People sat in the park enjoying the jazz festival

Cheltenham Festivals

  1. 01 - 06 May 24

    Cheltenham / Arts and Crafts -Festivals and Seasonal -Performing Arts -Theatre and Concerts

    Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2024

    Here is a link to the main programme: https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/jazz Accessibility information is available at this link: https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/access-requirements Cheltenham Jazz Festival takes place in a tented Festival village in the town centre’s Montpellier Gardens, which features the Big Top stage, Jazz Arena, Free Stage, a programme of family activities and events and street food traders. The […]

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  2. 07 Oct 23

    Cheltenham / Festivals and Seasonal -Literature and Writing -Social Interest Groups

    Untold Stories: Disability & Inclusion (Cheltenham Literature Festival)

    This is a hybrid event and can be accessed by registering at this link here The event is free to attend, and is located onsite in The Huddle venue located here *** Untold Stories Author Penny Parkes, poet and founder of CRIPtic Arts Jamie Hale and Penny Batchelor, author and founder of Keep Festivals Hybrid […]

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  3. 06 - 15 Oct 23

    Cheltenham / Children's Activities -Festivals and Seasonal -Food and Drink -Literature and Writing -Performing Arts

    Cheltenham Literature Festival

    Come and celebrate the best of literary names and the most talked about emerging authors at The Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival 2023. Join the likes of Brian Cox, Jojo Moyes, Elizabeth Day, Charlie Mackesy, Sadiq Khan, Liv Little, David Mitchell, Heather Morris, Tim Peake, Clive Myrie, Yomi Adegoke and so many more. […]

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  4. 08 - 15 Jul 23

    Cheltenham / Festivals and Seasonal -Theatre and Concerts

    Cheltenham Music Festival

    Cheltenham Music Festival was launched in 1945 and to this day proudly celebrates our love of classical music. This rich and diverse programme takes advantage of the beautiful Cotswolds surroundings to create a magical musical tour featuring the world’s best classical talent. This year’s festival – our 78th – brings together a selection of musical […]

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  5. 06 - 11 Jun 23

    Cheltenham / Arts and Crafts -Children's Activities -Cinema and Film -Festivals and Seasonal -Food and Drink -Gardens and Nature -LGBTQIA+ -Literature and Writing -Parks and Green Spaces -Play Areas -Wellbeing

    Cheltenham Science Festival

    Come and join us at Imperial Gardens for another year of inspiring and thought-provoking events. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to hear from some of the most exciting people in science, including Mikaela Loach, Ray Mears, Hana Walker-Brown and many more. Cheltenham Science Festival Programme 2023 You can access information about support provisions available […]

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  6. 16 Oct 22

    Cheltenham / Arts and Crafts -Children's Activities -Literature and Writing

    Ross Collins: There’s a Mouse in My House (LF76)

    Cheltenham Literature Festival 2022 (LF76) Ross Collins: There’s a Mouse in My House Bear and Mouse are the best of enemies. But will they ever get along? Illustrator and author Ross Collins’ books (There’s a Bear on My Chair / There’s a Mouse in My House) are guaranteed to have you howling with laughter. Join […]

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  7. 08 Oct 22

    Cheltenham / Arts and Crafts -Festivals and Seasonal -Literature and Writing

    Rich Hall

    Deadpan American comedian Rich Hall sits down with Alex Clark as he recounts stories from his eventful professional and personal lives as told in his honest and hilarious book Nailing It. This event includes live captioning.

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  8. 08 Oct 22

    Cheltenham / Arts and Crafts -Festivals and Seasonal -Literature and Writing

    Edward Enninful: In Vogue

    The ground-breaking first Black editor-in-chief of Vogue reflects on his story with writer Afua Hirsch. From working-class outsider to the apex of the fashion industry, always championing inclusion and representation in the worlds of design and photography, Edward Enninful (A Visible Man) has cemented his status as one of the world’s most important change-makers. And […]

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  9. 08 Oct 22

    Cheltenham / Festivals and Seasonal -Food and Drink -Literature and Writing

    Emma Freud Meets… Mary Berry

    Emma Freud meets national treasure and enduringly popular cook Mary Berry as she shares her passion for food, flavour and life itself. Mary gives a taste of some of the 120 delicious recipes featured in her book Love to Cook which accompanies her TV show of the same name. This event will be interpreted in […]

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  10. 08 Oct 22

    Cheltenham / Arts and Crafts -Festivals and Seasonal -Literature and Writing

    Robin Stevens: The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

    Join Robin Stevens, author of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prizewinning and bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series to find out about her brand-new series Ministry of Unladylike Activity. Robin will share her tips and tricks on how to write the perfect murder mystery and the inspiration behind her new team of detectives. You will also get […]

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  11. 08 Oct 22

    Cheltenham / Arts and Crafts -Festivals and Seasonal -Literature and Writing

    Ian McEwan

    Spanning the Suez and Cuban Missile Crises, the Chernobyl disaster and the Berlin Wall’s fall through to our modern era marked by pandemics and the climate crisis, master storyteller Ian McEwan’s new novel Lessons is a chronicle for our times that asks powerful questions about how global events shape our lives. He talks to Hannah […]

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  12. 07 Oct 22

    Cheltenham / Arts and Crafts -Festivals and Seasonal -Literature and Writing

    Melanie C: Who I Am

    Singer-songwriter Melanie Chisholm (also known as Sporty Spice) chats to Cathy Newman in a live broadcast for her Times Radio show, The Ladder. Melanie C reveals all about the good and bad times of her fame and life with The Spice Girls in her longawaited memoir Who I Am: My Story. This event includes live […]

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Bringing joy, sparking curiosity, connecting communities, and inspiring change year-round with four world-class Festivals in Jazz, Science, Music and Literature, and charitable programs for education, community & talent development

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  • andrew.lansley@cheltenhamfestivals.com
  • Andrew Lansley

Hub8, Unit H2, The Brewery Quarter
Cheltenham
GL50 3FF

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