Big Team Open Mic Sessions: Showcase
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
TwoCan Connect - Free Networking Event and Paid Presentation Opportunities for disabled creatives
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
Gloucestershire Family Festival 2026
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
Kilo Sale — Preloved Fashion Sold by Weight
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
Bream Dream Meetings
A network for people in the Forest of Dean interested in making the area a more creative place to live.
Thursday October 29th 12.30pm-2.00pm
The West Dean Centre, High Street, Bream, Lydney, GL15 6JW
Culture Matson Meetings
Culture Matson meetings are for anyone interested in combining energy and resources into the creative lives of the community.
Wednesday 25th November 2026
Emergence Fundraiser & Crowdfunder Launch
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
Something Wicked This Way Comes
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
Alice Sheppard Fidler: Showgirl exhibition and events
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
Dobunni Poetry Festival, Stroud, 15th-17th October
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. 3 artists on the anatomy of the city: systems, material and memories.
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
Creative Cafe at Emergence Commons
A relaxed meet up for Stroud's creatives. Meet people share ideas and make connections
Thursday 3 September, 5:30pm to 7pm - pay what you can
1 Kendrick Street, Stroud
Handel's opera Giulio Cesare in Egitto comes to Holy Trinity, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire.
A Baroque Opera first performed in London 1724, it tells the story of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra against the turbulent political world of ancient Egypt. Its combination of political intrigue, romance, revenge and comedy provides the setting for some of Handel’s most dazzling and emotionally powerful music.
3pm, Sunday 6th September, 2026
Holy Trinity, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire
"Underdog - the other other Bronte" at Stroud's Cotswold Playhouse
Sarah Gordon’s new play is an irreverent retelling of the life and legend of the Brontë sisters, and the story of the sibling power dynamics that shaped their uneven rise to fame.
Tuesday 22nd to Saturday 26th September @ 7.30pm, £16 pp
Cotswold Playhouse, Parliament Street, Stroud, GL5 1LW
Common Ground Award 2026 to 2027 opens for applications
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
Ribston Hall High School Careers Fair: Tuesday 13th October
Exhibitors wanted! Share YOUR career experience. Shape THEIR future.
Ribston Hall High School Careers Fair: Tuesday 13th October
Heritage Interpretation Design for Blockley Church
Development of an interpretation plan to RIBA stage 2 or 3 for ecclesiastical heritage project.
Deadline for proposals: 17 July 2026
Blockley