Curious Minds A festival to Ignite Ideas 2025
10 March @ 10:00 am – 31 March @ 11:00 pm

The Curious Minds Festival is returning to Bath following its successful debut last year.
Curious Minds: a festival to ignite ideas is back, lighting up Bath from the 10th to 31st March 2025 with an expanded programme of over 40 book talks, film screenings, live podcast shows, music, walking tours and writing workshops designed to entertain, challenge and inspire. Curated by the Bath Arts Collective, this year’s festival continues to champion the spirit of curiosity and innovation while celebrating Bath’s unique cultural and creative scene.
Highlights for the 2025 edition of the festival include:
- Talks from visiting bestselling writers Baroness Sue Campbell, Elif Shafak, Dr Rachel Clarke and Gabriel Gatehouse.
- Live podcasts from ‘Three Bean Salad,’ ‘Something Borrowed,’ ‘Past, Present, Future,’ and ‘The Therapy Works.’
- A new ‘Movie at the Museum’ series from FilmBath and Archeo-Heritage Film, which invites audiences to get curious about the museums of Bath by giving them the unique experience of watching a specially chosen film in the unique museum setting.
- The ‘7 Hills’ music festival at Komedia Bath on 23 March, which will see the likes of Theo Gilmore headlining.
The full 2025 programme will be announced on 27 January – check the Curious Minds website for details.
Details
- Start:
- 10 March @ 10:00 am
- End:
- 31 March @ 11:00 pm
- Event Categories:
- Curious Minds, Important Event in Bath
- Event Tags:
- Book Group, books, books in bath, BRLSI, class, Clubbing, conversation with, Curious Minds Festival, Education, explore emotional life, Festival, Free, fun, Historic Bath, komedia, lectures and talks in bath, LGBTQ+, live music, Movies, music, networking, nightlife, Poetry, Politics, Reading Group, Spoken Word, talk, talks, Tours, Visual art, walks, workshops
- Website:
- https://www.batharts.co.uk/events
Organiser
- Bath Arts Collective
- bathartscollective@gmail.com
- Website
- View Organiser Website