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  1. Cheltenham Festivals & Major Events Guide
    What's on guide - Cheltenham festivals & major events 2024
    Your guide to Cheltenham festivals and major sports events, from Cheltenham Festival in March, to Cheltenham Jazz, Science, Music and Literature Festivals, Wychwood, 2000Trees and many more.
  2. The insider’s guide to Cheltenham: The Festival Town
    The insider’s guide to The Festival Town
    Come for the festivals and stay for the fun, food and fabulous hospitality: indulge your passions and experience so much more in Cheltenham.
  3. Wychwood festival, Cheltenham
    Visit Cheltenham team’s top picks of the festival season

    The festival season has well and truly begun in Cheltenham, The Festival Town and we here at Visit Cheltenham have come together to hand-pick a few of the events we’re most looking forward to this summer.

  4. Cheltenham weekend breaks
    Cheltenham weekend breaks
    Our round up of the best 2023 Cheltenham weekend breaks, covering all budgets from luxurious town centre hotels, indulgent countryside retreats and budget friendly hotels offering great value for money…
  5. 48 hours in Cheltenham & the Cotswolds - suggested itinerary
    Weekend in Cheltenham & the Cotswolds
    Our suggested itinerary for a weekend in Cheltenham and the Cotswolds. Discover and explore this lesser known cool, cosmopolitan corner of England. Explore at your own pace and uncover some of the locals’ best kept secrets.
  6. Free events in Cheltenham
    Free events in Cheltenham
    As well as providing a fabulous backdrop, packed full of things you can see, feel, explore, discover and enjoy, absolutely free, there is also a regular rotation of free events that you can pop along and take part in...
  7. Ladies weekend in Cheltenham and Gloucester
    Your guide to summer in Cheltenham
    A line up of the 100+ best events taking place over the summer in Cheltenham 2024 including festivals, live music, theatre performances, free events & much more!
  8. Cheltenham Paint Festival - Inkie PE Way
    Cheltenham Paint Festival
    Cheltenham's streets pop with colour thanks to the annual Cheltenham Paint Festival. Watch artists hard at work when the festival returns for the sixth year this summer, 27 - 28 July 2024 and enjoy street art creations year round in The Festival Town!
    1. Summer Jam 2019
      Summer Jam: The Lakefest Warmup
      The popular free music festival at The Brewery Quarter returns to kick start the summer holidays.
      1. Cheltenham Music Festival
        Cheltenham Music Festival brings eight days of performances and events by leading international artists, new talent and innovators.
        1. Cheltenham Ladies College
          Cheltenham Heritage Open Days
          10 days of Cheltenham heritage free to explore! Discover Cheltenham and its heritage as buildings throw open their doors to the public with a full programme of exciting walks and fascinating talks.
          1. Cheltenham International Film Festival
            CIFF celebrates its 6th anniversary in 2024 and will continue to bring the best of world cinema to its thriving audience through films that question, inspire, entertain; through documentaries that raise issues and inform; through film shorts by filmmakers new to the industry; and through tributes to recognise the contributions of celebrated artists to the legacy of great cinema.
            1. Cheltenham Literature Festival
              Cheltenham Literature Festival, 10-19 October, promises a feast for the mind. As the world’s longest-running literature festival, the annual event leads the way in celebrating the written and spoken word, presenting the best new voices in fiction and poetry alongside literary greats and high-profile speakers.
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            2. The Showcase at Cheltenham Racecourse
              The Showcase
              The thundering hooves will return after a summer break to Cheltenham Racecourse, our world class sporting venue, on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 October 2024.
              1. Live shows in Cheltenham 2024
                Live performances in Cheltenham
                Our guide to the best live performances in Cheltenham 2024, featuring comedians, music megastars and unmissable theatre shows.

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