Carols by Candlelight has been a diary fixture since 1947 when Bath Bach Choir first presented an intimate evening of carols and Christmas music by candlelight in the Roman Baths’ atmospheric Pump Room. For the 2026 edition, the choir presents four short concerts, each just an hour long to fit conveniently into everyone’s pre-Christmas evening calendars. Come along and help light up the Pump Room in celebration of the true start of Christmas.
Tickets will be available from Bath Box Office soon.
Each night a retiring collection is taken in support of two local charities.
We are grateful to our audience of 2025 whose generous donations were shared between the Nigel Perrin Memorial Fund and the South Western Ambulance Charity.
2024: Nigel Perrin Memorial Fund; BANES Carers’ Centre
2023: Teenage Cancer Trust; SHIPS Project
2022: Ripple Effect; Voices for Life
2021: Bath Cats & Dogs Home; Ethiopiaid
2020: There were no retiring collections at our 2020 concerts at the Assembly Rooms
2019: Julian House; Citizens Advice BANES
2018: The Carers’ Centre; ChallengeAid
2017: Bath Welcomes Refugees; St Peter’s Hospice
2016: Young Carers Development Trust; Samaritans of Bath & District
2015: Genesis Trust; Soundwell Music Therapy Trust
2014: ‘Singing for the Brain’ at the Peggy Dodd Centre, Bath
2013: Connect – the communication disability network; East Meets West India
2012: The Children’s Society; Bath Cancer Unit Support Group