Have a well-deserved TEABREAK in this heart-warming new show from Trigger. Gently glide through the history and ritual of tea with a transportive audio piece and live dance performance. With freshly brewed chai and peppermint tea served from a beautifully hand painted Tuk Tuk, this gentle performance brings an uplifting moment of pause. Funded by […]
Celebrate the talents of writers of all ages as the winners of the Young Writer Competition and the local Writers in Residence contest are announced and prizes awarded. Best-selling author Jennie Godfrey will then reveal the winning entries in the Frome Festival Short Story Competition and present the prizes. Winning stories will be read.
Join local author and heritage tree specialist Julian Hight on this ever popular walk to see some of Frome’s most majestic trees, and hear about their history, legacy and lore. This easy walk will include Millennium Green, Rodden Meadow and Willow Vale.
Jackdaws Songbirds are feeling good to be singing! They have tales to tell: songs of seas, rivers, fields and factories, ditties from way across the globe to right here in Frome. What more could you want? Oh yes: heavenly homemade treats and teas. Retiring collection for Jackdaws Educational Trust.
Have a well-deserved TEABREAK in this heart-warming new show from Trigger. Gently glide through the history and ritual of tea with a transportive audio piece and live dance performance. With freshly brewed chai and peppermint tea served from a beautifully hand painted Tuk Tuk, this gentle performance brings an uplifting moment of pause. Funded by […]
Balfolk is a variety of traditional and modern dances to the folk music of continental Europe, including ceilidh-style dances, Bourrées, Mazurkas, Waltzes, and Schottisches. The Frome Balfolk musicians play clarinets, fiddles, flutes, guitars, and bouzouki with dancing encouraged for everyone. No booking required and donations are welcome.
Like the TARDIS in Doctor Who, we're all bigger on the inside. Join stand-up poet and BBC radio regular Kate Fox on a funny, thought provoking and poetic trip through time and space as she uncovers new ways to think about labels like Autism and ADHD. Aimed at adults, 10+ welcome.
A sustainable fashion show using clothes and accessories from Dorothy House and Barnardo's. This is a fun early evening event with market stalls, bar and refreshments, catwalk show and entertainment. Don't miss the dog catwalk section!
The Pete Gage Blues Quartet returns to the Festival with its unique blend of blues and gospel, all topped off with Pete's inimitable gritty vocals and his loyal band of Bristol based musicians.
Mells Summer Opera returns in the beautiful venue of St Andrew's Church to perform one of the baroque era's most wonderful works: Henry Purcell's The Fairy Queen. Enjoy a picnic in the beautiful Walled Garden during the interval.
Rokia Koné, one of Mali's most beloved artists and a member of supergroup Les Amazones d'Afrique, blends griot-infused vocals with Malian guitar and West African percussive pulse, reconnecting with her roots. The concert opens with master Moroccan gnawa musician Mohamed Errebbaa's captivating trance vocals and guembri accompaniment.
A Russian-themed programme by Frome Symphony, directed by Mark Gateshill, features Shostakovich's exhilarating Festive Overture and Prokofiev's powerful 5th Symphony, a wartime masterpiece blending grandeur. Arabella Thornton, a talented local young violinist, is the soloist in Mozart's Violin Concerto No.4, a piece rich in elegance and virtuosity.
