Pick of Diary Events in Bath
Fri 1 Nov. Bath Abbey: The Four Seasons and The Lark Ascending by Candlelight with the London Concertante. 7.30pm.
Fri 1 Nov. Bath Racecourse. Fireworks. 7.30pm. See their website for details and tickets.
Sat 2 Nov. Bath Rotary Club. Fireworks at the Rec. Gates will open at 4.30pm, giving a chance to buy refreshments and choose your spot. All funds raised will go to our two main charities for the event The Glasshouse Academy, creating positive lifestyles for the next generation, and Southside, supporting individuals and families living in Bath and North East Somerset to make positive changes in their lives and to other Rotary supported charities. Advance booking only. No tickets available on the gate.
Tue 5 Nov. The Forum. Fulltone Orchestra in concert with Cantiamo. A performance of Enya’s Watermark Album. Watermark was Enya’s second studio album but was her first major commercial success. It catapulted her to international fame, largely due to the popularity of the hit single Orinoco Flow. Cantiamo features 15 female singers. 7.30pm.
Wed 6 Nov. Beckford’s Tower Talk at Widcombe Social Club. 7.00pm. Dr Amy Frost to talk about Beckford’s Tower which has recently undergone a £3.9million conservation and reimagining project supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Wed 6 Nov. Galdem – Young Women’s Group. Bath City Centre Youth Space. At 28 Southgate St, Bath. Some new groups in the City Centre have recently started that young people can come along to if they would like. All of these are open to all young people 11-19 (yr7+ and up to 25 if additional needs). Galdem is a space for empowering, supporting and enabling young women. In Galdem young women can just get together, chat over what ever they want to, make some crafts and enjoy being together as young women.
Thu 7 Nov. Tiny Tales – Picture Book Reading Group. Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath York Street. The group meets every first Thursday of the month at 9:30am. Each month they will select a handful of brilliant new picture books which the booksellers will read to the group. It will last for approximately 45 minutes. Tiny Tales is for children aged 2 to 5 years-old. They will have stories, colouring-in, and silly games as well as juice and biscuits for 45 minutes of fun. It’s free of charge, but we would appreciate it if you could sign up to help them estimate numbers. Parents and carers are asked to stay and have a coffee. 9:30am-10:15am.
Fri 8 Nov. Widcombe Social Club. Free live music. 5.30pm-9pm.
Fri 8-Sat 16 Nov. Bath Mozartfest 2024. For over 30 years Bath Mozartfest has built an enviable reputation for artistic excellence in chamber and orchestral music. For a list of concerrts see https://bathmozartfest.org.uk/
Sat 9 Nov. Bath Craft Fair. Weston Free Church & Hall (Moravian) High Street, Weston, Bath. Stroll through the stalls of the talented local crafters and local businesses at the Bath Craft Fair every second Saturday.12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Thu 14 Nov. Talk: Decoding Teaching and Pedagogic Research. Bath Medical Museum. In collaboration with the Centre for Learning Enhancement And Research at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Free but registration is essential at enquiries@bathmedicalmuseum.org. 2pm.
Thu 14 Nov. Victoria Art Gallery. Art Store Tours. Join a curator and explore the wonderful paintings, drawings and sculptures in the permanent collection housed in Victoria Art Gallery’s art stores. 12pm-12:45pm.
Fri 15 Nov. Mission Theatre. Mozart by Candlelight. 7:30pm The Bristol Ensemble’s highly entertaining Mozart by Candlelight concert takes you on a journey through some of Mozart’s best loved works with interesting and amusing anecdotes offering an insight into the mind of this genius composer.
Sat-Sun 16-17 Nov. Widcombe Christmas Market. 10.30am-4pm. Widcombe Social Club, The Natural Theatre and St Matts Church Bath, BA2 6AA. See http://www.widcombechristmasmarket.com/
Sun 17 Nov. Green Park Station. Bath Independent Market. Explore the Bath Independent Market for unique gifts, precious gems and new experiences. Make sure to take a walk through the stalls at Green Park Station. From 11am.
Thu 21 Nov, The Argyle String Orchestra Winter Concert. St Luke’s Church, Wellsway, Bath. The programme features, amongst other works, Bach’s beautiful Concerto in D minor for two violins and Vaughan William’s Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. Homemade cakes and hot drinks available during the interval. Tickets £10 on the door or £9 online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/argyle-string-orchestra. www.facebook.com/ArgyleStringOrchestra 7.30pm.
Fri 22 Nov. Bath Spa University. Goat Song. A highly visceral style of performance with live vocal-looping, and stunningly poetic visual imagery. A theatricalised music gig, touching on death, love and music’s transformative power through catastrophic times 7.30pm.
Sat 23 Nov, Bear Flat Artists Christmas Art Fair and Market. 10am to 5pm, Free Entry. Methodist Church Hall, off Wellsway, Bruton Ave, Bear Flat. Festive event with handmade gifts and unique affordable artwork on sale including ceramics, glass, illustration, jewellery, mosaics, paintings, photography, prints, sculpture, wood turning, festive tree decorations and more. Buy direct from artists and makers and find out about the making processes. www.bearflatartists.co.uk
Fri 29 Nov. Male choir in concert at Komedia. Only Men Aloud present A Merry Little Christmas. They were formed in the year 2000, with the hope they could inject some new life and blood into the Welsh Male Choir tradition.7pm.
Thu 28 Nov-Sun 15 Dec. Bath Christmas Market. Bath Abbey area with over 230 chalets, food and drink stalls, and a light display.
Wed-Sat, 4-7 Dec. Mission Theatre. Ruddigore by WS Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Presented by Bath Gilbert and Sullivan Society. 7:30pm. Mat Sat 2pm. When shy, retiring Robin Oakapple is uncovered as the villainous Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd, inheritor of the curse of Ruddigore which compels him to commit a crime each day, his romance with the faultlessly virtuous Rose Maybud is doomed. But things take a turn for the worse when he struggles to fulfil the curse, and his ancestors’ portraits begin to haunt him.
Sat 7 Dec. Christmas Choral Concert. St Stephen’s Church, Lansdown. With CitySound Voices choir with The Harmonics and mezzo-soprano Cassie Dalby, as they
perform Christmas Magic, a sparkling programme of seasonal music. The concert is in aid of The Peggy Dodd Centre. £12 (under 18s £5) on the door. 7.30pm.
Tue 10 Dec. Christmas Concert for the RUH. All Saints Church, Weston. The evening will be hosted by celebrity antiques expert Paul Martin, with live performances from local choirs, bands and solo musicians, readings from local members of the community and RUH staff members, your chance to win brilliant festive prizes in our Christmas raffle and enjoy seasonal refreshments and delicious festive treats. 6-8:30pm. Adult tickets at £16 and Child tickets at £7. Tickets available at https://ruhx.org.uk/events/christmas-concert/
Picks of Diary Events outside Bath
Sat 2 Nov. Bridgwater and more Somerset Carnivals. The nation’s oldest carnival and one of the world’s largest illuminated processions. Get there early as around 80,000 people line the streets of the Somerset town – the procession starts at 6pm. If you can’t make that date then there is a whole list of carnivals in Somerset: Burnham on Sea – Monday 4th November 2024 @ 19.30 hrs; Weston Super Mare – Friday 8th November 2024 @ 19.00 hrs; North Petherton – Saturday 9th November 2024 @ 19.00 hrs; Midsomer Norton – Monday 11th November 2024 @ 19.30 hrs; Shepton Mallet – Wednesday 13th November 2024 @ 19.30 hrs; Wells – Friday 15th November 2024 @ 19.00 hrs; Glastonbury – 16th November 2024 @ 18.45 hrs.
Fri 8 Nov. Downend near Bristol. Fireworks Display. Westerleigh Road. Round Table event. Tickets in advance only from https://downendrt.co.uk/buy-tickets.
Theatre Picks in Bath
Mission Theatre
Friday 1st & Saturday 2nd November, 2:00pm & 6:30pm Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, adapted by Jacob Hulland. Tuesday 26th – Saturday 30th Nov.
Tuesday 26th – Saturday 30th November A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. 7:30pm. Matinee Saturday 30th November, 2:00pm. Conor has been haunted by a recurring dream every night since his mum fell ill. But now, something else is haunting Conor – something wild, powerful, and unpredictable. There’s a monster at Conor’s window and it wants the truth from him.
Rondo Theatre
Sat 2 Nov. The Little Mermaid. 7pm. Dance show created by Sarah Sigley. Presented by New Works Ballet Theatre. Based on the classic Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale, it is a story of friendship, life under the sea, unexpected love, and even a dancing seahorse!
Wed 6-Sat 9 Nov. The Real Inspector Hound. By Tom Stoppard. Presented by Playing Up Theatre Company. When critics Moon and Birdboot settle down to review a play, little could they know where the evening would take them. Tom Stoppard’s play within a play hilariously parodies a manor house murder mystery, with outrageous red herrings, unclear motives, sudden deaths, romantic intrigue and unexpected reveals of identity. 7:30pm. Community Theatre.
Wed 20 Nov. Double Bill: Crystal and William. Written by Calum Grant. Tic Tac Toe Theatre Company. Crystal is a sex worker who is having her first meeting with a new customer. Unfortunately things quickly take a turn for the worse when she discovers his real identity. William – Ted hides from the press in a rundown bedsit after testifying in court against his own brother, William. This play focuses on the impact a violent crime has on the perpetrator’s immediate family. 8pm. Professional Theatre.
Wed 27-Sat 30 Nov. A Streetcar Named Desire. By Tennessee Williams. Presented by Rondo Theatre Company. Fading Southern Belle, Blanche DuBois, depends on the kindness of strangers and is adrift in the world. When she arrives to stay with her sister Stella in a crowded, boisterous corner of New Orleans, her delusions of grandeur bring her into conflict with Stella’s crude, brutish husband Stanley. 7:30pm. Community Theatre.
Fri 6 Dec. Rock The Tots: Christmas. Steph and Craig are back to give you and your little ones some Christmas Cheer! This gig will be packed full of wonderful, familiar Christmas tunes. 11am. Age 0-6, and their adults.
Theatre Royal Main House
Thu 24 Oct-Sat 2 Nov. Summer 1954. Table Number Seven and The Browning Version by Terence Rattigan. Evenings 7.30pm. Matinees Thurs & Sat 2.30pm. Double bill of Rattigan plays with Nathaniel Parker and Dame Siân Phillips in an ensemble cast.
Tue-Sat 12-16 Nov. Filumena. Amidst the heat of a Neapolitan spring, Filumena Marturano (Felicity Kendal) lies on her deathbed, waiting to marry the man who has kept her as his mistress for twenty-five years. No sooner than they are married, she makes a miraculous recovery. Matinees Weds, Thurs & Sat 2.30pm.
Mon-Sat 20-15 Nov. Birdsong. Sebastian Faulks’s epic story of love and loss returns to the stage marking the 30th anniversary of the international best-selling novel. Matinees Weds, Thurs & Sat 2.30pm.
Thu 12 Dec-Sun 12 Jan. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Pantomime with Olivia Birchenough, Jon Monie, Nick Wilton, Emma Norman and George Olney.
The Egg
Wed-Thu 6-7 Nov. Flock. Drama by Lin Coghlan. Robbie wants nothing more than to be a grown up, and live with his sister Cel. Cel wants to go to university and find the kind of love her mother never had. They both want to be free from the care system. 7pm. Age 14+.
Fri 29 Nov-Sun 5 Jan. Snow Mouse. Performed by Caroline Garland or Oliver Langdon Step into a winter wonderland where the woods are blanketed in white. As a child hurries to put on their winter clothes and run outside to play in the sparkly new world. 9.30am, 11.30am & 1.30pm. Age 6mths-4yrs.
Ustinov Studio
Fri 1-Sat 2 Nov. Funny Mummy. Alyssa Kyria in her one woman show that includes jokes and songs about everything from pregnancy to play dates, Whatsapp groups to school runs.
Fri 29 Nov- Sat 11 Jan. Robin Hood. Written by Daniel Bye. The legend of Robin Hood pulses with the irrepressible spirit of youthful friendships and the quest for a fairer world, igniting this timeless tale for a new generation.
Theatre Picks outside Bath
Axbridge Town Hall
Wed-Sat 20-23 Nov. A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Community theatre production of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy transported to a 21st century rock festival.
Bristol Old Vic
Wed 2 Oct – Sat 2 Nov. Reverberation. Adapted After a personal tragedy, Jonathan has withdrawn from the world, with little social life beyond the men he meets online. When the enigmatic free spirit Claire moves into the flat upstairs, she tries to coax him out of his shell. Drawn together by a mutual need for emotional attachment, they form a connection, but the past eventually reverberates into the present, threatening the happiness they’ve found.
Thu 5 Dec-Sat 11 Jan. The Little Mermaid. Written by Sonali Bhattacharyya. Directed by Miranda Cromwell. A re-imagining of the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale about love, hope, and how no one is too small to change the world.
Redgrave Theatre, Bristol
Sat 23-Sat 30 Nov. Treasure Island. Bristol Old Vic Theatre School production based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
Exhibition Picks in Bath
American Museum, Bath. Claverton. American Road Trip. 9 Mar-31, Dec, 2024. Images, sounds and sets allowing you to experience a trip across the USA.
Herschel Museum of Astronomy. It is located in a town house at 19 New King Street that was formerly the home of William Herschel and his sister Caroline and features a permanent display of prints, objects and everyday items from the Georgian era when the Herschels lived there including telescopes.
Holburne Museum. At the heart of the Holburne Museum is the collection of Sir William Holburne (1793-1874), fifth baronet of Menstrie. William seemed destined for a naval career but, following the death of his elder brother Francis, he inherited the family title and a modest fortune. He left the navy and embarked on an eighteen-month Grand Tour of Europe, visiting Italy, the Alps and the Netherlands. This sparked a life-long interest in art and his enthusiasm for collecting. He particularly loved bronze sculptures, silver, porcelain and Dutch landscapes. Exhibitions: Neon Dreams: Chila Kumari Singh Burman until 12 January 2025; Uncanny Visions: Paula Rego and Francisco de Goya until 5 January 2025.
Museum of Bath at Work. Julian Rd, Bath BA1 2RH. Enter the world of working Bath through a series of authentically reconstructed workplaces, workshops and display galleries. Exhibition: All Day Long: The Workers of Bath in Fifty Portrait Photographs; Developing Health & Independence (DHI), the local social inclusion charity, is celebrating its 25th anniversary with an exhibition from 5-8 Nov.
Museum of East Asian Art. MEAA’s collections consist of some 2,000 objects. The majority of these are of Chinese origin, spanning from 5,000 BC to the present. The tea ceremonies run on Thursdays every month. Kimono: The Making of a Cultural Icon. 5 July 2024 to 14 December 2024. MEAA, in partnership with The Ezen Foundation, is excited to reveal that our new exhibition will celebrate the beauty of the Japanese kimono.
Victoria Art Gallery. Exhibition: Bath Society of Artists 119th Annual Open Exhibition from 13 Oct to 11 Jan to 2025. Browse and buy from a huge variety of artworks by some the region’s top artistic talent.
Exhibition Picks outside Bath
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery. Queens Road. Exhibitions: Bristol Photo Festival: Hashem Shakeri – Staring into the Abyss. His images capture daily life as the country readjusts to life under the Taliban. Until 12 January 2025; Wildlife Photographer of the Year 60. 100 stunning photographs showcasing Earth’s extraordinary diversity and highlighting the fragility of wildlife on our planet. Until 27 April 2025.
Bristol. Georgian House Museum. Bristol Photo Festival: Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah – The House is a Body. Akosua Viktoria Adu-Sanyah is a German-Ghanaian artist. Her work centres upon the colour darkroom, where she uses the materials of photography, paper, light and time, to investigate familial bonds, personal loss, identity and structures of institutional power. Until 31 December.
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