Festivals are a good opportunity to put arts outdoors or somewhere that isn’t usually a performance or arts space. Our Bedlam Fair street weekend takes place on June 3&4, and there are other events throughout the fortnight
Street & Outdoors
Listings for Street & Outdoors
Friday 25th May 2018
Various venues
Bath Fringe Opening Night
Circomedia walkabouts
On Friday 25th May the Circomedia students burst out of their studios and onto the streets, in a chaotic and frolic filled evening of walkabout performance. Prepare to see the world differently as this talented group of thirty international circus performers roam the streets of Bath in search of an audience. This isn’t your normal Friday night out. More info and booking...
Crystal Palace pub - Outside, in Abbey Green Friday 25th May 2018
Back By Popular Demand
The Bath Pub Tour
An Insider's Guide to Bath's Best Boozers
A charming local's guide to the best secret drinking holes in town. A 90-minute witty walkabout through Bath's Drinking History with round after round of fascinating facts delivered in a tongue-in-cheek Pub Quiz format. Come ready with a winning Team Name. Prizes to be won! More info and booking...
Saturday 26th May 2018
Crystal Palace pub - Outside, in Abbey Green
Back By Popular Demand
The Bath Pub Tour
An Insider's Guide to Bath's Best Boozers
A charming local's guide to the best secret drinking holes in town. A 90-minute witty walkabout through Bath's Drinking History with round after round of fascinating facts delivered in a tongue-in-cheek Pub Quiz format. Come ready with a winning Team Name. Prizes to be won! More info and booking...
Saturday 2nd June 2018
Bedlam Fair in Radstock
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Bedlam Saturday in Radstock
Bath's big outdoor performance day features Bash St. Theatre, DotComedy, and many many more - including our New Work Works performers and the main performance of this year's Outside! NOW!! project - all in Radstock for the day.
More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair in Radstock Saturday 2nd June 2018
Curious Company presents:
The Dept of Complaints
Got something to moan about? Is something just not right? Tell it all to our very own Department of Complaints. It MAY get sorted. Then again, it may not. More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair in Radstock Saturday 2nd June 2018
Liberty Rocks present:
The Lost Luggage
3 space explorers and their mobile semi-sentient robotic dinosaur land in Bath, their mission - to discover our alien environment and interact with its inhabitants, delivering a vital message and collecting fuel to allow them to continue on their journey. Oooh errr..robotic dinosaurs...in Bath!! More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair in Radstock Saturday 2nd June 2018
Alex Hofgartner Presents:
Strong Women
Strength of mind? Strength of body? Strength of Purpose? Yes, all of these and more from 3 acro-balancing phenomena More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair in Radstock Saturday 2nd June 2018
Sarah Slater Presents
Ralph La Wong
Ralph is a parody of traditional music hall entertainment, attempting world record breaking plate spinning….without plates…. More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair in Radstock Saturday 2nd June 2018
Jessica Rost Company present:
Peddlers' Pack
So many things you never saw before'- five hucksters will be hawking the fringes and byways of town: conducting their commerce, making connections, interactions and unforgettable transactions; the like of which you could not ever have imagined possible. Find them before they find you! More info and booking...
Radstock town centre Saturday 2nd June 2018
Bedlam Saturday in Somer Valley
Somer Valley Arts Family Day
featuring Outside! NOW!! More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair in Radstock Saturday 2nd June 2018
Emma Louvelle Presents:
Red Shoes
Artist Emma Louvelle brings Hans Christian Anderson's 'Red Shoes' to life dancing her way around Bedlam propelled by her enchanted shoes. More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair in Radstock Saturday 2nd June 2018
Animystic Productions Presents:
The Hoary Halfling Tavern
Welcome to the Hoary Halfling, the oldest travelling pub this side of Great River! Come and have a drink with the cantankerous bar maid and be regaled with tall tales from our resident Adventurer! More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair in Radstock Saturday 2nd June 2018
Phil Young Presents
Philentertains
He fell in love with her in the deep sea, but can he fathom how to win her love or will she think him too shallow? An aquatic love story. More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair in Radstock Saturday 2nd June 2018
DotComedy
The Chain
Somer Valley Arts Family Day
The Chain is a random sequence of slapstick blunders that develops into a comic disaster – with hilarious results that catch the audience by surprise.
More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair in Radstock Saturday 2nd June 2018
Bash Street Theatre
Bellevue Hotel
It’s the 1950’s and Elsie Lovejoy runs a dilapidated, theatrical boarding house in a seaside town. When a local gangster tries to buy her out her theatrical guests rally round to save the day using their considerable talents. More info and booking...
Sunday 3rd June 2018
Bedlam Fair: Bath Street
Akro Kraks
Boy meets boy or girl? Clown and fool followed by Akro brilliance and a tantalizing striptease for all the family (yes, it is surprising!). Contortion and juggling follow in a bizarre combination of absurdity and audience participation. Everything is rounded off with a breath taking performance of Acrobatic skill leaving the public with their jaw on the floor and their hands clapping. More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair: Saw Close Sunday 3rd June 2018
Phil Young Presents
Philentertains
He fell in love with her in the deep sea, but can he fathom how to win her love or will she think him too shallow? An aquatic love story. More info and booking...
Sawclose & Kingsmead Square Sunday 3rd June 2018
Bedlam Sunday
Bath's big outdoor performance day features Bash St. Theatre, Whalley Range Allstars, Ramshacklicious, and many many more - including our New Work Works performers. More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair: Saw Close Sunday 3rd June 2018
Animystic Productions Presents:
The Hoary Halfling Tavern
Welcome to the Hoary Halfling, the oldest travelling pub this side of Great River! Come and have a drink with the cantankerous bar maid and be regaled with tall tales from our resident Adventurer! More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair: Kingsmead Square Sunday 3rd June 2018
Sarah Slater Presents
Ralph La Wong
Ralph is a parody of traditional music hall entertainment, attempting world record breaking plate spinning….without plates…. More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair: Kingsmead Square Sunday 3rd June 2018
Liberty Rocks present:
The Lost Luggage
3 space explorers and their mobile semi-sentient robotic dinosaur land in Bath, their mission - to discover our alien environment and interact with its inhabitants, delivering a vital message and collecting fuel to allow them to continue on their journey. Oooh errr..robotic dinosaurs...in Bath!! More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair: Saw Close Sunday 3rd June 2018
Jessica Rost Company present:
Peddlers' Pack
So many things you never saw before'- five hucksters will be hawking the fringes and byways of town: conducting their commerce, making connections, interactions and unforgettable transactions; the like of which you could not ever have imagined possible. Find them before they find you! More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair: Bath Street Sunday 3rd June 2018
Street to the Point
Once again young people from Eastleigh’s The Point Youth Theatre Eastleigh will be parading their fabulous and numerous walkabout comedy en masse. You sure won’t miss them! More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair: Bath Street Sunday 3rd June 2018
Ramshacklicious
The Band at the End Of The World
They arrive in a cloud of raucous brass heavy music, driving a water spurting, flaming and smoking battle contraption. These idiots are convinced that the inevitable end of the world is upon us, maybe today, maybe right here, maybe right now! More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair: Kingsmead Square Sunday 3rd June 2018
Emma Louvelle Presents:
Red Shoes
Artist Emma Louvelle brings Hans Christian Anderson's 'Red Shoes' to life dancing her way around Bedlam propelled by her enchanted shoes. More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair: Saw Close Sunday 3rd June 2018
Whalley Range Allstars
Ye Gods
Three performers tower a miniature town and bring it to life…. Church bells ring out, a factory grinds into action, there’s a boozy sing-along in the pub and the local dog’s home can’t stop its inmates barking at the church bells.
By the time these three have finished the entire tiny town is humming with noise and life. And life goes on…Until the storm comes….
More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair: Kingsmead Square Sunday 3rd June 2018
Dominique Fester Physical Theatre presents:
An Ordinary Place - The Hospital
Dominique Fester Physical Theatre presents ‘The Hospital’, a playful Street Theatre piece which takes us inside the medical world, and the situations encountered there More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair: Saw Close Sunday 3rd June 2018
Alex Hofgartner Presents:
Strong Women
Strength of mind? Strength of body? Strength of Purpose? Yes, all of these and more from 3 acro-balancing phenomena More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair: Kingsmead Square Sunday 3rd June 2018
Akro Kraks
Boy meets boy or girl? Clown and fool followed by Akro brilliance and a tantalizing striptease for all the family (yes, it is surprising!). Contortion and juggling follow in a bizarre combination of absurdity and audience participation. Everything is rounded off with a breath taking performance of Acrobatic skill leaving the public with their jaw on the floor and their hands clapping. More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair: Bath Street Sunday 3rd June 2018
Bash Street Theatre
Bellevue Hotel
It’s the 1950’s and Elsie Lovejoy runs a dilapidated, theatrical boarding house in a seaside town. When a local gangster tries to buy her out her theatrical guests rally round to save the day using their considerable talents. More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair: Kingsmead Square Sunday 3rd June 2018
Animystic Productions Presents:
The Hoary Halfling Tavern
Welcome to the Hoary Halfling, the oldest travelling pub this side of Great River! Come and have a drink with the cantankerous bar maid and be regaled with tall tales from our resident Adventurer! More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair: Kingsmead Square Sunday 3rd June 2018
Curious Company presents:
The Dept of Complaints
Got something to moan about? Is something just not right? Tell it all to our very own Department of Complaints. It MAY get sorted. Then again, it may not. More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair: Saw Close Sunday 3rd June 2018
Sarah Slater Presents
Ralph La Wong
Ralph is a parody of traditional music hall entertainment, attempting world record breaking plate spinning….without plates…. More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair: Kingsmead Square Sunday 3rd June 2018
Jessica Rost Company present:
Peddlers' Pack
So many things you never saw before'- five hucksters will be hawking the fringes and byways of town: conducting their commerce, making connections, interactions and unforgettable transactions; the like of which you could not ever have imagined possible. Find them before they find you! More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair: Saw Close Sunday 3rd June 2018
Emma Louvelle Presents:
Red Shoes
Artist Emma Louvelle brings Hans Christian Anderson's 'Red Shoes' to life dancing her way around Bedlam propelled by her enchanted shoes. More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair: Bath Street Sunday 3rd June 2018
Alex Hofgartner Presents:
Strong Women
Strength of mind? Strength of body? Strength of Purpose? Yes, all of these and more from 3 acro-balancing phenomena More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair: Kingsmead Square Sunday 3rd June 2018
Phil Young Presents
Philentertains
He fell in love with her in the deep sea, but can he fathom how to win her love or will she think him too shallow? An aquatic love story. More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair: Saw Close Sunday 3rd June 2018
Sylvia Hunt Presents:
'Cocktails and dog tails' and 'Billy Bubbles bath time'
A woozy mix of puppetry and physical comedy as bright young thing Lady Poirot and pampered pouch Billy Bubbles tussle in the battle between owner and pet in these two new sketches.
More info and booking...
Bedlam Fair: Saw Close Sunday 3rd June 2018
Street to the Point
Once again young people from Eastleigh’s The Point Youth Theatre Eastleigh will be parading their fabulous and numerous walkabout comedy en masse. You sure won’t miss them! More info and booking...
Friday 8th June 2018
Crystal Palace pub - Outside, in Abbey Green
Back By Popular Demand
The Bath Pub Tour
An Insider's Guide to Bath's Best Boozers
A charming local's guide to the best secret drinking holes in town. A 90-minute witty walkabout through Bath's Drinking History with round after round of fascinating facts delivered in a tongue-in-cheek Pub Quiz format. Come ready with a winning Team Name. Prizes to be won! More info and booking...
Saturday 9th June 2018
Walcot Street
Les Zoings
at large on Walcot Street
Make your way into town this afternoon by way of Walcot Street and you may well find yourself serenaded by this idiosyncratic street band from the deep South London home of many of our favourite performance bands, playing to shop, cafe, pub, queue, open street but never just to themselves. More info and booking...