Cheltenham Literature Festival current ticket availability - snap them up quick!

It’s just two weeks until the world’s oldest literature festival commences.  This year is the 70th anniversary of The Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival and it is promising to be the best year yet. 

Tickets for many of the events have sold out however we will let you into a secret!  There are tickets still available for some absolutely brilliant events/talks/debates and unique experiences covering all genres.  So without further ado let us share them with you so you can go and snap them up quick!   

Please note - Tickets for the following events were available as of 1pm, 20^th September.  We have included the event four digit booking code to help you search for the tickets you are interested in.  To book visit cheltenhamfestivals.com/literature/ 

Sports & Adventure Stars

L016 Walking With Levison Wood

L020 Sam Warburton

L084 Alastair Cook

Music

L155 Madness – the whole band on stage to talk about their new book

L179 Francis Rossi: I Talk Too Much

L299 The Beatles And Me – Richard Curtis discusses being a massive Beatles fan

L285 Wham! George And Me – Andrew Ridgeley

L320 Emily Eavis: Glastonbury

Film and popular culture

L089 Lenny Henry

L139 Pam Ayres

L064 David Suchet – talking about his photography and stories from his acting life

L042 From Downton To Hollywood – the writer and producer of the movie on stage

L292 Katy Brand: Dirty Dancing – geeks out on the film – she’s written a book I Carried a Watermelon

L310 Dior: Designer Of Dreams – the curator of the smash V&A exhibition

Best-selling authors

L167 Philippa Gregory

L330 Tracy Chevalier

L262 Ian McEwan

L189 Melvyn Bragg

Food

L112 Afternoon Tea with Liam Charles

L150 Tom Kerridge

L122 Valentine Warner

Children’s writers/shows

LF15 Dermot O'Leary+Nick East

LF07 Cressida Cowell

LF65 Konnie Huq

LF14 Opera ABC - combining storytelling, facts and live music, this is a fabulously fun-filled introduction to opera for families.

LF26 I Believe In Unicorns - Award-winning storyteller Danyah Miller brings children’s author Michael Morpurgo’s treasured story to life.

Current affairs, history, big thinkers

L014 Richard Dawkins

L323 Max Hastings – on the Dambusters

L206 Kirsty Wark & Janet Ellis

L230 Simon Schama

L137 Virginia Nicholson: How Was It For You? Being a woman in the 1960s

L200 Kate Williams: Rival Queens

Click here to check out the 80 FREE events in the …around town programme including book-themed activities across the town, spoken word gigs, literary pub quizzes, tarot reading, improvisation comedy, wine tasting, storytelling sessions and family fun trails. 

Click here for exclusive top tips for making the most of the Cheltenham Literature Festival by Head of Programming, Nicola Tuxworth.