Frome Festival 2016

Friday 1st to Sunday 10th July 2016
various locations, Frome, Somerset, BA11 1BE , England MAP
varies from FREE depending on the event

Last updated: Tue 10th May 2016

The Frome Festival now in its 16th year takes place over ten days from Friday 1st until Sunday 10th July 2016.

The annual ten-day Frome Festival is Somerset's largest community festival, with more than 160 events held at various venues in and around the town.

Line-up

There's a host of activities and entertainment scheduled, music will come from Billy Bragg, Reef, Worry Dolls, Bonne Nouvelle, Snowapple, Beth Porter, Rivers Of England, Mother Ukers, Praying For The Rain, Three Is The Magic Number, Three Corners, Molly Ross Gum Girl, From The Jam, The Cedar, Jess Vincent, Ali George, Love Revisited, Roti Shack At The Silk Mill, World Music Gala, Bad Detectives, Sensonic, Arch Garrison, John D Revelator, Elena Riu And Clara Sanabras, Trs Trio. A Musical Exchange, Sweet Machine /Alan Clayson, Into The Woods, The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain, Halfway To Paradise - The Billy Fury Story, A Weekend In The Country. Songs Of Sondheim And Bernstein, ‘Sociall Musick’ Present "Pleasant And Merry Humours", Frank Cinelli, Call Mr Robeson, Legends Of Frome, The Lump Chronicles, The Fb Pocket Orchestra, Bookshop Band, Pigeons, Tom Corneill, Shakespeare Rattle And Roll, Vera's Variety Bandbox, Stephen Marquiss, Al O'kane, Alex Taylor, Emma Shoosmith, Jackdaws Songbirds, And Frome Town Youth Band.

There is also the annual food feast curtain-raiser, mysterious tunnelling, secret gardens, art at The Black Swan and Toolshed galleries, sculptors, open studios and bundles of fun for all the family.

Tickets

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Prices range from free to middling, with plenty in between.

Other events

The festival also offers dozens of walks, talks, and workshops which actively involve, not only the local community, but thousands of visitors to the town. Frome Festival offers more than 190 events over ten days.

Elsewhere there's art exhibitions, walks, workshops, Perennial favourites Hidden Gardens, Open Studios, Frome Green Fair, Art Car Boot Fair and the Festival Fashion Show, and many other curiosities.

Programming

The Frome Festival operates in a similar way to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, in that the ideas and promotions come from various external sources. For example, the Merlin Theatre and Rook Lane Arts organise their own programme of performances and exhibitions within the festival's remit. The Literature elements, the Home project, and the Theatre in the Villages are all largely self contained aspects to the festival. The Cheese and Grain Hall, hosts some events in festival week presented by commercial promoters, who pay a contribution to the festival's overheads. Many events are run by private individuals or organisations, often underwriting the financial risks themselves.

The festival features classical, jazz, folk, film, drama and literary events, as well as exhibitions throughout the town and surrounding area, drama productions, workshops, events for children and attracts performers from all over the world.

More information will be here when available.