FAQs

The Bath Fashion Festival is an immersive two-day celebration of fashion designed to give regional fashion buyers and fans a close-up experience of a vibrant international industry. The event will take place in Bath, a city with a rich history of fashion and culture, and will feature a diverse range of contributors, including internationally renowned designers, industry experts, and local talent.

Scheduled to host over 1,500 guests, the Bath Fashion Festival will blend the city’s rich heritage with cutting-edge fashion. Bath, known for its elegance and refinement, is the perfect backdrop for this unique event, which aims to spotlight both international and local fashion talents.

Bath Fashion Festival has secured an impressive line-up of contributors, including Alice Temperley, Erin O’Connor, David Downton Rankin, and Daniel Lismore, among other well-known names in Fashion. Guests will have the opportunity to engage with industry icons, attend expert panel talks, and participate in workshops led by leading brands and designers.

As a ticket holder you’ll be able to attend live catwalk shows, partake in interactive experiences, browse pop-up designer shops along with the ‘buy the catwalk’ collection, wander archive installations and listen in on exclusive panel discussions focusing on current fashion trends and sustainability.

Tickets to Bath Fashion Festival are available to purchase online via the Event website.

The email address you provided when you check-out on your ticket order will be the email to which your Order Confirmation is sent. Your Order Confirmation email will include a breakdown of the ticket(s) you have ordered and the total cost. You must either print your tickets and bring them with you or show them on a mobile device

If your confirmation email is not received within 10 minutes of purchase, please make sure you check your spam folder as emails can sometimes be redirected as junk mail. If not in your spam folder, please email us to have your order confirmation resent.

Bath Fashion Festival does not offer weekend tickets. Tickets to the festival are only available as day tickets. For Bath Fashion Festival 2024 you can purchase a ticket to either Saturday 21st or Sunday 22nd September 2024.

Please email your request to and we shall help to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. Please include:
– The full name that the order was made under
– The order number(s) of your purchase(s)
– The number of tickets you would like to be refunded

Tickets are non-refundable and non- exchanged after purchase in accordance with the Terms and Conditions of dale. Bath Fashion festival is not liable for any tickets which are lost, stolen or damaged.

Tickets are purchased under the condition that they are non-refundable.

If you’d like to arrange a press visit, contact the Bath Fashion Festival team on hello@bathfashionfestival.com. Please get in touch at least 48 hours before your intended visit.

Unfortunately we do not offer any student, NHS or a military discounts at present.

Bath Fashion Festival will be open 9am to 6pm on Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd September 2024.

Please note, there will be no admission to the Event before the designated opening times.

Tickets are only valid for the date of the Event printed on the ticket. Tickets cannot be exchanged for alternative days or dates.

Electronic tickets can either be printed or shown on a screen such as your phone. No other proof of purchase will be accepted.

The festival programme will be published in advance on the Bath Fashion Festival website. Be sure to note down what you want to see and when ahead of time!

Tickets and/or sign-up to the festival’s workshops and panel talks will not be issued in advance, but available on the day of your ticket entry on a first come first serve basis. We advise consulting the festival programme and arriving early to the location of the workshop/talk to avoid disappointment.

We are privileged to have been allowed to host the festival’s programme across the Holburne Museum, so your Bath Fashion Festival ticket will offer you access to view the Holburne’s public collection of artworks in The Ballroom and The Picture Gallery. The museum’s temporary exhibitions will be closed for the weekend of the festival.

We encourage attendees to use social media to share comments and thoughts in relation to the event and you may also share photographs on social media that you take of the event using your smartphone provided that you acknowledge they were taken at the event. We will make clear any portion of the event which must not be photographed.

All other filming, photography, audio-recording or transmission of films, audio or photographs or live streaming is strictly prohibited. If you carry out any unauthorised filming, photography, audio recording or transmissions or live streaming then you may be asked to remove these from your platforms

We advise against bringing large bags as the Holburne Museum has a limited supply of lockers and doesn’t offer a cloakroom. Please take this into consideration when planning your day with us for Bath Fashion Festival.

Bags will be searched on entry to the event, to avoid lengthy queues we strongly advise that you do not bring a bag. We appreciate your cooperation and patience when entering the festival.

Bags must not be left at entrances or surrounding areas. Any items left will be removed and disposed of accordingly.

If you lose anything at the Event, please go to the Guest Reception as soon as possible to report/retrieve a missing item. Alternatively, if you have already left the Event, please contact info@bathfashionfestival.com and a member of the team will get back to you. Please clearly describing the item you lost and provide your full contact details.

You aren’t permitted to bring food or drink into the event, but the Holburne Café will be offering food and drink options, along with our pop-up bars at the rear of the museum. Empty reusable plastic bottles (up to 500ml) will be allowed to refill once inside

The Holburne Garden Café will be operational, offering a selection of salads, sandwiches, and cakes along with hot and cold drinks.

Pop-up bars in the garden behind the museum will be serving up bespoke cocktails alongside a standard menu of alcoholic beverages.

Please note, our bars will be operating a challenge 21 policy for all alcohol sales on site. Any person looking under the age of 21 will need to present valid identification or our bar staff will be unable to serve you.

Please note that stage effects – including pyrotechnics, lasers, smoke machines, strobe lighting/special effects – may take place during the catwalk show.

Bath Fashion Festival 2024 is being hosted at the Holburne Museum in Bath in the West of England.

The Holburne Museum
Great Pulteney Street
Bath BA2 4DB

The Holburne Museum is a ten minute walk from the centre of town along Great Pulteney Street, one of the most beautiful Georgian streets in the country.

The Holburne Museum is 15 minutes walk from Bath Spa Train Station (0.8miles), through the historical city of Bath and down Great Pulteney Street towards Sydney Gardens. There are frequent high-speed connections to London Paddington.

Holburne Museum hosts bike racks to anyone cycling to the Museum.

The quickest and most straightforward route if you are travelling from a distance is likely to be via the M5 and M4 approaching Bath from the north. The LansdownPark and Ride offers a regular service into the centre of town. See the full Park and Ride services and Bath Car Park charges.

There is limited parking available at the Holburne Museum car park. The car park operates under the MiPermit scheme enabling you to pay via your mobile (location number is 701060). The car park machine is located by the entrance to the car park. Charges apply from 8am to 6pm daily, and the car park is regularly checked by traffic wardens. Our gates are locked at 6pm.

Disabled Badge Holders: There are parking bays for Blue Badge Holders at the Holburne Museum.

For details of parking with electric car charging available, visit the Bath & North East Somerset Council website.

Bath operates a charging clean air zone (CAZ) in the city centre. Not all vehicles are charged. To check if charges apply to your vehicle, please visit the government website.

Please note that the A36 Warminster Road will be closed between Limpley Stoke and Monkton Combe, just south of Bath, until spring 2025. Please check ahead of your journey how this closure may affect your travel plans to Bath.

Regular coach services run from London Victoria, Heathrow and Gatwick airports. The dropping-off point is at Bath Bus Station, in the centre of town less than 20 minutes walk from the Holburne Museum.

Local buses D1 and the U1 and U3, can be caught from the Bus Station to the Holburne (otherwise boarded opposite the Guildhall in Bath High Street). Get off at the Holburne Museum stop on Great Pulteney Street and cross the road to the Museum.

To return, the bus stop can be found opposite the outgoing bus stop on Great Pulteney Street. Note, the return bus does return via the Guildhall, depart at the North Parade stop for the Guildhall or continue the full route onto the Bus Station.