EVENTS
2026
JULY
THROUGHOUT JULY LIFE DRAWING SHOWCASE & ARTIST EXHIBITION
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Throughout July we are showcasing a varied and eclectic mix of life drawing studies and artworks from artists who attend Bath Drawing's weekly classes in Bath.
The exhibition can be seen every Friday evening in our ground floor Waterside Bar between 5pm - 10:30pm and at other times when we have public events
‘For the artist, drawing is discovery’ is how renowned art critic John Berger begins his essay, ‘The Basis of all Painting and Sculpture is Drawing’.
This exhibition features the work of print makers, painters, architects and life models whose commonality in their practice is the foundation of a life drawing class – to observe, discover and create form.
For more info:
Bathdrawing@gmail.com
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FREE ENTRY
THURSDAY 9TH JULY AGE UK - NEXT CHAPTER WORKS
Have a question or need support filling out the form?
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Email - ageingwell@ageukbanes.co.uk
Phone - 07552 744025 or 07561 685838
10am - 1pm
STRUGGLING TO FIND WORK? YOU'RE NOT ALONE
Whether you're building confidence, dealing with knockbacks, or not sure where to start this FREE programme will support you to take the next step. Led by Age UK B&NES and local partners, you'll gain practical skills, boost your confidence, and connect with people who can help.
What's involved?
- Half-day workshops -
- Support with confidence, well-being and job searching -
- Practical help with CVs, interviews and exploring opportunities -
- A chance to connect with local organisations and your community -
Workshops:
9 July - Connection and Continued Well-being
To register your interest:
https://www.ageuk.org.uk/bathandnortheastsomerset/get-involved/next_chapter_works/
​FRIDAY 10TH JULY - SUNDAY 12TH JULY 10 YEAR CELEBRATION
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Friday 10th July
Quiz & Live Music
From 5:30pm
Why not kick off the Club's 10th anniversary celebrations by taking part in our free to enter general knowledge quiz based in part on 2016 with prizes for the top teams.
A perfect appetizer prior to joining us downstairs at 8.15pm to put on your dancing shoes and enjoy the music of Bill Smarme and his Rock ‘n’ Roll Trio. Old time rock ’n’ roll from the fifties, sixties and beyond!
Doors open in the Waterside at 5.30pm with the quiz starting at 7pm in the Wharf. Please enter (maximum six members per team) through the link. Alongside our usual over-the-bar Friday night pizza service in the Waterside between 6pm – 8.30pm, you can also pre-order a charcuterie platter.
Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th July
Wimbledon Finals
From 3:30pm
Grand Slam tennis comes to the big screen with both singles finals being shown in the Wharf with Strawberries and Cream and Pimm’s being available to purchase from the bar, along with our usual range of drinks and snacks. No need to book, just turn up!
Ladies’ Final on Saturday will start (not before) 4pm.
Men's final on Sunday will start (not before) 4pm.
Saturday 11th
Soul, Disco and Dancing!
From 7:30pm
Join us on Saturday evening for a night of irresistible soul, disco and dancing!
Headlining the evening is Bath's own soul sensation, O'Rael, bringing his powerhouse vocals and electrifying stage presence to the WSC stage. Performing timeless classics, O'Rael's smooth soul voice and infectious energy are guaranteed to fill the dancefloor.
Keeping the groove alive before and after the live show, the resident WSC DJs will be spinning a handpicked selection of 60s and 70s Stax and Motown favourites, alongside feel-good Disco anthems that will keep the party going all night. Book your ticket through the link below.
Saturday 11th
England v Norway - World Cup Quarter Finals
From 7:30pm
With the England Men's football team reaching the last eight of the World Cup we are altering the timings of our event on Saturday 11th July so that we can watch the match live upstairs on the big screen.
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Sunday 12th
Strangers on a Train
From 7:30pm
Alfred Hitchcock, USA, 1951, 101m, PG
With: Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ruth Roman
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More tennis! Celebrity tennis star Guy Haines wants rid of his unfaithful wife Miriam so he can marry the elegant and beautiful senator’s daughter Anne Morton. He is recognised on a train by pushy Bruno Anthony, who hates his domineering father and describes his plan for the perfect murder – an arrangement which will involve each of these strangers in a killing – “criss-cross!” - for which there will be no obvious motive and therefore no suspicion from the police. Flustered by Bruno’s enthusiasm for the proposal, Guy plays along just to humour him and eventually manages to get away, leaving behind his cigarette lighter. However, Bruno interprets Guy’s manner as acquiescence to the plan and sets his side of the bargain into motion.
Full of typical Hitchcock flourishes, this densely-plotted, brilliantly acted and highly atmospheric adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s first novel includes the tense and celebrated tennis match sequence. Strangers on a Train is commonly regarded as one of Hitchcock’s most thrilling and ingenious films and will be a great way to top off both the Wimbledon Men’s Final and WSC’s 10th Anniversary celebrations!
SUNDAY 19TH JULY OFF THE WALL FILMS PRESENTS -
THE WONDERS (La Meraviglie)
Pre-screening supper available - Charcuterie with olives, leaves, sun-dried tomatoes and sourdough bread.
Doors Open - 5:30pm
Film Starts - 6:30pm
Alice Rohrwacher, Italy / Switzerland / Germany,
2014, 110m, 15, sub-titles, F-rated
A dilapidated Tuscan smallholding is home to Wolfgang, Angelica and their four daughters. The eldest girl Gelsomina is de facto head of the family, partly because of her father’s wayward behaviour but mostly because of her great understanding of the apiary which provides their main source of income. Their tight-knit, loving and eccentric way of life is threatened by new health standards which their apiary will not meet. When Gelsomina stumbles across a location shoot for ‘Village Wonders’, a tacky tv show which showcases quaint rural practices, she is transfixed by the glamourous presenter Milly and perceives a way out of the family predicament. But can she convince Wolfgang?
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Tickets: £9/£7 (WSC members)
AUGUST
WEDNESDAY 5TH AUGUST GO GREEN WIDCOMBE PRESENTS A SCREENING OF -
'PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY BRIEFING'
Doors Open - 6:30pm
Film Starts - 7:00pm
Panel discussion - 8:00-9:00pm
Find out what the latest science says about the climate and nature crisis, how it is already affecting our lives, and what can still be done.
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Panel
Wera Hobhouse (MP)
Nikki Brain (B&NES Energy Transformation Manager)
John Leach (B&NES Climate Hub)
Sara Grimes (BWCE)
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FREE ENTRY, but please register to reserve a place - this is sure to be popular!
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SUNDAY 16TH AUGUST OFF THE WALL FILMS PRESENTS -
WOMAN AT WAR (Kona fer í stríð)
Pre-screening supper available - Rollmop Herring & Smoked Mackerel or Vegetarian Cheese Scones with Cream Cheese.
Doors Open - 5:30pm
Film Starts - 6:30pm
Benedikt Erlingsson, Iceland, 2018, 101m, 12A, sub-titles
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The uneventful routines of cycling cheerily around Reykjavik, practising Tai-Chi and leading the local choir disguise 50-yr-old Halla’s hidden life as ‘The Woman of the Mountain,’ a passionate environmental activist waging a war against the local aluminium industry. She cleverly and consistently outwits the authorities and as her actions grow bolder, from petty vandalism to outright industrial sabotage, she succeeds in pausing the negotiations between the Icelandic government and the corporation building a new aluminium smelter. But, just as she begins planning her biggest and boldest operation yet, she receives an unexpected letter that changes everything.
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​Tickets: £9/£7 (WSC members)​
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SEPTEMBER
Doors Open - 5:30pm
Film Starts - 6:30pm
Fred F Sears, USA, 1956, 77m, U
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We’re marking 70 years since Rock Around the Clock was first shown in Bath at The Forum on Sunday 2 September 1956. “There was jiving and shouting at the Forum Cinema, Bath, last night during the performance of this film, but no police action was necessary” (Bath Chronicle 3 September). People clapped! Tapped their feet! Jived in the aisles! Come and rock’n’roll and see what all the fuss was about (but no bad behaviour on this occasion, please). Hand-jiving encouraged.
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Plus... Jive Dance Class 3.30pm - 4.30pm with local legends Hoppin’ Mad www.hoppinmad.co.uk
Presented in partnership with the Museum of Bath at Work, as part of their exhibition 'Lights! Camera! Action! - 120 Years of Cinemas and Films in Bath' (May 9 - November 29) museumofbath.org
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Tickets: £9/£7 (WSC members)
Jive Class: £15/£13 (WSC members)
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Pre-screening supper available - Large Scotch Egg with brown sauce or Vegetarian Cheese Platter.
SUNDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER OFF THE WALL FILMS PRESENTS -
ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK
Doors Open - 5:30pm
Film Starts - 6:30pm
Benedikt Erlingsson, Iceland, 2018, 101m, 12A, sub-titles
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Having gained experience and confidence in Rome, Clelia, from a poor family, returns to her native Turin to set up a fashion salon. On her first night, a woman in the neighbouring hotel room, Rosetta, nearly dies after overdosing on pills. Sympathising, Clelia takes Rosetta under her wing and meets three of her girl friends, Momina, Nene and Mariella. All are rich and materially successful, although lead complicated love lives. With the cynical Momina attempting to orchestrate manoeuvres, the women try to make sense of the tangled web of emotions and motivations afforded by modern, affluent, post-industrial, urbanite living.
Pre-screening supper available - Meat Antipasti or Vegetarian Antipasti
Tickets: £9/£7 (WSC members)
Pre-screening supper available - Meat Antipasti or Vegetarian Antipasti
SUNDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER OFF THE WALL FILMS PRESENTS -
LE AMICHE (The Girl Friends)
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