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Salisbury events and what's on

As a city, Salisbury embraces the arts in the broadest sense with first-class venues offering quality entertainment throughout the year, from drama and dance to exhibitions and lectures. Salisbury is fortunate to enjoy a wide range of musical events, from classical recitals to jazz bands, folk singers to pop groups.

Festivals and cultural events in Salisbury

One of the major cultural events to take place each summer in Salisbury is the Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival (end May-mid June) which brings with it a host of classical concerts, performances, theatre and participatory events.

Salisbury is also home to the Playhouse which offers an exciting programme of quality performances as well as the Salisbury Arts Centre and the City Hall with a year-round entertainment programme. On the outskirts of the city is the Studio Theatre, home to amateur theatre productions.

Crafts, food fayres and markets

Within the Cathedral Close the Salisbury Contemporary Craft and Heritage Festival is held and during a week in September the Salisbury Food & Drink Festival comes to the city with the highly popular food and drink market on the final day. Look out for food and craft fayres and regular markets held across the city too.

One-off events

Look out for one-off events which take place in and around the city and keep checking back as event are regularly added to our site.

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You can find out more about what's on in Salisbury by browsing the listings below. Alternatively, if you have particular dates in mind search our what's on calendar.

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SALTLINES: Raynor Winn / Gigspanner Big Band ECO:FEST

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Bradford on Avon

ECO:FEST is a mini festival of music and creative activity delivered in partnership with Climate Friendly Bradford on Avon. Learn more about what's going on in our local community and opportunities to get involved through a rich programme of…

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Wiltshire Music Centre, West Wiltshire

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WORD! Creative Writing and Book-Arts workshop

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Salisbury

Explore 4 fun and low pressure Creative Writing strategies to make a pocketed book of words in this gentle workshop.
Make a folded booklet with pockets of poems in this fun Creative Writing workshop that will help you get writing, and finding poems…

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Marmen Quartet

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Bradford on Avon

Johannes Marmen violin
Laia Valentin Braun violin
Bryony Gibson-Cornish viola
Sinéad O'Halloran cello
MOZART String Quartet No 16 in E flat major K 428/421b
TŌRU TAKEMITSU A Way A Lone
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No 8 in E minor Op 59 No 2…

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Wiltshire Music Centre, West Wiltshire

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The Museum of Marvellous Things

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Bradford on Avon

Kristina Stephenson author, presenter
Discover stars in jars, catch moons like balloons, dance with Doo-Dahs in cages and sing with Noo-Nahs on stages – The Museum of Marvellous Things is made from the magic of your imagination. With giant puppets,…

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Wiltshire Music Centre, West Wiltshire

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SANSARA: Traces of the White Rose

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Bradford on Avon

Tom Herring musical director
SANSARA
Programme to include:
REGER Nachlied Op 138 No 3
ETHEL SMYTH Komm, süsser Tod
CECILIA MCDOWALL Standing as I do before God
PHILIP MOORE Three Prayers of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Vocal collective SANSARA present a…

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Wiltshire Music Centre, West Wiltshire

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Armand Djikoloum / Iyad Sughayer

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Bradford on Avon

Armand Djikoloum oboe
Iyad Sughayer piano
Programme to include:
BRITTEN Temporal Variations
CLARA SCHUMANN Die stille Lotosblume Lieder Op 13
RAVEL Sonatine arranged for Oboe and Piano
LILI BOULANGER Nocturne for Oboe and Piano
MARINA DRANISHNIKOVA…

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Wiltshire Music Centre, West Wiltshire

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Nature Meditations and Twig Binding Book-Arts Workshop

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Workshop

Salisbury

Enjoy an afternoon of creative calm through nature inspired Book-Arts to make a "Nature Meditation" book and a "Twig" Bound book.
Mindful mark-making using luscious inks, folding softly textured paper, being in the moment of creative flow... this…

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Fenella Humphreys / Martin Roscoe

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Bradford on Avon

Fenella Humphreys violin
Martin Roscoe piano
BRAHMS Sonatensatz in C minor WoO 2
CLARA SCHUMANN 3 Romances Op 22
ROBERT SCHUMANN Sonata No 1 in A minor Op 105
ROBERT SCHUMANN Märchenbilder Op 113
BRAHMS Sonata No 3 in D minor Op 108
Winner of the…

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Wiltshire Music Centre, West Wiltshire

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Breabach

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Bradford on Avon

Megan Henderson fiddle, vocals
James Lindsay double bass, keyboard, vocals
Calum MacCrimmon bagpipe, whistle, bouzouki, vocals
Conal McDonagh bagpipe, uilleann pipes, whistle, vocals
Ewan Robertson guitar, cajon, vocals
Winners of 'Folk Band of the…

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Wiltshire Music Centre, West Wiltshire

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Astatine Trio

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Bradford on Avon

Jelena Horvat violin Riya Hamie cello Berniya Hamie piano
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Trio No 2 in E minor Op 67 SCHUBERT Piano Trio No 2 in E flat major D 929
Winners of several international prizes and mentored by the legendary pianist Alfred…

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Wiltshire Music Centre, West Wiltshire

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Ronnie Scott's All Stars

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Music

Bradford on Avon

Ronnie Scott's All Stars
James Pearson piano, musical director
Featuring the rarely heard sound of two grand pianos, combined with a world-class rhythm section, Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club musical director James Pearson presents a very special concert…

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Wiltshire Music Centre, West Wiltshire

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Groove Baby Grooving with Pirates

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Bradford on Avon

Cameron Reynold organ, synth, vocals
Laurence Corns guitar, vocals
Chris Nickolls drums
Jump aboard a swashbuckling adventure with family-favourite performers Groove Baby in this exciting show especially for 3–7 year olds – and their grown-up…

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Wiltshire Music Centre, West Wiltshire

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Brodsky Quartet: Requiem

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Music

Bradford on Avon

50TH ANNIVERSARY SHOSTAKOVICH CYCLE
Krysia Osostowicz violin
Ian Belton violin
Paul Cassidy viola
Jacqueline Thomas cello
SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No 11 in F minor Op 122
SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No 13 in B flat minor Op 138
SHOSTAKOVICH…

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Wiltshire Music Centre, West Wiltshire

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Brodsky Quartet: The Man - His Life and Loves

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Music

Bradford on Avon

50TH ANNIVERSARY SHOSTAKOVICH CYCLE
Krysia Osostowicz violin
Ian Belton violin
Paul Cassidy viola
Jacqueline Thomas cello
SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No 7 in F sharp minor Op 108
SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No 8 in C minor Op 110
SHOSTAKOVICH…

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Wiltshire Music Centre, West Wiltshire

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Forest Summer Camp - Willow Weaving & Woodland Jewellery

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Outdoors

Marlborough

Here at Postern Hill Campsite we are very excited to have partnered with Explore the Great Outdoors to run some Woodland Activity Events on site during July & August, an amazing outdoor activity for all ages. So amazing you may want to extend your…

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Heritage Open Day at Kelmscott Manor

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Heritage

Kelmscott

Join Kelmscott Manor as they hold their first Heritage Open Day!

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'The Most Rotten Borough in England'... a true story of bribery and corruption

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Guided Walk

Malmesbury

Guided Walk around Malmesbury
'The Most Rotten Borough in England'... a true story of bribery and corruption

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Malmesbury from 1066 to Henry VIII...a rollercoaster ride of rise and fall

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Guided Walk

Malmesbury

Guided walk around Malmesbury
Malmesbury from 1066 to Henry VIII... a rollercoaster ride of rise and fall

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Nature Badges Craft Sessions

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Crafts

Kelmscott

Show your love for nature in this badgemaking workshop. Turn felt and thread into a celebration of the natural world around us. Free, all ages and abilities welcome, drop-in between 12-4pm.

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Stone Carving Demonstrations with Sharon Rich

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Crafts

Kelmscott

Find sculptor Sharon Rich in the grounds of Kelmscott Manor Friday and Saturday and watch her demonstrate the art of stone carving.

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