About
The Phoenix Festival is Cirencester's biggest annual community event — two days of live music, dance and family activities in the Abbey Grounds, run entirely by unpaid volunteers and free to enter. Founded in 2013 by a local youth group, it has grown to draw around 20,000 attendees over the bank-holiday weekend, with a programme ranging from local acts to national headline guests.
Multiple stages across the grounds, food and drink stalls, family activities, and the inclusive, all-generations atmosphere the festival is known for. No tickets needed — just turn up.
In Cirencester
Once the second-largest city in Roman Britain, today a lively market town with one of the finest 'wool churches' in England.
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