A colourful collage of Cheltenham Festivals

Cheltenham, The Festival Town

  1. The Marketing Cheltenham team

    The festival season is officially underway in Cheltenham, The Festival Town, and this year promises an exciting lineup of events to kick off the summer. Check out a few top picks we're excited for.

  2. Cheltenham Festivals & Major Events Guide 2025
    Your guide to Cheltenham festivals and major sports events in 2025, from Cheltenham Festival in March, to Cheltenham Jazz, Science, Music and Literature Festivals, Wychwood, 2000Trees and many more.
  3. Collage of images featuring 25 reasons to visit Cheltenham in 2025

    Cheltenham is gearing up for an unforgettable 2025, with a year packed full of exciting events, landmark anniversaries, and new experiences. The Festival Town is set to shine with a series of unmissable moments.

  4. The insider’s guide to Cheltenham: The Festival Town
    Come for the festivals and stay for the fun, food and fabulous hospitality: indulge your passions and experience so much more in Cheltenham.
  5. Lions at Large
    This fun, free, and family-friendly Wild in Art event will turn parks, streets, and open spaces into a vibrant outdoor gallery - celebrating the creativity, culture, and community spirit of Gloucestershire.
  6. Cheltenham Food and Drink Festival 2021
    Pamper your palate and join family and friends over one great three-day weekend to celebrate Cheltenham Food & Drink Festival. Enjoy live music, free wine tasting talks, cheese tasting, artisan food producers, along with a myriad of demonstrations from some of the country’s leading chefs.
    1. The popular free music festival at The Brewery Quarter returns to kick start the summer holidays, Friday 25 – Sunday 27 July 2025!  This electrifying event is the perfect way to get into the festival spirit before Lakefest takes place in August. A free-entry weekend of live music, dance, comedy and family fun.
      1. 25 Jul 202527 Jul 2025
    2. Open-Air Theatre Festival at Tuckwell Amphitheatre
      The idyllic, stone built, Tuckwell Amphitheatre is the perfect setting for an annual Open Air Theatre Festival. Surrounded by lush trees and shrubs and sheltered from the outside world, this magical venue attracts the very best in touring open-air theatre from across the UK.
      1. 12 Aug 202524 Aug 2025
    3. Cheltenham Music Festival returns for its 80th birthday celebrations, 4 - 18 July 2025, for eight days of incredible music.
      1. 4 Jul 202512 Jul 2025
    4. Cheltenham Ladies College
      10 days of Cheltenham heritage free to explore! Discover Cheltenham and its heritage as buildings throw open their doors to the public with a full programme of exciting walks and fascinating talks.
      1. 12 Sep 202521 Sep 2025
    5. Cheltenham’s new independent film festival, celebrating moving image, cinema and the art of film making, for film lovers everywhere.
      1. 18 Sep 202526 Sep 2025
    6. Cheltenham Literature Festival, 10-19 October, promises a feast for the mind. As the world’s longest-running literature festival, the annual event leads the way in celebrating the written and spoken word, presenting the best new voices in fiction and poetry alongside literary greats and high-profile speakers.
      1. 10 Oct 202519 Oct 2025
    7. The Showcase at Cheltenham Racecourse
      The Showcase raises the curtain to the 2025/26 Cheltenham season, once again, the thundering hooves, eager participants and excited fans will return to the Home of Jump Racing on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 October 2025.
      1. 24 Oct 202525 Oct 2025
    8. Ladies weekend in Cheltenham and Gloucester
      A line up of the 100+ best events taking place over the summer in Cheltenham 2025 including festivals, Lions at Large free public art trail, live music, theatre performances, free events & much more!
    9. Live shows in Cheltenham 2024
      Our guide to the best live performances in Cheltenham 2025, featuring comedians, music megastars and unmissable theatre shows.
    10. Cheltenham weekend breaks
      Our round up of the best 2023 Cheltenham weekend breaks, covering all budgets from luxurious town centre hotels, indulgent countryside retreats and budget friendly hotels offering great value for money…
    11. 48 hours in Cheltenham & the Cotswolds - suggested itinerary
      Our suggested itinerary for a weekend in Cheltenham and the Cotswolds. Discover and explore this lesser known cool, cosmopolitan corner of England. Explore at your own pace and uncover some of the locals’ best kept secrets.
    12. Free events in Cheltenham
      As well as providing a fabulous backdrop, packed full of things you can see, feel, explore, discover and enjoy, absolutely free, there is also a regular rotation of free events that you can pop along and take part in...
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