Project Archive
We have a huge amount of history to share, as we have hosted and organised countless events, and have an archive spanning 30 years. We are in the process of adding past events and projects to this archive, so keep an eye out for additions.
Take a look at the About page for more information about SVA, and to see a small selection of images from past projects.
Legacy Projects
2026
Workshop
Tuesday 20th October
Workshop with Esther Campbell and Chiz Williams from Kitchen Table Photo Club. Explore the ground beneath you through the lens. Bring old cameras and photos and join in a Fantasy Camera workshop and become part of the club.
Clubnight
Saturday 17th October 7pm
Welcome to Zu State.
A live music night bringing together three different sides of jazz, hip hop and soul, all under one roof.
Live Performance
Friday 16th October 7.30pm
As the jazz world approaches the 100th anniversary of John Coltrane’s birth, saxophonist Craig Crofton brings a powerful and deeply personal tribute to the Brunel Goods Shed, Stroud, celebrating the life, music, and enduring legacy of one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century.
Residency
6th -17th October
Rory Thomas Lawton
An explorative immersive sound journey hidden within soil and nature to elevate imagination and deepen listening.
Workshop
Thursday 1st October 4-6pm
With Rory Thomas Lawton and Michael Peters
Using a geophone, a microphone that listens underground, we’ll record the hidden sounds of the soil and build them into a track that joins musicians from around the world and for sound art installation at SVA.
Workshop
Wednesday 21st October 9.30am-12.30pm
Workshop with Michael Peters. Learn how to sculpt the raw recordings into usable drum and synth sounds that knock on a wall gets shaped into the actual kick drum of the finished song.
Live performance
Saturday 26th September 7:30pm
Brunel Goods Shed
13 piece ensemble with 9 saxophones, led by Will Gregory, explore the canon of influential American composer Moondog (aka The Viking of Sixth Avenue), the blind American musician and composer, who influenced everyone from Leonard Bernstein to Philip Glass.
Workshop
Thursday 24th September 4-6pm
Workshop with Gail Ilieve. Japanese moss plant workshop - the traditional art of wrapping a plant’s root system in a mud ball and lush live moss to create living art.
Live Performance and Installation
Thursday 17th September
Sound artist, composer and nature beatboxer Jason Singh presents a live improvised performance developed in response to Squid Soup’s Infinite installation.
Clubnight
Saturday 12th September, 9pm - 1am
Oneness is a club night which celebrates the deepest and finest in underground worldwide dance music culture. Honouring the rhythmic lineage of reggae, jazz dance, hip hop, soul, disco, afro cuban, latin, spiritual house, broken beat, techno, UK Garage, Asian Underground, Eastern breaks, Grime and Drum & Bass.
Installation
Friday 11th September 6-8pm
Pioneers in the use of light, sound and technology, Squidsoup’s artworks combine physical and dynamic digital spaces with novel and intuitive forms of interaction to produce responsive and beguiling environments.
Picnic
Thursday 10th September 4-6pm
Picnic and introduction to Zero Dig with Mould Artists Collective with Sophie Ferrier, artist and soil activist and Gail Ilieve, horticulturist. Film production session with Eoghan Mcdonnell.
Artist Residency & Exhibition
25th - 31st August
Thursday, Friday & Saturdays 10am -3pm
A collection of hand woven suspended sculptures exploring the relationship between maker and waste.
Artist Residency
Tuesday 18th - Monday 24th August
Friday & Saturdays 10am -3pm
Georgia Williams will be using this residency as a space to build on a new body of work. ‘Time on paper’ is about artistic discovery and journey. As a practicing photographer for 8 years Georgia has returned to drawing as a new method of raw expression. Drawing is an act of becoming and a study of female experience.
Jazz Club Stroud
Friday 17th July 8pm - 11pm
The jam is hosted by Stroud Jazz Collective and Stroud Valleys Artspace and has been born out of the former Stroud Jazz Sessions, celebrated for over a decade in Stroud.
Reggae Sound System
Sunday 12th July 2-7pm
Bristol-based Reggae label 'Poor Man's Friend' will be bringing their sound system to the Goods Shed along with their extended family for a night of Reggae music from across different decades played in a Rub A Dub authentic sound system style.
Friday 3rd July, 7:30pm -11pm
Saxophonist David Kayode’s commanding tenor sound blends blend Yoruba tradition, carnival energy and contemporary jazz into a distinctly London sound that moves bodies and evokes ancestral stories.
A Tomorrow’s Warriors Emerging Artist, mentored by Gary Crosby OBE and Camilla George, David has already performed with the Gary Crosby Sextet in the acclaimed Mingus Moves series, toured internationally with Moses Boyd, and collaborated with artists including Ni Maxine and Osibisa.
Black Sheep Live: Spoken word, live performance & DJs.
Saturday 27th June 4pm-1am
A music event celebrating the musical and cultural contributions of black people to British culture. High energy multi genre extravaganza, expect jungle (the father), garage (the son), dub (the Holy Spirit) and much much more.
Performance: Thursday 25th June 8pm
A live performance as a culmination of Bex Burch’s Goods Shed residency.
June 25, 2026 – June 27, 2026
A multi media disciplinary programme featuring a photographic work reflecting on the alienating experience of growing up black in the Cotswolds.
June 23, 2026 – June 25, 2026
Bex Burch joins us for a dive into the ‘unknown’, taking apart her techniques and instruments through deep listening to expand her practice in this special Stroud residency.
13th-14th & 21st-22nd June
Zerodig, Oakbrook Farm
What's living in your soil? Come and find out.
Bring a soil sample. From your garden, allotment, a favourite woodland, or beneath a tree you know well. Sophie will put it under the microscope so you can see what's actually living in it. You can also make a print from your sample - a kind of soil fingerprint, unique to your patch of ground. Come back the following weekend to collect it, and your print will become part of a growing archive of Stroud's soils.
SITE Festival
Open Studios weekend 1: 13th -14th June, 11am - 6pm
Open Studios is part of the wider programme of Site Festival, allowing artists to explore, develop projects and open their work up to the public.
13th-21st June
SVA John Street Gallery
Nik Ramage is a mechanical sculptor, bringing odd ideas to life with moving parts and found objects. For his residency at SVA, he will show Double Take, a two-week show of mechanical oddities and everyday objects having unexpected encounters.
June 11, 2026 – June 21, 2026
At Lansdown Gallery representing the 2026 routes, the SITE Exhibition features all artists taking part in our Open Studios. It’s a unique opportunity to see artwork from each artist, arrange visits to suit your interests and get a preview of what to expect.
Installation
10th - 21st June
Traditionally trained as a fine art painter, Sickboy turned to street art in 1995 and rose to fame for his symbology and text based work on the streets of Bristol, cementing his position as one of the biggest names of the British street art movement.
Artist talk and Artwork Reveal
Wednesday 10th June 7.30pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA
Book online
Join Sickboy to discuss the benefits and challenges faced making use of empty shops on a meanwhile basis. Sickboy is passionate about community and inspiring people to create, this topic will be discussed from an artist’s perspective. Highlighting to property owners the benefit of activation and the ease of collaborating with artists to bring the community together and support local businesses operating in the town centre.
Artwork on show until 21st June
Saturday 6th June, SVA John Street
Dom R, from Analogue Lounge (Bristol) will be hosting the official afterparty for Brian Jackson’s upcoming performance in Stroud. Following his upcoming album release, Brian Jackson will be performing in the round at The Goods Shed, courtesy of Church of Sound and Jazz Stroud.
Saturday 6th June, The Goods Shed
One-half of the legendary duo Gil Scott- Heron and Brian Jackson, Brian tours with a show that is a mix of his most recent work and the iconic, most requested tunes in the Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson catalogue – songs like Winter In America, We Almost Lost Detroit and The Bottle, with Brian generously sharing stories and anecdotes about life as creative brothers in an era eerily similar to today.
Wednesday 3rd June 6.30pm – 8.30pm
You are invited to join a conversation between ‘rock enthusiasts’ that explores alternativeways of sensing the narratives of deep time below our feet, that challenge the hierarchy ofthe animate-inanimate divide.
Exhibition
29th May-7th June
Ann-Margreth Bohl invites you to imagine rock strata as an active and lively materiality through photography, performance, 16mm film, embroidery, and drawing.
Festival
Friday 29th to Sunday 31st May
Seasoning Festival returns for its most ambitious edition yet.
Saturday 23rd May 1-11pm
Brunel Goods Shed
A Day of Latin Rhythms in Stroud!
Join us on Saturday, 23rd May for an incredible celebration of live Latin music and beats, brought to you by Jazz Stroud, Worm Discs, and CoCo Dos Pretos. We’re transforming the Goods Shed into a vibrant hub of sound, dance, and authentic flavors from afternoon until late!
Friday 15th May 7:30pm - 10:30pm
Brunel Goods Shed
ROLL UP! ROLL UP! IT'S MR FLUFFYPUNK'S PENNY GAFF!
Time for another of the Stroud's favourite increasingly-irregular Alternative Cabaret. Comedy! Poetry! Music! Theatre! Magic! Weird Shit!
Exhibition
Friday 15th to Saturday 23rd May
Room For More is a two-person exhibition by Tilly Trevitt and Helen Hardaker. This work was created through collaboration, from shared values of care, generosity and the transparency of effort, chaos and imperfection.
Live Music
Friday 8th May
Ishmael Ensemble returns to Stroud on Friday 8th May 2026 for a special in the round performance at The Goods Shed, joined by The Rituals Orchestra and a host of guest vocalists.
Saturday 2nd May 6pm -1am
Brunel Goods Shed
Mermaid Chunky LIVE + Joicey DJs + Special Guests
Clubnight
Friday 1st May, 8pm - 12:30am
Stroud's favourite house, disco and techno night relocates to SVA for a one off psychedelic party on Beltane. The special guest this time is dance legend Justin Robertson.
Workshop
Sunday 26th April, 11am - 4pm
Artist, community compost activist, and soil advocate Sophie Lilian Ferrier will be guiding the young people of Stroud through an explorative and creative worm tunnel, connecting workshop participants with Soils and the microorganisms that live underground supporting our food systems, and our everyday consumption.
Clubnight
Saturday 25th April, 8pm - 12:30am
Berlin based Broken Noise returns to its UK roots on the 25th of April. Expect a full night of live and DJ sets.
Wednesday 22nd April 7pm
Radical Stroud will be commemorating the centenary of the General Strike in April and May.
Exhibition
Wednesday 22nd - Sunday 26th April, 10am – 5pm
Radical Stroud will be commemorating the centenary of the General Strike in April and May.
Residency
Open Friday 17th and Saturday 18th April 10am-3pm
Playful and approachable artworks on show featuring installation, film and photography exploring themes of body/object/space.
Sunday 12th April 1pm -1am
Carmen, Chaka, Vanessa Carr, SU!N, Medina, Joicey Collective, Allexa Nava, Let Spin, Ancient Infinity Orchestra, Marysia Osu, Laura Jurd (Quartet), Cassie Kinoshi - Seed.
Saturday 11th April 1pm -3am
Bex Burch + guest, Bel Cobain, The Vernon Spring, Jason Singh, Analogue Lounge, Dom R, Allysha Joy, Neue Grafik, Neffa-T, Ostad + Sask, Chunky, Dubbu, Cosmic Terraza, Big Sis DJs, Moina Moin, Sandi, Footshooter, Tim Garcia, Lex Blondin
Friday 10th April 6.30pm -2am
We’re excited to announce that there will be a touch of the WOMAD spirit at Jazz Stroud 2026. The inimitable Falle Nioke and New Regency Orchestra - headline for a Womad Friday night takeover, with more to be revealed in the weeks ahead.
Plus Joicey Collective, Tropical Yard / Liam Large, Lovellious & Santa Leticia.
Thursday 9th April 7.30pm
Following an illustrious stint as founding member of The Comet Is Coming and Soccer96, the producer and synthesist Danalogue heralds a new chapter, with his debut solo single, Sonic Hypnosis. .
Festival
9-12 April
Cutting-edge UK Jazz — emerging talent, celebrated names, and a wide range of genres
Multi-Venue Magic — new spaces across Stroud, from the Goods Shed and SVA to hidden gems throughout town
All-Access Weekend Tickets — one ticket, every show
Indoor & Outdoor Stages — intimate gigs, open-air concerts, and town-wide vibes
Artist Residency
Tuesday 31st March - Monday 13th April
The Art of Sound, will take place alongside the Jazz Stroud Festival and will explore the visual language of sound through installation and material practice.
Saturday March 28th, 7pm-10pm
Experimental music series 'Terror Management' returns to Stroud, hosting free-improv duo 'Crosspiece' ('Cauis Williams' and 'Theodora Laid' a.k.a 'feeo'), London, post-industrial experimentalist 'No Home', and the debut performance of Stroud based duo 'Family Romance LLC' ('enys mottet' and 'Oscar Woolley')
Friday 27th March 4pm – 5.30pm
This hour and half workshop is based on embodied play, stories and imagination making practises. It’s for people that like to play, chat and make. We’ll be creating books and designing cameras like bodies. Under 18's to be accompanied by participating adult.
Sunday 22nd March - 3:30pm to 5pm
Four short films make by KTPC + Q&A with Esther May Campbell and Chiz Williams + KTPC youngsters.
Saturday 21st March, 7pm
Brunel Goods Shed
“Slow Change” explores landscapes of memory in the music of Steve Reich and his wider musical world. Performed by Phaedra Ensemble, the programme is built largely around the string quartet, tracing how repetition, transformation, and memory continue to resonate in contemporary music.
Saturday 21st March 3pm – 4.30pm
This hour and half workshop is based on embodied play, stories and imaginative making practises. Its for children aged 6-10 years old that want to be behind the lens and in front of it.
Jazz Club Stroud
Friday 20th March, 8pm - 11pm
The jam is hosted by Stroud Jazz Collective and Stroud Valleys Artspace and has been born out of the former Stroud Jazz Sessions, celebrated for over a decade in Stroud.
19th - 28th March
Over a two week period Kitchen Table Photo Club are creating all kinds of situations to exhibit photographic prints and make images in Stroud. Workshops and film screenings too. KTPC are hands on at SVA.
Friday 13th March, 6pm til Late
DJs Jack Duplock, Vinyl Richie and Ben Pearce playing warm global grooves. Top class cocktails as always from @craftedbyori
Hope to see you there!
Stroud Film Festival
Sunday 8th March, 4:30pm - 7pm
A visually striking documentary about a young Orthodox nun confronting her past.
Sunday 8th March, 3-6.30pm
Join the girls for a day of tunes and good vibes in honour of international women’s day! Playing everything from to funky house to samba, expect high energy and lots of dancing.
Stroud Film Festival
Sunday 8th March, 12pm - 2pm
Four short films exploring why people take the extra step. Plus Q and A.
Stroud Film Festival
Friday 6th March, 7:30pm - 9pm
A collection of tasty short films from the youth of Stroud.
Exhibition Opening Night: Friday 6th March 6- 8pm
Gallery Opening Times: Friday - Sunday, 10 am till 4pm
An exhibition of sunset paintings, serene and dusky to fiery and explosive.
Stroud Film Festival
Tuesday 3rd March, 6:30pm - 10pm
Come down to SVA for an evening of beautiful short films, candid conversations and a great growing community of creatives living in and around Stroud.
Stroud Film Festival
Sunday 1st March, 4:30pm - 7:30pm
A meta-fictional journey through the ideas and concepts of the late critical theorist Mark Fisher.
Saturday 28th February, 2pm - 10pm
Join us for a vibrant celebration of culture, community, and solidarity! We’re transforming the SVA into a hub of Latin American life, all in support of the UNHCR Venezuela Crisis appeal.
Artists Talks
Tuesday 24th February, 6.30-9pm
A special Pecha Kucha Night with 8 lens-based artists presenting 20 images of their art practice for 20 seconds per image.
Clubnight
Saturday 21st February 9pm-2am
MEDINA returns with an upbeat celebration of fresh sounds from the global dancefloor edge.
Jazz Club Stroud
Friday 20th February, 8pm - 11pm
The jam is hosted by Stroud Jazz Collective and Stroud Valleys Artspace and has been born out of the former Stroud Jazz Sessions, celebrated for over a decade in Stroud.
Wood Walk
19th - 28th February
Opening Night: 20th February 6-8pm
Gallery Open: Thurs-Sat, 10am-3pm
Zoe Benbow returns to SVA with an exhibition of new paintings and drawings of trees and other landscapes.
Live Solo Performance + DJ
Doors 6pm
Ahana's music treads a confluence she finds bewildering, where East meets West, soma seeps through soul, and the mystical mingles in the material. She recently released her debut LP, Soma a collection of folk-inspired love letters to the body, the most insistent of her muses.
Artist Residency
3rd-15th February
Susan Kester focuses primarily on drawing and painting found objects collected over the years.
Jazz Club Stroud
Friday 30th January 8pm - 11pm
The jam is hosted by Stroud Jazz Collective and Stroud Valleys Artspace and has been born out of the former Stroud Jazz Sessions, celebrated for over a decade in Stroud.
Artists Talks
Tuesday 27th January, 6.30-9pm
8 visual artists present their diverse practices in this brilliant format: 20 slides x 20 seconds.
Womxn Dj taster sessions. Email us asap if you’re interested joiceydj@gmail.com. For 30 years and under.
Exhibition
23rd - 31st January
An exhibition of new paintings by Stroud based artists, Nicola Organ and Jack Duplock.
Friday 9th January 6-11pm
Djs Cesca Dvorak, Tom Piper’s Son + special guests play good records.
Come in out of the cold!
Dancing shoes only.
Free entry
6th-19th January
Residency
Open Friday & Saturdays 10am -3pm
SVA John St Gallery
Over the past few years, Jodi and Rider have been collaborating to create art that explores culture, heritage and identity. During this residency at SVA, together they will create new artworks focused on protest art, combining various creative practices such as photography, graphic design and print.
Clubnight
Saturday 3rd January 8pm - 1am
The Uplifter (Tom Earwaker) lives up to his name with his energetic set that reflects his deep love for Reggae, Dub, Ska and ska punk.