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What's On Cheltenham - March Events Guide
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You can feel the excitement in the air as we hurtle towards the busiest week of the year for Cheltenham, The Cheltenham Festival. From the 10 – 13 March over 266,000 visitors are expected to travel miles to our Regency town to experience the most prestigious and iconic jump racing event. For horse racing fans around the world the four days of extraordinary racing are the ultimate bucket list event.
Check out our Guide to The Cheltenham Festival featuring many festival preview evenings at venues across town, race wear style guides and recommended places to dine over race week.
March is also the season of new beginnings as bulbs begin to bloom bringing Cheltenham alive with colour. It’s also the month to show appreciation to your mum on Mother’s Day, Sunday 22 March. Our March events guide below features some of the unmissable events taking place. For a comprehensive list of Cheltenham March events check out our What’s On Guide.
Festivals
Dates: 10 - 13 March. Venue: Cheltenham Racecourse
Dates: 20 – 22 March. Venue: Cheltenham Town Hall
Live Performances
March is an action packed month in Cheltenham with a wide variety of shows, talks, concerts and musicals taking place…
Crime drama. Dates: 2 – 7 March. Venue: Everyman Theatre
Tribute music act. Date: 9 March. Venue: Cheltenham Town Hall
Talk. Date: 10 March. Venue: Cheltenham Town Hall.
Orchestra. Date: 11 March. Cheltenham Town Hall
Milton Jones – Milton: Impossible
Comedy. Date: 12 March. Venue: Cheltenham Town Hall
Concert. Dates: 10 – 14 March. Venue: Everyman Theatre
Talk. Date: 23 March. Venue: Cheltenham Town Hall
David Baddiel: Trolls Not The Dolls
Comedy. Date: 15 March. Venue: Everyman Theatre
Comedy. Dates: 17 – 21 March. Venue: Everyman Theatre
Comedy. Date: 18 March. Venue: Cheltenham Town Hall
Production. Dates: 23 – 28 March. Venue: Everyman Theatre
Clairvoyant. Date: 28 March. Venue: The Isbourne
Vienna Festival Ballet: Sleeping Beauty
Ballet. Date: 29 March. Venue: Bacon Theatre
Musical. Date: 31 March. Venue: Cheltenham Town Hall
Unmissable Family Events this March
With the weather getting warmer this month and the mornings getting lighter it’s a great time to get outdoors with your family and enjoy local events. For more inspiration check out our guide - Things to do in Cheltenham.
Dates: 7 March. Venue: Bacon Theatre
Live Lambing at Cotswold Farm Park
Dates: Daily until the 19 April. Venue: Cotswolds Farm Park.
Hollywood Bowl Family Fun Weekend
Dates: 14 – 15 March. Venue: The Brewery Quarter
Shopping Events in Cheltenham
Cheltenham Preloved Kilo – Pay just £15 per kilo of clothes
Date: 8 March. Venue: Cheltenham Town Hall.
‘Hot to Trot’ Beauty Mornings – Get ready for the Races!
Dates: 10-13 March. Venue: John Lewis Cheltenham
Date: 15 March. Venue: Glenfall House
The Joules Big Sale- Up to 60% everything
Dates: 27 - 29 March. Venue: Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse.
Mother’s Day Events in Cheltenham 2020
Afternoon tea or a fabulous meal is the perfect treat to show your mum how much she means to you. Many venues in town are hosting special events for Mother’s Day including…
Queens Hotel – Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea
Sudeley Castle - Mother's Day Afternoon Tea
Glenfall House - Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea
No. 131 – Mother’s Day Afternoon Tea
Pittville Pump Room – Mother’s Day Lunch
Queens Hotel - Mother's Day Sunday Lunch
Drop in STEM Club. Make recycled paper to create your Mother’s Day card
Click here to check out our Cheltenham Mother's Day Gift Guide.