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Once a year, Newent transforms into a town-wide yard sale trail. Stroll the route and browse driveway pop-ups filled with preloved finds, homemade bakes, handmade crafts and quirky treasures, all sold by your Newent neighbours.
Saturday, 20 June 2026 | 10am – 4pm
Across Newent
Join Queer Ecologist Izzy McLeod for creative workshops exploring the queer world of fungi.
Queer Fungi 101: Zine and Collage workshop Sunday 14 June | 13:30-15:30
Queer Fungi Interconnections: Embroidery and Applique Friday 19 June | 16:00-18:00
Stroud Library
For students and young people thinking about a creative career…come along to chat with friendly creative professionals who work across fashion, textiles, graphic design and make up!
Friday 29th May, 6.30 - 8 pm
Many Hands Reading Room, Nailsworth
Juggling & Movement Workshop with Charles Brockbank Join circus artist Charles Brockbank for a playful, hands-on workshop exploring juggling, movement and how we interact with the spaces around us.
📅 Monday 25 May ⏰ 10:00–11:30
The Chantry Centre, Dursley
Saturday 6 June, expect roaming performances, treasure hunts, ropey encounters, magical roadside creations, fishy chaos and playful moments appearing across Dursley town centre.
On Tuesday 26 May, Let’s Create is teaming up with Offbeat Dursley to host a free creative making session where we’ll be building fish hats, costumes, props and wearable sea-creature chaos ready for the Fish Disco happening at Offbeat on Saturday 6 June.
Drop In 10 am-11:30 am
Chantry Centre, Dursley
Join us at Newent Lake for a free Community Picnic as we bring our community together over shared food and good company.
Date: Saturday, 20 June 2026, Picnic time: 4pm - 6pm
Location: Newent Lake
OFF GRID is a new series of free monthly workshops for young people who love art, creativity and trying new things. Each session introduces a different artistic practice – from animation and photography to drawing, performance, sewing and wood carving – led by a different resident artist from The Wilson.
Various Dates 🕕 6–8pm 🎟 Free to attend
The Wilson, Cheltenham
Aly Lloyd’s debut solo exhibition of textile paintings explores how we see and sense through interactive, light-responsive works on velvet, moiré and denim. Hosted at Sixteen Gallery, Cheltenham, the exhibition invites visitors to engage with the work physically and take part in a dynamic pricing concept by choosing their own price.
The exhibition runs from Thursday 25 June to Wednesday 1 July. Open daily 10am–5pm, excluding Sunday (10am–4pm).
16 Rotunda Terrace,
Montpellier Street,
Cheltenham,
GL50 1SW
Tour Dates 2026 'Bird Nerd & The Red List' funded by Arts Council England
Various Dates and Locations from 23rd May!
Unsettled Theatre is bringing their highly reviewed family show, The Untold Fable of Fritz, to Cheltenham Fringe this May!
28 May 2026 for ages 5+
Cheltenham Playhouse
Free Creative Workshops for Young People! Incl. youth dance workshops, film, photography and vinyl workshops in Stroud; drumming, singing, contemporary dance and painting large-scale backdrops in Dursley; creating props, costumes and masks from waste materials in Gloucester.
Various Dates
Over 200 sculptures from members of the Cotswold Sculptors Association on display in the garden and indoor exhibition space at Miserden for this year's sculpture exhibition.
Every Wednesday to Sunday, 10am–5pm, from 3rd June to 2nd August 2026
Miserden
A celebration of the art and craft of printmaking with Gloucestershire Printmaking Cooperative's Print in the Park exhibition and a Spring Print Fair complemented by a special pop up plant sale in the beautiful walled garden.
The Print Fair on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 April will see over 25 stall holders showing and selling their prints.
@museum in the park, Stroud
For 16 to 25 year olds who love Hip Hop culture, whether music, dance, lyrics or graffiti, and care about the environment. Open to asylum seekers, refugees and young people of global majority or migrant backgrounds.
17th April - 29th May - only 15 spaces!
Fair Shares allotment @fairshares
Cheltenham Teens! (Youth Theatre for 14–18s ) Develop acting, movement & stage skills, collaborate with peers, and perform in a professional theatre space. Led by a Bristol Old Vic–trained practitioner. Limited funded places!
FREE - starts April
Hesters Way Community Resource Centre.
Join Strike A Light Artistic Director Emma Jane and Co-Chairs Rae and Andrew for a conversation about our co-chair model.
Wednesday 15 April 2026 // 12.30pm -1.20pm //
Online (via zoom)
Come and sing in the beautiful surroundings of St Mary de Crypt in central Gloucester on Sunday 10th May 2025 from 1.30pm - 5pm. You'll be led by welcoming and experienced song leaders Sorrel Wilde, Kirsty Abraham and Renee Berkhout.
Kelly O’Brien’s ‘No Rest For The Wicked’ positions working-class women’s lives as both sacred and political.
20th March – 16th May 2026:
Wednesdays and Thursdays, 10am - 3pm /Fridays and Saturdays, 11am - 4pm
Meanwhile Gallery, The Promenade, First Floor, Eastgate Shopping Centre GL1 1AG
A photography exhibition on Gloucesters forgotten Picturehouse, the Picturedrome.
Open 2-6 PM Mon-Fri and 12-6 PM Sat/Sun.
Magdala Rd Entrance ,The Shirt Factory, 51 Derby Rd, Gloucester GL1 4AE
Hawkwood are looking for volunteers - be a vital part of making our community festival a success!
4th May 10-5pm
Hawkwood
This Upsurge masterclass is led by Liam Trappe, UK Copyright Manager at Warner Chappell Music.
Tue 14th Apr at 6:00pm-Tue 14th Apr at 7:30pm - FREE
Online
Interactive Lighting Experience Launches on World Happiness Day! Through light, colour and movement, the sculpture will take on a renewed presence in Gloucester’s evening landscape, inviting residents and visitors to experience a familiar landmark in a new way.
Spring into the season at one of Newent's biggest celebrations – now in its third year!
Saturday, 21 March 2026 | 10am – 4pm
Where: Throughout Newent
Cost: FREE to attend
Parking: FREE at Lewell Street car park
Dr Simon Opher in conversation with Dr Phil Hammond on mental health, this is a recorded podcast aimed at opening the conversation on men's mental health and the importance of talking. If you care about your own mental health, your dad’s, your brother’s, your partner’s or your mate’s this is for you.
Thursday 12th March at 19:00 @£15.00
Brimscombe Mill
The Idea's Assembly is a cross between a people’s assembly and a creative think tank. Combining group discussions with hands-on tasks this playful workshop is designed to get participants generating ideas together.
Dates & Locations:
21 March, 2 - 4pm, The Wilson Museum & Gallery, Cheltenham / 24 March, 6 - 8pm, JOLT, Gloucester / 1 April, 6 - 8pm, The Wilson Museum & Gallery, Cheltenham
The Stroud Improv Show returns even bigger and better than before at Lansdown Hall Sunday 12th April 2026.
Sunday 12th April 2026 /Doors open at 6:30pm / show starts at 7pm / Tickets are £10 in advance (no booking fees) / £11 on the door / Age guidance 14+
Lansdown Hall, Stroud
A day of creative connection for the VI community. Walk together, chat, get creative and enjoy good food! For adults, children and families who are blind, partially sighted or living with sight loss.
Saturday 21st February 2026, 12.00–3.00pm (arrival from 11.45am) Lunch included.
Scout Hut, Pittville Park, Cheltenham
Help support Hidden Notes Festival 2026 in Stroud! Critics and attendees have described Hidden Notes as a “top festival for expanding your musical horizons” and praised its imaginative programming and welcoming atmosphere.
Happening in September 2026 @ Stroud