WHY presents Bucks Quiz Beach Party Special

Rook Lane Chapel Rook Lane, Bath Street, Frome

This isn't your average pub quiz! We Hear You has teamed up with Bucks Quiz for a fast-paced, interactive evening with creative challenges, brain-bending puzzles, and team showdowns. Expect unexpected twists, great prizes, and a few beach party surprises along the way.

Praying For The Rain

The Tree House 35 Berkley Road, Frome, Somerset, United Kingdom

Known for their captivating live shows, this folk and roots quartet blends emotive vocals, harmonies, and intricate rhythms. Having toured globally they return to the Frome Festival to play songs from their albums and latest release, Celebrate. Expect an uplifting performance with acoustic guitars, mandolin, flutes, and percussion.

The Unfriend

Frome Town Hall Christchurch Street West, Frome

Peter and Debbie's holiday friend Elsa seems friendly - until shocking reports surface online. Is she really a serial killer? As Elsa stays in their home, they struggle to mask their growing fears. Steven Moffat's laugh-out-loud play explores suspense, dark secrets, and the unsettling reality of a seemingly innocent friendship.

One Million Tiny Plays About Britain

Assembly Rooms Christchurch Street West, Frome

Frome Drama presents a selection of Craig Taylor's miniature plays - each a snapshot of life in twenty-first century Britain. Within these little worlds life is laugh-out-loud funny, sometimes tender, often eccentric, occasionally tragic and strangely familiar. Eight actors take on forty-four roles in a rollercoaster ride.

The Laws Of (E)Motion

Christ Church Christchurch Street West, Frome

Jazz pianist and composer John Law's new duo with brilliant London guitarist Ant Law (no relation!). Interweaving guitar and piano lines, lush melodies and textures, and pulsing rhythms. Come and hear one of the UK's leading contemporary guitarists, a globe-trotting superstar of the UK jazz scene, Concert kindly supported by All Instruments, Westbury.

Sian & Rob Colquhoun – Bluegrass At The Tin Church

The Tin Church Brokerswood, Trowbridge, Wiltshire

Sian & Rob Colquhoun are an acoustic duo based in the South West. They perform a lively, toetapping selection of old-time country music and bluegrass. With close harmonies accompanied on guitar, mandolin, clawhammer banjo, autoharp and harmonica, these dynamic performers are skilled interpreters of songs and tunes calling on a rich tradition encompassing their own […]

Slate Trio

Bar Lotte 6a Badcox, Frome, Somerset, United Kingdom

Guitarist Neil Smith leads this instrumental trio featuring truly exceptional drummer Matthew Jones & multitalented bassist Alex Heane. With influences ranging from African, motorik, funk & systems music to John Scofield & Thurston Moore, you're in for an angular, pointy, and occasionally hard 'n' heavy treat.

Tales From The Grimm Reaper

Frome Dissenters' Cemetery 20 Vallis Road, Frome, United Kingdom

A site-specific script in hand performance of a selection of The Brothers Grimm Stories. Can you cheat death? Is Red Riding Hood as sweet as we think? How does a father choose a worthy heir? Adult folk tales - not the versions we tell the children!

The Hip Yak Poetry Slam 2025

Archangel 1 King Street, Frome

The hugely entertaining, poetry, comedy cabaret the Hip Yak Poetry Shack is back with the much loved and lionised Frome Festival Poetry Slam. A quick-fire, incredibly cuddly, knock-out, poetry competition. Prepare for a fun, friendly and exhilarating night of poetry, hosted by the Hip Yak trio, Chris Redmond, Jonny Fluffypunk and Liv Torc.

Billy In The Lowground

The Sun Inn 6 Catherine Street

A six piece all-original rock band with folk instruments, which apparently confuses the hell out of people trying to fit them neatly into a genre. Comparisons are sometimes made with The Waterboys, Pogues and Levellers, but there's a distinctive and authentic tone to the band that's all their own.

Past Lives…Do The Clothes Talk?

Bath Theatrical Unit 8 Wallbridge, Frome, Somerset, United Kingdom

Join a night of paranormal discovery led by professional investigators, as featured in the 'UK Supernatural' TV series and 'Haunted Histories' podcast. Explore the mysteries of vintage costumes, once worn by souls long gone. Do their spirits linger? Uncover ghostly tales, including whispers of the elusive Silk Ladies. And who is James?

Hidden Gardens of Frome

A highlight of the Festival programme, Frome residents open their doors wide and invite you to discover the Hidden Gardens of Frome.