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Our photo gallery shares highlights of the fifth annual Cheltenham Paint Festival, starting with this incredible mural by Mr Cenz (on the left), featuring 9 year-old inspirational local star Nylah Abitimo-Jones. During lockdown, at just 7 years old, Nylah, who was born at in Gulu, Uganda and now…
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The Brewery Quarter’s annual Summer Jam returned from a two-year break with a bang last weekend in Cheltenham, with a three-day festival full of musical talent. This year’s festival, Summer Jam: The Lakefest warmup was in association with the region’s largest family friendly festival Lakefest…
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Last night we finally experienced the utterly joyous Great British Bake Off The Musical at the Everyman Theatre. After hearing people rave about it all week we couldn’t wait to check it out for ourselves and it did not disappoint! Production shots by Manuel Harlan, commissioned by the Everyman…
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Built in 1891, The Everyman Theatre is a defining landmark of regency Cheltenham and has an established reputation as a cultural hub for Gloucestershire. The theatre employs over 120 full and part-time staff and is estimated to positively impact the local economy to over £4 million annually. In…
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At the Holst Victorian House, you can appreciate the incredible music of Gustav Holst while exploring the only Victorian period house open to the public in Cheltenham. Composer of one of the most recorded pieces of English orchestral music, The Planet Suite, and In the Bleak Midwinter, Gustav Holst…
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Dubbed by both Kerrang! Magazine and Total Guitar as Britain’s coolest festival, 2000Trees is a raucous, rough-edged and joyous three-day extravaganza that any fan of rock, punk and anti-mainstream society would be foolish to miss out on. As soon as you arrive at Upcote Farm, a beautiful site…
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Your chance to see Holst manuscripts, which are on display at our local museum for the first time in over a hundred years. Hidden in a Drawer: Gustav Holst’s Lost Manuscripts : 9 July – 21 December 2022 Two manuscripts by Gustav Holst (1874-1934), Folk Songs from Somerset and Two Songs Without…
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Based on the award-winning novel by Michael Morpurgo, author of War Horse and The Butterfly Lion, this thrilling stage adaptation by Director Elle While, is a poignant and moving tribute to the casualties of the First World War and those that were left behind. Read on below for our full review…
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Brewhouse & Kitchen, based in the Brewery Quarter Cheltenham and Gloucester Quays Designer Outlet Centre, and part of the UK’s largest brewpub group with a total of 23 venues, was named the winners of “Pub Brand of the Year 2022” at last night’s National Pub & Bar Awards. The award was accepted on…
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We are delighted that The Wilson Art Gallery and Museum reopens on Saturday 23 July after a dynamic £500,000 re-design, with a weekend schedule of events and activities for the local community and visitors to Cheltenham to enjoy. The significant refurbishment of Cheltenham’s leading cultural hub…
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