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Here is a list of the major events planned in Bath and the surrounding
area in 2008. Please check back nearer the time for further details and
confirmed dates, or contact event organisers directly.
Bath Racecourse Fixtures
Located on Lansdown Hill
overlooking the city, the Bath Racecourse will be home to 20 great
fixtures in 2008, with a variety of weekday, weekend and evening fixtures.
Bath Rugby Fixtures
Located in the
heart of the city centre, The Recreation Ground will play host to a full
season of home fixtures for the Bath Rugby team.
UK School Games
Bath and Bristol is to host the
third UK School Games in 2008 featuring some of the most talented sporting
youngsters of school age from around the UK.
Fashion Museum
1977: Punk at the Fashion
Museum
Talented photographers all making their names by
capturing the energetic and edgy cultural explosion known as punk.
6th June 2007 - 16th March 2008
January 2008
Museum of East Asian Art
Shen: Chinese Icons of
Divinity
This exhibition will explore the Chinese divine and
spiritual beings that can be found as wood carvings within China and
Chinese communities.
3rd January 2008 - 13th April 2008
Picturing China
Images of life
in China before the 1950's, recovered from Chinese and British men and
women who formerly lived there.
3rd January 2008 - 13th April
2008
Holburne Museum of Art
Seventy Years of Penguin
Design
This fascinating exhibition from the Penguin archives
examines the history of the Penguin book cover
8th January 2008
- 24th March 2008
Victoria Art Gallery
Anna Teasdale Exhibition
This
glorious celebration of landscape captures scenes in Mull, Devon, Wales
and Bath.
19th January 2008 - 24th February 2008
Victoria Art Gallery
The Blue and White
Show
Hundreds of pieces of blue and white china and textiles
create a vast mosaic of pattern and colour!
19th January 2008 -
30th March 2008
The Royal Photographic Society
Adam Patterson's "Insite"
Exhibition
These pictures are taken in Downtown Vancouver
focusing on a harm reduction faciltiy.
21st January 2008 - 28th
February 2008
February 2008
Bath Literature Festival: at Various
Venues
Bath Literature Festival has become a well established ten
days of literary events, encompassing writing in all its
forms.
23rd February 2008 - 2nd March 2008
Tel: 01225
463362
March 2008
Mid-Somerset Competitive Festival:
at Various Venues
A whole range of performing arts are on offer at
this festival.
1st March 2008 - 16th March 2008
Tel:
01225 463362
The Royal Photographic Society
Great Photographic
Journeys
Pictures from Russia, China, India, Scotland,
Ukraine, Cyrpus, Egypt...
3rd March 2008 - 29th March 2008
The American Museum
Titanic: The ship that shook
America
A selection of verified Titanic memorabilia never
been displayed in Britain.
15th March 2008 - 2nd November 2008
American Heritage
Exhibition
Using multi-sensory elements of sound, film and
costume, the real stories and spirit of American life come alive.
15th March 2008 - 2nd November 2008
Nationwide Bath Half Marathon:
Throughout Bath
General public entries for next year's Nationwide
Bath Half Marathon have now sold out!
Sunday 16th March 2008
Tel: 01225 471282
April 2008
Bath Bach Festival Weekend: at
Various Venues
Bach Festivals have been taking place at intervals in
Bath for 50 years!
18th April 2008 - 20th April 2008
May 2008
Badminton Horse Trials: in
Gloucestershire
One of the toughest and most exciting equestrian
events.
1st May 2008 - 4th May 2008
Tel: 08702 423436
Annual Bath Spring Flower Show: at
Royal Victoria Park
Held over the May Bank Holiday weekend in the
beautiful surroundings of Royal Victoria Park.
3rd May 2008 -
5th May 2008
Tel: 01225 396903
Bath International Music Festival:
at Various Venues
One of the most prestigious music festivals in the
UK.
21st May 2008 - 7th June 2008
Tel: 01225 463362
Bath Fringe Festival: at Various
Venues
This festival encompasses every aspect of contemporary art
from drama and comedy, to street theatre and music.
23rd May
2008 - 8th June 2008
Tel: 01225 463362
The Royal Bath & West Show: at
the Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet
The agricultural show
that will provide all the excitement and variety you ever wanted.
28th May 2008 - 31st May 2008
Tel: 01749 822200
June 2008
Somerset County Cricket Festival: at
Bath Recreation Ground
Early June (TBC),
Tel: 0845 337
1875
Glastonbury Festival: at
Pilton
One of the most famous festivals in the music calender
throughout the world!
27th June 2008 - 29th June 2008
July 2008
The Roman Baths by Torchlight: at
the Roman Baths
Relax and enjoy the romantic torchlit ambience of
the Great Bath.
1st July 2008 - 31st August 2008
Tel:
01225 477785
Channel 4 Taste of Bath: at Royal
Victoria Park
Explore different cuisines, enjoy fine wines,
champagnes and speciality beers all in the beautiful setting of Royal
Victoria Park.
3rd July 2008 - 6th July 2008
Tel: 0906
711 2000 (50p / min)
Forever Friends Concert: at The
Recreation Ground
4th July 2008 - 6th July 2008
WOMAD Festival: at Charlton
Park
25th July 2008 - 27th July 2008
Bath International Guitar Festival:
at Various venues
25th July 2008 - 8th August 2008
Tel:
01225 463362
August 2008
The Roman Baths by Torchlight: at
the Roman Baths
Relax and enjoy the romantic torchlit ambience of
the Great Bath.
1st August 2008 - 31st August 2008
Tel:
01225 477785
Gatcombe Park Horse Trials: at
Gatcombe Park
1st August 2008- 3rd August 2008
Tel: 01423
339423
UK School Games
The third UK School Games
will feature some of the most talented youngsters of school age from
across the UK.
28th August 2008 - 31st August 2008
Tel:
0207 278 7208
September 2008
National Amateur Gardening Show: at
the Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallett
5th September 2008 -
7th September 2008
Tel: 01749 822200
Bath Festival of Children's
Literature: at Various Venues
19th September 2008 - 28th
September 2008
Tel: 01225 463362
The Jane Austen Festival: at Venues
throughout Bath
19th September 2008 - 28th September
2008
Tel: 01225 443000
October 2008 - November 2008
Bath Film Festival: at Various
venues
End Oct - Beg Nov (TBC)
Tel: 01225 401149
Bath Mozart Festival: at Various
Venues
Mid Nov (TBC)
Tel: 01225 429750
Jane Austen's Regency Christmas: at The
Jane Austen Centre
End Nov (TBC)
Tel: 01225 443000
November 2008 - December 2008
American Heritage
Exhibition
Using multi-sensory elements of sound, film and
costume, the real stories and spirit of American life come alive.
22nd November 2008 - 14th December 2008
Christmas at Claverton: at the American
Museum
22nd November 2008 - 14th December 2008
Tel: 01225
460503
Bath Christmas Market: Abbey Churchyard
and surrounding areas
27th November 2008 - 7th December 2008
(TBC)
Tel: 0906 711 2000 (50p / min)
Carols by Candlelight, City of Bath Bach
Choir: at The Pump Room
Mid Dec (TBC)
Tel: 01225
463362
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