2008 |
| January |
|
| 9-12 |
King Humpty Dumpty - Cirencester Panto & Revue Co; |
| 17-19 |
The Wizard of Oz - Phoenix Revue Co, Cirencester |
| Mid Jan - End Feb |
Snowdrop Season, Painswick Rococo Garden |
| 25-27 |
Gloucester International Cajun and Zydeco Festival |
| February |
|
| 1-3 |
Chinese State Circus, The Centaur, Cheltenham |
| |
Snowdrop weekends, Colesbourne Gardens |
| 15-17 |
Cheltenham Folk Festival |
| 19 |
Feathered Friends, Westonbirt Arboretum |
| 23-24 |
Dog Days 2008, Westonbirt Arboretum |
| March |
|
| 11-14 |
Cheltenham Gold Cup Festival |
| 14-16 |
International Historic Motorsport Show, Stoneleigh Park, Coventry |
| 24 |
Classic Saloon Raceday, Castle Combe Circuit |
| 27-28 |
Holford Heritage Tours, Westonbirt School and Arboretum (dates also in
July & August) |
| April |
|
| 6 |
Jaguar Spares Day, Stoneleigh Park, Coventry |
| 25-4 May |
Wotton-under-Edge Festival |
| 25-3 May |
Nailsworth Festival (25th) |
| 29-5 May |
Cheltenham Jazz Festival |
| May |
|
| 1-4 |
The Badminton Horse Trials |
| 1-25 |
Stroudwater International Textile Festival |
| 3-4 |
Tewkesbury Food Festival |
| 3-5 |
Home and Garden Show, The Centaur, Cheltenham |
| 3-5 |
Blenheim Palace Jousting Tournament 'The Knights of Royal England' |
| 7-18 |
Cheltenham Festival of Performing Arts, Cheltenham |
| 13-24 |
Chipping Campden Music Festival |
| 24-25 |
French Classic Car Hillclimbing, Prescott Hill Climb |
| 24-26 |
Tewkesbury Spring Festival (Dates to be confirmed) |
| 26 |
Tetbury Woolsack Races and Traditional Street Fair |
| 26 |
Cheese Rolling, Cooper's Hill |
| 30 |
Robert Dover's Cotswold Olimpyck Games & Scuttlebrook Wake,
Chipping Campden |
| 30-1 |
June Wychwood Music Festival, Cheltenham Racecourse |
| June |
|
| 1-30 |
Site08 - Stroud Valleys Arts Space Contemporary Arts Festival |
| 4-8 |
Cheltenham Science Festival |
| 15 |
Fathers Day |
| 15 |
Kemble Air Day, Kemble Airfield, near Cirencester |
| 14 |
Gloucester Medieval Fayre |
| 6 June-26 July |
The Longborough Festival Opera, near Moreton-in-Marsh |
| 20 |
The Zutons, Westonbirt Arboretum |
| 21 |
Crowded House, Westonbirt Arboretum |
| 22 |
Status Quo, Westonbirt Arboretum |
| 20-22 |
Cheltenham Food and Drink Festival |
| 20-22 |
Lister Tyndale Steam Rally, Berkeley Castle |
| June-August |
Outdoor Shakespeare - Rain or Shine Theatre Co performing 'A Winter's
Tale' at various locations throughout the Cotswolds |
| July |
|
| 3-8 |
Giffords Circus, Cirencester |
| 4-6 |
Saul Canal Festival |
| 4-20 |
Cheltenham Music Festival |
| 5-6 |
The Cotswold Show and Country Fair, Cirencester |
| 6 |
Dursley Run for Life |
| 7-12 |
Dursley Town Festival |
| 8-12 |
'Comedy of Errors' - Outdoor theatre at Chavenage, near Tetbury |
| 10-14 |
Giffords Circus, Lechlade-on-Thames |
| 11-13 |
The Royal International Air Tattoo 'The World's Largest Military Air
Show', RAF Fairford |
| 12-13 |
Tewkesbury Medieval Festival |
| 15-19 |
Shakespeare in the Garden 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Painswick Rococo
Garden |
| 17-21 |
Giffords Circus, Longborough, near Stow-on-the-Wold |
| 18 |
Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, Westonbirt
Arboretum |
| 19 |
Katherine Jenkins with The National Symphony Orchestra, Westonbirt
Arboretum |
| 19 |
Stroud Country Show |
| 19 |
Blenheim Palace Triathalon |
| 19-20 |
Great and British Motorsport Festival, Castle Combe Circuit |
| 19 - 2 Aug |
Gloucester Festival |
| 23-27 |
Cirencester Early Music Festival |
| 24-28 |
Giffords Circus, Barrington, near Burford |
| 25-27 |
The 50th CLA Game Fair, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock |
| 25-27 |
WOMAD (World of Music, Arts and Dance) Festival, Charlton, near
Malmesbury |
| 25-27 |
Silverstone Classic Car Racing |
| 26 July - 2 August |
Guiting Festival of Music, Guiting Power |
| 26 - 3 Aug |
Gloucester International Rhythm & Blues Festival |
| 26 - 25 August |
Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen, Painswick Centre |
| 30 - 10 Aug |
C & G Cheltenham Cricket Festival |
| August |
|
| 1-3 |
Festival of British Eventing, Gatcombe Park |
| 1-3 |
Gloucestershire Steam Extravaganza, Kemble Airfield |
| 1-3 |
Ballroom Dancing Festival, Cheltenham |
| 2-3 |
Classic Car Racing, Castle Combe Circuit |
| 2-3 |
Vintage Car Hill Climbing Weekend, Prescott Hill Climb |
| 2-3 |
Jaguar XK60th Annivesary Weekend, Goodwood Circuit |
| 6-19 |
Giffords Circus, Minchinhampton |
| 8-10 |
Blenheim Palace Jousting Tournament 'The Knights of Royal England' |
| 16-17 |
The Fairford Traction Engine Rally and Show |
| 16-25 |
A Celebration of Craftsmanship, Cheltenham College |
| 18-25 |
Festival of the Tree, Westonbirt Arboretum |
| 22-23 |
Frocester Beer Festival |
| 22-25 |
Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham Racecourse |
| 25 |
Sports Car Racing, Castle Combe Circuit |
| 25 |
Berkeley Agricultural Show |
| 29 - 31 |
Ragged Hedge Fair - Family weekend of arts, crafts and music, near
Cirencester |
| September |
|
| 5-14 |
Giffords Circus, Cirencester |
| 6 |
Moreton Show, Moreton-in-Marsh |
| 9 |
Frampton-on-Severn Country Fair |
| 11-14 |
Heritage Open Days |
| 11-14 |
Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials |
| 13 |
MG Racing, Castle Combe Circuit |
| 19-20 |
Stroud Fringe Festival |
| 20 |
Tewkesbury Water Festival |
| 21 |
Classic Car Show, Blenheim Palace |
| 27-28 |
Classic Car Hill Climbing Weekend, Prescott Hill Climb |
| 28 |
Five Valleys Walk, Stroud |
| October |
|
| 2-5 |
Tetbury Music Festival |
| 4-18 |
Cotswold Arts & Anitiques Dealers Autumn Season of Selling
Exhibitions |
| 10-19 |
Cheltenham Literature Festival |
| 13-26 |
Harvest Festival, Painswick Rococo Garden |
| 19 |
Jaguar Spares Day, Stoneleigh Park, Coventry |
| November |
|
| 7-8 |
Tewkesbury Mop Fair |
| 14-16 |
The Open Meeting, Cheltenham Racecourse |
| 14-16 |
Classic Motor Show, NEC Birmingham |
| 15-30 |
Cheltenham Christmas Market (Provisional) |
| 22 |
Cheltenham Christmas lights switch-on |
| 27-30 |
The LAPADA Antiques and Fine Art Fair, The Centaur, Cheltenham |
| 28 |
Nailsworth Christkindl Evening |
| 28 - 21 Dec |
Enchanted Christmas - weekends at Westonbirt Arboretum |
| 30 |
Tewkesbury Festival of Lights |
| December |
|
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Santa Specials, Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway |
| 5 |
Stroud Goodwill Evening |
| 5 |
Bourton-on-the-Water Victorian Evening |