Autumn Festival 2025

The biggest and best festival yet!

The history feast continues with the Digital Festival. Enjoy the Festival online wherever you are.
Events available to purchase and watch until 12 October.

Frank Skinner, Alice Roberts, Celia Imrie, Alan Johnson, Lyse Doucet, David Olusoga, Olivette Otele, Jeremy Hunt, Michael Heseltine, Greg Jenner, Vince Cable and Peter Frankopan were just some of the top historians, actors, broadcasters and authors joining us at this year’s Autumn festival! You can still catch the Digital programme to watch at your leisure until 12 October 2025.

Kicking off with Gloucester Day on Saturday 6 September, the packed Autumn programme of 150 talks, exhibitions, tours and performances took place all over Gloucester. Blackfriars Priory hosted the final week of festivities from Saturday 13 to Sunday 21 September, with talks, and free exhibitions and entertainment each day in the newly restored Scriptorium Buttery.