Frome Festival 2012

The Frome Festival now in its 12th year takes place over ten days from Friday 6th until Sunday 15th July 2012.

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

Reef will be performing the opening night of the festival. Alongside a host of other entertainment the music included on the bill comes from The Three Corners, Port Erin, Bill Smarme & The Bizness, Train To Skaville V The Refusal, DJ Will Daymond, The Bakseats, The Kitchen Sink Band, Spacetime - Piano And Paint, Isobel Thatcher, The Dempseys, Hank Wangford & Brad Breath, Gaz Brookfield, Magic Tractor, Diana Johnstone, The Critter, Blake, A Band Named Brian, Tracey Jane Sullivan, North Sea Radio Orchestra, Juju: Justin Adams And Juldeh Camara In Concert, The Wildcards, Zora And The Tatsmiths, The B Naturals And Glorious Chorus, Praying For The Rain, Who's Next V The Shout, DJ Badger Farcue, The Bad Detectives, My Social Orbit, Jackdaws Songbirds, Bath Male Choir, and Flap!.

Tickets

Tickets for Reef's show are priced at £22.50, to buy tickets for Reef, 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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