What’s on

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

Infectious rhythms, soaring fiddle, and sublime harmonies underpin honest truth-telling in A Band Named Brain‘s most powerful writing to date. Join them and Green Party activist, Bath University professor of Development Studies Neil Howard for a unique musical Q&A.

Together, explore how we can move beyond the accepted narrative, replacing fear with hope and hatred with love.

In true BnB style, there’ll be plenty of theatre and surprises along the way: you’ll laugh, you’ll cry… you may just dance!

The only time is now… it’s time.

‘Courageous, fun and full of energy’

‘Freeing, fun and captivating’

‘Profound and relevant to our time’

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.

Sat 23 Jan • 7.30pm • Full £20 Concs £18 • Music

Not many bands can claim living DNA of their chief influences within their sound but Held By Trees are one. Debut album, Solace features contributions from eight Talk Talk/Mark Hollis alumni, as well as veterans of Pink Floyd, Dire Straits, Blur and blues/roots icon, Eric Bibb. Wide critical acclaim followed, and support from Guy Garvey and Stuart Maconie on BBC 6 Music and play on Radio 3.

Held By Trees’ live iteration features guitar legend Robbie McIntosh (McCartney, The Pretenders, John Mayer, Talk Talk), Laurence Pendrous on keyboards (Mark Hollis, Anja Garbarek), Paul Beavis on drums (The Waterboys, Andy Fairweather-Low and the Low Riders, Bill Wyman), Andy Panayi on flute, clarinet and sax (Ronnie Scott, McCartney, Hollis).

‘Held By Trees conjure light with resplendent sounds weaving magical spells… an intuitive, inspirational group’  Prog Magazine (UK)

Fri 12 Feb • 7:30pm • Admission £16 • Music

Join Kate Garner, daughter of the legendary Chas Hodges of Chas & Dave, at the piano as she sings the wonderful old songs that have defined her life.

With stories of family parties around the piano and life on the road with Chas & Dave, the show is an ever evolving treasure chest of old songs loved and learned since childhood. From folk songs, to parlour songs, to toe tapping gems from the 1920’s & 30’s… and plenty of singalong as well, from ‘Bring Me Sunshine’ to ‘Roll Out The Barrel’. So come along, singalong, and bring along your own memories too!