JUNE - SEPTEMBER 2019 - YOUR GUIDE TO GLOUCESTER'S EVENTS THIS SUMMER - St. Peter's Catholic Primary School
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YOUR GUIDE TO GLOUCESTER’S EVENTS THIS SUMMER
JUNE - SEPTEMBER 2019
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Welcome to SoMAC – Platinum Sponsors
Get a little closer to Gloucester’s Summer of Music,
our nearest neighbour Arts & Culture.
Over the course of the next few months,
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there will be a whole range of world class
arts, musical and cultural events taking
The place in the City of Gloucester.
There’s exciting From Earth to the Moon
season of events, the Three Choirs Festival,
Gloucester Music Festival, Sibling Distillery
Art In The City live painting event, the
ever-popular Gloucester Rhythm & Blues Partners
Festival, the Gloucester Rooftop Season,
Gloucester Carnival, Pro Gloucester Goes
Retro to name just a few.
Museum of Gloucester Over the following pages you will find
29th June – 21st September 2019 listings for museum exhibitions, live music
concerts, arts and craft workshops, and lots
of fun events to enjoy over what promises
to be a spectacular summer to remember!
Images:
Marketing Gloucester, Gloucester Cathedral, Three
Choirs Festival, Discover DeCrypt, Gaia, Gloucester SoMAC Organiser
Quays, Llanthony Secunda Priory, Museum of
Gloucester, Strike A Light.
Dates and times correct at time of going to print. Please check with
individual venues before travelling. Marketing Gloucester Ltd,
Gloucester City Council and other businesses and organisations listed in
this guide reserve the right to alter or cancel aspects of the programme
in the event of unforeseen circumstances. Every care has been taken to
ensure the accuracy of information in this guide. You accept all risks and
01452 396131 responsibility for losses, damages, costs and other consequences arising
directly or indirectly from using this leaflet and any information and
www.museumofgloucester.co.uk material available from it.
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Gloucester Three Choirs Festival in a light-
JUNE hearted evening of general knowledge
quizzing presented by Allen Prior. Come
with a pre-formed team of 4 or on your
own – additional teams will be created on
the night. A paying bar will be available. In
support of Gloucester Three Choirs Festival.
Art Workshops:
Pastels with David Brindley Gloucester
Saturday 8 June | 10am – 4pm
Discover DeCrypt Cathedral Tours
Booking in advance essential £25
Learn the art of working with soft pastels. Library Tours
RAFA Gloucestershire Display Choose a subject – landscape or still Discover the story of our hidden medieval
Rachel Markwick – Saturdays & Sundays in June | 10am-4pm
life – and David will guide you through library by joining one of our library tours.
Stamp Collage Artist Jetage Museum
FREE the process from composition through to
Until 30 September Cathedral Highlight Tours
jetagemuseum.org building of form and texture. You’ll learn a
National Waterways Museum Enjoy a guide tour of the main Cathedral
Adult £8.50/ Child £5.00/5 and under Free/ RAF100 commemorative tapestries. variety of skills to enable you to continue
including the world-famous Cloisters, the
Family £20.00/ Concs £7.50
working in this lovely medium at home.
magnificent tomb of Edward II and the
An exhibition of stamp collage artworks Flow Photo Exhibition Suitable for beginners or more advanced
recently restored Lady Chapel.
relating to ships and featuring the Thursday 6 June - Saturday 13 July students.
Gloucester Docks. Rachel is often inspired Sabrina 5, National Waterways Museum Tower Tours
by poems and the sea. The reaction of
Adult £8.50/ Child £5/5 & under Free/ Tours of the Kings Bastion Climb 269 winding steps to the top of the
Family £20/ Concs £7.50 With Gloucester Civic Trust
most people when they see her work for 15th century tower to enjoy the best views
Flow Photo is the inaugural national Tuesdays 11 June, 9 July and 13 August
the first time is one of complete surprise of Gloucestershire.
photography competition and exhibition 11am, 11.45am and 12.30pm
and it’s not until they examine them closely Museum of Gloucester
about water and waterways. Selected Crypt Tours
that they realise they are created with £5 per person (U14’s free)
works from the competition will be Descend the steps from the South Transept
stamps. Alongside the exhibition museum Book tickets at gloucesterticketshop.co.uk
exhibited at the National Waterways to discover the hidden subterranean level
visitors will have the opportunity to create Gloucester City Council, working in
Museum Gloucester on the floating of the Cathedral. This is where you will
their own Rachel Markwick inspired stamp partnership with the King’s Walk Shopping
exhibition space Sabrina 5. On every find the earliest parts of the building.
collage. Centre and the Civic Trust, is re-opening
Saturday throughout the exhibition, visitors
will have the opportunity to make their own the King’s Walk Bastion for public tours
Toddler Time again this summer. The chamber contains All tour times and ticket information can be
pinhole camera. The exhibition has been found at www.gloucestercathedral.org.uk
Saturdays | 10.30am-12.30pm the remains of part of the Roman city wall
developed by Future Water Association in
Discover DeCrypt and a medieval defensive tower, probably
association with the Canal & River Trust.
Come and have fun in the Schoolroom: constructed during the reign of Henry III.
cuddle the big bear, listen to stories in the This rare and unique opportunity is not to
tipi, puzzles, games, art and ride-ons. Fun Quiz Evening
Friday 7 June | 7.30pm be missed. Tours last approx. 40 minutes.
Coffee, tea and snacks. Children must be Meet at King’s Walk. Hurry, only 15 places
Parliament Room, Gloucester Cathedral
accompanied by a responsible adult. Tickets £14 per person or £50 for team of 4, are available each tour!
Free (donations invited for refreshments). includes ploughman’s supper, available from Please note: Under 18’s must be accompanied by an
No booking required. adult. This tour is not really suitable for children under
Gift Shop, 01452 768928 or www.3choirs.org
12. Access to the chamber may be difficult for those
All are welcome to join the Friends of with mobility problems.
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South Gloucestershire and Stroud the possibilities of hand stitching as a
College Fashion Show means to slowing down and relaxing.
Thursday 13 June | 7.30pm (doors open 7pm) Work on your own unfinished projects
Gloucester Cathedral or start a yearlong slow stitch project.
£6/£4.50 concs available from: Everyone is welcome.
ticketsource.co.uk/sgs-college-stroud-campus
It’s the time of the year where the hard Adult Craft Workshops:
work is brought to life with the highlight Kantha Hand Embroidery
event of the Fashion and Textiles students’ Saturday 15 June| 1pm – 4pm
calendar. Come and support the incredibly Museum of Gloucester
talented young people we have been £30 at gloucesterticketshop.co.uk
working with, in an event they have With Textile artist Claire Taylor-Jones we
designed for you! will explore the highly addictive technique
of Kantha hand embroidery and make a
ACP and SGS Alumni present small picture of a Ginko leaf.
The Wearable Art Competition Beat the Street In this planned performance from tutor
and Catwalk 2019 Informal Lunchtime Concert Wednesday 26 June to Wednesday 7 August Karen Perrins, the group have taken their
Friday 14 June | 7.30pm (doors open 7pm) Chess Valley Male Voice Choir At Beat Boxes all across Gloucester! inspiration from “Night in the Museum”
Gloucester Cathedral Saturday 15 June | 1pm FREE and will be performing a piece called
£6/£4 concessions, available from Gloucester Cathedral beatthestreet.me/gloucester
FREE
“Morning in the Museum.” This is an
ticketsource.co.uk/sgs-college-stroud-campus Gloucester is set to be transformed into a
Celebrating their 25th Anniversary with a inclusive promenade performance inspired
Join Art Couture Painswick and the giant game this summer as thousands of
wonderful concert of music. by the museum’s collections and will take
alumni of South Gloucestershire and residents compete to see if their school, the audience on a journey through the
Stroud College in a one-day wearable community group or workplace can museum with pockets of performance
extravaganza. The first combined SGS As You Like It walk, run, scoot or cycle the furthest. Beat along the way and a chance to see visual
Alumni and ACP event, and we welcome Friday 21 June | 7pm the Street is a free, fun challenge where
Llanthony Secunda Priory arts created by the group.
you all to see their showcase! Gloucester residents will be rewarded with
Adults £14/ Concs £13/ U15s £7 from
points and prizes for exploring the city.
ticketweb.uk or call 01452 563499/521575. Evening Organ Recital
Cool Aeronautics The game returns to Gloucester after a Christopher Too
Saturday 15 June | 10am-4pm Enjoy an evening of Shakespeare on the
successful game in 2018 which saw more Wednesday 26 June | 7.30pm
Jetage Museum longest day of the year as Rain or Shine
than 10,000 people take part. Gloucester Cathedral
FREE Theatre Company return once more to
Beat the Street is designed to inspire FREE with a retiring collection in aid of
jetagemuseum.org Llanthony. Doors open at 5.30pm for
people to make small changes, such as Cathedral Music
Aviation education and fun from the picnics, performance starts at 7pm.
walking or cycling to school every day,
Royal Aeronautic Society Gloucester and
to improve health and help re-set the Feel Good Gloucester
Cheltenham Branch, local aerospace Informal Lunchtime Recital Friday 28 June | 12pm - 6pm
way in which we embed physical activity
companies, Jet Age Museum and the Cheltenham Choral Society Kings Square
Saturday 22 June | 1pm into everyday life. You can join the fun,
Gloucestershire Airport. FREE
Gloucester Cathedral free game and play with all the family by
picking up a Beat the Street card from your To celebrate health and wellbeing,
FREE with a retiring collection
Slow Stitch Saturdays library, leisure or community centre. Gloucester BID are funding a day filled
Saturdays 15 June, 20 July & 24 August A friendly, amateur choir with a long
with drop-in zumba lessons between 1
10am-12.30pm standing reputation for providing a top
Art Shape presents & 2 pm, yoga lessons from 12 - 1pm &
Museum of Gloucester quality experience for both audiences and
Morning in the Museum 2 - 2.45pm, and a range of stalls in Kings
£5/ Concs £3 from gloucesterticketshop.co.uk singers.
Wednesday 26 June | 11am-12pm Square between 12 - 6pm. Come down
Relax and unwind in the Museums café.
Museum of Gloucester | FREE and recharge before a busy summer!
Join Artist Claire Taylor-Jones and explore
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A Kindertransport Journey by Reverend Blue A Night at the Opera
Stephen Gowland and Euan Tait Wednesday 20 June | 9pm-late Caroline Sharpe (soprano), Helen
Gaudeamus Vocal Consort, Gaudeamus Café René Anne Gregory (mezzo soprano),
Strings, David McKee (conductor) FREE John Rodger (tenor) and Robert John
Saturday 15 June | 7.30pm-8.30pm Blues band Reverend Blue bring their eclectic Edwards (baritone), and pianist Gina
Discover DeCrypt blues style to popular local venue Café René. Kruger
www.gloucestermusicfestival.co.uk FREE The Honeymoon Swing Quintet
The Kindertransport programme saved Songs for Tenor and Harp Saturday 22 June | 6-9.30pm
Johnny Coppin, Paul Burgess thousands of children from the Holocaust. Ten Thursday 20 June | 12.30-1.20pm Llanthony Priory
& guests children came to stay in Gloucester, staying with St John’s Northgate Church £13.25, tickets available from
Thursday 13 June | 7.45pm-9.45pm local families. This new piece sets a libretto by FREE gloucestermusicfestival.co.uk
Discover DeCrypt Euan Tait to music by Stephen Gowland. Tenor Deryck Webb and harpist Bronwen The Honeymoon Swing Quintet kick off the
Tickets are free but limited from Wilkins explore the repertoire for tenor voice evening with fun, foot-tapping swing music
gloucestermusicfestival.co.uk and harp in this lunchtime recital. followed by opera classics.
The James D’Angelo Trio
Popular local musician Johnny Coppin brings Sunday 16 June | 5pm-6pm
his unique and haunting songs to a Gloucester Requiem Mass
audience. He is joined by Paul Burgess and the
Discover DeCrypt Alive and Brel Sunday 23 June | 10.30-11.45am
FREE directed by Tim Brown Discover DeCrypt
Ecclesiastical Choir (Director Vicki Field). Songs and pieces for soprano, clarinet and Thursday 20 June | 7.30-8.45pm FREE
piano. Café René Gaudeamus Vocal Consort perform a mass
Refuge and Exile FREE setting by a Renaissance composer, in a
Charlotte Newstead (soprano) The finest songs from the iconic master of the
Musical Yoga religious service at Discover DeCrypt.
Stefan Hofkes (piano) modern chanson, Jacques Brel, come to life
Sunday 16 June | 7pm-8.30pm
Friday 14 June | 12.30pm-1.15pm
Blackfriars Priory when this trio of singers perform their cabaret Jazz Day at Llanthony Priory
Discover DeCrypt revue ‘Alive and Brel’. Featuring well-known Sunday June 23 | 1-9.15pm
FREE, email julia@juliafrearson.com to book
FREE classics such as Ne me quitte pas/if you go Llanthony Priory
Experience this unique and powerful way to
Including songs by Schubert, Schumann, away, Amsterdam and Jacky. FREE
practise yoga, in a session led by Julia Frearson
Wolf, Rachmaninov, and a new work by Philip Free jazz day for all the family.
and accompanied on the guitar by Keith Hyett.
Lancaster and Euan Tait. 1pm Denmark Road School Jazz Group
Late Night Jazz
2pm Groovelator
Concert Tristan Watson Jazz Ensemble
From Renaissance to Rock Thursday 20 June | 9pm till late
3.15pm Ben Cipolla
IatB Ensemble City of Gloucester Community Choir 4.30pm Belle Day
Stonehouse Community Choir Café René
Friday 14 June | 7.30pm-9.15pm 5.45pm Los Gusanos
Monday 17 June | 7.30pm-8.30pm FREE
St John’s Northgate Church 7pm Dr Zebo’s Wheezy Club
Discover DeCrypt Let Tristan Watson and his jazz trio entertain you
FREE 8.15pm - 9.15pm Rich O’Brien/Victoria Klewen
FREE while you enjoy the fabulous atmosphere.
Come and hear this brilliant instrumental
ensemble take you through western music in an Local community choirs perform separately and East Tennessee
hour and a half, missing out the boring bits! together in an evening of musical entertainment. Recital of English Songs State University Chorale
Sebastian Field (countertenor), Vicki Tuesday 2 July | 7.30pm
Talk by Michael Zorek Schubert Winterreise Field (soprano) and Gavin Roberts Discover DeCrypt
(son of Kindertransport beneficiary Robert John Edwards (baritone) (piano) FREE
Werner Zorek) Gina Kruger (piano) Discover DeCrypt An evening concert of choral favourites. The
Saturday 15 June | 6.30pm-7pm Wednesday 19 June | 12.30-1.30pm Friday 21 June | 12.30-1.15pm ETSUC are joined by the Ecclesiastical Choir
Discover DeCrypt Discover DeCrypt FREE (directed by Vicki Field)
FREE FREE Festival directors Vicki and Sebastian Field give
Before the evening’s main event, hear Schubert’s immortal work might appear to be a recital of songs and duets by local poet-
Michael Zorek speak about his father and unseasonal for a summer festival, but as it deals composer Ivor Gurney, Herbert Howells, and Proudly sponsored by:
the Kindertransport miracle, which enabled with themes of loss and exile it is highly relevant contemporary composer Ian Venables, amongst
his father to escape the Holocaust and for his to our times. others. The event is generously supported by the
family line to survive. Ivor Gurney Society.
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Gaia, 2019. Fire & Light Falkirk
Photo (c) Jim Huntsman
Prosecco In the Park From Earth to The Moon modules and samples of real moon rock.
Festival of Death and Life: Fizz & Film Festival June - November 2019 Plus, there’s an out-of-this-world programme
Let’s Talk Friday 28 - Sunday 30 June Various Venues of Moon-themed events and activities for
Discover DeCrypt Friday: 5pm – 11pm (Over 15’s only) Mostly free but some charged all the family. Events will include music and
Friday 21 - Sunday 23 June Saturday: 10am – 11pm gloucesterculture.org.uk/earthmoon dance, poetry and storytelling, art and
Weekend tickets: £25 or book individual Sunday: 10am – 6:30pm A city-wide series of events celebrating culture, talks and lectures, Virtual Reality
events at £5 per talk, £7 per concert Gloucester Park the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon sessions, Lego workshops, quiet time at
Whether it’s celebrating the life you’re From £10 for Adults, FREE for Child 14 & under landings. Beginning with Gaia: an awe- the museum, private tours and much, much
living, remembering someone you see proseccointhepark.co.uk inspiring Earth sculpture and ending with more... Also watch out for our very special
no longer or thinking about the big Prosecco in the Park is more than just the Museum of the Moon, an enormous 3D Moon sponsored Cinema Saturday,
questions, everyone is talking about bubbles in the sun! Laid-back summer sun, floating replica of the moon. showing a selection of space themed films
matters of life and death. Gloucester’s sparkling cocktails, lush DJ vibes, Summer
over the summer!
first ever Festival of Death and Life VIP gardens and classic live screen films Gaia at Llanthony Secunda Priory
brings together speakers, music, played out on a HUGE LED screen – Friday 28 – Sunday 30 June
poetry, crafts and coffee to help all Prosecco in the Park is set to burst into life Moon Cinema Saturday
Llanthony Secunda Priory
Various Saturday’s in June-September
ages talk more and think more. this Summer across nine of the country’s FREE
Cinema @ Gloucester Guildhall
most elegant towns and cities. Gloucester llanthonysecunda.org
gloucesterguildhall.co.uk
Explore ‘what song you’ll have’ and Park being one of them. Make sure you Experience the majesty of our planet as
Family cinema sponsored by the Museum
listen to reflective music; hear the kind book in advance as tickets will quickly Luke Jerram’s Gaia, a vast 7m diameter
of Gloucester’s Moon Exhibition. Please
of poems that will make you smile or sell-out! sculpture of the world created using detailed
visit the Guildhall website for all titles and
cry, and engage with international NASA imagery of the Earth’s surface, goes
further details.
experts. Join us for a unique weekend 29th Armed Forces Day on display within the Tithe Barn. A special
with a programme for all ages. Saturdays 29 June | 10am-4pm surround sound composition by BAFTA
Children’s Crafty Corner Drop-in
Jetage Museum award winning composer Dan Jones will
FREE echo through the trees. Activities
Speakers include Professor Douglas
jetagemuseum.org Every Monday to Saturday, from 29 June to 31
Davies, of Durham University, world August | 10am-4pm
renowned expert on death and Celebrating the the men and women who Moon Exhibition Museum of Gloucester
funerals, leading celebrant Emma make up the Armed Forces community. Sunday 29 June - Saturday 21 September FREE
Curtis, Lucy Moore from Messy Museum of Gloucester All Children’s Crafty Corner activities
Church, Sandra Millar, Head of Life £3.50/ Concs £1.50
will be based on the forthcoming Moon
museumofgloucester.co.uk
Events for the Church of England. exhibition and will change frequently.
Music from Gaudeamus Vocal Visit The Museum of Gloucester this summer
We will also be offering different
Consort, Gloucester Community Choir, and get a little closer to our nearest
exciting trails and treasure hunts in the
Gaudeamus and Companion Voices neighbour… The Moon Exhibition features
museum throughout the summer. Visit
plus local poet Johnny Precious. all things moon and space-related, from
museumofgloucester.co.uk for details.
a replica spacesuit to lunar command
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JULY
PechaKucha Gloucester Vol 10 Art from the Tree
Tuesday 2 July | 6-8pm Tuesday 2 - Sunday 21 July
Liquor & Chow, Westgate Street Nature In Art
Nights of inspiring, quick-fire talks natureinart.org.uk
celebrating creativity in Gloucester. Come An exhibition of work by members of the
along to hear from local people talk about Association of Woodturners of Great
topics they are passionate about. Events Britain. Artistry and craftsmanship come
are free to attend. Would you like to together in a wonderful selection of items Sewing Circle Still House’s Session - dance and live music
present? Get in touch with James at exploring the diverse qualities of wood. Wednesday 3 July & Wednesday 7 August combining hip-hop, contemporary folk and
james@gloucesterculture.org.uk 2pm – 4pm afro-beats - more acts to be announced.
PechaKucha Night Museum of Gloucester
Tuesday 2 July | 6-8pm FREE
Space Chase: Summer Reading Roman Gloucester Tour
Liquor and Chow Whether your passion is for sewing, With Gloucester Civic Trust
Challenge facebook.com/PKNGlos knitting, embroidery, crochet or something
July - September Fridays 7 & 21 June, 5 & 19 July; 2, 16 & 30
A night of quick fire creative talks. else textile, bring your latest project and August | 10.30am
Gloucestershire Libraries
Free have a coffee and chat while you create. Museum of Gloucester -
gloucestershire.anywhere.me
Art in the Galleries Whether you are an expert or a novice, £5 per person (under 14’s free) from
Wednesday 3 July & Wednesday 7 August come along and share your expertise, www.gloucesterticketshop.co.uk
Get ready for Space Chase, The Summer 10am – 12pm
Reading Challenge 2019 and meet super questions and all those tricky bits with like- With a Civic Trust guide, learn why the
Museum of Gloucester Romans came to Gloucester. Discover
space family, The Rockets. Sign up at your FREE
minded people. Everyone is welcome.
local library, then read six library books Roman walls in the Eastgate Chamber,
Spend time in the galleries surrounded
of your choice to complete the Challenge. Junior Voices Project walk down the site of the Forum and meet
by the Museum’s collection at our drop in
Collect exclusive rewards along the way! Wednesday 3 July | 6pm Emperor Nerva, our founder. See aspects
art mornings. No experience needed just
Gloucester Cathedral of Roman life including mosaics, jewellery,
come along and have a go at creating art Free with a retiring collection for the Junior weaponry and tombstones on display in
Wimbledon Screenings in the museum. Open to all levels of artist Voices Project
Monday 1 – Sunday 14 July the Museum. Tour lasts approx. 1 hour
all you need is enthusiasm and a love of Come and experience the amazing sound
Pillar & Lucy Square, Gloucester Quays 15 minutes and meets in the Museum
drawing. Bring your favourite sketch book of the Cathedral Choir and Cathedral
Watch Wimbledon on our outdoor screen on reception.
and supplies or you may prefer to work on Junior Choir, joined by local school Please note: Under 18’s must be accompanied
Pillar and Lucy Square whilst sipping on Pimms your own project. Everyone is welcome.
and enjoying fresh strawberries and cream. children, in the beautiful surroundings of by an adult. Access to the chamber may be
Gloucester Cathedral. Great for families - difficult for those with mobility problems.
See gloucesterquays.co.uk for more details.
Culture Club not to be missed!
Wednesday 3 July & Wednesday 7 August UFO! Moon Landings
Informal Lunchtime Concert
1.10pm-1.50pm
East Tennessee State University Chorale Rooftop Festival Saturday 6th July | 2pm-4pm
Museum of Gloucester Heritage Hub, Clarence Row, Alvin Street
Monday 1 July 1.30pm Thursday 4 - Sunday 7 July
£3/ Concs £2.70 available from Free, fun, family-friendly activities on the
Gloucester Cathedral Rooftop, Eastgate Shopping Centre Car Park
gloucesterticketshop.co.uk
FREE PRICE: Pay what you can first Saturday of each month, just turn up.
The group performs in a variety of styles Feed your mind at lunchtime! Culture Club is rooftopgloucester.com
and genres, ranging from music of the a 40 minute talk looking at different aspects Transforming Eastgate Street Multi Storey Orchard Street Market
Renaissance to newly composed works. of Gloucester’s culture past and present… Car Park into a festival of music, dance and Saturday 6 – Sunday 7
The choir has toured throughout the United July and August’s exciting programme of performance. Featuring the best up-and- Orchard Square, Gloucester Quays
States and is competing in the Llangollen speakers/events to be announced shortly! coming Gloucester artists and established
International Choir Competition in July. Visit our website for further details. performers like Multi-Story Orchestra and
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Open Day at Llanthony Secunda the 2nd and 4th centuries, a medieval
Priory gate tower from the 13th century and a
Sunday 7 July | 11am – 3pm horsepool from the mid-16th century. Tour
Llanthony Secunda Priory lasts approx. 40 minutes and meets in the
FREE | Guided tour: £5 Museum reception. Only 20 places are
llanthonysecunda.org available each tour...
Experience and explore the recently Please note: Under 18’s must be accompanied
restored historic buildings and grounds of by an adult. Access to the chamber may be
this former Augustinian Priory, founded in difficult for those with mobility problems.
1136. Guided tours at 11.30am.
Working with Glass and Clay
Cinderford Brass Band with Peter Garrard
Sunday 7 July | 2 - 4pm Discover DeCrypt
Llanthony Secunda Priory Saturday 13 July | 10am – 4pm
FREE Booking in advance essential £25 plus approx.
Bring a chair or a picnic blanket and soak £15 for firing and materials
up the sounds of a traditional brass band at Learn how to make stunning clay tiles or
this free afternoon outdoor concert. panels with indented areas incorporating
melted glass. Your work will be fired in a
Eastgate Chamber Tour kiln to melt the glass, creating a lustrous
With Gloucester Civic Trust surface which contrasts beautifully with the
Fridays 14 & 28 June, 12 & 26 July and 9 & 23 matt clay. You can work on your own ideas
August | 11am or use one of Peter’s designs. Peter will
Museum of Gloucester provide materials or you can bring your
£5 per person (U14’s free). own bits of glass. All abilities welcome.
Book tickets at gloucesterticketshop.co.uk
With a Civic Trust guide, visit the Eastgate
Chamber and discover Roman walls from
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British Festival of Archaeology: to the other not in pity or patronizingly but
Archaeology Roadshow as human beings who have learnt how to
Saturday 13 July | 11am – 3pm turn our common suffering into hope for the
Cathedral Green, Gloucester Cathedral future.”
FREE
Join Kurt Adams, Finds Liaison Officer for Hope is the second part of Russell Haines’
Gloucestershire & Avon who will have a ‘Faith Hope and Charity’ trilogy and
variety of archaeological finds from the explores through portraits and film the issue
local area on display and even some of immigration to the UK and the people
handling items to bring history to life. Kurt is who make up our diverse community
happy to identify your finds so if you have and seeks to show the positive side of
unearthed something you want to know multiculturalism and its influence upon British
more about, bring it along! society. After all, we are all immigrants.
Gloucester Carnival Summer Screens - Outdoor
Saturday 13 July | 3.30pm Cinema
City Centre & Gloucester Park Thursday 18 – Saturday 20 July
Gloucester Carnival is a fabulous, free and Doors at 7.30pm, films start at 9.15pm
vibrant procession which parades through Adults £15, U17s £10.50, Family ticket £45.00
the city centre each year. The procession summerscreens.co.uk
encompasses floats and entertainers, and Enjoy a special night out at Llanthony
finishes in Gloucester Park. From here, Secunda Priory this summer, as Summer
revellers can enjoy live music, a fun fair Screens bring you three nights of great
and plenty to keep them entertained. This cinema in the open air, including a
year’s theme is ‘myths and legends’. showing of First Man – 50 years to the day
that man first walked on the moon.
Hope Exhibition
Saturday 13 July – Saturday 31 August • 18 July – Greatest Showman
St Nicholas’ Church, Westgate Street • 19 July – Bohemian Rhapsody
FREE • 20 July – First Man (50th
“Our human compassion binds us the one Anniversary of the Moon Landings)
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Song Writing Workshop for fabric then hand stitch into the design to re-
Young People create the surface of a moonlit river.
Saturday 20 July 10.30am - 3.00pm This workshop requires no previous experience and
gives an introduction to creating textile art. Includes
Parliament Room, Gloucester Cathedral
full tuition, materials and unlimited teas/coffees. These
£2.50 with £2.50 booking fee (total £5) workshops require no previous experience. Limited
from www.3choirs.org numbers so booking essential!
Workshop for young people aged 12-
18. This is a great opportunity for anyone Kids Weekender in the Park
interested in using music to tell stories and Saturday 20 - Sunday 21 July | 2-6pm
express ideas, and is keen to try song Gloucester Park
writing or improve song writing skills. The FREE
workshop will be led by experienced Meet Peppa Pig, Paw Patrol, Pikachu,
musician and producer George Moorey Buzz Lightyear, My Little Pony and more!
who will share skills, writing exercises, tips Plus magic shows, parkour displays and
and techniques to help develop creativity, Wilson’s Funfair to enjoy in the Park.
get inspired and turn ideas into songs!
Spaces must be booked in advance. Lunch Eastgate Chamber Tour with a
and refreshments included. Under 16s must Medieval Mercenary
have parent or guardian’s permission to Saturdays 20 July and 24 August | 3pm
attend. Museum of Gloucester
£5/ Concs £3 from gloucesterticketshop.co.uk
Ever looked down through the glass
The Sphinx Trail: SPY Challenge!
Saturday 20 July – Sunday 1September chamber outside Boots and wondered
Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum what else is down there? Why not join
The spy challenge will feature three different medieval mercenary Sir Miles DeLaney
(a real Medieval mercenary in authentic
Sibling Distillery
interactive trails through the museum
galleries, each lasting a fortnight and attire) for a fascinating look at Gloucester’s Art in the City
running one after another from The first is a Medieval history. Suitable for all ages. Saturday 20 July | Gloucester City Centre
3D trail (where visitors will wear 3D glasses Only 20 places are available each tour. FREE
Please note: Under 18s must be accompanied by an
through the galleries to find the clues), the adult. Tours last approximately 40 minutes. Access artinthecity.org.uk
second is a ‘hidden message’ trail where to the chamber itself may be difficult for those with
visitors will shine a UV light to reveal hidden mobility problems. Art In The City returns in 2019 to connect professional and amateur artists and
text, and the third is a magnetic trail – communities to enhance the wellbeing of people in the city, though art exhibitions,
where visitors will use a magnet to move Summer Screens: installations, competitions, including the return of the successful Plein Air competition and
clues and reveal hidden letters. First Man (12A) much more.
20 July
Adult Craft Workshops: Llanthony Secunda Priory
The festival celebrates creativity inspired by Gloucester’s history and heritage, its
Moon Over the River £15/ £10.50 Children | £44.50 family)
llanthonysecunda.org
picturesque surroundings and its people. The contest features Plein Air - a live, outdoor
Saturday 20 July | 1pm-4pm painting competition. There's also the Open Art contest for artwork completed in the
Museum of Gloucester On this day in 1969, Neil Armstrong took
a ‘giant leap for mankind.’ Celebrate with last year. Also featuring will be an exhibition by former England and Gloucestershire
£30 from gloucesterticketshop.co.uk
a special outdoor screening of First Man, cricketer, Jack Russell; a talk by BBC art historian, Janina Ramirez for Painters Against
In this workshop artist Claire Taylor-Jones
the story of NASA’s mission to land a man Poverty, A Soldier's Story and Tale Be Told Theatre.
will lead you with raw edge applique
and a little fabric weaving, have a go at on the moon, focusing on Armstrong during
the years 1961-69. Visit the website to register for the competitions and to find out more.
embellishing over the top of the woven
18 19Tyger Productions presents Eastgate Chamber Tour with a Gloucester Rhythm & Blues
Alice in Wonderland Roman Soldier Festival
Sunday 21 July | 1pm & 4pm Wednesdays 24 & 31 July and 14, 21 & 28 Saturday 27 July - Sunday 4 August
Discover DeCrypt August | 3pm City Centre Venues
Tickets from Gloucester TIC 01452 396572 Museum of Gloucester FREE admission to all concerts
Adults £9/ Concs £6/ Family Ticket £26 £5/ Concs £3 from gloucesterticketshop.co.uk gloucesterblues.com
tygerproductions.co.uk Ever looked down through the glass A mainstay of Gloucester’s festival season,
A fun filled, family production adapted and chamber outside Boots and wondered local, national and international Blues
directed by Rowena Davies. The tale of a what else is down there? Well why not artists converge on the city for a nine-day
young girl named Alice who falls through a go down and take a look! Join our very celebration of the genre. Last year, there
rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated own Lucius Sita – (a real Roman Solider were 70 live performances across the
by peculiar creatures. Join the Tygers as in full uniform!) for a fascinating trip into city’s pubs and live music venues. Visit the
they tell the beloved tale of Alice and the Roman life. Suitable for all ages. Selected website for the latest news and line-ups.
weird world she enters. Bring your own Saturday’s throughout the year. Only 20
picnic. Doors open one hour before show. places are available each tour... Fireworks Spectacular
Please note: Under 18’s must be accompanied by an Saturday 27 July | 7pm
GPS Embroidery: An Exhibition adult. Tours last approximately 40 minutes. Access Gloucester Park
to the chamber itself may be difficult for those with
Monday 22 July – Friday 26 July FREE
mobility problems.
Llanthony Secunda Priory facebook.com/GlosSoMAC
FREE Come along to Gloucester Park for a
llanthonysecunda.org Museum & Behind the Scenes Tours fireworks display. The annual spectacle that
The culmination of a special project Thursdays 25 July & 29 August | 2pm-3.30pm Williams’ Sea Symphony, Rachmaninov’s
Museum of Gloucester
is brought to you by the minds behind the
celebrating the completion of the Re- Vespers, Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man, London 2012 Olympics fireworks. Music,
£10/ Concs £7 from gloucesterticketshop.co.uk and Handel’s Israel in Egypt. Chamber
formation Project at Llanthony Secunda entertainment, food and drink will be on
Join us for an insightful look into the music recitals include James Gilchrist, the
Priory. Tapestries made by local women hand from 7pm to get the party started,
working life of the museum. This tour will Carducci Quartet, Roderick Williams and
combining GPS technology, the digital arts before the display at 9.45pm.
give you a unique view of both the public the Philharmonia Chamber Players, while
and needlework will be on display inside
and private areas of the building while our late-night offering includes an enticing
the Henry Dene Hall. Laughter Lines
delving to the history of the building and range of jazz and world music.
its amazing collections. Limited numbers so Tuesday 30 July - Sunday 1 September
Eric Gaskell Exhibition booking essential! Nature In Art
Monday 22 July - Friday 6 September Please note: Under 18’s must be accompanied by an Gloucester Quays Food Festival natureinart.org.uk
Sabrina 5, National Waterways Museum adult. Tours last approximately 1 hour 30 minutes. This Friday 26 - Saturday 28 July An exhibition of original cartoons by
Gloucester tour is NOT suitable for those with mobility problems. Gloucester Quays & The Docks the renowned Norman Thelwell (1923
Adults £4.25/ Concs £3.75/ Children (5 - 16) FREE - 2004). He had over 1500 cartoons
£3.25/ Family (2 adults + 2 children, £12.50, 2019 sees the return of the much loved
Three Choirs Festival published in the satirical magazine
1 adult + 2 children £9)/ Under 5s free Gloucester Quays Food Festival. Enjoy
Friday 26 July – Saturday 3 August ‘Punch’, but was perhaps best known for
Eric’s black and white linocuts feature Gloucester Cathedral & other venues chef demonstrations, live music & fantastic his illustrations of ponies and horses. This
English and Welsh canals and waterways Programme & tickets 3choirs.org/ 01452 768928 food across the 3-day event. See unique selection focusses on his love of
and are based on his drawings usually The historic festival returns to Gloucester gloucesterquays.co.uk for more details. nature and the countryside.
taken from life. Born in Wigan in 1957, Eric with a star-studded line-up of soloists
studied painting and printmaking. He left and our orchestra-in-residence, the Summer Fest
art college in 1980 winning two painting Philharmonia, in a programme that’s sure to Saturday 27 July | 11am-3pm
scholarships, one to New York and one to excite. With over 70 events over nine days, Treasure Seekers, Westgate Street
Istanbul, as well as the Sunderland Echo highlights include a cornucopia of choral- FREE
Fine Art prize. orchestral classics: Berlioz’s Damnation of A family fun day open to all.
Faust, Elgar’s Cello Concerto, Vaughan
20 21Playday at Llanthony Priory
AUGUST Wednesday 7 August | 10am – 4pm
Llanthony Secunda Priory
Games on the Green FREE
Throughout the summer llanthonysecunda.org
Gloucester Cathedral Get outside and active this summer at a
Look out for our giant garden games family fun day celebrating the national
on Upper Cathedral Green, fun for all day for play. Experience all the thrills of
ages! life on two wheels, and try out new sports,
activities and games within Llanthony’s five
Family Discovery Guide acres of grounds.
Throughout the summer
Gloucester Cathedral The Walk of Life
£4.50 from the Cathedral Gift Shop and Open Day at Llanthony Secunda Monday 12 – Thursday 22 August
Welcome Desk Priory Gloucester Cathedral
Explore the Cathedral with our Discovery Sunday 4 August | 11am – 3pm FREE
Guide packed with facts and fun activities Llanthony Secunda Priory The Cathedral Labyrinth is a canvas copy Saturday 10 - Sunday 11 August
to complete. FREE | Guided tour: £5 King’s Square
of the one in Chartres Cathedral in France.
llanthonysecunda.org FREE
Visitors are invited to remove their shoes
Experience and explore the recently kingsjamfestival.com
Orchard Street Market and walk the Labyrinth in a reflective way.
Saturday 3 – Sunday 4 Aug
restored historic buildings and grounds of
All children who walk the Labyrinth can
Orchard Square, Gloucester Quays this former Augustinian Priory, founded in King’s Jam Festival 2019 is going to
also collect a bookmark/sticker from the
FREE 1136. Guided tours at 11.30am. be the biggest FREE music event in
Cathedral shop.
Gloucester this Summer! A weekend
Unlocking the Severn: Fish, Fykes City of Bristol Band of live music, performances, DJs, music
Sunday 4 August | 2-4pm Sibling Distillery Art in the City
& Ferries Exhibition
artists, workshops and conferences.
Saturday 3 August | 2pm-4pm Llanthony Secunda Priory
FREE Tuesday 13 August - Thursday 5 September
Heritage Hub, Clarence Row, Alvin Street The 10-11 of August 2019 will be an
llanthonysecunda.org Gloucester Cathedral
Free, fun, family-friendly activities at Free unforgettable weekend - you don’t want
Gloucestershire Heritage Hub on first Bring a chair or a picnic blanket and soak
An exhibition in the Cloisters. to miss out! This is a FREE 2 day event
Saturday of each month - just turn up. up the sounds of a traditional brass band at
all you need to do is book your tickets
this free afternoon outdoor concert.
SoMAC Stage through Eventbrite (maximum 4 tickets
GlosJam Celebrates 57th Jamaica Discover DeCrypt’s Wednesday 14 - Saturday 17 August per person for each day) and bring them
Independence & Family Day Creative Crafty Club King’s Square with you to the festival.
Sunday 4 August | 11am to 9pm FREE
6, 7, 8 and 27, 28, 29 August | 9.30am-4pm For more information visit
Gloucester Park The SoMAC stage welcomes a variety
Discover DeCrypt
Free Entry of local live music, with a wide variety facebook.com/kingsjamfestival
£25 per day; concessions for siblings
Children’s activities, football tournament, Booking in advance essential of entertainment acts to watch; there is
Open Mic, Caribbean food on sale Fun-packed days for 8-12 year olds something to suit everyone’s taste! Events
GFM DJ's. Stalls available, email including drama, art, games, horrible are free to enjoy.
Glosjam8@gmail.com or Verona Vidal history challenges and puzzles in De
07740637916. Crypt’s art space and Tudor schoolroom. The stage is programmed by The Music
Make your own ink and learn how to write Works and showcases local talent from
with a quill, find out what to do with a across the county.
pounce bag, discover the secrets of Tudor
spies and see if you can win at battledore.
22 23Doc Saurus Days Milky Way as seen from the moon. We will
Thursday 22 August | 10am-12pm & 2pm-4pm have a go at using acrylic paints to create
Museum of Gloucester | FREE an abstract look at space. This workshop
Come and meet Doc Saurus; fossil hunter requires no previous experience and gives
and dinosaur expert, philanthropist and all an introduction to acrylic painting.
round good guy! Have a closer look at his
finds & about all things dinosaur and fossil. Siege of Gloucester
Sunday 25 - Monday 26 August
Bank Holiday Open Weekend Gloucester Park | FREE
Saturday 24 – Monday 26 August Commemorating the 1643 English Civil
11am – 3pm Siege of Gloucester, a recreation of a
Llanthony Secunda Priory | FREE seventeenth century battle in Gloucester
llanthonysecunda.org Park. See all the action of the battle as
Celebrating a year since opening – come horses, troops and cannon feature in this
and see inside the newly restored Llanthony recreation of a Siege era conflict.
Secunda Priory. Enjoy refreshments served
in the Lady Margaret Hall and children’s
Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
games on the lawn. Monday 26 August | 7pm (Doors 6pm)
Gloucester Cathedral
Adult Craft Workshops: Adult £16/ Child £11/ Family (2 adults + 2
Moon With a View Children) £46 from www.seetickets.com Tel:
Saturday 24 August | 1pm – 4pm 0871 220 0260 or from the Cathedral Gift
Museum of Gloucester Shop and Box Office www.3choirs.org
£30 at gloucesterticketshop.co.uk Performed by the Chapterhouse Theatre
In this workshop artist Claire Taylor-Jones Company in the Chapter House of
will lead you in painting a view across the Gloucester Cathedral. An absolute classic.
Engage in Gloucester
Gloucester Goes Retro
Saturday 24 August
Gloucester City Centre
FREE
gloucestergoesretro.org
Over 400 classic vehicles will fill the historic streets of Gloucester City Centre and the
engageingloucester.volunteermakers.org Docks where you will find famous names from yesteryear such as Aston Martin, Jensen,
Bentley, Triumph, Morris and Alvis to name just a few.
There are time-honoured cars from the turn of the last century through to the War
Years, the Roaring Twenties, the gleaming chrome of the fifties, the iconic designs of the
Swinging Sixties and classic sports cars from the eighties.
For music and dance enthusiasts, visit the stage in King’s Square where you can enjoy
vintage entertainment and dancing.
24 All sorts of volunteer challenges for all sorts of people! 25SEPTEMBER
Gloucester History Festival city. Fire up the sirens with PCs Nicholas 7-22 September 2019
Saturday 7-Sunday 22 September Angel and Danny Butterman (Nick Frost) in
Gloucester City Centre & Blackfriars this comedy/action/buddy movie classic;
gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk quite literally a British ‘Bad Boys 2’. You
This year’s Gloucester History Festival ain’t seen Bad Boys 2?
explores the theme of Power and the
People as 2019 marks anniversaries Open Air Cinema
including the Peterloo Massacre, the fall of The Lost Boys (15)
the Berlin Wall, the Velvet Revolution, the Friday 20 September
Tiananmen Square protests, the election Over Farm
of Nelson Mandela as President and of alfrescofilm.co.uk
course the first man on the moon. We
explore moments of protest and change,
There’s clearly no better eighties vampire
movie than The Lost Boys. Great cast,
2019
turning points where people have fought hugely quotable lines, one of the best
for their political rights, shifted the balance movie soundtracks ever, some classic This year’s Gloucester History Festival explores the theme of Power and the People as 2019
marks anniversaries including the Peterloo Massacre, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Velvet
of power, taken a giant leap for mankind vamp splatter and of course the dynamic Revolution, the Tiananmen Square protests, the election of Nelson Mandela as President and
of course the first man on the moon. We explore moments of protest and change, turning
points where people have fought for their political rights, shifted the balance of power, taken
and made journeys of discovery into the duo, The Frog Brothers. Death by stereo, a giant leap for mankind and made journeys of discovery into the unknown.
unknown. anyone? Prepare for nightfall and enjoy
the thrills in the dark at Over Farm, the
Heritage Open Days Weekend home of Frightmare, the south-west’s most
13-16 September terrifying scare festival.
Various Venues
heritageopendays.org.uk
USEFUL LINKS
Open Air Cinema somac.org.uk
Hot Fuzz (15)
Thursday 19 September
visitgloucester.co.uk Gloucestershire’s
Over Farm
alfrescofilm.co.uk
eastgateshoppingcentre.co.uk aviation museum
Here come the fuzz! The legendary Hot gloucesterblues.com at Meteor Business Park,
Fuzz makes for a brilliantly funny movie Cheltenham Rd. East GL2 9QL
gloucestercathedral.org.uk
experience in the open air, even more so
See Gloster’s famous
FREE ENTRY & PARKING
in the countryside in Simon Pegg’s home gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk Staffed by knowledgeable volunteers.
aircraft on display plus
gloucesterquays.co.uk history of aviation in Great cafe for drinks & snacks
gloucesterticketshop.co.uk Gloucestershire, plus
open cockpits in which
kingswalk.co.uk
you can sit.
museumofgloucester.co.uk
natureinart.org.uk Open Sat/Sun 10am-4pm
+ special open days & holidays Further information: www.jetagemuseum.org
rooftopgloucester.com
26 27Marketing Gloucester & Gloucester City Council present
sponsors
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Book your group now: email coachbookings@gloucester.gov.uk
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