Freelance Interim Venue Manager – Lansdown Hall & Gallery, Stroud
An exciting opportunity to help run and develop one of Stroud’s independent much loved arts and community venues. We’re seeking an organised, proactive community minded and commercially aware Freelance Interim Venue Manager to coordinate our small team, oversee operations and help grow venue use, income and local partnerships
8 hours per week | £25 per hour | Freelance
Initial 6-month contract | Formal review after 3 months
Closing date: Thursday 1 October
DECORATIVE ARTS WITH POMME
October is macrame: decorative knotting and a plant hanger to take home.
Wednesdays 14, 21 and 28 October, 6:30pm–8:30pm. £25 per session.
1 Kendrick Street
DESIGN SERVING LIFE-A values workshop with Lynne Elvins from Design Rally
Explore how your values can shape a more purposeful, sustainable and practical approach to business and creative work.
Tuesday 29 September 2026, 6pm-8pm
Emergence Commons, 1 Kendrick Street, Stroud
Finding the words - Creative sessions for CSA survivors and allies in Gloucester
Creative sessions for survivors and allies of child sexual abuse.
Various dates and places - find out more and book tickets through our website.
Gloucester
"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
Wild Singing / Wild Food
Wild singing workshop with Sorrel Wilde. All welcome, no experience needed, bathe in nature and song and share in a delicious lunch.
19th September, 10am (gather at 9:30 for tea and settling)
Wild Acres, Breadstone, Berkeley, Glos.
Chedworth Drama Group - Call for Actors
Auditions for a new adaptation of A Christmas Carol, performing 30 November to 5 December 2026.
Readthrough and audition: 11 September 2026. Free to participate.
Chedworth Village Hall, Chedworth.
The Mabon Tree Ball – Costume-Making Workshop with Lansdown Hall
Get ready to unleash your creativity at The Mabon Tree Ball! Join us for a fun, hands-on costume-making workshop held in person at Emmergence Commons for the Lansdown Hall. Whether you're a seasoned DIYer or just love crafting, this is your chance to design a unique outfit for the ball. Bring your ideas, your enthusiasm, and let's make some magical costumes together!
Tuesday 8 September, 2–7pm
Emergence Commons, 1 Kendrick Street, Stroud, GL5 1AQ
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
Needle Felting Workshop
Join our fun in-person Needle Felting Workshop and create cute fuzzy art with wool and needles!
Saturday 5th September 2026, 12:30 - 3pm @ £30
Emergence Commons, 1 Kendrick St, Stroud
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
Artist Residencies at Gloucestershire College
Apply for a 2026/27 AA2A residency at Gloucestershire College and gain access to specialist creative facilities, workshops and equipment across disciplines including printmaking, photography, film, textiles, illustration and digital technologies.
Applications close September 1st 2026
Looking to be part of a Creative Community and aged 18 - 30?
The Music Works is opening up places in its Creative Community for 18–30 year olds across Gloucestershire who are serious about music and the creative industries.
Sessions run Tuesdays, 6–8pm at The Music Works Gloucester Hub, and membership is £15. Spaces are limited, so get your application in by 25 August.
Gloucester
Experienced Convenor required.
Opportunity for an experienced, independent, freelance Convenor to work in Gloucestershire.
Deadline for written, video or audio applications 12noon, Friday 4th September 2026.
Gloucestershire (monthly in-person meetings otherwise flexible)
Volunteer Opportunity: Support Gloucester Guildhall's Art & Language Cafe
Volunteer at Gloucester Guildhall’s Art & Language Café, a welcoming women-centred space for people who identify as women and are developing their English through conversation, creative activities, and social connection.
Applications close: Sun 30 Aug, 11:59pm
Application review: 30 Aug– 4 September
Gloucester
Drift Tricks: Tidelines
Skateable sculptures come to Kings Square Gloucester for 1 week only!
📅 18–22 August 2026 🎟 Free and open to all
📍 King's Square, Gloucester
Open Studios in Gloucester
Open Studios, Gloucester - come and see where the magic happens!
This year, at selected dates and times between 15 and 23 August, five studios are open to visit where ten artists are showing their work .
In and around Gloucester
Page Scribblers: Writing Gothic & Supernatural Fiction
Inspired by Holst Victorian House's latest exhibition, Theodor von Holst: From Frankenstein to the Pre-Raphaelites, create imaginative fiction on dark, gothic themes.
02 Nov 2026 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, £30
Cheltenham
Victorian Sketch Club: Harvest in the Victorian kitchen
Drawing workshops at Holst Victorian House. Explore mark-making, observation and visual storytelling inspired by the Victorian age.
20 Sep 2026 10 am - 12 pm, £15
Cheltenham
Volunteer Coordinators
We are looking for members of the local community to support Gloucester's Official TedX event.
Application Deadline: 21st August
Gloucester