1 - 21 April - various
With over 250 comedians performing over 100 shows at 15 venues across our city, Bath Comedy Festival will see Bath roaring with laughter over three weeks this April.
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2 - 6 April - Theatre Royal
Gaz and his mates are down on their luck and feel they have been thrown on the scrap heap, but they are determined to fight back and bare a little more than they ever thought they would have to!
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2 April - Komedia
Special guests will be joining our party where you can meet them and even take some photos!
Previous special guests include: Barbie, Elsa, Olaf, Pikachu, the Grinch, Snow White, Cinderella, Spider-Man, Buzz Light Year and many more!
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£ 3.00
2 April - Komedia
Following a completely sell out run in 2022 – James Phelan, the magician most infamous for jamming the BBC switchboard after correctly predicted the lottery presents with an all new show for 2023. This dazzling, five star rated magic show will leave you aching with laughter and dizzy in disbelief.
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£ 24.50
4 April - Komedia
Tommy Tiernan’s brand new show ‘tommedian’ is a fun fuelled trip through the comic imagination of one of the best comedians in the world. This is a wild, uninhibited and fiercely physical display of stand-up. A madcap parade of characters, memories and ridiculous flights of fancy. Theatrical, poetical and slightly unhinged…. DON’T YOU DARE MISS IT!!!
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£ 27.80
4 April - Chapel Arts Centre
PLUMHALL (Michelle Plum and Nick B Hall) are critically-acclaimed songwriters from the UK, using a mesmerising combination of acoustic and electric instruments (occasionally with electronica) to create breathtaking soundscapes to their powerful original songs.
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£ 12.00
Krafter Comedy Club
6,13,20,27 April - Komedia
Kick-off your weekend with some proper good laughs and discover the best in live comedy, featuring three top stand-ups and one of the best comperes in the business! Pre-show dining will also available at the venue, and you can check out our new menu.
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6,13,20,27 April - Komedia
One enormous party – with all your guilty pleasures from the 80s, 90s and 00s!
Each week there will be a pro photographer, unbeatable drinks deals and great tunes!
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£ 8.00
Martin Carthy
5 April - Chapel Arts Centre
For more than 50 years Martin Carthy has been one of folk music’s greatest innovators, one of its best loved, most enthusiastic and, at times, most quietly controversial of figures. His skill, stage presence and natural charm have won him many admirers, not only from within the folk scene, but also far beyond it.
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£ 18.00
6 April - Bath Abbey
Come and make a colourful bonnet or tricorn, inspired by the Abbey's eighteenth century history. Try on a stunning Georgian outfit to match your hat – will you be a Lady, Lord or perhaps an Admiral?
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Bath's Big Day Out
7 April - Bath Racecourse
It's the perfect day out for everyone, whether you're looking for a pub garden feel where you can sit back, listen to live music and enjoy a pint or prosecco with friends, or you're on the hunt for family-friendly fun that'll keep everyone entertained, the Racecourse has you covered.
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Boo Hewerdine
11 April - Komedia
One of the UK’s finest singer-songwriters. As lead singer of seminal band, The Bible through to his subsequent solo work and long-time collaboration with the incredible Eddi Reader he has become something of a national treasure. He is in demand as a writer, producer and performer.
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£ 16.00
P1 with Matt and Tommy
12 April - Komedia
The P1 Live Show Returns! Matt and Tommy are two diehard F1 fans, here to bring you all the latest news, reaction, predictions and opinions from the best sport in the world. From every strategy blunder to spicy off-track controversies, they'll be in your ears keeping you up to speed.
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£ 22.50
Emma Stevens
12 April - Chapel Arts Centre
She established a career as a singer songwriter in 2012, her original music and has achieved four consecutive play-listed singles on BBC Radio 2, extensive international radio play in the UK, Europe and Australia and an iTunes single of the week with her song “Riptide”
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£ 13.00
13 April - Chapel Arts Centre
A heart-warming, musical homage to the great American singer-songwriters of the late 60’s and early 70’s, featuring beautiful timeless songs from James Taylor, Carole King, Simon & Garfunkel, Joni Mitchell, Don Mclean, Bread, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, America, The Byrds, Mamas and Papas, Carly Simon..
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£ 18.00
The Wave Pictures
14 April - Komedia
The trio of Jonny Helm (drums), Dave Tattersall (guitar & vocals) and Franic Rozycki (bass) have gone on to be one of the UK’s most prolific and beloved bands. Fond of classic rock, jazz and blues, they are also one of the most accomplished, with Tattersall’s guitar solos becoming the stuff of legend.
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£ 17.50
16 April - Theatre Royal
The trio of Jonny Helm (drums), Dave Tattersall (guitar & vocals) and Franic Rozycki (bass) have gone on to be one of the UK’s most prolific and beloved bands. Fond of classic rock, jazz and blues, they are also one of the most accomplished, with Tattersall’s guitar solos becoming the stuff of legend.
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Daoirí Farrell
17 April - Chapel Arts Centre
Since launching his own solo live career at the 2016, Daoirí Farrell has gone from strength to strength with numerous honours from BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards to ALSR Celtic Music accolades and worldwide touring. He has also received endorsements from the likes of Christy Moore (‘Daoirí has assumed the mantle of Luke [Kelly]’) and Mark Radcliffe (‘What a voice’).
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£ 20.00
Elton John By Candlelight
18 April - Bath Pavilions
Featuring a cast of West End singers and epic live band, experience the hits of Rock Legend Elton John as you have never heard them before! This incredible show features some of the most iconic songs of all time including 'I'm Still Standing', 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road', Candle in the Wind' and many more performed at Bath Pavilion by candlelight.
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£ 20.00
Johnny Cash Revisited
19 April - Chapel Arts Centre
Johnny Cash Revisited is a two-hour, live concert performance set between 1969 and 1971 and based on the hugely popular “Johnny Cash Show” Television series. During this period, Cash was at the height of his career in the USA and around the world, following the success of his legendary, At Folsom Prison and San Quentin albums.
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Lansdown Fillies Stakes Evening
19 April - Bath Racecourse
If you're looking for things to do in Bath this May, this could be a perfect spring day out. Just imagine, you're trackside, feeling the sun beating down, listening to the thunder of the hooves as you watch the horses run to the finish, and cheers fill the air.
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20 April - Chapel Arts Centre
Paul Anthony was voted the UK’s No.1 David Bowie Tribute Act at the National Tribute Awards 2016. His act has amazed and entertained audiences throughout the nation. With a full band Paul will perform two hours of Bowie’s biggest hits taking the audience on a musical journey, experiencing the masterpieces that made the late, great David Bowie the immortal legend he is today.
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£ 22.00
20 April - Wiltshire Music Centre
Griff rambles on the developing national permacrisis. Age. Family. Fraud. Nostalgia. The Tik Tok generation. Crocodile smuggling and noodling in Australia. Travel, dogs, hotels, drink and midnight trains. He takes questions from the audience and lets rip as his associations wander.
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£ 22.00
Henry Ayling
21 April - Komedia
Henry Ayling is a Bristol-based singer-songwriter, who plays fingerstyle acoustic guitar. Playing and singing his own songs as well as including the occasional cover and traditional ballad, Henry is known for his masterful fingerpicking, his soulful voice, and his original folky style.
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22 - 27 April - Theatre Royal
Relive the sights and sounds of the 80s as the iconic BOUNCERS - one of the most popular plays of the last fifty years - comes to the Theatre Royal Bath for the first time ever!
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Atlas Rise
20 - 23 April - Theatre Royal
British alternative rock band from Somerset formed in 2021 by frontman Louis Stone and drummer J Arnold. The band hope to follow in the steps of Linkin Park, Porcupine Tree and Tears For Fears, combining late 90s Nu-metal with modern prog and pop. Drawing on their influences they have found a place of clarity in their own music, writing and performing...
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£ 8.00
Joe Martin
24 April - Chapel Arts Centre
Musically, Joe didn’t know what he was looking for until he found country music, and once he did, he never looked back… From singing along to James Taylor and Paul Simon as a child, Joe knew that he wanted to recreate that feeling for others with his own songs one day.
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£ 15.00
25 April - Komedia
After a year of performing worldwide, award-winning comedian Aurie Styla is back on tour, with his biggest one to date. Join him as he talks about this wild world, and his journey to make sense of it, in The Aurator!
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£ 14.00
The Ministry of Burlesque
26 April - Komedia
Fusing the wild, weird and witty traditions of circus, cabaret and burlesque, The Ministry of Burlesque’s Cabaret unfolds as a bold and daring, ever evolving new-variety experience. Enjoy musical comedy masters, provocative prima donnas, enigmatic exotic dancers and astonishing feats of human grace – all balanced on a contemporary knife edge.
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£ 10.00
26 April - Bath Rec
Join Bath Rugby at The Rec to see Bath Rugby take on 2023 Gallagher Premiership winners, Saracens.
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Top Secret
27 April - Komedia
Hold on to your seats as the Komedia is transformed into a real-life science laboratory and lots of unbelievable “how did they do that!” moments. Experience non-stop actionpacked interactive magical science experiments that will capture the imagination, a fast-moving and colourful magical science show.
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£ 27.00
Mickelson
28 April - Komedia
Scott Mickelson is an artist/producer from San Francisco. His debut release Flickering was on the Grammy ballot for Best Folk Album and Best Roots Music Performance. His follow up full-length A Wondrous Life received great reviews in the US and abroad which led to his first European tour in 2019.
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28 April - Bath Racecourse
Join Bath Racecourse for Sunday Racing at Bath – combining sporting action, an enjoyable atmosphere, and a scenic backdrop for a unique day out with friends and family.
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29 April - Komedia
The Electric Comedy Club is Komedia Bath’s all new monthly showcase of the finest up-and-coming comedy talent the UK has to offer!
Hosted by the brilliant Morgan Rees, each show will feature a pro headliner straight off the circuit as well as 4 rising stars of stand-up – all for just £5.
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£ 5.00