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
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
Amy Jeffs: Medieval Saints and Old Songs
Join bestselling author Amy Jeffs for a journey through medieval and early modern England.
Cirencester History Festival
After its sell-out launch last autumn, Cirencester History Festival, a nine-day celebration of global, national and local history, is set to return for its second year this October half term, from 25 October to 2 November 2025.
Mythica: The Real Women Behind the Greek Myths
Contrary to perceptions built up over the three millennia ancient history is not all about men.
The Secrets of Dollar Street House: Restoring an Architectural Gem with Charles Mullineax
30-32 Dollar Street, formerly known as Dollar Street House was developed by lawyer Joseph Pitt in 1725 as two splendid private residents.
The Mystery of the Cotswold Spatha Swords
In March 2023, homicide investigator Glenn Manning was at a detectorist rally in Willersey when he recorded a strong signal on his machine, what he thought to be a ring pull turned out to be one off the biggest and most significant detectorist finds ever unearthed in the Cotswolds.
Cirencester Archaeological & Historical Society - Teenage Time Travel - Julian Richards
Part of Cirencester History Festival, Julian richards is exploring life as a teenager at different times in the past. Especially created for 11-16 year olds.
Al and Machine Learning for Agriculture and Food
With funding from Innovate UK, the consultancy Ricardo is offering free training, tailored to the agri-food sector, on artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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.
Cirencester Archaeological & Historical Society - The Stroud Valley Railway - Mike Fenton
Railway author Mike Fenton, who is currently researching the history of the Stroud Valley railway (Kemble to Stonehouse) will talk about his latest research.
Talk - Cirencester's Pubs: Past and Present
We will learn about licences and their contribution to the history of Cirencester.
Cirencester Archaeological & Historical Society - Technology Underpinning Roman Wine & Oil Production
A joint meeting with Cirencester Science and Technology society.
Cirencester Archaeological & Historical Society - Local Places and the Arthurian Tradition
Dr Bateman’s recent book traces the history and important role played by local places in the development of the stories of King Arthur
Cirencester Archaeological & Historical Society - The Early History of the WI - Sheila Rowley
Sheila Rowley, Archivist for the Gloucestershire Federation of WIs talks about the early history and foundation of the WI
Cirencester Archaeological & Historical Society - The History of Gloucestershire Constabulary - Sue Webb
Gloucestershire Constabulary is the oldest force and has a rich and varied history.
Cirencester Archaeological & Historical Society - Annual General Meeting
AGM Followed by RAF Brize Norton - Over 80 Years of Flying Operations
Cirencester's Green Spaces
A talk by local Town Councillor, Andrea Pellegram as part of the Civic Society programme of lectures.