Today Cheltenham Festivals have launched ‘The Next Chapter’, its innovative new 5-year strategy (2026-2030), placing people, place and collective action at the centre of its mission and vision.

Cheltenham Festivals has recently been made aware of fraudulent emails and messages circulating that falsely claim to represent Cheltenham Literature Festival.These communications appear to target authors, agents and speakers, inviting…

Cheltenham Jazz Festival has celebrated its most successful year to date, with its 30th anniversary edition welcoming record numbers of festival-goers to Montpellier Gardens, connecting over music across a sun-soaked Bank Holiday weekend. 

Maggie Aderin | Russell Arnott | Angela Gallop Saira Hameed | Claudia Hammond | Julia King  Mark Langtry | Tim Marshall  Deborah Meaden |  Hugh Montgomery          Alice Roberts | Adam Rutherford | Josh Smalley Richard Susskind | Jimmy…

Would you like to be part of The Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival from 9 – 18 October 2026? We’d love to include you in this year’s programme! We're looking for a host of writers, creatives and performers to be part of…

Cheltenham 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…

Introducing the VOICEBOX podcast. Bold, fearless conversations where arts, culture and the issues that matter collide. The big sibling that listens and never judges.  Watch the VOICEBOX podcast trailer here Press materials available  here 

Jack Savoretti • Jessie J • Nigel Kennedy • Joss Stone • Joshua Redman • Lady Blackbird • Van Morrison • 10cc • ABC  •Earth Wind & Fire Experience • Mica Paris with Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Orchestra • Jalen Ngonda • Bill Frisell • Courtney…

See you ...around town...around town is returning for the 2026 Cheltenham Jazz Festival, bringing the best of local talent for FREE to venues across Cheltenham, thanks to the support of Cheltenham BID.This dynamic programme showcases an…

Looking 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 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…

In a thrilling conclusion to its 20th anniversary celebrations, FameLab International 2025 crowned its global winner last night at CERN Science Gateway in Switzerland, marking another milestone in the world’s longest-running and…