Party At the Museum! Up Late at The Holburne with Bath Children's Literature Festival
2025-09-26 17:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | The Holburne Museum, Bath, BA2 4DB
Celebrate the start of the Bath Children’s Literature Festival. Meet some of your favourite book characters, join in with art classes, have your nails done at the Unicorn Academy Nail Bar and get ready for some Pokemon fun . . . there will be competitions and proof giveaways! Join the party!

This is a FREE drop-in event.

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STUDENT EVENT RETURNS TO SOUTHGATE BATH WITH BIG BRAND DISCOUNTS AND GIVEAWAYS
2025-09-27 09:00 - 18:00 | SouthGate Bath, 12 Southgate Street, Bath, BANES, BA1 1AQ, United Kingdom
To celebrate the return of the city’s students for another year, SouthGate Bath is hosting an exclusive night of offers and discounts as part of its popular annual Student Shopping Event.

Taking place on Saturday 27th of September from 9am until 6pm, students can enjoy discounts of up to 20% from big-brand names including Rituals, Oliver Bonas, Lululemon, Office and many more at the centre’s Student Shopping Event.

This year’s event will also give students the chance to enter the drop-shot challenge with hundreds of prizes up for grabs, whilst the first 500 students to sign up for the newsletter at the event desk will receive a limited-edition tote bag to takeaway.

Students will also be able to cast their vote in the Charity Ball Drop to support their choice of three local charities, Bath Cats and Dogs Homes, Student Mind and the Bath Foodbank, and share welcoming messages packed with positive vibes on a fun Manifestation Wall, helping to foster a sense of community ahead of the new term.

Some of the leading retailers offering discounts include:• Hollister – 20% off• Rituals – Exclusive gift when spending £35 or more, plus 20% off with Unidays• Typo – 20% off• Oliver Bonas- 10% off with Student Beans• Sunglass Hut – 15% off

Students can also enjoy offers on the centre’s wide range of restaurants including:• Slim Chickens – 10% off• Ludo – 10% off plus a free drink when you take part in their Rugby Challenge.• Krispy Kreme – 4 original glazed donuts for £5• Pizza Express – free doughballs with each main ordered plus 20% off with Unidays• Smashburger – meal deal for just £4.99

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Bath Students' Fair
2025-09-27 11:00 - 16:00 | Komedia Bath, 22-23 Westgate St, Bath, BA1 1EP, United Kingdom
Get to know Bath’s community & nightlife at Komedia’s very first Bath Students’ Fair! With over 30 stalls, there’s plenty to explore from businesses across the city centre.

Page One Creative Writing Classes
2025-09-27 11:30 - 13:30, 2025-10-04 11:30 - 13:30, 2025-10-11 11:30 - 13:30, 2025-10-18 11:30 - 13:30, 2025-10-25 11:30 - 13:30, 2025-11-01 11:30 - 13:30, 2025-11-08 11:30 - 13:30, 2025-11-15 11:30 - 13:30 and 1 more date | The Hub, Mulberry Way, Mulberry Park, Combe Down, Bath, BA2 5BU, United Kingdom
Page One is running a series of creative writing classes for adult learners at The Hub. The class is organised and taught by writer, editor, and Bath Spa University alumni Kasha-Faye Pascoe. Each week, participants will learn a broad range of storytelling elements, take part in writing exercises, and critique each other’s writing in a safe and constructive workshop environment. And the best part? It’s completely free!

Praise for Page One: The classes have been described by previous participants as “informative”, “engaging”, “welcoming”, “comprehensive”, “wonderfully supportive” and the “perfect introduction to writing”. See more testimonials at bit.ly/pageonetestimonials.

The Bath Beatles Experience Band
2025-09-29 20:00 - 22:30, 2025-10-27 20:00 - 22:30 | The West Gate, 38 Westgate Street, Bath, BANES, BA1 1EL, United Kingdom
In celebration of the live Tribute to The Beatles’ performance in the Bath Pavilion Hall on June 10th 1963 as part of The Bath Beatles Experience UK Tour with Roy Orbison.

The Tribute takes place at The West Gate pub on Westgate Street every Monday evening.

Phil Cooper Live in Session at the Electric Bar
2025-10-05 14:00 - 16:00 | Komedia Bath, 22-23 Westgate St, Bath, BA1 1EP, United Kingdom
Phil Cooper is a contemporary folk-pop troubadour based in Bristol. He is best known as one third of folk / americana trio The Lost Trades, and you may have seen him performing solo for the best part of two decades, sharing the stage with the likes of Badly Drawn Boy, The Bluetones, Mark Chadwick and many more. His vocals and varied song writing have been compared to the likes of James Taylor, Neil Finn (Crowded House), Glenn Tilbrook (Squeeze), Stephen Stills and Glen Hansard.

A live performance with Phil is friendly and engaging and you’ll be sure to laugh and cry, all whilst tapping your feet, and humming along to the instantly catchy melodies he weaves

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Opening Up The Archive Workshop at Fairfield House
2025-10-09 11:00 - 14:30 | Fairfield House, 2 Kelston Road, Bath, BANES, BA1 3QJ, United Kingdom
This interactive workshop invites you to explore the power of archives, especially those rooted in Black cultural institutions and how they might shape inclusive, open, community-engaged research.

Together, we’ll challenge traditional ideas of what an archive is, who holds it, and how stories are told and by who. Through conversation, creativity, and reflection, we’ll explore the concept of living, shifting, sacred and intangible archives, recognising that each person carries knowledge, memory, and history.

This event is open to all and designed to be welcoming, creative, and thought-provoking. Whether you’re an artist, activist, or simply curious, about storytelling, history, and inclusive knowledge-making. your voice and story are valued. This event is free but booking is essential.

This project brings together national expertise and local heritage, positioning Bath as a site of radical inclusion, critical reflection, and research integrity in action and a collaboration between University of Bath Public Engagement Unit and Fairfield House.

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World Mental Health Day at the Holburne
2025-10-11 10:30 - 15:30 | The Holburne Museum, Bath, BA2 4DB
Join a day of community connection, creativity and wellbeing, as The Holburne Museum marks World Mental Health Day 2025.

All welcome!

Discover fun and creative ways to support your wellbeing in the beautiful surroundings of the Holburne Museum and Sydney Gardens. Lots on offer throughout the day:

⭐ Creative workshops (Printmaking, Make a Dreamcatcher, Nature-based craft & more) including a drop-in session for young people and adults (11+ yrs and over) from 2-3pm

⭐ Wellbeing sessions (Mindfulness, Breathwork, Stress busting & more)

⭐ Mindful walk in Sydney Gardens with Ecowild

⭐ Storytelling workshop

⭐ Advice & info from 20+ local support services

⭐ Blood pressure checks with a community pharmacist

Plus, music in the Picture Gallery:

⭐ 1.30-3pm Bath Tub Community Orchestra

⭐ 3-3.30pm Choir (Soundwell Singing for Wellbeing Group)

Please collect a FREE wristband when you arrive (at the front of the museum from 10.30am). Your wristband will give you access to:

❤️ All activities and workshops (these will be offered first come, first served, see timetable on the day)

❤️ The whole museum, including exhibitions!

❤️ Delicious soup and roll made by Bath City Farm.

This event is hosted by the Holburne (Pathways to Wellbeing), in partnership with Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust, Bath City Farm, Bath Mind, BaNES Parent & Carer Forum, Wellbeing Courses, Soundwell Music Therapy & the Assembly Rooms.

Stand Strong Against Disability Hate: B&NES National Hate Crime Awareness Week Event
2025-10-12 11:30 - 13:00 | Bath Sports and Leisure Centre, North Parade Road, Bathwick, Bath, BANES, BA2 4ET, United Kingdom
For the fourth year running, Nova Sports & Coaching, Avon and Somerset Police and Bath Romans are teaming up with some fantastic local organisations that support the disabled community in B&NES.

This is a free event with no need to book ahead, simply turn up on the day!

Queer Coffee Social
2025-10-12 14:00 - 16:00 | Boston Tea Party – Alfred Street, 8 Alfred Street, Bath, BANES, BA1 2QU, United Kingdom
Coffee Cake and Chat – Monthly Queer Coffee Social at Boston Tea Party, Alfred Street.

Any and all are welcome to drop by on the 2nd Sunday of the month for this LGBQ+ social. No booking necessary, just show up, kick back and enjoy a top notch brew and a nibble while you catch up with old friends and make some new ones!

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Around About Dusk Live in Session at the Electric Bar
2025-10-12 14:00 - 16:00 | Komedia Bath, 22-23 Westgate St, Bath, BA1 1EP, United Kingdom
Around About Dusk offers a unique journey through the vibrant fusion of New Orleans jazz, European folk, and old-time influences, coming together in a distinct repertoire.

From European busking festivals to gatherings around English campfires, Around About Dusk radiates warmth. Their music, featuring captivating melodies and harmonies, tells tales of wonder and nature with nods to chanson, early jazz, and folk.

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Periods around the world: How can we deliver menstrual justice?
2025-10-14 18:00 - 19:30 | The Mission Theatre, 32 Corn Street, Bath, BA1 1UF, United Kingdom
How have civil society organisations stepped up to tackle period poverty in their communities? And what gets left out when we focus on period products? What else do we need to do to deliver menstrual justice worldwide?

As part of the University of Bath’s Festival of Social Sciences and to mark the 50th Anniversary of its centre for Development Studies, the expert Minerva panel will tackle these questions and more. All welcome.

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Periods around the world: How can we deliver menstrual justice?
2025-10-14 18:00 - 19:30 | Mission Theatre, 32 Corn Street, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 1UF, United Kingdom
After hundreds of years of silence and stigma, menstruation is now a hot topic and old taboos are being challenged. Governments and other organisations around the world have been taking action, birthing programmes to end ‘period poverty’. Around the UK, it’s become commonplace to see baskets of period products in women’s toilets in workplaces, cafés, pubs and more. But 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.

How have civil society organisations stepped up to tackle period poverty in their communities? And what gets left out when we focus on period products? What else do we need to do to deliver menstrual justice worldwide? As part of the University of Baths Festival of Social Sciences and to mark the 50th Anniversary of our centre for Development Studies, our expert Minerva panel will tackle these questions and more.

The panel discussion will be one hour long, will include a free drink and some time at the end for informal chatting.

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Craf-tea morning for RUHX
2025-10-18 09:30 - 11:30 | Locksbrook Inn, 103 Locksbrook Road, Bath, BANES, BA1 3EN, United Kingdom
Join Bath RUHX Fundraising Group on Saturday morning at the Locksbrook Inn for a craf-tea spooky morning. Drop in between 9:00-11:30am and try some Halloween crafts, enjoy a cuppa and learn more about supporting your local hospital, RUH Bath. Everyone is welcome to this free event. The group are welcoming new members to join their FUNraising.

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Blind River Scare Live in Session at the Electric Bar
2025-10-19 14:00 - 16:00 | Komedia Bath, 22-23 Westgate St, Bath, BA1 1EP, United Kingdom
Blind River Scare are a South Wales based band playing Americana & Alt-Country influenced songs.

Comprising Tim Manning – Vocals/Guitar, Jem Ponsford – Drums/Vocals and Stuart Loosemore – Bass/Vocals. Tim writes heartfelt tales of love, loss and life coupled with proper song-craft that sounds both timeless and contemporary.

Blind River Scare’s last release ‘The Mileage Made’ has been described as “Eleven tracks of Americana Gold” and their sound described as “Across a string of well-received releases, Blind River Scare has established a wonderful signature sound, one with one foot in the New World, the other in the Old, a sound that ebbs and flows between cool Americana infusions and smart folky sonics, homespun roots sounds and glorious adventure.

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Research Showcase: Age Friendly Cities
2025-10-22 10:30 - 15:30 | Percy Community Centre, New King Street, Bath, BANES, BA1 2BN, United Kingdom
Join researchers from the University of Bath and community partners and learn more about their collaborative work on the Age Friendly Cities and Communities. For 2 hours over lunch, discover collaborative research on a range of topics including, Transportation, Housing, Social Cohesion, Exercise and Living Well, Economic Growth and Productivity, and more about how we might work together in ways that support different organisational priorities and, in the process, how organisations and researchers can learn from each other.

Community-based or civil society organisations are being offered a free morning masterclass on Research Policy and Practice (10.30am-12pm).

Drop-in to the Research Assembly showcase exhibition between 12pm and 2pm to find out more about how the University of Bath and partners are working towards making our region and its communities Age Friendly.

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Jim Blair Live in Session at the Electric Bar
2025-10-26 14:00 - 16:00 | Komedia Bath, 22-23 Westgate St, Bath, BA1 1EP, United Kingdom
Jim Blair is a compelling figure in Swindon’s indie‑roots scene—sincere, engaging, and full of heart. Whether performing solo or with his bands, he delivers relatable lyrics, raw emotion, and a lively stage craft. His presence continues to resonate at local festivals and pubs, marking him as one to watch in the regional music circuit.

His songs often explore universal topics—love, drinking, relationships—infused with authenticity and occasional depth.

Tracks like “Too Late for Heaven” confronts themes of depression and life’s struggles, yet offers an uplifting line: “we have each other, when we can’t see the wood for the trees”.

Jim’s live gigs are described as energetic, engaging, and fun. With JB & The Mojo Makers, he brings rock-and-roll, bluesy grooves and heartfelt stories to packed pubs, often blending humour with emotional honesty.

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Junk Modelling Workshop
2025-10-27 14:00 - 16:00 | Boston Tea Party – Alfred Street, 8 Alfred Street, Bath, BANES, BA1 2QU, United Kingdom
Not a load of rubbish!

Drop by BTP Alfred Street for a creative workshop like no other; perfect for children aged 4-11, they’ll learn new ways to repurpose “rubbish” in this fun junk modelling workshop, reimagining how we could travel. Hosted by researchers from the IAAPS, University of Bath.

It’s completely free to join in – just show up!

Bones, Beasts and Broomsticks - Half Term Fun at BRLSI
2025-10-28 10:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-29 10:00 - 16:00 | BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 2HN, United Kingdom
Ready to have fun? Then join BRLSI this October half term for free drop-in activities for kids! Activities include:

Magnetism: beyond beastly magnetic activity & magnetic spiders. Play with invisible forces and build magnetic monsters

Design/engineering: dinosaur skeleton split pin models. Ready to be afraid? Make your own moving dinosaur!

Creativity: Capturing ghosts. Want to be a ghostbuster? Then pick up the scissors and glue.

Creativity: Autumn Animals It’s not all about the pumpkins! Try leaf art!

Ghost stories It’s behind you! Real ghosts in Bath????

Maths: Pint-size Plesiosaurs Calling tiny T-rex’s! How big are you really?

Design a broomstick! Put your cauldron down and let your creativity fly!

Geology: Become a trick or treat timeline The scariest time to be alive? Impress your ‘fiends’ with astounding facts.

And don’t forget to bring your magnifying glass and a sketch book for notes and drawings

If you’re ready for fun this half term then be sure to join BRLSI for Bones, Beasts and Broomsticks at 16 Queen Square, open at any time during opening hours (10am-4pm), no booking required.

NRBY Bath store's official opening night!
2025-10-30 18:00 - 20:00 | NRBY, 32 Milsom Street, Bath, BANES, BA1 1DG, United Kingdom
NRBY are excited to announce their official Bath store opening!

Join the team on Thursday 30th October from 6pm – 8pm to celebrate their latest venture.

Complementary fizz and canapés will be provided whilst you browse our beautiful, comfortable & colourful clothes.

We hope to see you there!

Jo & the NRBY team

NRBY: Looking good, feeling good clothes in beautiful natural fabrics, that will take you through your day – from Home to Nearby – and sometimes further away…

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