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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Bands in the Park
Sundays July to September.
Enjoy the vibrant atmosphere of free live music in the Abbey Grounds, Cirencester. -
Advent Festival
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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Talk - Charles Rennie Mackintosh
When Charles Rennie Mackintosh died, his entire estate was valued at just £88! Glaswegian-born Mackintosh, a designer, artchitect and artist, was the foremost Celtic exponent of Art Nouveau.
Talk - The Early History of the WI by Sheila Rowley
Sheila Rowley, Archivist for the Gloucestershire Federation of WIs talks about the early history and foundation of the WI
Talk - Corinium Afternoon - Prehistory
The Prehistoric collection has some stand-out objects has some stand-out objects, with stories coming to us from more than 6000 years ago.
Talk - Imagining Corinium
What do we know about the Iron Age Britons who lived in this landscape before the Romans arrived?
Talk: Tolkien and the Cotswolds
Tolkien and the Cotswolds - the shaping of Middle Earth. Talk by Andrew Meller
Talk - From Suprematism to Agitprop: Russian Art & Revolution
A Discussion of Russian pioneers of the early 20th century and the diverse ways in which the role of art changed in the post-Revolutionary society of the time.
Talk - The History of Gloucestershire Constabulary by Sue Webb
Gloucestershire Constabulary is the oldest force and has a rich and varied history.
Talk - The Changing Face of Cirencester: Life in the 1960s
A talk by Robert Heaven. Doors open at 7 pm for 7.30 pm start at Cirencester Baptist Church.
Love, Lust & Empire: Napoleon & Josephine Behind Closed Doors
Enjoy a superb afternoon tea and learn the story behind “Not tonight Josephine”
The Arts Society - How Symphonies were Born in a London Pub
Where did symphonies come from? This is the story stretching across the eighteenth century, as the new and rather strange idea, rather than just sitting and listening to music or singing or dancing to it.
CAHS - Annual General Meeting
AGM Followed by RAF Brize Norton - Over 80 Years of Flying Operations
The Arts Society - A Painted Ocean.
Seascapes, ship portraits, and life by the sea in marine art.
Talk - Stratton Probus: Lew Lawton
The Inca Trail and Machu Picchu - Breakfast will precede this event
Talk - Carried on Galleons
Borne by the Winds, Porcelain, Silk and the Lustrous Arts of Cathay
Cirencester Civic Society Sixtieth Anniversary Celebration
Further details of this event to be announced.
The Arts Society - The Golden Age of Fashion Illustration
In the early 20th century fashion illustration became a defined artistic medium where art and fashion merged with the sublime draftsman ship, elegance and style.
Talk - Gloucestershire Paths
A talk by Alan Pilbeam. Doors open at 7 pm for 7:30 pm start at Cirencester Baptist Church.
The Arts Society - Music in Art
A look into the past at musical instruments and how they would have been played.
Talk - The Bathurst Estate: conservation and sustainability
A talk by Peter Clegg. Doors open at 7 pm for 7:30 pm start at Cirencester Baptist Church.
The Arts Society - Wild Men of the North
This talk examines how they stormed the conservative bastions of Canadian art to establish themselves on the international stage of practitioners of distinctive avant-garde.
Talk - People and Place: Practicing architecture in the Cotswolds
A talk by Jonathan Rixon. Doors open 7 pm for 7.30 pm start.
Corinium Afternoon Talk - Victorian Walk
Cirencester remained a thriving hub of the area even after its wool trade heyday.