BATH COLOURSCAPE FESTIVAL 2026

Saturday May 23rd to Sunday May 31st

Eye Music Trust presents a NEW Colourscape Music Festival for Bath

Bath Arts Collective and Crescent Music present a nine-day Colourscape festival on Bath Recreation Ground. Our 75-chamber Festival Two Colourscape structure will be filled with music, dance and colour for a fabulous festival for all ages.

Step inside Colourscape to experience a journey of intense colours that has been compared to "being wrapped in a rainbow". Discover live music and dance which can be found anywhere inside the many coloured chambers - larger ensembles perform in a large vaulted Silver space.

Each day there will be public performances - sometimes you will be able to join in. On weekdays our resident musician, Michael Ormiston, performs on ethnic instruments (you can take part too); on weekends we have many varied ensembles.

FESTIVAL DIARY

Sat May 23rd: Unusual instruments and Dance - Sylvia Hallett and Hyelim Kim perform on a variety of instruments including accordion, amplified bicycle wheel and Korean traditional flute. PLUS Eileih Muir creates contemporary dance throughout the whole Colourscape labyrinth.
Sun May 24th: Richard Durrant - Concert guitarist and composer performs everything from Bach on a banjo to Django Reinhardt and contemporary sounds. PLUS Festival Director, Simon Desorgher, performs occasional sets with flutes, panpipes and electronics
Mon May 25th: Voice Trio perform Deborah Pritchard's Adoration of Colour (Specially commissioned for Colourscape) together with medieval and contemporary music. Simon Desorgher adds atmospheric flute and electronic interludes between Voice's sets.
Tues May 26th to Fri May 29th: Michael Ormiston - family-friendly spontaneous workshops and performances for all ages from babies to 100-year-olds!. Plus Frome-based artist Domenic DeCicco explores meditative sound-worlds on instruments from around the world.
Saturday May 30th: Ansuman Biswas and Beibei Wang combine South Asian and Chinese percussion with contemporary sounds in a powerful exploration of rhythm, resonance and movement.
Sunday May 31st: Gamelan Kembang Kirang fill Colourscape with the shimmering sounds of Balinese gongs, chimes and flutes, moving through the chambers in a processional performance that transforms the entire space.