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If you're looking for things to do in the Stroud district this November, there's plenty on offer. From bonfires and fireworks to live music, theatre, exhibitions, markets and creative workshops, there are events taking place across the district throughout the month.

As autumn gives way to winter, the calendar is packed with seasonal activities, including Christmas markets, craft fairs, wreath-making workshops, festive lights switch-ons and family days out. Many events are free or low cost, making it easy to enjoy everything the district has to offer in the run-up to Christmas.

Regular events throughout November

• 5k parkruns, Stroud, Stonehouse, Berkeley and Wotton (every Saturday morning)
• 2k Junior parkruns, Stonehouse and Wotton (every Sunday)
• Shambles Market, Stroud (every Friday and Saturday)
• Stroud Farmers' Market, Stroud (every Saturday)
• Baptist Hall Craft Market, Baptist Hall (second and fourth Saturdays)
• Vintage Mary Market, The Shambles, Stroud (every Monday)
• Late Night Food, Five Valleys Shopping Centre (every Friday)
• Stroud Brewery Run Club, Stroud Brewery (Mondays)
• Brimscombe Mill Run Club, Brimscombe Mill (Thursdays)
• Free Family Explorer Trails, Museum in the Park (Tuesday-Sundays)
• Kids Stuff Supported Drop In, Brimscombe Mill (every Wednesday)
• Sayeed the Tailor, Brimscombe Mill (Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays)
• Family Evening, The Long Table, Brimscombe Mill (every Thursday)
• Food & live music, The Long Table (Fridays)
• Kids Stuff Saturday Crafts, Brimscombe Mill (every Saturday)
• The Conversation Corner for Vintage VIPs, Stroud Brewery (every Monday)
• Weekly Community Walk, Stratford Park (every Thursday)

November events

•    Exhibition of book covers by Melvyn Warren-Smith, The Yard Gallery (2-7 Nov)
•    Thomas Keble low noise fireworks (2 Nov)
•    50 years of Wildlife Science, National Trust Woodchester Park (2 Nov-12 Feb 2027)
•    Stranger Folk at Woodchester Park (2-8 Nov)
•    Wander – a celebration of walking, Hawkwood (3 Nov)
•    Jekyll and Hyde Play, Dr Jenner's House, Berkeley (4 Nov)
•    Folk Session, The Prince Albert, Rodborough (4 Nov)
•    Herbal Tea Blending Course, Kingshill House (4 Nov, four-week course)
•    Poke Pinch Puff exhibition, Lansdown Hall (4-8 Nov)
•    Stroud Book Festival, various venues (4-8 Nov)
•    National Trust Live: Golden Boy, Wotton Cinema (5 Nov)
•    Cotswold Canals Trust Stroud Brewery lunch boat trip (5 Nov)
•    Remembrance Festival Weekend, Holy Trinity Church and Market House, Minchinhampton (6-8 Nov)
•    Low Noise Fireworks and Bonfire, Ruggers Green Barn, Nailsworth (6 Nov)
•    Panini World Cup Sticker Swap, Brimscombe Mill
•    Rachel Newton, Prema Arts (6 Nov)
•    The Great Escape film, Cotswold Playhouse (6 Nov)
•    Club Night for Stroud Women's Refuge, Stroud Brewery (6 Nov)
•    Pop Up Textile Repair & Upcycling, Museum in the Park (6 Nov)
•    Tomorrow's Warriors present: Christ-Stephane Boizi Sextet, SVA Goods Shed (6 Nov)
•    Mark Thomas, Sub Rooms (6 Nov)
•    Bike Marking with PCSO Loveridge, Brimscombe Mill (7 Nov)
•    Wear Next Gear Amnesty & Pop Up Shop, Brimscombe Mill (7 Nov)
•    Miserden Fireworks (7 Nov)
•    Chalford Hill PTA Bonfire Night (7 Nov)
•    Big Bisley Bonfire Night Bash (7 Nov)
•    Dursley Fireworks (7 Nov)
•    Wotton Firework Display (7 Nov)
•    The Blue Badgers, Under the Edge Arts (7 Nov)
•    Pete Williams & Andy Wellings, The Prince Albert, Rodborough (7 Nov)
•    Remembrance Sunday Services & Parades, various locations (8 Nov)
•    Meet the Maker: Vivienne Beaumont, Museum in the Park (8 Nov)
•    Volunteer Display: Celebrating 10 Years of the Walled Garden, Museum in the Park (8 Nov, 13-15 Nov)
•    Dani Larkin, The Prince Albert, Rodborough (8 Nov)
•    Los Fastidios, The Prince Albert, Rodborough (9 Nov)
•    WWT Slimbridge Free Admission Day (10 Nov)
•    Scott House Museum Open Day, WWT Slimbridge (10 Nov)
•    Stroud Artists Cooperative Winter Exhibition, Lansdown Gallery (10-22 Nov)
•    The Royal Opera: Carmen, Wotton Cinema (10 Nov)
•    Armistice Day. National two-minute silence at 11am. Various commemorative events throughout the district (11 Nov)
•    Trevor Horn, Sub Rooms (11 Nov)
•    Catherine Dunstan Southwest Skies exhibition, Prema Arts (11 Nov-18 Dec)
•    Willow Christmas Decorations, Sub Rooms (12 Nov)
•    A Textile Brooch Workshop, Stroudwater Textile Trust (12 Nov)
•    Festive Lino Cut Card Workshops, Fresh Standard Brewery (12 Nov)
•    Hannah East: Express Yourself, Sub Rooms (12 Nov)
•    Retro Track and Air Ltd – Wings and Wheels Society, Dursley & District Community Centre (12 Nov)
•    Dave Ayre's Baroque Night, Lansdown Hall (13 Nov)
•    Hejira – Celebrating Joni Mitchell, Sub Rooms (13 Nov)
•    The Bob Porter Project, The Long Table, Brimscombe Mill (13 Nov)
•    SCJC Jazz Jam, Under the Edge Arts (13 Nov)
•    Hannah Dyson – The Gloaming, Prema Arts (13 Nov-18 Dec)
•    Stroud School of Art Staff Show, Museum in the Park (14-29 Nov)
•    Floating Sound Bath, Active Lifestyles Dursley (14 Nov)
•    Vintage Flea Market, Dursley Community Centre (14 Nov)
•    Christmas Fayre, Dursley Community Centre (14 Nov)
•    St Bart's November Fayre, Cam Pitch (14 Nov)
•    Nailsworth Artisan Market (14 Nov)
•    Brahms German Requiem, St James the Great, Dursley (14 Nov)
•    RSVP Bhangra, Under the Edge Arts (14 Nov)
•    Scott House Museum Open Day, WWT Slimbridge (14 Nov)
•    Barn Dance, Nailsworth Primary School (14 Nov)
•    Shindig 2026, Sub Rooms (14 Nov)
•    The Yoga of Vocal Sound, Hawkwood (14 Nov)
•    Christmas Crackers Market, Prema Arts (15 Nov)
•    The Cabinet of Dr Caligari screening with live soundtrack, Kingshill House, Dursley (15 Nov)
•    Bisley Castle Farmers' Market (15 Nov)
•    Flying Paper film screening, Trinity Rooms, Stroud (15 Nov)
•    Mississippi Records Presents: A People's History of Music, SVA Goods Shed (15 Nov)
•    Vintage Mary's Christmas Market, The Shambles, Stroud (16 Nov)
•    Hawkwood Huddle business group, Hawkwood (16 Nov)
•    Boo Hewerdine & Heidi Talbot, Sub Rooms (17 Nov)
•    Wreath Making Workshop, The Chantry Centre, Dursley (18 Nov)
•    Russell Watson, Sub Rooms (18 Nov)
•    Festive Porcelain Lantern Workshop, Hawkwood (18 Nov)
•    Wreath Making Workshop, Leaf & Ground, Dursley (19 Nov)
•    The Accidental Ecologist, Wotton Area CAN free talk, Under the Edge Arts (19 Nov)
•    Brian Bilston, Sub Rooms (19 Nov)
•    Christmas Craft Night, Brimscombe Mill (19 Nov)
•    Future Flow: Imagine the Possibilities book launch, Hawkwood (19 Nov)
•    Christmas Makers Market, St Laurence Church (20-21 Nov)
•    Kings Stanley Christmas Market (20 Nov)
•    Gloucestershire House Clearances Christmas Sale, Brimscombe Mill (20 Nov)
•    Disco for Grown Ups, Sub Rooms (20 Nov)
•    Hand Stitched Patchwork Start, The Fold, Stroud (20 Nov)
•    Plants Can Dance with DJ Brian d'Souza (Auntie Flo), SVA Goods Shed (20 Nov)
•    The Art of Sashiko Stitch: Workshop with Lichen Davenport, Museum in the Park (21 Nov)
•    Handmade Christmas at Newark Park (21-22 Nov)
•    Mini Makers Market, Brimscombe Mill (21 Nov)
•    Free Stuff Bring & Take, St James the Great Church, Dursley (21 Nov)
•    Tenebrae, St Mary's Church, Wotton-under-Edge (21 Nov)
•    Wotton Charities Fair (21 Nov)
•    Dursley Vintage Market (21 Nov)
•    Repair Café, GL11 Community Hub, Cam (21 Nov)
•    Rossini Overture: The Thieving Magpie, Holy Trinity Church, Stroud (21 Nov)
•    Touchpaper presents Improvised Theatre in the Round, Lansdown Hall (21 Nov)
•    What Would Victoria (Wood) Do?, Under the Edge Arts (21 Nov)
•    Hothouse Flowers, Sub Rooms (21 Nov)
•    Wild Christmas Market, Wild Wick Street Farm Shop (22 Nov)
•    Woodchester Park 10k (22 Nov)
•    Polymer Clay Jewellery Workshop, Victoria Works Studio (22 Nov)
•    Natalie Holmes live, Stroud Brewery (22 Nov)
•    Andy Fairweather Low, Sub Rooms (22 Nov)
•    Sheelanagig, The Prince Albert, Rodborough (22 Nov)
•    Holly Carter, The Prince Albert, Rodborough (23 Nov)
•    National Life Theatre: Golden Boy, Sub Rooms (24 Nov)
•    Wreath Making Workshops, National Trust Woodchester Park (24 Nov)
•    Pecha Kucha Night, SVA John Street (24 Nov)
•    Orgreave, Cotswold Playhouse (25 Nov)
•    Soft Machine, Sub Rooms (25 Nov)
•    The (Not So) Little Art Exhibition, Sub Rooms (26 Nov onwards)
•    Sound Bath, Dursley Community Centre (26 Nov)
•    Christmas Wreath Making, Dursley Community Centre (26 Nov)
•    Steve Knightley & The Winter Yards Band, Sub Rooms (26 Nov)
•    Limehouse Lizzy, Sub Rooms (27 Nov)
•    Stroud Christmas Tree Festival, St Laurence's Church, Stroud (27 Nov onwards)
•    Nailsworth Goodwill Evening (27 Nov)
•    Moscow Drug Club, Prema Arts (27 Nov)
•    The Enchanted Garden by Night, Painswick Rococo Garden (from 27 Nov)
•    Dursley Christmas Lights Switch On (27 Nov)
•    The Clevedon Pier Story, Wotton-under-Edge Historical Society (27 Nov)
•    Adaptive Cycling for the Less-Abled, Frampton on Severn Village Hall (27 Nov)
•    It Was Just an Accident film, Sub Rooms (27 Nov)
•    Winter Swimming Gala, Active Lifestyles Dursley (28 Nov)
•    Christmas Craft & Gift Fair, Under the Edge Arts (28 Nov)
•    Resident Roots presents Reggae Sound Clash, Lansdown Hall (28 Nov)
•    CatVideo Fest, Wotton Cinema (28-29 Nov)
•    Willow Christmas Decorations, Hawkwood (28 Nov)
•    Winter Rest & Restore Day, Hawkwood (28 Nov)
•    Two Severn Bores, Under the Edge Arts (28 Nov)
•    Horsfall House Christmas Fair (28 Nov)
•    Cam Christmas Lights Switch On (28 Nov)
•    Christmas Cracker! 2026 exhibition, Gallery Pangolin (28 Nov-22 Dec)
•    Christmas Traditions at Newark Park (28 Nov-20 Dec)
•    Meet Father Christmas at Newark Park (28 Nov-14 Dec)
•    Jungle Cakes ft Ed Solo, Deekline, Ray Keith & Natty D, Sub Rooms (28 Nov)
•    Nailsworth Artisan Goodwill Market, Mortimer Gardens (28 Nov)
•    Saxon Barn Christmas Market, Leonard Stanley (29 Nov)
•    Vintage Drinking Glass & Decanter Fair, The Shambles, Stroud (30 Nov)

For more events and activities taking place across the district, see Visit Stroud, Good on Paper and venue websites.

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