Bridges of Light - New Festival in Worcester
We are excited to announce Bridges of Light, a new, two-day light festival, with a focus on communities, creativity and collaboration.
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Wednesday 29 and Thursday 30 October
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6pm - 9pm
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Worcester City Centre
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Free to attend and suitable for all ages
Through high quality light artwork, we invite you to share in our community stories. Visit our light installations, take part in our interactive artworks, grab a bite to eat, and enjoy Bridges of Light with family and friends.
Find out more by following us on socials @SevernArts #BridgesofLightWorcester and visiting our website: https://www.severnarts.org.uk/listing/category/bridges-of-light
Bridges of Light is presented by Severn Arts and is part of the Local Voices, Creative Choices Programme
Potion Bags of Fun
Saturday 25 October – Sunday 2 November (closed Mondays) | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
This October half-term holiday is all about potions at the Art Gallery and Museum!
Pick up an activity bag and get creative in the Activity Space. From creating your potion ingredient garden, magical power spinner wheel, and a fantastic potion book for your own recipes, there’s plenty to get stuck into.
Each activity bag has multiple themed activities inside along with colouring and puzzle sheets. The Art Gallery and Museum is fully equipped for young creatives to get going on their making.
£2.50; purchase from the shop. Free entry to Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum. Plan your visit.
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Potion Making – family sessions on Saturday 25 October
Potion Making
Saturday 25 October, 10am – 2pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Kick off the October half-term holiday by making your very own potion!
In this fun workshop, experiment with mixing together fizzy and foamy ingredients to come up with your own creation. Mix different colours together and even add a bit of shimmer before bottling up your wonderful concoction to take with you.
What magical powers will your potion have? Come up with the story behind yours and make a recipe for it too.
There will be 3 sessions through the day:
Session 1: 10 – 11am
Session 2: 11.30am – 12.30pm
Session 3: 1 – 2pm
Admission info
£6 per child. Book Now! Free entry to Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum.
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
Christmas Makers’ Fair 2025
Friday 5 and Saturday 6 December, 10am – 6pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
It’s the weekend of Worcester’s Victorian Christmas Fayre! 🎄
Step inside the cosy Art Gallery and Museum as you leave the chilly outdoors behind. Enjoy browsing a range of stalls dotted around museum, a beautiful Victorian building in itself.
Check out a whole variety of unique and exquisite gift opportunities for your loved ones – or yourself – in the lead-up to Christmas. Explore the work of local designer-makers and crafts people, each hand-picked for their quality products.
Browse the fabulous Museum Shop which has an excellent range of cards and gifts, and enjoy cosy coffee or lunch in Little Al’s Kitchen at the Balcony Café.
Free entry. Plan your visit to Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum.
While you’re here, check out exhibitions Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld: 30 Years of Paul Kidby’s Illustration (tickets required) and Jilly Oxlade-Arnott – A Celebration of Worcester (free entry, sales support the artist and Art Gallery and Museum).
Would you like a stall? We’d love to hear from you! Get in touch with event organiser Tracey Ayre at tracey.ayre@worcester.gov.uk.
Autumn Makers’ Fair 2025
Saturday 4 October, 10am – 4pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Enjoy browsing a range of stalls dotted around the Art Gallery and Museum offering a broad selection of unique and exquisite gift opportunities for your loved ones – or yourself!
Explore the work of local designer-makers and crafts people, each hand-picked for their quality products to help you get prepared for Christmas early.
Browse the fabulous Museum Shop which has an excellent range of cards and gifts, and enjoy morning coffee and cake or lunch in Little Al’s Kitchen at the Balcony Café.
Free entry. Plan your visit to Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum.
While you’re here, check out exhibitions Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld: 30 Years of Paul Kidby’s Illustration (tickets required) and Jilly Oxlade-Arnott – A Celebration of Worcester (free entry, sales support the artist and Art Gallery and Museum).
Would you like a stall?
We’d love to hear from you! Get in touch with event organiser Tracey Ayre at tracey.ayre@worcester.gov.uk.
Museum after Hours: On the Shoulders of Elephants
Friday 24 October, 6.30 – 9pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum (The Mended Drum, Filigree Street, Ankh-Morpork)
Get your friends together on a Friday night as Museum After Hours steps into fantasy this October!
Enjoy music, themed cocktails, and get free entry to the autumn exhibition Designing Terry Pratchett’s Discworld: 30 Years of Paul Kidby’s Illustration.
In an evening inspired by Terry Pratchett’s brilliant Discworld, set foot on the flat planet and take part in the fantasy in ‘The Mended Drum’, Ankh-Morpork’s “reputable disreputable tavern”, at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum.
Have a drop of scumble and dance to Discworld DJs Le Grande Fromage. Even Rincewind himself may put in an appearance. It’s a splendiferous way to start the weekend!
Free entry (including free entry to the exhibition during the event). No booking needed. Card and cash payments accepted at the bar.
Museum After Hours is aimed at adults, 18+.
Bite-size Talk | Unveiling Deception: Exploring Forgeries in the Egyptian Collection
Tuesday 14 October 2025, 2 – 2.30pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Can we be sure that all the objects in the collection are authentic?
Hear from curator Kerry Whitehouse about some of the fake objects that have been discovered in Worcester City’s Egyptian collection.
This seated talk takes place in the Committee Room.
£4.50; book via the link below.
Check out the full programme of Bite-size Talks 2025.
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.
Bite-size Talk | Your Worcester Stories
Tuesday 9 September 2025, 2 – 2.30pm | Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum
Hear from Suz Winspear about some of the wonderful objects on display in Your Worcester and in the chemist shop.
This seated talk takes place in the Chemist Shop.
£4.50; book via the link below.