Bath has a wealth of festival events spread throughout the year, this sees the return of the hugely popular Love Food Festival event’s in the city of Bath.

The latest Love Food Festival event will be taking place at the ever popular Green Park Station on June 10. This will be a special early summer celebration of all things food, featuring a wealth of local market traders and farm producers displaying their wares for you to sample and purchase.

This festival of food will have a plethora of local foods and delicacies on offer with, local cheeses, locally grown fruit and vegetables. There will also be a wide array of local meat produce, with beef, mutton, rose veal, smoked duck, chicken, partridge, pheasant, pancetta, dry-cured bacon, cooked hams, venison and hand made pies all available. You will also be able to select from a range of specialist chutney’s, curry paste, and for people with a sweet tooth there is always a selection of local honey, chocolates, cakes and cake decorating supplies.

The Love Food Festival offers completely free admission for all visitors, with children’s activities and live music from local artists. For more information contact Lorna on: 07815 308 488 or visit the Love Food Festival website.

To make sure you don’t miss this fantastic foodie event; book your stay with one of the local luxury hotels in Bath soon, to secure your accommodation for this special event. Choosing one of the best Bath hotels situated within easy reach of the centre and all local attractions.

Ivor Novella winner singer-songwriter, three times Grammy nominated and Brit award nominee Joan Armatrading MBE will be in the spa city of Bath, as part of an extensive fifty-two date tour of the UK and Ireland throughout 2012.

Joan Armatrading is recognised as one of the world’s leading singer-songwriters and guitarists and this new tour will see Joan performing many of her iconic hits such as ‘Love and Affection’ and ‘Me Myself I’, as well as offering a taste of her music from recent albums like ‘Into the Blues’. She will also be showcasing some of the latest tracks from her forthcoming CD ‘Icon’, which is to be released in early June.

The concert is taking place at the Forum in Bath’s city centre on June 8 at 7.30pm, with tickets ranging from £23 - £28. For more information contact Bath Box Office on: 01225 463362 

To enjoy this fantastic concert, be sure to book with one of the local hotels in Bath shortly and enjoy a luxury Bath bed and breakfast, then you will be well placed to for this concert and also the rich cultural heritage and many local attractions around the city.      

With summer approaching, many of us are thinking of a well-earned break to the spa city of Bath to enjoy some cultural heritage whilst staying at one of the idyllically situated hotels in Bath, well placed for all the local attractions.

June 3rd sees a unique concert from the internationally renowned Renzo Spiteri, who is one of Malta's leading musicians and cultural ambassadors. Spiteri will offer the awaiting audience a chance to hear a live solo performance of his multi-faceted and multi-instrumental concept album, Silence Sounds and Spaces.  

This critically acclaimed musical masterpiece depicts Renzo’s creative journey through the treasured Neolithic sites of the Maltese Islands; the performance is engaging and will entice the audience into Renzo’s personal universe, culminating in a wonderful contemporary musical experience.

The performance starts at 7.30pm, with tickets costing £8 in advance or £10 on the door. For more details and information contact the Chapel Arts Centre on: 01225 461700

So, if you are looking to enjoy this special event on your visit to this beautiful historical city, make sure you book your stay soon with one of the luxury Bath hotels like the Bailbrook Lodge, which is well situated for you to experience this and all of Bath’s well-known attractions.

For those that enjoy something a little different and are planning a visit to the beautiful, historical city of Bath whilst staying at one of the idyllically situated hotels in Bath for all the city’s attractions, how about an evening’s entertainment at Bath Racecourse?

June 8 sees the Real Ale and Jazz Racenight at Bath Racecourse. This is a special event offering the thrills of an evening horse race meeting, with added entertainment from a live big band, who will be performing a varied mix of music from the worlds of jazz, swing and blues, whilst you sample a wide selection of local beers, ales, wines and ciders. The racing starts at 6.30pm and goes on until 9pm, with a total of six races.

For more details and information, contact the Bath Racecourse on: 01225 424609

If you want to include this special event into your stay in the spa city, be sure to book accommodation soon with one of the luxury Bath hotels like the Bailbrook Lodge, which is ideally situated to enjoy this and all of Bath’s other events and visitor attractions.

If you are planning a well earned break in the beautiful spa city of Bath this summer and you plan to stay in one of the well placed hotels in Bath while you immerse yourself in the city’s wide extensive arts and culture, then you will be in for an artistic treat.

A range of art themed events called the ‘Holburne Contemporaries’ are being held at the Holburne Museum in Great Pulteney Street in Bath’s city centre. A range of events will be taking place, which have been especially designed for people who are passionate about art looking to satisfy their artistic appetite.

There will be a summer programme of art, which will feature a series of unique artist-led events, which feature artist talks, special exhibitions, live music, film screenings and discussions centring on contemporary art and culture.

One such event coming soon is the film; Zidane: A 21st-Century Portrait on June 6, at 7.30pm. Celebrating the start of the Euro 2012 season, it is a special screening of the greatest football film ever made, featuring an extraordinary video portrait of the footballer Zinedine Zidane, by Douglas Gordon and Phillipe Parrano.

Tickets start from £3 or are free to members. For more details and information contact the Holburne Museum on: 01225 388588.

To enjoy this special art event, be sure to book your stay soon with a luxury Bath Bed and Breakfast like the Bailbrook Lodge, which is ideally placed for you to enjoy all of Bath’s exhibitions and visitor attractions.

Bath is well known and highly regarded for being a centre for the Arts in the south west and this May sees a very special, internationally renowned event taking place.

The Iford Arts Festival takes place at Ilford Manor near Bath from June 8 – August 11, within the exquisite Peto Garden area. Ilford Manor lies 6 miles south from Bath and is set in a beautiful rural location, surrounded by picturesque countryside. Iford Arts Festival offers visitors an amazing location to enjoy a mixture of picnic proms, cloister concerts and a varied season of opera throughout the summer months.

This award-winning location offers intimate and unique performance settings, offering a magical musical experience. The opera performances are in English and staged for a limited audience of 90 within the miniature Italianate cloister. This years Iford Arts Festival programme will feature Seraglio (Mozart), Falstaff (Verdi) and Susanna (Handel), plus popular and informal free flowing jazz promenades, with seated cloister concerts also featured during this year’s festival period.

Ticket prices start from £22 and the gardens open at 6pm. To book tickets or for more information, call the Box Office at the Bath Theatre Royal: 01225 448844

To be well placed for accommodation during this musical delight, book with one of the local luxury hotels in Bath soon, thus securing your accommodation for this special event. By choosing one of the Bath hotels located on the outskirts of the city you will still be within easy reach of the centre and all local attractions.

June 1st sees the beginning of a very special event taking place in Bath’s city centre; it’s where art meets technology with the Illuminate Bath Jubilee Weekend celebrations. If you are visiting the city during this time and staying in one of the local Bath hotels, this will be a great opportunity to see a unique evening event at nightfall.

This special ‘festival of light’ brings together a range of fantastic and engaging projected artworks to the heart of the city. This will include a number of innovative light installations set up in public spaces at many of the city’s famous historical landmarks. These have a red, white and blue patriotic twist, in celebration of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee year.

Some of the historic architecture and famous places around Bath which will be featured in this colourful nocturnal event include Abbey Churchyard, Orange Grove, Pulteney Weir and Pulteney Bridge, plus a range of other well known locations in the city.

All of these unique light shows and installations will be completely free for the public to experience, whilst you take a relaxing evening stroll around Bath. For more information about this event call: 01225 876536 or visit the Illuminate Bath website at: www.illuminatebath.org 

Simply book a stay at one of the luxurious hotels in Bath like Bailbrook Lodge if you want to be well placed to enjoy this unique event.

Anyone who is travelling to the South West’s premier spa city and staying in one of the Bath hotels during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebration period will have plenty to see and do at this special holiday time. 

A local hot air balloon company, Bailey Balloons, is offering the chance for visitors to enjoy a morning hot air balloon flight over the city, giving passengers a perfect bird’s eye view of Bath and all of its famous landmarks, whilst enjoying traditional English scones and cakes, or even a glass of champagne! To mark the royal occasion, the balloons will be decorated in red, white and blue, accompanied with flags and bunting.

The special morning balloon flights will be launched from Victoria Park in the city on June 2nd, 3rd and 5th during the bank holiday period. For more information or to book in advance call Bailey Balloons on: 01225 738090.

To enjoy this fabulous experience, be sure to book one of the luxury hotels in Bath shortly for your stay, like the Bailbrook Lodge. This offers you luxurious Bath accommodation within easy each of Victoria Park and all of the city’s local attractions.

Celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in style and attend the ‘Picnic in the Park’ event being staged in Bath’s beautiful Royal Victoria Park in the city centre on June 5.

A completely free event which offers a fantastic day of celebrations in the historical spa city of Bath,it offers visitors a varied programme and fantastic experience of performances from the likes of; the Bath Philharmonia Orchestra, with a plethora of local young pop artists, this culminates in a fantastic evening performance from the leading ABBA tribute act, Björn Again.

The events organisers are encouraging all visitors to join in the party atmosphere and dress up in retro style clothing from 1977, when the Queen celebrated her Silver Jubilee year. This fabulous event starts at 11am and will be beamed across two giant screens beside the stage at the bottom of the natural gradient in Royal Victoria Park.

To find out more about the Queen's Jubilee Picnic in the Park free event, call the Bath Box Office on: 01225 463362

If you are visiting Bath in early June for the Bank Holiday period and you would like to enjoy this fantastic event, make sure to book one of the lovely hotels in Bath soon for your stay. Stay with us at the Bailbrook Lodge for your luxury accommodation, just one of many Bath hotels situated within easy reach of this great event and main local attractions.

Bath’s annual International Music Festival commences this year on May 30 and is one of the major regular attractions in this beautiful and historic city. Many of the festival events which take place during this period are free to the public.

During the twelve-day festival you will be able to choose from over 2,000 performers in 30 different venues, who will bring with them a wide range of music from folk, pop, rock, classical and choral to electronic, brass, jazz, orchestral, and world.

The Party in the City event, which is part of the Bath International Music Festival, takes place on June 1^st this year. The event gets underway in a carnival style, with processions through the city; there will also be a special musical event at Bath Abbey with Adriano Adewale, the Brazilian master percussionist and composer extraordinaire. Then see the fireworks display at 10pm and after that get along to the Pavilion to dance the night away with a number of headline acts.     

Visitors can enjoy the Party in the City event for free. For more information call the Bath Box Office on: 01225 463362.

If you are visiting the city during June and want to enjoy the Bath International Music Festival, be sure to book with hotels in Bath soon. Why not book your accommodation with the Bailbrook Lodge for a luxury Bath bed and breakfast? Then you can relax knowing you are well placed to enjoy this special event.