Upcoming events

Don't Go Into the Cellar - A Study in Scarlet - Tetbury Police Museum & Courthouse
Event Date Fri 12-Jun, 2026, 7:30 pm
Event End Date Fri 12-Jun, 2026, 9:00 pm
Individual Price Tickets £12
Malmesbury Textile Group Workshop - Still Life Stitching with Janice Botterill
Event Date Sat 13-Jun, 2026, 10:00 am
Event End Date Sat 13-Jun, 2026, 3:00 pm
Shipton Moyne Summer Fete
Event Date Sat 13-Jun, 2026, 2:00 pm
Event End Date Sat 13-Jun, 2026, 5:00 pm
Open Gardens Badminton - Celebrating 50 Years of Dorothy House
Event Date Sun 14-Jun, 2026, 10:00 am
Event End Date Sun 14-Jun, 2026, 4:00 pm
Athelstan Museum Teatime Talk - Malmesbury Union Workhouse Why? Where? When? Who?
Event Date Wed 17-Jun, 2026, 2:15 pm
Event End Date Wed 17-Jun, 2026, 4:30 pm
Individual Price Tickets £8 including tea and homemade cake
Malmesbury Union Workhouse – Why? Where? When? Who?

Susan Mockler has researched in detail the Malmesbury Union Workhouse and will tell us where it was located in the town, why it was considered necessary, when it was established and for how long – and who was involved.

Doors 2.15, tea & cake 2.30, talk starts at 3.00pm

Event Date Wed 17-Jun, 2026, 2:30 pm
Cut Off Date Tue 16-Jun, 2026, 2:30 pm
Individual Price £8.00

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Price Available Place
Admit One £8.00 2
John Bowen Gallery - SIX 2nd Summer Exhibition
Event Date Fri 19-Jun, 2026, 10:00 am
Event End Date Wed 08-Jul, 2026, 4:00 pm
Malmesbury River Festival - Troubled Waters - Corrine Harragin Storyteller
Event Date Fri 19-Jun, 2026, 7:00 pm
Event End Date Fri 19-Jun, 2026, 9:00 pm
Individual Price Tickets: £15
Midsummer Garden Festival at Abbey House Manor Gardens - Malmesbury Carnival & Festival

No dogs . Camping Chair recommended

Event Date Sat 20-Jun, 2026, 12:00 pm
Event End Date Sat 20-Jun, 2026, 8:00 pm
Individual Price All Day Pass £15 On the gate
Gotta Have House - Summer Jam at Malmesbury Victoria Football Club
Event Date Sat 20-Jun, 2026, 8:00 pm
Event End Date Sat 20-Jun, 2026, 11:30 pm
Individual Price Tickets £8 from Ben 07790 299021 or Mark 07760 258888
The Big Malmesbury Craft Fair
Event Date Sat 27-Jun, 2026, 11:00 am
Event End Date Sat 27-Jun, 2026, 3:00 pm
Meet the Author: Matthew Harffy - Malmesbury Library
Event Date Sat 27-Jun, 2026, 11:00 am
Event End Date Sat 27-Jun, 2026, 12:30 pm
Individual Price Tickets £3 From Malmesbury Library- Call 01666 823611
Malmesbury River Festival - @Following the River@ Cynefin
Event Date Sat 27-Jun, 2026, 7:00 pm
Event End Date Sat 27-Jun, 2026, 10:00 pm
Individual Price Tickets £15
Matthew Coleridge 'The Breath Of Life' With Lucis Choir
Event Date Sat 27-Jun, 2026, 7:30 pm
Event End Date Sat 27-Jun, 2026, 10:00 pm
North Wiltshire Flower Club Summer Coach Trip to David Austin Roses
Event Date Wed 01-Jul, 2026, 8:30 am
Event End Date Wed 01-Jul, 2026, 5:30 pm
Individual Price Members £25, Visitors £33 Escorted Garden Tour +£10
The Malmesbury Emigrants: In pursuit of the American Dream

As America celebrates 250 years as an independent nation, Sue Poolman traces its connections with Malmesbury, beginning with the earliest settlers in New England and Virginia in the 17th century and continuing with the later migration of more than six hundred people to Pennsylvania and Ohio. She examines their enduring legacy in both countries and the links that continue to this day.

Doors 2.15, tea & cake 2.30, talk starts at 3.00pm

Event Date Wed 01-Jul, 2026, 2:30 pm
Cut Off Date Tue 30-Jun, 2026, 2:30 pm
Individual Price £8.00

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Price Available Place
Admit One £8.00 15
Minety Music Festival

A not for profit family friendly festival raising funds for Wiltshire Air & Bath Ambulance, Naomi & Jack's Children's Hospice , Combat Stress and Kandu Arts.

Event Date Thu 02-Jul, 2026, 12:00 pm
Event End Date Sun 05-Jul, 2026, 9:00 pm
Individual Price Tickets from £110 for adult weekend
Malmesbury - Queen of Hilltop Towns - Guided Walks - July

Malmesbury is packed with history, sights and stories. You'll find saints, kings, flying monks, battles, rogues, heroes and heroines, and tigers, around every corner.

All Guided Walks Around Malmesbury start at Malmesbury Town Hall unless otherwise stated.

Event Date Thu 02-Jul, 2026, 2:30 pm
Event End Date Thu 30-Jul, 2026, 10:30 am
Cut Off Date Wed 29-Jul, 2026,
Individual Price Adult £7, Child £3.50
Attachment Guided-Walks-Around-Malmesbury-2026.pdf

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Price Available Place
Adult - 2 July £7.00 20
Child - 2 July £3.50 10
Adult - 9 July £7.00 20
Child - 9 July £3.50 10
Adult - 16 July £7.00 20
Child - 16 July £3.50 10
Adult - 30 July £7.00 20
Child - 30 July £3.50 10
Barn Owl books - 'The Eights' In conversation with author Joanna Miller
Event Date Thu 02-Jul, 2026, 7:00 pm
Event End Date Thu 02-Jul, 2026, 9:00 pm
Individual Price Tickets: £15 with book , £10 Talk only
A Land Aflame

We are delighted to welcome back Ben Kane as he releases the final book in his Hannibal series:

A Land Aflame

211 BC: Hannibal’s struggle against the Romans in Italy continues, but the Carthaginians have been utterly defeated in Sicily. Fleeing the island to Spain, Hanno and Aurelia are shipwrecked, and taken prisoner by local tribesmen. Unless they escape, a life of slavery and brutal treatment awaits

Event Date Wed 08-Jul, 2026, 7:30 pm
Cut Off Date Tue 07-Jul, 2026, 7:30 pm
Individual Price £10.00

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Price Available Place
Admit One £10.00 35
Malmesbury: The First 3,000 Years

Malmesbury historian and author Tony McAleavy presents highlights and new findings that help explain Malmesbury’s incredible continuous past.

Event Date Fri 10-Jul, 2026, 7:00 pm
Individual Price £10

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Price Available Place
Admission £10.00 54
Live Street Theatre

Meet characters from Malmesbury’s amazing past where they made history in live costumed drama. Enjoy a unique journey across time and to some very special places.

Running on 11th and 12th of July, there are many shows to pick from with starting times at 1:30pm, 1:50pm, 2:10pm, 2:30pm, 2:50pm, and 3:10pm

Event Date Sat 11-Jul, 2026,
Event End Date Sun 12-Jul, 2026,
Cut Off Date Sun 12-Jul, 2026, 2:00 pm
Individual Price £5

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Price Available Place
Saturday, 1:30pm £5.00 22
Saturday, 1:50pm £5.00 19
Saturday, 2:10pm £5.00 18
Saturday, 2:30pm £5.00 18
Saturday, 2:50pm £5.00 22
Saturday, 3:10pm £5.00 18
Sunday, 1:30pm £5.00 13
Sunday, 1:50pm £5.00 22
Sunday, 2:10pm £5.00 19
Sunday, 2:30pm £5.00 22
Sunday, 2:50pm £5.00 22
Sunday, 3:10pm £5.00 20
Julia's House - The Great Wiltshire Walk is Back!
Event Date Sat 11-Jul, 2026, 9:00 am
Individual Price REGISTER NOW : www.juliashouse.org/Wiltshire Walk
Malmesbury’s Greatest Rogue: The Audience Decides!

Malmesbury’s rich history has plenty of heroes and heroines – and some notable rogues. It’s time to decide who is the greatest rogue of all.

Event Date Sat 11-Jul, 2026, 7:00 pm
Individual Price £10

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Price Available Place
Admission £10.00 78
Malmesbury, Most Rotten Borough. A tale of bribery, corruption and reform

A true story, at the places it happened.

All Guided Walks Around Malmesbury start at Malmesbury Town Hall unless otherwise stated.

Event Date Fri 17-Jul, 2026, 7:00 pm
Individual Price Adult £7, Child £3.50
Attachment Guided-Walks-Around-Malmesbury-2026.pdf

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Price Available Place
Adult £7.00 20
Child £3.50 10
Westport’s Hidden Secrets – packed with history, be astounded!

Westport deserves much more attention - find out why!

All Guided Walks Around Malmesbury start at Malmesbury Town Hall unless otherwise stated.

Event Date Sat 18-Jul, 2026, 2:30 pm
Individual Price Adult £7, Child £3.50
Attachment Guided-Walks-Around-Malmesbury-2026.pdf

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Price Available Place
Adult £7.00 20
Child £3.50 10
The Big Malmesbury Craft Fair
Event Date Sat 25-Jul, 2026, 11:00 am
Event End Date Sat 25-Jul, 2026, 3:00 pm
Malmesbury Live Arts -The Spooky Men's Chorale
Event Date Sat 25-Jul, 2026, 7:00 pm
Event End Date Sat 25-Jul, 2026, 10:00 pm
Women of Malmesbury - Guided Walk Part 1

Stories of Malmesbury's infuential women, at the places they made history

All Guided Walks Around Malmesbury start at Malmesbury Town Hall unless otherwise stated.

Event Date Sun 26-Jul, 2026, 2:30 pm
Individual Price Adult £7, Child £3.50
Attachment Guided-Walks-Around-Malmesbury-2026.pdf

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Price Available Place
Adult £7.00 20
Child £3.50 10
The Malmesbury Pub Crawl - Part 2

Great stories of some of Malmesbury's breweries and pubs - with stops!

Start location is TBD and will be announced later

All Guided Walks Around Malmesbury start at Malmesbury Town Hall unless otherwise stated.

Event Date Thu 30-Jul, 2026, 6:45 pm
Individual Price Adult £7
Attachment Guided-Walks-Around-Malmesbury-2026.pdf

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Price Available Place
Adult £7.00 24
Malmesbury - Queen of Hilltop Towns - Guided Walks - August

Malmesbury is packed with history, sights and stories. You'll find saints, kings, flying monks, battles, rogues, heroes and heroines, and tigers, around every corner.

All Guided Walks Around Malmesbury start at Malmesbury Town Hall unless otherwise stated.

Event Date Sat 01-Aug, 2026, 2:30 pm
Event End Date Sat 22-Aug, 2026, 10:30 am
Cut Off Date Fri 21-Aug, 2026,
Individual Price Adult £7, Child £3.50
Attachment Guided-Walks-Around-Malmesbury-2026.pdf

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Price Available Place
Adult - 1 August £7.00 20
Child - 1 August £3.50 10
Adult - 6 August £7.00 20
Child - 6 August £3.50 10
Adult - 13 August £7.00 20
Child - 13 August £3.50 10
Adult - 15 August £7.00 20
Child - 15 August £3.50 10
Adult - 20 August £7.00 20
Child - 20 August £3.50 10
Adult - 22 August £7.00 20
Child - 22 August £3.50 10
Athelstan, the first King of England and Malmesbury - Guided Walk

Why did Athelstan favour Malmesbury and what traces are left behind?

All Guided Walks Around Malmesbury start at Malmesbury Town Hall unless otherwise stated.

Event Date Sat 08-Aug, 2026, 2:30 pm
Individual Price Adult £7, Child £3.50
Attachment Guided-Walks-Around-Malmesbury-2026.pdf

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Price Available Place
Adult £7.00 20
Child £3.50 10
The Big Malmesbury Craft Fair
Event Date Sat 29-Aug, 2026, 11:00 am
Event End Date Sat 29-Aug, 2026, 3:00 pm
Malmesbury - Queen of Hilltop Towns - Guided Walks - September

Malmesbury is packed with history, sights and stories. You'll find saints, kings, flying monks, battles, rogues, heroes and heroines, and tigers, around every corner.

All Guided Walks Around Malmesbury start at Malmesbury Town Hall unless otherwise stated.

Event Date Thu 03-Sep, 2026, 2:30 pm
Event End Date Thu 24-Sep, 2026, 10:30 am
Cut Off Date Wed 23-Sep, 2026,
Individual Price Adult £7, Child £3.50
Attachment Guided-Walks-Around-Malmesbury-2026.pdf

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Price Available Place
Adult - 3 September £7.00 20
Child - 3 September £3.50 10
Adult - 10 September £7.00 20
Child - 10 September £3.50 10
Adult - 17 September £7.00 20
Child - 17 September £3.50 10
Adult - 24 September £7.00 20
Child - 24 September £3.50 10
The Malmesbury Witch Trials - Guided Walk

In 1672 fourteen Malmesbury residents were accused of witchcraft. Why, and what happened next?

All Guided Walks Around Malmesbury start at Malmesbury Town Hall unless otherwise stated.

Event Date Fri 25-Sep, 2026, 7:00 pm
Individual Price Adult £7, Child £3.50
Attachment Guided-Walks-Around-Malmesbury-2026.pdf

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Price Available Place
Adult £7.00 17
Child £3.50 10
The Big Malmesbury Craft Fair
Event Date Sat 26-Sep, 2026, 11:00 am
Event End Date Sat 26-Sep, 2026, 3:00 pm
The Big Malmesbury Craft Fair
Event Date Sat 31-Oct, 2026, 11:00 am
Event End Date Sat 31-Oct, 2026, 3:00 pm
The Bayeux Tapestry – Embroidery or Fabrication?

Charles Boundy – the author of Ice to Athelstan which is currently selling well in the Museum shop – will talk about the Bayeux Tapestry. Hopefully, the Tapestry will be by then on display at the British Museum in London.

In June, the second of Charles’ planned English history trilogy should be published, Conquest to Charter – The Resilience of England (940 to 1272). This new book covers the period the Tapestry depicts and was created. The book will be available for signed copies at this event.

Doors 2.15, tea & cake 2.30, talk starts at 3.00pm

Event Date Wed 18-Nov, 2026, 2:30 pm
Cut Off Date Tue 17-Nov, 2026, 2:30 pm
Individual Price £8.00

Ticket Information

Ticket Type Price Available Place
Admit One £8.00 15
The Big Malmesbury Craft Fair
Event Date Sat 28-Nov, 2026, 11:00 am
Event End Date Sat 28-Nov, 2026, 3:00 pm
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Tel: 01666 822 143 or Email: administration@malmesbury.gov.uk

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ATTRACTIONS.

A wonderful place to visit with a wealth of attractions right on the doorstep.

MALMESBURY

MALMESBURY is a vibrant, market town, steeped in history going back to medieval times. Currently home to many famous & popular musical, cultural, and festival events throughout the year, visitors can browse the charming streets with independent retailers, or stop at one of the lively cafes, restaurants, pubs, and bars.

Attractions to visit include the stunning 12th century Malmesbury Abbey, 15th century Market Cross and the Athelstan Museum with a painting of Malmesbury Abbey by JMW Turner. There are also lovely walks along the River Avon.

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Town Hall, Cross Hayes, Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 9BZ

The Council Office is open for Council business from 9am until 5pm Monday to Thursday & Friday 9am to 4.30pm, except for Bank Holidays.

Please call us on 01666 822143, or visit our contact page here to contact a specific councillor or member of the council staff directly.