Next month will see the launch of the first ever Cheltenham Wellbeing Festival, a week-long celebration from the 9^th – 15th September 2019, packed full of talks, workshops and events focusing on all areas of wellbeing which aim to help local people across the Cotswolds live life well.

The festival will see over 2000 fitness classes and 70 events happening all over the town, from some of the county’s most exciting studios, experts and venues.

The moment we have all been waiting for!  The full programme for the 70th anniversary of Cheltenham Literature Festival has been announced and it is incredible. 

You can expect over 900 of the best writers, thinkers and performers of our time to our vibrant Regency town, setting the scene for once-in-a-lifetime conversations to take place over ten extraordinary days of unique experiences, critical debate and literary revelry.

Horse racing fans and first-time racegoers alike are welcomed to Cheltenham Racecourse from 10^th – 13^th March 2020 to celebrate Four Days of Extraordinary as the finest horses, jockeys, owners, and trainers battle it out for the highest racing honours, their reputations and over £4.5 million of prize money.

There is no time to be down about the summer being over with many fabulous things to do in Cheltenham this September including three major festivals – the very popular Cheltenham Paint Festival and Cheltenham Festival of Cycling plus our new festival, Cheltenham Wellbeing Festival.  We also have ten FREE days of heritage to look forward to with Cheltenham Heritage Open Days, plus a whole host of open air cinema screenings and live performances.

Get ready to fill your diaries!

Have you registered your child to take part in ‘Let’s Ride’ yet?  If not, what are you waiting for! 

HSBC UK Let’s Ride is a free cycling event taking place in Montpellier on Sunday 1^st September.  The event is family friendly, open to all ages and cycling abilities. 

There are only five weeks to go until the start of Cheltenham Heritage Open Days. This popular annual event is held as part of the UK's largest festival of history and culture with buildings across the country opening their doors to celebrate heritage, community and history. 

It may be only August but we have Christmas well and truly on our minds!  Sudeley Castle’s hugely popular Spectacle of Light returns for its fourth year this winter and we have an early bird ticket offer to share with you...

If bottomless drinks with a delicious Sunday lunch sounds like your perfect way to celebrate the end of the week read on. 

MUSE Brasserie, located on St George’s Place have launched a bottomless tipple Sunday lunch offer this August.

Want to be one of the first to hear about the newly opened restaurants and bars in Cheltenham?  You’ve come to the right place!  Every month we highlight any new dining and drinking establishments that have opened in town, round up the unmissable foodie events and share the best special offers we’ve come across.

Tuesday 23rd July marks 147 years since Edward Wilson’s birth in Montpellier Parade, Cheltenham.  Why not pop along to the The Wilson this week to join in with the celebratory activities taking place on until the 28th July?

Cheltenham Playhouse secures planning permission for anticipated redevelopment

The summer holidays are a great time to head to Cheltenham. The town is blooming with flowers and buzzing with people sat outside bars/restaurants enjoying good food and drink. 

As always there are lots of events taking place across the town over the next few weeks.  Here is our pick of some of the unmissable events in Cheltenham in August including things to do with kids this summer…

Cheltenham Festivals is delighted to announce that Jules Buckley has been appointed as the first Guest Curator for Cheltenham Music Festival from 2020.

The ‘ordinary made extraordinary’ is the goal at the new Chaplais Kitchen when it opens in Montpellier at the beginning of August.

Thousands of people will have the opportunity to get close to the action as the heart of Cheltenham is transformed into a cycle track.