Should an event you wish to attend be sold out please email your details to info@thornburyartsfestival.org.uk and we will contact you if tickets become available.

Thornbury Arts Festival has been running for more than 50 years and in that time audiences have been entertained by a host of world class and nationally acclaimed performers.

For 2025 we have produced a programme of four evening events, with comedy, drama, historical figures and a jazz and swing band set to delight festival-goers.

The comedy comes courtesy of James Dowdeswell, who won the Jongleurs New Act Of The Year Award in 2000 and has a local connection - he grew up in the Anchor pub in Oldbury-on-Severn.

Stylish jazz and vintage swing will be performed by the quartet Swing from Paris, who are inspired by the great swing bands of the 1930s and 40s.

Touring theatre group, the Badapple Theatre Company, will bring comedy, clowning and live baking to the festival in Crumbs, while Thornbury will welcome back Lesley Smith in a costumed portrayal of Nell Gwynne, this time joined by her husband, Dr Gareth Williams, as Charles II.

Our programme also features an ever-popular Sunday morning guided walk. Join Meg Wise from Thornbury and District Museum on the 'Strike While the Iron is Hot' tour.

Click here to view the programme and book your tickets

Looking ahead to 2026, our annual Thornbury Eisteddfod will take place in March, while the five-day Severn Vale Art Trail will be held over the early May bank holiday.

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Please note that tickets for our town walk are very limited - if sold out please contact the Thornbury Festival team by email and we will put you on a waiting list. Please email info@thornburyartsfestival.org.uk