Music Festival
Extraordinary music in extraordinary spaces.
Since 1945, Cheltenham Music Festival has been a home for extraordinary music. Its 80th year in 2025 was a landmark season of celebration, and in 2026 the Festival looks ahead – championing world-class performers and bold new voices in Cheltenham’s most beautiful spaces.
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- Festival dates: 3 – 11 July 2026
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What's On
FREE - Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 July
Fancy some Mozart with your mocha, cocktails with your crotchets or a beer with a side of Beethoven?
Invisible Rainbows
What if the world around us is far richer than we can perceive? In Invisible Rainbows, astrophysicist and science communicator Alfredo Carpineti reveals the extraordinary hidden universe beyond the limits of human vision and how we have…
Hope in the Climate Crisis
What positive actions can we take in the face of the climate crisis?Join Julia King, Chair of the Adaptation Committee, and Hugh Montgomery, Professor of Medicine at UCL, for a vital conversation on what we can all do in response to the…
Facing Infinity
Over 250 years ago, an 18th century vicar looked up at the night's sky and suggested there was something very dark and extraordinarily heavy that was moving the stars. In 2019, astronomers took the first actual photograph of a black…
Renaturing: Small Acts to Help Nature
Can one person have any impact on nature? By starting small and doing something – anything – to help the environment around us, we can all build a better collective green future. Illustrating this is author of Renaturing, James Canton, who…
The Hunter and the Hunted
We enter the complex world of financial crime with reformed fraudster Alex Wood, and Clue Software’s Director of Intelligence and Investigations, Matt Horne, a seasoned former law enforcement leader and economic crime expert.With raw…
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Music For Schools
We welcome hundreds of children from schools across Gloucestershire to enriching and joyful live music events at Cheltenham Music Festival each year - see what we got up to in 2024
Latest Festivals News
Stars of Classical Music, Theatre, Jazz, World and Folk Visit Cheltenham for 2026 Music Festival
Friday 6 March 2026Cheltenham Music Festival will deliver a bold and diverse programme of world-class music-makers this July, bringing bona fide stars and the latest new voices to burgeoning audiences hungry for inspiring live experiences. Performers will…
Pick Up Your 2026 Festival Brochures
Tuesday 10 February 2026Looking for a brochure? Pick one up at any of the following locations from Tuesday 10 February.Explore the Festival line-ups here.Please note: brochures for Members, Patrons and pre-orders have been posted to your address.
Cheltenham Festivals Reaches Record-Breaking Number of Children in 80th Year
Friday 12 December 2025Cheltenham Festivals has today announced that it has reached a record-breaking number of children during its landmark 80th anniversary year, marking a major milestone in the charity’s mission to create meaningful and lasting change through…