Rivals for greatness

A night of funk, soul jazz with DJ Robbie Duncan.

A show featuring Lucy Randell. Playing your favourite hits from the 70s and 80s, in a way you’ve never heard them before! Artists covered include Elton John, Madonna, Hall & Oates, Rainbow, ELO, Wham + others.

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, “Nickel Boys” chronicles the powerful friendship between two young African-American men navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

In 1961, an unknown 19-year-old Bob Dylan arrives in New York City with his guitar and forges relationships with music icons on his meteoric rise, culminating in a groundbreaking performance that reverberates worldwide.

Meetings - First Monday of each month

Free Event

We’ve had an awful lot of finds deposited at the museum by archaeological firms in the past two years. Collections and Engagement Assistant Phillip Brant-Simmons will be going through every archaeological site and talking about all the exciting activity going on in the Cotswolds that doesn’t make the cut for Digging for Britain (and some stuff that does).

When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern United States, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious, wealthy client.

All you want to know about chocolate but were afraid to ask. Lecture organised by Royal Agricultural University.

The Big Local Night Out brings you the best of variety talent! Hosted by Comedy Magician, Tom Elliott.

Featuring Stroud Choral Society and Bristol Ensemble. Conductor Simon Bell

Featuring International street cuisine, artisan grocery foods, arts, crafts, clothing, jewellery and accessories.

When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness the birth of modern United States, their lives are changed forever by a mysterious, wealthy client.

Jeremy will provide a general introduction to the history of open-air-pools and lidos in Britain including the open-air pool in Cirencester.

The Hesed Collective is a group of artists and friends from the Baptist Church in Cirencester.

Shakespeare’s great love story is brilliantly retold through this modern ballet classic celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2025.

AD 79 Pompeii was devastated by the eruption of Vesuvius. This talk will dip into how life was organised and operated in those days.

Ian Mackintosh will lead us through 500 years of misdemeanours, from selling rotten meat to infringements on the common and collective action in times of hardship.

A one day event featuring the best home and interior stalls, exhibitions, talks and all the advice you could ask for!

Cakes and goods for sale

An Evening of Magic, Music and Memories

Seven-time BAFTA Award winner Steve Coogan stars in the acclaimed adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove.

Seven-time BAFTA Award winner Steve Coogan stars in the acclaimed adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece Dr. Strangelove.

Puccini’s captivating opera of a cold-hearted princess and her mysterious suitor.

Meetings - First Monday of each month

He was high society’s leading portraitist while scandalising Parisians and the Salon with frank depictions of human sexuality

A joint meeting with Cirencester Science and Technology Society

Free all day event

Details to follow

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.

Edward Elgar – Songs from the Bavarian Highlands

Meetings - First Monday of each month

On a stormy night, fate brings two strangers together, unleashing a love with the power to end worlds

A talk by Professor Harold Thimbleby of Swansea University.

Fun run, walk or scamper! Choose from 5k or 10k.

Mike Jones previously had a career as a hydrogeologist

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

Moore, Hepworth, Caro, Frink and others were leading C20 sculptures and their peers embraced modernism.

Alex Thomson of Cotswold Archaeology will take us through the latest discoveries on the route of the A417 'missing link'

Cirencester Ladies Probus - Meetings - First Monday of each month

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.

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

Talk - Nasim Desai 'Indian Spices'

Meetings - First Monday of each month

A walk led by local resident Syd Flatman.

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.

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 are returning to Cirencester with their brand-new comedy variety drag show.

A talk by Caroline Morris, Collections and Education Manager at the Corinium Museum.