Bath Festivals

Bath Festivals Ltd is a long-established charitably registered independent arts company.  We programme the annual Bath International Music Festival and Bath Literature Festival, run a year-round Arts-in-Education programme, provide professional ticket sales facilities through Bath Festivals Box Office and administrative support for the B&NES Cultural Forum.

We receive core funding from Bath and North East Somerset Council (B&NES) and Arts Council England. Other key sources of income are ticket and other sales, contributions from trust funds, private donors and a range of commercial sponsors.

Vision

Bath Festivals' vision for the future is a city and its surrounding area in which creativity, culture and arts of the highest quality are at the heart of contemporary life.

We seek a thriving creative and cultural life for all who live in the area as well as those who work here or are welcomed as visitors.

We believe that the contributions made by creativity, culture and the arts are essential elements for personal fulfilment, a sense of place and identity, a strong social community and economic prosperity.

Aims

Bath Festivals is committed to the pursuit of this vision in Bath and North East Somerset and beyond. We want to place Bath Festivals and Bath as a field-leader in the arts locally, nationally and internationally by aiming to:

  1. Produce and present thriving, world-class Music and Literature Festivals and associated events, incorporating integrated education programmes
  2. Encourage creativity through arts education and participation in cultural activity
  3. Sustain and extend the provision of artistic experiences and opportunities of the highest quality to the people of Bath and North East Somerset and those who work here and visit, attracting wider and larger audiences for our work
  4. Serve audiences and the cultural community by providing Box Office and marketing services and supporting developments in a range of festivals and cultural attractions in the area
  5. Contribute in partnership with others to the economic and social development of the area
  6. Establish sustainable financial and organisational strength and stability for our activities and infrastructure and optimise the investment of public and private supporters in pursuit of our aims