Discover Britain’s oldest trees with author Julian Hight in an illustrated talk featuring stunning photography, music and video. From great oaks to Celtic rainforest, millennial yews to remnant hunting forest, their stories, legend and mythology are revealed through an ancient treescape. Entry includes £2 off Julian’s new Ancient Tree Explorer book. http://www.treeman.ukThis event is part […]
Authors Peter Clark and Annie Elliot bring Charles and Catherine Dickens back to life with vibrant scenes from their different Dickens books. Find out what happened when middle-aged Charles fell in love with a teenager and wanted to be rid of the loving wife, who had given him ten children.This event is part of Frome […]
Acclaimed as one of the world’s finest classical guitarists and named on Classic FM’s “100 Top Classical Musicians of Our Time”, Xuefei Yang joins Madrid-born flamenco dancer Maria Vega to […]
Spafford Campbell are twenty-something mould-breakers, fiddle player Owen Spafford and guitarist Louis Campbell. The two first met as teenagers playing traditional music. The connection, they say, was immediate. The duo […]
T’Pau burst onto the music scene in 1987, when hit Heart & Soul led to a meteoric rise in the UK and US. After a European Arena Tour supporting Bryan […]
Come dance under a Blue Moon! Together for the first time at the Frome Festival, these two very different but intricately linked bands will intrigue your mind and engage your body as they weave magical violin and keyboard with the strumming of strings, the plucking of bass, the beating of drums and a splash of […]
Arguably the first true horror film, The Cabinet of Dr Caligari tells the story of a sinister hypnotist who uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders in a town defined by distorted, nightmarish sets. Returning for an annual highlight of the Frome Festival programme, organist David Bednall, one of Europe’s finest improvisers, will provide the […]
Join our Friday volunteering sessions at Vallis Veg market garden, where you’ll learn about organic food growing, breathe fresh air and enjoy lunch made from freshly harvested ingredients. No previous experience is necessary, just turn up on the day.
A collaborative exhibition of ceramic and sculptural work coming to Frome Festival via the Venice Biennale. Drawn to clay from a young age, Johnny Vegas gained a BA in Art […]
Set behind the houses and nestled beneath a canopy of trees, Ian’s Garden has become an enclosed space bathed in a dappled light, a haven from the chaos of the […]
Emerging and established artists & makers open studios, homes or venues to show and sell their work. Support Frome’s creative community and discover paintings, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, glass, jewellery and […]
A visual arts and activities display featuring ancient and modern, classic and contemporary, typed and pictorial Bibles for adults and children to browse through. This event is part of Frome […]
