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The Arcade: Cheltenham Science Festival's new drop-in zone
Monday 6 February 2023A brand-new drop-in zone – The Arcade - will appear at Cheltenham Science Festival this year, designed to be an inclusive space for everyone to get hands on and have fun
First look at Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2023
Monday 6 February 2023Here's a glimpse at what to expect at Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2023.
BAFTA Young Presenters at Cheltenham Literature Festival
Tuesday 8 November 2022At this year's The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, we were joined by the winners of BAFTA's Young Presenters competition. Jeriah Kibusi, 11 and Maryam Drammeh, 16 recently won in their respective age categories…
International authors, fresh voices and rock stars delight the crowds at The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival
Monday 17 October 2022Across ten gloriously sunny autumnal days, The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival welcomed the world’s greatest writers and thinkers for an international celebration of the written word. Featuring around 900 speakers…
Cheltenham Literature Festival 2022 Programme Announcement
Thursday 4 August 2022A M Homes | Amy Jeffs | Anne Enright | Anton Du Beke | Ardal O’Hanlon | Arqam | Asma KhanBonnie Garmus | Bono | Clive Myrie | Caroline O'Donoghue | Charlie Mackesy | Davina McCallChloë Ashby | Chris Patten | Christie Watson | Damon Galgut…
Collaboration bites back
Friday 22 July 2022During Cheltenham Music Festival 2022, contemporary music specialist and soprano Juliet Fraser - who took part in the ground-breaking project Distance - gave a keynote speech at Composium about this year’s theme collaboration. A…
Cheltenham Music Festival announces 2022 programme of concerts and events over nine days
Thursday 5 May 2022London Mozart Players, New English Ballet Theatre, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Tenebrae and The English ConcertMartin James Bartlett, Brodsky Quartet, Ingrid Fliter, Sheku & Isata Kanneh-Mason, Anoushka Shankar and Samuele…
Cheltenham Jazz Festival celebrates record-breaking 25th edition
Wednesday 4 May 2022After a break of two years due to the pandemic, Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2022 came storming back for its 25th edition.Festival highlights included:A BBC Celebration of 25 Years of Cheltenham Jazz Festival broadcast on BBC Radio 2 Sunday…
Cheltenham Festivals launches new free ticket programme Connections
Monday 4 April 2022A new free ticket scheme funded by Cheltenham Festival Patrons and the Summerfield Charitable Trust is enabling us as a charity to help create a world where everyone can explore and create culture.
Experience the incredible audio-visual performance-installation Invisible, Real
Wednesday 16 February 2022In case you missed it, you can experience Faye MacCalman's incredible audio-visual performance-installation Invisible, Real, which debuted at Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2022, in our video below.
Cheltenham Science Festival back at full scale for its 20th birthday
Sunday 6 February 2022Cheltenham Science Festival is back at full scale for its 20th birthday. In year two of the Festival’s ‘Be The Change’ theme, four Guest Curators and a group of five Young Changemakers will show how science is shaping our future.Over 130…
Culture at the heart of Cheltenham Science Festival’s 20th birthday celebrations
Sunday 6 February 2022Cheltenham Science Festival returned to Imperial Gardens for its 20th birthday.