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
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.
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.
Film - Karate Kid Legends
After kung fu prodigy Li Fong relocates to New York City, he attracts unwanted attention from a local karate champion and embarks on a journey to enter the ultimate karate competition with the help of Mr. Han and Daniel LaRusso
Film - Mr Burton (subtitles)
Based on a remarkable true story, discover how the poor son of a miner became one of the greatest actors the world has ever known, with the help of an unlikely mentor.
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 - Sinners
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. Directed by Ryan Coogler (Creed, Black Panther)
Film - How to train your Dragon
As an ancient threat returns, the friendship between Hiccup, an inventive Viking, and Toothless, a Night Fury dragon, becomes the key to both species forging a new future together. A critically acclaimed live-action remake.
Film - Thunderbolts
After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, an unconventional team of Marvel antiheroes must go on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts. Starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan.
Open Air Cinema - The Goonies
Join us for an evening under the stars. Refreshments available from Cattivo Pizza and Corinium Ales
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.
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.
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 - 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.
The Royal Opera - Tosca
In war-torn Rome, Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi live for each other and for their art.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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”