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Bath Literature Festival
23 Feb - 2 March 2008
Bath
Literature Festival Website.
An impressive array of literary talent comes to Bath to provide an
absorbing series of lectures,
interviews, readings and after dinner speeches.
Each day has about 6 speakers offering a short talks and signing
copies of their books afterwards. It has now become a welcome opening
to Bath's festival season.
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Bath
International Music Festival
21 May
- 7 June 2008
Bath
International Music Festival Website
Started by Sir Yehudi Menuhin in the 1950s
this event continues to be
one of the UK's premier music festivals, attracting
a host of World class names in
jazz and classical
music. The new Artistic Director Joanna
MacGregor, the famed pianist, has
revamped the programme and the way the opening celebrations
run - check out the website for full
details and details of ticket purchase.
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Bath
Flower Show
3 - 5 May
2008 Bath
Flower Show Website
This established show, now in its 22nd
year, is held over the May Bank Holiday weekend in the beautiful
surroundings of the Royal Victoria Park. The inaugural Bath Flower
Show was commissioned to celebrate the centenary of the Botanical
Gardens (in 1987), a stone's throw away from the showground, and
well worth a visit for its beauty and peace.
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Bath Fringe Festival
23 May
- 8 June 2008
Bath
Fringe Website
Running
alongside the main Bath Music Festival, the Fringe events comprise
contemporary art, drama, comedy, street theatre and music concerts
across many Bath venues. Highlights include the Bedlam Fair - an
art weekend on the street, The Walcot Independence Day - this
particular street declares its independence from Bath and
celebrates with a mini-carnival.
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Royal Bath
& West Show
28 May -31 May 2008
Bath
& West Show Website
Based a little outside Bath in Shepton Mallet,
The Bath & West Agricultural Show
is where all aspects of farming and rural life can be seen,
from the best of British livestock to the latest business
innovations in farming. The show offers the perfect day out for
the whole family; the best for shopping, food, flowers, crafts,
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Jane Austen Festival
19 - 28 September 2008
Jane
Austen Festival
Now in it's seventh year this literary festival is anything but stuffy -
loads of Georgian period dressing ups, balls, quill writing shops,
Austen walking tours, talks and theatre productions.
Check out the festival
website for more details.
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Bath Mozart Festival
7 - 16 November 2008
Bath Mozart
Festival Website
Various venues across Bath offer one of the most intensive Mozart festivals
in Britain, which attracts some of the best exponents of the
Austrian prodigy's music. Check out the Festival website for a
full program of the events. Go Wolfy!
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