The Gloucester Guildhall, a hub for diverse musical experiences, is set to host a series of unforgettable events. From the spirited Bad Manners Christmas Party to the soulful notes of Katherine Priddy, and the rhythmic beats of the Cajun & Zydeco Festival, there's something for every music lover. Join us as we delve into an enthralling lineup featuring tributes to icons like The Smiths and Pink, the mastery of Mike Dawes, and the fiery passion of Daniel Martinez Flamenco. Let's explore what makes these events a must-attend for 2024 and 2025.

From Flamenco to Punk: A Spectacular Array of Musical Delights at Gloucester Guildhall

BAD MANNERS ARE THE BEST IN BRITISH SKA KNOWN FOR THEIR CRAZY ANTICS AND 2 TONE TRACKS. OUTRAGEOUS AND ENIGMATIC, THEY REMAIN AS ONE OF THE COUNTRIES BEST LOVED LIVE ACTS. AFTER A HUGELY SUCCESSFUL SUMMER PLAYING FESTIVALS ALL OVER THE WORLD THEY RETURN TO THE CLUB SCENE FOR THEIR ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TOUR WITH SPECIAL GUEST PUNK LEGEND MAX SPLODGE. TICKETS WILL CERTAINLY FLY OUT FOR THIS SHOW!! DON’T MISS OUT !

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Bad Manners - Xmas Party!

Gloucester Guildhall

FLEETWOOD BAC were the world’s first and are regarded as the UK’s most authentic Fleetwood Mac Tribute show, raved about by Peter Green’s biographer, and were the first Fleetwood Mac tribute band to fully replicate the classic Stevie, Lindsey, Christine, John & Mick ‘Rumours’ line-up.

Fleetwood Bac

Poppy uses tightwire and hair hanging to explore personal struggles of identity and Western beauty standards. Through her story we follow Poppy as she embraces who she is, encouraging and inspiring audience members to do the same and to nurture an anti-oppressive attitude.

Turk(ish)

Don't miss an action-packed Championship line up. Featuring a top British titleholder who will face a host of international wrestlers, including stars from the USA, who promise to bring some American razzmatazz to Gloucester's wrestling fans for this star-studded bonanza!

Wrestling Rampage

Membership of The Choir Factor™ gives the opportunity to perform these individual arrangements throughout the year. Our Choirs have sung the National Anthems at the Rugby World Cup game at Kingsholm in 2015, performed with Brit Award Winning artists Blake no less than 15 times as part of their UK tour and a few times with G4.

The Choir Factor: Boogie Shoes

Ghosted are the UK's premier tribute to the band Ghost. With a setlist packed full of singalong anthems, fan favourites and theatrics, audiences are guaranteed the ultimate live tribute to the band Ghost.

Ghosted

Having a career spanning nearly 30 years and having released seven albums, the band have just recorded their latest studio album with producer Danton Supple (Who has worked with such musical icons as Coldplay, Morrissey, Dave Gahan and Patti Smith to name a few).

Echobelly

The Wedding Present have been one of the UK's most loved bands since forming back in 1985. Via records such as 'George Best', 'Seamonsters' and 'Take Fountain' they grew into an intriguing outfit drawing on influences from The Fall and The Buzzcocks and adding their unique stamp to remain as relevant now as almost 40 years ago. 

The Wedding Present

Way back In January 1995, Ollie Teeba and Jake Wherry AKA The Herbaliser, a sample based beatmaking duo from Twickenham, South West London, released their debut 12” single ‘The Real Killer’ on UK label Ninja Tune. The pair were deeply immersed in hip hop culture and heavily into digging around in dusty record bins looking for funky samples. As well as jazz and soul records, they had a particular taste in old movie soundtracks, which would become a characteristic of their production sound.

The Herbaliser Band

These Wicked Rivers / Brave Rival - Co-Headline Show

August 2023 saw UK ragga-metal legends Skindred fight a closely contested chart race for the UK Number 1 Album spot with their colossal eighth album 'Smile' with the incredible support of the rock and metal community – including messages of support from Metallica, Rage Against The Machine and Disturbed as well as Kerrang!, NME and Metal Hammer – the band landed a career best of Number 2 in the UK Album chart. 

Skindred - EXTRA DATE ADDED DUE TO DEMAND

Punk Rock Factory - Stick To The Covers Tour

Will Young celebrated 20 years since his momentous Pop Idol win with a greatest hits album and sell-out national tour in 2022, a glorious recap of a career thus far that has seen all eight of his studio albums hitting Top 3 in the UK - four of which were No.1.

Will Young: Light it up Live

Keeping the Faith to the original sounds of the underground movement that started on the dance floors in the North and eventually swept the Nation including an 11-piece band with 4 lead vocalists performing over 30 original hits, expect to hear:

Northern Live

Goldie Lookin' Chain

After the hiatus that followed their triumphant opening of the main stage at Download Festival '22, the band returned to the live arena in January of 2024 where they played a handful of selected dates in the UK which saw packed houses up and down the country.

Wayward Sons

Born Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz, by now much has been made of Negrito’s own unique story—his early years growing up in an orthodox Muslim household, the doomed major label deal that turned him off of the music industry altogether, the near- fatal car cash that permanently damaged his guitar playing hand—as well as the remarkable redemption arc that began in 2015, when he won the first ever NPR Tiny Desk Contest.

Fantastic Negrito

California-born but now based in  Manchester, UK, Jesca Hoop is what you’d call a musician’s musician. Discovered by Tom Waits, and brought on tour by Peter Gabriel to sing in his band, it was a phone call from Elbow’s Guy Garvey that saw her move to the UK. Hoop's 6 studio albums including her most recent album “Order of Romance”,  produced by John Parish (PJ Harvey, Aldous Harding, This is the Kit), all received huge acclaim from critics and fans alike, and it’s easy to see why: Jesca Hoop is one of our most captivating singers. Her beautiful songs, rooted in the folk tradition are intricately detailed, acoustic-led pieces that teem with ideas, expertly crafted lyrics and melodies that spring from a deeply curious imagination. 

Jesca Hoop

The Zutons were formed in Liverpool, England, in 2002 by singer/guitarist David McCabe, lead guitarist Boyan Chowdhury, bassist Russell Pritchard, and drummer Sean Payne, with saxophonist Abi Harding joining later. The group signed to Liverpool based Deltasonic Records and released their debut single, Devil's Deal in September 2002.

The Zutons

Following the outstanding response to their recent “Live Dates Live” tour - in which the band celebrated 50 years of their seminal multi-million selling live album - Wishbone Ash return with a show featuring songs from its follow-up… Live Dates 2. Experience the legendary band - whose iconic twin-guitar sound inspired the likes of Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest & Iron Maiden - performing a stellar set that also includes much-loved classics from a remarkable back catalogue spanning an astonishing 55 years! Definitely one not to be missed!

Wishbone Ash

A debut iTunes #1 single and E.P.; a first gig to a hometown capacity crowd at Cardiff Castle; back-to-back sold out Academy tours with Myles Kennedy, then The Struts; a standing ovation at a Sold Out Royal Albert Hall supporting Peter Frampton; a live set recording in the Beatles’ legendary Studio Two at Abbey Road in London and a debut album that, within 24 hours of its release, had toppled both Taylor Swift and the Beatles from the top of Amazon UK’s album chart. An eventful first 2 years for any band. It takes years, so the saying goes, to become an overnight success...

Cardinal Black

Three dancers' shimmy through the audience weaving a tapestry of sticky tape in this tactile dance performance for young children. They invite you to tape, stick and groove, to see and feel sound or to be still, watch and listen. Audiences are encouraged to explore freely, choosing how they engage and turning the rules upside down.

The Sticky Dance: Sensory Adapted

The Sticky Dance

Throughout the music industry King King is a name synonymous with, not only great music and outstanding musicianship, but with, and perhaps even more importantly, having a damn good time every time.

Planet Rock presents King King

Elles Bailey, the award winning, smokey voiced, far touring chanteuse who has powered her way to the forefront of the British Americana and Roots scenes in recent years headlines with singer-songwriter Demi Marriner, who seamlessly blends country and pop-rock influences to create a distinct sound.

Elles Bailey - Beneath The Neon Glow Tour 2024

BBC Radio 3’s award-winning Delia Stevens and three time BBC Radio 2 Folk Musician of the Year nominee, Will Pound, deliver an unprecedented collaboration, following the creative evolution of the classical composers inspired by folk. Driven by a maverick curiosity, having stumbled upon a completely new world of sound, they combine the traditional instruments of Pound's melodeon and harmonica with the dizzying array of Stevens' percussion, and then let their imaginations run riot whilst paying homage to their respective musical roots.

Stevens & Pound

Once inside you’ll be transported to a Victorian séance room where time seems to blur, and spirits linger. But heed our warning: here, darkness reigns supreme.

Séance

JCQ, featuring EX-Status Quo drummer John Coghlan had been in existence for twenty-five years in various forms, and their final gig with John Coghlan on the 24th of September 2022 was quite aptly played at Butlin’s in Minehead where the Quo story first began.

Quo Connection

AC/DC, arguably the greatest rock band of all time, are brought to life by Live/Wire with the true passion you would expect from professional musicians who share your love of this legendary live act. They deliver a critically acclaimed High Voltage two hour rock ’n’ roll set with not only cannons and a full bank of Marshall amps but a journey that takes fans from one of the best-selling albums of all time ‘Back in Black’ through to the 2020 release ‘PWR UP’, with a healthy dose of the classics from the Bon Scott era. 

LIVE/WIRE The AC/DC Show

Come along and play some of the latest Nintendo games with other like-minded people, free and open to all! Take part in casual multiplayer gaming, or participate in our regular free tournaments and contests, with prizes up for grabs! We also host regular charity raffles, with money raised helping local charities.

Nintendo Gloucestershire - Community Gaming

Meet monsters and mermaids, take musical challenges and strut your stuff on the gangplank, with Groove Baby creating a non-stop groove – from electro jungle rhythms to Blue Note soul jazz, via infectious pop themes – to get everyone on their feet.

Grooving With Pirates

Starring the rappers themselves – joined by Michael Fassbender, Josie Walker and Simone Kirby – Kneecap is a hilarious, lurid rags-to-riches tale steeped in local lore, polemic against authority and laughs drawn from the absurdity of history. Fiercely original, it’s also a global rallying cry for the defence of native cultures.

Kneecap (18)

Beetlejuice is back! Oscar-nominated visionary Tim Burton (Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Batman) and Oscar nominee Michael Keaton reunite for the long-awaited sequel to Burton’s anarchic 1998 classic, with Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara reprising their iconic roles alongside newcomers Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci and Willem Dafoe. 

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (tbc)

With a raucous & raunchy cast hand selected by showgirl Lena Lenman, this show is a no-holds barred, full throttle journey into the wonderful world of showgirls, spectacles & songbirds, all wrapped up with a feisty, tongue in cheek ribbon! Hundred Watt Club is proud to be one of the longest running burlesque revues in the UK...Expect the unexpected, but gear up for a good old fashioned, very grown up evening of variety entertainment.

Hundred Watt Club - September

From their official PRS/Billboard award and appearing in the BBC's acclaimed ‘Arena’ documentary series, to two members being a part of original Thin Lizzy member BRIAN ROBERTSON's (Thin Lizzy, Motorhead) recording and touring act THE CLAN, Limehouse Lizzy have emerged from the pandemic period with their most explosive show and accomplished line-up yet.

Limehouse Lizzy

When Kristofer (Egill Ólafsson) finds out his health is ailing, he decides to try and answer the burning question of his life – what happened to his first love Miko (Kôki), who mysteriously vanished 50 years ago in London? As he starts his quest, the COVID-19 pandemic begins. A race against time ensues as Kristofer travels across the globe in this thrilling, heartrending romance.

Touch (15)

Currently working as a greengrocer, Welly is quickly building a world of curtain-twitching storytelling: recent single ‘Soak Up The Culture’ both sends-up and pays loving tribute to the Lads-On-Tour anthem, whilst 'Deere John' is a rollicking tableaux of marital strife (and a lawn-mower).

Welly

It has been developed as an opportunity to explore best practice, and showcase the work undertaken by groups and individuals as part of Voices Gloucester Community grants programme over the last three years. Open to everyone, we are particularly keen that those managing and programming Heritage and Cultural venues in Gloucester are able to attend.

Unboxed

It’s Figaro’s wedding, and you’re invited to join the Almaviva household for an uproarious day of revelation and scandal. Mozart’s comic opera is packed with plot twists, forbidden desires and unforgettable melodies, combining laugh-out-loud comedy with moments of breathtaking beauty.

The Royal Opera: The Marriage of Figaro

Inside his book, adventurous Harold (Zachary Levi) can make anything come to life simply by drawing it. But after he grows up, drawing himself off the book’s pages and into the physical world, Harold still has a lot to learn about real life. He also finds out that his trusty purple crayon can set off more hijinks than he ever thought possible; and that when the power of unlimited imagination falls into the wrong hands, it will take all his creativity – and that of his friends – to save both the real world and his own.

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Oas-is

Based on the true story behind world-renowned champagne business Veuve Clicquot, Widow Clicquot is a sweeping, inspiring and romantic period drama about a visionary young widow defying convention in 18th century France, starring Haley Bennett, Tom Sturridge and Sam Riley.

Widow Clicquot (15)

Barbe-Nicole Ponsardin Clicquot (Bennett) takes the reins of the fledgling wine business she started with her beloved late husband. Steering the company through dizzying political and financial reversals, she defies her scandalised critics and revolutionises the champagne industry to become one of the world's first great entrepreneurs.

blur: Live At Wembley Stadium, a cinematic two-hour concert film immortalising their historic 2023 show which saw blur perform their iconic and much-loved songs for 150,000 fans in a transcendent, once-in-a-generation performance that delivered a sweep of ecstatic 5 star reviews. 

blur: Live at Wembley Stadium (CERT TBC)

Formed through a mutual love of 80’s goth and alternative rock music.  Sanctum Santorium are a live 6-piece band that faithfully recreate classic hits by artists such as The Cult, Killing Joke, Sisters of Mercy, Siouxsie & The Banshees, The Cure, Bauhaus and more. Smoke machines at the ready with the clothes and the attitude.  Visually and musically, they are startlingly accurate.  SS deliver a blistering live set from She Sells Sanctuary and Love like Blood through to Bela Lugosi’s Dead & This Corrosion.  Dust down your leather jacket and paint your nails and get ready to be transported to The Dark Side of the 80’s. 

Sanctum Sanctorium - The Darkside of the 80s

Welcome to Limelight Sessions - an intimate music night based in England and The Netherlands. The idea? That you can be the first to discover the stars of tomorrow, in an intimate and atmospheric setting—think ‘living room in a theater’! So.. if you fancy an enchanting night of music with up-and-coming national and international artists, grab a drink, snuggle up between the fairy lights and beanbags, and enjoy the magic of these storytellers.

Limelight Sessions: Benedict Cork, Nana M. Rose, Nick Wilson

We are applying a set of flat prices on all our films* so you always know how much it'll be to experience an amazing piece of Cinema at Guildhall. You can choose from three set prices.

Heavy Load

A classic Studio Ghibli anime from 1988.  While spending a summer in the Japanese countryside with their father, two young sisters befriend mystical creatures who live in the nearby forest.

My Neighbour Totoro (U)

Beleaguered coach Greg Townsend (Matthew Modine) is in charge of taking an unlikely crew of incarcerated students from a Colorado correctional facility on an epic 1,000-mile bike ride. Forced to work together while battling obstacles, themselves, and (occasionally) each other, the group is pushed to the limit on a gruelling and transformational journey taking them from Denver, across the desert, to the spectacularly beautiful Grand Canyon.

Hard Miles (12A)

Beleaguered coach Greg Townsend (Matthew Modine) is in charge of taking an unlikely crew of incarcerated students from a Colorado correctional facility on an epic 1,000-mile bike ride. Forced to work together while battling obstacles, themselves, and (occasionally) each other, the group is pushed to the limit on a gruelling and transformational journey taking them from Denver, across the desert, to the spectacularly beautiful Grand Canyon. 

A retired Georgian teacher sets out to reunite with her estranged trans niece in And Then We Danced director Levah Akin’s Crossing, a bright, warm and novelistic new drama and winner of the Teddy Award Jury Prize for LGBTQ-themed films at the Berlin Film Festival.

Crossing (15)

Special Kinda Madness perform a truly authentic set from each band, combining the phenomenally energetic stage presence of The Specials with the wonderful iconic tunes of the Madness ‘Nutty Boys’. Playing a set from each band and producing a show that will have the audience up and dancing from the off, Special Kinda Madness will have everyone hankering after that exciting era of 2-Tone and ska.

Special Kinda Madness

A rich and rewarding animated tale, Kensuke’s Kingdom is the epic adventure of Michael, a young boy on the sailing trip of a lifetime. Adapted by Frank Cottrell-Boyce from Michael Morpurgo’s much-loved, bestselling young adult novel, it features the voices of Cillian Murphy, Sally Hawkins and Ken Watanabe.

Kensuke's Kingdom (PG)

When a woman meets a charismatic handyman in a small town she sees an escape from her inert relationship in this observational French Canadian romantic comedy drama, exploring themes such as sexual desire.

Nature of Love (15)

If (u)

Icons of 90's West-coast hip-hop, The Pharcyde are playing Gloucester Guildhall this summer on Saturday 10 August, in what is their only South West show of a UK tour. With stone-cold hits like 'Passin' Me By', 'Runnin'' and 'Drop' and hundreds of millions of plays on Spotify, the show is sure to be a special one - do not miss out!.

The Pharcyde

Beautifully crafted, Heart of an Oak tells a sensuous, wordless story of a vibrant ecosystem and how life hums along through innumerable connections between flora and fauna – as the oak’s branches leaf and reach out into the sky, and its incredible network of roots forge new life underground.

Heart of an Oak (U)

Eleven-year-old Mary has a passion for cooking and dreams of becoming a great chef. Her grandmother Emer, with whom she has a very special relationship, encourages her to make this dream come true. But every path has its obstacles, and facing them turns into quite an adventure in this delicate coming-of-age story.

A Greyhound of a Girl (U)

With a terrific ensemble cast including Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie and Hunter Schafer alongside Stone, it’s a dynamic triptych of stories, revolving around a man who tries to take control of his own life, a policeman whose wife seems like a different person, and a woman who searches for someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.

Kinds of Kindness (18)

Blurring the lines between reality and fiction, this fascinating film by trans writer, philosopher and activist Paul B. Preciado – a leading figure in the study of gender and body politics – is a playful, moving, metatextual documentary inspired by Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando: A Biography, in which the protagonist famously changes gender.

Orlando, My Political Biography (12A)

Brought in to fix NASA’s public image, sparks fly in all directions as marketing maven Kelly Jones (Johansson) wreaks havoc on launch director Cole Davis’s (Tatum) already difficult task. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, Jones is directed to stage a fake moon landing as a  back-up… and the countdown truly begins.

Fly Me To The Moon (12A)

The internationally renowned Circolombia bring Latin heart to Gloucester. With nerves of steel, music from the soul and tons of Colombian spirit. Circolombia welcomes you into their house, their home and their heart.

Corazón by Circolombia

Marie Amachoukeli’s solo debut is an acutely affecting drama powered by an astounding child actor. Full of personality with her thick glasses and a mop of curls, Mauroy-Panzani’s intricate performance is a window back into the roiling intensity of a small child’s emotions, instincts, and inherently solipsistic view of the world. Both a heartfelt drama and a clear allegory of colonialism, Ama Gloria is a beautifully drawn study of a young girl on a steep learning curve about the world.

Ama Gloria (12A)

When Succession actress Hiam Abbass left her Palestinian village to follow her dream of becoming an actress, also left behind her mother, grandmother and seven sisters. 30 years later, her filmmaker daughter Lina returns with her on an emotional journey through the vanished places of her family’s scattered memories.

Bye Bye Tiberias (12A)

"All roads lead to The Fisherman's Friends!" So said that doyen of musical cool Jo Whiley on the BBC's Glastonbury coverage just after the boys had sung their Cornish hearts out on the Avalon Stage to rapturous applause from a packed crowd.

Fisherman's Friends - Live at Llanthony

Taking a cue from youthful folk revivalists like Laura Marling, Mountain Man, and the Pierces, Watford, England’s the Staves blend the wistful cadences of classic British folk with breezy, Laurel Canyon-era pop. They made their full-length debut with Dead & Born & Grown in 2012. Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon produced the follow-up, 2015’s lf I Was, and 2021’s Good Woman saw them work with producer John Congleton on a set partly inspired by both loss and childbirth.

The Staves - Live at Llanthony

As early as 1999, aged just 26, Kate was named as one of the Top Ten Folk Voices of the Century. Everything she has done since has confirmed that honour. From being a 1999 Mercury Prize Winner – almost unheard of for a folk singer both then and now – to her latest albums ‘Light Years’, ’30 Happy Returns’ and ‘Hand Me Done’ Kate has stayed true to her folk and acoustic roots.

Kate Rusby - Live at Llanthony

1870s, Northern France: Rosalie (Nadia Tereszkiewicz) has a secret – her face and body are covered in hair. She’s concealed her hirsutism all her life, shaving to ensure she’s accepted in polite society. But her perspective changes when the conservative Abel (Benoît Magimel), unaware of her secret, marries her for her dowry. Could he love the real her? If not, why not? And what might happen if she went public.

Rosalie (15)

The third instalment in the apocalyptic horror A Quiet Place franchise, directed by Michael Sarnoski and based on a story co-written by series creator John Krasinski, this spin-off prequel stars Lupita Nyong'o, Joseph Quinn, and Alex Wolff, with Djimon Hounsou reprising his role from Part II.

A Quiet Place: Day One (15)

Often hailed as India’s biggest cultural & musical export, Raghu Dixit’s unique brand of infectious, happy music transcends age, genre, and even language. His music is strongly rooted in Indian traditions and culture and is presented with a very contemporary, global sound. From playing to over 100,000 people in his home state to several stages at Glastonbury Festival, an appearance on Jools Holland and even playing for the Queen of England!.

Raghu Dixit

Throughout the session, you'll learn the foundations of breaking through to challenging techniques, all whilst having fun and meeting other local dancers at Gloucester Guildhall. 

Your Next Move: Breaking Class

London-based dancer Yukiko Masui from SAY! She featured in the MCU film “The Marvels” (2023) and were Dance Captains for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games (2022). They will be leading our FREE workshop that will explore:

Revive Couture - Empowerment through movement workshop

Their rise to global success has been meteoric: formed in 2015, their 2016 debut album, ‘100’, went gold and shot into the UK Top 20. The 2018 follow-up, ‘Dare’, climbed even higher, as The Hunna built a golden reputation for crafting instant rock anthems.

The Hunna

London Calling, the world's premiere tribute to The Clash, will be paying homage by playing the album in it's entirety in sequence. They will then go on and play the best of the rest including all the hit singles and more such as Should I Stay or Should I Go, Rock the Casbah, I Fought the Law, White Man in Hammersmith Palais, Complete Control, Clash City Rockers, Train in Vain, and, of course, London Calling.

London Calling Play The Clash

When they inherited the failing 400-year-old estate as a young couple in the ‘80s, Tree and Burrell decided to let nature take back the land in a leap of faith, battling entrenched tradition to do so. The first scheme of its kind in Britain, it became one of the most significant rewilding experiments in all of Europe.

Wilding (PG)

The history of AKABU QUEENS (aka Akabu) spans over four decades. They made history by being the first all female band to take the stage at Reggae Sunsplash, Jamaica to a mesmerised audience.They have supported A-listers of the international reggae fraternity such as Mighty Diamonds, Burning Spear, Gregory Isaacs, Lee Scratch Perry, Toots and the Maytals, Aswad and Dennis Brown, to name but a few. Fast forward to the year 2000, and AKABU join forces with female musicians from south London based Abbakush to form SISTA Women In Reggae. The 13-strong group collaborated with Trilla Jenna, Sista Aisha, poet Jayzik and other invited guests. They joined forces with Italian artists, Ky Kah, Miss Mykela, Francisca Nesti, Mama Marjas of We Ladies Crew, to perform dates in Italy and the UK. AKABU, however, remained its own entity. These ladies play their instruments as though they were born with them, this is a nod to how tight they are. They hold crowds enraptured as they perform. Heavy on the drop and with a feminine touch.

Glos-Stir: AKABU Queens, Carmen, Ember & Sentient Sound

In the picturesque Northern fishing village of Húsavík, Iceland, Axel Flóvent began his journey as a storyteller through music. Crafting emotive ballads that resonate universally, Axel's artistry captures the essence of life's moments with a blend of folk eloquence and magnetic pop. From the runaway success of "Forest Fires," with over 78 million Spotify streams, to his debut album "You Stay by the Sea," Axel's music has enchanted audiences worldwide.

Limelight Sessions: Axel Flovent, Jasmine Jethwa, Liza Lo

Throughout the session, you'll learn the foundations of breaking through to challenging techniques, all whilst having fun and meeting other local dancers at Gloucester Guildhall.

Back by popular demand:  There's no people like show people and there's no show quite like Hundred Watt Club - get on your glad rags and come on down to Gloucester Guildhall to join the burlesque impresarios for an all new line-up for a ravishing, risqué and ridiculous evening of burlesque, comedy and cabaret entertainment!

Hundred Watt Club - June

Throughout the session, you'll learn the foundations of breaking through to challenging techniques, all whilst having fun and meeting other local dancers at Gloucester Guildhall.



CROWN/تاج is the UK’s first touring production combining classical Persian dance, contemporary dance, and Sufi movement to tell a story of displacement, identity, and body sovereignty to an original soundtrack of live classical music and electronica.

Company Scheherazade presents Crown/تاج

When brilliant neurodiverse boy Taylor (Easton Rocket Sweda) discovers he can manipulate time with an enchanted family clock, he and his older siblings team up on a quest to bring their recently separated parents back together again. But as their schemes become more elaborate, they begin to learn about family bonds and what they can and cannot control.

The Present (PG)

Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread, Corsage) stars as French-Canadian Vivenne. Fiercely independent, she nevertheless falls for Danish immigrant Holger (Mortensen) and moves with him to a small Nevada town. But when the Civil War looms and when Holger leaves to fight for the Union, Vivienne faces serious threats on the home front, courtesy of the town’s corrupt mayor (Danny Huston), his rancher business partner (Garret Dillahunt) and the rancher’s violent son (Solly McLeod).

The Dead Don't Hurt (15)

Featuring global influences and opportunity to learn some CROWN choreography. Expect great tunes, sweaty vibes and a good time!

CROWN Open Company Class

THE OLD OAK is a special place. Not only is it the last pub standing, but it’s also the only remaining public space where people can meet in a once thriving mining community that has now fallen on hard times after 30 years of decline. TJ Ballantyne (Dave Turner) the landlord hangs on to The Old Oak by his fingertips, and his predicament is endangered even more when the pub becomes contested territory after the arrival of Syrian refugees who are placed in the village without any notice.

The Old Oak (15)

Confidence Man are unarguably one of the hottest acts on the planet right now. A portable party that’s levelled dance floors and flattened festival crowds as it’s rolled out across the world, their performances are custom designed to make you dance and lose your cool.

Confidence Man - Glasto Warm Up

Gloucestershire Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers has collected 25 traditional stories from their refugee and asylum seeking clients from all over the world to mark our 25th birthday.

Refugee Stories from Our Homes

In the aftermath of a global pandemic, comedian and scientist, Ria Lina has had a Riawakening and sees the world differently. In this, her highly anticipated debut tour, Ria tackles the issues of coming out of a global pandemic, the new normal, divorce, dating in a new digital world, motherhood and what it really means to be a woman today.

Ria Lina: Riawakening

Explore our Art Exhibition in collaboration with Hundred Heroines and enjoy short films highlighting the sustainable fashion theme throughout the day. It's a fantastic opportunity to discover new ways to repurpose your clothes, see cutting-edge sustainable brands, and watch performances by aspiring artists from The Music Works.

Revive Couture

Free spirited (Jillian Nguyen) lives with her adoptive octopus father, Blister (Rob Collins), on a flourishing, colourful peninsula. Together they help regenerate plant life using their magical tentacles, with the help of friendly mechanical bees powered by the sun – until space bandits invade and kidnap Blister, so that evil scientist Dr. Maybee can use his powers to sap the planet's lifeforce and uncover the key to immortality. Can Arkie rescue Blister in time to save her home from devastation? 

Scarygirl (PG)

In BAFTA-winner David Hinton’s wonderful, captivating doc, a must for cineastes, Scorsese explains his lasting love of films like The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes. Drawing on archive material, he explores the collaboration between the English Powell and the Hungarian Pressburger – two romantics and idealists, who crafted subversive, richly distinctive films that counter-intuitively thrived in the face of adversity during WWII – and their continuing influence on his own directorial style.

Made in England: Powell & Pressburger (12A)

During the daytime Saturday & Sunday 8th & 9th June 2024 at The Folk of Gloucester we have the wonderful Summer Faery Fayre 10.30am - 5pm Free Entry with magical stalls to browse including Crystals, Crafts , Artists, Therapies & Psychic Readers, plus entertainment. Please follow the Summer Faery Fayre event link for all information on exhibitors

Elemental Warrior Faery Ball

Maria’s (Lily-Beau Leach) London childhood with her mother (Hayley Squires), an obsessive hoarder, feels magical until tragedy separates them and Maria enters a more conventional world. Years later, the now-teenage Maria (Saura Lightfoot Leon) seeks to reconnect with her mother the only way she knows how. When she meets Michael (Joseph Quinn), another troubled teen, they develop an intense and animalistic bond.

Hoard (18)

Now, using the words of her unpublished memoir, alongside never-seen-before home movies and family photographs, Catching Fire depicts Pallenberg’s life with the Rolling Stones, telling a bittersweet tale of triumph, heartbreak and addiction and showing how – from Barbarella to the Swiss Alps, from the Lower East Side to London – this radiant and compelling woman was a creative force ahead of her time.

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1964: Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under John Gielgud’s exacting direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel. 

National Theatre Encore: The Motive and the Cue (15)

During Oliver Cromwell’s brutal colonisation of Ireland, Kilkenny has fallen to English settlers after a bloody siege. On Cromwell’s orders, a young apprentice hunter, Robyn, and her father arrive from England to track and kill the wolves that live outside the city walls. Adventurous and rebellious, Robyn sneaks into the woods and discovers a world unlike any she’s ever known. There she meets Mebh, a wild girl raised by wolves, and through her unique new friend begins to realise that it’s not the forest she should fear.

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MSB has been a staple in Gloucester’s dance community for the last decade, providing a sense of community, competition and inspiration for the next generation of dancers.

Your Next Move’s Multi Styles Battle: 10th anniversary edition

After an extensive search to find the perfect Morrissey, the band played their first gig in Manchester to an audience of avid Smiths fans. The response was spectacular and The Smiths Ltd now play at venues and festivals all over the UK.

The Smiths Ltd

Europe’s longest running Cajun & Zydeco festival is back for its HUGE 30th birthday year. Featuring live performances from the finest Cajun & Zydeco bands from the UK, Europe and beyond!

Gloucester Cajun & Zydeco Festival 2025

"ART OF ANDALUCIA" is a captivating celebration of Daniel Martinez's exceptional artistry in the world of flamenco. This unique concert offers a full immersion into the essence of flamenco, featuring a carefully curated selection of Daniel's most celebrated works from his discography, including his award-winning production "Art of Believing" and his latest masterpiece, "Andalucia." Additionally, the concert will provide an exclusive sneak peek into his eagerly awaited third album, offering the audience an exclusive first listen to some of his new music. 

Daniel Martinez Flamenco - Art of Andalucia

Featured in Classic Rock, Rolling Stone, Kerrang, NME, Q, MOJO and Planet Rock magazines. ‘UK Foo Fighters’ have built an incredible reputation over the last 18 years, heralded by Dave Grohl himself and celebrated as ‘THE’ tribute to the Foo’s in a 2017 BBC documentary called ‘UK Foo Fighters - My Hero’, placing them firmly amongst tribute’s elite.

UK Foo Fighters

February 2024 saw the release of Katherine Priddy’s eagerly awaited second album: The Pendulum Swing. Greeted by critical acclaim in the press including MOJO who called it “simply brilliant”, the album landed at #1 in the official UK Folk Charts. 

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Emerging out of the post-punk and new-wave explosion of the late 70s. XTC experienced global success, touring with the likes of The Police and Talking Heads. Sadly, their legions of loyal fans would be left in limbo, when in 1982 XTC stopped touring, becoming a studio based entity. Now, forty years on, those loyal fans can once again experience all the XTC classics performed live to audiences across the globe.

eXTC

 Mike Dawes is an English guitarist known for composing, arranging, and performing multiple parts simultaneously on a single guitar. He is regarded as one of the world’s most creative modern fingerstyle guitarists, with a repertoire spanning original viral videos and popular arrangements, alongside mainstream chart success performing with Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues.

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