Frome Festival 2011

The Frome Festival now in its 11th year takes place over ten days from Friday 8th until Sunday 17th July 2011.

The annual ten-day Frome Festival is Somerset's largest community festival, with more than 160 events held at various venues in and around the town.

Line-up

Cara Dillon, John Shuttleworth, European Union Chamber Orchestra, Lucy Porter, Turin Brakes & Tom McRae, Transglobal Underground, Sandi Thom, Jo Caulfield, Amati String Quartet, Port Erin, The Deltics, Bill Smarme & The Bizness, Jessica Walker, The Kitchen Sink Band, Three Bonzos And A Piano, B Naturals, Sunny Skiez Jazz & The Woodsman's Choice, Frome Symphony, The Gallois Brothers, The Critters, Henry Spencer's Jazz Quartet, Alan Clayson, Tim Hugh, Juncture, Electrotextur, Adam's appl Jazz Trio, Christina Rossetti with Tina Walker & The Amati String Quartet, Dan Days & Gaz Brookfield, Jon Amor, Rusullah & Nickomo, Hugo Walker, Bruce Hood, Catching The Gypsy's Tale, John Plaxton, MarkBellamy, Adrian Smith, Jim White, Drift Snowbarger, The Jon Lloyd Quintet, Tracy Jane Sullivan, Radio Banska, Terry Hill Big Band, Harpeth Rising, Hush Club, The Bad Detectives, National Schools Symphony Orchestra, Leonardo's Bicycle, The Operation, Redback, Fabric, Tom Beattie, Ulysses, Magic Tractor, The Purple Valley, Richard Kennedy, Jackdaws Songbirds, Peter King, Bath Community Gospel Choir, and Praying for The Rain.

Tickets

Ticket prices vary depending upon event. To buy tickets, click here.

Other events

The festival also offers dozens of walks, talks, and workshops which actively involve, not only the local community, but thousands of visitors to the town. Frome Festival offers more than 190 events over ten days.

Elsewhere there's art exhibitions, walks, workshops, Perennial favourites Hidden Gardens, Open Studios, Frome Green Fair, Art Car Boot Fair and the Festival Fashion Show, and many other curiosities.

Programming

The Frome Festival operates in a similar way to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, in that the ideas and promotions come from various external sources. For example, the Merlin Theatre and Rook Lane Arts organise their own programme of performances and exhibitions within the festival's remit. The Literature elements, the Home project, and the Theatre in the Villages are all largely self contained aspects to the festival. The Cheese and Grain Hall, hosts some events in festival week presented by commercial promoters, who pay a contribution to the festival's overheads. Many events are run by private individuals or organisations, often underwriting the financial risks themselves.

The festival features classical, jazz, folk, film, drama and literary events, as well as exhibitions throughout the town and surrounding area, drama productions, workshops, events for children and attracts performers from all over the world.

More information will be here when available.

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