Worcester Paint Festival 2025
Worcester Paint Festival 2025 | Saturday 20th September, 10am – 6pm
Worcester Paint Festival returns for a one-day celebration of street art on Saturday 20th September. Expect stunning new murals from leading international names in the street art scene, alongside some of the UK’s best-known graffiti writers, as well as emerging and local talent.
The festival transforms Worcester into a vibrant outdoor gallery, with artwork across the city and surrounding communities. Visitors can collect trail maps from Worcester Tourist Information (High Street, by The Guildhall) or directly from WPF HQ at the Heritage Pod on the day. A downloadable map will also be available online.
Find out more and follow the latest updates here:
worcesterpaintfestival.co.uk | @worcesterpaintfestival
Heritage Open Day | free entry and talks
Sunday 21 September, 10am – 3pm | The Commandery
The Heritage Open Days Festival returns for 2025!
Enjoy free entry to The Commandery on Sunday 21 September.
Enjoy free talks
This year’s festival theme is architecture, so you can join one of the Midlands’ leading architects specialising in building conservation, Nick Joyce. Hear about his work with The Commandery over the decades and his expertise which has helped keep this incredible building in such good repair and open to the public.
Talks are at 10.30am and 1pm, lasting up to an hour.
Booking information
If you would like to join a talk, please book this in advance due to limited numbers. If you can no longer make it, please let us know by calling 01905 361821 or emailing commandery@museumsworcestershire.org.uk. Thank you.
If you are enjoying a general visit to The Commandery, there is no need to book – just come along on the day.
The High Dosage Tour of Steward’s Chemist Shop
First Friday of the month, 11 - 11.30am and 2 - 2.30pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Step inside the fantastic Steward's Chemist Shop at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum and discover its history...
Take the High Dosage tour – with the chance to see items that are not usually on display – in the hidden realm behind the Dispensing Screen.
What secrets does the Victorian Chemist’s Shop hold? Come and find out!
The display was set up after the closure of Steward's Chemist Shop at 27 High Street, when the entire shop along with the fixtures and fittings were purchased in 1974 and transported to the museum to be redisplayed.
£4.50; book here (free entry to Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum including the chemist shop, which is open to visitors on the first Friday of every month from 11am - 3pm).
Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum is free to visit.
Christmas wreath making at The Commandery (ages 16+)
Christmas wreath making at The Commandery (ages 16+)
Saturday 29 November, 10.30am – 12.30pm | The Commandery
Settle in for a cosy morning at Worcester’s Commandery as you create a rustic wreath to decorate your door this December. ❄️
In the beautiful wooden-beamed room upstairs at The Commandery, you’ll use natural materials from the surrounding gardens to create your wreath – either following an example or creating your own design.
Sip a tea, enjoy a coffee, and munch mince pies as you craft your wreath.
£25. All resources supplied. Ages 16+ years.
I thoroughly enjoyed making my Christmas wreath. It was very relaxing and therapeutic. Everyone was able to “put their own spin” on their decoration, so was really inclusive. It was a present from my son and I think we will make it our Christmas tradition. Wreath-making attendee, 2024.
Book your spot. If you’d like to look around The Commandery, you can get half-price general admission from the shop on the day of the workshop.
You might also enjoy Autumn Wreath Making on Saturday 4 October 2025!
Autumn wreath making at The Commandery (ages 16+)
Saturday 4 October, 10.30am – 12.30pm | The Commandery
Make yourself an autumnal wreath to adorn your door at home in a cosy and relaxing workshop welcoming in the month of October. 🍂
In the beautiful wooden-beamed room upstairs at The Commandery, you’ll use natural materials from the surrounding gardens to create your wreath – either following an example or creating your own design.
Sip a tea, enjoy a coffee, and enjoy some biscuits as you craft your wreath.
£25. All resources supplied. Ages 16+ years.
Amazing! I was so excited to find this. It did not disappoint! The atmosphere was awesome, venue beautiful, staff and volunteers were wonderful – I am so happy with my creation! – Wreath-making attendee, 2024.
Book your spot. If you’d like to look around The Commandery, you can get half-price general admission from the shop on the day of the workshop.
You might also enjoy Christmas Wreath Making on Saturday 29 November 2025!
Pirate Fun Day | Bank Holiday Monday
Bank Holiday Monday 25 August | The Commandery
Enjoy a fantastic August Bank Holiday Monday at The Commandery!
Climb and slide your way through the inflatable pirate fun run in The Commandery's gardens, and swab the deck, walk the plank, and climb the rigging on the pirate obstacle course too.
Become a pirate yourself as you make your own pirate patch, hat and puppet!
Are you brave enough to take on the special one-day-only pirate trail? It'll take you all the way around The Commandery through different eras of history...
Admission info
£3 per child + general admission. Advanced booking is not required for this event.
General admission to The Commandery applies to all visitors and can be either booked online in advance or purchased on the day of your visit.
Head to the Plan Your Visit page for further admission options – including discounts for Worcester residents (if you pay Council Tax to Worcester City Council), season passes, and membership. These can be purchased when you visit and aren’t currently available online. Your ticket can be upgraded on the day of your visit.
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Buccaneer Bootcamp and the Find the Pirate Ships trail! 🏝️
Buccaneer Bootcamp!
Wednesdays in the summer holidays from 23 July to 27 August | The Commandery
Ahoy there! ⚓ Buccaneer Bootcamp is coming to The Commandery this summer - and we need some brave, sea-faring recruits to learn the ropes!
You'll get to swab the deck, walk the plank, and climb the rigging on the pirate obstacle course, learn how to talk like a pirate, and even load a cannon ready for battle. Make your very own parrot companion to take home with you too.
Every session ends with a drink, biscuit, and story.
Buccaneer Bootcamp is on the following Wednesdays at both 10.30am - 12noon and 1.30 - 3pm:
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23 July
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30 July
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6 August
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13 August
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20 August
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27 August
The Commandery is open 10am - 4pm on Wednesdays, so there's plenty of time to explore the historic building and its gardens before or after Buccaneer Bootcamp!
Admission info
£5 per child + general admission. BOOK HERE!
General admission to The Commandery applies to all visitors and can be either booked online in advance or purchased on the day of your visit.
Head to the Plan Your Visit page for further admission options – including discounts for Worcester residents (if you pay Council Tax to Worcester City Council), season passes, and membership. These can be purchased when you visit and aren’t currently available online. Your ticket can be upgraded on the day of your visit.
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Pirate Fun Day on Bank Holiday Monday and the Find the Pirate Ships trail! 🏝️