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Seth Lakeman has already wowed the crowds on the main stage at the Bath Festival Finale Weekend in previous years...
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Following the Government announcement on 14th June, Valley Fest is forging ahead with plans to hold the festival between 29th July...
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Who hasn’t dreamt of running away to the circus? The big top, the acrobats, high-wire acts and colourful caravans conjure up a nomadic life away from the rat race. For the spectator, it’s a reminder of a traditional art form, providing everything from laughter to wide-eyed amazement. Simon Horsford speaks...
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Reading is Magic Festival: Sunday 27 September – Friday 2 October 2020 How to Train Your Dragon and The Wizards...
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Author and journalist Elizabeth Day presents a podcast called How To Fail. She explains to Emma Clegg how she has...
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Bath Festivals have announced that the 2020 Bath Children’s Literature Festival will not go ahead this autumn. The decision has been taken because of the continuing concern and uncertainty about the spread of the Coronavirus and what this means for social distancing and best hygiene practices. There had been hopes...
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Will Young has been making big impressions both musically and personally since the day he stood up firmly to Simon...
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Mark Kermode appeared at The Bath Festival last year, playing the double bass with his skiffle band, The Dodge Brothers....
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Rising saxophonist Jess Gillam gave a stellar performance at the Concert For The People of Bath in 2019. In the much-lamented absence of The Bath Festival this year, we remember the thrills of that concert with Jessica Hope’s interview with Jess ahead of her performance last year “Classical music is...
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The Bath Festival – with many of this year’s events now being rescheduled for the autumn and for May next...
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Author and illustrator Kate Pankhurst – a descendant of Emmeline Pankhurst – is more qualified than some to wave a...
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Beethoven’s life was full of drama and this was closely reflected in his music. Emma Clegg talks to Beethoven expert and Classic FM presenter John Suchet ahead of six performances of Beethoven’s string quartets in Bath, which chart his descent into deafness “If you go to a Beethoven concert, you...