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 2024
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.
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Type of Event
Young Makers Exhibition - And The Work Goes On
An exhibition of work by craftspeople aged 25 and under selected by New Brewery Arts and Heritage Crafts.
Free Tour Monday at Chedworth Roman Villa
Join a free guided tour to find out more about the history and significance of the Villa
In the Mouth of the Wolf
Based on a true story about Sir Michael Morpurgo’s uncles during World War II, Francis is a fierce pacifist, and Pieter is a man who believes that peace can only be achieved by action. The tragic event that happens changes the course of Francis’ life.
The Royal Opera - Puccini's Turandot
Puccini’s captivating opera of a cold-hearted princess and her mysterious suitor.
Talk - Corinium Afternoon Spatha: Discovery to Display
Collections Engagement Assistant Phillip Brant-Simmons gives the full story of everything that happened from the time the swords were discovered to their display and all the wonderful things learnt along the way.
Workshop - Beginners Nordic Walking
Every week, your INWA Nordic Walking Instructor will introduce you to the basics of Nordic Walking over two 90-minute workshop.
Workshop - Beginners Machine Sewing
In this day workshop you will cover threading and setting up your machine, creating different stitches, inserting a zip, boxing corners, making and joining pieces of a simple pattern.
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.
The Sound of Music
A song-along film night!! To book tickets, please visit this website. Cost of tickets £5. Fancy dress optional.
Concert - Fairford and District Choral Society
Five Mystical Songs, The Armed Man and Misa Criolla.
Concert - Resurrection and Light
Music for Passiontide by Lassus, Palestrina, Tallis, Taverner, Scheidt, Gjeilo, Lauridsen, Esenvalds Whitacre and more.
Film - Emila Perez
Follows four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. Cartel leader Emilia enlists Rita, an unappreciated lawyer, to help fake her death so that she can finally live authentically as her true self. Spanish-language
Cirencester Spring Clothes Swap
Keep unwanted clothing out of landfill and help combat the cost of living crisis! This Cirencester Clothes Swap is the perfect opportunity to swap your good quality garments and accessories for new exciting pre-loved items.
Film - Conclave
When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the very foundation of the Catholic Church.
Film - Anara
Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.
Reach for the Stars - Chris Treglown Awards Concert
An exciting evening featuring the 12 finalists of this prestigious singing award. Hosted by Maria Jagusz with special guest Harry Apps.
Tickets £12.25 available from Tetburygoodshed.co.uk
Concert - Highlights From The Romantics
Brahms: Schicksalslied Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, Fanny Hensel (nee Mendelssohn): Hiob Haydn: Harmoniemesse. Members of the Bevan Family Consort. Cotswold Chamber Orchestra - Leader Kate Bailey, Conductor Will Dawes. Tickets from: burfordsingers.org.uk/buy-tickets - £29, £23, £17 £15, £12. Alternatively The Madhatter Book Shop, Burford (£15 & £12 unreserved only).
Workshop - Beginners Nordic Walking
Every week, your INWA Nordic Walking Instructor will introduce you to the basics of Nordic Walking over two 90-minute workshop.
Talk - Ladies Probus - Ray Hawes ‘Is there such a thing as a perfect tree?’
Meetings - First Monday of each month
Cirencester Wool Walk
“The finest and most expensive wool was the English which came from the Cotswolds and, in particular, from Northleach and the great Abbey lands of Cirencester” Francesco Datini, 15th Century Florentine merchant
AQIVA Meet Up - Obelisk
Work will include general weeding and tidying. Please bring suitable clothing, stout footwear and gloves + refreshments.
Workshop - Beginners Machine Sewing
In this day workshop you will cover threading and setting up your machine, creating different stitches, inserting a zip, boxing corners, making and joining pieces of a simple pattern.
Easter Egg Hunt
This Spring, treat the whole family to a world of adventure at Chedworth Roman Villa on an Easter Trail
Repair Cafe
We can try to mend toys, clothes, small electricals, household items and bikes.
Workshop - Carla in the Cotswolds - 1 day flute workshop
Low flutes specialist Carla Rees is coming to the Cotswolds,
Easter Bunny Hunt
Organised by Watermoor & St Michael’s Community Group . The event will include Fancy Dress Parade, Stories, Crafts, Prizes, Book Stall and Face Painting.
Film - Sonic Hedgehog 3
A top-secret weapon, Project Shadow reawakens and causes destruction across the world. Team Sonic tries to intervene but Shadow’s powers are too much for the crew to handle. Sonic then decides to team up with Robotnik as they go on a global adventure
Film - Six
Tells the story of the six wives of Henry VIII, reimagining them as pop stars who reclaim their narratives from their infamous husband’s shadow. Through biographical pop songs, they compete to be the lead singer.
Film - Bridget Jones - Mad About The Boy
Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mum with the help of her friends, family and former lover, Daniel, Back to work and on the apps, she’s pursued by a younger man and maybe, just maybe – her son’s science teacher.
Brickus Orpheus
Tour the underworld in our trail made using LEGO bricks. A mythical trail of people, gods, goddesses and animals to mark the 200th anniversary of the discovery of the Orpheus mosaic and celebrate all things Orpheus. More information on the event will be found on this weblink.
Roman Swords & Shields Workshop
Cost is £9 - £10.50. Booking is essential. Suitable for ages 6 and above. More information will be found on this weblink.
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.
Orpheus: Myth and Music Workshop
An exhibition ideal for those who love mythology or music.
The Jazz Cave - Mario Bakuna Trio
Celebrating the greatest Bossa Nova composer of all time - Antonio Carlos Jobim.
Workshop - Mini Mosaics
Join us for a morning of mosaic making. We will explore the museum looking for inspiration from the museum’s Roman mosaic collections.
Talk - On Apotropaic Marks
Apotropaics: the perception of magic and ritual in the medieval church. Steve Tomlin has spent 10 years investigating Apotropaic marks in the parish churches of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.
Film - Mufasa - Lion King
Mufasa, a cub lost and alone meets a sympathetic lion named Taka the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny,
Film - Jesus Christ Superstar Live Arena Tour 2012
Tim Minchin stars as Judas Iscariot in the best attempt to rejuvenate the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd-Webber musical since the 1973 film and its debut on the West End stage four decades previously.
Film - I’m still Here (Portuguese with subtitles)
A mother is forced to reinvent herself when her family’s life is shattered by an act of arbitrary violence during the tightening grip of a military dictatorship in Brazil 1971.
Anglo-Saxon Brooch Workshop
Cost of event is £9 = £10.50, depending on whether you are a member or not.
Brooches are a prevalent feature in our collection because they were not only beautiful, but also practical. Bring your little designers along to learn about these brooches and then create several of their own. Make them as dazzling as you wish with gold, silver and bronze, and don’t forget the gems either! Booking essential - suitable for ages 6 and above. A weblink will be found here.
Medieval Cirencester Town Walk
Monks, Merchants & Mud! The fleeces of the Cotswold sheep were some of most sought after in all Medieval Europe.
Family Workshop - Happy Birthday to the Bard!
Join us for a morning of hurtling insults, or gentle poetry. In this workshop we will explore Shakespeare's use of language, create an Elizabethan ruff, and write some brilliant prose with our quill pens and ink. This workshop is suitable for readers and writers of all ages.
Talk - The Arts Society Corinium - John Singer Sargent
He was high society’s leading portraitist while scandalising Parisians and the Salon with frank depictions of human sexuality
Talk - Casting Stones at Napier’s Bones - Malcolm J Watkins
A joint meeting with Cirencester Science and Technology Society
Family Workshop - Prehistoric Pottery
People have been making pottery for thousands of years, in this workshop you will learn the techniques ancient people used to decorate their distinctive pots.
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.
Day Herb Workshop 2
The theme for today’s course is Understanding Temperament from the Ancients to the Modern Day.
Film - Dogman
He’s a dog and he’s a man, the result of a freak accident. This cult animation is fast-paced from start to finish with a powerful message: kindness can change the world.
Film - Bridget Jones - Mad About The Boy
Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mum with the help of her friends, family and former lover, Daniel, Back to work and on the apps, she’s pursued by a younger man and maybe, just maybe – her son’s science teacher.
Film - Maria
Paris, 1977; Once the world’s greatest soprano, Maria Callas now hides in an apartment, having lost her voice and retreated from the world. She dreams of returning to the stage, but can her body and mind take the pressure?
Soviet Maps of Gloucestershire! How and Why?
A talk by Dr Martin Davis, who will provide a general introduction to the Soviet world mapping project - how the maps were created and what was their potential use.
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.
AQIVA Meet Up - Obelisk
Work will include general weeding and tidying. Please bring suitable clothing, stout footwear and gloves + refreshments.
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.
Repair Cafe
We can try to mend toys, clothes, small electricals, household items and bikes.
The Royal Opera - Wagners's Die Walkure
On a stormy night, fate brings two strangers together, unleashing a love with the power to end worlds
Talk - Using Computers to Make Healthcare Safer
A talk by Professor Harold Thimbleby of Swansea University.
Don’t Dress For Dinner
A presentation of the comedy play Don’t Dress For Dinner by South Cerney Players. Written by Marc Camoletti and adapted by Robin Hawdon. Tickets are £12 for adults and £10 for concessions. Tickets are available from one/stop, South Cerney or online at www.ticketsource.co.uk/southcerneyplayers.
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.
Food & Lifestyle Market
Food & Lifestyle Market - Saturday 17th & Sunday 18th May 9.oo am - 4pm
Come and Sing
Instead of singing alone in the shower, this is a chance for men of all ages to join Cirencester Male Voice Choir for a fun afternoon of singing and refreshments.
The Magnificent AKs
The hilarious singing blokes from Ashton Keynes with those splendid songsters. More information from www.sundial-theatre.co.uk/event-listing.
Talk - The Waterways of Cirencester - Dr Mike Jones
Mike Jones previously had a career as a hydrogeologist
The Royal Ballet - Ballet to Broadway: Wheeldon Works
Fool’s Paradise, The Two of Us, Us, An American in Paris: four works showing the remarkable choreographic range of The Royal Ballet's Artistic Associate
The Arts Society Corinium - Modern British Sculpture
Moore, Hepworth, Caro, Frink and others were leading C20 sculptures and their peers embraced modernism.
Talk - “Missing Link” Alex Thompson
Alex Thomson of Cotswold Archaeology will take us through the latest discoveries on the route of the A417 'missing link'
Talk - Brian Bertram ‘Conservation & Zoos’
Cirencester Ladies Probus - Meetings - First Monday of each month
AQIVA Meet Up - Obelisk
Work will include general weeding and tidying. Please bring suitable clothing, stout footwear and gloves + refreshments.
Volcanology
A talk by Professor Hazel Rymer, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Volcanology, The Open University for Cirencester Science & Technology Society. Their website will be found here.
Handmade Oxford - The International Contemporary Festival
The 5th Edition of Handmade Oxford will bring together over 150 of the most exciting UK-based makers featuring a curated selection of fine arts and craft
Gladiator Weekend at Chedworth Roman Villa
A thrilling weekend of training and combat with the Gladiators.
Repair Cafe
We can try to mend toys, clothes, small electricals, household items and bikes.
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.
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, now housed in the laboratories where it is being digitally photographed, recorded and catalogued by staff, students and volunteers. Further information will be found on this webpage.
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
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.
AQIVA Meet Up - Obelisk
Work will include general weeding and tidying. Please bring suitable clothing, stout footwear and gloves + refreshments.
AGM - Cirencester Ladies Probus Club
Talk - Nasim Desai 'Indian Spices'
Meetings - First Monday of each month
Repair Cafe
We can try to mend toys, clothes, small electricals, household items and bikes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,.
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 webpage.
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.
AQIVA Meet Up - Obelisk
Work will include general weeding and tidying. Please bring suitable clothing, stout footwear and gloves + refreshments.
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.
Cirencester's Green Spaces
A talk by local Town Councillor, Andrea Pellegram as part of the Civic Society programme of lectures. Andrea is Chair & Lead Member for Land and Property of Cirencester Town Council, with a career background in local authority planning and the private sector, as well as her own consultancy. Further information will be found here. Suggested donation of £3.00 for visitors.
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
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.
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.
Talk - Cirencester's Pubs: Past and Present - John Tiffney
We will learn about licences and their contribution to the history of Cirencester. John is a Cirencester Civic Society Town Guide and a former chairman of Cirencester Civic Society. Suggested contribution of £3.00 for visitors. Further information will be found here.