Bath Fringe Festival '11

A 17-day arts festival across the city of Bath featuring live performances from both local, national and world musicians as well as dance, theatre, art exhibitions, carnival and children's events with many free gigs held from Friday 27th May until Sunday 13th June.

Music line-up

Music highlights of Bath Fringe 2011

Friday 27th May

RSVP - The Rhythmites
Opening Night Party
Double Dance Party Party!
Venue: Spiegeltent
Doors: 18:00
Start time: 18:30
2 Shows: This event is free from 6-8.30 pm. The Spiegeltent will then close (but the bar and Spiegelgarden is still open, of course) until 9pm, when there's a £5 ticket charge.
Price: Free from 6pm - 8.30pm. Late show 9pm-11pm £5.

Opening Night Party
The Rhythm-Ites
Double Dance Party Party!
Bath's own classy reggae band return
Venue: Spiegeltent
Doors: 21:00
Start time: 21:30
Price: £5

Saturday 28th May

An Afternoon with The Duckworths
The Duckworths and guests
Venue: Spiegeltent
Doors: 13:00
Start time: 13:00
Price: £4

Tcha Limberger's Budapest Gypsy Orchestra
Best Gipsy fiddler of this generation
Venue: Spiegeltent
Doors: 20:00
Start time: 20:30
Price: £12 / £10

Sunday 29th May

Walcot International Music Festival
Boxcar + Aldous Huxley
Venue: The Bell
Doors: 12:00
Start time: 13:00
Price: free

Fringe Club
Malarchy + ARCC
Category: music, film & multimedia
Venue: The Love Lounge
Start time: 19:00
Price: £2.00 on door

I Love You Go Easy Tour
Devon Sproule
Venue: Spiegeltent
Doors: 19:30
Start time: 20:00
Price: £13

Chai Wallahs
Diplomats of Sound Present
Tin Roots, The Peoples String Foundation, Joe Driscoll & DJ Moneyshot
Venue: Moles Club
Doors: 20:00
Start time: 20:30
Price: £7adv / £ on door

Monday 30th May

Blues Monday
Kevin Brown Trio; Rocky Lawrence; Matt Woosey
Venue: Spiegeltent and Spiegel Garden Stage
Doors: 13:00
Start time: 14:00
Price: £4

Blues Monday
Mud Morganfield and the Dirty Aces
Muddy's boy has them blues genes
Venue: Spiegeltent
Doors: 20:00
Start time: 20:30
Price: £15 / £13

Walcot International Music Festival
Orkestra del Sol
maniac mob-handed brass boys
Venue: The Bell
Doors: 20:00
Start time: 21:00
Price: free

Wednesday 1st June

Dizraeli & the Small Gods plus The Boxettes and Tracy Jane Sullivan
conscious contemporary hiphop and unbelievable acapella
Venue: Spiegeltent
Doors: 20:00
Start time: 20:30
Price: £8

Thursday 2nd June

C W Stoneking and the Primitive Horn Orchestra
Like if Tom waits was from the Wax Cylinder era...
Venue: Spiegeltent
Doors: 20:00
Start time: 20:30
Price: £12 / £10

Friday 3rd June

Bedlam Friday
Brass Junkies
New Orleans style street music - with real swing!
Venue: Green Park Station
Doors: 18:00
Start time: 18:30

Ska Cubano
The two best dance musics in the world - combined!
Venue: Spiegeltent
Doors: 20:00
Start time: 20:30
Price: £12 / £10

Sunday 5th June

Walcot International Music Festival
Tom Hingley
Inspiral Carpets frontman reborn
Venue: The Bell
Doors: 12:00
Start time: 13:00
Price: free

A rendition of the album 'Clear Spot'
Robyn Hitchcock & His Imaginary Band
Robyn Hitchcock plays Captain Beefheart!
Venue: Spiegeltent
Doors: 20:00
Start time: 20:30
Price: £15 / £13 concs

Monday 6th June

Walcot International Music Festival
Mamadou N Cissokho
Kora King with full band
Venue: The Bell
Doors: 20:00
Start time: 21:00

Wednesday 8th June

Ash Keys Music
Rory McLeod and The Familiar Strangers
Special gig - Rory with fantastic 4 piece band
Venue: Chapel Arts Centre
Doors: 19:30
Start time: 20:30
Price: £15

Walcot International Music Festival
The Lund Quartet
Very groovy
Venue: The Bell
Start time: 21:00
Price: free

Thursday 9th June

Ash Keys Music
Alasdair Roberts Trio / Ian King
Exciting double bill
Venue: Chapel Arts Centre
Doors: 19:30
Start time: 20:00
Price: £14

Friday 10th June

Platform 13
Moscow Drug Club and cabaret acts
dark-tinged song and surreal cabaret
Venue: Green Park Station
Doors: 18:30
Start time: 18:30
Price: Free

Ash Keys Music present
Jim Moray Band
full band line up
Venue: Chapel Arts Centre
Doors: 19:30
Start time: 20:00
Price: £14.00

Saturday 11th June

scarlet blu events
Boom Stage
tomorrow's stars today!
Venue: Royal Victoria Park
Doors: 13:00
Price: £3

scarlet blu events
Ska Party Night
what it says
Doors: 19:30
Start time: 20:00
Price: £6

Club Cairo presents
Enchanting entertainment from the Middle East
Music, Dance and visuals
Chapel Arts Centre
Doors: 19:30
Start time: 20:00
Price: £12 adv / £14 on door / £9 concs

Sunday 12th June

scarlet blu events Right Royal Lazy Sunday
Lazing on a sunny afternoon...
Venue: Little Bigtop Tent
Doors: 13:00
Price: £3

Walcot International Music Festival
Three Cane Whale
Penguin Café meets Folk
Venue: The Bell
Doors: 12:00
Start time: 13:00
Price: free

The American Museum in Britain
Bath Banjo Festival
Allison Williams and Rachel Eddy
Venue: The American Museum in Britain
Doors: 13:00
Start time: 14:00
Price: Included in museum admission. Adult £9

Monday 13th June

Walcot International Music Festival
Pilgrim's Way
Three fab young folkies in new band
Venue: The Bell
Doors: 20:00
Start time: 21:00
Price: free

Tickets

Prices vary according to venue and event. To buy tickets, click here.

The full festival programme is expected to include everything from visual art exhibitions to installations, classical theatre and street performance workshops, morris dancing to hip-hop sessions as well as live music. A half-term programme of kids' entertainment & workshops & talent show, visual arts in unexpected places, empty shops, and apparent randomness in the streets.

Venues

Shows in parks, a railway station, Bath Guildhall, a glass-blowing works, museums, in the streets, restaurants, in people's own houses, as well as the usual theatres, pubs, clubs, churches and halls.

More information will be here when available.