News

July 2011

• Gloucester Underground Festival to be a Free Event04/07/11

  After being short-listed in NME’s search for Britain’s Best Small Venue, Gloucester Guildhall has decided to celebrate this accolade by making their annual Underground Festival a free event. In the spirit of bringing the best unsigned and emerging bands to Gloucester, the Guildhall...

• Blackfriars Priory tours start this Sunday01/07/11

  Blackfriars Priory will open its oak doors to an eager public this weekend, following painstaking restoration work thanks to investment from English Heritage and the South West Regional Development Agency.

  It is the best preserved medieval Dominican priory in Britain, built in the 13th...

June 2011

• Get Involved at Gloucester Carnival20/06/11

  Gloucester Carnival is back in 2011 for its 75 th year – Get involved!

  Being the 75 th year of Gloucester’s Carnival Procession, we would like to get as many new faces involved as possible and want YOU to take part!  

  Download the application letter

  Download the...

May 2011

• Going Underground09/05/11

  After the success of last year’s inaugural Underground Festival, Gloucester Guildhall have just announced the lineup for the 2011 event. The festival champions unsigned and up and coming bands from across the country and takes place on the 24th and 25th September.

  This year, the Gloucester...

• Tall Ships Festival lands this August Bank Holiday04/05/11

  Ships Ahoy!

  Gloucester’s award-winning Tall Ships Festival is back! The fantastic Tall Ships will sail into the city for the weekend of the August Bank Holiday, Friday 26th - Sunday 28th.

  The festival is undoubtedly Gloucester's most popular event for all...

March 2011

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  War and Peace at Gifford's Circus!28/03/11

  The Giffords Circus company of actors, learned geese, tumbling pigeons, hawks, clowns, musicians and runaways is set to return to Gloucester's Llanthony Priory from May 19 - 23. The show, ‘War and Peace at the Circus’ will be another opportunity for Giffords...

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  Heralding the Gloucester 1203/03/11

  Gloucester is to celebrate 12 of its most iconic and magnificent buildings and locations with a new set of collector's postcards and accompanying guide designed to appeal to both visitors and city residents.

  The Gloucester 12 will be chosen from a list of more than 20 suggested buildings...

September 2010

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  Changes to Coach Drop off/pick up & Overlay Parking in Gloucester08/09/10

  The current coach overlay facility in Westgate Street Car Park is going to be moved with effect from 13th September 2010 on a temporary basis. Please read on to find out more…

  What will be provided in Westgate Street Car Park during this period?

  The car park will have a new...

March 2010

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  New audio trails bring Gloucester's history to life01/03/10

  Discover Gloucester at your own pace with a new series of audio trails around Gloucester.  The tours developed by Gloucester Civic Trust are either available from St Michaels Tower or Gloucester Tourist Information Centre or can be downloaded from here .

  The first trail starts at...

November 2009

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  Gloucester celebrates Gold and Silver awards at tourism 'Oscars'28/11/09

  Gloucester is celebrating today after a double success with a Gold and

  Silver award at this year's South West Tourism 'Oscars'.

  The city council's tourism staff have won Gold in the Tourist

  Information Service of the year category - for their outstanding

  customer service.

  Our tourism...

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