Family Fun
Thu 01-Aug - Mon 26-Aug
£3
Trail opens on 1 August Can you find them all?
Map/Entry forms on sale at the Tourist Information Centre from 1 August
Drama and Arts
Thu 01-Aug - Fri 02-Aug
£10/£8
Christine and Debbie invite you to come and take 'A Trip Down Memory Lane' and enjoy some old favourite songs and sketches, and some new ones too, with the Athelstan Players in this year's Carnival Revue.
Performances are on Thursday 1st August and Friday 2nd August.
Family Fun
Sun 04-Aug 1:00 pm
-5:30 pm
£6
A rare chance to look around some of the most beautiful gardens in Malmesbury
Food and Drink
Fri 09-Aug 7:00 pm
-10:00 pm
£20
After a year away, the Malmesbury wine bluffers are back again!
Talks and Interest
Sat 10-Aug 11:00 am
-12:00 pm
FREE
Come and meet our local firefighters and see our local fire engine !!
Visit subject to operational callouts.
Talks and Interest
Tue 13-Aug 7:30 pm
-9:30 pm
£10
Charles Vernon will give a talk illustrated by a new archive of photos taken by Terry Thomas mainly in the past 30 years including Cowbridge House. After a short refreshment break a presentation will follow about the town before and after D Day 1944.
Family Fun
Fri 16-Aug 7:30 pm
-10:30 pm
£10
The Carnival quiz is back courtesy of the ace quizmasters at the Rose & Crown.
Be prepared for your quizzing skills to be well and truly tested.
Max of 6 people per team.
Talks and Interest
Fri 16-Aug 8:30 pm
-10:00 pm
£3
Come and learn about our bats on this guided walk through Conygre Mead Nature Reserve.
(Tickets available at venue)
Family Fun
Sun 18-Aug 10:00 am
-3:00 pm
A wide variety of stalls with incredible produce and bargains fill our wonderful High Street.
Talks and Interest
Tue 20-Aug 7:30 pm
-9:30 pm
£10
An illustrated talk by Bill Reed on Wiltshire language in the past, with examples of lost vocabulary, accents, stories, anecdotes and poems.
Family Fun
Thu 22-Aug 7:30 pm
-10:30 pm
FREE
Enjoy a traditional evening of Bingo, with the chance to win big!
Music
Fri 23-Aug 7:30 pm
-10:30 pm
£10
An evening of top quality live jazz in a café style environment.
Ania Drewniok, a recent Masters graduate (Composition and Jazz Singing) from RWCMD, brings her Polish Jazz Ensemble to Malmesbury for the very first time.
Procession
Sat 24-Aug 10:00 am
- Tue 27-Aug 4:00 pm
FREE
Make your own Mythical Medieval Monsters for Malmesbury Carnival Procession!!! Join The Last Baguette theatre company to create crazy creatures and mythical monsters for the procession...from fairies to phoenixes and from unicorns to dragons! Free drop in sessions for everyone 5+ Runs from Saturday 24 Aug to Tuesday 27th August, Joining the procession on Saturday 31st August.
Music
Mon 26-Aug 4:00 pm
-8:00 pm
£10, 12 and under Free
Relax in the delightful setting of Cloister Gardens with a variety of local bands.
12 and under free, Under 16's must be accompanied
Talks and Interest
Tue 27-Aug 7:30 pm
-9:30 pm
£10
Tony McAleavy will explain the significance of the remarkable archaeological discoveries made at Cowage Farm near Foxley in the 1970s and 1980s
Family Fun
Thu 29-Aug - Sat 31-Aug
Rides, stalls and fun for all the family!
Thursday Friday 5pm to 9pm
Saturday 2pm to 10pm
Food and Drink
Thu 29-Aug 7:00 pm
-10:00 pm
£45
Come and experience a superb evening sampling great wines whilst enjoying a fabulous three course dinner at The Whole Hog
Procession
Sat 31-Aug 4:00 pm
-6:00 pm
FREE
Preparation for the Procession for everyone who joined in with the Carnival Arts Workshops.
Procession
Sat 31-Aug 6:00 pm
-8:00 pm
Bigger and better than ever, the Carnival showpiece event returns in all it's glory.
Procession
Sun 01-Sep 9:00 am
It's all for charity, but someone has to count it!
Family Fun
Sun 01-Sep 12:00 pm
Tickets on sale at every event, £1 per ticket. Chance to win big value prizes and support our charities at the same time.
Family Fun
Sun 01-Sep 4:00 pm
A joyous celebration held in our beautiful Abbey.