Frome Festival 2013

The Frome Festival now in its 13th year takes place over ten days from Friday 5th until Sunday 14th July 2013.

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

Phill Jupitus, Rich Hall, Bath Philharmonia, John Shirley-Quirk, The Afrobeat Messengers, John Power, Olivia Chaney, Ashley Wass, Hank Wangford, Jo Brand, Ian McMillan, Prunella Scales, Ashley Wass. 'The Turn of the Screw', The Critters, Fat Stanley, Honk Monsters, The Frukes, Waiting for Godot, Fine Chisel Theatre Co., Eddie Martin, Hip Yak Poetry Shack, Frome Festival Feast, Dr Archibald Combellack, Jack Klaff, Chas n Dave, The Bad Detectives, Tinkers Bag - The Labourer's Year, Pete Atkin, Eddie Martin, Bristol Shantymen, Clayson Sings Chanson, Stevie-Jo Dooley, The Dempseys, In Tones: Av, Sam Evans Band, The Pigeons & The Brothers Tyghe, Richard Kennedy, The Magic Tractor, My Social Orbit, Lekan Babalola, Gary Fletcher And Band Featuring Steve Simpson And Tom Leary, Sensonic, Jackdaws Songbirds, and Pete Gage Band.

There is also the annual food feast curtain-raiser, mysterious tunnelling, secret gardens, art at The Black Swan and Toolshed galleries, sculptors, open studios and bundles of fun for all the family.

Tickets

Prices range from free to middling, with plenty in between. To buy tickets now, 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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