ARTS and LITERARY FESTIVALS 2025
Please check the festivals’ websites for the latest information.
Updated 18th May 2025 7.58pm
Events and festivals that are scheduled, but have not yet announced dates for 2025, are marked in red
JANUARY
Bradford (on Avon) Roots Music Festival www.wiltshiremusic.org.uk/whats-on/bradford-roots-music-festival 18th January 2025
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FEBRUARY
Bristol Slapstick Festival, www.slapstick.org.uk 13th to 16th February 2025
Bath Bach Festival, www.bathbachfest.co.uk 19th to 22nd February 2025
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MARCH
Budleigh Salterton Literary Festivalwww.budlitfest.org.uk 7th and 8th March 2025 (and September)
Teignmouth Poetry Festival, www.poetryteignmouth.com 29th March 2025 Day starts with open mic and ends with Raymond Antrobus
Curious Minds, Bath, various venues www.batharts.co.uk 2025 dates to be announced
Bristol Bluegrass and Americana Festival, www.bristolfolkhouse.co.uk 2025 dates to be announced
Swanage Blues Festivalwww.swanage-blues.org The March festival will not happen this year. Look out for details of the 25th anniversary October festival.
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APRIL
From Page to Screen, Bridport, www.bridport-arts.com 23rd to 27th April 2025
Bath Comedy Festival www.bathcomedy.com 2025 dates to be announced
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MAY
Sherborne Abbey Festival www.sherborneabbeyfestival.org 1st to 8th May 2025
Bristol Folk Festival www.bristolfolkfestival.co.uk 2nd to 4th May 2025
Yarlington Fringe music, crafts, art, opera, barn dance 2nd to 4th May 2025
Wylye Valley Art Trail, biennial event, open studios, workshops etc www.wvat.co.uk 3rd to 11th May 2025
Swindon Festival of Literature, www.swindonfestivalofliterature.co.uk 5th to 11th May 2025
Wedmore Arts Festival, www.wedmorefestival.co.uk 10th to 18th May 2025
Dart Music Festival, www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk 16th to 18th May 2025
The Bath Festival, www.bathfestivals.org.uk 16th to 25th May 2025
Shindig Weekender Charlton Park, Wiltshire, music and comedy, www.shindigfestival.co.uk 22nd to 25th May 2025
Bath Fringe Festival, inc Bedlam fair www.bathfringe.co.uk 23rd May to 8th June 2025
Bridport Dance Festival www.bridportdancefestival.org.uk 23rd and 24th May 2025
Sidmouth Jazz and Blues Festival, www.sidmouthjazz.com 23rd to 26th May 2025
The Cursus Cider and Music Festival, Canada Farm Sixpenny Handley www.cursusfestival.com 23rd to 25th May 2025
Od Arts Festival, West Coker www.odartsfestival.co.uk 23rd to 25th May 2025
Chippenham Folk Festival, www.chippfolk.co.uk 23rd to 26th May 2025
Dunster Festival www.dunsterfestival.co.uk 24th to 26th May 2025
Ultimate Tribute Festival at Upton Country Park www.uptoncountrypark.com 24th and 25th May
Love Saves the Day www.lovesavestheday.org Ashton Court, Bristol 24th and 25th May 2025
Purbeck Art Weeks open studios, music, literature: www.purbeckartweeks.co.uk 24th May to 8th June 2025
Salisbury International Arts Festival www.wiltshirecreative.co.uk 25th May to 7th June 2025
Ilminster Literary Festival ilminsterliteraryfestival.org 29th May to 5th June 2025
Devizes Arts Festival multi arts festival, www.devizesartsfestival.org.uk 30th May to 15th June 2025
Wessex Folk Festival, Weymouth, www.wessexfolkfestival.com 31st May and 1st June 2025
Dorset Art Weeks, www.dorsetartweeks.co.uk Next festival in 2026
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JUNE
Wimborne Minster Folk Festival, www.wimbornefolk.co.uk 6th to 8th June 2025
Chilthorne Domer Home Farm Fest, fund-raiser for Piers Simon Appeal, www.homefarmfest.co.uk 6th to 8th June 2025
Lyme Regis Fossil Festival www.fossilfestival.co.uk 14th and 15th June 2025
Petherton Folk Fest South Petherton, www.pethertonfolkfest.org.uk 14th June 2025
Farley Music Festival, www.farleymusic.co.uk Now seems to be an all-year festival
Isle of Wight Festival, www.isleofwightfestival.com 19th to 22nd June 2025
Upton House Food and Music Festival www.uptoncountrypark.com 20th to 22nd June
Chalke History Festival, talks, discussions, debates, living history encampment, air show, celebration of history, writing, www.chalkefestival.com 23rd to 29th June 2025
Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk 25th to 29th June 2025
Budleigh Salterton Music Festival, www.budleighmusicfestival.co.uk 27th June to 5th July 2025
Beaminster Festival, www.beaminsterfestival.com 28th June to 6th July 2025
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JULY
New Forest Folk Festival, Plaitford nr Romsey, Powells Farm, www.newforestfolkfestival.co.uk 2nd to 6th July 2025
Frome Festival includes world food feast, open studios, bands, opera etc www.fromefestival.co.uk 4th to 13th July 2025
Priddy Folk Festival www.priddyfolk.org 11th to 13th July 2024
Southern Cathedrals Festival, Salisbury Cathedral, music, www.southerncathedralsfestival.org.uk 16th to 20th July 2025
Godney Gathering, music, etc, www.thegodneygathering.com 18th and 19th July 2025
Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival, music, theatre, talks, debates, processions www.tolpuddlemartyrs.org.uk 18th to 2oth July 2025
Shaftesbury Fringe Festival www.shaftesburyfringe.co.uk 18th to 20th July 2025
Bristol Harbour Festival, street theatre, music, circus, food, historic ships, etc www.bristolharbourfestival.co.uk 18th to 2oth July 2025
Poole Harbour Festival www.pooleharbourfestival.com 25th to 27th July 2025
Dorset Opera Festival, Coade Hall, Bryanston, www.dorsetopera.com Rigoletto, Suor Angelica, Cavalleria Rusticana, July 2025
Camp Bestival, Lulworth Castle, www.campbestival.net 31st July to 3rd August 2024
Exmouth Festival www.exmouthfestival.org.uk 10th to 13th July 2025
Garden Theatre Festival, Holburne Museum Gardens, Bath, www.gardentheatrefest.co.uk 2nd to 20th July 2025
Somerton Music and Arts Festival includes Somerstock Weekend (11th and 12th July) www.somertonartsfestival.co.uk 3rd to 12th July
Swanage Jazz Festival www.swanagejazzfestival.co.uk 11th to 13th July 2025
Bridport Folk Festival www.bridportfolkfestival.co.uk 25th to 27th July
Jurassic Fields Music Festival, Bridport, www.jurassicfields.com 2025 dates to be announced
Womad, Marlborough, Charlton Park. www.womad.co.uk WOMAD will return in 2026
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AUGUST
Valley Fest, (Bristol Food and Music Festival) Chew Magna, music and food, www.valleyfest.co.uk Valley Fest will be back in 2026
Sidmouth Folk Week, www.sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk 1st to 8th August 2025
Weston-super-Mare Sea Shanty and Folk Music Festival www.wsmshantyfest.com 1st to 3rd August 2025
Dorset Food and Arts Festival, Great Field, Poundbury, Dorchester, www.dorsetfestival.org 2nd August 2025
Glastonbury Abbey Extravaganza, www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk/information/glastonbury-abbey-extravaganza 9th August 2025
International Balloon Fiesta, balloons, music, food etc www.bristolballoonfiesta.co.uk 8th to 10th August 2025
Burton Bradstock Festival of Music and Art www.burtonbradstockfestival.com 10th to 17th August 2025
ArcTangent Fernhill Farm nr Bristol https://arctangent.co.uk/ 13th to 16th August 2025
Purbeck Valley Folk Festival www.purbeckvalleyfolkfestival.co.uk 14th to 17th August 2025
Beautiful Days, Escot Park, Ottery St Mary, www.beautifuldays.org 15th to 17th August 2025
Edington Festival of Music within the Liturgy, choral and sacred music from 16th to 21st century, www.edingtonfestival.org 2025 dates to be announced
IfOpera Festival, (formerly Iford Arts) www.ifopera.com Rigoletto, Orpheus in the Underworld, Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and Historia Jonae 7th to 17th August 2025
Victorious Festival, Portsmouth, indie rock fest, www.victoriousfestival.co.uk 22nd to 24th August 2025
Lyme Regis Folk Weekend, www.lymefolk.com 29th to 31st August 2025
End of the Road Festival, www.endoftheroadfestival.com 28th to 31st August 2025
Purbeck Chamber Music Festival www.purbeck-chambermusic.org.uk 4th to 7th September 2025
Didmarton Bluegrass Festival www.didmarton-bluegrass.co.uk 29th to 31st August 2025
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SEPTEMBER
Bridport Hat Festival www.bridporthatfest.org 6th September 2025
B-Side, Portland, multi media arts festival, www.b-side.org.uk Next festival in 2026
Swanage Folk Festival www.swanagefolkfestival.com 5th to 7th September 2025
International Agatha Christie Festival Torbay, www.iacf-uk.org 13th to 21st September 2025
Jane Austen Festival Bath www.janeaustenfestivalbath.co.uk 12th to 21st September 2025
Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival www.budlitfest.org.uk 17th to 21st September 2025
Somerset Art Weeks Festival www.somersetartworks.org.uk Next festival in 2026
Marlborough Literature Festival, www.marlboroughlitfest.org 25th to 28th September 2025
Bath Children’s Literature Festival www.bathfestivals.org.uk/childrens-literature 25th September to 5th October 2025
Arts by the Sea, various venues, www.artsbythesea.co.uk 26th to 28th September 2025
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OCTOBER
Swanage Blues Festival www.swanage-blues.org 3rd to 5th October 2025
Two Moors Festival, www.thetwomoorsfestival.co.uk 2nd to 5th and 9th to 12th October 2025
Mere Literary Festival www.mereliteraryfestival.com 13th to 19th October 2025
Wells Festival of Literature www.wellsfestivalofliterature.org.uk 17th to 25th October 2025
Dorchester Literary Festival www.dorchesterliteraryfestival.com 18th to 25th October 2025
Celebrate Voice Salisbury, www.celebratevoice.co.uk 22nd October to 1st November 2025
Purbeck Film Festival Rex Cinema and other Purbeck venues, www.purbeckfilm.com 2025 dates to be announced
Salisbury Literary Festival www.salisburyliteraryfestival.co.uk 20th to 22nd October 2025 (TBC)
Yeovil Literary Festival www.yeovilliteraryfestival.co.uk 23rd to 27th October 2025
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NOVEMBER
FilmBath Festival various venues, www.filmbath.org.uk 2025 dates to be announced
Bridport Literary Festival www.bridlit.com 2nd to 8th November 2025
Bath Mozart Festival, www.bathmozartfest.org.uk 7th to 15th November 2025
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DECEMBER
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