What’s on in Stroud this week: 8 – 14 June
There’s plenty to see and do in and around Stroud this week, with SITE Festival kicking off two weekends of open studios and associated events, Woodchester Lion Hunt taking place around the village and a celebration of refugee week at Hill House in Amberley.
Plus, West Rugger’s Green hosts a charcoal-making day, community fetes take place at Longfield Hospice and in King’s Stanley, and a bit further afield the Three Counties Show brings country pursuits to Malvern throughout the weekend.
Find out more in our regular look at things coming up in Stroud and the wider district.
Regular and one off events
- Make charcoal at West Rugger’s Green – Sat 13 Jun, 8am – 7pm
This special day-long hands-on workshop at West Rugger’s Green above Nailsworth offers the chance to learn the traditional art of charcoal making. Participants will learn how a traditional ring kiln is used to make charcoal, experiencing every step of the process, from emptying and grading charcoal, to lighting and tending it.
- Attend the Longfield Summer Fete – Sat 13 Jun, 10am
The Longfield Hospice team throw open their doors for a special summer fête, with food and drinks, artisan stalls, fun, games and live music throughout the day. Plus, the fête serves as the starting and finishing point for the popular sponsored Walk for Longfield.
- Hunt lions in Woodchester – Sat 13 Jun, 11.30am – 3pm
Woodchester Lion Hunt takes on a new lease of life this year, with organisers promising a trail of ten living, breathing and very friendly lions prowling around the village. The event is centred around a fair at Woodchester Endowed Primary School featuring two bouncy castles, a barbecue, a bar, country dancing, face-painting, a raffle, tombola, and games including stomp-rocket wanging and beat the goalie.
- Celebrate Refugee Week at Hill House – Sat 13 Jun, 2.30 – 9pm
Sanctuary Breaks and Stroud District Together With Refugees mark the start of Refugee Week with an annual fundraiser in gardens of Hill House in Amberley, including folk dance and live music from Ukraine, Palestine, Malaysia, Scotland and the Cotswolds, with a special performance from Stroud’s own Boss Morris. The event also includes an artist-led garden treasure trail, homemade Palestinian food, Hill House apple juice and a cèilidh.
- See Topette at Lansdown Hall – Sat 13 Jun, 7.30pm
Anglo – French folksters Topette return to the Lansdown Hall as part of a tour to mark the release of their fifth album, Tazon. The band play acoustic dance music, designed for French balfolk dance, but just as good for listening or less structured dancing.
- Enjoy Kings Stanley Village Fete – Sun 14 Jun – 11am – 4pm
King’s Stanley Village Fete returns to the Marling Playing Field, this year with a peace-loving flower power theme including a parade, flower crown making and bake off. Plus live music and entertainment, flower crown making and crafts, stalls and games, a barbecue, bar and tea and cake and a dog show.
Beginning this week
- Visit the SITE Festival studios – Sat 13 – Sun 14 and Sat 20 – Sun 21 Jun
SITE Festival returns over two June weekends, with more than 60 artists opening their studio doors at 38 locations across the Stroud Valleys. The organisers have laid out the openings along six routes starting in central Stroud and stretching as far as Wotton-under-Edge, Stonehouse and Chalford.
Further afield
- Attend the Three Counties Show – Fri 12 – Sun 14 Jun, 8am – 6pm
This annual celebration of rural life in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire has been taking place at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern for more than 65 years. Visitors can expect a range of countryside-inspired to see and do, from an on-site food and drink festival to parachute displays, tractor parades and a ‘Grand Parade’ of competing livestock.
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