• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Tuesday September 24 2024

‘Multiple parties’ interested in running music and comedy venue Salisbury City Hall

‘Multiple parties’ are interested in running music and comedy venue Salisbury City Hall as an entertainments venue the, building’s owner, Wiltshire Council, says. The council secured real estate company Savills to market City Hall on the council’s behalf on […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Tuesday September 10 2024

Sarum Lights to brighten winter nights in Salisbury

Innovative light and sound show Sarum Lights is returning to Salisbury Cathedral for a fifth year. The cathedral will host the premiere of Time, a light and sound show created by the acclaimed artistic collaboration Luxmuralis. The immersive event […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Thursday September 5 2024

Landmark buildings throw open their doors for Heritage Open Days

The UK’s largest community heritage festival, Heritage Open Days, celebrates its 30th anniversary this weekend and next. Thousands of buildings or parts of buildings not normally open to the public will be welcoming visitors between September 6 and 15. […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Monday September 2 2024

Artists bring a splash of colour to Swindon’s central business district – and beyond

Street artists have brought a splash of colour to Swindon’s central business district, with Zurich’s Unity Place and Newbridge Square providing a backdrop for the Swindon Paint Festival Live Street Art Jam. Luke Smile’s eye-catching Smile mural will give […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Friday August 30 2024

Swindon Paint Fest coming to a wall near you this weekend

More than 50 artists from around the world will bring their creative skills to Swindon this weekend for the third annual Paint Fest. The event will see large-scale murals adorn buildings across the town for the third year. The […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Tuesday August 20 2024

Science Museum’s Swindon collection to open to public for first time

The Science Museum’s National Collections Centre near Swindon is to open to the public for guided doors for the first time this autumn. While three million visitors file through the doors of the Science Museum in London every year, […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Monday August 19 2024

Stormtroopers and Daleks redeem themselves by protecting Swindon artwork

Following the theft and removal of works by world-famous street artist Banksy last week, artists in Swindon have employed the services of some of the universe’s most formidable villains to protect works in the town. The sci-fi villains will […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Tuesday August 6 2024

Salisbury’s Young Gallery accredited by Arts Council England

The Young Gallery in Salisbury has been awarded accreditation by Arts Council England – opening up new funding opportunities. The gallery is a free art museum located upstairs on the first floor of Wiltshire Council’s Salisbury Library. It has a […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Wednesday July 31 2024

Swindon festival to paint the town red again this summer

Artists from Swindon and around the world will be painting the town red this summer, for the third annual Swindon Paint Fest. The festival received applications from nearly 300 artists this summer – firmly cementing Swindon Paint Fest on the […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Thursday July 25 2024

Stunning art installation Gaia to return to Bristol

A stunning art installation of the planet earth will be returning to its creator’s home town this autumn. Luke Jerram’s Gaia will be on display at Bristol Cathedral from October 15 to November 9. The seven-metre wide installation – […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Tuesday July 16 2024

Country house to celebrate oxygen discovery anniversary

The country house where oxygen was first identified 250 years ago is to host a range of summer events to mark the anniversary. Oxygen was first isolated in a laboratory at Bowood House, near Calne, by Dr Joseph Priestley. […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Friday July 5 2024

From Georgian to Art Deco – Swindon Museum moves into new, larger premises

Museum & Art Swindon will open to the public at its new, larger home next week. The former Swindon Museum and Art Gallery at the Georgian Apsley House in Old Town closed to the public during the pandemic, and […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Wednesday July 3 2024

Music festival returns to Marlborough’s town centre after nearly a decade

A music festival is to return to Marlborough’s historic town centre after almost a decade. Marlborough’s International Jazz Festival ran for 30 years from 1986 until 2016, before pedestrian safety concerns and traffic woes led it its demise. Now, […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Monday July 1 2024

Marlborough LitFest confirms lineup for 15th anniversary event

Marlborough LitFest has confirmed its lineup and a host of other events as it celebrates its 15th anniversary. Heading to the Wiltshire market town in September are fiction and non-fiction authors including LitFest patron Sir Simon Russell Beale, 2024 […]

• Swindon & Wiltshire Culture
• Tuesday June 25 2024

Celebrations to mark anniversary of King Athelstan kick off this weekend

Residents, volunteers and businesses in Malmesbury are getting ready to host a bumper programme of 27 events to mark the 1100th anniversary of the accession of King Athelstan – the first King of England – starting on Friday, June […]