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Gather up your friends, family, neighbours and workmates to join Bath’s biggest evening of free live music - Party in the City, Friday 16 May.

Party in the City, where the sound of live music will spill out of pubs, clubs, churches, museums and galleries, and into the streets. Some 2,000 singers and musicians will play at 39 venues and it’s completely free to attend!

Stay in one place for the duration of the evening, or move from venue to venue to enjoy live performances from much-loved local bands through to emerging talent. There is something for every taste, offering 16 genres of music. Enjoy everything from acoustic/pop, blues, folk, funk/soul, jazz and blues, and indie/rock through to choral and classical. Hear live music at Komedia, in Parade Gardens, the Guildhall, Bath Abbey, Green Park Station and many other venues around the city.  

Highlights from Party in the City 2025:

• Enjoy the chance to hear established names, such as Ishmael Ensemble, winners of BBC Radio 6 Music’s Album of the Year, or guitarist Zac Ware, who plays with The Proclaimers. 

• Come and enjoy a diverse range of music from party bands such as The Arkansaw Collective, gypsy punk trio Ninotchka and Soul’d Out. 

• In Bath Abbey there will be two performances from combined Schools choirs. Voices for Life, a choir of primary schoolchildren will be singing a specially commissioned composition, Song for Hope, and Harmony Rising, Bath Philharmonia’s inclusive creative choir for 11 to 14-year-olds. 

• There will be food and drink available at Green Park Station, or why not book a table at one of Bath’s brilliant restaurants. 

• Check out the app to find details of ticketed events in the city which start from 10pm, to keep that party buzz going into the night. 

• Don’t miss the world renowned Natural Theatre Company who will be out and about on the streets. Who knows what characters they’ll be bringing us this time?