LIFE IN THE TUB

Events In The City

Spring and Summer are the perfect time to enjoy the city and its broad cultural and outdoor events. What to expect?

Forest of the Imagination celebrates its 10th birthday this Summer and will highlight the beauty and biodiversity of Bath in a multisensory installation at the Assembly Rooms from 14th June to 14th July. forestofimagination.org.uk

For outdoor fun, Victoria Park provides a huge green space close to the city centre. During the Summer, it hosts events such as Pub in the Park, from 16th to 18th June, the ultimate food and music festival, this year welcoming McFly, Example and Gabrielle. From June 16th - August 13th 2023, Bath on the Beach appears like magic at the edge of the park – a perfect place to chill with friends, sipping summer cocktails beneath palm trees or make the most of the good weather and challenge your friends to the free beach games. Jenga, anyone? Booking recommended for tickets to the adventure golf next door. bathonthebeach.co.uk

Bath Carnival is one of the best events in the Summer calendar. The city will come to life on 8th July 2023 with a whole day of colour, music and joyful celebration brought to you by a huge team of volunteers. The parade goes through the city centre in the afternoon, concluding with a free party festival at Sydney Gardens and late night after party. Bath Carnival relies on donations and volunteers to keep going, please help them to work with all communities in Bath by making a small donation. bathcarnival.co.uk

The Holburne Museum will host the Garden Theatre Festival, Bath’s Open-Air Theatre Festival, from 21st July to 7th August. Expect two weeks of outdoor family-friendly performances from nationally renowned companies, in the glorious setting of the Holburne Museum Gardens.

During July and August, the city will be hosting the much-loved Summer Sundays events. There will be roving performers, family fun and craft activities in the open air in Kingsmead Square and around the city centre.

The summer continues into September when the city plays host to the Jane Austen Festival, Bath Great Fest and Bathscape Walking Festival

To keep up to date about what’s happening in the city, head to welcometobath.co.uk/ whats-on

Under The Canopy Of Urban Trees

In the 18th and 19th centuries, visitors to Bath were encouraged to ‘take the cure’. This meant more than just bathing in the warm mineral waters. It called for people to embrace a radical new concept – walking for pleasure. The city was designed to encourage promenading for pleasure, with elegant crescents, new landscaped parks, pleasure gardens and paths into the surrounding countryside. Our urban environments can positively address a wide array of modern ailments including anxiety, stress, depression, loneliness and obesity. The passionate volunteers and tree lovers at Bath Urban Treescape have made it easier to enjoy walking amongst Bath’s urban trees and share a range of suggested routes via bathurbantreescape.com

The talented team from BRLSI have created the Tree Gazing Trail, available online, which is a great way to get the whole family talking about trees while they walk. tinyurl.com/3f6rfzwn

Tree Heroes

More Trees B&NES is a not-for-profit community based organisation which works to grow, plant and care for trees in the local area. Set up in 2008, they have planted approximately 11,000 trees so far. Since 2020, they have been focussing on growing trees with local provenance, the trees they grow are then planted locally not further than 10 miles away. Working with a network of four community nurseries in and around Bath, the team plant and nurture seedlings which are then planted out across the district.

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