Music and Comedy this Weekend in Old Town. The Town Gardens Bowl will play host to a weekend of outstanding live entertainment. It’s bringing together quick-witted comedy and celebrated music in the beautiful surroundings of one of Swindon’s most popular outdoor venues.
Thespians Greece the Musical – no not THAT one – is running at the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon until Saturday the 6th June.
Podpadstudios at Mulberry Gardens throughout the year.
Friday 22nd May sees the first of Podpadstudios open days in 2026. The weather promises to be fantastic and there’ll be lots to see. This year, the popular creative studios and adjoining Mulberry Gardens will be open nine times. All culminating in the last two weekends of September for Swindon Open Studios. Who says that nothing is going on in Swindon?
Swindon invited to Dream in Public. This month, Swindon’s UK City of Culture team are inviting people across Swindon to dare to dream of possible ambitious futures for the town and the country.
SSPC Join Festival Fringe. With great delight, South Swindon Parish Council announces a programme of events in the iconic Town Gardens that will join the exciting fringe line-up at this year’s Old Town Festival.
Barnum the Circus Musical at the Wyvern Theatre from Wednesday the 6th May to Sunday the 10th May.
Countdown to Murder Mystery NIGHT AT THE TOWN GARDENS BOWL BEGINS.
There’s a mere two weeks to go until the Town Gardens Bowl marks its 90th anniversary, on 6th May. And new details are here about one of the standout events in the celebrations: Locomotive for Murder: The Improvised Whodunnit.
The Cricketers Reopens.
So yesterday marked the official reopening of the Cricketers, erstwhile Cricketer’s Arms, in our lovely GWR railway village. And what a lovely event it was too. It’s never not nice to see another piece of Swindon’s heritage being brought back to life.
A Wyvern Sweet Treat – in the form of the Tanwood Youth Theatre’s production of Roald Dahl’s, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
The Locomotive for Murder. MURDER, MYSTERY AND MAYHEM COME TO TOWN GARDENS BOWL FOR 90TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.
Reach Inclusive Arts Secures Investment. Reach Inclusive Arts secures major Arts Council England investment in inclusive creativity.
Swindon FameLab Academy Winner – Déjà vu? It might be echoes of the mind.
Isabel Aguilar found herself chosen as the winner of the first ever FameLab Academy Swindon. It took place on Friday 20 March, in the final event of the Festival of Tomorrow 2026 Schools Programme. This year it reached more Swindon students than ever before. Isabel – a year 9 student from Abbey Park School – amazed the judges with her talk, ‘Echos of the Mind’, that explored the neuroscience of déjà vu.
