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They’ve only gone and done it again! The team at the Everyman Theatre have come up with an absolute knockout of a pantomime that is one of the best (if not THE best) I’ve ever seen.
After last year’s run was curtailed by Covid, this year’s production of Jack and the Beanstalk is just pure pantomime class.

Cornbury Music Festival has today (Tuesday) revealed its classic line-up of headliners for 2022.
Loved by locals, Cornbury is a long established festival in the heart of the Oxfordshire Cotswolds, with the friendly community atmosphere of a village fete, that just happens to have some of the biggest International names in music performing on the main stage.

A brand new £4 million, state-of-the-art theatre being built in the Cotswolds has been given its name.
The venue on site at Chipping Campden School is nearing completion and plans to launch in Spring 2022.

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR) has ended its pre-Christmas operating season in spectacular style, with a two-day mixed traction gala that attracted almost 2,000 passengers.
The event, over the weekend of 6-7 November, was staged as a finale to the railway’s 40th anniversary with eight locomotives operating – four steam, four diesel plus a diesel multiple-unit – working an intensive timetable that included a freight train. There were in addition, double-headed and non-stop services each day.

Thirty years ago two youthworkers from a church in Minchinhampton had a vision to set up a youth café in Stroud.
After recruiting a small team of volunteers they opened The Door Youth Project at the bottom of Gloucester Street on Friday evenings and Saturdays.

Christmas is just around the corner and so is the annual treat that is the Cheltenham Everyman Theatre pantomime!
Last year ‘Tweedy’s REDUCED Pantomime’ was a huge hit but was forced to close on Christmas Eve due to Covid restrictions.

The Kingfisher Trail, a truly unique collection of 22 individually designed sculptures, ihas swooped to a close in the Cotswolds.
The kingfishers are taking a well-earned break and a rest from public display before their auction appearance!

The Chanterelles are a group of young ladies drawn together by their love of singing, under the direction of Dr Shirley Court.
Since 2009 they have impressed both audiences and adjudicators alike with their professional approach and clear enjoyment for the music they sing, with a diverse repertoire which spans genres and showcases the rich sounds they make.

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR) features in a new four-part series hosted by ‘national treasure’ Pam Ayres, being aired by Channel 5 from today (September 17) at 8pm.
The railway is covered in the third programme of the series on Friday, October 1. It chronicles Pam’s visit earlier this year when she took a round trip over the line, starting from Toddington station, calling at Winchcombe, Cheltenham Racecourse and back via Broadway, chatting to volunteers along the way.

A magnificent suit of 19th century samurai armour – part of the largest collection of such armour in the UK – has returned to display at the National Trust’s Snowshill Manor in Gloucestershire after 300 hours of painstaking conservation and cleaning.

Cirencester’s Ingleside House has only just opened its doors as a boutique hotel but already has grand plans to become a leading light in entertainment and dining with the announcement of its first live shows planned for October.

DogFest West is coming to the Cotswolds this weekend!
In partnership with Bought By Many, the most doggylicious day in the events calendar comes to Cirencester Park on Saturday and Sunday, September 18-19.