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Throughout the year, Gloucestershire's festivals and events offer a varied menu of sporting and cultural entertainment.
JULY
The Great Orpheus Pavement
Exhibition
Thursday
4th May - Monday 31st July.
Unique opportunity to see the breathtaking
reconstruction of one of Roman Britain's hidden treasures. Comprehensive
exhibition gives an insight into this astonishing work and the remarkable
legacy of Orpheus.
Ebley
Mill, Nr Stroud.
'Hidden
by hedges - Change in the Cotswold landscape.
Saturday 1st July - Saturday 23rd September.
Innovative exhibition and events programme focussing on the Cotswold
landscape, and how man's actions have influenced the countryside
we see today.
Cheltenham
Art Gallery & Museum
01242
237431
Stroud
Show
Saturday 1st
and Sunday 2nd July.
Stratford
Park, Stroud
01453
751191.
Forest
Open Studios
Saturday
1st - Sunday 9th July.
A celebration of the visual arts in the
Royal Forest of Dean. Visit over 60 artists and craftspeople
and see them at work.
Various
locations around the Royal Forest of Dean.
01594 827275
American
Celebration
Saturday 8th July - gates
open at 6pm. Concert at 7.30pm.
Enjoy an evening of the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Berstein
and Gershwin and others in the grounds of Sudeley Castle, the home
of Queen Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's last wife. The evening
will end with a spectacular firework display followed by hot air
ballon nightglow.
Sudeley Castle.
01242 602308 or ticket
hotline 0207 316 4939.
The Cotswold
Show and Country Fair
Saturday
8th and Sunday 9th July.
Action packed weekend featuring aerobatic display, sheepdog and
falconry demonstration, craft and antiques fair and trade stands.
Cirencester Park, Cirencester
01285 652007
Hark
8th July - 27th
August
Sui Generis,
Southam, near Cheltenham
01242 252610
Craft exhibition in converted 18th barn.
 Cheltenham
International Festival of Music &Fringe
Friday 30th June - Sunday 16th July
Cheltenham
01242 522878 or 01242 227979
A quality
programme of classical music, street entertainment, concerts and
gigs. Cheltenham is also host to a carnival parade, picnic
in the park and theatre and comedy.
Forest Open Artists' Studios
Various dates in July
Forest of Dean
01594 812388
The artists and craftspeople
of the Forest throw open their doors to invite you to enjoy their
work.
Hailes Music Festival
1st - 31st July
Hailes, Nr Winchcombe
01242 602379
An annual and well-regarded
programme of classical music, in the small Cotswold settlement of
Hailes.
Cheltenham Cricket Festival
12th - 23rd July
 Cheltenham
01242 514420
Held in the beautiful
grounds of Cheltenham College since 1872. A chance to see top cricketers
in action. For more information please visit
the Gloucestershire County
Cricket Club web
site.
Diesel Locomotive Week
Saturday 15th July - Sunday
23rd July
Gloucestershire
Warwickshire Railway, Toddington
01242
621405. Or visit www.gwsr.plc.uk
Nine consecutive days
of heritage diesel train haulage through the beautiful Cotswold
countryside. Flag and Whistle Tea room open for business as usual.
Tewkesbury
Abbey Herb Day
Saturday
15th July
Tewkesbury
Abbey
01684 850959
Stroud Valleys
Open Studios
Saturday
15th July - 23rd July.
Various
locations around the Stroud Valleys.
For more information please visit www.sva.org.uk.
Annual festival for the visual arts, set in the beautiful
South Cotswolds landscape. Opportunity to visit and explore over
70 artists studios, exhibitions, art trails and events.
 Tewkesbury Water Festival
Friday 21st - Sunday 23rd July
01684 295027
Annual summer event in the historic timber-framed
riverside town of Tewkesbury.
Severn Revels
Friday 21st - Sunday 23rd July
Hewelsfield, 5 miles north of Chepstow.
email: severn.revels@deanarts.org.uk
Vibrant colourful family festival
bringing a unique blend of music, performance and visual arts to
the Forest of Dean.
Gloucester Festival
Saturday 22nd July - Saturday 5th August
Gloucester
01452 421188
A pot-pourri of summer events, many of them based
at The Park in Gloucester.
Tewkesbury International Kite
Festival
17th - 18th
July
Tewkesbury School
Playing Fields
01452
554821
Pittville on Sundays
Each Sunday between July 23rd and September
3rd.
Pittville Park,
Cheltenham
Tel: 01242
523852
Step back in time to enjoy the genteel
pleasures of a typical English Sunday afternoon. Fresh coffee,
croissants and pastries available from 11.30am. Traditional
afternoon teas and strawberries and cream available from 4.30pm.
Craft stalls, creative workshops and live music.
Postlip Beer Festival
28th - 30th July
Postlip
01242 522878
Classical
Concert with Fireworks
Saturday
29th July
Westonbirt Arboretum
01666 880220
AUGUST
Pittville on Sundays
Each Sunday between July
23rd and September 3rd.
Pittville
Park, Cheltenham
Tel:
01242 523852
Step back in time to enjoy the genteel
pleasures of a typical English Sunday afternoon. Fresh coffee,
croissants and pastries available from 11.30am. Traditional
afternoon teas and strawberries and cream available from 4.30pm.
Craft stalls, creative workshops and live music.
Musica Deo Sacra
31st July - 8th August
Tewkesbury Abbey
01684 850959
Annual festival of music
held within an appropriately beautiful setting.
European Young Riders Championship
Date not yet known (August).
Hartpury College of Agriculture
01594 812388
Mothing by Moonlight.
4th & 25th August
Wildlife and Wetlands Trust,
Slimbridge
01453 890333
9.30 pm, booking
essential.
British Open Horse Trials
5th - 6th August
Gatcombe Park
01937 541811
Internationally renowned
equestrian event held in the estate belonging to her Royal Highness
the Princess Royal.
A Celebration of Craftsmanship
12th - 20th August
Cheltenham College
01242 238582
 Tewkesbury
to Twyning Raft Race
Sunday 13th August
Tewkesbury
01684 295027
'The Rivals'
Saturday 19th August
Keynes Country Park (Cotswold Water
Park), 4 miles S. of Cirencester.
01285 861459 or 01285 654180. Email: info@waterpark.org
Open air
production of the classic 18th century Richard Brinsley Sheridan
play.
Frocester
Beer Festival
Friday
25th and Saturday 26th August
Frocester,
Nr Stroud
01453 542154
Legendary annual beer festival. Tickets available from 1st
July.
SEPTEMBER
Pittville on Sundays
Each Sunday between July 23rd and September
3rd.
Pittville Park,
Cheltenham
Tel: 01242
523852
Step back in time to enjoy the genteel
pleasures of a typical English Sunday afternoon. Fresh coffee,
croissants and pastries available from 11.30am. Traditional
afternoon teas and strawberries and cream available from 4.30pm.
Craft stalls, creative workshops and live music.
Thomas the Tank Engine train
rides.
1st - 3rd September
Dean Forest Railway
01594 845840
Stroud Festival
Saturday 2nd to Saturday 9th September.
A week long festival of special events and performances based in and around Stroud.
01452 741522
Moreton-in-Marsh Agricultural
Show
Saturday 2nd
September
Moreton in
Marsh
01608 650881
You Can Say That Again
2nd September - 29th October
Sui Generis, Southam, near
Cheltenham.
01242
252610
Craft exhibition in a converted barn.
Newent Onion Fair
Saturday 9th September
Newent
01531 822468
Great fun at an annual event with stalls, music,
good food and drink.
Picasso Exhibition
Tuesday 12th September onwards.
Nature in Art, Twigworth, Nr Gloucester
01452 731422
Work by a great
artist in the worlds first museum dedicated exclusively to art inspired
by nature.
British Cheese Awards
Friday 29th September - Saturday 30th
September.
Stow-on-the-Wold
01608 659 325
Annual and prestigious
'cheeesefest'
being held in the Cotswolds for the first time. For more information
please visit www.thecheeseweb.com.
Forest
Food Festival
Date
not yet known
Forest
of Dean
01594 812388
Sample some of the best local produce the Forest of Dean has to
offer.
OCTOBER
 Cheltenham Festival of Literature
6th -15th October
Cheltenham Town Hall and other venues
01242 227979
Internationally
renowned literature festival, held in the Regency Spa town of Cheltenham.
Five Valleys Cycle Ride
Sunday 8th October
01242 250642
Mop
Fair
8th - 9th October
Tewkesbury
01684 295027
Traditional fun
fair with stalls, rides and games.
NOVEMBER
Well Seasoned
4th November - 24th December
Sui Generis,
Southam,
near Cheltenham
01242
252610
Craft exhibition in a converted barn.
Murphy's Meeting
10th - 12th November
Cheltenham Racecourse
01242 513014
Annual and popular
horse meeting.
 Christmas
Festivities
18th November
Cheltenham
01242 522878
See Father Christmas
switch on the Christmas lights.
Late night Christmas Shopping
29th November & 5th December
Wildlife & Wetlands
Trust,
Slimbridge
01453 890333
Admission is free all day. The Centre is open
9am - 9pm. Enjoy shopping for special gifts in peaceful surroundings,
and enjoy some festive fare in the Waters Edge Restaurant.
More detailed
information on the entertainment scene in and around Gloucestershire,
from cinema and theatre to music and dance can be found by visiting www.visit-glos.org.uk
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