After its sell-out launch last autumn, the Cirencester History Festival, a nine-day celebration of global, national and local history, is set to return for its second year this October half term, from 25 October to 2 November 2025. The Festival is an all-town collaboration set in seventeen historic venues. It ranges from headline talks with internationally renowned speakers to local interest, music, film, crafting, cookery and immersive family activities for half term and Halloween.