Spring returns to Gloucester. Book your place.at the History Festival weekend in April

The Gloucester History Festival Spring Weekend 

17-19 April 2026

The 2026 Gloucester History Festival Spring Weekend returns to the magnificent Blackfriars Priory for a brand-new  programme of live talks, conversations and performances, all set within one of Gloucester’s most beautiful historic spaces. 

The line-up brings together some of the UK’s best-known historians and broadcasters, including classicist and BBC broadcaster Mary Beard, Tudor historian Alison Weir, royal palaces expert Tracy Borman, award-winning journalist and military historian Mark Urban and actor and archaeology-lover Tony Robinson in a programme led by Festival President Janina Ramirez. Alongside ticketed events, enjoy a host of free talks and activities in the atmospheric medieval Scriptorium. The full programme will be revealed at the end of February and if you can’t make it in person you can view the Festival live online wherever you are.

www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk