Events Around Bath

Just announced...we have been talking to the traders in Abbey Green for a while about reviving their former Independent Bath market...and have just had everything approved.

‘On the Horizon’, the first summer exhibition at the Abbey Hotel’s ArtBar, opens on 10th July. This new collection celebrates 2019 graduate talent from Bath Spa University.

Bath’s biggest and most creative market is back in Queen Square on Saturday 3rd August! Meet amazing artisans and artists from the South West, try some fabulous street food and soak up the atmosphere of Bath’s most loved market.

See the world’s top athletes challenge for continental crowns and Tokyo Olympic places. The trail to the Tokyo Olympics starts for TeamGB’s modern pentathletes this summer and you can feel a part of it.

Join us for a proper day out at the races West Country style, all washed down with a glass of cider and followed by a live performance by renowned Somerset legends, The Wurzels, at our Super Cider Saturday., sponsored by Kingstone Press.

Architect-designed ¾ acre hillside garden with stunning views. Started autumn 1996. Exotic plants. Gravel gardens for borderline hardy plants. Black and white (purple and silver) garden. Vegetable garden and orchard. Hot border. Lemon and lime bank. Annual, biennial and tender plants for late summer colour.

Join the Amadeus Orchestra this summer for their annual visit to Wiltshire Music Centre with a sumptuous evening of Russian Classics. Prize-winning Russian pianist Mariya Kostenko makes her debut with the orchestra with Rachmaninov’s perfect little gem, Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini.

An eclectic mix of art, ceramics, jewellery and fashion accessories in a friendly three day event at the West Barn in the fantastic surroundings of Bradford-on Avon’s Barton Park, canal, craft centre, cafes and not forgetting the historic Tithe barn.

8-acre garden surrounding Regency house (not open) with beautiful views across open countryside. Lawns sweep down to ha-ha. Colour themed herbaceous and shrub borders. Elegant water feature. Arboretum of specimen trees and more recently planted acer glade.

There are talks, costumed storytellers and crafting based around the pretty 17th-century medicinal herb garden of Fountain Court. A focus on the planting of the medicinal garden of Fountain Court taking place as part of the Dyrham Park Rework’d project.

The South Gloucestershire Show is a celebration of life in South Gloucestershire. The Show brings together the people of South Gloucestershire for a weekend of fun and entertainment. With the previous year’s seeing attendance at over 29,000, it is expected to be another successful year for the Show.

Come and enjoy Handel’s favourite work, Theodora, in the beautiful surroundings of St Andrew’s Church in Mells. Following on from last year’s sell-out opera, Midsomer Choral returns to Mells to perform this great oratorio, which Handel considered his best work.

A new family musical adaptation of the wonderful Quentin Blake story. Mister Magnolia has many things, such as an old trumpet that goes rooty-toot, some very fat owls learning to hoot, a big purple dinosaur who’s a magnificent brute, two sisters who play the flute, and even a swimming pool.

Open-Air Shakespeare production, bring along a picnic and enjoy this classic comedy on a beautiful setting. Folky Theatre present Shakespeare’s classic tale of mistaken identities. After being separated from their twins in a shipwreck, Antipholus and his servant Dromio go to Ephesus to find them.

3 very different gardens, not to be missed, each with its individual style and planting. A broad spectrum of interest and styles developing year on year.

Sundays & Wednesdays come to our drop-in sessions from 11am to 1pm in the Crypt beneath the church. Need time to chill out! Want to get away from everything! You can relax, chat, play pool or read a newspaper with a bacon sandwich and tea or coffee.

Join us at out coffee mornings in St Luke’s church hall. Relax, have a chat and a tea or coffee with a biscuit or two. Sometimes we arrange trips and days out to places such as Cadbury Garden Centre, Street Shopping Village, Swindon Outlet and alike.

ARE YOU A CARER? Just want to talk to someone? Need understanding? COFFEE POT CARERS SUPPORT GROUP meets every second Wednesday of each month 9.30 to 11am. St Luke’s Church Hall Queen Ann Road Barton Hill Bristol BS5 9FB opposite the primary school. For any carer needing a listening ear, just turn up.

Unusual and interesting city garden in Bedminster with a mixture of exciting plants and features. Ponds, ferns and much more. Eden project style greenhouse with collection of cacti.

A Modern Gift Fair with lots of high quality products, both handmade and bought in. A lovely location in the very pretty National Trust village of Lacock, popular all year round with local visitors and tourists from overseas. Famous for being used as a film location, Lacock is an ideal venue for such an event.

summer fete /craft fair its a free event music, ice creams ,bbq food, raffle, its themed around circus with acts through out the day , cream teas sweet cart , and much more.

The Botanic Garden in Lacock’s grounds will be bringing back the Healing Herbs border from last year due to popular demand. Head Gardener Sue Carter and her team have created a fantastic herb border to show some of the plants the nuns may have grown for medicinal purposes and share some medieval remedies.

Take a summer stroll around the grounds of Lacock Abbey, searching for the locations of Fox Talbot’s photographic compositions from the 1830’s. View the abbey, its grounds and gardens in new ways, and follow the path of Fox Talbot as he made his photographic compositions.

Pause, breathe and take a mindful moment with us this summer. A fun family trail with activities to make you aware of your thoughts and feelings in natures surroundings. Strike your best yoga pose, meditate, or simply smell the roses to take you away from a busy day and calm the mind.