs now, but big festival stages are calling this summer and if you‘re in tonight you can tell the world you’ve been into them for ages... More info and booking...

Thursday 9th June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 19:00

Irish Folk Sesion PLUS

Sleepy Eye Slim

Make mine a double trouble!

Usual Folk session runs 7-9.30 and followed by a gig from
SLEEPY EYE SLIM
An extraordinary blend of blues-related styles from long-lost cult band helmed by, erm, the Landlord, John... More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £8 concs.
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bristol Shakespeare Festival presents

Macbeth: The Musical

“Is this a real knife? Is this just fantasy?”
Enjoy Shakespeare's spooky tragedy like never before, as six actors deploy wittily rewritten pop classics, uproariously silly comedy, and an array of highly questionable props to recount the rise and fall of Scotland's most murdery king! More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £12 / £10 concs
Start time: 19:45
Doors open: 18:45

Nick Girone-Maddocks and His Band

Former Thunderbridge Bluegrass Band frontman Nick Girone-Maddocks returns to the OTR with a new Trio. The show will include acoustic and electric sets of roots music, blues, country and original Americana, spanning Nick’s prominent 25-year songwriting career, including material from his new solo album ‘British Southwestern’. More info and booking...

Bath Spa University - Locksbrook Campus

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

A guided walk to Weston Island

Join Bath Art Depot

For an evening walk & drink starting from Bath Spa Locksbrook Campus going to the Locksbrook Inn via the bus depot on Weston Island. We will open a dialogue about the history of the site and the future possibilities for the Island. Walks will set off at 8pm and 9pm. https://www.instagram.com/bathartdepot/

Extra info: Meet outside the Locksbrook Campus

More info and booking...

Forum Coffee House

Price: £7.50
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Clarion Call Creative presents

'Origin' Jazz Fusion Band

With Paul Miché, John East & Jordan Calvert

Origin is a recently formed band who play original jazz fusion music. Paul Miché's improvisational and richly harmonic keyboard, along with John East's lyrical bass lines and Jordan Calvert's mix of sensitive but also driving rhythms will appeal to the modern jazz audience. Support: Rich Atkinson & The New Billionaires. More info and booking...

Sorry, this performance is cancelled.
Other performances are still taking place.

Rondo Theatre

Price: £12
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Hannah Layton Management Presents

Pope Lonergan: Bangin' On CANCELLED, SORRY

Pope Lonergan is a comedian, Quaker, (recovering) drug addict and creator of ‘Pope’s Addiction Clinic’ and ‘The Care Home Tour’.
In this show he’ll talk about elderly care, opioids and accidentally breaking a woodlouse’s pregnancy sack. More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £15
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Juan Martin

‘A giant of the flamenco tradition’ - The Times. This supreme guitarist/composer plays and introduces his compositions.
More info and booking...

Bath Spa University - Locksbrook Campus

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

A guided walk to Weston Island

Join Bath Art Depot

For an evening walk & drink starting from Bath Spa Locksbrook Campus going to the Locksbrook Inn via the bus depot on Weston Island. We will open a dialogue about the history of the site and the future possibilities for the Island. Walks will set off at 8pm and 9pm. https://www.instagram.com/bathartdepot/

Extra info: Meet outside the Locksbrook Campus

More info and booking...

Friday 10th June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

The Bell - Back bar

Price: £3
Start time: 18:00

The Bell Indie Comedy Club

A Night of Comedy & Ska

A night of dancing and laughing with:
The Bell Indie Players -“The Window Tax” – A comedy play about the tax that lasted 162 years and its effect on the Arts and health of the people of Bath; Ska Aerobics;
The Bellarinas – comedy dance troupe. Plus Arnold Yeah and special guests.

More info and booking...

Sorry, this performance is cancelled.
Other performances are still taking place.
Sorry, this event is cancelled

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £3
Start time: 18:00

Diva Night! This event is now POSTPONED to the Autumn

Hosted by Jimmy Mc

The Greatest hits of the Greatest Divas, covered by your favourite local musicians - confirmed so far: Dave Selby and the Shonky Trio, Kitwhistle, Andy Burden, Lawrie Duckworth and Hodmadoddery. Hosted by Jimmy Mc. Plus best fancy dressed diva competition; drunken karaoke; prize roulette and raffle. All proceeds to Unicef

Extra info: Perfomance end TBC

More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: Free
Start time: 18:00
Doors open: 17:30

Bath Institute of Laughter presents

Seven Ages of Man (or Woman)

new comedy writing session

New comedy project showcases topical or satirical monologues inspired by Shakespeare's famous Seven Ages of Man speech. Expect observational stand-up comedy, Pam Ayres-style poetry, comic songs or theatrical monologues performed at an informal scratch night. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £7.50 / £5 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:30

The Songwriters Circle

Award-winning singer songwriters Greg Hancock and Alex Seel will be joined by well-known troubadour Bob Gallie to present their music in the form of a Songwriters Circle. This increasingly-popular style of performance allows the audience to enjoy the work of three individual performers, while comparing their style, technique and songwriting. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £12/£10
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Hannah Layton Management presents

Your Dad's Mum - Tues Night @ Social Club

Explosive, immersive, and gag-packed comedy from the Leicester Comedy Festival award nominees. Join your hosts for a raucously daft hour featuring games, prizes, and hysterical musical numbers.

Extra info: Contains swearing

More info and booking...
Sorry, this performance is cancelled.
Other performances are still taking place.
Sorry, this event is cancelled

Burdall's Yard

Price: £8.00
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

BLUE EYED SOUL 2022

CLYVE - This event is now cancelled

with Special Guests - Somewhere Over England

UK Soul artist Clyve brings his Blue Eyed Soul to Burdall’s Yard for the Fringe 2022. He has performed in front of thousands all over UK & USA, and his latest album features a blend of soul styles, vibes and influences from his life New York. Be prepared to dance!! More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £16 adv / £18 on door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

The Unravelling Wilburys

A tribute to The Traveling Wilburys.
Captures the style and sounds perfectly with an added sense of humour.
More info and booking...

Mary Shelley's House of Frankenstein

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:45

The Annual Immersive Event Returns!

20:20 Vision: Unbound

An evening of site specific theatre inspired by Shelly's masterpiece

After a pandemic-imposed hiatus of 2 years, Bath Fringe favourites Fake Escape are back with their beloved 20:20 Vision immersive new writing festival - this time celebrating all things Frankenstein!

Extra info: Performance is immersive and will require standing and walking

More info and booking...

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution

Price: Free
Start time: 20:15
Doors open: 20:00

Siddhartha Buddha and Charles Darwin present

A talk and discussion on Buddho-Darwinism

via Nick Hales

Buddho/Darwinism is a science and compassion based belief. The talk covers what science reveals, what belief is up against, (religions, inertia of humanity, selfishness, inhibition, envy). A short history of the how the development came about. Compassion and pain. Practices of compassion and of protecting the planet. Discussion will follow.

Extra info: Elwin room - discussion at the end

More info and booking...

Saturday 11th June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8 / £5 concs
Start time: 14:30

Shuddersome: Tales of Poe

Adapted by Lindsay Price from Edgar Allan Poe

Spectres, ghosts and ghouls come alive in this vivid theatrical adaptation of some of Edgar Allan Poe’s best-known works, including The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven and The Masque of the Red Death. More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: £8
Start time: 14:30
Doors open: 14:00

Bath University Student Musicals Society present

Dogfight

by Pasek and Paul and Peter Duchan

This beautiful and uplifting musical, from the writers of the Greatest Showman, takes audiences on a romantic, heartbreaking and comical journey that stays with you long after the performance. Discover how a celebration of freedom before war turns into an awkward yet charming love story. More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 15:00

Vinyl Saturdays

with the Westgate Allstar Collective

We love our vinyl here at The Grapes and Saturday afternoons, we ramp up the grooves with the Westgate AllStar Vinyl Collective – a funky group of local DJ’s bringing their own brand of turntabalism to the bar. More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £8 standard, £5 concession
Start time: 19:30

A Small Affair

By Bob Larbey

This one-act comedy relates the tale of a misfortunate double-booking in the television drama department. The cast find their space is taken over by would-be contestants on an idiotic panel show, and when the Head of Drama drops into the rehearsal the drama turns into a farce... More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8 / £5 concs
Start time: 19:30

A Night to Remember

By Holly Hinks

“A Night to Remember” is a mystery play, set in 1887, that asks you to suspend your disbelief as you watch the guests’ secrets be revealed in the most ghostly of ways. More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: £8
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bath University Student Musicals Society present

Dogfight

by Pasek and Paul and Peter Duchan

This beautiful and uplifting musical, from the writers of the Greatest Showman, takes audiences on a romantic, heartbreaking and comical journey that stays with you long after the performance. Discover how a celebration of freedom before war turns into an awkward yet charming love story. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £6. Children are free
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

BathTub Orchestra

With the Afternoon Rocks Choir

Founded in October 2018, the Bath Tub Orchestra is a mixed ability community orchestra that plays all kinds of music from pop, jazz, blues, film soundtracks to classical favourites. Plus Corsham's Afternoon Rocks' choir. More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: Various prices - see Komedia web-site
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 18:30

Krater Comedy Club

The best in live comedy, featuring 3 comedians and a top-notch compere! More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Jon Pickard

Harp-Guitar - Music of Dreams

For the first time at Bath Fringe, experimental guitarist Jon Pickard presents a unique and spellbinding journey through the magical New Worlds of the amazing 23-string Classical Harp-Guitar - the rarest of all the guitar family. Winner of Buxton Fringe 2021 ‘Best Solo Instrumental Performance’ award. More info and booking...

Sorry, this event is cancelled

Rondo Theatre

Price: £12.00
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

A Double Bill

Eric Rushton & Rob Copland SORRY, CANCELLED

Two Shows for the Price of One

Eric Rushton & Rob Copland are two of the UKs most gifted new comedians. Join them at The Rondo Theatre for a double bill, that will no doubt be one of Bath Fringe's most exciting evenings of live stand up comedy.

Extra info: Two shows for the price of one

More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £20 adv / £22 on door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Untamed Burlesque

Featuring the rawest, wildest and
UNTAMED Burlesque and cabaret stars
from the South West and beyond!
More info and booking...

Mary Shelley's House of Frankenstein

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:45

The Annual Immersive Event Returns!

20:20 Vision: Unbound

An evening of site specific theatre inspired by Shelly's masterpiece

After a pandemic-imposed hiatus of 2 years, Bath Fringe favourites Fake Escape are back with their beloved 20:20 Vision immersive new writing festival - this time celebrating all things Frankenstein!

Extra info: Performance is immersive and will require standing and walking

More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: Various prices - see Komedia web-site
Start time: 23:00

Big Disco

Guilty disco pleasures from the 80’s, 90’s and 00’s. More info and booking...

Sunday 12th June 2022

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: Included in entrance to the Museum
Start time: 10:30

Metal Dance! Exhibition of Sculpture and Print

by Museum of Bath at Work Artists in Residence

Artists Jean Farrell and Maureen Hosier - who have been Artists in Residence over the winter - unveil their collection of metal sculpture and prints inspired by Bath’s working life in a new exhibition. Plus a specially commissioned film, of Jean and Maureen preparing and fabricating their work. More info and booking...

Komedia

Price: £5 adult /£3 child / £16 family ticket
Start time: 11:30
Doors open: 11:00

Seska - Frootytooty

Crazier than finding a penguin in your fridge turbo-charged Seska throws buckets of happiness into the air, in this brilliantly inventive magical show for all ages. More info and booking...

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Hannah Read & Michael Starkey

Fiddle & Banjo duo bridging US & Scotland in styles, living spaces and backgrounds: it’s all very well being told how these fit together but even better to be hearing it. Winning awards, plaudits, good jobs and collaborations on both sides of the pond. Bath’s a bit out of both orbits of course, but geography will bother neither them not us this afternoon... More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8 / £5 concs
Start time: 14:30

A Night to Remember

By Holly Hinks

“A Night to Remember” is a mystery play, set in 1887, that asks you to suspend your disbelief as you watch the guests’ secrets be revealed in the most ghostly of ways. More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 16:00

Sean Kaluarachchi and Finbar Maginn

Come and enjoy songs ranging from the 60's onward with two of Belfast's very own, Sean Kaluarachchi and Finbar Maginn.

Both growing up around music, Finbar and Sean have been steeped in varying styles of music. Their influences include blues, rock, soul, jazz, traditional folk, bluegrass and more.

Sean and Finbar will treat your soul with some strong vocals and tasty guitar licks to wind down your weekend. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £8 / £5 concs
Start time: 19:30

Shuddersome: Tales of Poe

Adapted by Lindsay Price from Edgar Allan Poe

Spectres, ghosts and ghouls come alive in this vivid theatrical adaptation of some of Edgar Allan Poe’s best-known works, including The Tell-Tale Heart, The Raven and The Masque of the Red Death. More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £8 standard, £5 concession
Start time: 19:30

A Small Affair

By Bob Larbey

This one-act comedy relates the tale of a misfortunate double-booking in the television drama department. The cast find their space is taken over by would-be contestants on an idiotic panel show, and when the Head of Drama drops into the rehearsal the drama turns into a farce... More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: £8
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bath University Student Musicals Society present

Dogfight

by Pasek and Paul and Peter Duchan

This beautiful and uplifting musical, from the writers of the Greatest Showman, takes audiences on a romantic, heartbreaking and comical journey that stays with you long after the performance. Discover how a celebration of freedom before war turns into an awkward yet charming love story. More info and booking...

The Old Theatre Royal

Price: £5
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

Wil Hodgson

Barbicidal Tendencies

Comedian, barber, barstool philosopher - Chippenham’s award-winning, genderqueer punk storyteller makes his long-awaited return to the Fringe with a brand-new show. As seen on Russell Howard’s most recent Netflix special. "The most charismatic of storytellers. A sort of urban warrior on behalf of all those who don’t fit in" (The Scotsman). More info and booking...

Sorry, this performance is cancelled.
Other performances are still taking place.

Mary Shelley's House of Frankenstein

Price: £10 / £8 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:45

The Annual Immersive Event Returns!

20:20 Vision: Unbound

An evening of site specific theatre inspired by Shelly's masterpiece

After a pandemic-imposed hiatus of 2 years, Bath Fringe favourites Fake Escape are back with their beloved 20:20 Vision immersive new writing festival - this time celebrating all things Frankenstein!

Extra info: Performance is immersive and will require standing and walking

More info and booking...

Monday 13th June 2022

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Around About Dusk

Could be a new favourite Bristol band, featuring Rachel from Gin Bowlers and
other familiar faces on 8 instruments between the 4 of them and a delicate and eclectic sound with echoes of early jazz, Euro-folk, and the unsettling worlds of silent cinema and symbolist short story... More info and booking...

Tuesday 14th June 2022

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Syd Perry

Syd’s a Canadian-Jamaican with a sweet sense of melody, acoustic guitar and
harmonica. His lyrical concerns are both urban and rural, and from both his
cultures, a gentle admonition to the righteous life. Sound! More info and booking...

Wednesday 15th June 2022

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Bethlehem Casuals

Wild electro-funk/guitar-psych collision who were going great guns before
everything shut down and are just now getting back into their stride. It’s
another one of those Wednesdays in The Bell that feels like a Saturday Night at
Boomtown or Pilton Pop... More info and booking...

Friday 19th May 2023

Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution

Price: Free
Start time: 20:15
Doors open: 20:00

A Presentation on a Rational and Compassionate lifestyle

Buddho-Darwinism - a behaviour for the future

with Nicholas

Buddho-Darwinism may be taken as a religion a philosophy or a lifestyle. This event will explain how to live a life less harmful to the self and the planet and why that is so important now. It will include a discussion of how to deal with the 16 major threats to life with compassion. More info and booking...

Saturday 20th May 2023

Sorry, this performance is cancelled.
Other performances are still taking place.

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Blurt

Ted Milton goes waay waay back in matters Walcot & Artistic, but the Blurt brand is his most enduring guise: equal parts art, jazz, post-punk, & poetry, and we ain’t just saying that. Formed 44 years ago up in Stroud and still absolutely going strong & ploughing his own furrow. More info and booking...

Sunday 21st May 2023

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

The Jaywalkers

Virtuosic String-driven Acoustic Americana trio with lovely harmonies - another of those bands we lost touch with in the Plague Year and are so so happy to welcome back. A bit of class in an overcrowded field! More info and booking...

Monday 22nd May 2023

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Pasha Finn & The Ellipsis

Our homeboy Pasha has been running our legendary Open Mic for the last year or so, and there’s a little bit of quite a lot going on here, folk, home-written, influences from around Europe. Ellipsis includes fiddle player Tom Connolly and other friends en passant. More info and booking...

Tuesday 23rd May 2023

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Lil’ Jim

The Blues-based One Man Band - guitar, harp, foot percussion - goes right the way back to the roots of that music, and there must be hundreds of ‘em out there: but with Lil’ Jim we’ve found one that’s a cut above, with contemporary on-the-road attitude and a sense of humour. More info and booking...

Wednesday 24th May 2023

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Skimpy & The Triniti Band

New band from one of Bath's reggae [and more] vocalists from back in the day - and NOW! More info and booking...

Friday 26th May 2023

Various venues

Price: Free
Start time: 18:00

Openings Night

Art Everywhere!

The big movement around town tonight is that all the FaB visual arts exhibitions are opening at once, all round town. See the map, see the part of this programme that's the other way up, and see various bits of performance that are added to the experience, like Yama Dance at 44AD. More info and booking...

Green Park Brasserie

Price: Free with dinner/bar reservation
Start time: 18:30

Live music @ Green Park Brasserie

Enjoy live jazz/funk/soul year round at Green Park Brasserie, who celebrate 31 years of business this year. Visit greenparkbrasserie.com for further details.

Extra info: Bar open late.

More info and booking...

The Grapes - Pocock's Living Room

Price: £6 suggested (£3 minimum)
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Love. Stories. ❤️

Written and performed by Mark Rutterford

A whirlwind romance of stories, chat and laughs about love - for romantics and cynics alike. Featuring Love Hearts and love songs. Happiness and heartache. An alien who just doesn’t get it and YOU! Funny, devastating, beautiful and confusing – just like falling in love in the first place. More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £16 adv / £18 on door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

The Lynne and McCartney Story Theatre Show

The greatest hits of ELO, Paul McCartney & Wings & The Beatles and more performed by ELO Beatles Beyond. More info and booking...

The Bell - Back bar

Price: £8 Adv, incuding booking fee
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

an evening of psych-pop from the West Country.

Reuben's Daughters

plus Luna Lake, Joe Probert.

Reuben's Daughters are a seven-piece, psychedelic-pop mind-project, signed to French label, Microcultures Records.
Luna Lake are a four-piece formed in Bath, England 2018 brought together by their love of true song writing, self-production & all the sounds that create wonder.

Joe Probert is many things. Singer, songwriter, gardener, cowboy and drummer growing sweet soul-drenched funk pop fruits from his love next in Auckland, NZ. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: Pay what you want at the end of the show.
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:45

One man's quest to watch all of 'Friends' over ten years

Dylan Dodds & Friends 2:

(Friends Still Not Included)

For 8 years, Dylan Dodds (comedian) has written a blog about Friends (sitcom) every 2 weeks. Now he presents his findings so far... How have things changed since the 90s? How does his life compare to Friends? And is the show still even any good?? More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Finbar Maginn and Séan Kaluarachchi

Belfast's very own, Finbar and Sean grew up steeped in music - their influences include blues, rock, soul, jazz, folk, bluegrass and more. More info and booking...

Saturday 27th May 2023

Green Park Brasserie

Price: Free with dinner/bar reservation
Start time: 18:30

Live music @ Green Park Brasserie

Enjoy live jazz/funk/soul year round at Green Park Brasserie, who celebrate 31 years of business this year. Visit greenparkbrasserie.com for further details.

Extra info: Bar open late

More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £10.00
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Museum of Bath at Work Presents

80,000 Suspects

A Story of Passion, in a City of Fear!

Filmed entirely on location in Bath this 1963 drama features a fictionalised outbreak of Smallpox. Starring Clare Bloom and Richard Johnson.
Introduced by Dr Roger Rolls, Chair of Bath Medical Museum. More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £20 / £18 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:00

All Of The Above presents:

Le Vent Du Nord

The mighty Le Vent du Nord! At the pinnacle of the genre!
All the energy and mirth of a Saturday night kitchen party,
infusing the fiery traditional music of old Québec
with a breath of fresh, cosmopolitan air. More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £15 adv / £17 on door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Ma Bessie and her Pig Foot Band

Classic blues and jazz from the inter-war years with a selection of original songs and hand-picked covers. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: Pay what you want at the end of the show.
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:45

One man's quest to watch all of 'Friends' over ten years

Dylan Dodds & Friends 2:

(Friends Still Not Included)

For 8 years, Dylan Dodds (comedian) has written a blog about Friends (sitcom) every 2 weeks. Now he presents his findings so far... How have things changed since the 90s? How does his life compare to Friends? And is the show still even any good?? More info and booking...

Sunday 28th May 2023

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Jolie Blon

When did you last hear a band playing cajun? Yep, me neither, that’s why we jumped at this one: adept all-fem trio featuring players from great bands like The Rosinators & Horses Brawl - that’s seasoned performers bringing the cajun spice! More info and booking...

The Grapes - Pocock's Living Room

Price: £8
Start time: 14:00
Doors open: 13:30

Improv Wolves

A comedy improvisation group who create completely new sketches on the spot based on audience suggestions. Every show is different! Experience a film noir detective pastiche, surprising confessions from famous names in history, or have the dubious honour of hearing the debut of a brand new improvised song.

Extra info: Afternoon Show

More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 16:00

Charlie Limm

Bristol based musician Charlie writes original songs with beautifully haunting vocals, guitar and flute, drawing influence from the female folk artists of the 70’s. More info and booking...

The Grapes - Pocock's Living Room

Price: £8
Start time: 19:00
Doors open: 18:30

Improv Wolves

A comedy improvisation group who create completely new sketches on the spot based on audience suggestions. Every show is different! Experience a film noir detective pastiche, surprising confessions from famous names in history, or have the dubious honour of hearing the debut of a brand new improvised song.

Extra info: Evening Show

More info and booking...

Monday 29th May 2023

Alice Park

Price: £5 per show
Start time: 11:00
Doors open: 11:00

Bath Fringe Children's Festival

The Bath Fringe Children’s Festival is back! Half-term week in Alice Park there’s a busy schedule of shows and workshops for kids and families. Mon 29th May - Sat 3rd June 11am to 5pm every day. The week is full of magic, Alice Park is a lovely open green space you can bring the whole family and hang out for the day. Bring a picnic or get food at the cafe. There is a playground, a skate-park, a mini bike track and even tennis courts but loads of room to just hang out.

Extra info: 2 shows - at 12 noon and 2pm

More info and booking...

The Grapes - Pocock's Living Room

Price: £10
Start time: 19:00

Life Drawing

With @bath_drawing

For every artist from beginners to those who have been coming along for years - basic materials and model provided. More info and booking...

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Tryani Collective

Dan Tryani assembled this band of bandleaders, including Harriet Riley & Stevie Toddler, to work on the energies of a vocals/percussion/drone lineup. Anyone acquainted with the extraordinary San Salvador will know where some of this is going, but this most basic of palettes has infinite permutations, many of which are followed here. More info and booking...

Tuesday 30th May 2023

Alice Park

Price: £5 per show
Start time: 11:00
Doors open: 11:00

Bath Fringe Children's Festival

The Bath Fringe Children’s Festival is back! Half-term week in Alice Park there’s a busy schedule of shows and workshops for kids and families. Mon 29th May - Sat 3rd June 11am to 5pm every day. The week is full of magic, Alice Park is a lovely open green space you can bring the whole family and hang out for the day. Bring a picnic or get food at the cafe. There is a playground, a skate-park, a mini bike track and even tennis courts but loads of room to just hang out.

Extra info: 2 shows - at 12 noon and 2pm

More info and booking...

The Grapes - Pocock's Living Room

Price: £10
Start time: 19:00

Life Drawing

With @bath_drawing

For every artist from beginners to those who have been coming along for years - basic materials and model provided. More info and booking...

Wednesday 31st May 2023

Alice Park

Price: £5 per show
Start time: 11:00
Doors open: 11:00

Bath Fringe Children's Festival

The Bath Fringe Children’s Festival is back! Half-term week in Alice Park there’s a busy schedule of shows and workshops for kids and families. Mon 29th May - Sat 3rd June 11am to 5pm every day. The week is full of magic, Alice Park is a lovely open green space you can bring the whole family and hang out for the day. Bring a picnic or get food at the cafe. There is a playground, a skate-park, a mini bike track and even tennis courts but loads of room to just hang out.

Extra info: 2 shows - at 12 noon and 3pm

More info and booking...

44AD

Price: Free
Start time: 16:00

Experiments in Olfactory and Musical Composition

Ron Hutt, Anna Novakov

The latest multi-sensory performance by Provisional Art Space (Ron Hutt / Anna Novakov) focuses on colours that form the inspiration for a series of provocative olfactory and musical compositions.

This event will take place in 44AD art space’s ground floor gallery, accessible via a small ramp. Unfortunately there is no step-free access to the basement gallery or toilets.
More info and booking...

Green Park Brasserie

Price: Free with dinner/bar reservation
Start time: 18:30

Live music @ Green Park Brasserie

Enjoy live jazz/funk/soul year round at Green Park Brasserie, who celebrate 31 years of business this year. Visit greenparkbrasserie.com for further details.

Extra info: Bar open late

More info and booking...

Newark Works

Price: Free
Start time: 19:00

Rewilding - a folk horror anthology + Finglebone

Live music + film screening + Q&A

An evening of music, a horror film and some tasty discussion. Finglebone’s musical performance will set the mood, ready for feature movie ‘Rewilding, a folk horror anthology’ by local film director Ric Rawlins, followed by a Q&A session. More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: Pay what you decide
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:20

The Crowd Creativity Show!

with Alistair Aitcheson

Game developer Alistair Aitcheson brings his award-winning livestream to the stage! Use your phones to supply him an endless stream of suggestions that he will bring to life in drawings, poetry, improv and dancing. An all-ages show where anything you say goes! More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £14 / £12 concs
Start time: 20:00

A Sketch Show

by Jack & Jordan

A 75-minute chaotic journey through the minds of two dudes; Jack & Jordan, who are actors - nay, artists! And professional ones at that. Expect appearances from imaginary girlfriends, a confused Yorkshireman & the mysterious Pine Nut (what are those?) as Jack & Jordan go full silly.
And do some really good acting.
Obviously. More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

The Grapes Jazz Session

Expect some groovy bass, stonking guitar and electrifying keyboard skills from amazing local songwriters and musicians Tom Wyeth & Tim Petherick and guests. More info and booking...

The Grapes - Pocock's Living Room

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

Bath Ukulele Jam

We love having these guys here and it’s always great hearing music drifting down from our living room. They’re always on the look out for more Uke players if you want to get involved. More info and booking...

Walcot House

Price: £12.00 / £10.00 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Bath Comedy presents

Melinda Hughes is HITCHED!

The musical satirist and comedian Melinda Hughes is hitched! Yes she’s finally tied the knot for the first time at fifty. Despite being in a dreamy bubble of love, she’s still got a wicked satirical take on life, love and politics. Expect an evening of raucous musical satire presented with pianist and comedian Jeremy Limb.

Extra info: All details still TBC

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £12 (£10 in advance)
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Think of a Song Productions presents:

Making a Song & Dance

'2020 Vision' & 'Bike to The Future' double-header

A unique evening of story, song and dance. We’ve been locked down, dosed up, divided and misruled. Yet our impulse to connect and be creative is as strong as ever. No matter what this life throws at us we WILL make a song and dance about it.

Extra info: The show comprises two parts '2020 Vision' improvised dance and 'Bike to The Future' songs set. There will be an interval of approximately 20 minutes between

More info and booking...
Sorry, this performance is cancelled.
Other performances are still taking place.

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £12
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

The Rabbitts (Duo)

Norwich-based folk duo. Acoustic at heart but experimental in nature.
‘Ethereal and understated’ - Tom Robinson BBC Radio 6. More info and booking...

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Seas of Mirth

Motley crew originally defined by use of folk instruments, dressing up, and a sense of humour, have gone through a musical transformation, bringing in groove, electronic & psych influences, whilst retaining the eclecticism, and, luckily, the humour. You won’t find one of these anywhere else in this programme so better get to this one. More info and booking...

Thursday 1st June 2023

Alice Park

Price: £5 per show
Start time: 11:00
Doors open: 11:00

Bath Fringe Children's Festival

The Bath Fringe Children’s Festival is back! Half-term week in Alice Park there’s a busy schedule of shows and workshops for kids and families. Mon 29th May - Sat 3rd June 11am to 5pm every day. The week is full of magic, Alice Park is a lovely open green space you can bring the whole family and hang out for the day. Bring a picnic or get food at the cafe. There is a playground, a skate-park, a mini bike track and even tennis courts but loads of room to just hang out.

Extra info: 2 shows - at 12 noon and 3pm

More info and booking...

Green Park Brasserie

Price: Free with dinner/bar reservation
Start time: 18:30

Live music @ Green Park Brasserie

Enjoy live jazz/funk/soul year round at Green Park Brasserie, who celebrate 31 years of business this year. Visit greenparkbrasserie.com for further details.

Extra info: Bar open late

More info and booking...

Newark Works

Price: £6 - £12
Start time: 18:30

TOY STORIES - Chris Dobrowolski

Part stand-up comedy, part performance lecture, TOY STORIES takes the audience on an irreverent, powerful and hilarious storytelling adventure through art, contemporary politics, twentieth-century history and… toys. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: From £11
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:30

by Nova Grace Productions

Unlocked

Choreographed by Karen Hill

From bedroom to stage. 4 contemporary dancers explore life in lockdown. See. Feel. Heal.
From the very beginning of Covid-19 lockdowns, the professional dancers of Nova Grace Productions took to Zoom to push the spatial limits of the home environment and explore life in lockdown through contemporary dance. More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

Irish Trad Session

Trad Irish tunes from a talented bunch of local musicians, sometimes joined by friends on the circuit from further afield. More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £15
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

SuRie - Cover Me Tour

UK entry for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest inspired by the likes of Tori Amos, Joni Mitchell, Billy Joel, and Carole King. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £10
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Milo Edwards

One of the most lauded shows of the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe. Mark Watson’s production company presents a fast-rising star, in the last stop of a sold-out UK tour and after a 25-show run at the Melbourne Comedy Festival.
"We need comedians like Milo Edwards” - Scotsgay More info and booking...

Friday 2nd June 2023

Alice Park

Price: £5 per show
Start time: 11:00
Doors open: 11:00

Bath Fringe Children's Festival

The Bath Fringe Children’s Festival is back! Half-term week in Alice Park there’s a busy schedule of shows and workshops for kids and families. Mon 29th May - Sat 3rd June 11am to 5pm every day. The week is full of magic, Alice Park is a lovely open green space you can bring the whole family and hang out for the day. Bring a picnic or get food at the cafe. There is a playground, a skate-park, a mini bike track and even tennis courts but loads of room to just hang out.

Extra info: 2 shows - at 12 noon and 2pm

More info and booking...

Green Park Brasserie

Price: Free with dinner/bar reservation
Start time: 18:30

Live music @ Green Park Brasserie

Enjoy live jazz/funk/soul year round at Green Park Brasserie, who celebrate 31 years of business this year. Visit greenparkbrasserie.com for further details.

Extra info: Bar open late

More info and booking...

Newark Works

Price: £6 - £12
Start time: 18:30

TOY STORIES - Chris Dobrowolski

Part stand-up comedy, part performance lecture, TOY STORIES takes the audience on an irreverent, powerful and hilarious storytelling adventure through art, contemporary politics, twentieth-century history and… toys. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: From £11
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:30

by Nova Grace Productions

Unlocked

Choreographed by Karen Hill

From bedroom to stage. 4 contemporary dancers explore life in lockdown. See. Feel. Heal.
From the very beginning of Covid-19 lockdowns, the professional dancers of Nova Grace Productions took to Zoom to push the spatial limits of the home environment and explore life in lockdown through contemporary dance. More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

Jonny Melancholy and The Sad Cowboys

Jonny Melancholy and the Sad Cowboys bring their infectious brand of country classics to the bar. More info and booking...

Sorry, this performance is cancelled.
Other performances are still taking place.
Sorry, this event is cancelled

Burdall's Yard

Price: £12 / £8 unwaged
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Bill Smarme Presents

When Rock'n'Roll came to Britain

A Personal Perspective

Bill Smarme (international entertainer, bon viveur, builder) takes a light-hearted and irreverent look at the coming of rock'n'roll music to these shores in the 1950s; its energising impact on youth of the time and one impressionable teenager in particular. More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £20
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Cool Britannia: A Ride Through the Swinging 60s

This unforgettable band whirls you through the decade of the British Explosion. More info and booking...

The Bell - Back bar

Price: £5
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Mighty Magic Animal, Stanchions and Underbliss

Hundreds of Ghosts are bringing you an eclectic line-up of the finest Alt, Grunge and Punk rock to the city in an evening of loud guitars, euphoric performances and good times. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £10
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Will Duggan: Iceberg

Named in Rolling Stone’s ’15 Rising Stand-Up Acts You Need To See’, Will Duggan sold out his entire run in Edinburgh Fringe 2022. This is the final UK date of his latest tour, added by popular demand after another sell-out in minor rival town Bristol. More info and booking...

The Assembly Inn - The Festival Room (downstairs)

Price: £5
Start time: 21:00

21st Century Rock and Roll

with DJ Tim Spinner

Electric Six, the Jim Jones Revue, The 5,6,7,8s, Le Tigre and loads more. Shave whatever part of your body needs it and wear yourself out to loud rhythm, verse, chorus and guitar solo. A night dedicated to and from the new and old breed of post millennium devil's music. More info and booking...

Saturday 3rd June 2023

Alice Park

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00
Doors open: 11:00

Bath Fringe Children's Festival

The Bath Fringe Children’s Festival is back! Half-term week in Alice Park there’s a busy schedule of shows and workshops for kids and families. Mon 29th May - Sat 3rd June 11am to 5pm every day. The week is full of magic, Alice Park is a lovely open green space you can bring the whole family and hang out for the day. Bring a picnic or get food at the cafe. There is a playground, a skate-park, a mini bike track and even tennis courts but loads of room to just hang out. More info and booking...

Green Park Brasserie

Price: Free with dinner/bar reservation
Start time: 18:30

Live music @ Green Park Brasserie

Enjoy live jazz/funk/soul year round at Green Park Brasserie, who celebrate 31 years of business this year. Visit greenparkbrasserie.com for further details.

Extra info: Bar open late

More info and booking...

Newark Works

Price: Free
Start time: 19:00

Drawing Archaeology - Film Night

Karen Wallis’ work from an Artist’s Residency at the Ness of Brodgar excavations on Orkney will be displayed, alongside her film that combines drawings, paintings and sound, and focuses on the Archaeologists’ everyday process. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £12 in advance
Start time: 19:30

Bath Fringe presents by arrangement with Outsider Artists..

Patrick Duff

n intimate evening of reading and song with one of the UK's most cherished artists.

Patrick Duff fronted the cult 90’s group Strangelove who signed to Parlophone/EMI and released three critically acclaimed albums. They found admiration in their contemporaries with Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien noting “We toured with them and changed quite a bit after. They were inspirational”.
More info and booking...

Roper Theatre, West Wing, Hayesfield Girls School

Price: £12.50 / £10.00 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

The Improvised Star Wars Show

It's A Trap!

From MissImp CiC

Dropping out of hyperspace, for one night only, 'IT'S A TRAP! The Improvised Star Wars Show' delivers hilarious unscripted tales from a galaxy far, far away. Expect a celebrated blend of Jedi, Jokes and Jawas. Geeky, hilarious entertainment. This IS the show you’re looking for. "Improv Heroes" - Metro

Extra info: This show is Improvised. Suitable for audiences 16+

More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £10.00
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Museum of Bath at Work Presents

Winstanley

Groundbreaking 1975 Docu-drama! Rarely shown until now!

Pioneer 17th century social reformer Gerrard Winstanley attempts a utopian settlement in Civil War era England. More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: Adv £20 / Door £22
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

The Fleetwood Mac Songbook

Six piece band perform a non-stop, hit packed show that draws on all eras of Fleetwood Mac’s stellar 50+ year career. More info and booking...

Sunday 4th June 2023

St Nicholas Church Field

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Radstock Fayre

Free Family Friendly Outdoor Arts Event with a Family Friendly Atmosphere

Come and enjoy some great street theatre, live music and spoken word from the very best local talent – along with activities and fun for all the family. Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the closure of the last coal mine in Radstock and looking ahead to a sustainable future. More info and booking...

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Poisson Groove

That Bal Folk French dancing groove that everyone likes is given electric rhythms and jazz tinges by this bunch of enthusiasts from Exeter. Only at The Bell, Mesdames & Messieurs! More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 16:00

Lauren Bradford

Lauren Bradford is an ethereal folk singer-songwriter hailing from San Francisco. Her clear voice and crisp picked acoustic guitar unfold her own poetic songs with soulful honesty and urgency. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £12
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:10

One country, 700 years of music, one hour...

An Hour In France - Joe Levy

with pianist Peter Adcock

A concert exploring the history of French classical singing from the late Medieval period to the 20th Century, all in one hour! More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £12.00 / £10.00 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:45

Remania Productions - 'Femmes du Monde'

The One and Only, the Story of Marie Lloyd

by Briony Waite

Marie Lloyd, known as 'The One and Only, Queen of Music Hall', was once one of the most famous women in Britain. This virtuoso piece, performed by Fiona Battisbee, accompanied by Freya Evans, combines a fascinating narrative with amazing songs and saucy East End wit - what’s not to love? More info and booking...

Monday 5th June 2023

The Grapes - Pocock's Living Room

Price: £10
Start time: 19:00

Life Drawing

With @bath_drawing

For every artist from beginners to those who have been coming along for years - basic materials and model provided. More info and booking...

Newark Works

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

Double Bill: 'BUSHY' & 'She Doesn't Live Here Anymore'

BUSHY by The Mango Ensemble is a play about the body. A reflection on how we use it to experience the world, relationships and pleasure.

'She Doesn't Live Here Anymore' by Eryn McDonald, is a personal poetic exploration of gender dysphoria.
More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £7 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 18:15

Seizing The Day Company presents

Bluffing Your Way In Ballet

Beyond the tutu! Bluffing Your Way In Ballet pirouettes its fast-paced and irreverent way through the history of this most dynamic of performing arts, with stories and dances from the ballet greats including Isadora Duncan, Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Marie Rambert - and Darcey Bussell!

Extra info: Come to the FREE 30 minute pre-performance dance taster at 6.30pm! For more details contact Alexandra at jeanpickforddancersearcher@gmail.com. The Bluffing Your Way In Ballet performance starts 8pm. Minimum age 16 - the show contains adult themes and occasional use of strong language. There is no interval.

More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £12.00 / £10.00 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:45

Remania Productions - 'Femmes du Monde'

The One and Only, the Story of Marie Lloyd

by Briony Waite

Marie Lloyd, known as 'The One and Only, Queen of Music Hall', was once one of the most famous women in Britain. This virtuoso piece, performed by Fiona Battisbee, accompanied by Freya Evans, combines a fascinating narrative with amazing songs and saucy East End wit - what’s not to love? More info and booking...

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Nurdle

Retro Organ Trio style funk - the stuff that’s been sampled to death for the simple perfection of the groove, the archetype of ‘rare’ - played with spirit and skill by Cardiff cutting crew. More info and booking...

Tuesday 6th June 2023

The Grapes - Pocock's Living Room

Price: £10
Start time: 19:00

Life Drawing

With @bath_drawing

For every artist from beginners to those who have been coming along for years - basic materials and model provided. More info and booking...

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £10.00
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Museum of Bath at Work Presents

Rank and File

Ken Loach introduces one of his BBC plays from the 1960s

A dramatised account of a labour dispute in a Northern glassworks shown as part of BBC television's Play for Today series. A very rare showing of a classic play from 1971. More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

Howlin’ Hans’ Songwriters Circle

A space for songwriters to share their works in a supportive, collaborative, and safe space. All acoustic artists and performers are welcome. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £7 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 18:15

Seizing The Day Company presents

Bluffing Your Way In Ballet

Beyond the tutu! Bluffing Your Way In Ballet pirouettes its fast-paced and irreverent way through the history of this most dynamic of performing arts, with stories and dances from the ballet greats including Isadora Duncan, Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Marie Rambert - and Darcey Bussell!

Extra info: Come to the FREE 30 minute pre-performance dance taster at 6.30pm! For more details contact Alexandra at jeanpickforddancersearcher@gmail.com. The Bluffing Your Way In Ballet performance starts 8pm. Minimum age 16 - the show contains adult themes and occasional use of strong language. There is no interval.

More info and booking...

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Ciotach

It's Irish for 'lefthanded', and unites melodic improvisers Fiona Barrow [fiddle] & Paul Bradley [guitar & toys]. This could go anywhere, tho' the Irish in the name suggests one of the destinations, and we can be confident neither of these uses simplistic bombast or extended dissonance to help them to the end. More info and booking...

Wednesday 7th June 2023

Sorry, this event is cancelled

Outdoor - New Bond Street / Milsom Street junction

Price: Free
Start time: 08:00

Nicholas speaks:

Listen to the Science

...because Greta wants you to.

Nicholas will read aloud all the 102 essays in Greta Thunberg's "The Climate Book", written by many experts from around the world. More info and booking...

Newark Works

Price: Free
Start time: 11:00

Empathy Revolution Love Machine

Join previous worldwide visitors attempting to relinquish fear and trauma. Pass through the Empathy Revolution Love Machine.

How will you feel on the other side? Love? Gratitude?

An event by Artist Elephantman
elephantmancreations.com

Part of The Circus of Curiosities exhibition: fringeartsbath.co.uk/circus

11am to 6pm 27 May to 10 June
11am to 3pm on Sun 11 June

More info and booking...

Newark Works

Price: Free
Start time: 18:00

GRIPE: Bath's Tiny LoFi Indie Film Show

True indie film on VHS! Local & international creatives bring this unique and not to be streamed anywhere AV experience. See something truly random and not fed by algorithm! More info and booking...

Green Park Brasserie

Price: Free with dinner/bar reservation
Start time: 18:30

Live music @ Green Park Brasserie

Enjoy live jazz/funk/soul year round at Green Park Brasserie, who celebrate 31 years of business this year. Visit greenparkbrasserie.com for further details.

Extra info: Bar open late

More info and booking...

The Little Theatre Cinema - Screen 2 (Upstairs)

Price: £11 / £9 concs
Start time: 18:30
Doors open: 18:00

Fake Escape Presents

Raising Kane

Created and Performed by David Shopland as Orson Welles

Bath-raised internationally acclaimed and WhatsOnStage nominated writer/director David Shopland returns to the stage after a decade to portray the iconic Orson Welles. Witness the story behind the greatest motion picture ever made as fact and fantasy inevitably collide in glorious black and white. More info and booking...

Burdall's Yard

Price: £12 ; £10 over 65
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 18:30

A comedy show

Sex, Art and the Art of Survival

Written and performed by Helen Prior

A unique show that brings together art, laughter and hope for many women who go through a difficult time of their lives.. Helen will take you through her hilarious life story with the help of art masterpieces.

Extra info: A unique show that brings laughter and art together

More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

The Grapes Jazz Session

Expect some groovy bass, stonking guitar and electrifying keyboard skills from amazing local songwriters and musicians Tom Wyeth & Tim Petherick and guests. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: £10 / £7 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 18:15

Seizing The Day Company presents

Bluffing Your Way In Ballet

Beyond the tutu! Bluffing Your Way In Ballet pirouettes its fast-paced and irreverent way through the history of this most dynamic of performing arts, with stories and dances from the ballet greats including Isadora Duncan, Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Marie Rambert - and Darcey Bussell!

Extra info: Come to the FREE 30 minute pre-performance dance taster at 6.30pm! For more details contact Alexandra at jeanpickforddancersearcher@gmail.com. The Bluffing Your Way In Ballet performance starts 8pm. Minimum age 16 - the show contains adult themes and occasional use of strong language. There is no interval.

More info and booking...

Komedia - The Electric Bar

Price: £7 adv / £10 on door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Tripslick Records presents

San Reetam plus Kololo

A Night of Pop, Soul and R'n'B

Join San Reetam for a night of original Pop, Soul and R'n'B music, featuring soulful vocals, super tight drums and keys plus stunning virtuoso tenor saxophone. Described by Bath Radio's Ollie Lewis as 'sublime', expect to hear catchy hooks, tight stops and pumping grooves that will have you singing and dancing!
San Reetam are joined by special guests Kololo. More info and booking...

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Rondo Theatre

Price: £12
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Anu Vaidyanathan

Blimp

WIP

Blimp is a standup comedy show and a woman filmmaker’s view of the world as she attempts to make something of value. This show is an invitation into the circuitous mind of a South-Indian somebody who could be anybody. With heart.

Extra info: Basic birdies and a mic

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The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Ya Freshness & The Big Boss Band

Featuring Godfrey Green - a Bristol/Bath Rap pioneer if ever there was one, with Revelation 3 - addressing themselves to the ‘60s ska in the way it first caught on over here. Not just throwing a spotlight on the roots but writing new in the style and emphasising the multi-racial roots of that oft-misread [not least by its participants] crucial cultural moment. More info and booking...

Thursday 8th June 2023

Green Park Brasserie

Price: Free with dinner/bar reservation
Start time: 18:30

Live music @ Green Park Brasserie

Enjoy live jazz/funk/soul year round at Green Park Brasserie, who celebrate 31 years of business this year. Visit greenparkbrasserie.com for further details.

Extra info: Bar open late

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Newark Works

Price: Free
Start time: 19:00

Talk & Tour

Before Newark Works I was called Stothert & Pitt

The talk will review the history of Stothert & Pitt in Bath and the Newark Works building, its construction, design and use, in particular. For almost 200 years the engineering and metalworking firm of Stothert and Pitt employed thousands of local residents and spread its products to every corner of the globe. From prefabricated lighthouses to cement mixers, steam engines to bridges and lawn rollers to the monumental cargo handling cranes which made the firm famous.

This talk will be delivered by Pete Dunn, an ex-Stothert & Pitt employee, and Stuart Burroughs from the Museum of Bath at Work.
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The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 20:00

Irish Trad Session

Trad Irish tunes from a talented bunch of local musicians, sometimes joined by friends on the circuit from further afield. More info and booking...

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Rondo Theatre

Price: £14 / £12 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:15

Maple Leaf Theatre Presents

Human Nature

Written & Directed By Scott Jerram

Set in 1985, Human Nature follows the events of the cold war had it ended in nuclear bombing. The story focuses on Aiden and Evie, two of the few survivors, as they discover what it means to be human in this new world born out of fire. Suitable for ages 14+

Extra info: 14+

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Burdall's Yard

Price: £10
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Cavacante - Choro do Brazil

Come and join us for an evening of wonderful uplifting music. Cavacante play Choro, once the official national music of Brazil. It is music packed full of intoxicating melodies and foot tapping rhythms, including samba, tango, waltz and maxixe. Performed using the classic Brazilian format of Guitar, Mandolin, Cavaquinho and Pandeiro. More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £12 adv / £14 on door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Luke De-Sciscio

Support from Ella Clayton

Bathonian songwriter Luke De-Sciscio is embarking on his first headline tour of UK theatres. His deeply introspective lyricism and elastic voice have garnered comparison to Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen and Jeff Buckley, yet eschew expectations. Luke De-Sciscio exudes a confidence and eccentricity which is uniquely his own. More info and booking...

Newark Works

Price: £5
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

ARCC

The Trouble with Tribbles ARCC : It Came From Outer Bathwick

Hey revellers! After Professor Quatermass defeated the COVID virus threat from Alpha Centuri, finally it’s safe to venture out again. Where better than to see and listen to ARCC performing the latest episode in our continuing mission to seek out strange films and play along with our unique form of improvised soundtrack, thus changing the experience and message in subtle and not so subtle ways. Extracts from iconic and classic science fiction movies as you never imagined them. Expect, as always, the unexpected… and tribbles. More info and booking...

Friday 9th June 2023

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: Adults £8, Students/Concs £5
Start time: 14:30
Doors open: 14:00

Bath University Student Theatre

The Red Shoes

This adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's tale follows a young girl as she is gifted a pair of red shoes that curse her to always dance, and examines the price we pay to dance our own dance. More info and booking...

The Bell - Back bar

Price: £5
Start time: 18:00

The Walcot Comedy Club

Dickie Richards - Sexual Tyrannosaur

Edinburgh Festival Preview Show

Now in its 2nd glorious year – stupid stand-up comedy!
“Like nothing I've ever seen, hard to describe. Couldn’t stop laughing!” More info and booking...

Green Park Brasserie

Price: Free with dinner/bar reservation
Start time: 18:30

Live music @ Green Park Brasserie

Enjoy live jazz/funk/soul year round at Green Park Brasserie, who celebrate 31 years of business this year. Visit greenparkbrasserie.com for further details.

Extra info: Bar open late

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The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: Adults £8, Students/Concs £5
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bath University Student Theatre

A Room with an Interview

Student-written play by Bath University Student Theatre: 8 candidates attend an interview for a marketing position, where, through comedic misunderstandings and conflict, two of them grow from friends into something more... More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: Adults £8, Students/Concs £5
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bath University Student Theatre

Chequemate

Student-written play by Bath University Student Theatre: When a newspaper company is going bankrupt, decisions about pay cuts divide the workforce and force them to confront their own issues in this life-size game of chess. More info and booking...

The Grapes - Pocock's Living Room

Price: £8 but pay more if you can, less if you need to.
Start time: 19:45

Troyka Mala

Troyka formed in 2008 and have been bringing soulful Balkan and Eastern European music to Bristol ever since. Re-interpreting both traditional and original songs with their love of intricate three part chamber-style arrangements, their music takes audiences on infectious rhythmical journeys of Balkan heart music and sumptuous grooves. More info and booking...

The Bell - Back bar

Price: £5
Start time: 20:00

The Walcot Comedy Club

With: Buddy Hell - alternative comedy circuit regular; Dickie Richards - “Like nothing I've ever seen, hard to describe. Couldn’t stop laughing!”; plus
Arnold A.K.B and guests. More info and booking...

Widcombe Social Club

Price: £8 / £5 Adv, £10 on door
Start time: 20:00

Extinction Rebellion fundraiser

James Brown Night

with DJ Tim Spinner

By consolidating the dynamite of James Brown, the Godfather of Soul and the gallant British activist and paralympic-cyclist James Brown, we are holding a 'Party to Protest' fundraising dance night. Extinction Rebellion usually do Samba and Discobedience for free, however we need money to motivate and complete activism. More info and booking...

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New Oriel Hall

Price: £5 / £2 under 16
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Beautiful Experiences presents

Eva Scott - Live in Larkhall

A gorgeous voice and a beautiful person!
Eva Scott was spotted at Shambala Festival. Her music is in kinship with Lorde and Lana Del Rey. A silky voice and a captivating presence best describes this lady. Be prepared for stress to dissolve. Bring a cushion if you want to really chill. Chairs otherwise provided. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £14 / £12 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Really Truly Theatre Presents

Celebrate Me

A new play by Polly Lamb

Behind the party balloons 92-year-old Barbara has a secret which could shake up the relationships of six women for good. Find out where the pieces fall in this engaging, funny and moving and new comedy drama about the power, pain and beauty of the freedom to choose.

Extra info: Some adult language and content

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Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £10 adv / £12 on door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Mississippi MacDonald

Energised and authentic soul-infused blues with an ear for the classic and an eye on the future from this 4 piece band. More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

Matt Owens & The Delusional Vanity Project

Founder member of indie-folk band Noah and the Whale, Matt’s back with his eagerly anticipated 3rd album, Beer For The Horses, cut live with an all-star 7 piece-live band. More info and booking...

Saturday 10th June 2023

Walcot Methodist Chapel

Price: Suggested donation of £5 minimum
Start time: 12:00
Doors open: 11:30

FinchMusic presents

Choirthon

With local choirs from Bath

Over 20 Bath choirs are coming together to celebrate choir singing in Bath and raise money for charity with a 10 hour concert! Audience members should book their free tickets (event is split into 1 hour blocks) and then make a suggested donation of £5 or more on the door in aid of the DEC Turkey and Syria Earthquake Appeal

Extra info: Audience members are encouraged to donate a minimum of £5 (cash or via justgiving link)

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St Swithins Church - In the garden

Price: £6
Start time: 12:30
Doors open: 12:00

DoDo Dramatics Presents

Queen of the East

Monty Python meets Horrible Histories; a puppetry adventure.

DoDo Dramatics, the UK’s first zero-waste puppetry performance company, presents another award-winning, family-friendly musical. Queen of the East is a faraway Ancient Egyptian adventure of music, mythology, and misleading puppets. Join history’s most legendary leaders, Cleopatra VII, Julius Cesar, and Marc Antony, on a voyage of discovery, whose story can we trust, and whose lives must be lost?

Extra info: Outdoor performance/ Suitable for all ages

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The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: Adults £8, Students/Concs £5
Start time: 14:30
Doors open: 14:00

Bath University Student Theatre

A Room with an Interview

Student-written play by Bath University Student Theatre: 8 candidates attend an interview for a marketing position, where, through comedic misunderstandings and conflict, two of them grow from friends into something more... More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: £8 / £5 Student
Start time: 14:30
Doors open: 14:00

BUSMS presents

Bonnie and Clyde

At the height of the Great Depression, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow went from two small-town nobodies to America's most renowned folk heroes. Fearless, shameless, and alluring, the legendary Frank Wildhorn’s show is the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire country. More info and booking...

St Swithins Church - In the garden

Price: £6
Start time: 14:30
Doors open: 14:00

DoDo Dramatics Presents

Queen of the East

Monty Python meets Horrible Histories; a puppetry adventure.

DoDo Dramatics, the UK’s first zero-waste puppetry performance company, presents another award-winning, family-friendly musical. Queen of the East is a faraway Ancient Egyptian adventure of music, mythology, and misleading puppets. Join history’s most legendary leaders, Cleopatra VII, Julius Cesar, and Marc Antony, on a voyage of discovery, whose story can we trust, and whose lives must be lost?

Extra info: Outdoor performance/ Suitable for all ages

More info and booking...

St Swithins Church - In the garden

Price: £6
Start time: 16:30
Doors open: 16:00

DoDo Dramatics Presents

Queen of the East

Monty Python meets Horrible Histories; a puppetry adventure.

DoDo Dramatics, the UK’s first zero-waste puppetry performance company, presents another award-winning, family-friendly musical. Queen of the East is a faraway Ancient Egyptian adventure of music, mythology, and misleading puppets. Join history’s most legendary leaders, Cleopatra VII, Julius Cesar, and Marc Antony, on a voyage of discovery, whose story can we trust, and whose lives must be lost?

Extra info: Outdoor performance/ Suitable for all ages

More info and booking...

Green Park Brasserie

Price: Free with dinner/bar reservation
Start time: 18:30

Live music @ Green Park Brasserie

Enjoy live jazz/funk/soul year round at Green Park Brasserie, who celebrate 31 years of business this year. Visit greenparkbrasserie.com for further details.

Extra info: Bar open late

More info and booking...

St. Michael's Church

Price: £6. Under 16s free
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bathtub Orchestra presents

Music from the Movies

Join the Bathtub Orchestra for a musical journey through the world of film scores, featuring works from well known composers such as John Williams and Vangelis, to the more recent contributions of Hans Zimmer and Michael Nyman. More info and booking...

The Mission Theatre - Main Auditorium

Price: Adults £8, Students/Concs £5
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bath University Student Theatre

The Red Shoes

This adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's tale follows a young girl as she is gifted a pair of red shoes that curse her to always dance, and examines the price we pay to dance our own dance. More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: Adults £8, Students/Concs £5
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Bath University Student Theatre

Chequemate

Student-written play by Bath University Student Theatre: When a newspaper company is going bankrupt, decisions about pay cuts divide the workforce and force them to confront their own issues in this life-size game of chess. More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: £8 / £5 Student
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

BUSMS presents

Bonnie and Clyde

At the height of the Great Depression, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow went from two small-town nobodies to America's most renowned folk heroes. Fearless, shameless, and alluring, the legendary Frank Wildhorn’s show is the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire country. More info and booking...

Magdalen Chapel

Price: £8 (+box office fee)
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Magdalen Chapel presents

Music & Myth

Jon Pickard, 'Harp-Guitar'

‘Best Instrumental Performance’ (Buxton 2021). Jon Pickard plays the incredible Harp Guitar. Concert 45min -"Music & Myth" musical folk tales from the Celtic Isles and beyond, inspired by timeless ancient legends. Short talk 15min - "The Hidden History of the Harp-Guitar" presenting 350+ years of this incredible instrument's history. More info and booking...

Newark Works

Price: £10/8
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:15

Fake Escape Presents

20:20 Vision X

The Hit Immersive Event Returns for its 10th Anniversary

72 Hours. No Script. Whatever Happens, Happens.

For 20:20 Vision's 10th Anniversary, 'Bath's Favourite Immersive Company' Fake Escape return to the fringe with their most ambitious project; create a fully realised new play in 3 days. Taking over a secret location, this will be a completely unique experience never to be repeated. More info and booking...

The Grapes - Pocock's Living Room

Price: £6 suggested (£3 minimum)
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Love. Stories. ❤️

Written and performed by Mark Rutterford

A whirlwind romance of stories, chat and laughs about love - for romantics and cynics alike. Featuring Love Hearts and love songs. Happiness and heartache. An alien who just doesn’t get it and YOU! Funny, devastating, beautiful and confusing – just like falling in love in the first place. More info and booking...

Rondo Theatre

Price: £16 / £14 concs
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Boorish Trumpson

By Claire Parry

Boorish Trumpson is your rehearsal-conductor. YOU are the orchestra. #MakeMusicGreatAgain.
An interactive, music and clowning-filled interrogation of power and those who wield it, from critically acclaimed Lecoq-trained clown Claire Parry.
“Mesmerising clowning and physicality” Express
“Incredibly unique and a whole lot of fun” Bookmarks & Stages
“Unmissable” Everything Theatre More info and booking...

The Bell - Back bar

Price: £8 Adv, incuding booking fee
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Bath Fringe presents...

The Brackish

with support from Shoun Shoun

With five albums under their belts, the band has gained a reputation for awe-inspiring live shows across the European and UK art rock scenes. Their fifth album 'Donor Zone' will be released this Autumn by the heralded Bristol label, Stolen Body Records. More info and booking...

Sunday 11th June 2023

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 13:00

Roundhill

A new Bath folk trio featuring Rachel Cross, Fran Barrett and Marick Baxter, doing classic Irish tunes and some surprises with warmth and agility. More info and booking...

The Grapes

Price: Free
Start time: 16:00

Hodmadoddery

Hodmadoddery came together (and usually fell apart shortly afterwards) in a residency at a notorious local cider house here in Bath in the late 1980s. By the ‘90s we were actually getting quite good, the positive effects of switching to wine on the European Street Festival circuit. Nowadays we don’t run around quite as much as we used to, but that has allowed us to get some practice in and we have since clocked up 20-odd innings at Glastonbury. Folk circuit standards, Trad numbers, and the odd random who’d-ha’-thought-it ;-> More info and booking...

Walcot House

Price: £12.00 / £10.00 concs
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

James Hollingsworth's Pink Floyd Night

A special event centred on the music of Pink Floyd, performed by acclaimed multi-instrumentalist singer/guitarist James Hollingsworth. More info and booking...

The Edge, University of Bath

Price: £8 / £5 Student
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

BUSMS presents

Bonnie and Clyde

At the height of the Great Depression, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow went from two small-town nobodies to America's most renowned folk heroes. Fearless, shameless, and alluring, the legendary Frank Wildhorn’s show is the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire country. More info and booking...

Chapel Arts Centre

Price: £15 adv / £17 on door
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Flamenco Express

A cargo of raw, heart-wrenching flamenco - featuring ‘sizzling soloist’ La Joaquina and guitar virtuoso Chris Clavo. More info and booking...

The Bell - Back bar

Price: £15
Start time: 20:00
Doors open: 19:30

Bath Fringe by arrangement with Outsider Artists presents

Nick Harper

Tempus Fugitive

Bath Fringe exclusive, first live preview of new material from Nick Harper's forthcoming album, Tempus Fugitive that will be released this September.
In a new, uniquely styled, acoustically driven album and tour, Nick explores the past, present and future in his own singular way.
The project follows up recent successful sojourns back in time in swinging 60s London (58 Fordwych Rd); 19th Century Fantasy literature (Phantastes) and an epic poem lost in time (A Wiltshire Tale). Will this be the one album to unite them all? Only time will tell... More info and booking...

Tuesday 13th June 2023

The Museum of Bath at Work

Price: £15.00
Start time: 19:30
Doors open: 19:00

Museum of Bath at Work Presents

Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War

Introduced by Dr Ann Sumner

Documentary on the life of Eric Ravilious, one of England's greatest 20th century artist illustrators. With contributions by Grayson Perry, Alan Bennett and Ai Wei Wei.

Extra info: light refreshments available

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Wednesday 14th June 2023

The Barley Mow

Price: Free
Start time: 20:15

Bath Monthly Bluegrass Session

The Bath Bluegrass Session is a very inclusive session, and we welcome players of all acoustic instruments, levels and repertoire. Once we get going it’s hard to stop, we play many of the familiar pieces from the bluegrass canon and people also bring along their favourite songs and tunes. Please come and join us! More info and booking...

Wednesday 21st June 2023

The Bell - Main bar

Price: Free
Start time: 21:00

MorningStar

Morning Star is Jesse D Vernon, he of Moonflowers, Praise Space Electric, and more recently Fantasy Orchestra and This Is The Kit association. Morningstar the band made lovely song-orientated albums from approximately 1999-2009, and now it's a band again. This is good news. Expect mild non-scary psych and seriously good vibes. More info and booking...