Bath Fringe Festival
bath fringe festival annual art festival held bath england bath fringe founded counterbalance classicaldominated bath music festival people perceived elitist outoftouch younger local audience wanted many way bath fringe direct descendant walcot festival included element theatre pop festival ‘happening’ ecoactivism local creativity supported bath art workshop festival among oldest continually operating england includes around event taking place around late may bank holiday running day end may beginning june initial fringe festival became smaller hosted fewer dozen event new group cooperative local artist promoter venue manager audience member revitalised festival bath fringe tends try create organisation run specific event strand variously given birth fab fringe art bath visual art part festival walcot independence day — large popular outdoor party much local creativity discontinued streats — street outdoor sitespecific installation performance unusual space run annual bedlam fair street festival financed fringe part independent street art network little fiets – greenpowered activist event like ‘the wheel thing’ vision immersive new writing minifestival created fake escape run conjunction bath fringe since many people working event committee set volunteer although parttime worker common many fringe festival round world programme consists people presenting event venue one hired duration – bath fringe however run core programme streetoutdoortented event maintains open access policy imposing artistic constraint work participant put major task organisation revolve around production print programme website facilitating others put include event relative financial independence individual sponsor venue maintained although funding received local bath north east somerset council art council england southwest hold britain’s major greenfield festival glastonbury womad big green gathering others held within mile bath – city important place development british pop festival free festival — popular festival credential go back pioneering bath festival blue progressive music many people working festival technician facility also work big event crossover performer bath fringe sits ‘festival scene’ tradition much development fringe theatre although walcot festival emphasis outdoor performance ‘guerilla’ event put pioneer development currently called ‘street arts’ fringe theatre festival website historical walcot festival fringe art bath bath fringe art council england little fiets bath northeast somerset council