Exhibitions, workshops, festivals and cultural events across Gloucestershire.

Being Me Club for 16-25 year olds

Low-social pressure, creative space for autistic girls & non-binary people

Fortnightly, Cheltenham

 UpFront Survivors Gloucester: Creative Writing 

Join us on Tuesday 3rd November from 10.30am - 1pm for our very first monthly creative meetup for adult CSA survivors & allies.

03 November 2026, 10:30 AM

Gas Projects, Eastgate Shopping Centre, Gloucester

Lanterns at Llanthony with Mindful Clay

Join us for three mindful sessions to create your own ceramic lanterns in the historic Llanthony Secunda Priory!

30th October 10-12PM, 6th November 10-12PM, 20th November 10-12PM - £75 for all three

Frantic Assembly: 3-Day Training Course

This three-day course offers you the opportunity to explore the Frantic Method with one of our practitioners.

Friday 27th - Sunday 29th November - £245
Residential and Non-Residential Places Available

Hawkwood, Stroud

BIG HARMONY singing workshop

Singing in the gorgeous surroundings of St Mary DeCript, Sorrel, Renee and Kirsty will guide you expertly through learning a number of songs, in up to 4 part harmony. The songs we choose come from a range of traditions.

Saturday 7 November, 1:30–5:00pm

St Mary de Crypt, Gloucester

Agatha Christie's The Hollow

Christie's classic country-house mystery! Balancing humour with tragedy, The Hollow, adapted from her 1946 novel, is one of Agatha Christie’s most compelling plays.

26-30 January 2027

Cotswold Playhouse

A fortnightly night of DJs in the heart of Stroud, raising funds to keep our doors open. All welcome!

Friday 23 October, 7pm–11pm

1 Kendrick Street, Stroud

This showcase event brings together the artists taking part in the programme, who’ll perform their original music live, some for the first time in Gloucester. Expect a mix of emerging solo artists, singers, rappers and MC’s, with a special guest joining us on the night. Come along, support new talent and hear some of the artists shaping the region’s next generation of new music.

Sat 14th Nov at 7:00pm-9:30pm

The Music Works, Gloucester

Redesign, adapt and reimagine textiles in a friendly Tuesday evening class. All abilities welcome.

Tuesdays, 6:30pm–8:30pm, £25 per session

Emergence Commons, 1 Kendrick Street, Stroud GL5 1AQ

Sort Out Your Annual Report with Christina Poulton - for small charities (or keen CICs!)

Live workshop Wed 21 Oct 2026 + recording | £45

https://www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/

An immersive work of poetry, piano, silence and spoken word, opening a shared space of deep listening where sound, stillness and presence meet with Cassie Yukawa-McBurney and Simon McBurney.

Saturday 17th Oct - 16.30-17.30 — £15.00

Held at Holy Trinity Church. 1 Trinity Rd, Stroud GL5 2H

FREE networking event BY and FOR disabled creatives, and a PAID opportunity to present at the event!

4 November 12.30 - 1.30

PATCH, The Forum, Gloucester, GL1 1DG

Free printmaking sessions!

Coleford Library
Tuesday, 3 November
4:30-6:30 pm

Lydney Library
Thursday, 5 November
4:30-6:30 pm

This October half term, families are invited to embark on a magical adventure across Gloucestershire. Armed with a Dragon Keeper Logbook, you'll follow clues, uncover hidden secrets, meet magical characters and explore your local community as you train to become an Apprentice Dragon Keeper.

Dates: Saturday 24th October - Sunday 1 November

Libraries taking part: Dursley, Matson, Hesters Way, Oakley and Cinderford

A rail full of preloved fashion, priced by the kilogram. Come early for the best selection…

Saturday 17 October, 11am–4pm

1 Kendrick Street, Stroud GL5 1AQ

Bring your mending, alterations and sewing questions to our monthly surgery. Hands-on help.

FRIDAY 16 October, 10:30am–12:30pm. £25

1 Kendrick Street, Stroud

Bring unwanted fabric, textiles and haberdashery and swap them for something new.

Free to attend. Friday 23 October, 5pm–7pm

1 Kendrick Street, Stroud

Join us in the Walled Garden at Museum in the Park to help keep Emergence Commons open.

Sunday 11 October, 11am–2pm. Free entry.

Museum in the Park, Stroud

Strange magic, paranormal mysteries and eerie storytelling to celebrate Halloween in Gloucestershire's spookiest venue.

Evening performances at 7.30 from Thursday 29th to Saturday 31st October

Woodchester Mansion

At the University of Gloucestershire's Elwes Gallery, and on the lawn in front of the Elwes building, Alice Sheppard Fidler presents two recent artworks: Showgirl (2026) and Unsettled Boundary (2024).

Monday 5th October to Friday 4th December 2026, Monday to Friday 9am-5pm

LGBTQIA+ wellbeing sessions in the woods by Queering the Wye

Thu, Sep 24 • 10:00 AM and 5 more - Free

Forest of Dean

The Dobunni Poetry Festival is an annual celebration of poetry, people and place held in Stroud, Gloucestershire, showcasing poets of the West/South West alongside local talent.

15-17 October 2026

Stroud

SYSTEMS.BRICKS.HANDS is a group exhibition by emerging artists Arien Barley, Felix McClafferty and Matilda Power. Across three installations, the artists investigate the symbiotic processes of production, transformation and erosion within cities, information systems, and culture.

Studio 18, Stroud, 9th-13th October 2026

Bring a pair of jeans or cargos and make them completely your own. All skill levels. No experience needed. If you can hold a pen, you can do this.

Thursday 8 October, 7pm–9pm

At REDZ Youth Hub

Community organisations in England can bid for new funding to help bring people together, create welcoming local spaces and strengthen relationships in their area. The next round will provide up to £2.5 million in funding, with individual applicants able to bid for between £20,000 and £50,000!

Applications close 12 October