Please find below a list of past and forthcoming events at St. Michael's. We do not ususally sell tickets for events from the venue, so please contact the relevant event organiser for information on ticket prices and availability.
To see a list of our 2007/8 events, please go to the bottom of the page
2009 Public Events at St. Michael's
Date
Event
Description
Ticket and Booking details
24th January
City of Bath Bach Choir
Workshops
31st January
Friends of Bath Abbey AGM
2.15pm - 5pm - Church
14th February
CMJ - Bicentennial Celebrations
9.00am to 12.45pm
14th February
Champagne and Roses Concert
Music and arias with Suzanne Hillier in aid of Dorothy House
Tickets on the door
23rd February
Fairtrade Fortnight
Come and visit our stall in the Church, selling produce and gifts from FairTrade producers around the world.
5th March
Will Self - Literary event from Toppings Booksellers
Will Self has earned his reputation with a body of innovative work: there's nobody quite like him writing today. This special evening is a celebration of all things Self and if you have never attended one of his hilarious, vibrant and astounding readings you will be in for a treat. Highly Recommended!
Nick Park - Literary event from Topping Booksellers
The creator of the hugely popular and endearing plasticine duo, Wallace & Gromit (Creature Comforts, Chicken Run and Shaun the Sheep) has won four Oscars for films featuring the absent-minded inventor and his vigilant dog. The new book, Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures and Glorious Inventions is Wallace's secret invention scrapbook, packed with snippets of information and personal memorabilia about his cracking contraptions and all his madcap capers with Gromit. This book is a delight for young and old and a must for every discerning Wallace & Gromit fan. The talk will be accompanyed by classic clips and there will be time for questions and signing afterwards.
6 for 6.30pm. Tickets £6 with £6 off the book, or Family Tickets are £15 (2 children & 2 adults or 3 children & 1 adult) to include £9 off the book. www.toppingbooks.co.uk
Refreshments.
18th March
Monahan's Grand Charity Quiz Night
Supporting Dorothy House, Prospect Hospice & St Margaret's Hospice - come and pit your wits against the other teams!
Teams of 4 should register with Monahans, Clarks Mill, Stallard St, Trowbridge, BA14 8HH
A tumultuous year and a rich moment in history. Set in the stormy days of AD34, when cultures and beliefs clashed in the Middle East and a new religion was born.
7.30pm Tickets from Bath Festival Box Office 01225 463362 or St Michael's Cafe
Music for Passiontide
Claudio Monteverdi: Beatus vir
Charles Wood: The Passion according to St Mark
7.30pm - Entry free - retiring collection - proceeds to Church Funds
6th April
Arabind Adiga - Topping Books Literary event
Since winning the Booker Prize, Aravind Adiga has become a world star in literary circles. The White Tiger is a startling and enlightening novel, set in an India stripped free of all the clichés which surround it. Black humour is intertwined with the shocking juxtaposition of poverty and wealth to create an unforgettable narrative, filled with both anger at, and sympathy for the Indian predicament.
7 for 7.30pm. Tickets £5 with £5 off the book. Reception.
16th April
Vince Cable - Topping Books Literary event
Vince Cable's knowledgeable and measured tones have been widely admired across all parties during the current financial crisis. We are delighted to welcome him to Bath to talk about his new book, The Storm, in which he sheds more light on the turmoil and its worldwide implications.
7 for 7.30pm. Tickets £7 with £7 off the book. Reception.
2nd May
Craft Fair - Apple Trees Fairs
10.00am - 5.00pm in the Crypt - free entry
12th May
Frank Gardner - Toppings Books Literary Event
Few people have demonstrated such resilience in the face of extreme and indeed ongoing adversity as the BBC's security correspondent, Frank Gardner, who was shot and left paralysed by militants in Riyadh five years ago. In his new book, Far Horizons, he talks about his adventures and travels up until that day, and of his determination that a wheelchair will prove no obstacle to further exploration of far flung - and even dangerous - places now.
7 for 7.30pm. Tickets £5 with £5 off the book. Reception.
22nd May
Party in the City
Enjoy a full programme of vocal music in the beautiful St Michael's Without church in the heart of Bath: featuring a brand new commission by Mark Lawrence and David Cohen
6.15-6.45pm Walcot State Choir
7-7.30pm Bath Choral Society
7.45-8.15pm A Handful of Singers
8.30-9pm Sounding It Out
9.15-9.45pm Vocal Works Gospel Choir
6.15pm - 9.45pm - Entry Free
4th & 5th June
On the Edge of Life Multimedia performance
Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair….new multimedia collaboration
Continuing Bath Music Festival's multimedia series, this year's On the Edge of Life focuses on the power of Fairytales: in particular the mysterious, multilayered and sometimes disturbing story of Rapunzel, the girl locked in the tower.
Using powerful imagery, electronic music, live performance, film and installation, Rapunzel will never be the same again. Not suitable for children.
A magical, fairy-inspired choral programme (part of our continuing On the Edge of Life: Fairytales strand)
Antony le Fleming Matilda - Cautionary Tales by Hilaire Belloc
Robert Pearsall The Tale of Sir Patrick Spens
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Shakespeare Songs
Eric Whitacre Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine
Continuing Bath Music Festival's multimedia series, this year's On the Edge of Life focuses on the power of Fairytales: in particular the mysterious, multilayered and sometimes disturbing story of Rapunzel, the girl locked in the tower.
Marina Warner is a prize-winning author of fiction, criticism and history; her many books include From the Beast to the Blonde, Joan of Arc and her study of the Virgin Mary, Alone of all her Sex. Here she speaks about the power of fairytales, and her collaboration with this year's On the Edge of Life.
A new short story The Difference in the Dose, from the cultural historian Marina Warner, a brilliant updating of Rapunzel's story, which has been used as the inspiration for a brand new multimedia performance created specially for this year's Festival.
Using powerful imagery, electronic music, live performance, film and installation, Rapunzel will never be the same again. Not suitable for children.
Leading military historian, Antony Beevor, is the foremost authority on the great battles of WWII and in D-Day: The Battle for Normandy has created a stunning companion to his highly acclaimed books on the battles for Crete, Stalingrad and Berlin. Combining the grand strategic perspective with vivid recreations of the view from the ordinary soldier's fox-hole, the book offers insight born from years of scholarship, within a consistently gripping narrative. This will surely be the most celebrated non-fiction book of the season and a real treat to which we all look forward!
Choral Music from the New World - Missa Ego flos campi Padilla
Five Negro Sprituals Michael Tippett
music by Eric Whiteacre, Mornton Lauridsen, Randall Thompson
Conductor: Elizabeth Bates
7.30pm - tickets £12 with concessions, from Bath Festivals Trust Box Office 01225 463362 www.bathfestivals.org/whatson
2007 Public Events at St. Michael's
2008 Public Events at St. Michael's
'Various Artists'
Bath Camarata
Bath Opera
Bath University Chamber Choir
The Jerrome Recorders
Delia Smith
The Matt Wates Trio
Better Bath Forum
The Antonio Forcione Quartet
Louis de Bernieres
Ian Rankin
Will Self
The Martinsey Trust
The Bath Lions Club
Rick Stein
Jonathon Dimbleby
Hugh Lupton and
Daniel Morden
Bath International Music Festival
Liskerret Male Voice Choir
The Chantry Singers
Michael Wood
Jerome Recorders
Bath Operatic and Dramatic Society
Silver Ring Choir
John Simpson
Francesco da Mosta
Sir Ian Botham in coversation with Vic Marks
Bath Operatic and Dramatic Society
The Bath Spa University
Orchestra
Oz Clarke
Don McCullin
Michel Roux
Tony Benn
Alexander McCall Smith
Michael Parkinson
Nigella Lawson
Charley Boorman
Brass Tacks, Flutes Galore and Incantation
The Rotary Club of Bath
Opera Sulis
Rachel Goodchild - artist
Sam and Sam Clarke; 'The Moro Cook Book'
Bath Spa Live @ Spa University
Simon Hodges - artist
Opera Sullis
University of Bath Choral and Orchestral Society (CH&OS)
