When to Visit - Arts and Events

The International Bath Music Festival is held every year in May together with the Fringe Festival. The opening night includes an impressive firework display, and fringe events include balloon flights, art exhibitions and numerous alternative comedy shows. Throughout the summer months and at weekends, a lively selection of street entertainers can be seen in Abbey Square and throughout the main shopping areas. Mime artists, singers, musicians and living statues create an entertaining spectacle, bringing a festival ambience to the city centre. Street entertainment is further enhanced during annual street festivities, which take place during summer and at Christmas when Bath becomes a fairy-tale grotto of twinkling lights with theatre and circus performers, festive music and food sellers cooking in the open air.

Bath Dining

In Bath, an enormous variety of international menus awaits the diner, including the very best of home-grown British. Fresh fish in abundance, adventurous vegetables and traditional-style dishes with a contemporary twist are served alongside some of the best French cuisine in the country. Beautiful settings and a high standard of service make eating in Bath an extremely pleasurable experience.

Bath Tipping Advice

Tipping in the United Kingdom is very much at your own discretion. If the service is good, then it is considered good practice to tip. The amount is up to you, but around 10% tends to be standard.