Following its success last year, the Gloucester Americana Festival is back this weekend and will be better than before! With more locations across the city, the Americana Music Festival will be heard far and wide during the weekend of 4th & 5th October, so save...
2022 is set to be an exciting year for Gloucester as the city announces its festival and events programme including the launch event for the newly developed Kings Square. The cultural and creative feast is kicked off by the return of Bright Nights this month, which...
Launching this Saturday is the Feel Good in Gloucester Trail. Get out and about this week with The Gloucester Trail! Created by a group of local and passionate businesses, retailers and attractions combined; this adventure around our home of Gloucester is a fun and...
TWELVE festive reindeers painted by local artists will be bringing Christmas joy to Gloucester. From Tuesday 23th November, you’ll be able to spot the colourful reindeers on the loose around the city and, if you help Father Christmas find all of his runaway reindeers...
The shortlist for the 2025 Believe in Gloucester Awards has been revealed, and the excitement is building across the city. Fifteen categories are packed with incredible finalists, each reflecting the passion, resilience and creativity Gloucester is known for. From...
The Danger Tree, a unique augmented reality art experience by oil painter Scarlett Raven, and digital artist Marc Marot, comes to Gloucester for a month-long exhibition. Exploring the true stories of World War One through paint, animation, music, and poetry; the...
The Folk of Gloucester, the community, events and exhibition space is holding a folk festival on the 16th of September. The “Folk at the Folk” festival is bringing together over 25 different song, music and dance acts from around the county and beyond. There will also...
The Food Dock is staging a series of live music ‘Sunset Sessions’ this Summer on Thursday evenings from 21st May to 6th August. Open to all, new local artists will perform on the Food Dock Deck from 7pm to 8.30pm. In partnership with The Music Works, this new weekly...
Join us at The Ideas Agency for a high-energy innovation event on Friday 21 April at Gloucester Brewery (with as much pizza as you can eat!) in support of childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish. We want to invite you and your team to a in-person workshop where...
Feel Good Gloucester takes place on Friday 28 June in King’s Square Gloucester to promote health and wellbeing to people living and working in the city. Organised by Marketing Gloucester with funding from Gloucester BID, Feel Good Gloucester hopes to encourage members...
Two funding pots held by Gloucester City Council worth a combined £77,000 have launched to support people and organisations in Gloucester to create, take part in and experience high quality creative activities and events next year between April 2025 and March 2026....
New three-year residency launched ahead of the 300th edition of the festival in 2028. The Three Choirs Festival announces Gavin Higgins as its inaugural Associate Composer, marking the launch of a major composer development programme, and continuing the festival’s...
This half term many of Gloucester’s retailers and attractions have joined together to create a feel-good community trail with some amazing prize bundles to be won. The trail was inspired by Gloucester businesses collectively wanting to give something back to the...
Glossy the Rabbit was in a mad dash; she was already running late to get to The Guildhall in time to watch the long-awaited Peter Rabbit 2 – The Runaway film! In her haste to get there in time to buy some popcorn before the film started, she did not notice that all...
A new 2.5 mile circular walk around the central part of the City of Gloucester. The route is way marked and includes artwork depicting the different elements of the city and identifying buildings and events of historic interest. ‘Look’ signs point out items of...
Folk musicians from around the county will congregate in Gloucester in a month’s time for a brand new, FREE event. The very first Gloucester Folk Trail takes place from 23 to 25 February as venues across the city host traditional and...
Gloucester is set to come alive on Small Business Saturday, as Gloucester BID hosts a festive celebration designed to draw families, shoppers and visitors into the heart of the city. The Festive Fun event will “activate” Westgate Street with a Christmas Create &...
Gloucester BID is thrilled to invite local businesses to participate in an exciting new project: Love Gloucester. This initiative aims to encourage residents to explore Gloucester and shop on our city during a traditionally quieter time of year. All participating...
Find all ten golden cycling related items hidden in Gloucester businesses in the run up to the Tour of Britain, and you could win a prize! Gloucester Business Improvement District (BID) is launching its summer trail this Saturday 6 August. To take part, people can...
Gloucester Business Improvement District (BID) is seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Project Manager for their Runaway Reindeer Trail around this city this Christmas. The trail, which includes 12 x 6ft reindeers decorated by local artists, are due to ‘runaway’...
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