Until June 3

Revolution, Propaganda, Art: Printmaking in Modern China
The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath

The exhibition showcases a series of prints selected from Muban Educational Trust’s collection of over 6,000 and tells the story of China’s twentieth-century wars, revolution and rejuvenation.
meaa.org.uk

Until June 9

Afterword | UWE MA Photography Exhibition
SERCHIA Gallery, Bristol

"Afterword" presents selected work by the graduating class of 2023 from The University of the West of England’s Photography MA course. The exhibition celebrates the diverse scope of contemporary photography today, with each artist highlighting its considerable breadth of aesthetic and thematic concern: Motherhood, addiction, place, family, self, philosophy, and politics have all been explored through disparate lenses and differing styles.
serchiagallery.square.site

Until June 16

Ilminster Annual Open Art Exhibition
Ilminster Arts Centre

The Ilminster Arts Centre's annual judged Open Exhibition 2023, celebrating the work of established and emerging artists living and working in the south-west.
ilminsterartscentre.com

Until June 30

Styled By Design
David Simon Contemporary, Castle Cary

An outstanding exhibition of 20th Century Modernist Textiles, paintings and multiples by 20th Century masters including Pablo Picasso, John Piper, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Elizabeth Frink and Patrick Heron.
davidsimoncontemporary.com

Until July 2

The Dynamic by Sebastian Bruno
Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol

The story of Wales’ most distinctive local newspaper—focusing on the newspaper’s editors—Tony Flatman and Julian Meek—and the community they represent, as told by the paper’s former staff photographer.
martinparrfoundation.org

Until July 4

America in Crisis
American Museum & Gardens, Bath

A major American photography exhibition exploring social change in the US through the lens of a diverse group of artists, in an exciting new partnership with the Saatchi Gallery, London.
americanmuseum.org

Until August 13

Found Cities, Lost Objects: Women in the City
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

Curated by Turner Prize winner, Lubaina Himid CBE, this Arts Council Collection touring exhibition explores modern city life from a female perspective. Themes range from safety and navigation to concepts of belonging and power. Included are Bristol artists whose work examines Bristol’s history - where it has come from and where it is now. 
rwa.org.uk

Until September 2

Sheer: BS3 Contemporary
Silver and Steel Studios, Bedminster

Sheer: BS3 Contemporary celebrates three diverse practises; the jewellery of Lindsay McDonagh, silKK Jewellery, and Emily Butterly represent a new generation of contemporary craft made in the heart of Bristol.
silverandsteelstudios.co.uk

Until September 24

Myfanwy MacLeod: The Botanist
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff

Taking Michael Pollan’s book The Botany of Desire as a starting point, Myfanwy MacLeod examines four plants: the apple, the tulip, cannabis, and the potato.
chapter.org

Until October 8

Rosa-Johan Uddoh: Ye Olde Group Chat
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff

Rosa-Johan Uddoh’s practice interrogates how representations of Blackness and Black people are constructed and performed in popular culture.
chapter.org

June 3

GRUPPENAUSSTELLUNG Opening Celebrations
Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Bruton

Celebrate the public opening of ‘GRUPPENAUSSTELLUNG’, a new group exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Somerset. Roth Bar & Grill will be providing refreshments from 12 – 3pm. The galleries and garden will remain open as usual from 10 am – 5pm. Tickets are free but it is recommended to register in advance.
hauserwirth.com

June 3 - January 1

GRUPPENAUSSTELLUNG
Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Bruton

‘GRUPPENAUSSTELLUNG’ is a celebration of Hauser & Wirth’s Swiss heritage through a playful presentation of over 20 artists. The multidisciplinary exhibition is inspired by the notion of a traditional Kunsthalle, conceived as a place to showcase groundbreaking art and explore contemporary issues with a broad audience. The entire site takeover provides a platform for discovery and interaction, extending to all five galleries, outdoor sculpture and a collaborative events program with the Roth Bar & Grill.
hauserwirth.com

June 6

GRUPPENAUSSTELLUNG Teachers’ Private View
Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Bruton

A free, after-hours exhibition tour across all five gallery spaces, designed especially for teachers and educators. You will have the opportunity to collect the latest exhibition resources and learn about educational visits at Hauser & Wirth Somerset. Welcome drinks will be served at 5pm upon arrival.
hauserwirth.com

June 7

GRUPPENAUSSTELLUNG Arthaus Private View
Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Bruton

A free, private view of the exhibition, especially for young people aged between 15 – 19 years, interested in pursuing a careers in the arts.
hauserwirth.com

June 16 - October 1

Leanne Ross: ALL MY PALS
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff

Leanne Ross’s ‘Shout Out’ paintings playfully celebrate the language of everyday life. She collects phrases and words she’s overheard, to create poetic proclamations that exude humour and warmth.
chapter.org

June 17 - July 16

Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen: 90th Anniversary
The Museum in the Park, Stroud

This exhibition will celebrate the people, their stories and their work from when the Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen was set up in 1933 through the 90 years to 2023.
museuminthepark.org.uk

June 20 - July 8

The Garden & Beyond Exhibition
Ilminster Arts Centre

Forest of Dean artists Jackie Cox and Chris Sinden return in an exhibition featuring exquisite linocuts, watercolours and silk paintings.
ilminsterartscentre.com

June 21 - July 12

Sun + Shadow: A Solo Exhibition and Light Installation by Dori Deng.
SERCHIA Gallery, Bristol

A two part solo exhibition celebrating both Summer and Winter Solstice by artist-in-residence, Dori Deng. Unveiling her newest light installations in an exploration of cyclical nature, and sharing its name with the published philosophy of an architect by Marcel Breuer, this exhibition alludes to modernist architecture as an investigation of urbanisation and de-urbanisation.
serchiagallery.square.site

June 27 - August 25

Immersion, an exhibition of contemporary photography by Shay Parsons
Burdall’s Yard, Bath

Shay's images are her response to the environment around her. She uses abstraction, intentional camera movement and multiple exposure to bring a painterly feel to her landscapes and seascapes.
burdallsyard.co.uk

June 28 - July 7

MOON - International Photography Exhibition
Makers’ Yard, Frome

Makers' Yard have partnered with non-profit, Women Photograph to present MOON, a provocative new photography exhibition featuring 26 women and non-binary photographers from around the world.
makersyard.co.uk

June 10

Queen of the East
St Swithuns Church, The Paragon, Bath

Queen of the East is a faraway Ancient Egyptian adventure of music, mythology, and misleading puppets. Join history’s most legendary leaders, Cleopatra VII, Julius Caesar, and Marc Antony, on a voyage of discovery, whose story can we trust, and whose lives must be lost?
m.bpt.me

June 2

When Rock 'n' Roll Came To Britain
Burdall’s Yard, Bath

Bill Smarme takes a light-hearted and irreverent musical look at the coming of rock and roll music to these shores in the 1950’s and it’s energising impact on the youth of the time and one impressionable teenager in particular. A multi-media presentation with music from the Bill Smarme Trio.
burdallsyard.co.uk

June 2

ChamberMusicBox - Classical
Ilminster Arts Centre

Described as 'an open, imaginative and technically impeccable group that it would be folly not to follow', ChamberBoxMusic’s vision is to explore and perform the vast spectrum of the chamber music repertoire.
ilminsterartscentre.com

June 7

San Reetam: A Night of Pop, Soul and RnB
Komedia, Bath

Bath Fringe Festival with Tripslick Records presents San Reetam: a night of live music featuring the best of modern pop, soul and RnB. San Reetam are a South West based production collective, producing songs that cover a broad stylistic palette, from Pop, Nu Soul, RnB, to full blown orchestral ballads.
komedia.co.uk/bath

June 8

Cavacante - Choro do Brazil
Burdall’s Yard, Bath

Come and enjoy an evening of wonderful uplifting music. Cavacante play choro, once the official national music of Brazil. It is music packed full of intoxicating melodies and foot tapping rhythms, including samba, tango, waltz and maxixe. Performed using the classic Brazilian format of Guitar, Mandolin, Cavaquinho and Pandeiro. The essence choro is that everything is shared so come and share the experience with us. It will put a smile on your face.
burdallsyard.co.uk

June 9

Mike Denham’s Sunset Café Stompers
Ilminster Arts Centre

Mike Denham brings his Sunset Café Stompers for an exciting evening of vintage jazz from 1920s & 30s New Orleans, Chicago & New York.
ilminsterartscentre.com

June 10

Choirthon
Walcot Methodist Chapel, Bath

18 Bath based choirs, with over 600 singers are coming together to raise money for the Syrian & Turkey Earthquake Appeal, in a 10 hour event.
bathfringe.co.uk

June 16

The Saviours (in aid of Genesis Trust)
Komedia, Bath

The Saviours Collective brings an evening of well-known R&B soul hits to Komedia to dance the night away and celebrate the joy of live performance. Tonight’s performance is in aid of Genesis Trust, a Bath-based charity offering immediate practical help to people who are hungry, homeless and vulnerable, and providing long-term help and opportunities for them to rebuild their lives.
komedia.co.uk/bath

June 17

John William Richard: Almost Hollywood
Rondo Theatre, Bath

Premiere of Neo classical artist John William Richard’s allegorical ‘journey of life’ album,' Almost Hollywood'. Whatever your hopes and aspirations are, life will have its ups and downs meaning many of us may have to settle for reaching... Almost Hollywood. Support from special guest Jools Scott.
rondotheatre.co.uk

June 18

AS Fanning + support
Komedia, Bath

Dublin-born, Berlin-based gothic folk singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist A.S. Fanning’s songs are often lyrically driven, taking inspiration from Irish literary tradition and folk music as well as from '60s psychedelia and rock 'n' roll.
komedia.co.uk/bath

June 22

The Damned
Komedia, Bath

The Damned weren’t always taken seriously. They are now, having transformed themselves into revered elder statesmen who gather a new generation of fans with each album. Now comes Darkadelic, the successor to 2018’s widely acclaimed Evil Spirits. It’s only their 12th album in all and just their fourth this century. They don’t just toss them out, you know.
komedia.co.uk/bath

June 23

Music Workshop Tour '23
Komedia, Bath

Music Workshop Bath offers an ever-broadening range of musical experiences, from large-scale themed concerts, with hundreds of students taking to the stage; to online content creation and group workshops. It’s a wonderful thing learning music, and opportunities to get creative or work with other musicians can be magical.
komedia.co.uk/bath

June 23

Flying Folk
Ilminster Arts Centre

A fantastic folk evening. Jemima Farey will be accompanied by invited folk bands singing traditional songs and original compositions.
ilminsterartscentre.com

June 24

The Olive Collective
Burdall’s Yard, Bath

The Olive Collective is a group of classically trained musicians with a love of exploring and combining multiple genres of music into their work. Fusing together influences from classical, jazz and world music, the ensemble loves to experiment with the sound worlds that their instruments (piano, cello and oboe/cor anglais) can create together.
burdallsyard.co.uk

June 27

Spiers & Boden
Komedia, Bath

Described by The Guardian as ‘the finest instrumental duo on the traditional scene’, Spiers & Boden first rocketed onto the music scene in 2001, quickly winning a clutch of BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and going on to form and front the extraordinarily successful folk big band Bellowhead.
komedia.co.uk/bath

June 11

Green Rooms Houseplant Market
Propyard, Bristol

After the success of last years event, Green Rooms the popular houseplant market is returning to Bristol this June, turning PROPYARD’s impressive Crane Room into an urban jungle, packed with the region’s best botanical brands for you to shop houseplants, pots, hanging planters, terrariums and so much more for plant lovers and plant newbies alike.
shopgreenrooms.com

June 14 - 16

Art for Charity Collective Pop-Up
Near Tetbury

Art for Charity Collective is hosting a Pop-Up at the home of ACC's founder, Lucy Kent in-between Tetbury and Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Other leading brands participating will include Kate Guinness Design, artist Lucy Kent, lighting specialist Pooky, Amy Kent Rugs and Kirsty Erskine-Hill's hand-painted homeware.
artforcharitycollective.com

June 5 - July 24

Grow Leader Course
Grow Wilder, Bristol

Learn about organic food growing, wildlife conservation and ecological land management in this eight-session course on-site at Grow Wilder. Perfect for those seeking a career change or anyone just wanting to grow their own food.
avonwildlifetrust.org.uk

June 9 + 10 + 16 + 17

Candle Making Workshop
True Grace, Warminster

Looking to spark your creative flame and learn something new? True Grace’s candle-making workshop provides a fun and unique way to spend time with friends and family. The two-hour long session is run by their in-house expert, who will share their extensive knowledge on candle making, the complexities of fragrance, candle care tips and answer any burning questions you may have. At the end you will come away with your very own handmade candle.
truegrace.co.uk

June 13

The Science of ADHD: Navigating Neurodiversity in a Neurotypical World
Komedia, Bath

From dopamine dips, hits and myths, how ADHD can present differently in women than men, and the neuroscience of neurodiversity; this talk is designed to give you an increased awareness and understanding of an ADHD brain. It will include advice and tips on how to navigate a neurotypical world as a neurodivergent person.
komedia.co.uk/bath

June 22

An evening with John Kelly 1880+
Silver and Steel Studios, Bedminster

With over 50 years working in the jewellery industry as a collector, auctioneer and dealer; John Kelly is spending an evening in Silver & Steel. Learn about mid century Scandinavian design and the elements that make it so bold, unique, and loveable for any contemporary silversmiths.
silverandsteelstudios.co.uk

Until June 3

The Way Old Friends Do
Theatre Royal, Bath

A new comedy about devotion, desire and dancing queens. In the late 1980s, two Birmingham school friends tentatively come out: one as gay, the other - more shockingly - as an ABBA fan. Thirty years later, they reunite to form the world’s first ABBA tribute band – in drag. Can their friendship survive the tribulations of a life on the road; one full of platform boots, fake beards and a distractingly attractive stranger?
theatreroyal.org.uk

June 2

Rosie Jones: Triple Threat
Ustinov Studio, Bath

Rosie Jones is embarking on her FIRST EVER UK tour and, boy, she is EXCITED. Join Rosie as she ponders whether she is a national treasure, a little prick, or somewhere in between! This show is guaranteed to be full of unapologetic cheekiness, nonsensical fun and unadulterated JOY from the triple threat herself.
theatreroyal.org.uk

June 3

It's a Trap! The Improvised Star Wars Show
The Roper Theatre, Bath

IT’S A TRAP! The Improvised Star Wars Show shares the untold, hilarious, and very definitely canonical (honestly!) tales that the movies missed out, based on your suggestions. Help us comedy theatre fans; you’re our only hope...
missimp.co.uk

June 4 + 5

The One & Only
Burdall’s Yard, Bath

The story of Marie Lloyd, who died 100 years ago. Marie started treading the boards at the age of 15, developing a singing repertoire that combined arch sauciness with lyrical intensity. Hailed as the One and Only, Queen of Music Hall, Marie Lloyd, enjoyed a huge popularity world-wide whilst frequently enduring a turbulent love life.
burdallsyard.co.uk

June 5 - 7

Bluffing Your Way In Ballet
The Mission Theatre, Bath

Beyond the tutu! An irreverent look at the history of this most dynamic of performing arts. PLUS free pre-performance dance taster with Alexandra Pickford, formerly of The Royal Ballet Company. No experience necessary.
missiontheatre.co.uk

June 7

Helen Prior: Art, Sex and Art of Survival
Burdall’s Yard, Bath

After a serious brush with cancer, Helen managed to transform herself from a victim into a victorious survivor. No waste of life for Helen - she embarked on all sort of adventures. Before operation she was afraid of heights but after she leant to fly a plane; she reached the North Pole on an atomic icebreaker and even became a World Champion in International Ballroom Dancing, though …she was the only one on the dance floor in her age group.
burdallsyard.co.uk

June 8

Comedy Drag Bingo with Charlie Hides from Ru Paul's Drag Race
Komedia, Bath

After selling out all over the UK, Charlie Hides is bringing his shiny balls to Bath. An outrageously fun event hosted by internationally famous Drag Queen Charlie Hides with stand-up comedy, games and camp prizes to be won!
komedia.co.uk/bath

June 9 + 10

Start Swimming
Burdall’s Yard, Bath

From the works of James Fritz, ‘Start Swimming’ explores what power young people have to affect change and resist authority. Set in a dystopian authoritarian society, when two people decide to step out and start bending the rules, they are faced with all sorts of issues. Learning how to navigate in a society focussed on rule-following and crushing all sense of individuality, the rebels begin to peel away the cracks and find that there are many other people like them, just waiting to escape.
burdallsyard.co.uk

June 10

Boorish Trumpson
Rondo Theatre, Bath

Boorish Trumpson; a power-grabbing rehearsal conductor, stopping at nothing to gain ultimate control over his orchestra. Interactive, music and clowning-filled interrogation of power from critically acclaimed Lecoq-trained clown Claire Parry.
rondotheatre.co.uk

June 10 - July 1

Roman Holiday
Theatre Royal, Bath

Italian chic, European glamour and the timeless music and songs of the legendary Cole Porter combine in a glittering new stage musical based on the bittersweet movie comedy which made a worldwide star of Audrey Hepburn.
theatreroyal.org.uk

June 15

WIG! PRIDE: Heroes & Villains
Komedia, Bath

For this year’s WIG! PRIDE the theme is heroes and villains – come as the campy avenger the world needs, or the queer coded super villain the world deserves. With headliner PRINX SILVER – as well as performances from Sneeze, your current reigning Mx WIG! DRAGON FRUIT and of course, Mum & Dad, Remy Melee and Mother.
komedia.co.uk/bath

June 29

Danny Bhoy: Now Is Not A Good Time
Komedia, Bath

It’s been a long wait for the globe-trotting Scot and his ever-growing fanbase. But, 2023 sees the return of Danny Bhoy to the UK stage with his brand-new show ‘Now Is Not A Good Time.’ Don’t miss this internationally-renowned and critically-acclaimed comic, who regularly sells out tours all around the world with his unique brand of observational storytelling.
komedia.co.uk/bath

June 30

The Ministry Of Burlesque: Cabaret
Komedia, Bath

Fusing the wild, weird and witty traditions of circus, cabaret and burlesque, The Ministry of Burlesque’s Cabaret unfolds as a bold and daring, ever evolving new-variety experience. Enjoy a myriad of musical comedy masters, provocative prima donnas, enigmatic exotic dancers and astonishing feats of human grace – all balanced on a contemporary knife edge.
komedia.co.uk/bath