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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Easter Egg Hunt
This Spring, treat the whole family to a world of adventure at Chedworth Roman Villa on an Easter Trail
Family Workshop - Happy Birthday to the Bard!
Join us for a morning of hurtling insults, or gentle poetry. In this workshop we will explore Shakespeare's use of language, create an Elizabethan ruff, and write some brilliant prose with our quill pens and ink. This workshop is suitable for readers and writers of all ages.
Family Workshop - Prehistoric Pottery
People have been making pottery for thousands of years, in this workshop you will learn the techniques ancient people used to decorate their distinctive pots.
Day Herb Workshop 2
The theme for today’s course is Understanding Temperament from the Ancients to the Modern Day.
Workshop - Austentatious: Dances from Regency TV
Do you love to watch the beautiful romantic dances in TV adaptations of Jane Austen novels and Bridgerton and wish you could be swept up by your own Mr Darcey on the dancefloor?
Children Workshop - Spring Impressions
Join us for a day of celebrating the season by making a botanical print book
Children Workshop - Prehistoric Painting
Release your inner artist and explore the natural methods that people have been using for the creation of art for thousands of years. Be prepared to get creative and messy!
Children Workshop - Medieval Manuscripts
Scribes at the Augustinian Abbey in Cirencester used to create beautiful illustrated manuscripts in the Medieval period. Learn about their work and craft your own letter art
Gladiator Weekend at Chedworth Roman Villa
A thrilling weekend of training and combat with the Gladiators.
Workshop - Mini Mosaics
Join us for a morning of mosaic making. We will explore the museum looking for inspiration from the museum’s Roman mosaic collections.
Orpheus: Myth and Music Workshop
An exhibition ideal for those who love mythology or music.
Workshop - Carla in the Cotswolds - 1 day flute workshop
Low flutes specialist Carla Rees is coming to the Cotswolds,
Workshop - Beginners Machine Sewing
In this day workshop you will cover threading and setting up your machine, creating different stitches, inserting a zip, boxing corners, making and joining pieces of a simple pattern.
Workshop - Beginners Machine Sewing
In this day workshop you will cover threading and setting up your machine, creating different stitches, inserting a zip, boxing corners, making and joining pieces of a simple pattern.