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Frome Festival
Frome Festival Opening Procession 2005
GenreMusic festival
Location(s)Frome, Somerset, England
Years activeannual
Founded2000
FounderMartin Bax

The Frome Festival (/ˈfrm/, FROOM) is festival of music and culture held annually in Frome, Somerset, England since 2000.

Martin Bax, a former mayor of the town,[1] conceived the Frome Festival and ran it from its inaugural occurrence in 2000 until 2007,[2] for which he received the MBE.[3] In 2008 Martin Dimery, was appointed as his successor.[4]

The festival programme offers classical music, jazz, folk to indie, literature and drama, film, dance, workshops and free events.

  1. ^ Dimery, Martin. "Frome Festival gears up for its eighth year". BBC Somerset. BBC. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Paul Merton makes return festival visit". Mid Somerset Guardian. This is Somerset. 17 December 2009. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Birthday honours: list in full". The Independent. 17 June 2006. Archived from the original on 6 June 2009. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  4. ^ Dimery, Martin (3 July 2008). "Frome Festival gears up for its eighth year". BBC. Retrieved 27 March 2010.

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