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Young Fundraisers Challenge with Bath Cats and Dogs Home
Encouraging children and young people to get creative and choose their own challenge or plan a bake sale, sponsored challenge or sporting event, pet portrait sale, crafts sale, no treat week or geocaching. The aim is for each individual or team to raise £150 but any amount, large or small will help to make a […]
Find out more »9:30 am
Chalke History Festival 2024
A week of talks, performances, archery displays, WWII tanks in action, and opportunities to meet historical experts as well as the opportunity to try traditional crafts, explore living history camps, and taste historical delicacies.
Find out more »Dressing Fancy Exhibition at the Assembly Rooms
Explore the histories of Georgian fancy dress and the legacies of it today in this free pop-up exhibition including historic costume, recreated historical dress, and multi-sensory elements, dressing up from the dress-up box, and share your opinions with us on what fancy dress means to you. Exhibition created in collaboration with historical dress makers, experts […]
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Teddy Bears Picnic at Avon Valley Railway
All children can travel free of charge if they bring their teddy bear on a 50 minute steam-hauled journey. Then, back at Bitton Station enjoy magic shows, balloon modelling and face painting all included within the ticket price. Wheelchairs users requiring tickets, please call the Booking Office on 0117 932 5538.
Find out more »Bath on the Beach 2024
Bath’s most chilled out Summer venue is back with a unique Caribbean beach bar located right in the centre of Bath with shaded Cabanas, picnic benches, table tennis, boules, bean bag toss, cocktails and plenty of food options.
Find out more »Fantastic Tails gallery trail at the Holburne
Free admission for families during half-term (26 October – 3 November) and a ‘Fantastical Tails’ gallery trail inspired by the wonderful creatures and animals in Chila Burman and Paula Rego’s work; suitable for ages 6yrs+.
Find out more »American Road Trip at the American Museum
Celebrating a journey through the diversity of American landscapes, history and culture in this contemporary, immersive experience, where visitors join in and share their own stories. There will be large-scale-travel games, theatrical sets, and an array of American road-trip memorabilia, as well a chance to get up close to an original 1958 Harley Davidson Duo […]
Find out more »Doodle and Draw at the Holburne Museum
Explore the free children and adult museum trails through the museum to encourage doodling, drawing and creativity. .
Find out more »Doodle and Draw at the Holburne Museum
Explore the free children and adult museum trails through the museum to encourage doodling, drawing and creativity. .
Find out more »Soft Play Golf at Kingsdown Golf Club
For further details, please contact Dave Stockley, davecarlstockley@gmail.com
Find out more »We’re Going on a Bear Hunt Trail at Bristol Zoo Project
Swish, squelch and splash your way through the 3D sensory installations in Bear Wood to find real bears at the end in this fun family trail.
Find out more »Henry Moore in miniature at the Holburne Museum
A survey of Moore’s sculptural output from his earliest works through to his last years, in which nothing is more than 30cm in size. The first exhibition of its kind, it will include works from every decade of Moore’s career, from the 1920s to the 1980s.
Find out more »Henry Moore in miniature at the Holburne Museum
A survey of Moore’s sculptural output from his earliest works through to his last years, in which nothing is more than 30cm in size. The first exhibition of its kind, it will include works from every decade of Moore’s career, from the 1920s to the 1980s.
Find out more »Mr Doodle! Museum Mayhem at the Holburne Museum
The first ever UK museum exhibition of internationally renowned artist and internet sensation, Mr Doodle. Primarily characterised by black ink on a white background, his graphic style conjures up a world of quirky creatures and anthropomorphic forms, using ink pens and spray paint to weave together what he describes as “graffiti spaghetti”. The selection of […]
Find out more »Discovery Weekend at BRLSI
Free family fun weekend to celebrate the 800 anniversary of the Institute with music, scientific exhibits and crafting. The event will take place at the Institute and also in Queen Square (weather permitting).
Find out more »Beach Hut Workshop at Compton Glass
Create your own fused glass beach hut using a variety of techniques including cutting glass, using glass rods and sprinkles to add detail, as well as using glass paint to create a seagull. Glass will be fired in the kiln twice and ready for collection a week later. Suitable for ages 6+ adults must stay […]
Find out more »Echoes from the Aviary at Tyntesfield National Trust
A group of young people from Hartcliffe have been working with artists Oshii and Jono Gilmurray to create a sound and visual art installation for the aviary. The group explored the history of the building and the bird life that would have inhabited it, the significance of birds to the wider history and how the […]
Find out more »10:30 am
Toulouse-Lautrec at Victoria Art Gallery
Featuring around 100 posters, this blockbuster show brings bohemian Montmartre to Bath with bright colours and bold lines, Toulouse-Lautrec's striking artwork captured the essence of turn-of-the-century Parisian nightlife. Pieces include his first poster of the Moulin Rouge and the cancan dancers of La Troupe de Mademoiselle Eglantine, alongside works by other celebrated artists of the […]
Find out more »11:00 am
Forest of the Imagination: Ring of Life at the Holburne Museum
Join a festival full of adventure, to enjoy culture, celebrate beauty and biodiversity and to showcase the imagination of our community. The festival provides an opportunity to shine a light on the importance of forests across the world and what they mean to us in Bath.
Find out more »The Invisible Hands of Mompesson House: Servants
Find out what life was like for the people who worked behind the scenes from the servants of the eighteenth century to the housekeeper and gardener in the 1950s. There will be information available in each room with details of servants' lives throughout the years, an opportunity to dress up in an apron and try […]
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Mindfulness and Creativity Day
Join writer and community arts facilitator and author, Ruth Hill, and mindfulness coach, Loran King, on a creative retreat at the rewilding project, Found Outdoors CiC. Be guided to focus on your senses and gently calm even the busiest of minds, then take time to get creative in nature and explore the world around you […]
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