Pick of Diary Events in Bath
Sat 18 Oct- Sat 1 Nov. After Dark – Nights to Die For at Mary Shelley’s House of Frankenstein. 37 Gay Street, Bath. Those who dare to enter will experience the psychological paranoia of total darkness, confinement and an assault on all the senses as they venture over five floors of torment, whilst encountering hellish characters that tap into our most deep-seated fears.Sat 1 Nov. City of Bath PC Larkhall Sports Club, Charlcombe Lane, Bath. 9:30 am-1pm. Monthly melee. Open Melee on the 1st Saturday of every month Registration 9.15 – 9.45am – for a 10am start. £3 per person to enter. Games are 4 x 25 minutes. This is open to all members and non-members. All abilities welcome.
Sat 1 Nov. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution.16-18 Queen Square. History Festival. 9:45am – 5:30pm. Various speakers, Richard III, Abbey burials, Tudor portraits and much, much more. It’s our full-day festival of history!
Sat 1 Nov. Bath Rec. Firework Display. Gates open 4.30pm. Tickets are available online from www.RotaryBath.org.uk or the Bath Box Office website.
Sat 1 Nov. Walcot State Choir. Rondo Theatre. 7:30pm. Full £10 Concs £7. Walcot State Choir celebrates their 25th anniversary concert; old favourites, and glorious new songs to celebrate the voices, community, and friendships in full voices together. We sing together, support each other, enjoy joyful times and travels. Come and share this evening of song with us. Running Time: Approximately 1 hour, 40 minutes (including interval)
Sun 2 Nov. Widcombe Social Club. Live music from the Gas Giants All Stars. The celebrated Bathonian multi-instrumentalist and composer Will Gregory and percussionist and electronic wizz Tony Orrell have been creating clever, witty, imaginative and enjoyable jazz-related music in their much-loved duo, the Gas Giants. With guest trombonist Raph Clark and multi-instrumentalists Ross Hughes and Max de Wardener. Doors – 7pm. Music starts – 8pm
Tue 4 Nov. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution.16-18 Queen Square. Rebirth of Plato: Ficino & More with Professor Angie Hobbs. 7.30-9pm. How did Greek literature and thought influence the Renaissance? An upcoming talk on Plato illuminates all!
Wed 5 Nov. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution.16-18 Queen Square. Black Beauty in Bath with Dr Celia Brayfield. How Anna Sewell’s life in and around Bath inspired her much-loved book. 7.30-9pm.
Thu 6 Nov. Museum of Bath at Work. Bath Railway Society talk on the Train Ferries of WW1 and WW2. By Gordon Adams. How Cross-Channel Train Ferries were first introduced during the first World War to move railway equipment to France, and their use in WW2 following commercial introduction of the Harwich-Zeebrugge and DoverCalais Train Ferries between the wars. 7.30pm. All Welcome. Visitors £5. Refreshments available.
Fri 7-Sat 15 Nov. Bath Mozartfest. Concerts in Bathwick, The Forum, Guildhall and Bath Abbey celebrating the composer with links to the city.
Tue 11 Nov. Zoë McGee on Courting Disaster at Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath, York Street. 7pm. What do #MeToo and Jane Austen have in common? More than you might think. Ever since the novel was invented, women have used it as a platform for sharing ideas about sexual consent. Dr Zoe McGee reveals how Jane Austen, Frances Burney and their now-overlooked contemporaries used their stories to try to change society’s mind about rape culture – and to reassure survivors they were not alone.
Wed 12 Nov. Widcombe. Walking Wednesdays. Join us for a friendly stroll in our local landscape. 10:00am. We meet on the 2nd Wednesday of every month, starting at 10am at the west end of Widcombe Parade. Walks last between 1-2 hours and are medium paced. Come dressed for the weather, with suitable footwear and be prepared for a few climbs. Registration not necessary – just turn up!
Wed 12 Nov. Nihongo Hanasoukai. Studio 22, 22c New Bond Street. 6-7pm. Want to learn more about Japanese language and culture? Join the Bath Beppu Friendship Association for an evening where you can learn Japanese and find out more about what happens in our twin city. Book here: zuckermanmieko@gmail.com
Wed 12 Nov. Widcombe Social Club: Meeting of the Widcombe Association. 7.30pm. An opportunity to meet members of the committees and to discuss the work of the Association. All members are encouraged to attend.
Thu 13 Nov. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution.16-18 Queen Square. German culture & history. 7.30-9pm. The German’s Wife: A history of Anglo-German relations 1912-1933, with Professor Lance Pettitt who will explore the relationshi between the two rivals through family secrets and archives.
Tue 18 Nov. St Swithin’s Church, 37 The Paragon. An Evening with Chloe Gong of These Violent Delights. 7pm. Join us for an evening in Bath with bestselling author Chloe Gong to celebrate her new cyberpunk epic: Coldwire. Chloe is the author of the beloved These Violent Delights duology, and has most recently been working on her adult series, Immortal Longings.
Wed 19 Nov. Bath Preservation Trust Talk. Wharf Room, Widcombe Social Club. Dr Amy Frost, celebrated speaker, historian and senior curator of the Bath Preservation Trust will explain how a thriving Widcombe community was demolished in the 1960s to make way for road schemes and redevelopment. This is a story of lost homes, displaced families in the streets around Claverton Street to make way for the A36 road scheme, bus station and later the Southgate shopping centre. The bar will be open at 7pm, and parking will be available in the Prior Park Garden Centre from 6:45pm.
Fri 21 Nov. Japanese Whisky Tasting with Dave Broom at Topping & Company Booksellers in York Street, 7pm. An evening of storytelling and Japanese Whisky from one of the most knowledgeable and entertaining experts in the business, Dave Broom.
Sat 22 Nov. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution.16-18 Queen Square. Free kids’ event. Bath Taps Into Science 2025. A jam-packed day of hands-on science fun. 10am-4pm.
Sat 22 Nov. Bear Flat Artists Christmas Art Fair and Market. 10am to 5pm, Free Entry, Methodist Church Hall, Bruton Ave, Bear Flat BA2 4QJ. Festive event with handmade gifts and unique affordable artwork on sale including ceramics, glass, paintings, photography, prints, illustration, sculpture, wood turning, writing, festive decorations and much more. Buy direct from artists and makers and find out about their making processes. www.bearflatartists.co.uk
Sat 22-Sun 23 Nov. Widcombe Social Club + Natural Theatre Company. The Widcombe Christmas Market is at two venues: Widcombe Social Club and The Natural Theatre Company. The standard of stalls will be high, with far more stallholders applying than we could accommodate. There will be a wide range of items for sale.
Thu 27 Nov. St Swithin’s Church, 37 The Paragon. Carol Ann Duffy for A Christmas Eve Ghost Story. Topping Books present a festive evening of poetry to celebrate the new Christmas poem from Carol Ann Duffy, former Poet Laureate. It’s Christmas Eve in London’s financial district. A billionaire in his penthouse suite is visited by the ghost of Sarah Whitehead, the grief-stricken nun who has haunted the Bank of England for hundreds of years. 7pm.
Thu 27 Nov-Sun14 Dec 2025. Bath Christmas Market. Wooden chalet type huts located in the streets around the Abbey selling a range of gift ideas for Christmas.
Mon 1 Dec. Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution.16-18 Queen Square. Renaissance series. Gutenberg & the European invention of printing. Dr Kristian Jensen. The first media age? Who was Gutenberg, and what motivated him to start a printing revolution? 7:30-9pm.
Picks of Diary Events outside Bath
Sat 1 Nov. Bridgwater Carnival and Somerset carnival season. The annual procession of illuminated carts (not floats in Bridgwater) assembles at around 6pm with the finale of squibbing – hundreds of handheld fireworks by approved officials outside the town hall a sight to behold. Plusr events to celebrate the carnival throughout the week with a fun fair in St Matthew’s Field. Other carnivals across Somerset follow with Burnham on Sea on Mon 3rd Nov; Weston Super Mare Fri 7th; North Petherton Sat 8th Nov; Midsomer Norton Mon 10th Nov; Shepton Mallet Wed12th Nov; Wells Fri 14th Nov; Glastonbury 15th Nov. Parking is a problem at all the towns on carnival night so either go early or for Bridgwater take the train.
7 Nov-23 Dec. Bristol Christmas Market in Broadmead. Craft and gift stalls and entertainment throughout the trading period will include singers, bands, and DJs. Children will enjoy bubble-blowing fairies, balloon artists and Santa.
16 Nov. Wiltshire Music Centre, Bradford on Avon. Bath Symphony Ochestra. The programme includes WAGNER Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Journey from Götterdämmerung; RICHARD STRAUSS Four Last Songs TrV 296; JOHANN STRAUSS II Emperor Waltz Op 437; RICHARD STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier Suite TrV 227d.
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