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.
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
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.
The Woodland Fairy Trail
Follow the fairy trail map and see if find all the 10 fairies hidden in the trees.

Orpheus Up Close
Meet Cirencester’s newest arrival - Orpheus, a three-meter-high puppet by renowned artist Russell Kirk, alongside community-crafted puppets from local schools and groups

Distractions: The slow art of stamp collage
Artist Rachel Markwick has been making stamp collages for over 25 years. The slow ethos fits Rachels approach to sustainability, recycling and the need to take time to produce worthwhile products rather than throwaway items


Workshop - Repetition Throwing in Porcelain
Join Qian Liu in this 2 day workshop to improve your throwing skills in porcelain


Phoenix Festival
One of the largest free music festivals in the UK. The event is now three days long and includes the new Phoenix Chilled event on Bank Holiday Monday. 25 August 2025.

Orpheus Day
Free - join us for the puppet parade. Bring your puppet and follow our Orpheus puppet around the Abbey Grounds in celebration of 200 years since the Orpheus mosaic was discovered in Cirencester


Mighty Model Mammoth Workshop
Join us at the Corinium Museum for a morning of making your very own colourful model mammoth skeleton. Once you have made it, make a collage background out of colourful card to show where your mammoth might’ve lived.

Roman Cirencester Town Walk
The remains of the ancient Roman town of Corinium lie underneath our feet as we walk around Cirencester.


International Organ Festival
The return of the Organ Festival featuring our own Organist and Choirmaster.

Workshop - Let's Make Art
A family event, a chance for children and their grown-up to get creative together.

Project Orpheus Print Workshop: The Myth of Orpheus
Marking 200 years since the discovery of the Orpheus Mosaic at Corinium Museum, children will learn about the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice as part of the workshop.
Free T'ai Chi
GRCC is running free T’ai Chi sessions funded by the NHS, and lead by Clive Birch

Josser Summer Events in the Park
Guest Chef Tara Moreton-Archibald Mexican Feast - Dine with Friends

Workshop - Beginners Machine Sewing
You’ll spend the day learning how to make a variety of projects to take home using a selection of fabrics provided, including a drawstring bag and a zipped pouch.
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.

Medieval Cirencester Town Walk
Monks, Merchants and Mud!! From sacred splendours the squalid streets, join a walking tour to experience Medieval Cirencester.
AQIVA Meet Up - Obelisk
Work will include general weeding and tidying. Please bring suitable clothing, stout footwear and gloves + refreshments.

International Organ Festival
The return of the Organ Festival featuring our own Organist and Choirmaster.

Cirencester on the Map - History, Cartography and Sense of Place?
The eminent historian of cartography J B Harley introduces the concept of the ‘map as biography’ of a place or landscape.


Workshop - Sew your own Pyjama Bottoms
In this workshop Lauren will teach you the fundamentals of dressmaking. You will learn how to read and understand commercial patterns and how to adapt a pattern to get a perfect fit.

Workshop - Autumn Colours in Oil Painting
In this workshop Claire will teach you how to capture the striking and subtle beauty of the autumn using oil paints. Claire’s step-by-step guidance will help you explore traditional and contemporary brushwork and colour mixing techniques that bring to life the tones of brown, orange, yellow and red found in an autumnal landscape.
Workshop - Make a Silver Bangle
Cost of course is £100 and is run by Charlotte Duckworth.
Workshop - Crochet Augurumi
Over the course of the two and a half hour workshop, Lisa will teach you the stitches needed, how to work using a spiral technique, and will share some of her best tips and tricks.
Walk and Talk for Longfield
Choose from a 5k and 10k route starting from hospice grounds

Exhibition - Days Like These, Meet Doug Hyde
The celebrated contemporary artist returns to Clarendon Gallery to unveil his bold new collection.

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,.


Cirencester in the Civil War
Ian Thomas will lead a walk around the town bringing to life the ‘storming of Cirencester’ in 1643.
Crafts Alive - Flowers and the Makers
The 4th Crafts Alive five day festival, celebrates the skills and creativity of Guild Makers.

Woodland Wellbeing
Every Thursday - In these gentle and supportive sessions, we focus our attention away from stress and worries and towards the here and now.

Exhibition - Cotswold District During the Second World War
2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Explore what life was like in the Cotswold District through original objects, interactive activities, first hand accounts, photos and costumes.

Talk: Mohawks, Milk Maids and Flying Nightingales: The Cotswold District in the Second World War
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. This talk shows the roles of residents within the Cotswold District during the war.


Workshop - Beginners Machine Sewing
Join designer maker Lauren Holloway on the day workshop to get to know your way around a sewing machine.

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.


Heritage Weekend - Meet the Romans
Chedworth Roman Villa is throwing open the gates giving you a chance to explore one of Britain’s most spectacular Roman site without the usual admission charge.
Workshop - Autumn Blooms: Nature in Oils
Join artist Daisy Embury on this day workshop to explore the medium of oil paint focusing on autumn blooms.
Heritage Weekend - Royal Agricultural University
Join the RAU at their Community Open Day as they celebrate the 180th Anniversary
Repair Cafe
We can try to mend toys, clothes, small electricals, household items and bikes.

This is The Police
This Is The Police bring back the sheer electric thrill of one of the biggest bands the world has ever seen live in concert.

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

Roman Cirencester Town Walk
The remains of the ancient Roman town of Corinium lie underneath our feet as we walk around Cirencester.



Workshop - Piped Envelope Cushion
Join our resident upholsterer and textiles maker Ruth Martin on this day workshop to learn how to sew a piped envelope cushion

Workshop - Introduction to Throwing
Join ceramicist Ed Hill on this day workshop to learn how to throw clay on the wheel

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.
Sensation Abba
Making their first ever visit to Cirencester !!! Widely considered to be one of the best ever Abba Tribute Acts, they play to packed theatres and festivals throughout Europe.

Litter Pick 2025
Join us for litter picking at Kingshill Estate and Newmills Ward weather permitting
Heritage Weekend - Parish Church of St John Baptist
St John Baptist is the largest Parish Church in Gloucestershire with a variety of medieval building styles. Tower tours include Ringing Chamber and Clock Room

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.


Victorian Cirencester Town Walk
Join us for a tour of Cirencester with the Museum’s photographic collection as a guide.

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.
Cirencester Archaeological & Historical Society - Before Time Team - Peter Grace
In this talk Peter reminisces about the archaeological excavations that took place in Cirencester in the 1960s and 1970s

Entertainment & Ingleside - 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.

Workshop - Sewing with Stretch
Join designer maker Lauren Holloway on this day workshop to learn how to sew with stretch fabric.

Workshop - Eco Fabric Collage on a reel
Join textile artist Sue Green on this day workshop to learn how to embroider a fabric collage.

Workshop - Porcelain Jewellery
Join ceramic artist Rhi Jarman to design, create and decorate your own porcelain jewellery
Workshop - Needle Felted Fox
Join fabric artist Sarah Richards on this day workshop to learn how to needle felt an autumnal fox.

Film - Bridget Jones - Mad about a Boy
In Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Bridget is alone once again, widowed four years ago, when Mark (Oscar® winner Colin Firth) was killed on a humanitarian mission in the Sudan.
Foodie Night- Mama’s Family Food
Food cooked by Mama’s Family Food at Corinium Ales, The Old Kennels GL7 1UR



Roman Cirencester Town Walk
The remains of the ancient Roman town of Corinium lie underneath our feet as we walk around Cirencester.
The Royal Opera - Tosca
In war-torn Rome, Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi live for each other and for their art.
A very Cotswold Exhibition: Cirencester, Summer 1951
In 1951 Britain held a Festival of Britain, with exciting modern displays celebrating the best of British arts, architecture and industrial design. London took centre stage but not to be outdone Cirencester took the idea and ran with it.


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.

Workshop - Two day Celtic Knot Stone Carving
Join sculptor and installation artist Ann-Margreth Bohl on this two day workshop to learn how to stone carve a Celtic knot.

Workshop - One day Porcelain Throwing
Join ceramicist Qian Liu on this day workshop to learn how to throw porcelain clay on the wheel
Workshop - Arm Knitted Blanket
Join knitter Lucy Wickett on this half day workshop to learn how to arm knit a blanket
Skabucks
This is the heavy monster sound!!! Tip-top, don’t stop, rip it up, all big-time toe tapping, foot stomping entertainment
A Head Full of Coldplay
A Celebration Of The Music Of Coldplay; capturing the energy and sound of one of the biggest bands in the world
Workshop - Beginners DSLR Photography
Join photographer Georgina Valentine on this workshop to learn how to use your DSLR camera
Workshop - Learn to Crochet
Join crochet expert LIsa Donaldson on this half day workshop to how to crochet

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.

Workshop - Makers Elevenes
Free Drop In - What do you want to ask about your craft practice? Join us for #Makerselevenes and chat things through over a cuppa - All Welcome.


Live Music - James Kirby
Award-winning singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist James Kirby has built a loyal international fan base in recent years, captivating audiences and selling out venues around the world with his mellow voice and distinctive percussive guitar style.

Autumn VWH Fun Ride
Enjoy a beautiful Autumnal ride through a stunning parkland setting
Repair Cafe
We can try to mend toys, clothes, small electricals, household items and bikes.
Workshop - Ceramic Mushrooms
Join ceramic Artist, Rhi Jarman to create your own mushroom decorations using porcelain paper clay

Workshop - Make a Silver Ring
Join silversmith Charlotte Duckworh on this day workshop to learn how to make a silver ring.
Workshop - Drum Lampshade
Join resident upholsterer and textile maker in this workshop to learn how to make a drum lampshade.
Workshop - Journey into Abstraction
Join oil painter Claire Sandars on this day workshop to explore the realms of abstraction and figuration through looser painting styles in oils.


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.
Haunted Cirencester Town Tour
A tour around the town exploring some of the haunted stories, urban legends and ghostly happenings associated with some of the historic buildings in Cirencester


Workshop - Japanese Cross Back Apron
Join designer maker Lauren Holloway o this day workshop to learn how to sew a Japanese cross back apron.
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.
The Metropolitan Opera - La Sonnambula
Following triumphant Met turns in Roméo et Juliette, La Traviata, and Lucia di Lammermoor, Nadine Sierra summits another peak of the soprano repertoire as Amina, who sleepwalks her way into audiences’ hearts in Bellini’s poignant tale of love lost and found
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

Entertainment & Ingleside - Buddy Holly & 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!’


Beginners Sowing Machine
Join designer maker Lauren Holloway on this day workshop to get to know your way around the sewing machine.

Workshop - Ladies' Underwear Masterclass
Join designer maker Lauren Holloway on this day workshop to learn how to sew your own beautiful knickers.
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

Workshop - Ink from Plants
Join experienced artist Fiona McIntyre on this day workshop to learn how to make ink from plants.
Workshop - Needlefelt Medieval Marginalia
Join fibre artist Sarah Richards on this day workshop to learn how to needle a medieval marginalia
Cirencester Archaeological & Historical Society - Teenage Time Travel - Julian Richards
Part of Cirencester History Festival, Julian richards is exploring life as a teenager at different times in the past. Especially created for 11-16 year olds.



Cirencester Half Marathon
We are excited to announce the inaugural Cirencester Half Marathon, a closed-road event set for Sunday, November 2, 2025.

The Royal Ballet - La Fille Mal Gardee
65 years after its premiere, The Royal Ballet presents Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée. This affectionate portrayal of village life combines exuberant good humour and brilliantly inventive choreography in what is undoubtedly Ashton’s love letter to the English countryside


Ed Sheeran Experience
Featuring the ballads, the beats, the ginger hair, the loop pedal magic and now a live band!



The Dazzling Diamonds
The Dazzling Diamonds are returning to Cirencester with their brand-new comedy variety drag show.
Oasis Maybe
Did you miss Oasis' early rough and ready gigs of 94/95? Did you miss the era defining
concerts at Earls Court, Maine Road, Loch Lomond and Knebworth?

Repair Cafe
We can try to mend toys, clothes, small electricals, household items and bikes.

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.
TinkCo - The Drowsy Chaperone
A hilarious, tap-filled musical comedy bursting with 1920s charm, chaos and joy.

Entertainment & Ingleside - 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.


Entertainment & Ingleside - 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!



The Royal Ballet - Cinderella
This enchanting ballet by The Royal Ballet’s Founding Choreographer Frederick Ashton is a theatrical experience for all the family and will transport you into an ethereal world where a sprinkling of fairy dust makes dreams come true.

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.
Cirencester Archaeological & Historical Society - The Stroud Valley Railway - Mike Fenton
Railway author Mike Fenton, who is currently researching the history of the Stroud Valley railway (Kemble to Stonehouse) will talk about his latest research.




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

The Royal Ballet - The Nutcracker
Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker has enchanted audiences since its 1984 premiere by the Company. Featuring Tchaikovsky’s most familiar melodies and brought to life by Julia Trevelyan Oman’s exquisite designs, The Nutcracker is sure to be a festive firecracker for all ages.


The Upbeat Beatles
The Upbeat Beatles are second to none - powerhouse vocals, precision harmonies and tight musicianship.
The guys have an easy, happy rapport with any crowd, giving them a reputation to be envied as the best in the business.


Talk - Cirencester's Pubs: Past and Present - John Tiffney
We will learn about licences and their contribution to the history of Cirencester.


Entertainment & 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.


Entertainment & Ingleside - 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.

Santa’s Christmas Party
Following last year’s sell-out performances,
Honalee Media are delighted to present a brand new show this festive season
Santa’s Christmas Party
Following last year’s sell-out performances,
Honalee Media are delighted to present a brand new show this festive season


Cirencester Archaeological & Historical Society - Technology Underpinning Roman Wine & Oil Production
A joint meeting with Cirencester Science and Technology society.
The Little Mermaid
The event (which is a pantomine) is organised by the Phoenix Revue Company, whose website address is www.thephoenixrevuecompany.com.
Tickets are available from www.ticketsource.co.uk/thephoenixrevuecompany.
Cirencester Archaeological & Historical Society - Local Places and the Arthurian Tradition
Dr Bateman’s recent book traces the history and important role played by local places in the development of the stories of King Arthur
Cirencester Archaeological & Historical Society - The Early History of the WI - Sheila Rowley
Sheila Rowley, Archivist for the Gloucestershire Federation of WIs talks about the early history and foundation of the WI
Cirencester Archaeological & Historical Society - The History of Gloucestershire Constabulary - Sue Webb
Gloucestershire Constabulary is the oldest force and has a rich and varied history.
Cirencester Archaeological & Historical Society - Annual General Meeting
AGM Followed by RAF Brize Norton - Over 80 Years of Flying Operations
Pre-Phoenix Fundraiser
Open Mic Night, finishing with a battle of DJS feacturing Malovelent Force V DJ Jigz
Free T'ai Chi
GRCC is running free T’ai Chi sessions funded by the NHS, and lead by Clive Birch
Snap Fitness Open Day
Open day with Snap Fitness of Cirencester. Ibiza theme, DJ Natty, non members welcome. For more information, please see this webpage.

Prehistoric Pottery Workshop
Explore ancient craft techniques by shaping and decorating clay pots inspired by prehistoric designs.
International Organ Festival
The return of the Organ Festival featuring our own Organist and Choirmaster.


Workshop - Parade Puppet Making
A family event, a chance for children and their grown-up to get creative together and create a puppet to take to the Orpheus Day parade


Medieval Cirencester Town Walk
Monks, Merchants and Mud!! From sacred splendours the squalid streets, join a walking tour to experience Medieval Cirencester.

Workshop - Prehistoric Painting
Release your inner artist and explore the natural methods that people have been using for the creation of art for thousands of years


Film - F1: The Movie
A Formula One driver (Brad Pitt) comes out of retirement to mentor and team up with a younger driver. Great cinematography and thrills from Joseph Kosinski, the director of Top Gun: Maverick.

Film - Vermiglio
1944, The arrival of Pietro, a deserter, into the family of the local teacher living in a remote mountain village changes lives. A tale of joy, sadness and unfolding secrets set within spectacular scenery. In Italian with subtitles.

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.

Film - Elio
Elio, a space fanatic on a cosmic misadventure, must form new bonds with alien lifeforms, navigate an intergalactic crisis, and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be. An imaginative Disney Pixar animation.

Cirencester Gardening Club Annual Show
Come and see a traditional horticultural show - or enter yourself!

Workshop - Parade Puppet Making Workshop
A family event, a chance for children and their grown-up to get creative together and create a puppet to take to the Orpheus Day parade
Workshop - Portraiture: Colour and Form
Working in oils, you will undertake colour theory exercises paired with an investigation into the application and optics of colour as used by artists from history. You will then put these ideas and skills into practise over the 2 days; drawing and painting from a live model.
Workshop - Life is a Flower Day of Oil Painting
During the workshop, you will have the opportunity to learn the basics of oil paints, of which you’ll be able to utilise over longer periods of time during your own practice.
Repair Cafe
We can try to mend toys, clothes, small electricals, household items and bikes.
The Big Bark - Postponed until 18 & 19 October
The must attend festival for dog lovers and their four legged friends

Open Air Cinema - The Goonies
Join us for an evening under the stars. Refreshments available from Cattivo Pizza and Corinium Ales
Free T'ai Chi
GRCC is running free T’ai Chi sessions funded by the NHS, and lead by Clive Birch