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
Film - Bad Guys 2
Dreamworks Animation’s crackerjack crew of animal outlaws, The Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked by a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals the never saw coming
Film - 28 Years Later
28 Years Larr is a terrifying new “auteur horror” story set in the world created by 28 Days Later with a fine cast including Jadie Comer and Ralph Fiennes. It’s been almost three decades since the rage virus escaped a biological laboratory.
Film - The Ballard of Wallis Island
An eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island tries to make his fantasies come true by getting his favorite musicians to perform there
Film - Superman
Superman’s actions are questioned, giving tech billionaire Lex Luthor the opportunity to get him out of the way for good. Will intrepid reporter Lois Lane and Superman’s four-legged companion, Krypto, be able to help him before it’s too late.
Film - The Last Showgirl
In the Last Showgirl, a poignant film of resilience, rhinestone and feathers, a glamorous showgirl must plan for her future when her show abruptly closes after a 30 year run.
Film - Inter Alia - National Theatre
National Theatre Live’s Inter Alia tells the story of a successful Crown court Judge’s personal life as karaoke love, wife and mom is shaken when a crisis hits.

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.
Film - Ocean with David Attenborough
Ocean with David Attenborough explores the planet’s undersea habitats, revealing the greatest age of ocean discovery.
Film - Inter Alia - National Theatre
National Theatre Live’s Inter Alia tells the story of a successful Crown court Judge’s personal life as karaoke love, wife and mom is shaken when a crisis hits.
Film - Sorry Baby
Something bad happened to Agnes. but life goes on - for everyone around her, at least. Sorry, Baby was a winner at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
The Royal Opera - Tosca
In war-torn Rome, Floria Tosca and Mario Cavaradossi live for each other and for their art.
Film - Casablanca
Easy to enter, but much harder to leave especially if wanted by the nazis.
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
Film - The Return
The Return stars Ralph Fiennes as Odysseus who finally returns to Ithaca after 20 years where he finds his wife Penelope held prisoner by suitors vying to be king and his son facing death at their hands.
Film - Indiana Jones
Indiana Jones and Dial of Destiny follows a daredevil archaeologist as he races against time to retrieve a legendary artefact that can change the course of history
Film - Downton Abbey - The Grand Finale
The Grand Finale follows the Crawley family as they enter in 1930s. When Mary finds herself at the centre of a public scandal and the family faces financial trouble, the entire household grapples with the threat of social disgrace.
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
Film - The Penguin Lessons
Starring Oscar nominee Steve Coogan, it follows an Englishman’s personal and political awaking after he adopts a penguin
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 Naked Gun
In The Naked gun only one man has the particular set of skills - to lead Police Squad and save the world. Liam Neeson plays bumbling detective Frank Dreben Jr who follows a trail peppered with sight gags and bawdy jokes.
Film - The Ballard of Wallis Island with subtitles.
An eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island tries to make his fantasies come true by getting his favorite musicians to perform there
Andre Rieu Maastricht - Waltz the Night Away
Charlotte Hawkins invites you to Waltz the Night Away at Vrijthof Square, home of globetrotting violinist, conductor and composer Andre Rieu