What’s On in and around Cirencester
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Markets
Award winning historic Charter Markets, Arts & Crafts Market, Farmers' Market and Specialty Market.
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Phoenix Festival
24 and 25 August 2025
A community music and arts festival that offers two days of music, dance and family fun in the Abbey Grounds. -
Bands in the Park
Sundays July to September 2025
Enjoy the vibrant atmosphere of free live music in the Abbey Grounds, Cirencester. -
Advent Festival
29 and 30 November 2025
Christmas in Cirencester is always special and creates a truly memorable family outing in our vibrant, beautiful and historical market town.
Browse Events by Month
Type of Event
Free Tour Monday at Chedworth Roman Villa
Join a free guided tour to find out more about the history and significance of the Villa
Project Orpheus - Brickus Orpheus
Tour the underworld in the Corinium Museum’s trail made using LEGO bricks
Educating Rita
Willy Russell’s timeless British classic brings together Rita, a working-class hairdresser who dreams of breaking free from her mundane life together with Frank a middle aged disillusioned academic.
Exhibition - Cultures & Creatures
Helen and Leslie met a fair few years ago at Sheffield University. Finding themselves both in Gloucestershire, they are inspired by their travels, with Leslie on safari photographing the most beautiful wild creatures and Helen’s paintings reflecting the cultures and landscapes she’s experienced
Craftival
Craftival returns for another year to celebrate all things craft with our community of makers, craftspeople and community groups
Cotswold Sculptors Association - The Garden at Miserden
Open Wednesday to Sunday, An amazing range of sculptures.
Workshop - Screen-Printed Textiles - Layering Colour & Pattern
Join us for a 2 day workshop where you will have the opportunity to explore the possibilities of screen-printing and mark-making on to cloth using procion dyes.
Workshop - Portrait Painting
Join us for a 2 day workshop where you will have the opportunity to delve into the world of portrait painting using oil paints.
Workshop - Creative Natural Dyeing and Embroidery
This two day workshop will allow you to immerse into the world of natural dyes and embroidery
Workshop - Travel Journal
Join illustrator Emma Leyfield in this mindful 2 day travel journaling workshop and immerse yourself in a sketchbook
Workshop - Porcelain Throwing Weekend
Join ceramicist Qian Liu in 2-day workshop learning the throw porcelain clay.
Fabian Perez 20 Year Anniversary Tour
Join internationally renowned artist Fabian Perez as he celebrates twenty years of artistic excellence and success,
The Big Lunch
This will be our third Big Lunch and it is really proving to be one of the highlights of the year for our community, with lots of people gathering in the beautiful Abbey Grounds from 12noon to 6pm simply to be together, share food and enjoy a free day out.
Film - A Minecraft Movie
Four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home they’ll have to master this world while embarking on a quest with an unexpected expert crafter.
Film - The Penguin Lessons
A disillusioned Englishman who goes to work in a school in a divided Argentina in 1976 finds his life transformed when he rescues an orphaned penguin from the beach.
Cirencester Singers & Juniors - Summer Concert
Tickets available from Cirencester Local Information Centre and from Ticket Tailor
Roman Cirencester Town Walk
The remains of the ancient Roman town of Corinium lie underneath our feet as we walk around Cirencester.
The Living & The Dead - visit to the RAU herbarium
A talk by Dr Kelly Hemmings who will introduce visitors to the Royal Agricultural University’s unique herbarium
Arts Society Corinium - The English Miniatures: from Tudors to Victorians
From Holbein to the arrivals of photography miniature paintings have been popular in England. Through three centuries we will see a tapestry of English History
The Jazz Cave - Bob Bowles Blues Band
Bob Bowles - Voice/guitar Jez Cook - guitar, Rob Brian - drums, Paul Jefferies - bass
Stratton Probus Club - Tony Sykes - Mobile Phone Forensics
The club meets 2nd and 4th Thursday each month - Breakfast available beforehand.
Workshop - Hope Totems
Free drop-in, an open invitation to gather and make together and to celebrate the good stuff that happens when we do just that.
The Take That Experience
Critically acclaimed international vocalists and Ingleside favourites Stuart Matthew Price and Heather Lundstedt Price return with a show celebrating the music of a true icon of songwriting, Carole King.
Workshop - Beginners Machine Sewing - Lauren Holloway
Get to know your way around a sewing machine and learn the basic techniques to help build your confidence and skills.
Craftivism - Papercraft
Free Drop-in , you are invited to join us for a day of papercraft and we offer you a chance to try two different papercrafts, paper weaving and linoprint, under the tutelage of two experienced makers.
Open Air Cinema - Dirty Dancing
Join us for an evening under the stars. Refreshments available from Cattivo Pizza and Corinium Ales
Cotswold Show and Food Festival
Running over two days, the show takes place on 100 acres in the heart of Cirencester Park. Every year The Cotswold Show sees hundreds of attractions and tens of thousands of visitors, making it one of the most popular events in the Country Show Calendar.
Workshop - Ceramic Animal Platters
Join ceramic artist Rhi Jarman to design, create and decorate your own ceramic animal platter.
Ceramics Fair
Free drop-n, come along to browse work from a selection of local makers in the beautiful environment of our Gallery space.
Open Day - Trustees of Cirencester Weavers Company
Short guided tours available between 2pm and 3.30pm
Foodie Night- Mama’s Family Food
Food cooked by Mama’s Family Food at Corinium Ales, The Old Kennels GL7 1UR
Litter Pick 2025
Join us for litter picking at Kingshill Estate and Newmills Ward weather permitting
Victorian Cirencester Town Walk
Join us for a tour of Cirencester with the Museum’s photographic collection as a guide
AQIVA Meet Up - Obelisk
Work will include general weeding and tidying. Please bring suitable clothing, stout footwear and gloves + refreshments.
Tinko - Jekyll and Hyde
Murder and chaos are pitted against love and virtue in this sweeping gothic musical.
Product Photography for Craftspeople with Yeshen Venema
Learn how to take a professional product shots in this hands on workshop with award winning photographer.
Squarespace for Craftspeople with Yeshen Venema
Learn how to create your own retail website on Squarespace in this hands-on workshop
Talk- Slow Love - Building a Slow Fashion Brand
Slow Love is a knitwear brand created by Cirencester-local Holly von Bock. The brand’s iconic knitwear has been seen on everyone from Giovanna Fletcher to Rita Ora. Known for their effortlessly oversized fit, the brand’s pieces are designed to last and become a favourite in your wardrobe.
Walking Roman Cirencester
Corinium Museum in collaboration with Cotswold Heritage Walks, is excited to offer a series of historic walking tours. The event will be led by archaeologist Alison Grierson-Brookes.
Focus on Finance - Ask the Experts your Questions - FREE Drop in
Bring along any questions or concerns about the financial aspects of being a maker – either as an individual or an established business. Our team can give guidance on how to stay on top of your records, keep the taxman happy and much more.
Open Air Opera - Puccini's La Boheme
Bring a chair and a picnic to enjoy this summer highlight in a setting as magical as the music itself.
Archaeology in Gloucestershire 2025
Join the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society for a day of lectures exploring new archaeological research and discoveries in Gloucestershire
Makers Elevens - Ask the Experts Your Questions - FREE Drop in
We’ll be here to answer those difficult questions you face as a professional maker and give advice
Battle Proms Picnic Concert
Iconic Music, Fireworks, Spitfire Swing Dancing, Re-Enactors Cavalry
Summer Concert - Gloucestershire Symphonic Wind Orchestra
Tickets to include refreshments £15.00 Children under 16 free.
Open Air Opera - Puccini's Madame Butterfly
Bring a chair and a picnic to enjoy this summer highlight in a setting as magical as the music itself.
AGM - Cirencester Ladies Probus Club
Talk - Nasim Desai 'Indian Spices'
Meetings - First Monday of each month
Georgian Cirencester Town Walk
This year marks the 250th anniversary birth of Jane Austin, the walk shows what life in Cirencester was like during her life time.
Stratton Probus Club - David Lees - The Barren Rocks of Aden
The club meets 2nd and 4th Thursday each month 9.30 for coffee and talk at 10.30
Clothes Swap
Come along to this fantastic session where you can swap your unwanted clothes for a whole new outfit.
Cirencester Park Horse Trials
The Cirencester Park Unaffiliated Horse Trials will be held in Cirencester Park in July, by kind permission of The Bathurst Family.
Music Live at National Star
Raising money to support young people with complex disabilities.
Repair Cafe
We can try to mend toys, clothes, small electricals, household items and bikes.
Foodie Night- Non Solo Pasta
Food cooked by Non Solo Pasta at Corinium Ales, The Old Kennels GL7 1UR
Summer Concert in aid of The Severn Freewheelers E.V.S.
Award winning women’s choir - Parti Llwchwr with Morriston RFC Male Choir and Cirencester Male Voice Choir.
Litter Pick 2025
Join us for litter picking at Kingshill Estate and Newmills Ward weather permitting
Bands In The Park - Cirencester Band
Part of the Bands In The Park 2025 provisional programme, which is supported by Cirencester Community Development Trust in partnership with Cirencester Town Council.
Friends - The Musical Parody
FRIENDS the musical Parody is a show-stopping, original musical that brings Ross, Chandler, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, & Rachel back into your life in a whole new way, reminding us why we can’t get enough of their wacky misadventures in 1990’s Manhattan.
Medieval Cirencester Town Walk
Monks, Merchants and Mud!! From sacred splendours the squalid streets, join a walking tour to experience Medieval Cirencester.
The Jazz Cave - Rob Brian’s Groove Collective
From Dixieland to Funk - a drummer’s point of view
Concert - The King's Men
Tickets available on the door, or in the Parish Forum Monday and Tuesday 10 - 12
2025 Festival of Archaeology at Chedworth Roman Villa
Demonstrations, re-enactments and archaeological activities for the whole family
Big Band Night - In aid of Macmillan Cancer Support
An evening of swing, jazz and Latin with The Big Brunch Band & Singers to get you up and dancing
Film - Slade in Flame
If you play with fire, you’re going to get burned. Watch Slade portray the rise and demise of a rock’n’roll band in this gritty black (country) comedy described as the “Citizen Kane of British Pop movies”
Bands In The Park - Chedworth Silver Band
Part of the Bands In The Park provisional programme. Free entry. The Bands In The Park programme is supported by Cirencester Community Development Trust in partnership with Cirencester Town Council. Held in Abbey Grounds, Cirencester.
Film - Mission Impossible
Our lives are the sum of our choices”. Join Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) in a race against time to beat an AI enemy, with spectacular action scenes on land, submarine and sky. The final sequence involving high-risk stunts on a biplane is breathtaking.
Film - The Salt Path
On the cusp of retirement, Ray (Gillian Anderson) and Moth (Jason Isaacs) lose their home, savings and Moth’s good health. Walking The Salt Path, a 630-mile coastal trail from Dorset to Somerset, they discover a new definition of “home”.
Project Orpheus - Creative Orpheus Animals Workshops
In this workshop we will use upcycled materials to create trophy-style animals
Roman Cirencester Town Walk
Festival of Archaeology walk - The remains of the ancient Roman town of Corinium lie underneath our feet as you walk round Cirencester.
Project Orpheus - Roman Swords and Shields Workshop
In this workshop you will create a Roman shield and sword so that you feel as ready as a real Roman soldier to venture into the world to do battle.
Arts Society Corinium - Vita Sackville-West and Sissinghurst
Vita was a novelist, poet and garden writer. She create Sissinghurst influenced by Sir Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll, working with plants, hedges and vistas from 1931 - 1962
Cirencester Civic Society - Fairford History Walk
A walk led by local resident Syd Flatman.
Stratton Probus Club - Kate Peake - Drone Photography
The club meets 2nd and 4th Thursday each month 9.30 for coffee and talk at 10.30
Lunch will follow this talk
Project Orpheus - Children’s Mosaic Workshop: Big Cats
In this workshop children will learn about the Orpheus myth and its importance as they create mosaics inspired by big cats.
Walking Roman Cirencester
Corinium Museum in collaboration with Cotswold Heritage Walks, is excited to offer a series of historic walking tours. The event will be led by archaeologist Alison Grierson-Brookes.
Open Day - Trustees of Cirencester Weavers Company
Short guided tours available between 2pm and 3.30pm
Cinema - Mr Burton
In the Welsh town of Port Talbot, 1942, Richard Jenkins (Harry Lawtey) lives as a wayward schoolboy, caught between the pressures of his struggling family, a devastating war, and his own ambitions.
Film - Lilo and Stitch
A lonely Hawaiian girl befriends a runaway alien, helping to mend her fragmented family. Lilo & Stitch emerges from the crate with charm and cuteness as one of the better live-action remakes of a Disney classic.
Bands In The Park - Malmesbury Concert Band
Part of the Bands In The Park programme for 2025. Free entry. The Bands In The Park programme is supported by Cirencester Community Development Trust in partnership with Cirencester Town Council.
Film - The Salt Path
On the cusp of retirement, Ray (Gillian Anderson) and Moth (Jason Isaacs) lose their home, savings and Moth’s good health. Walking The Salt Path, a 630-mile coastal trail from Dorset to Somerset, they discover a new definition of “home”.
Film - Mission Impossible
Our lives are the sum of our choices”. Join Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) in a race against time to beat an AI enemy, with spectacular action scenes on land, submarine and sky. The final sequence involving high-risk stunts on a biplane is breathtaking.
Roman Cirencester Town Walk
The remains of the ancient Roman town of Corinium lie underneath our feet as we walk around Cirencester.
Actaeon Antlers Workshop
come and learn about the gory myth of Actaeon and Diana and take away some lovely antlers to remind you never to offend the gods.
Children’s Mosaic Workshop - Birds Mosaic Art
As part of the 200 year celebration of the Orpheus Mosaic, children will learn about the myth of Orpheus
Festival of Archaeology - Cotswold Archaeology Lecture
Between February 2022 and February 2023, Cotswold Archaeology staff excavated Bronze Age to Post Medieval remains at South Cerney in advance of Thames Water constructing a reedbed and wildlife pond to improve water quality.
Gloucestershire Vintage & Country Extravaganza
The South West’s largest festival of vintage transport returns…….
Vintage Displays, Live Arena, Vintage Fun Fair and Countryside and Animal Arena
AQIVA Meet Up - Obelisk
Work will include general weeding and tidying. Please bring suitable clothing, stout footwear and gloves + refreshments.
Talk - Corinium Afternoon
Join us for a Corinium Afternoon. Rebecca Shellenberger, the Corinium Museum's Schools and Families Officer,
Walking Roman Cirencester
Corinium Museum in collaboration with Cotswold Heritage Walks, is excited to offer a series of historic walking tours. The event will be led by archaeologist Alison Grierson-Brookes.
Bands In The Park 2025 - Metz Big Band
Part of the Bands In The Park programme for 2025. Held in Abbey Grounds Cirencester - free entry. The Bands in The Park programme is supported by Cirencester Community Development Trust in partnership with Cirencester Town Council.
Open Air Cinema - The Goonies
Join us for an evening under the stars. Refreshments available from Cattivo Pizza and Corinium Ales
The Ultimate Dog-Lovers Festival - The Big Bark
The must attend festival for dog lovers and their four legged friends
Cirencester Gardening Club Annual Show
Come and see a traditional horticultural show - or enter yourself! Doors open to visitors from 1.30 pm at Stratton Village Hall. Admission is £1. Further details and the show booklet will be available in due course. There are a wide range of flower, fruit and vegetable classes as well as baking, art and craft classes. Further information will be found on this webpage.
Bands In The Park 2025 - Big Brunch Band.
Free entry to event at Abbey Grounds. The Bands In The Park programme is supported by Cirencester Community Development Trust in partnership with Cirencester Town Council.
Phoenix Festival
One of the largest free music festivals in the UK. Further details will be announced in due course.
Foodie Night- Mama’s Family Food
Food cooked by Mama’s Family Food at Corinium Ales, The Old Kennels GL7 1UR
Haywire
Haywire is a heartwarming and riotously funny new play, commissioned by the Barn and licensed by the BBC, to be performed ahead of the 75th anniversary year of The Archers.
AQIVA Meet Up - Obelisk
Work will include general weeding and tidying. Please bring suitable clothing, stout footwear and gloves + refreshments.
Bands In The Park 2025 - Frampton Silver Band
Part of the Bands In The Park programme. Supported by Cirencester Community Development Trust in partnership with Cirencester Town Council. Free entry,.
Walking Roman Cirencester
Corinium Museum in collaboration with Cotswold Heritage Walks, is excited to offer a series of historic walking tours. The event will be led by archaeologist Alison Grierson-Brookes.
Bands In The Park - Gloucester Brass
Free entry. The Bands In The Park programme is supported by Cirencester Community Development Trust in partnership with Cirencester Town Council.
Arts and Crafts - Cotswold Churches - Kirsty Hartsiotis
A talk by Kirsty Hartsiotis, part of the Civic Society programme of lectures. Further information will be found on this cirencestercivicsociety.org.uk
Walking Roman Cirencester
Corinium Museum in collaboration with Cotswold Heritage Walks, is excited to offer a series of historic walking tours. The event will be led by archaeologist Alison Grierson-Brookes.
Litter Pick 2025
Join us for litter picking at Kingshill Estate and Newmills Ward weather permitting
Bands In The Park - Cirencester Band
Free entry. The Bands In The Park programme is supported by Cirencester Community Development Trust in partnership with Cirencester Town Council.
Arts Society Corinium - Arts& scandalous lives of the Bloomsbury group
The three main artists Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell and Roger Fry led extraordinary lives within an extraordinary group of intellectuals in the early C20. Multi-faceted relationships were abundant but nevertheless contributed importantly to the visual arts in Britain.
The Tom Seals Trio
We welcome Tom Seals back to Ingleside after his previous sell out performances. Get ready for a night like other and experience the faster fingers in the business playing hits by Billy Joel, Elton John and many more.
Foodie Night- Mama’s Family Food
Food cooked by Mama’s Family Food at Corinium Ales, The Old Kennels GL7 1UR
Walking Roman Cirencester
Corinium Museum in collaboration with Cotswold Heritage Walks, is excited to offer a series of historic walking tours. The event will be led by archaeologist Alison Grierson-Brookes.
Cirencester Mop Fair
The Cirencester Mop Fair maintains the historic charter, held by the Nichols family, that ensures the fairs can be held in the town each year.
AQIVA Meet Up - Obelisk
Work will include general weeding and tidying. Please bring suitable clothing, stout footwear and gloves + refreshments.
Cirencester Mop Fair
The Cirencester Mop Fair maintains the historic charter, held by the Nichols family, that ensures the fairs can be held in the town each year.
Musical - The Last Five Years
Written by Jason Robert Brown, a Tony award winner, this beautifully crafted musical is brought to life with an acclaimed score and interweaved with the butterflies of new love and the sting of a separation.
Walking Roman Cirencester
Corinium Museum in collaboration with Cotswold Heritage Walks, is excited to offer a series of historic walking tours. The event will be led by archaeologist Alison Grierson-Brookes.
Cirencester's Green Spaces
A talk by local Town Councillor, Andrea Pellegram as part of the Civic Society programme of lectures.
Arts Society Corinium - The Age of Jazz
Jazz is a fascinating musical blend of rigorous structure, free wheeling creativity, close knit ensembles and imaginative improvisation. This talk ranges from blues, ragtime and the first recordings by Louis Armstrong
Buddy Holly and the Cricketers
All Holly’s hits and other rock ’n’ roll classics are played live on stage by these five amazing actor-musicians. Generations of fans all across the globe have given standing ovations and shouted for ‘more!’
Cirencester History Festival
After its sell-out launch last autumn, Cirencester History Festival, a nine-day celebration of global, national and local history, is set to return for its second year this October half term, from 25 October to 2 November 2025.
Litter Pick 2025
Join us for litter picking at Kingshill Estate and Newmills Ward weather permitting
Cirencester Half Marathon
We are excited to announce the inaugural Cirencester Half Marathon, a closed-road event set for Sunday, November 2, 2025.
The Dazzling Diamonds
The Dazzling Diamonds are returning to Cirencester with their brand-new comedy variety drag show.
Talk - From Corinium to the Cotswold Tradition - the first 100 years of the Old Museum
A talk by Caroline Morris, Collections and Education Manager at the Corinium Museum.
Elvis
Get ready for an electrifying night of rock ‘n’ roll as Fisher Stevens brings the unforgettable music of Elvis Presley to life in a spectacular live concert experience.
Neil Diamond - Solid Gold Diamond
With over 50 years since his first chart-topping hit, Neil Diamond remains one of the world’s greatest performers and best-selling music legends of all time. Sing along to timeless classics like Sweet Caroline, Love On The Rocks and more!
Talk - Palmyra - Bride of the Desert
Palmyra was on the silk trading route through the desert and thereby becoming one of the richest and most powerful cities.
A Christmas Carol
A Barn Theatre revival of a Dickens Classic, this enchanting musical production set to an original score will leave you and the whole family feeling full of Christmas spirit and serves as a wonderful reminder of what this time of year is truly all about.
Litter Pick 2025
Join us for litter picking at Kingshill Estate and Newmills Ward weather permitting
Talk - Cirencester's Pubs: Past and Present - John Tiffney
We will learn about licences and their contribution to the history of Cirencester.
The Ingleside Christmas Show
Join your hosts Heather and Stuart as they celebrate the most wonderful time of the year in this upbeat and heart-warming evening. Eat, drink and be merry as this husband and wife duo fills you with holiday cheer.
A Buble Christmas
Jamie Flanagan is returning to Ingleside to pay tribute to one of the world’s most prolific recording artists; Michael Bublé. This year we celebrate all of the festive sounds of Bublés classic Christmas album.
Thomas Graff Piano Recital
Thomas Graff is one of our regular pianists at Buscot Park Theatre, and has also played previously at Cirencester.
Talk - How to be A Craftivist in the Art of Gentle Protest.
Since founding the Craftivist Collective in 2009, award winning activist and author Sarah Corbett’s ‘gentle protest’ approach has directly helped change hearts, minds, policies and laws around the world.
Craftivism - Dream Making Workshop
Through this multi-sensory, quiet and mindful craftivisim workshop you can move from being a world-worrier into an empowered changemaker.
Georgian Cirencester Town Walk
This year marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen. What was Cirencester like during her lifetime?