What’s on in Stroud this week: 6 – 12 October
Forecasts suggest another mostly sunny week in what is turning out to be something of an Indian summer in this part of the world.
This has coincided with plenty of leaf colour and a bumper apple harvest and to make for a textbook autumn, just in time for Day’s Cottage’s annual apple day in Brookthorpe on Sunday.
Elsewhere, Stroud’s event calendar is offering a similarly bountiful crop this week, with art, craft, music and nature-based offerings providing plenty to see and do. Further afield, the Cheltenham Literature Festival kicks off on Friday, with hundreds of events centred around a pop up festival village in the town’s Montpellier Gardens.
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
- Stay late at the Five Valleys Food Market – Fri 10 Oct, 5 – 8pm
The multiple tenants in the Five Valleys Shopping Centre’s food court celebrate the last Friday of each month by opening late with food available until 8pm. They also usually throw in some live music from local musicians.
- Take a nature walk in Voltaire’s Wood – Sat 11 Oct, 10am
The team at Voltaire’s Wood between Nailsworth and Avening invite us all for a nature walk in the company of Clair, their resident ecologist. The walk offers the chance to see the autumnal colour within the wood and hear how the woods are managed for the benefit of wildlife and the community.
- See Clay Sinclair’s Still Art – Sat 11 Oct, 10.30am – 12.30pm
Handily scheduled for two hours during the neighbouring Saturday morning market, this free exhibition explores erstwhile People’s Republic of Stroud apparel creator Clay Sinclair’s latest meditative works. Clay has been exploring his practice using a unique material that absorbs 99.9% of all light and exhibiting in smaller venues that invite direct engagement with the works.
- Attend the Brimscombe Bike Bazaar – Sat 11 Oct – 11am
Brimscombe Mills veterans the Bike Drop host their quarterly bike bazaar, with a range of spare quality used parts available for sale. Those looking to sell spare bits are also welcome to request a free table.
- Celebrate Dubbu’s birthday – Sat 11 Oct – 7pm
A sample of talented Stroud DJs gather together at the Prince Albert in Rodborough to mark the birthday of Stroud Block Party founder and general local institution Dubbu, aka Neil Wilson. Expect lots of vinyl, with sets from Fidel Cutstro, Frank Situation, Mr Mulatto and Dubbu himself.
- Attend Day’s Cottage Apple Day – Sun 12 Oct, 1 – 4pm
Brookthorpe growers Day’s Cottage throw open their gates for a special celebration of apples and their trees. Expect heritage apple varieties, juice, cider, orchard honey and apple cake and live music. Plus a guided walk through their oldest orchard, planted by Great Aunt Lucy in 1912.
- Join a jam at Stroud Brewery – Sun 12 Oct, 6.30pm
This new community jam session takes place on the second Sunday of every month in the balcony bar at Stroud Brewery, offering a space to share musical ideas, collaborate and play together. A full drum kit is provided, along with keyboard and two amps.
Beginning this week
- See the All Stitched Up exhibition – Wed 8 – Sun 12 Oct, 10am – 4pm
Stroud based embroidery collective All Stitched Up return to Lansdown Gallery for this year’s special exhibition of mixed media and textile art. Expect tea cosies, beetles, embroidered landscapes, maps and more.
Further afield
- Attend the Cheltenham Literature Festival – Fri 10 – Sun 19 Oct
Gloucestershire’s biggest book festival kicks off this Friday, with more than 400 events and 500 speakers. This weekend sees a range of free family activities centred around the festival village in Montpellier Gardens, with storytelling and craft activities to mark the 160th anniversary of the publication of Lewis Carrol’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
- 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.
