Singing in the bath: summer gigs bring noise back to Bath’s Roman attraction

Music was probably played at the baths in Roman times, says the archaeology director. Photograph: Johnny Hathaway

When night falls and the Great Bath empties of visitors, it usually morphs into a quiet place of glimmering light and shadows. But not at weekends this summer.

DJs and musicians are to set up next to the steaming water and turn the historic space in the city of Bath into something of a party venue.