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DoFestivalsJazz
Cheltenham Jazz Festival: A Local's Guide to the Town's Best Long Weekend
If Cheltenham has a favourite long weekend of the year, the Jazz Festival might be it. For six days at the start of May, Montpellier Gardens turns into a pop-up music village, the Big Top goes up,...
Best of Cheltenham·20 July 2026
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Cheltenham Literature Festival: A Local's Guide to the World's Longest-Running Book Festival
Every October, Cheltenham turns into a ten-day conversation. Writers, thinkers, scientists, comedians and broadcasters descend on the town, Montpellier Gardens fills with canvas pavilions and...
Best of Cheltenham·20 July 2026