What’s on in Stroud this fortnight: 19 – 25 Jan
We’re already well into the second half of January, and this week Burns Night and wassailing season combine to produce a full programme of community events.
This Sunday is a particularly busy one with upcycling and community history at the Trinity Rooms, a wassail at Oakbrook Community Farm and a Burns Supper at the Amberley Inn.
Find out more in our regular look at things coming up in Stroud and the wider district. To suggest an event for inclusion, use this form.
Regular and one off events
- Enjoy a Burns Night Ceilidh in Minchinhampton – Fri 23 Jan, 7pm
To mark Burns Night, Holy Trinity Church in Minchinhampton is hosting what promises to be a lively ceilidh with the George Buchanan Band. Expect dances open to all, with guidance throughout and a fully stocked bar.
- Dance for Burns Night at the Trinity Rooms – Sat 24 Jan – 7pm
This dance in aid of the Stroud Earth Community’s community fundraising bid to take ownership of the Trinity Rooms offers the chance to enjoy your second Burns Night Ceilidh of the weekend. Expect poetry, music, and a ceilidh with Baby Dobunni, the smaller version of Stroud’s own Dobunni Ceilidh Band.
- Upcycle at the Trinity Rooms – Sun 25 Jan, 10am – 2pm
Join Stroud-based community reuse hub Emergence Restock at the Trinity Rooms for a fun and interactive event focused on upcycling. Seasoned upcyclers and beginners are equally welcome to an event that promises the chance to learn new skills, share ideas, and contribute to a more sustainable world.
- Wassail at Oakbrook Community Farm – Sun 25 Jan, 3 – 7pm
Oakbrook Community Farm throws a family-friendly event to wake up the apple trees and celebrate the forthcoming spring. Dress up to sing and toast the trees in the farm’s community orchard. Bring pots, pans, drums and wooden spoons to make as much noise as you can and a lantern or torch for the lantern procession.
- Share the history of the Heavens – Sun 25 Jan, 4 – 7pm
Join a host of local faces at the Trinity Rooms to share your memories and find out more about the rich history of the Heavens Valley. Bring along your memories, maps, photographs and interesting objects, and hear talks from Heavens archaeologist Neil Baker and novelist Alice Jolly.
- Mark Burns Night at the Amberley Inn – Sun 25 Jan, 6:30pm
The Amberley Inn team cook up a traditional Burns Scottish supper of haggis, neeps and tatties, with a shot of whisky or a pint also included in the ticket price. Guests can expect poetry, readings and music, with the traditional carrying of the Haggis at 7pm.
Continuing this week
- See Ugandan sculpture at Gallery Pangolin – Until 14 Mar
Gallery Pangolin’s first exhibition of 2026 opened last week, featuring the work of Ugandan sculptors Isaac Okwir and Peter Oloya. Oloya’s sculpture contrasts his Acholi roots with modern life, whilst Okwir is known for his works committed directly to wax, deftly capturing the movement of animals and figures.
Further afield
- Attend the Chepstow Wassail and Mari Lwyd – Sat 24 Jan, 12noon- 6pm
Cross the bridge to Wales for this popular folk event organised by Widders Border Morris. The day features up to sixteen sides of morris dancers around town, and a chance to spot the Mari Lwyd, the ghoulish Welsh horse character who traditionally goes from door to door engaging in poetry battles over the winter season. Visitors are also promised mulled cider and events at the castle, band stand and old Wye bridge.
For a full month of art, music, theatre, literature, film and comedy events, pick up a copy of Stroud’s popular listings magazine, Good on Paper.
