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Board Game Night
2025-11-16 18:00 - 23:30 (Europe/London) | The Cork, The Cork & Bottle, Westgate Buildings, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 1EB, United Kingdom
Join the Cork every Monday night to join in their weekly board games night from 6pm.

Want to win a £50 bar tab? Simply complete their world’s hardest jigsaw puzzle during the evening and it’s all yours!

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Partypooper Show is coming to Bath - Monday 17th November
2025-11-17 18:00 - 19:00 | The Forum Bath, 1A Forum Buildings, Bath, Somerset, BA1 1UG, United Kingdom
Join Jeff Kinney for The Partypooper Show! The Forum is celebrating the 20th Diary of a Wimpy Kid book with the biggest, funniest, most unforgettable birthday bash…and you’re on the guest list!

Welcome to The Partypooper Show – a laugh-out-loud birthday event where audience members will be selected to join Diary of a Wimpy Kid author (and host!) Jeff Kinney on stage to help save the party spirit!

Expect a family-friendly event loaded with surprises, laugh-out-loud moments, and a thrilling countdown to celebrate 300 MILLION Wimpy Kid books now sold worldwide! Grab your invites today- it’s time to party!

About Partypooper – the 20th book in the globally bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series:It’s Wimpy Kid Greg’s birthday – and you’re invited to the chaos. In Partypooper, the 20th book in Jeff Kinney’s global smash-hit Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Greg Heffley is planning the ultimate party – for himself.

But when the guest list grows, the decorations flop, and the surprises backfire, this birthday bash turns into a total blowout―just not the kind Greg had in mind. Packed with cake disasters, family fiascos, and laugh out loud Wimpy Kid fun, this book is perfect for readers aged 7+.

About the Author:

Jeff Kinney is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and the Awesome Friendly Kid series. He is a six-time Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award winner for Favourite Book and has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. He spent his childhood in the Washington, D.C., area and moved to New England, where he and his wife own a bookstore named An Unlikely Story.

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An Evening with Jay Kristoff
2025-11-17 18:30 - 21:00 | Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath, York Street, Bath, BA1 1NG, United Kingdom
Jay Kristoff, bestselling author of Empire of the Vampire and Nevernight, returns to Bath to celebrate the epic conclusion of his latest trilogy: Empire of the Dawn. This event will be chaired by none other than Joe Abercrombie, friend of the bookshop and author of The Devils.

From holy cup comes holy light;

The faithful hands sets world aright.

And in the Seven Martyrs’ sight,

Mere man shall end this endless night.

Gabriel de Leon has lost his family, his faith, and his last hope of ending the endless night – the Holy Grail, Dior. With no desire left but vengeance, he and a band of loyal brothers journey into the war-torn heart of the Augustin Empire to claim the life of the Forever King.

Unbeknownst to the Last Silversaint, the Grail still lives – speeding towards Augustin’s besieged capital in the frail hope of ending Daysdeath forever. But deadly treachery awaits within the halls of power, and the Forever King’s legions march ever closer. Gabriel and Dior will be drawn into a final battle that will shape the very fate of the Empire, but as the sun sets for what may be the last time, there will be no-one left for them to trust.

Not even each other.

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Pint & A Laugh
2025-11-17 19:30 - 22:00 | The Jesters, 17 Alfred St, Bath, BANES, BA1 2QU, United Kingdom
Pint And A Laugh is your go-to comedy night where fresh faces and seasoned comics test out new material. The jokes might miss, but the beer never does!Doors: 7:30 PM | Show: 8:00 PM | Tickets: £5 / £3 students

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SKINT! - Bath's Cheapest Clubnight
2025-11-17 22:00 - 2025-11-18 03:00 | Labyrinth, 8 North Parade, Bath, BA1 6BY
Skint is the crowd favourite… drink price exchange, top DJs, free Skint tees, free toasties & crisps and the cheapest drinks in Bath starting from 99p.

99p tickets with FREE BOMB

EVERY MONDAY AT SKINT

99p BOMBS EVERY WEEK 99p TICKETS EVERY WEEK Skint Drinks Stock Exchange! £2 VKS / £3.50 DOUBLES ALL NIGHT! FREE Cheese Toasties FREE Skint T-Shirts FREE Skint Bottomless Crisp Station 4 Rooms / 3 Music Policies Skint Request Room – You choose, we play! 1000’s giveaways & freebies Crazy themes & takeovers Skint? WE GOT YOU! competitions OPEN UNTIL 3AM

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Skye McAlpine's Christmas Companion
2025-11-18 18:30 - 21:00 | Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath, York Street, Bath, BA1 1NG, United Kingdom
Skye McAlpine brings us Magic Making, Feasting and Making Merry in her new Christmas Companion.

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The Christmas Companion is the indispensable guide to a cosy, relaxed and memorable Christmas from home cook, food writer and expert host Skye McAlpine. The book opens with a section on how to plan a magical Christmas which includes craft ideas such as wreaths, homemade decorations, advent calendars and crackers, tips on the best times to order trees, cards, presents and food. There are also lots of ideas for edible gifts including Candy Cane Hot Chocolate Sticks and Cocoa and Panettone Truffles.

Greet your guests with an Amarena Amaretto Sour or a Chestnut Martini, feast on Pomegranate-Glazed Turkey to Camembert & Cranberry Pithivier and Cranberry & Zabaione Trifle.

And for those who want to get ahead with menu planning, the final section contains menu plans for different festive gatherings, table setting ideas, a glossary of the key Christmas ingredients to have to hand and a planner section giving tools, lists and space for notes so that you can refer back to your notes and plans year after year.

‘I love Christmas. I have always loved Christmas. I love the bonhomie and the conviviality and the excess of it all: the food, the sweets, the brandy-laden puddings, the rustle of tissue paper on Christmas morning, the jolliness of sing-along carols. I love that sweet, outdoorsy smell of a real fir tree and the twinkling lights in the street at night. I even love how bustling and busy the shops get in that last mad rush before the day itself. I love it all. So, to have the excuse to lose myself here in the unadulterated joy of egg nog-fuelled holiday baking, to conjure up festive menu upon festive menu for family and friends, this is truly my happiest place’ Skye

‘Skye’s unabashed love for Christmas shines through these pages like a golden star placed high on a tree.’

Luke Edward Hall

Skye McAlpine is a cookery writer who believes that food tastes best when shared with others. She is author of three other cookbooks, A Table in Venice, A Table for Friends and A Table Full of Love. She writes a monthly recipe column for The Sunday Times, as well as the popular Substack newsletter, ‘The Dolce Vita Diaries’; and contributes to publications from around the world. When she’s not cooking or writing, Skye works on designs for her own range of tabletop essentials, Skye McAlpine TAVOLA. She lives between Venice, where she grew up and where her heart lies, and London, where her work most often takes her.

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An Evening with Chloe Gong of These Violent Delights
2025-11-18 18:30 - 21:00 | St Swithin’s Church, 37 The Paragon, Bath, BA1 5LY, United Kingdom
Join Toppings for an evening in Bath with bestselling author Chloe Gong to celebrate her new cyberpunk epic: Coldwire. Chloe is the author of the beloved These Violent Delights duology, and has most recently been working on her adult series, Immortal Longings.

THE FUTURE IS LOADING . . .

For decades, the world has been caught in a cold war between two powerful nations: Medaluo and Atahua. The Medan orphans who live in Atahua suffer the cost. Their enrollment at Nile Military Academy is mandatory. Either serve as a soldier, or risk being labelled a spy.

Eighteen-year-old Eirale is one such orphan. Having recently graduated and joined NileCorp’s forces, she’s doing well for herself – until Atahua’s most wanted anarchist frames her for assassinating a government official and she’s given a choice: cooperate with him to search for a dangerous program in Medaluo or go down for treason.

Meanwhile, seventeen-year-old Lia is close to her own graduation when she’s paired with her academic nemesis for one final assignment. But when they are ordered to infiltrate Medaluo in virtual reality, Lia quickly realises there is much more at stake than her school ranking.

As Eirale and Lia tear through Medaluo on separate courses, the two start to suspect they are pieces in a larger conspiracy – and the closer they get to the truth, the closer their worlds come to a shattering collision.

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An Evening with Joe Sacco of Footnotes in Gaza and Palestine
2025-11-18 18:30 - 21:00 | Bath Elim Church, Charlotte Street, Bath, BANES, BA1 2ND, United Kingdom
Join Joe Sacco, author of Footnotes in Gaza and Palestine, for an evening in Bath to celebrate his new book: The Once and Future Riot.

From luminary graphics journalist, a revelatory investigation of the deadly sectarian riots in 2013 Uttar Pradesh, India, and their urgent global significance.

Compared to other episodes of lethal Indian communal violence, the clashes in Uttar Pradesh in 2013, the Muzaffarnagar Riot, were a relatively small-scale affair. It had happened before and will probably happen again: Hindus and Muslims, armed with guns and swords, riled up by vitriolic rhetoric and a tangle of accusations, turn on one another. The truth fragments along religious lines, both in the lead-up to the rampage and in its bloody aftermath.

Joe Sacco immerses himself in Uttar Pradesh, speaking to government officials, political leaders, village chiefs, and especially the victims, who were mostly landless peasants, in a quest to understand this riot as an archetype of political violence. In the process, he probes the role of savagery in a democracy; the power of crowds, rather than leaders, to influence the course of events; the collision of competing narratives; and the accounts that perpetrators construct to explain away their participation in bloodshed.

Sacco has chronicled the urgent histories that define the world around us, from the Great War to Gaza. Here, he turns his masterful visual reportage to a story that is specific to India but with implications and resonance for us all.

Joe Sacco, one of the world’s greatest cartoonists, is widely hailed as the creator of war reportage comics. He is the author of, among other books, Palestine, which received the American Book Award, and Safe Area: Gorazde, which won the Eisner Award and was named a New York Times notable book and Time magazine’s best comic book of 2000. His books have been translated into fourteen languages and his comics reporting has appeared in Details, The New York Times Magazine, Time, Harper’s and the Guardian. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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An Evening with M.R. Carey and Claire North
2025-11-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Mr B’s Emporium Bookshop, 14-15, John St, Bath, BA1 2JL
Mr B’s are thrilled to welcome two of Britain’s finest science fiction authors, and huge Team B faves, M. R. Carey and Claire North.

Both authors join them for the publication date of their incredible new novels – M.R. Carey with his thrilling new novel standalone sci-fi epic, Outlaw Planet, and Claire North with Slow Gods, a breathtakingly imaginative space opera – find out more below!

About Outlaw Planet by M. R. Carey:

From one of genre fiction’s most original and revolutionary voices comes a space opera adventure like no other. Sometimes the fate of entire worlds can be decided by a woman with nothing to lose, and the smartest gun in the multiverse in her hand …This is the story of Bess – or Dog-Bitch Bess as she came to be known. It’s the story of the gun she carried, whose name was Wakeful Slim.

It’s the story of the dead man who carried that gun before her and left a piece of himself inside it. And it’s the tale of how she turned from teacher, to renegade, and ultimately to hero. This is also the tale of the last violent engagements in an inter-dimensional war – one of the most brutal the multiverse had ever seen.

This is how Bess learned the truth about her world. Came to it the hard way, through pain and loss and the reckless spilling of blood, and carried it with her like a brand on her soul. And once she knew it – knew for sure how badly she’d been used – she had no option but to do something about it.

Discover this thrilling standalone science fiction adventure from the million-copy bestselling M. R. Carey, author of The Girl With All the Gifts and the Philip K.

About Slow Gods by Claire North:

From the million-copy bestselling Claire North – one of the most original and dazzling voices in speculative fiction – comes an intergalactic tale of conspiracy, war and the fall of empires.

My name is Mawukana na-Vdnaze, and I am a very poor copy of myself. In telling my story, there are certain things I should perhaps lie about.

I should make myself a hero. Pretend I was not used by strangers and gods, did not leave people behind. Here is one truth: out there in deep-space, in the pilot’s chair, I died.

And then, I was reborn. I became something not quite human, something that could speak to the infinite dark. And I vowed to become the scourge of the world that wronged me.

This is the story of the supernova event that burned planets and felled civilizations. This is also the story of the many lives I’ve lived since I died for the first time. Are you listening?

Discover this thrilling and breathtakingly imaginative space opera from the multi-award-winning Claire North, perfect for fans of Ann Leckie, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Iain M.

Claire North is a pseudonym for Catherine Webb, who wrote several novels in various genres before publishing their first major work as Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. It was a critically acclaimed success, receiving rave reviews and becoming a word-of-mouth bestseller. They have since published several hugely popular and critically acclaimed novels, won the World Fantasy Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and been shortlisted for the Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the Philip K. Dick Award. They live in London.

M. R. Carey has been making up stories for most of his life. His novel The Girl With All the Gifts has sold over a million copies and became a major motion picture, based on his own BAFTA Award-nominated screenplay. Under the name Mike Carey he has written for both DC and Marvel, including critically acclaimed runs on Lucifer, Hellblazer and X-Men. His creator-owned books regularly appear in the New York Times bestseller list. He also has several previous novels including the Felix Castor series (written as Mike Carey), two radio plays and a number of TV and movie screenplays to his credit.

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Lost Mythos at the Roman Baths
2025-11-18 20:00 - 21:30 | The Roman Baths, Abbey Churchyard, Bath, BA1 1LZ, United Kingdom
Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind night of music, poetry and satire around The Roman Baths.

You are invited to a mythical parish council meeting to be held at The Roman Baths. Three-piece Lost Mythos blend music, poetry, folklore and comedy in this special gathering by the Great Bath after hours. Guided by “Val”, 5000-year-old genius loci (guardian spirit) and chair of Stroud Mythical Entities this show will blend unruly local folklore with stories from modern rural life. This is a show which explores ancient archetypes and helps us to remember the things we’ve lost. And with the autumn nights upon us, the ancient after-dark setting is perfect for fans of history, magic – and neighbourhood Facebook groups!

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Bath Business Conference 2025
2025-11-19 09:00 - 17:00 | The Apex City of Bath, James Street West, Bath, BANES, BA1 2DA, United Kingdom

Data Analysis for Beginners: Data Wrangling
2025-11-19 09:30 - 16:00 | Online
Learn about data analysis, common tools and platform for working with data and methods for obtaining data.

Learn to clean, reshape and prepare data for use.

Compare common tools and platforms for working with data.

Explore datasets using summary statistics and simple plots.

Designed to support learners who are either new to data analysis, or would like to revisit core principles, this one-day Data Analysis for Beginners: Data Wrangling course combines presentation of real-life examples, discussion activities, and hands on exercises, to help participants manage, prepare, analyse and present data for more effective analysis.

You’ll explore the definitions and terminology surrounding data analysis and how to work with different data formats, as well as discover common errors when managing data and how to avoid them.

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to:

Describe the difference between data and information

Access data using a range of different methods and formats

Describe common data quality errors, how they arise, and how they can impact analysis

Explore a dataset using summary statistics and simple plots

Clean a dataset using one or more tools

Analyse a dataset and present a conclusion.

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Jean Sprackland for Night Vision
2025-11-19 18:30 - 21:00 | Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath, York Street, Bath, BA1 1NG, United Kingdom
Topping are delighted to welcome award-winning author and poet Jean Sprackland to the bookshop to celebrate her new non-fiction title Night Vision.

‘Beautifully written, never lapsing into self-conscious ‘poet’s prose’, always a joy to read. I wish I had written it myself’ – Literary Review

We humans have a complicated relationship with the dark. We fear it, and make great efforts to blot it out. But we also long for it, especially if we live in cities, or remember the starry skies of our childhoods. Darkness opens us up to risk, delight and transformation. Is it possible to prise it free of its negative associations, which are as old as human thought itself?

Drawing on memory and imagination, history and ecology, literature and myth, Night Vision is an expansive, thrilling journey into the true dark. In her quest for a new, more intimate relationship with darkness, acclaimed poet and writer Jean Sprackland finds herself confronting some of the deepest – and darkest – questions about who we are and our place in the world.

Jean Sprackland is the author of five poetry collections, including Tilt, which won the 2007 Costa Poetry Award. She has also published two works of non-fiction, Strands: A Year of Discoveries on the Beach, which won the 2012 Portico Prize, and These Silent Mansions: A Life in Graveyards in 2020.

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Live Jazz, Funk, Soul and Swing at Green Park Brasserie
2025-11-19 18:30 - 22:00, 2025-11-20 18:30 - 22:00, 2025-11-21 18:30 - 22:00 | Green Park Brasserie, 6 Green Park Rd, Bath, BA1 1JB, United Kingdom
Soak up the buzzing atmosphere at Green Park Brasserie with live music four nights a week – every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, 6.30pm – 10pm.

Based in the historic old Green Park railway station, this is one of Bath’s best bars and restaurants. Enjoy cocktails,craft and beer and award winning food from their Brasserie and Bath Pizza Co kitchens – available 7 days a week.Enjoy the sunny terraces throughout the summer months or cosy up with live music and candlelit tables through the cooler seasons.

For up to date timings and booking for live music tables, click below

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Newbie Night (Open Mic)
2025-11-19 19:30 - 22:00 | The Jesters, 17 Alfred St, Bath, BANES, BA1 2QU, United Kingdom
Every Wednesday, The Jesters opens the stage to 12 brand-new or developing acts, each with 5 minutes to make some noise, test some material, and maybe even bring the house down. No need to be ‘in the scene’ just turn up, sign up, and give it a go. Sign-up runs from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the club. Names are drawn at 7:30pm sharp, with the show starting shortly after. Come to perform, or come to support comedy’s newest fools—all for just £1. In partnership with Big Squash Comedy at The Saracen’s Head, performers can double up and do two open mics in one night meaning more stage time, more fun, more jester energy.Doors: 7:30 PM | Show: 8:00 PM | Tickets: £1

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Big Squash Comedy
2025-11-19 20:00 - 22:00 | Saracen’s Head, 42 Broad Street, Bath, BANES, BA1 5LP, United Kingdom
A weekly new material comedy night located in Bath’s oldest pub. Free of charge with a new lineup of excellent acts each week

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Play: Wild West
2025-11-19 23:00 - 2025-11-20 03:00 | Komedia Bath, 22-23 Westgate St, Bath, BA1 1EP, United Kingdom
Bath’s new Wednesday is finally here and ready for kick off.

Komedia’s clubs are ready, the DJ’s are ready, Komedia is ready – time to buy your tickets!🎟️ Join the team as they bring a new standard to Wednesday Nights, content driven events made especially for Bath’s clubs and societies.

Throughout the year they’ll will bring you the best of brand collaborations, headline DJs, live performers, insane acrobatics and thousands of VK’s.

🍻 Drink Deals 🍻

Before Midnight

🥃 £4 Double House Spirit + Mixer

🧃 VK’s – 4 for £10

All Night Long

🌵 5 for £5 CACTUS JACK SHOTS – Apple / Cherry 🌵

🥃 £5 Double House Spirit + Mixer

🥃 £4 Single House Spirit + Mixer

🧃 VK’s – 2 for £6

🍺 £4 selected Pints

🍎 4 for £12 CANS – Red Stripe / Thatchers Haze / Blood Orange / Cloudy Lemon 🍎

💣 3 for £10 JAGERBOMBS / FIREBOMBS / SKITTLEBOMBS 💣

🔥 4 for £10 SHOTS – Tequila / Sambuca / Fireball / Tequila Rose 🔥

Snow Mice!
2025-11-20 00:00 - 2026-01-11 23:59 | The Egg, 36 Monmouth Street, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 2AN, United Kingdom
The Egg and New International Encounter

🐭 Directed by Alex Byrne

At the start of the winter holidays, three children arrive in a strange new house.

Where will they all sleep? Will they have to share a room? And will it EVER snow again?

Night falls, and one of them is awoken by a mouse who beckons him outdoors. He can hardly believe his eyes.

Join three intrepid adventurers on a chilly, mousey expedition to the top of the hill where they each discover that Snow Mice REALLY DO EXIST and that maybe, just maybe, this new home isn’t so bad after all.

Back by popular demand, Bath’s favourite mouse is joined by two mischievous cousins and three new adventurous children. Expect live music, puppetry, singing, and EVEN some snow!

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Champions Fight Night
2025-11-20 18:00 - 21:00 | Komedia Bath, 22-23 Westgate St, Bath, BA1 1EP, United Kingdom
Fight Night is Back!

Get ready for an unforgettable evening of electrifying action, as the Bath’s most well-known students step into the ring for Fight Night 2025 – the biggest and most exciting student event of the year!

Witness an adrenaline fuelled spectacle as BNOCs from across the university bring their skills, heart, and determination to the ring for a night of white-collar boxing

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Jeanette Winterson for One Aladdin Two Lamps
2025-11-20 18:30 - 21:00 | St Swithin’s Church, 37 The Paragon, Bath, BA1 5LY, United Kingdom
Literary phenomenon, Jeanette Winterson, joins Topping in Bath this Autumn!

I can change the story because I am the story.

With her execution looming, a woman is fighting for her life. Every night she tells a story. Every morning, she lives one more day. One Aladdin Two Lamps cracks open the legendary story of Shahrazad in One Thousand and One Nights to reveal new questions and answers we are still thinking about today. Who should we trust? Is love the most important thing in the world? Does it matter whether you are honest? What makes us happy?

In her guise as Aladdin – the orphan who changes his world – Jeanette Winterson asks us to reread what we think we know and look again at how fiction works in our lives, giving us the courage to change our own narratives and alter endings we wish to subvert. As a young working-class woman, with no obvious future beyond factory work or marriage, Winterson realised through the power of books that she could read herself as fiction as well as a fact.

Weaving together fiction, magic and memoir, this remarkable book is a tribute to the age-old tradition of storytelling and a radical step into the future – an invitation to look more closely at our own stories, and to imagine the world anew.

Jeanette Winterson CBE was born in Manchester. She published her first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, at twenty-five. Over two decades later she revisited that material in her internationally bestselling memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?. Winterson has written thirteen novels for adults and two previous collections of short stories, as well as children’s books, non-fiction and screenplays. She is Professor of New Writing at the University of Manchester.

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The Argyle String Orchestra Winter Concert
2025-11-20 19:30 - 21:30 | St Luke’s Church, Hatfield Road, Wellsway, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA2 2BD, United Kingdom
Returning for their winter concert, the Argyle String Orchestra presents two of the finest examples of Baroque string writing – Bach’s vivifying Brandenburg Suite #3 and Corelli’s masterful Christmas Concerto. Alongside these works, the programme will feature the raw energy of Mendelssohn’s String Symphony #7, the hypnotic soundscape of Summa by Estonian minimalist composer Arvo Pärt, and a luscious Romance by oft-overlooked British composer Gerald Finzi.

The concert will be conducted by Adam Laughton and led by Tamsin Oldham.

Teas, coffees and homemade cakes available during the interval.

Please note that seating is unreserved.

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The Irregulars
2025-11-20 19:30 - 22:00 | The Jesters, 17 Alfred St, Bath, BANES, BA1 2QU, United Kingdom
These aren’t your average open micers. These are the comics who’ve been grafting on the circuit for years, sharpening their sets in pubs, clubs, basements and backrooms – and they’re just starting to break into the mainstream. You’ll see TV-ready talent before they hit the panel shows, right here in The Jesters’ underground comedy club.Doors: 7:30 PM | Show: 8:00 PM | Tickets: £8 / £5 Students

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Southgate Sorcerers
2025-11-21 16:00 - 18:00 | Bath City Centre Youth Space, 28 Southgate St, Bath, BA1 1TP, United Kingdom
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).

Southgate Sorcerers is run with DM Alex where young people will tell their own stories about slaying monsters and moving mountains.

Festive Wreath Making Workshop
2025-11-21 17:00 - 19:00 | The Huntsman, 1 Terrace Walk, Bath, BA1 1LJ, United Kingdom
Join The Huntsman for a Festive Wreath Workshop!

Get into the holiday spirit with this hands-on event where you’ll create your own stunning wreath, bringing seasonal cheer to your home.

Enjoy a complimentary glass of prosecco as you’re guided through an in person, easy, step-by-step tutorial.

Spaces are limited, so be sure to book in advance! Gather friends and family, or simply come along and meet new faces whilst crafting something special.

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Widcombe Friday Waterside Nights – Free Live Music Every Friday
2025-11-21 17:30 - 20:30 | Widcombe Social Club, Widcombe Hill, Bath, BA2 6AA
Wonderful Widcombe nights at Widcombe Social Club very near to Bath city centre.
Free live music from 7-9 pm every Friday in a relaxed setting.
Affordable freshly cooked Pizza including vegan and gf options.
Great for all ages and dog friendly.

Japanese Whisky Tasting with Dave Broom
2025-11-21 18:30 - 21:00 | Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath, York Street, Bath, BA1 1NG, United Kingdom
An evening of storytelling and Japanese Whisky from one of the most knowledgeable and entertaining experts in the business, Dave Broom.

Award-winning author and Japanese whisky expert, Dave Broom, tells the stories of Japan’s whisky distilleries, unveiling the philosophy that lies behind this fascinating whisky culture, and revealing how it relates to many Japanese concepts.

Dave looks at the history and output of each distillery, considering the elements that make that particular whisky what it is, and including tasting notes. Features on aspects of Japanese life and culture that are crucial to a wider understanding, from the importance of the seasons to the role of craftsmanship, add to the picture. Interwoven throughout the book is the fascinating narrative of the journey across Japan which Dave made with photographer Kohei Take, offering further insight into the country which creates this wonderful drink and making this a must-have edition for any whisky lover, whisky drinker, whisky collector or Japanophile.

This fully updated edition also includes a brand-new introduction and essays from Jim Meehan and Tomo Yoshizawa.

‘This book is incredible’ Alex Kratena

Dave is an internationally celebrated spirits expert. He is the winner of two Glenfiddich prizes, The IWSC Communicator of the Year Award, The Spirited Award for Best Cocktail & Spirits writer and an Andre Simon prize for The Way of Whisky.

In 2020 he was named Best Drinks Writer at the Fortnum & Mason awards. He has been a contributing editor to Whisky Magazine, Whisky Advocate and scotchwhisky.com. He started thewhiskymanual.uk in 2020 and is also the whisky correspondent for jancisrobinson.com.

He has made two films, Cuba in a Bottle and The Amber Light. The latter, on whisky and Scottish culture, won Best Programme at the 2020 Fortnum & Mason awards.

Dave’s previous books include the first two editions of The World Atlas of Whisky, Whisky: The Manual, Gin: The Manual, Rum: The Manual, The Way of Whisky and A Sense of Place.

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Peter Hook & The Light
2025-11-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Komedia Bath, 22-23 Westgate St, Bath, BA1 1EP, United Kingdom
Peter Hook & The Light have announced a full UK tour for November during which they will perform the New Order album Get Ready in its entirety, alongside a selection of the most seminal tracks from the rich back catalogues of both Joy Division and New Order.

“Get Ready was a honeymoon record. Looking back now it was very enjoyable to make, and I think is massively underrated. It did sort the wheat from the chaff and led to a New Order mk2 which played better but had lost a naivety whilst gaining a maturity. Barney and I became a ‘power couple’ in Manchester during the making of the record but, sadly, the old problems recurred when we came to play live. The writing was on the wall from then on. The two of us worked very hard to make this a great record and I think we succeeded. I am looking forward to playing all the tracks, many of which have never been played live before. The Light will shine through … Get Ready!” -Peter Hook

Get Ready was released in 2001 and reached #2 on the US Billboard Electronic album chart and #6 in the UK album chart. It was the seventh studio album from New Order and was dedicated by the band to Rob Gretton, the manager of both Joy Division and New Order, who had died in 1999.

Peter Hook first revisited the seminal Joy Division album Unknown Pleasures back in May 2010 for a commemorative charity concert and has followed it each year by performing subsequent albums from the repertoire of his bands, Joy Division and New Order.

His dedication to his back catalogue has now seen him move through Unknown Pleasures, Closer, Still, Movement, Power Corruption & Lies, Low Life, Brotherhood, Technique, Republic and Substance to arrive at the Get Ready album in 2025. Having toured the albums extensively, the band have now amassed over 800 concerts.

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Andrew Graham Dixon for Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found
2025-11-21 19:00 - 22:00 | St Swithin’s Church, 37 The Paragon, Bath, BA1 5LY, United Kingdom
“This book is going to revolutionize the way we understand Vermeer. I read it slowly, feeling ‘like some watcher of the skies when a new planet swims into his ken’. How extraordinary to realise that things are not the way you have imagined all your life.”

~ Peter Carey, twice winner of the Booker Prize.

Andrew Graham-Dixon is an art historian, biographer and broadcaster who has made more BBC television series about art than any other presenter. He was for many years the main art critic of the Sunday Telegraph and Independent. Of his biography of Caravaggio, Peter Carey said ‘it is a thrilling lesson in the art of seeing’ and Neil MacGregor wrote ‘the man and his work emerge enriched and enlightened.’

Andrew joins Toppings for Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found.

The paintings of Johannes Vermeer of Delft are some of the most beautiful, even sublime, in the history of art. Yet like the life of Vermeer himself, they are mysterious and have for centuries defied explanation.

Following new leads, and drawing on a mass of historical evidence, some of it freshly uncovered in the archives of Delft and Rotterdam, Andrew Graham-Dixon paints a dramatically new picture of Vermeer, revealing many of the painter’s hitherto unknown friendships as well as his previously undetected allegiance to a radical movement driven underground by persecution.

He also vividly evokes the world of the Dutch Republic as it was in its so-called Golden Age. This was a watery world of fortresses and flood plains, taverns rocked by argument and cities stunned by devastating attacks and explosions: all linked by a network of canals where a uniquely efficient public transport system, operated by horse-drawn passenger barge, enabled people, goods and ideas to glide effortlessly from one place to another. The author sets Vermeer firmly in the context of his time, revealing the patterns of patronage that make sense of his work, and also exposing the difficulties posed by his home life, which was dominated by his Jesuit mother-in law and disturbed by the psychotic behaviour of her only son.

In the past Vermeer has been imagined as a remote and enigmatic figure, but he emerges from this new account as a man deeply engaged with his own society: well-travelled, a reader of books, a man personally connected to many of the most interesting people of his time, including merchants, philosophers, preachers, bankers and regents, as well as his childhood friend, a philanthropic baker named Hendrick van Buyten. Vermeer was also deeply affected by the struggles that shook his world, the Eighty Years War for Dutch independence and the yet more terrible Thirty Years War, which ravaged the neighbouring German lands and resulted in the deaths of millions. The author shows how he was moved to become a pacifist by such atrocities, and thereafter made many of his closest friends in the ranks of Europe’s first peace movement. A further revelation is that Vermeer’s closest collaborator and chief patron was a woman, as were many others in his immediate circle. These are all previously untold stories.

The many piercingly direct descriptions of Vermeer’s pictures, which are the heart of the book, shed new light on the intentions of the artist. Nearly all of his best loved works, Graham-Dixon shows, were originally painted for a single significant location in Delft. In light of such discoveries every one of Vermeer’s major paintings, including The Girl with a Pearl Earring, A View of Delft and The Milkmaid, are reassessed and their meanings rethought. As a result the two great unresolved questions about Vermeer – why did he paint his pictures, and what do they mean? – are persuasively answered here for the first time.

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