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Literature for Schools 2026 Tickets Now on Sale

Join us from 9–18 October for inspiring events with Michael Rosen, Katherine Rundell, Nadia Shireen, Nathanael Lessore and many more.

This year's programme offers something for every age group, with events designed to spark imaginations, nurture creativity and inspire a lifelong love of reading and writing.

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Aurora Orchestra and Benjamin Grosvenor
Fri 3 Jul, 7pm
Cheltenham Town Hall
£48, £38, £28, £18, £12
“I’ve never seen an orchestra take so much ownership over a performance” was Bachtrack’s response to Aurora Orchestra’s 2016 Proms performance of Mozart’s ‘Jupiter’ from memory. There’s an infectious freedom and energy to Aurora’s…
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Gloucestershire Young Musician of the Year with Gloucestershire Symphony Orchestra
Mon 6 Jul, 7.30pm
Pittville Pump Room
£12
In a new celebration of Gloucestershire’s outstanding musical talent, the Festival welcomes the winner of the Gloucestershire Young Musician Award to perform one of the greatest and most beloved violin concertos ever written. Superbly…
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Vision String Quartet
Sun 5 Jul, 11am
Pittville Pump Room
£32, £26, £18
Returning to Cheltenham after a spectacular recital in 2025 which demonstrated their precocious artistry, Vision String Quartet play pieces from every corner of the quartet repertoire with one signature difference: there are no music…
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Astatine Trio
Mon 6 Jul, 11am
Pittville Pump Room
£28, £22, £16
BBC New Generation ArtistThe award-winning Astatine Trio has emerged as one of the UK’s most exciting young ensembles and opens this year’s series of recitals by current BBC New Generation Artists. From 2022–25 the trio benefited from the…
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Za Górami
Sat 4 Jul, 3.30pm
Pittville Pump Room
£24, £20, £14
Vocalist and violinist Alice Zawadzki, pianist Fred Thomas and bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado present a rare alchemy, fusing folk idioms from a multitude of sources with free-flowing interplay and fluid structures. Inhabiting their own…
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The Unthanks
Wed 8 Jul, 7.30pm
Cheltenham Town Hall
£35, £28, £22, £18, £12
‘The Unthanks are capable of such beauty that sometimes I can hardly bear to listen to them’ said Martin Freeman of the band who ‘ask you to consider everything you know and un-think it’. Using the traditional music of the North East of…
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