What's On and Things To Do Around Westonbirt

28 acres. Former private garden of Robert Holford, founder of Westonbirt Arboretum. Formal Victorian gardens incl walled Italian garden now restored with early herbaceous borders and exotic border. Rustic walks, lake, statuary and grotto. Rare, exotic trees and shrubs.

12 acres of English country gardens with 26 distinct rooms each with a strong theme based on colour, scent or style. Original 1920s plan inspired the design and combines classic style with more contemporary touches; including specially commissioned sculpture.

Charming 1-acre garden created over past 4 yrs from the corner of a field, with open views of the surrounding countryside. Containing 7 rooms, 3 of which are densely planted with herbaceous perennials, each with individual identities and colour themes. The garden is described by visitors as a haven of tranquillity.

Come and see a collection of beautiful classic cars in the lovely surroundings of Newark Park. Our annual classic car show will return to Newark Park on Sunday 15th July. The show is organised by the 750 car club and as ever, promises a great classic car display with plenty of vintage motors. Booking Not Needed.

The Stanton St Quintin Annual Fete & Novelty Dog Show will be held on Buckley Barracks Sport’s Ground on Saturday 23 June.  Find all the fun of a village fete with plenty for the family to enjoy. A Licensed Bar will be available with BBQ and Tea Tent.

The Choir will be performing some well known and popular Opera choruses such as Borodin’s “Polovtsian Dances” from Prince Igor, Bizet’s “Habanera” from Carmen, Verdi’s “Anvil Chorus” from Il Trovatore along with many others.

An outdoor production of one of Shakespeare’s funniest plays, "Much ado about nothing" by the celebrated Rain or Shine Theatre Company in the Houndstock Festival field adjoining Houndscroft House.

Garden arranged around a former Victorian school. Vegetable plot with large greenhouse. Raised beds edged by espalier and step-over fruit trees. Terraced flower garden with variety of trees and shrubs. Mediterranean courtyard.

Victorian walled garden of approximately a third of an acre, run on organic principles. Mature shrubs and informally planted perennial borders designed to attract bees and butterflies. Wildlife pond with small stream.

Malmesbury Concert Band will be playing a varied musical program including Music both new and old including Marches, music from film and tv, blues, jazz, marches and many more.

Malmesbury Concert Band will be playing a varied musical program including Music both new and old including Marches, music from film and tv, blues, jazz, marches and many more.

Come to the famous Eastcombe Primary School Gnome Hunt. Follow a trail around the beautiful village gardens, collecting clues and spotting the gnomes.

Minety and Upper Minety which takes its name from the wild mint plant found growing in and around the villages will be offering 7 inspirational gardens from sweeping herbaceous borders, productive fruit/veg plots, country estate grounds, tranquil nature reserve and arboretum, open meadows with St Leonard’s

This group of 6 gardens, centred around the historic Dauntsey Park Estate, ranges from the Classical C18 country house setting of Dauntsey Park, with spacious lawns, old trees and views over the River Avon, to mature country house gardens and traditional walled gardens.

Jive Dance Night with a great atmosphere a great dance floor to dance the night away with top swing and jive music

The Correspondents consist of singer Mr Bruce and producer Chucks. Both growing up in South London, they formed in 2007 and within two years had taken their hi-octane genre-blending dance music from house parties to festival main stages.

The Fairey Band are 16 times British Open Champions, 9 times national Champions and are previous winners of the BBC Best of Brass as well as Granada band of the Year.

Gloucestershire Music presents four days of music featuring more than 600 youth, adult and community musicians Five Valleys Adult Wind Band, Lakeside Concert Band, Colwell Arts Jazz Ensemble

Gloucestershire Youth Jazz Orchestra, Gloucestershire Youth Jazz Academy, Song Lab, and Jazz2Go

Gloucestershire Youth Orchestra

Five Valleys Music Centre Showcase

Gloucestershire Symphonic Wind Orchestra, Gloucestershire Youth Wind Orchestra

Gloucestershire Youth Choir, Gloucestershire Intermediate String Ensemble, Gloucestershire Youth Strings, Forest of Dean Area Wind Band

More than just an ordinary Pink Floyd tribute band, The Darkside of Pink Floyd entertain audiences with a fantastic light show and passionate performances.

Spectacular fire-breathing stunts, thrill-seeking acrobats, death-defying motorbike riders, powerful hand-balancing, and much more awaits you at Circus Funtasia!

The annual Chippenham Comedy Festival is back! We’ve got an amazing line up for you this year, featuring festival favourites such as Robin Ince and Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer alongside acts joining us for the first time - Jo Caulfield, Simon Donald and more!

Midsummer Concert by The Cappella Singers, beginning with the magnificent Mass for Four Voices by William Byrd and ending with a selection of lighter vocal and instrumental music

Soprano Phillippa Lay, with her accompanist Joshua Crunden, will be performing a programme of music from the movies on Saturday 16 June, 7:30pm at Holy Trinity Church, Stroud and on Sunday 1 July, 4pm at All Saints’ Church, Bisley.

Featuring Paul Jones, Dave Kelly, Tom McGuinness, Rob Townsend and Gary Fletcher. Many of the Blues Band’s 21st century fans weren’t even born when these five virtuosos, already music industry veterans, decided to fly in the face of musical fashion in 1979 and form a band ‘just to play the blues’.

Join our experienced ranger guides on a free tour of the park as they share how we care for our historic landscape, with a glimpse of the deer too, if you’re lucky. Our park is home to all kinds of wildlife, from our beautiful deer herd through to our ancient trees.

Join our experienced ranger guides on a free tour of the park as they share how we care for our historic landscape. Our park is home to all kinds of wildlife, from our beautiful deer herd through to our ancient trees. And of course, humans have had their say over this place, too.

Perfect for toddlers we will be singing songs, playing games, going on mini woodland adventures, doing crafts and cooking something yummy over the fire. Whatever the weather forest school will involve a wild time in the outdoors! Suitable for children aged 2-4.

Learn an ancient Cotswold country skill and join our team for two days of dry stone walling. Please note there is a 2-4 car parking charge at Dyrham Park for non-members. Booking Essential. Phone: 03442491895.

Exclusive access to the park after hours. Perfect for photographers. Enjoy a leisurely guided walk around the park as the ’golden hour’ sets in. You are very welcome to bring photography equipment. Booking Essential. Phone: 03442491895.

Join our experienced ranger guides on a free tour of the park as they share how we care for our historic landscape, with a glimpse of the deer too, if you’re lucky. Our park is home to all kinds of wildlife, from our beautiful deer herd through to our ancient trees.

Come and join us for a fun family day out in support of our Armed Forces at Corsham Summer Fete on Saturday 7 July from 12-4pm at Springfield Recreational Ground.

This year’s Cotswold Show on 7th and 8th July at Cirencester Park will once again be a jam-packed weekend. They are commemorating the centenary of the end of World War I and 100 years of the RAF. Look to the skies for the Bremont Great War Display Team and the Poppy Parachute Team.

An evening of fantastic music in order to raise money for the charity Hope For Tomorrow who provide Mobile Cancer Care Units in order to bring care and treatment nearer to the patients home. The money raised at this event will go to keeping Helen’s wheels turning...

Corsham Park Walk

Sophie reads about a Penguinpig on the Internet. Filled with delight and intrigue she sets off alone on an adventure to find the adorable creature, leading her to the Zoo. But what will she find inside?

A Charity Cider & Cheese Festival (in aid of Saint Peters Hospice) at The Live & Let Live Pub (whatpub.com/pubs/AVN/433/live-let-live-frampton-cotterell) The Mangledwurzels will be performing two sets of their brand of Scrumpy & Western music from c. 5:00pm (www.mangledwurzels.co.uk)

Learn about wines from the eastern half of Europe and try them with expert guidance in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. 25 years in the wine trade means Ian Redfearn is extremely knowledgeable about what makes a great wine and is also the perfect host to guide us through this evening. Adults only (18+).

Cert: 12A – Run time: 1 hr.53 min. Rotten Tomatoes audience rating: 88% Director: Steven Spielberg In June 1971 The New York Times, the Washington Post and the nation’s major newspapers took a brave stand for freedom of speech and reported on the Pentagon Papers, the massive cover-up of government...

Evening Lecture What Are They Wearing? Dr. Valija Evalds explores images of cloth and clothing on medieval and renaissance artefacts in the Corinium Museum Collection. Abbot’s mitres and renaissance ruffs often look exaggerated to the modern eye, as do the shapes of medieval and renaissance bodies.

This exhibition is a collection of artwork by Sian Summerhayes featuring original paintings, giclee prints, hand-painted jewellery, homewares and hanging ornaments.

Corinium Cinema Maudie, based on a true story, is an unlikely romance in which the reclusive Everett Lewis (Ethan Hawke) hires a fragile yet determined woman named Maudie (Sally Hawkins) to be his housekeeper.

Corinium Cinema Join us for an RSC Live screening of Romeo & Juliet, broadcast to the Corinium Cinema. What if your first true love was someone you’d been told you must hate?

A variety of garden areas separated by old walls and hedges. Mixed borders, wall planting, parterre, rill garden, walled vegetable garden, cottage beds, pool garden, dry garden, spring garden, peach house and greenhouse. Bees. Chickens. Meadow area being prepared and sown 17-18.