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Spring Weekend 2026

Book digital tickets until 25 May!

It’s been our most successful Spring Weekend yet!  Watch all events including Mary Beard, Edward Stourton, Bendor Grosvenor, Alison Weir, Greg Doran, Pam Ayres and Tharik Hussain anytime until 25 May.

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Autumn Festival 2026

Saturday 5 – Sunday 20 September

The festival is back 5 – 20 September with over 150 events and 100 great speakers including Tony Robinson, Dan Jones, Katja Hoyer, Nandini Das and Amy Jeffs.

Tickets on sale in July.

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Explore the Digital Festival

For all digital ticket and pass holders our digital programme is available to enjoy until 11pm on Monday 25 May.

 Gloucester History Festival Bread

Back on sale at the Festival in September

The new Gloucester History Festival historic loaf was the star of the Spring Weekend! It will be back on sale at the Festival in September.

We are Proud to work in close partnership with other Gloucester heritage organisations: Gloucester Day, Heritage Open Days and Voices Gloucester.

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Explore Gloucester

Use our virtual maps to discover hidden the gems of the City, Barton and Tredworth

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Enjoy events from previous festivals

 

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2026 Events

April

fri17apr10:00 am11:00 amGloucester & The 1926 General StrikeTony Conder

fri17apr12:00 pm1:00 pmRadicals: Chartists, Suffragettes and StrikesGeoff Andrews

fri17apr2:00 pm3:00 pmGreg DoranLove, Loss and Shakespeare

fri17apr2:30 pm4:00 pmBreaking Bread: How Baking Shaped Our World

fri17apr4:00 pm5:00 pmEdward StourtonThe Dark History of Trump’s America

fri17apr5:15 pm5:55 pmWhat History Taught MeJanina Ramirez & David Musgrove

fri17apr6:00 pm7:00 pmPam AyresDoggedly Onwards

fri17apr8:00 pm9:00 pmWaldy and Bendy’s Adventures in Art: The English Civil WarBendor Grosvenor & Waldemar Januszczak

sat18apr10:00 am11:00 amThe Confessions of Samuel PepysGuy de la Bédoyère

sat18apr12:00 pm1:00 pmThe Battle of the Imjin River: 75 Years OnBrigadier James Daniel, Nicola Nash & Robert Dixon

sat18apr1:00 pm2:30 pmLunch with Shakespeare: Much Ado About CookingSam Bilton

sat18apr2:00 pm3:00 pmThe Cambridge Five: Stalin’s ApostlesAntonia Senior

sat18apr4:00 pm5:00 pmMary BeardTalking Classics: The Shock of the Old

sat18apr5:30 pm6:15 pmThe Three Choirs Festival in GloucesterAdrian Partington, Simon Carpenter & David Francis

sat18apr6:00 pm7:00 pmCleopatra: Life & LegendLucy Hughes-Hallett

sat18apr8:00 pm9:00 pmGreat Gloucestershire WomenJanina Ramirez, Mark Cummings & Helen Timlin

sun19apr10:00 am11:00 amMuslim Europe: In Search Of A 1400 Year HistoryTharik Hussain

sun19apr12:00 pm1:00 pmRevealing the Real King OffaRory Naismith

sun19apr2:00 pm3:00 pmChristopher de HamelMeetings with Remarkable Manuscripts

sun19apr4:00 pm5:00 pmMedieval Queens at WarAlison Weir

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