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Justin Marozzi for Captives and Companions: A History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Islamic World
2025-09-10 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath, York Street, Bath, BA1 1NG, United Kingdom
‘A bold, brilliant and timely history that confronts one of the most neglected and uncomfortable subjects in global history. Justin Marozzi brings to life the complexity and humanity of the Islamic world’s entanglement with slavery using an extraordinary range of sources, across more than a millennium and across sweeping geographies.’ — Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

‘A powerful and important book … [while] he is careful not to turn his book into a polemic against Islam.. it is… a masterly and thoughtful study of human cruelty and endurance — Gerard Russell’ ― Financial Times

Join Toppings for an evening with Justin Marozzi to discuss his new book: Captives and Companions: A History of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the Islamic World.

Slavery in the Islamic world has a long, diverse and controversial history. Captives and Companions is a brilliant synthesis of history and contemporary reportage that brings to life the voices of the enslaved in stories of eighth-century concubines and ninth-century revolts, thirteenth-century slave soldiers who established dynastic rule over Egypt, Syria, and Iraq, eighteenth-century corsairs and twentieth-century pearl divers in the Gulf. It also has first-hand accounts of this legacy in the twenty-first century, including the depredations of Daesh and continuing hereditary slavery in Mali and Mauritania.

Justin Marozzi traces the extraordinary variety of enslavement in the Islamic world, which ranged from agricultural labour and domestic toil to elite concubinage, guardianship of sacred spaces, political leadership and even military command. He shows how Africa bore the brunt of the demand for slave labour, fuelled throughout the nineteenth century by expanding global markets and commodity chains. Slavers plied African coasts, traders raided inland for human cargo, and millions were marched across the Sahara into captivity. Meanwhile, North African corsairs turned the Mediterranean into a slave-raiding ‘free-for-all’ between Muslims, Christians and Jews.

Taking the reader on an extraordinary historical journey from Baghdad to Bamako, Tripoli to Timbuktu, Istanbul to the Black Sea, this is the riveting human drama of those caught up in one of history’s most remarkable overlooked stories.

Justin Marozzi is a historian and journalist who has spent most of his professional life living and working in the Muslim world. His previous books include South from Barbary: Along the Slave Routes of the Libyan Sahara (2001), the bestselling Tamerlane: Sword of Islam, Conqueror of the World (2004) and The Man Who Invented History: Travels with Herodotus (2008). His last book, Baghdad: City of Peace, City of Blood (2014) won the Royal Society of Literature’s Ondaatje Prize and was praised by the judges as ‘a truly monumental achievement’.

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Surround Sound with Mark Kermode and Jenny Nelson
2025-09-10 19:30 - 21:30 | Komedia Bath, 22-23 Westgate St, Bath, BA1 1EP, United Kingdom
How can a film score make you cheer, shiver, cry or punch the air?

Join the UK’s favourite film critic, Mark Kermode, and radio producer Jenny Nelson as they explore the emotional connection between great musical scores and the silver screen audience. Their brilliant new book, Surround Sound is a fascinating trip down the glorious rabbit hole of film composition.

Telling the stories behind iconic soundtracks and sharing some of their personal favourites, Mark and Jenny will reveal how what we hear has an impact on what we see and they will celebrate the magic that happens when a soundtrack takes on a life of its own.

This event will be followed by a book signing, copies available to purchase on the night. Thank you to Mr B’s Emporium of Books.

This event is brought to you by FilmBath in partnerships with Curious Minds: a festival to ignite ideas.

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Newbie Night (Open Mic)
2025-09-10 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
2025-09-10 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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Emma
2025-09-11 00:00 - 2025-09-20 23:59 | Theatre Royal, Sawclose, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 1ET, United Kingdom
The 250th anniversary of Bath’s favourite writer is celebrated in fitting style with a new stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s comedy of manners, Emma.

The historic Theatre Royal Bath is the perfect setting to launch this new tour as the Georgian splendour of the city encapsulates the backdrop for many of Austen’s characters and stories.

The beautiful, high-spirited Emma Woodhouse is determined that she will never marry but loves to meddle in her friends’ and neighbours’ relationships. When her confidante and former governess, Miss Taylor weds her fiancé Mr Weston, Emma, having introduced the couple, takes credit for the marriage and decides that a future in matchmaking lies ahead of her.

So begins a comic journey through the lives and loves of Emma’s friends and neighbours, embracing the burgeoning Regency social scene of Bath and Weymouth. But as the romantic web she weaves amongst her friends becomes ever more entangled, will Emma herself get swept up in true love’s wake…?

Jane Austen’s enduring novel is filled with memorable characters – the dashing Mr Knightley, Emma’s friends Jane Fairfax and Harriet Smith, the mercenary Reverend Elton and his delightfully pretentious wife Augusta. This new 250th anniversary stage production is adapted by Ryan Craig, whose recent works includes the world premiere of Charlotte and Theodore in the Ustinov Studio and 1984 in the Main House.

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WOW! Thursdays - SUMMER FINALE! - w/ WOWAOKE! - Drinks from 99p! - FREE BOMB with all tickets!
2025-09-11 08:00 - 17:00 | Labyrinth, 8 North Parade, Bath, BA1 6BY
WOW! – Bath’s longest running weekly club night! WOWAOKE! in botanic, South West’s best DJs, drinks from 99p!

Book your ticket with a FREE BOMB now!

Doors open & WOWAOKE! from 10PM

EVERY THURSDAY AT WOW!

DRINKS from 99p WOWAOKE! in Botanic Rooms 4 Rooms / 3 Music Policies £3.50 Doubles all night! TED leading the party FREE WOW! Merch WOW! TV episode filming 1000’s giveaways & freebies CRAZY themes & takeovers OPEN UNTIL 3AM!

WOW! DRINKS DEALS!!!

The cheapest drink in town every Thursday… 99p BOMBS before 11:30pm / £1.50 after 11:30pm £2.50 VKs all night £3 Sol & Budweiser all night £2.50 House Spirit & Mixer all night £3.50 Double House Spirit & Mixer all night

WOW! DJ’s

Main Room: DJ Paul Carroll – Dance, Urban, DnB Disco Disco: DJ Haigh – Chart & Cheese Botanic: WOWAOKE!

WOWAOKE!

Sing your heart out with WOWAOKE! in the botanic rooms from 9:30pm!

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Mental Health First Aid Refresh Course
2025-09-11 09:30 - 14:00 | Online
The online half-day Mental Health First Aid Refresh course helps maintain your awareness of mental health support strategies and updates your knowledge on influencing factors. Designed for those who completed the Adult MHFA® or MHFA Champion course 2-3 years ago, you’ll practice the Mental Health First Aid action plan, gain access to course resources and keep your Mental Health First Aider qualification active.

Third sector and non-profit discounts available. Email training@bathmind.org.uk for details.

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Throwing Ceramics
2025-09-11 10:00 - 16:00 | Bath Spa University – Locksbrook Road Campus, The Street, Locksbrook Road, Bath, BANES, BA1 3EL, United Kingdom
During this Throwing Ceramics course, you’ll be shown the basic throwing skills on the pottery wheel under the guidance and support of Louise Blois, Technical Demonstrator – Ceramics at Bath Spa University. You’ll then explore making a variety of forms including cylinders, bowls, and plates with plenty of hands-on guidance.

After making your pieces you’ll explore surface decoration using Locksbrook Campus studio’s collection of decorative coloured slips, learning how to add colour to your pieces.

By the end of the course, you’ll have produced a series of custom ceramic pieces, which will then be fired for you to collect three – four weeks later.

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Introduction to Screenprinting - Cut it like Matisse
2025-09-11 10:00 - 17:00 | Bath Spa University – Locksbrook Road Campus, The Street, Locksbrook Road, Bath, BANES, BA1 3EL, United Kingdom
Explore the vibrant world of Screenprinting through the lens of Henri Matisse’s paper cut-outs. This one-day course is ideal for beginners or those looking to refresh their skills in a creative, supportive studio environment.

You’ll first learn how to “draw with scissors” and then create bold, abstract designs using paper stencils. You will then expose these shapes onto screens and print in layers to produce colourful, collaborative works on paper.

Working both individually and as a group, you’ll gain a strong foundation in Screenprinting techniques – from stencil-making and screen preparation to printing and registration.

At the end of the course, you’ll have produced a selection of prints to display, including your own design.

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Extending Cyanotypes
2025-09-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Bath Spa University – Locksbrook Road Campus, The Street, Locksbrook Road, Bath, BANES, BA1 3EL, United Kingdom
Usually made on dry sensitised paper, in this Extended Cyanotypes workshop you’ll explore making experimental ‘wet’ cyanotypes. In the creative and supportive environment of a small group, watch the process being done, handle several examples and then try the process for yourself.

Bath Spa University’s Extended Cyanotypes workshop is designed so everyone can participate at whatever level suits them. The process is experimental so there is no right or wrong. No former experience is needed to create surprising and beautiful outcomes using cyanotype chemicals combined with everyday materials such as turmeric, salt and beetroot juice.

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Calibre 100 – Network Launch News
2025-09-11 18:00 - 20:30 | House of St Johns, 1 Queen Square, Bath, BANES, BA2 2HA, United Kingdom
Are you looking to grow your client base in and around the City of Bath?

Then don’t miss the official launch of Calibre 100 – Bath’s premier business networking experience.

Price: £95 per person

Join an exceptional evening of opportunity, insight, and influence:

1. World-Class Speaker:Be inspired by Casper Craven, international keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and bestselling author, sharing strategies for leadership, resilience, and business growth.

2. Gourmet Canapés:Enjoy a specially curated menu by acclaimed executive chef Daniel Moon, known for his creative flair and fine-dining excellence.

3. Complimentary Bar:Raise a glass with peers over exotic cocktails and premium refreshments – all included with your ticket.

4. Meet the Calibre100 Ambassadors:Their ambassadors will help connect you with some of the region’s most dynamic professionals.

David (Kav) Kavanagh L.ISPPaula HarsleyDarren EarneyMichelle PowSally Quinlan

5. Most importantly – people like you.Business owners, entrepreneurs, and decision-makers who are serious about creating meaningful relationships and unlocking real growth.

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Women's Health Workshop Series - Balance
2025-09-11 18:30 - 20:00 | Bath Natural Remedies, 11 Northumberland Place, Bath, BANES, BA1 5AR, United Kingdom
Gill and Nicola join forces to empower you to take back control of your health inside and out through the holistic approach of homeopathy and nutrition.

Week 1 – Balance

The ebb and flow of our monthly cycle impacts our moods, energy and wellbeing.

Homeopathy can help provide balance within the cycle by reducing extremes of physical symptoms, mood swings and releasing energy to get through the day.

Nourishing our bodies with the right nutrients and revitalizing our cells brings us back to an alkaline state, unlocking a vibrant flow of vitality, energy, and inner calm.

Both homeopathy and nutrition provide a powerful way to feel balanced, refreshed, and truly alive.

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Live Jazz, Funk, Soul and Swing at Green Park Brasserie
2025-09-11 18:30 - 22:00, 2025-09-12 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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British Museum Lectures: Ice Age Art Now
2025-09-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Topping & Company Booksellers of Bath, York Street, Bath, BA1 1NG, United Kingdom
Join Toppings as they pair once more with the British Museum to bring to life an evening that celebrates humankind’s connection and drive towards artmaking. Curator Jill Cook takes us through Ice Age Art Now – a beautifully illustrated book that demonstrates how artistic creativity existed thousands of years before traditional art histories suggest, as an essential part of human life.

Ice Age Art Now presents work by people living in Europe at the end of the last Ice Age. These astounding pieces, some as much as 32,000 years old, reveal the deep roots of drawing, sculpture, realism, abstraction, signs, symbols and more. Six thematic sections delve into specific artworks to highlighting the skill and vision of artists through objects such as a spear thrower made around 11,000 years ago, which was ingeniously sculpted in the round from reindeer antler in the form of a clearly identifiable mammoth. The extraordinary skill and imagination of these early image makers find echoes in modern and contemporary art, with works by Goya, Rembrandt, Henri Matisse, David Hockney and Maggi Hambling also illustrated. A final section explores what life might have been like for the people making art at the time, immersing the reader in the cave itself.

Jill Cook is the Keeper of the Britain, Europe and Prehistory Department at the British Museum. She curated the exhibition Ice Age Art: the arrival of the modern mind in 2013 and is the curator of the exhibition Ice Age Art Now at Cliffe Castle, Keighley, part of the Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture celebrations.

Ice Age Art Now is a British Museum partnership project with Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture and Bradford District Museums & Galleries opening at Cliffe Castle Museum, Keighley in the Bradford district, on 21 June.

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Max Hastings in Bath
2025-09-11 19:00 - 21:00 | St Swithin’s Church, 37 The Paragon, Bath, BA1 5LY, United Kingdom
Join long-time friend of the bookshop, Max Hastings, to talk about his incredible new book, Sword: D-Day – Trial by Battle. Please note, any event vouchers can be redeemed against the price of a copy of Sword from publication date on the 8th May.

On 6 June 1944 when the allied armies landed on D-Day, the Second World War had already lasted almost five years.

Yet many of the British and American troops who invaded Normandy were virgin soldiers, never before committed to battle. They quit summer England to face within hours a storm of machine-gun and mortar fire. They witnessed scenes, above all of sudden death, such as no exercise had prepared them for.

This is D-Day as you have never heard it told before, with the blend of narrative, analysis and human insight that made Max Hastings’ last book Operation Biting a Sunday Times No.1 bestseller.

Max Hastings is the author of over thirty books, most about conflict, and between 1986 and 2002 served as editor-in-chief of the Daily Telegraph, then editor of the Evening Standard. He has won many prizes both for journalism and his books, of which the most recent are Chastise, Operation Pedestal and Abyss, bestsellers translated around the world.

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Tracy Borman for The Stolen Crown: Treachery, Deceit and the Death of the Tudor Dynasty
2025-09-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Bath Elim Church, Charlotte Street, Bath, BANES, BA1 2ND, United Kingdom
The explosive account of the succession of Elizabeth I from bestselling author Tracy Borman, Chief Historian at Historic Royal Palaces.

‘Compelling and brilliant’ – ALISON WEIR‘Part political thriller . . . A thrilling achievement’ – KATE WILLIAMS, author of Rival Queens

In March 1603, Queen Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch, lies dying at Richmond Palace. The queen’s ministers cluster round her bedside, urging her to name her successor – something she has stubbornly resisted throughout her reign. Almost with her last breath she whispers that James VI of Scotland should succeed her.

Or so we’ve been led to believe.

But, as enthralling new research shows, this is not what happened. Elizabeth went to her grave without formally naming an heir. The notion of an approved succession from Tudors to Stuarts is little more than an elaborately constructed fiction – a fiction that went on to have devastating consequences. The Stuart regime rapidly descended into turbulence and uncertainty, conspiracy and persecution, witchcraft and gunpowder.

With a combination of rigorous research and brilliant storytelling, The Stolen Crown takes us behind palace doors to reveal the secret history of the Tudor succession.

Tracy Borman OBE is Chief Historian at Historic Royal Palaces and Chief Executive of the Heritage Education Trust. She studied and taught history at the University of Hull.

Tracy is the author of a number of highly acclaimed books including Crown & Sceptre, Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him, The Private Lives of the Tudors: Uncovering the Secrets of Britain’s Greatest Dynasty, Thomas Cromwell: The Untold Story of Henry VIII’s Most Faithful Servant, Matilda: Wife of the Conqueror, First Queen of England, Elizabeth’s Women: The Hidden Story of the Virgin Queen and Witches: A Tale of Sorcery, Scandal and Seduction.

Tracy is also a regular broadcaster and public speaker, giving talks on her books across the UK and abroad.

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Trace fossils - evidence of life with no bones
2025-09-11 19:30 - 21:00 | BRLSI, 16-18 Queen Square, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 2HN, United Kingdom
Trace fossils are marks and patterns in sedimentary rocks produced by the activities of animals and plants. Footprints and burrows are obvious examples and they record many aspects of the way animals lived.

This talk explores these useful fossils, including tales of dinosaur trackways in Wales and burrows large enough to drive a car into!

Professor Maurice Tucker is Visiting Professor in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol. Before retiring to the South West, he was Professor of Geology at the University of Durham and Master of University College, Durham. He does research on the formation and maturation of sedimentary rocks, including the role of viruses in carbonate precipitation, the Permian geology of NE England and North Sea, the limestones of Montserrat, as well as the Jurassic oolites and Bath building stone

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The Irregulars
2025-09-11 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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Christine Collister – Children of the Sea & Beyond
2025-09-11 19:30 - 22:00 | Chapel Arts, Basement, St James Memorial Hall, 9 Lower Borough Walls, Bath, Bath & North East Somerset, BA1 1QR, United Kingdom
With a voice described by The Times as “personally delivered by God,”
Christine Collister returns to the stage this year with a beautifully expanded live experience based around her acclaimed 2024 project Children of the Sea — a spellbinding suite of original songs inspired by the folklore of her native Isle of Man.
Following a warm reception for both the album and its richly illustrated companion book, Christine is thrilled to bring audiences deeper into this magical world. In 2025, she shares additional new material drawn from the same thematic well, alongside a fresh collection of video storytelling created for earlier fan favourites — all seamlessly woven into an intimate evening of music, myth and memory.

Northern Live at The Forum
2025-09-11 19:30 - 23:00 | The Forum Bath, 1A Forum Buildings, Bath, Somerset, BA1 1UG, United Kingdom
Keeping the Faith to the original sounds of the underground movement that started on the dance floors in the North and eventually swept the Nation, including an 11-piece band with 4 lead vocalists performing over 30 original hits, expect to hear:

Dobie Gray – “Out On The Floor”, R Dean Taylor – “There’s A Ghost In My House”, Frank Wilson – “Do I love You – Indeed I Do”, Gloria Jones – “Tainted Love”, Al Wilson – “The Snake”, Yvonne Baker – “You Didn’t Say A Word”, Jimmy Radcliffe – “Long After Tonight Is Over”, Garnet Mimms- “Looking For You”, Dean Parrish – “I’m On My Way” and many, many more.

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Jane Austen Festival 2025
2025-09-12 00:00 - 2025-09-21 23:59 | Somerset
One of the most well-known festivals in Bath, the Jane Austen Festival, is also one of the largest and longest Jane Austen-themed festivals in the world!

The festival begins with a Regency Costumed Promenade, which holds the Guinness World Record for the ‘Largest gathering of people dressed in Regency costumes’.

Throughout the 10-day event, there’s plenty to enjoy including guided walks, costumed balls, theatrical performances, talks and much more!

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Floral Painting
2025-09-12 10:30 - 13:45 | Bath Spa University – Locksbrook Road Campus, The Street, Locksbrook Road, Bath, BANES, BA1 3EL, United Kingdom
During this one-day mixed media Floral Painting workshop, you’ll explore expressive approaches to floral subjects using a range of artist-quality materials. Under the guidance of Natalie Bedford, Fine Art graduate and experienced tutor, you’ll begin with observational drawing techniques using wax, charcoal, and erasers to build dynamic marks and tonal contrasts.

You’ll then move into painting with gouache, learning how to apply colour theory to create rhythm, variety, and interest across your composition. The session will finish with the addition of soft chalks to bring depth and vibrancy to your final piece.

Floral Expressions is suitable for beginners and experienced artists alike and welcomes participants of all ages. It is structured enough to support you, but loose enough to encourage personal expression. By the end of the day, you’ll have created a unique floral painting to take home and be proud of.

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Taking Tea at No.1 Royal Crescent with Choux Box Patisserie
2025-09-12 13:30 - 17:30 | No.1 Royal Crescent, 1 Royal Crescent, Bath, BA1 2LR
Come and join No.1 Royal Crescent for a fabulous afternoon tea hosted by their friends at the Choux Box Patisserie.

This event has two sessions, each lasting 1 hour. Your ticket includes time to explore the museum after the tea party. If you wish to visit our current exhibition, The Most Tiresome Place in the World: Jane Austen & Bath, you can pay a reduced fee of £2.50 at our shop desk on the day of your visit.

As it’s the start of the fabulous Jane Austen Festival 2025, attending in costume is encouraged, but not mandatory.

Sessions are as follows:Session A:

12:00 – 13:00 – tea party in our Servants’ Hall at No.1 Royal Crescent hosted by the Choux Box Patisserie

13:00 – 17:30 – time to explore No.1 Royal Crescent at your leisure. Please note a museum visit usually takes around 1 hour. The museum closes at 17:30, with the shop and exhibition closing at 17:00

Session 1:

13:45 – 14:45 – tea party in our Servants’ Hall at No.1 Royal Crescent hosted by the Choux Box Patisserie

14:45 – 17:30 – time to explore No.1 Royal Crescent at your leisure. Please note a museum visit usually takes around 1 hour. The museum closes at 17:30, with the shop and exhibition closing at 17:00

Session 2:

15:30 – 16:30 – tea party in our Servants’ Hall at No.1 Royal Crescent hosted by the Choux Box Patisserie

16:30- 17:30 – time to explore No.1 Royal Crescent at your leisure. Please note a museum visit usually takes around 1 hour. The museum closes at 17:30, with the shop and exhibition closing at 17:00

Menus will be added in due course. There will be an adult menu, vegetarian adult menu and a child’s menu.

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Jane Austen 250: Regency Crafternoon
2025-09-12 15:00 - 17:00 | Hidden Store, 2 Pierrepoint Place, Bath, BANES, BA1 1JX, United Kingdom
The Love Makers Craft Cafe offers a menu of craft activities for makers to choose from and enjoy a couple of hours of creative flow in good company.

For this special series of Georgian Crafternoons in celebration of Jane Austen 250, join the team to make your own unique, Regency-inspired souvenir to bring home and remember your visit to beautiful Bath!

Embroider your own handkerchief; collage your favourite aspect of Bath; construct realistic paper flowers, play with silhouettes, or block print a tea towel!

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Southgate Sorcerers
2025-09-12 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.

Widcombe Friday Waterside Nights – Free Live Music Every Friday
2025-09-12 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.

Moonlight Express: Around the World by Night Train with Monisha Rajesh
2025-09-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Mr B’s Emporium Bookshop, 14-15, John St, Bath, BA1 2JL
Mr B’s are delighted to welcome journalist and travel writer, Monisha Rajesh for the publication of her new book, Moonlight Express: Around the World by Night Train.

Following her award-winning journey in Around the World in 80 Trains, Monisha Rajesh explores the art of slow travel by sleeper train with her signature wit, warmth and enthusiasm in Moonlight Express, celebrating the peculiar magic and mayhem of the night train.

Monisha Rajesh is a British journalist whose writing has appeared in Time magazine, the New York Times, the Guardian and the Sunday Telegraph. Her first book, Around India in 80 Trains, was named one of the Independent’s best books on India. Her second book, Around the World in 80 Trains, was shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Travel Book Award and won the National Geographic Traveller Award for Best Book. In 2024 she was selected for Conde Nast’s Women Who Travel Power List, alongside Eva Longoria, Padma Lakshmi and others. She lives in London.

About the book:

The wonder of the night train: headlamps ablaze, passengers boarding after sunset and leaving before sunrise, slipping in and out of compartments unseen. For Monisha Rajesh, the singular thrill of sleeper trains inspired a new journey around the world – one filled with moonlit landscapes, cosy compartments and quirky companions.

From Austria’s Nightjet to Scotland’s Caledonian Sleeper and Finland’s Santa Claus Express, Rajesh invites us on a multi-year adventure aboard the world’s most wondrous awe-inspiring trains. Along the way she samples reindeer stew on the night-train to Norway, sips on pisco sours while riding the Belmond Andean Explorer to the shores of Lake Titicaca – and considers a game of cricket down a carriage on the Shalimar Express. A decade ago night trains were giving way to budget airlines and high-speed rail.

But as people search for slower and more environmentally friendly ways to travel, night trains are in the midst of a renaissance. By turns romantic and hilarious, Moonlight Express brings us along for the ride – and drops us back at the platform before sunrise.

‘Monisha Rajesh has chosen one of the best ways of seeing the world. Never too fast, never too slow, her journey does what trains do best. Getting to the heart of things. Prepare for a very fine ride’ – MICHAEL PALIN on Around the World in 80 Trains.

‘Crackles’ and sparks with life like an exploding box of Diwali fireworks’ – WILLIAM DALRYMPLE on Around India in 80 Trains

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Krowd Keepers Magic Theatre
2025-09-12 19:30 - 21:30 | The Ale House, 1 York Street, Bath, BA1 1NG
If you are looking for something for a date night, family night out, or even as a solo traveller, Krowd Keepers Magic Theatre is the venue for you. A small intimate room to laugh and be amazed in wonder. No Rabbits, Feather Flowers, or Top Hats!

Hosted by magician Billy Kidd who has appeared on numerous televisions shows worldwide including Wizard Wars with Penn and Teller, Breaking Magic on Discovery Channel, Next Great Magician, Game of Talents for ITV, as well with programs like the BBC, Ch 5, CW, SYFY, CBC and she has performed at Hollywoods’ Magic Castle and theatres across the globe.

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A Night at the Opera by Candlelight
2025-09-12 19:30 - 21:30 | Bath Abbey, Bath, BA1 1LT
London Concertante presents a sensational evening at the opera with an array of the finest opera arias and overtures, performing works from Puccini, Verdi, Rossini, and Mozart. Enjoy some of the best from Madame Butterfly, Turandot, Tosca, The Barber of Seville, Carmen, Così fan tutte and so much more.

Experience the thrill, drama, and romance of some of opera’s most beloved and immersive stories, performed by acclaimed live orchestra, London Concertante, and some of the UK’s greatest opera singers – all presented by spectacular candlelight as part of their sell-out Candlelight Concerts series

Feel the intensity of Puccini’s “Nessun Dorma” from the epic opera Turandot, as its powerful notes sweep over you. Delight in the delicate harmonies of Delibes’ “Flower Duet” from Lakme, a floral celebration of soprano voices. Meanwhile Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro Overture” sets the tone for comedic intrigue, leading seamlessly to the emotional depth of Puccini’s “O Mio Babbino Caro” from Gianni Schicchi.

The evening continues with the lively overture from Rossini’s Barber of Seville, followed by Verdi’s spirited “La donna e mobile” from Rigoletto. Experience the seductive allure of Bizet’s Habanera from Carmen before being serenaded by Puccini’s heartrending arias, “Un Bel Di Vedremo” from Madame Butterfly and “E Lucevan le Stelle” from Tosca.

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