Blog (2023) - Visit Cheltenham

Following a hugely successful launch last year The Queens Hotel has reopened their Summer garden with a delicious new menu, bottomless afternoon tea and lots of prosecco.

Fully customisable, the new menu offers guests the chance to create their own delicious and healthy poke bowl, their way!

Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2023 ended another year with an electric celebration of jazz, including contemporary leading lights such as Gregory Porter and Laura Mvula while looking forward to the next generation of stars.

Dobbies Garden Centres has opened its new little dobbies store in the heart of Cheltenham. Located at 106 Promenade, the store is the sixth of its kind in the UK.

Members will enjoy great value benefits on food and drinks in trust cafes, as well as fast track access and the heads up on the big-name acts before tickets go on sale.

English Touring Opera (ETO) presents its first season under the leadership of new General Director Robin Norton-Hale in Spring 2023, with a national tour of three deeply contrasting operas. 

TURF has announced its decision to close on the 30th April. After the strategic committee review  found it had achieved its mission of bringing the town’s independent hospitality businesses closer together.

Festival founder, Andy Davies has teamed up with Cheltenham Borough Council to look at opportunities to secure the long term future of the Cheltenham Paint Festival.

Party late into the night as Cheltenham Jazz Festival takes over the town’s bars, pubs and local spots for five days of unmissable free gigs over the May bank holiday weekend (27 April–1 May).

Cheltenham Science Festival will celebrate its 21st birthday in The Festival Town with 138 events and 270 of the best scientists, thinkers, writers and creators.

World renowned Danish homeware retail store, Søstrene Grene, is opening its first Gloucestershire store soon and you are invited.

The magic doesn’t stop after The Festival, The April Meeting is around the corner, a wonderful two-day meeting at the Home of Jump Racing. As always at Cheltenham there is something quite special about the atmosphere.

A celebration of the LGBTQ+ community and culture will feature the first pride parade for over a decade, drag performances, live music and broadcast of the Eurovision grand final.

A popular fine dining restaurant in Cheltenham has been awarded its first Michelin Star in the Michelin Guide 2023, adding further prestige to Cheltenham’s thriving food and drink scene.

The award winning venue prides itself on constantly evolving its spaces both indoor and out, always striving to provide an inclusive experience for all visitors.