Pick of Diary Events in Bath
Wed 28 Jan-Mon 16 Feb. ReBalance Bath – Festival of Wellbeing 2026. Lots of feel-good activities, meditation, talks and workshops. For more see https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/rebalance-bath-c7h1
Thu 29 Jan. Rondo Theatre. Alfie Moore: Warm-up Radio Show. 8pm. Admission: £16 • Comedy. Cop-turned-comedian Alfie returns with a brand-new show ahead of recording his BBC Radio 4 comedy It’s a Fair Cop. The audience are sworn in as cops before Alfie shares a real-life scenario from his own casebook. He playfully challenges them to say what they would’ve done – with often unexpected and entertaining results.
Fri 30 Jan. Live Jazz at Walcot House. 7:30pm-11pm. Enjoy Live Jazz on the last Friday of every month at Bread & Jam, downstairs at Walcot House.
Sat 31 Jan. Chapel Arts. Connolly Hayes Band. Connolly Hayes – the electrifying UK Blues Awards 2025 nominees for UK Band of the Year and Album of the Year – are turning heads internationally with their unforgettable fusion of blues, rock, and soul. This powerhouse group features five long-time friends Jess Hayes, Frankie Connolly, Beau Barnard, Joe Mac, and Andy Wilder. 8-1030pm (Doors: 7:30pm).
Sun 1 Feb. Cold Plunge at the Holburne. 8.15-9.30am. £10. The Holburne will host a powerful and symbolic Cold Plunge Event in partnership with Ice Breakers and the ReBalance Bath Festival of Wellbeing. The event will then open to members of the public who wish to take a cold plunge on a Sunday morning.
Wed 4 Feb. The Forum. Bath Philharmonia. Classical music concert featuring Jean Sibelius, Karelia Suite, Dani Howard, Trombone Concerto, Errollyn Wallen, Mighty River, Borodin / Rimsky-Korsakov, Polovtsian Dances. Guest Conductor: Michael Seal. Soloist: Peter Moore. 7.30pm.Tickets from £28.50 / £6 U18 & Students (inc. fees).
Thu 5 Feb. Museum of Bath at Work. Talk on the Industrial Steam Railways of South Wales. The Bath Railway Society’s Peter Brabham will will explain the natural resources geography of the area and explore the diversity of industrial steam locomotives working in the coalfield and at other industrial sites using the photographs of the late John Wiltshire and Derek Chaplin covering the late 1950s to 1970s. For further information, see website – www.bathrailwaysociety.co.uk 7.30PM – 9.30PM. All Welcome Visitors £5. Refreshments available.
Thu 5 Feb. Wind, Tide and Oar. Film at Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution.16-18 Queen Square. (PG) (2024) + Panel discussion. Archaeo-Heritage Film. 18:45 – 20:45. Ticket prices: Pay what you can: £6 / £8 / £10 (inc. fees). Director Huw Wahl turns his lens to engineless sailing, in a thoughtful exploration of nautical heritage. Through a 1960s hand-wound camera, this stunning documentary follows rivers, lakes, and oceans to explore the tangible connection between humans and water. Pensive and reflective, Wind, Tide and Oar is an ode to nature, sustainability and the enduring heritage of sailing. Part of a festival of films about the sea.
Fri 6 Feb. Widcombe Social Club. Free live music: Pete Finch Jazz Band playing a mix of swing standards and ballads, featuring Kait Vox on vocals accompanied by piano, acoustic bass and violin. Doors 5:30, music 7-9, pizza 6-8:30pm. Bar till late. Non-members welcome. www.widcombesocialclub.co.uk
Fri 6 Feb. Burdall’s Yard. Free event at Connection Cafe.10:30am. The National Trust and Bath Assembly Rooms will be hosting their “Connection Cafes” at Burdall’s Yard whilst the latter go under major project work. Bath Assembly Rooms was built in 1771 as a place for social gatherings and making connections. The National Trust recently took back day-to-day management of the property and have a project underway to redevelop the building and create a new visitor experience based around its Georgian History. Join us for free tea, coffee and snacks and an interactive activity by reserving your space today by calling 0344 249 1895 or clicking on the link on the website.
Fri 6 Feb. Chapel Arts Centre. Tribute to Chris Rea with Rea Loaded. 8pm. Ticket Price : £19.80 (inc. fees). Rea-Loaded is a fully live tribute in a journey of a career spanning over 40 years, performing many of the hits such as Road To Hell, Fool If You Think It’s Over, Auberge, Let’s Dance, Stainsby Girls, Josephine and many more.
Sat 7 Feb. Widcombe Social Club. Transmission Indie Disco. Classic old school indie tunes, from punk to new wave to baggy and Britpop. 8pm to 1am. Tickets £7.50/£6.50 www.widcombesocialclub.co.uk
Sat 7 Feb. Bath Bach Choir Choral Workshop at St Mary’s Church, Bathwick. 9.30am-4.30pm. Join Bath Bach Choir to explore one of Bach’s famous cantatas in a day of music making led by musical director Benedict Collins Rice. All are welcome. Register at bathbachchoir.org.uk
Sat 7 Feb. St Marks. Ceilidh. A proper knees-up with a Caledonian tone. 7.30pm.Tickets and info at www.widcombesocialclub.co.uk
Tue 10 Feb. Mission Theatre. The Minerva Series of Lectures 2026 – Periods around the world: How can we deliver menstrual justice? 6pm. Presented by Bath University. Millions of women, girls and trans people around the world still can’t access everything they need for their periods, and even more live with the stigma and discrimination still attached to menstruation.
Thu 12 Feb. Holburne. Christopher Frayling talk on Hollywood History of Art. 7pm. £15. Sir Christopher John Frayling is a British educationalist and writer, known for his study of popular culture, particularly the world of film. This lecture will look at the story of art in tandem with the evolution of Hollywood.
Fri 13 Feb. Paris by Night. Classical concert at The Mission Theatre. 7.30pm. Presented by The Bristol Ensemble. Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Paris by Night, a romantic candlelit evening of music that captures the soul of the City of Light.
Fri 13 Feb. Widcombe Social Club. Free live music: The Poorbox Brothers. Doors 5:30, music, 7-9, pizza 6-8:30pm. Bar till late. Non-members welcome. www.widcombesocialclub.co.uk
Sat 14 Feb. Herschel Museum of Astronomy. Make a Spinning Moon Model. Family fun. Make a model of the Sun, Earth and Moon in orbit, just in time for Lunar New Year! This fun craft activity is a hands-on way to discover the journey the Moon takes around the Earth every month.
Mon 16 Feb. Weston Moravian Church. Talk by Tom Sanday on the enigma of Princess Cariboo. She was Almondsbury’s Princess, Becky Sharp, Jane Austen and Lara Croft all Rolled into One. 7.30pm. A Weston Local History Society event. The Society meets on the third Monday of the month at The Moravian Church High Street, Weston, Bath, BA1 4DB.
Thu 19 Feb. Toppings Book Shop. Talk on George Orwell. 7pm. Join Robert Colls to celebrate his latest publication- George Orwell: Life and Legacy. This event will be chaired by John Gray, author of Feline Philosophy and The New Leviathans.
Thu 19-Sat 21 Feb. Bath Opera at The Roper Theatre, Haysfield School with Bizet’s Carmen. Passion, jealousy, and fate — a fully staged production of one of opera’s most passionate and dramatic tales. Set in sun-drenched Seville, Carmen tells the story of a free-spirited woman whose defiance and desire lead to love, jealousy, and tragedy. This vibrant new production features a talented cast of professional, emerging, and experienced singers, supported by Bath Opera’s accomplished chorus. The performance is conducted by Francis Faux and directed by Naomi Rose-Mock, with Bath Opera’s orchestra bringing Bizet’s unforgettable music to life. Sung in English with surtitles. Approx. 2 and 3⁄4 hours including interval. Tickets £30/£20/ £10. Bath box Office.
Thu 19–Sat 21 Feb. Bach Festival. A celebration of J S Bach and his contemporaries. Various concerts. Bath Box Office for tickets. This year’s Bachfest performances trace several interlinking lines from the beginnings of the baroque to Gluck’s early classical works, with Bach at its core. Solomon’s Knot mark their first visit to Bath with a narrated performance of early English baroque masterpieces. The Italian and French baroque, so integral to Bach’s development, is represented by Corelli, Vivaldi, Couperin and Rameau. Some of Bach’s most famous creations will be heard, including his Goldberg Variations, Well-Tempered Clavier, cantatas and solo violin works. A specially formed ensemble of outstanding musicians will perform, before regular visitors The Sixteen and Harry Christophers bring the weekend to a close at Bath Abbey. See https://bathbachfest.co.uk/
Fri 20 Feb. Widcombe Social Club. Free live music: Jonnie Melancholy and the Sad Cowboys with an infectious blend of country, blues and folk. Expect rich harmonies, old ballads, love songs and some bluegrass. Doors 5:30, music 7-9, pizza 6-8:30pm. Bar till late. Non- members welcome. www.widcombesocialclub.co.uk
Sun 22 Feb. Widcombe Social Club. Off The Wall Films presents The Blue Caftan. (French with sub-titles) In the medina of Salé, Morocco master tailor Halim is commissioned to fashion a magnificent gold-embroidered royal blue caftan. A talented apprentice, Youssef is engaged and drama ensues. Doors 5:30, film 6:30. Pre-screening supper available. www.widcombesocialclub.co.uk
Tue 24 Feb. Bath Abbey. United 4 Peace. A Ukrainian concert fundraiser by the Friends of Oleksandriya – Bath’s Ukrainian sister city. 7:30pm. The programme includes an original String Nonet by violinist Illia Bondarenko and audiovisual work “A Woman’s War” by composer Kornélia Nemcová and artist Natália Štojková. Illia Bondarenko and Kerenza Peacock will unite for the concert. Together with seven instrumentalists including violist Steven Doman, cellist Wallis Power, double bassist Roger McCann they will perform Bondarenko’s original String Nonet. Join us to discover Bondarenko’s beautiful instrumental composition and a new version of “A Woman’s War”, uniting with vocal trio The Ruffians, Bath’s Argyle String Orchestra, and a host of volunteer vocalists in the stunning setting of Bath Abbey. More at www.friendsofo.co.uk and tickets at https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/
Tue 24-Wed 25 Feb. Ustinov. Orpheus Dismembered. Storyteller Ben Haggarty, and musician Jonah Brody, become guides to the dark places. Enter a subterranean dreamscape to meet Dionysus – God of Wine, born once from his mother and again from Zeus; Orpheus who can only find love through separation; Eurydice and Persephone eternally bound to the land of the dead; and Aphrodite scattering the seeds of chaos through which we must wade to find sense. Ben Haggarty reads between the lines of Greek Mythology to restores them to their terrifying and truly awesome glory.
Thu 26 Feb. Toppings Book Shop. Author Tim Weaver on his new novel The Lost Women. 7pm.
Fri 27 Feb. Widcombe Social Club. Free live music: Four on Six, a ukulele and guitar duo playing ragtime, jazz, American folk, Hawaiian, classical and pop classics. Doors 5:30, music 7-9, pizza 6-8:30pm. Bar till late . Non-members welcome. www.widcombesocialclub.co.uk
Sat 28 Feb. Widcombe Social Club. All of the Above presents an evening with multi-award-winning jazz guitar maestro Martin Taylor. Doors 6.30pm, show 8pm. Tickets £22/£20. Pre-show supper available. www.widcombesocialclub.co.uk
Sat 28 Feb. All Saints Church. Cappella Nova: In Paradisum – Fauré Requiem. 7.30 pm. All Saints Church, Church Street, Weston, Bath BA1 4BU. A concert of choral music featuring the masterpiece that is Fauré’s Requiem, along with Ola Gjeilo’s evocation of the Northern Lights and music by French and British composers. £15/£8 www.cappellanova.org.uk
Sat14 Mar. City Sound Voices Bath Mosaic of Music. Christ Church, Julian Road BA1 2RH. 7.30pm. Join Matt Finch and CitySound Voices choir, together with the West of England Music and Arts Schools Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by David Garcia, as they perform Mosaic of Music, a sparkling medley of choral and orchestral pieces. This concert is in aid of Voices for Life, a charity that uses the power of music to help children grow in confidence and wellbeing. Tickets £10 (under 18s free) from citysound.org.uk or at the door.
Tue 17 Mar. The Forum. Don McCullin in Conversation with Mariella Frostrup. 7pm. £26. Don McCullin celebrates his 90th year, with an exhibition at the Holburne as he reflects on his career as a photojournalist.
Wed 18 Mar. The Forum. Zandra Rhodes in Conversation with Rosemary Harden. 7pm. £26. Dame Zandra Rhodes talks to Rosemary Harden, Curator of A Life in Print at The Holburne.
Fri 15 May. Party in the City. Starts at 5.30pm. Live music with 2,000 singers and musicians at 39 venues and it’s completely free to attend! Enjoy everything from acoustic/pop, blues, folk, funk/soul, jazz and blues, and indie/rock through to choral and classical. Hear live music at Komedia, in Parade Gardens, the Guildhall, Bath Abbey, Green Park Station and many other venues around the city.
Sat 16-Sun 24 May. Bath Literature Festival. With 10 days of events, talks and workshops established in 1995, the Bath Literature Festival is part of The Bath Festival, a multi-arts festival with literature and music at the heart.
Pick of Diary Events outside Bath
Mon 16 Feb. Salisbury Museum. Talk by Lord Burnett on role of the courts in modern Britain. The courts’ role in upholding constitutional law and human rights has never been more hotly debated. The Rt Hon. The Lord Burnett of Maldon, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 2017 to 2023, reflects on his years at the helm of the judiciary. During his tenure, he worked with six Lord Chancellors, guided the courts through the COVID-19 pandemic, and helped steer the justice system through times of unprecedented scrutiny. Lord Burnett will discuss the vital importance of public trust in the judiciary, exploring how it can be strengthened, and how it may be undermined by perceptions of bias, corruption, or political influence. 7pm. Tickets: £20.
Mon 16 Feb. Bristol. Exciting Science Show at The Redgrave Theatre. Fun and fact-filled experiments, watch in amazement as we recreate a volcanic eruption; turn a vacuum cleaner into a missile launcher or take aim at you with our smoke blaster! 11am and 2pm. £15.55.
Bath Voice and Local Democracy Reporters
The journalists are funded by the BBC as part of its latest Charter commitment, but are employed by regional news organisations. A total of 165 reporters are allocated to news organisations in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland including Bath Voice. These organisations range from television and radio stations to online media companies and established regional newspaper groups. Local Democracy Reporters cover top-tier local authorities, second-tier local authorities and other public service organisations.
Bath Voice Monthly Newspaper is distributed free to thousands of homes and some supermarkets – distributed from the first of the month. Harry Mottram is the News Editor
Email him at news@bathvoice.co.uk Bath website: https://bathvoice.co.uk/news/
Bath Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/bdtf2kep Also on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bath_voice And Bluesky @bathvoicenews.bsky.social And also on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/harrymottram6/
Read the newspaper online at :https://issuu.com/bathvoice
To advertise to thousands of Bathonians call Shaun on 07540 383870 or email him on sales@bathvoice.co.uk