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.
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Craftival
Craftival returns for another year to celebrate all things craft with our community of makers, craftspeople and community groups
Workshop - Beginners Dressmaking - Make your own Pyjamas
This full dressmaking workshop is an ideal for anyone with basic sewing machine skills who wants to start making their own clothes.
The Joy of Craft in our Community
Follow the Story of one of our New Brewery Hearts students and discover how the scheme is helping those in our community through craft
Workshop - Make a Silver Necklace or Bracelet
Using sterling silver, pearls and semi-precious stones to make a unique necklace or bracelet.
Gladiator Weekend at Chedworth Roman Villa
A thrilling weekend of training and combat with the Gladiators.
Workshop - Freestyle Beaded Embroidery
Unleash your creative energy in a freestyle beaded embroidery day workshop and make your won decorative hoop to display at home.
Workshop - Handbuilt Pottery - Make a Jug with Slip Decoration
Build a jug with slip decoration
Yarnathon - A morning for all our community yarn lovers
Join in for a social morning to meet other people, share tips, techniques and advice. Bring your current project to work project on.
Craftivism - Dream Making Workshop
Through this multi-sensory, quiet and mindful craftivisim workshop you can move from being a world-worrier into an empowered changemaker.
Workshop - Screen-Printed Textiles - Layering Colour & Pattern
Join us for a 2 day workshop where you will have the opportunity to explore the possibilities of screen-printing and mark-making on to cloth using procion dyes.
Workshop - Portrait Painting
Join us for a 2 day workshop where you will have the opportunity to delve into the world of portrait painting using oil paints.
Workshop - Creative Natural Dyeing and Embroidery
This two day workshop will allow you to immerse into the world of natural dyes and embroidery
Workshop - Travel Journal
Join illustrator Emma Leyfield in this mindful 2 day travel journaling workshop and immerse yourself in a sketchbook
Workshop - Porcelain Throwing Weekend
Join ceramicist Qian Liu in 2-day workshop learning the throw porcelain clay.
Workshop - Hope Totems
Free drop-in, an open invitation to gather and make together and to celebrate the good stuff that happens when we do just that.
Workshop - Beginners Machine Sewing - Lauren Holloway
Get to know your way around a sewing machine and learn the basic techniques to help build your confidence and skills.
Craftivism - Papercraft
Free Drop-in , you are invited to join us for a day of papercraft and we offer you a chance to try two different papercrafts, paper weaving and linoprint, under the tutelage of two experienced makers.
Workshop - Ceramic Animal Platters
Join ceramic artist Rhi Jarman to design, create and decorate your own ceramic animal platter.
Ceramics Fair
Free drop-n, come along to browse work from a selection of local makers in the beautiful environment of our Gallery space.
Product Photography for Craftspeople with Yeshen Venema
Learn how to take a professional product shots in this hands on workshop with award winning photographer.
Squarespace for Craftspeople with Yeshen Venema
Learn how to create your own retail website on Squarespace in this hands-on workshop
Talk- Slow Love - Building a Slow Fashion Brand
Slow Love is a knitwear brand created by Cirencester-local Holly von Bock. The brand’s iconic knitwear has been seen on everyone from Giovanna Fletcher to Rita Ora. Known for their effortlessly oversized fit, the brand’s pieces are designed to last and become a favourite in your wardrobe.
Workshop - Stitching with Nature
Join Katerina for a day of material meditation, stitching with nature. In this hand embroidery workshop Katerina will teach participants how to use dried natural materials.
Workshop - Common Thread
Common Thread invites Cirencester Craftival to come together and enjoy the benefits of stitch around our communal fabric table.
Workshop - Garden Journalling - Emma Leyfield
Before the age of photography planning and keeping track of a garden required an illustrated journal to study the progress of heirloom varieties, pest control and crop rotation.
Workshop - Luxury Repair Retreat Couture Techniques
Join Justyna from Addicted to Patterns studio in this hands on 2 day workshop to created a botanical printed lampshade.
Workshop - Pottery Slipware Decoration
This weekend workshop will focus on all things slipware! We will explore the ever-evolving art of using coloured liquid clays to decorate ceramics
Workshop - Botanical Printing & Lampshade Making
Join Ceramicist Qian Liu in this day workshop to improve your existing throwing with porcelain skills
Workshop - Beginners Machine Sewing - Lauren Holloway
Get to know your way around a sewing machine and learn the basic techniques to help build your confidence and skills.