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Fri 10 Apr • 11am • Full £10 • Music

Rock The Tots brings you… Legends!

Rock The Tots – Gigs for little ones… and their grown-ups!

Steph and Craig are back with their fun live music sessions for families – and they have got a corker of a show for you. This month they are celebrating musical legends that are no longer with us, but the music lives on!

From Prince to Kurt Cobain, from Whitney Houston to Amy Winehouse, they will be bringing you the best rocking tunes by the best legends.

There will be puppets, comical characters, bubbles and more – you and your little one will have a blast.

Sessions are 1hr long without an interval. Suitable for children aged 0-6, and their adults.

Fri 8 May • 7.30pm • Full £13 Concessions £11 • Music

After three sell out shows in Bristol, Rainbow Roadies can’t wait to bring Mario Kart with a Live Band to Bath! Watch or play Mario Kart 8 Deluxe accompanied by a six-piece live band playing all the track songs plus the countdowns, power-ups and menu screens, while our host calls you up to the hot seat and gently critiques your drifting prowess.

Including all the favourites from Coconut Mall to Rainbow Road, you can expect a crazy range of music from funk and jazz to dance and metal, not forgetting costumes, props and more surprises than you could shake a blue shell at. You race the tracks, we play the tunes; you’d have to be a Blooper to miss it. Let’s-a-go!

Sat 23 May • 7.30pm • Admission £24 • Music

BCO are a boutique band of four virtuoso musicians. They present music from all corners of the world in their own unique, fresh and surprising way. From Balkan and Russian traditional music to their artful distillations of Romantic masterworks to soaring Gaelic folk anthems, BCO is an infectious musical experience that will enter your bloodstream and stay there forever.

With sixteen albums to their name Budapest Café Orchestra was established by British composer and violinist Christian Garrick in 2009. BCO combines violin, guitar, accordion, double bass, saz, balalaika, domra and percussion to dazzling effect creating an astonishing soundscape and aural alchemy characteristic of larger ensembles,

Evoking vivid images of Tzigane fiddle maestros, Budapest café life and gypsy campfires –  plus a few surprises along the way –  hugely entertaining, immense skill and profound musicianship. A show by the BCO is enough to make you want to book that holiday down the Danube!

CHRISTIAN GARRICK – violin, darbuka 
MURRAY GRAINGER – accordion 
KELLY CANTLON – double bass 
ADRIAN ZOLOTUHIN – guitar, saz, balalaika, domra

Fri 29 May • 8pm • Admission £24 • Music

Fair Endeavours & Bath Fringe present a double bill featuring an evening of music by Tim Bowness [no-man] with Butterfly Mind and Bruce Soord & Jon Sykes [The Pineapple Thief].

Tim Bowness

Tim Bowness is one half of the band No-Man, a long-running collaboration with Steven Wilson [Porcupine Tree]. Tim has also worked with Richard Barbieri [Japan], Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson, Peter Hammill, Judy Dyble [Fairport Convention] and many others

His recent solo releases on InsideOutMusic/Sony and Kscope have entered the official UK Top 5 Rock and Progressive charts, as well as the Top 25 official Scottish charts. Since 2020 Tim has co-hosted the podcast The Album Years with Steven Wilson and also co-owns music company Burning Shed, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2026.

Tim will be performing solo and no-man songs with his band Butterfly Mind, featuring Matt Stevens [Fierce & The Dead], John Jowitt [IQ], Andy Edwards [Robert Plant, IQ] and Rob Groucutt.

Bruce Soord & Jon Sykes

As The Pineapple Thief’s principal songwriter and producer, Bruce Soord has guided the band through a series of acclaimed albums, including 2024’s chart-topping It Leads to This.

Creating a distinctive fusion of progressive and alternative rock, beyond his solo albums and work with TPT, Soord has established himself as a sought-after producer and mix engineer, lending his expertise to releases by the likes of TesseracT, Opeth, and Jethro Tull.

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Sat 30 May • 8pm • Admission £20 • Music

Ivor Novello award-winning songwriter Scott Matthews returns to Bath Fringe after an exceptionally special and memorable sold out Rondo Theatre debut in 2025.

Twenty years ago, Scott Matthews emerged from the Black Country, challenged the status quo and quickly established himself as one of the most revered singer-songwriters of a generation with his mesmeric and inimitable debut album, Passing Stranger.

To mark the beginning of the anniversary year, Scott will be releasing a brand-new live album and performing a select number of shows across the UK. Matthews’ latest release will be the first volume in a series of exploratory live albums that document the transfiguration of songs that span an eight-studio-album career, dating back to 2006.

Describing what live performance means to him, Scott says, ‘The lifeblood of these songs flow at their purest and headiest when connecting with a live audience. In all my adventures on the road, I feel most alive when the barriers are knocked down, exposed and leaving nothing behind.’

Wed 3 Jun • 8pm • Full £12 Concs £8 • Music

It’s time… and the only time is now. Indie-folk duo A Band Named Brian delivers characteristic hard-hitting yet relatable songs with driving acoustic guitar, blistering fiddle solos and sublime vocal harmonies. In a unique, interactive, musical Q&A, they ask: how do we combat rampant commercialism, detach ourselves from the grasp of social media and remain positive in the face of climate collapse? Plus, in true Band Named Brian style, there’ll be a mystery guest… and the odd theatrical surprise!

‘Courageous, fun and full of energy’
‘Freeing, fun and captivating’
‘Profound and relevant to our time’ Audience responses

Thu 4 Jun • 7.30pm • Full £14 Concs £12 • Comedy/Music

The Jukebox Mashup is an incredibly talented musical comedy show based entirely on audience requests. It’s totally live, very silly and great fun. It truly gets everyone involved. The audience can ask for *any* song in the world and Craig will play and sing it on guitar.

No rehearsal.
No looking up chords.
Instantly!

Then the magic starts to happen. A ‘mash up’ 3 or 4 songs at the same time to make an epic improvised tune. It’s fast paced and will cover 40-70 songs per show from all genres and artists chosen entirely by the audience on the night. It’s very funny, brilliantly talented and perfect for anyone who likes comedy songs and having a laugh.

Come along, get involved and watch the carnage unfold.

Sun 6 Dec • 7pm • Admission £20 • Music

James Warren and John Baker are the lead vocalists of The Korgis.

Formed in Bath in 1978, their first hit was If I Had You (UK 13) in 1979, followed in 1980 by the worldwide smash Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime, a certified modern-day classic which has spawned over 50 cover versions in every musical style imaginable from choral to grunge. This year it was even used in the soundtrack of Hollywood blockbuster Marty Supreme.

James started his musical career in the much-loved and decidedly eccentric British prog rock band Stackridge whose 1973 album The Man In The Bowler Hat was produced by Beatles producer George Martin.

John started in Graduate alongside Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith who later became Tears For Fears. Their first album was produced by Tony Hatch (writer of UK and US Number 1 Downtown) and came within a whisker of having a well-deserved UK hit with Elvis Should Play Ska.

Time certainly flies –  James and John have now worked together in The Korgis and other musical projects for over 45 years!

In this show you will be treated to a delightful selection of their own best-loved compositions alongside inspirational songs from people they’ve worked with such as Peter Gabriel, Tears For Fears and Trevor Horn –  plus a few nods to the The Beatles, The Everly Brothers, Fleetwood Mac and other life-long influences for good measure.

An evening of terrific tunes and extraordinary anecdotes not to be missed.