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Literature for Schools 2026 Tickets Now on Sale

Join us from 9–18 October for inspiring events with Michael Rosen, Katherine Rundell, Nadia Shireen, Nathanael Lessore and many more.

This year's programme offers something for every age group, with events designed to spark imaginations, nurture creativity and inspire a lifelong love of reading and writing.

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Violetta Suvini and Friends
Fri 10 Jul, 11am
Pittville Pump Room
£18
Italian-Irish violinist and rising chamber music star Violetta Suvini brings together three of the most creative, bold and thoughtful composers working today for a series of new works for strings and electronics.New York-based Jasmine…
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Oleg Shebeta-Dragan
Wed 8 Jul, 11am
Pittville Pump Room
£28, £22, £16
BBC New Generation ArtistUkrainian clarinettist Oleg Shebeta-Dragan is one of today’s most distinctive young artists. He first gained international recognition in 2022, when he won the prestigious Carl Nielsen International Competition in…
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Opus13
Thu 9 Jul, 11am
Pittville Pump Room
£30, £24, £18
First Prize winners at the 2025 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, Opus13 is rapidly emerging as a leading voice on the international chamber music scene. Named after Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13 —…
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Dudù Kouate and Shunya
Sat 4 Jul, 8pm
DEYA Swamp
£24
Renowned for his mastery of pan-African traditional instruments, many of which he creates himself, Dudù Kouate journeys through his cultural influences in this rare duo appearance with Irish multi-instrumentalist Shunya.Born in Senegal in…
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Mahler, Brahms and Bruckner
Sat 4 Jul, 7.30pm
Tewkesbury Abbey
£42, £32, £15
Das klagende Lied is Mahler’s musical coming-of-age – an insight into one of the great musical minds of all time and a chilling tale of jealousy, murder and magic.Written for colossal orchestral and choral forces, an eerie woodland and a…
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FREE - Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 July
Sat 4 Jul, 9am
Free
Fancy some Mozart with your mocha, cocktails with your crotchets or a beer with a side of Beethoven?Experience Cheltenham Music Festival beyond the concert hall with ...around town, in association with Cheltenham BID.Enjoy free live…
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