Work With Us! Events Marketing And Site Festival Assistant
This role sits at the heart of SVA to support SVA's team in building new audiences, deepening engagement with our artistic community, and strengthening our financial sustainability through earned income. We're looking for someone who loves visiting arts events, and feels at ease connecting with artists, visitors and audiences.
Application deadline: Wednesday 7th October, 5pm
Interviews: Tuesday 13th and Wednesday 14th October
SVA
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
The Music Works is Hiring - Three roles available!
Three roles at The Music Works across strategy, front-of-house and commercial development.
Strategic Operations Director (fixed-term, no deadline stated). Hub Receptionist, £21,157.50–£24,784.50 pro rata, 22 hours per week, permanent, deadline 9 October. Commercial Development Consultant, £20,000 fixed fee, 3–5 months, deadline 18 October 2026.
The Music Works, Gloucester.
STRATEGIC PROGRAMME MANAGER
This exciting new role will support ‘That’s an Idea’; a new, radical and ambitious programme that seeks to make systemic change across Gloucestershire; embedding Arts and Culture into everyday life with creative activity that communities themselves design, value and lead.
3–5 days per week | Hybrid | Gloucestershire
£35,000–£40,000 FTE | 1-year contract with potential to extend
Closing date for applications 30th September 2026
Data Day 2027
Save the date!
Block out Thursday 11th February 2027 in your diary for a day of sharing, discussing, creating and connecting: exploring how to make data work for Gloucestershire. Look out soon for our invitation to contribute session ideas & proposals.
Artist Studio Programme 2027 – The Wilson, Cheltenham
A 12-month studio residency for emerging artists in Gloucestershire (no cost). Open to emerging artists aged 18+ living in Gloucestershire, with no formal arts qualifications required and no upper age limit. Applications from artists and communities currently underrepresented within the arts are particularly welcomed.
Application Deadline: Sunday 1 November 2026
Interviews: 24 & 25 November 2026
The Wilson, Cheltenham
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
Alumni gathering
A free gathering for alumni of The Catalyst Programme, Meeting Life as a Creative Adventure, and the Healthy Communities Together co-lab.
Wednesday 14 October 2026, 9.30am (for 10am start) to 12.30pm, with lunch afterwards. Free to attend.
The Heritage Hub, Gloucester.
Catalyst Foundation: creative leadership course
A free creative leadership course for changemakers across Gloucestershire, running across five sessions from November 2026 to March 2027.
Express interest by emailing tracey@creategloucestershire.co.uk.
Locations across Gloucestershire (mix of in-person and online).
"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.
Open Space 2026
A free community day exploring how creativity can grow in Gloucestershire, for artists, community connectors, and anyone creativity-curious.
Wednesday 16 September, 9.30am–2.30pm. Free to attend, lunch provided.
Friendship Cafe, Chequers Bridge Centre, Gloucester.
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