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.
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.
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.
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-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 Studio weekend 2: 20th -21st 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.
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.
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.
Performance: Thursday 25th June 8pm
A live performance as a culmination of Bex Burch’s Goods Shed residency.
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.
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.
Live performance
Saturday 26th September 8pm
Brunel Goods Shed
Live performance of Sax Pax for a Sax which was a collaboration album between the London Saxophonic and the blind musician, composer, and performer Moondog.
Artist talk and Artwork Reveal
Wednesday 10th June 7.30pm
SVA, 4 John Street, Stroud, GL5 2HA
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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.
Residency
Monday 27th April - Saturday 2nd May
Corpsing Theatre Company, led by Middleton Maddocks, creates experimental, collaborative work blending performance, autofiction, and everyday life.
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')
Jazz Stroud Live Music
Friday 27th March 8-11pm
A electronic jazz improvisation session with special guests for a night of spontaneous improvised electronic jazz fusion.
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.
