What's On in Gloucestershire

Spring Family Trail

Venue: Westonbirt Arboretum

Website: www.forestryengland.uk/westonbirt/family-trail-spring

A new family trail takes you on a journey to discover the best kept secrets at Westonbirt. Try some of the activities at each spot - see if you can spot the changing colours of the horse chestnut flowers,...

Gozzle

Venue: WWT Slimbridge

Website: www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/slimbridge/whats-on/events/gozzle

Discover a season of firsts this spring, on a fun-filled wetland adventure with Gozzle the gosling. With outdoor adventures, special activities, storytelling sessions and more, enjoy a season of firsts...

Gozzle Vet Check

Venue: WWT Slimbridge

Website: www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/slimbridge/whats-on/events/gozzle-vet-check

Discover the fun-filled play clinic, where children can learn how to handle, measure, weigh and x-ray toy geese – just like WWT vets do with real birds. Put on your lab coat, pick up your record card...

Tulips in Bloom

Venue: Sudeley Castle and Gardens

Website: www.sudeleycastle.co.uk

Spring bursts into life at Sudeley Castle with Tulip Season, a vibrant celebration of more than 5,000 tulips unfurling across the Tithe Barn, the Secret Garden and the long east border of the Castle’s...

Children’s Trail: Maypole Mystery Tour

Venue: Holst Victorian House

Website: https://holstvictorianhouse.org.uk

From May Day to the Summer Solstice, explore the house this May and June with the special maypole-themed children’s trail celebrating folklore traditions. Activity is free with an adult admission. Donations...

Dogs in May

Venue: Blenheim Palace

Website: www.blenheimpalace.com

This May, Blenheim Palace are throwing open the gates of the Courtyards, Formal Gardens and Walled Gardens to your four-legged companions. Dogs are welcome in the Pantry Café, Shop and Pizzeria all year...

Foodie Family Fridays

Venue: Cogges Manor Farm

Website: www.cogges.org.uk

Cogges are opening their spacious Café courtyard, putting on some chilled out beats, inviting a festival style food truck courtesy of Uggy's Pizza and The Crock Pot and opening the Cogges Summer Bar.This...

Giffords Circus

Venue: Blenheim Palace

Website: www.blenheimpalace.com

Giffords Circus returns with a brand-new show, Waterfield, a celebration of the timeless beauty of the English countryside. Expect the most thrilling show they have ever staged, with daring, high-risk...

Boosting confidence at Samurai Martial Arts

Venue: Gloucestershire

Website: www.samurai-martialarts.co.uk

Through structured practice, kids learn respect for themselves and others, boosting confidence and resilience. Martial arts also teach goal-setting and perseverance, as progress is earned through consistent...

Brand New Ocean Island Adventure Golf

Venue: Unit 5, Madleaze Trading Estate, Bristol Rd

Website: www.jdrkarting.co.uk

Dive into the brand-new indoor crazy golf: explore vibrant Pacific Ocean scenes with playful dolphins, graceful turtles and a majestic octopus guarding a shipwreck. Enjoy ice-free curling, shuffleboard,...

Cheltenham Junior Parkrun

Venue: The Park, Cheltenham

Website: www.parkrun.org.uk/cheltenham-juniors

A free, fun, and friendly weekly 2k event for juniors (4 to 14 year olds) held every Sunday at 9am. Free but register before you first go along. The aim is to have fun so go along and join in whatever...

Cotswold Education

Venue: 200 Reservoir Road, Gloucester

Website: www.cotswoldeducation.co.uk

Cotswold Education offer individual consultations, signpost to resources and help you with applying for grammar school and completing appeals if the results weren't what you hoped. They also run online...

Discover, Play and Unwind at Batsford Arboretum

Venue: Batsford Arboretum

Website: https://batsarb.co.uk

Explore winding paths, streams and sweeping Cotswold views at Batsford’s beautiful 60-acre tree garden. Children can explore the arboretum via engaging trails designed to entertain and inspire, with...

Explorers Basecamp

Venue: Bristol Zoo Project

Website: www.bristolzoo.org.uk

Explorers Basecamp is a three-storey play tower with slides, rope jungles, climbing walls, a companion slide, floor trampolines, family swing, racing zip line, and animal footprint climbing wall are just...

Gruffalo Orienteering

Venue: Mallards Pike

Website: www.forestryengland.uk/mallards-pike

Head off the beaten track with a fun, navigational challenge at Mallards Pike. Use a Gruffalo-themed orienteering map to find twelve markers hidden in the deep, dark wood. Pick up a Gruffalo orienteering...

Kids Laser Tag

Venue: BattleSports Glos

Address: Elton Farm Leisure, Littledean Road

Website: www.battlesportsglos.com/kids-laser-tag

BattleSports Glos specialise in birthday parties, large group bookings, sports teams and school trips. Once you arrive on site with your group the team of highly trained marshals will do the rest, including...

Level-Up Your Weekend at FlyUp 417 Bike Park!

Venue: Crickley Hill Farm

Website: www.417bikepark.co.uk

FlyUp’s Kids MTB Skills Club is the perfect way for young riders to gain confidence and master essential biking skills, all while having heaps of fun! Held on weekends during term time, these sessions...

Mendip Mini Fests

Venue: Mendip Activity Centre

Website: www.mendip.co.uk

Mendip Basecamp, an award-winning family adventure campsite near Bristol, are delighted to launch a brand new entertainment schedule throughout the summer - perfect for adventurers of all ages. Mendip...

Pip and Posy Play

Venue: Blenheim Palace

Website: www.blenheimpalace.com

Have fun at Blenheim Palace with Pip and Posy in Adventure Play. This exciting installation will spark your child’s imagination as they follow Jamila’s magic pebble through a world full of colour,...

Room on the Broom trail

Venue: Beechenhurst

Website: www.forestryengland.uk/beechenhurst/room-on-the-broom

Join Witch and her friends on an adventure at Beechenhurst. This interactive family trail is packed with Room on the Broom themed activities, fascinating forest facts and plenty of fun. Once you’ve finished...

Bloomin' Fest 2026

Venue: Sun Street, outside The Roses

Website: www.rosestheatre.org

From 6–10.30pm, Sun Street transforms into a free, open-air celebration packed with live music from brilliant local artists, an outdoor bar to toast the start of summer, incredible street food worth...

Blenheim 7k Fun Run

Venue: Blenheim Palace

Website: www.blenheimpalace.com

Run, jog, or walk the spectacular grounds at this family friendly event, suitable for all ages and abilities. Blenheim Palace provides a unique backdrop making it an ideal location for a fun filled day...

Rabbits Out of The Hat

Venue: Gloucester Guildhall

Website: www.gloucesterguildhall.co.uk

Vaudevillian duo Norvil & Josephine present a magical extravaganza! Expect breathtaking magic, sensational circus and showstopper songs as these Magic Circle magicians share a spectacularly silly and spellbinding...

The K-Pop All Stars

Venue: Cheltenham Town Hall

Website: https://cheltenhamtownhall.org.uk

From stadium-shaking anthems to breathtaking choreography, K-Pop All Stars celebrate the global phenomenon redefining pop culture. With a sea of light sticks glowing and the crowd moving as one, you’ll...

Buzzly Bee’s Busy Trail at Rococo Garde

Venue: Painswick Rococo Garden

Website: www.rococogarden.org.uk

Join Buzzly on a delightful trail through the winding paths and hidden corners of Rococo Garden, using your super senses to discover nature and meet some of his friends along the way. It’s a hands-on,...

Cotswold Festival of Steam

Venue: All GWSR stations including Cheltenham Racecourse Cheltenham

Website: www.visitcheltenham.com

Annual Festival of Steam in The Cotswolds with a wide range of steam locomotives to enjoy. Kids Go Free on Bank Holiday Monday 25 May.

May Half Term - Fun at Cogges Manor Farm

Venue: Cogges Manor Farm

Website: www.cogges.org.uk

May half term is always a lovely time to visit Cogges Manor Farm and there's lots of fun activities to keep the whole family entertained including meet Ruby the Tractor 23-30 May. Get close up to Ruby...

May half term: Once upon a walk at Newark Park

Venue: Newark Park

Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Every hero's story begins with a choice... Get out in the great outdoors and choose which hero you will become this half term at Newark Park. Discover quests, face challenges, make choices and discover...

Roaming Reptiles

Venue: Over Farm

Website: www.overfarm.co.uk

Cuddle a cobra and find out how a tortoise takes his tea as we introduce your child to the coolest-blooded creatures around. Go and enjoy all those crazy scaly textures, learn something new at the educational...

Snail Trail Adventure

Venue: Chedworth Roman Villa

Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Head down to the Villa to meet some very special residents. Nearly 2,000 years ago, the Romans introduced these remarkable snails as a culinary delicacy. Today, their descendants thrive within the ancient...

Story Seeds: May Half-Term Trail

Venue: Hidcote

Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Wander through Hidcote and investigate some of their most fascinating trees. At each stop, you’ll discover a special seed carrying a word inspired by the tree you’re visiting. Gather the words as...

The Food Festival

Venue: Blenheim Palace

Website: www.blenheimpalace.com

Expect culinary thrills with a fantastic line-up of celebrity chefs and experts, amazing food and drink from gourmet delights to street food. Taste a range of delicious delights from the carefully selected...

Dino Day

Venue: Over Farm

Website: www.overfarm.co.uk

Visit Over Farm on Monday 25 of May and have a roaring good time at the very popular Dino Day. Tickle a Triceratops and pet a puppet dinosaur. The dino-experts will be on hand throughout the day to introduce...

Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling on Coopers Hill

Venue: Coopers Hill Gloucester

Website: www.visitcheltenham.com

Every year, thousands of spectators and daring competitors flock to this iconic event to witness the unforgettable spectacle of contestants hurtling down the steep hillside in pursuit of a wheel of Double...

Silly Shakespeare: Play in A Day

Venue: The Roses Theatre

Website: www.rosestheatre.org

Join The Roses Theatre for a whirlwind day of creativity, drama and fun as they take on the Bard’s brilliance - with a youthful twist. No experience needed, just bring your enthusiasm and laughter to...

Tours of the King's Bastion

Venue: Museum of Gloucester

Website: www.museumofgloucester.co.uk

Two metres below the ground, The King’s Bastion contains the remains of a section of the Roman city wall with a defensive tower, probably constructed during the reign of Henry III, and is located under...

Unicorn Fairytale

Venue: Over Farm

Website: www.overfarm.co.uk

Know someone little who loves unicorns? Make their dreams come true when they meet a real life fairytale unicorn at Countryside Adventure. Find out what a unicorn likes to eat, snap unforgettable photos...

Beautiful Brooches

Venue: Corinium Museum

Website: www.coriniummuseum.org

In this workshop, children will learn all about Anglo-Saxon brooches and pendants. What are they used for? How are they made? After the children scour the Anglo-Saxon Gallery for treasures, they will head...

Children’s Craft Drop-in

Venue: Holst Victorian House

Website: https://holstvictorianhouse.org.uk

Decorate your own terracotta pot and plant it with a sunflower, ready to bloom in the summer. Create a matching plant pebble and seed-saver envelope, too. Friendly volunteers will be on hand to help. Activity...

Fantastic Falconry

Venue: Over Farm

Website: www.overfarm.co.uk

On a falconry day during half term, you’ll meet all sorts of hawks, falcons, eagles and owls. Go along and soak up their best hunting tactics and favourite foods from the knowledgeable experts.

Boardgame Battle

Venue: Corinium Museum

Website: www.coriniummuseum.org

Whether you are commanding a Roman legion or defending a Saxon hall, strategy is the key to victory. This workshop explores the clever games played by ancient rivals to test their wits and outmanoeuvre...

Taylor Swift Tribute

Venue: The Roses Theatre

Website: www.rosestheatre.org

Xenna embodies every essence of Taylor Swift, capturing her voice, signature looks and magnetic charisma.The show now spans all 12 eras, including songs from the latest Album - Opalite, Fate of Ophelia...

The Art Bunch

Venue: The Roses Theatre

Website: www.rosestheatre.org

The Art Bunch is back after last summers success, this arts and crafts club is for children aged 5–11, led by the creative and experienced Debbie Nicholds. This joyful club offers a series of hands-on...

Pinocchio - Outdoor Theatre

Venue: Cogges Manor Farm

Website: www.illyria.co.uk

A wooden puppet runs away, hoping to find fun and adventure, but instead finds demanding bosses, con-artists and peer-pressure. How can Pinocchio ever become a real boy when even lies told to cover up...

The Bubble Show 2 - More Bubbles!

Venue: Cheltenham Playhouse

Website: https://cheltplayhouse.org.uk

Journey through the awe-inspiring legends of Bubbleland, as they are brought to life in a breathtaking theatrical experience made of soap and water.From the creator of TheBubbleShow® comes a dazzling...

Wychwood Festival

Venue: Cheltenham Racecourse

Website: www.visitcheltenham.com

Wychwood Festival returns to Cheltenham Racecourse to celebrate its 20th edition of the family-friendly festival. Over the three day weekend you can expect to be entertained with more than 100 acts across...

Hayles Fruit Farm - Pick your own

Venue: Hayles Fruit Farm

Website: www.haylesfruitfarm.co.uk

Hayles Fruit Farm are a family run farm with a commercial orchard producing apples and pears. Pick your own is becoming increasingly popular every year and they pride themselves in providing you a truly...

Cheltenham Science Festival

Venue: Various venues

Website: www.cheltenhamfestivals.org

Cheltenham Science Festival turns the town into a playground for curious minds – exploring the breakthroughs, questions and discoveries shaping our lives today and tomorrow. Includes events especially...

World Cup Science

Venue: Cheltenham Town Hall

Website: www.visitcheltenham.com

Join physicist and former professional footballer Mark Langtry, to uncover the science and technology giving teams the competitive edge at World Cup 2026. From aerodynamics and AI analytics to smart stadiums...

The Great Big Green Week

Venue: Nationwide

Website: www.greatbiggreenweek.com

Children and young people are our best advocates for climate and nature and there are plenty of ways to get your school involved. Visit the website for free resource packs available for primary and secondary...

Guinness World Records: Gamers

Venue: The Parabola Arts Centre Cheltenham Ladies' College

Website: www.cheltenhamfestivals.org

Step inside the universe of Guiness World Records, as the team reveals all about the Gamer's Edition. From its history to the behind-the-scenes process of creating the book, discover all there is to know...

Jurassic Science

Venue: Cheltenham Town Hall

Website: www.cheltenhamfestivals.org

Full of roarsome raps and dino facts, travel back in time to the world of dinosaurs and discover what they were really like. This is a historic show for the whole family.There will be a book signing after...

The Great Big Bug Show

Venue: Cheltenham Town Hall

Website: www.cheltenhamfestivals.org

Sing, dance, rap and rhyme about the delightfully disgusting and wonderfully weird world of bugs. You'll discover which beetle has a blaster on its bottom, which minibeast is barely the size of a full...

Royal Three Counties Show

Venue: Three Counties Showground

Address: Malvern

Website: https://royalthreecounties.co.uk/

There are lots of activities for children to get involved in down at the Countryside Arena, for example, have-a-go fishing sessions or interactive falconry displays. There will be a range of rides, games...

The Pickwick Papers – Outdoor Theatre

Venue: Llanthony Secunda Priory

Website: https://llanthonysecunda.org/the-pickwick-papers-outdoor-theatre

Join the lovable Mr. Pickwick and his eccentric band of companions as they bumble their way through confusing courtships, courtroom shenanigans, questionable duels, and carriage rides gone terribly wrong...

Brick Builders Club: Science Adventures

Venue: Museum of Gloucester

Website: www.museumofgloucester.co.uk

Young creators are invited to explore the world of scientific discovery through hands-on building challenges. From inventing imaginative contraptions to designing laboratories, machines and time travel...

The Adventures of Peter Pan's Shadow

Venue: The Roses Theatre

Website: www.rosestheatre.org

Set in a bedroom during a sleepover, stories are shared, and adventures are had. Using light, shadow and small-scale puppetry the audience will be taken on a journey past the skyline of London, up into...

Ballet Cymru's Sleeping Beauty

Venue: The Roses Theatre

Website: www.rosestheatre.org

Ballet Cymru reimagines the classic fairy tale of a young princess spellbound by a powerful curse. Featuring innovative choreography, exceptional dancing, distinctive costumes, and immersive projections,...

Creativity Cart

Venue: Museum of Gloucester

Website: www.museumofgloucester.co.uk

This June, discover a world of tiny creatures by crafting your own dragonflies, ladybirds, and butterflies using wooden clothes pegs, colourful pipe cleaners, and patterned cardboard. Follow the simple...

Dad's go Free Fathers Day Weekend

Venue: Cotswold Farm Park

Website: www.cotswoldfarmpark.co.uk

On Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 June, treat your dad to a chance to bottle feed goat kids and lambs and meet up to 50 rare breeds throughout the park, all topped off with a meal from the Ox Shed restaurant’s...

Gladiator Weekend

Venue: Chedworth Roman Villa

Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk

Roman gladiators return to Chedworth Roman Villa for one of the Cotswolds' most anticipated summer traditions.Master combat techniques at Gladiator School, watch warriors clash in military demonstrations,...

Roman Soldier Tour of the Eastgate Chamber

Venue: Museum of Gloucester

Website: www.museumofgloucester.co.uk

Join auxiliary Roman soldier Lucius for a fascinating visit underground to the Eastgate Chamber to see how and why the original City walls were built and what happened to them through the centuries. 2-3pm.

Wonder Gig (5-10yrs)

Venue: Gloucester Guildhall

Website: www.gloucesterguildhall.co.uk

Wonder Gigs is a family friendly, live event for music-loving grown-ups and their children. This session is perfect for older children up to the age of 10, under 5's can join this session with an older...

Father's Day - Dads Go Free

Venue: Avon Valley Railway

Website: www.avonvalleyrailway.org

Make this Father’s Day truly unforgettable with a nostalgic steam train journey through the beautiful Avon Valley. It’s a great experience for all the family, with something that both kids and grown-ups...

Tudor Players

Venue: Berkeley Castle

Website: www.berkeley-castle.com

Enjoy the sights and sounds of the past as live music and traditional Tudor dancing fill the Great Hall. With costumed performers and a lively, immersive atmosphere, it’s a wonderful way to experience...

As You Like It

Venue: Painswick Rocco Garden

Website: www.handlebards.com

Pedalling from venue to venue with all of their set, props and costumes on the back of their bikes, the HandleBards are a four-strong troupe of actors who are spending the summer bringing environmentally...

Oddsocks: Romeo and Juliet

Venue: Victoria Gardens

Website: www.rosestheatre.org

Oddsocks return with their new take on this well-loved classic, finding laughs and pathos in the most dramatic of tragedies.Oddsocks create uplifting comedy from the depths of despair in a show that’s...

Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles

Venue: Hookshouse Pottery Gardens

Website: https://thepantaloons.co.uk

The critically-acclaimed Pantaloons Theatre Company present a brand-new riff on the fiendishly famous case. Will detective duo Holmes and Watson discover the deadly secret of the Baskerville family curse...

Cheltenham Pretty Muddy Kids

Venue: Cheltenham Racecourse

Website: www.raceforlife.cancerresearchuk.org

Pretty Muddy® Kids is a fun-packed muddy obstacle course for children aged 6-12 (over 1.2m tall). The young fundraisers climb, crawl and slide their way around the course at their own pace, accompanied...

Cogges Summer Fete

Venue: Cogges Manor Farm

Website: www.cogges.org.uk

A day of traditional family fete games in the farmyard, a bouncy castle and races on the Manor House Lawn, ending with the much loved Tractor Tug of War! The café will be serving a range of hot and cold...

Party in the Barn

Venue: Cogges Manor Farm

Website: www.cogges.org.uk

Party in the Barn is a live music event for all the family. A line up of the best local bands belting out music to make you want boogie! Kids will love the live music and the space to dance as well as...

The Three Musketeers

Venue: Cheltenham Lido

Website: www.illyria.co.uk

Set against a sweeping panorama of 17th century France at war, this production is a whirlwind of scheming, romance and broad comedy. The Play contains scenes of peril, politics and passion. Suitable for...

The Princess Proms

Venue: Everyman Theatre

Website: www.everymantheatre.org.uk

Prepare for a show stopping performance with heartwarming and nostalgic songs from animations including Frozen, Wicked, K-Pop Demon Hunters, Moana, The Wizard of Oz, Beauty & The Beast, Anastasia, Pocahontas,...

Relaxed Concert for Families

Venue: Cheltenham Town Hall

Website: www.cheltenhamfestivals.org

Join Cheltenham Town Hall to explore a musical rainbow in a very special orchestral concert. Will you find a pot of gold…? For children with disabilities or additional needs and their families, this...

The Addams Family Young@Part

Venue: The Roses Theatre

Website: www.rosestheatre.org

The Addams Family musical is a hilarious and heartwarming story about love, family and embracing what makes us different. When Wednesday Addams falls for a perfectly “normal” boy, chaos erupts as the...

The Addams Family

Venue: Cheltenham Playhouse

Website: https://cheltplayhouse.org.uk

Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family – a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting...

TYGER- By Fools Delight Circus

Venue: Ham Court, Weald, Bampton

Website: www.foolsdelight.co.uk

Join Fools Delight for a circus of duos exploring the ‘fearful symmetry’ in all of us, Live music, acrobatics, drag queens, fallen angels, fire and water acts and the clown Sam Goodburn is back! The...

Kids Adventure Camps

Venue: Mendip Activity Centre

Website: www.mendip.co.uk/adventure-camps

If you’re worried your child spends too much time on screens, or if you're simply trying to juggle work and school holidays, Mendip’s Kids Adventure Camps are the answer. Designed for children aged...