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

Talk: Mohawks, Milk Maids and Flying Nightingales: The Cotswold District in the Second World War
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. This talk shows the roles of residents within the Cotswold District during the war.
Arts and Crafts - Cotswold Churches - Kirsty Hartsiotis
A talk by Kirsty Hartsiotis, part of the Civic Society programme of lectures
Arts Society Corinium - Arts & scandalous lives of the Bloomsbury group
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.
Cirencester Archaeological & Historical Society - Before Time Team - Peter Grace
In this talk Peter reminisces about the archaeological excavations that took place in Cirencester in the 1960s and 1970s
A Very Cotswold Exhibition: Cirencester, Summer 1951
In 1951 Britain held a Festival of Britain, with exciting modern displays celebrating the best of British arts, architecture and industrial design. London took centre stage but not to be outdone Cirencester took the idea and ran with it.

Cirencester's Green Spaces
A talk by local Town Councillor, Andrea Pellegram as part of the Civic Society programme of lectures.
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
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.
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.
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 - John Tiffney
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 on the Map - History, Cartography and Sense of Place?
The eminent historian of cartography J B Harley introduces the concept of the ‘map as biography’ of a place or landscape.