Business call out for Tall Ship shop window art installations!
Gloucester BID is looking for 12 businesses in the BID area that are interested in having a themed piece of artwork installed and displayed on their window for the month of May. The business must have a street level window that is large enough for a piece of themed...
Callout for landlubber local artists me hearties!
Wanted for our Tall Ship shop window art installation for May, to help us deliver an exciting project for May 2024. The successful candidate will be asked to provide and deliver two parts of this project. Part one is to design 12 pirate and/or tall ship designs or...
Gloucester Pirate Walk 2024
Ahoy ye city Shanty lovers, landlubbers, sea farers and river people. We weigh anchor from Cafe Rene at 3pm. All salty seadogs are welcome to join us on a lively jaunt around the city centre raising funds for the gallant Severn Area Rescue Association Sharpness. A...
Gloucester Shanty Festival & Pirate Walk Set to Delight the City Crowds This Bank Holiday Weekend!
Ahoy me hearties and land lubbers, next Bank Holiday weekend, Gloucester City Centre will be awash with more sea fairing shenanigans, with the free Gloucester Shanty Festival and Pirate Walk – 25th & 26th May. As part of the much-anticipated Tall Ships...
Gloucester Shanty Festival 2024
Back for 2024 with a plethora of Shanty shenanigans for all lovers of Maritime music. Gloucester Shanty Festival is a fringe event for Gloucester Tall Ships and all venues for the Shanty Festival are FREE ENTRY! The event is funded by Gloucester BID and city centre...
Pirates Retreat at The Folk of Gloucester
To celebrate the Tall Ships returning to Gloucester, the Folk is becoming a haven for Pirates, Buccaneers, Mini pirates, and Music lovers. With a range of activities for all, from Talks about The Titanic and Gloucester’s own Pirate to Music from the Gloucester Shanty...
Pirates Retreat Children’s Activities
Join us at the Folk of Gloucester where you can explore making your own pirate-themed costumes. Local artist Ally Goff will be running craft sessions helping you to create pirate hats, bandanas, and eye patches. All materials included and be dressed in style for the...
Sailing into the Jubilee weekend with the return of Gloucester Tall Ships
The award-winning nautical festival, Gloucester Tall Ships, returns for 2022 on the 3rd June until the 5th June over The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee weekend with a jam-packed schedule of family fun and entertainment. The free-to-attend event, funded in partnership by...
Small Ships Trail
Ahoy there, matey! Are you ready to embark on a nautical adventure like no other? Join us at this May Half-term for our exciting Small Ships Trail! Set sail through the museum and discover all the nautical themed objects in our collection. While you’re here,...
Spring Bank Holiday Open Weekend
Step inside our listed buildings and find out more about the events and people that shaped Llanthony’s history, including an Archbishop of Canterbury, and King Henry VII. This is also during the Tall Ships Festival in Gloucester so there will be lots to enjoy...
Spring Bank Holiday Open Weekend
Step inside our listed buildings and find out more about the events and people that shaped Llanthony’s history, including an Archbishop of Canterbury, and King Henry VII. This is also during the Tall Ships Festival in Gloucester so there will be lots to enjoy...
Swashbuckling Collaboration Brings Pirate Fun to the City of Gloucester!
Ships ahoy! Gloucester Business Improvement District and the Graphic Design Team at Gloucestershire College have joined forces to bring the city of Gloucester some pirate inspired window art installations in time for the Tall Ships Festival this month. Â The project...
Tall Ships, Tall Tales and a County Pirate
Gloucester and its Tall Ships For nearly 200 years Gloucester Docks have been welcoming Tall masted sailing ships, this weekend is a reminder of the days when Gloucester traded with the world. The last masted ships stopped trading around 1960 since then sailing ships...
