There's plenty going on in the Cotswolds this week.

Thursday, December 1
Cirencester

  • CLAIRVOYANT Steve Holbrook at the Sundial Theatre, begins at 7.30pm, tickets from £10.50, 01285 654228.

Winchcombe

  • SUDELEY Castle Spectacle of Light , tickets and more details from Cheltenham Everyman Theatre box office on 01242 572573 or visit spectacleoflight.co.uk

Friday, December 2
Cirencester

  • CHARTER Market in the Market Place, 9am-3pm
  • CIRENCESTER Mothers’ Union coffee/craft/cake stall at Cirencester Parish Church, 10am-12pm, all welcome.
  • FOLK singer group Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band at the Sundial Theatre from 7.30pm, box office 01285 654228.
  • THE ABSTRACTS Christmas party with guests Mix Tape at the Vaults, Beeches Road from 9pm, free entry.

Daglingworth

  • RURAL cinema at the village hall will be showing Golden Years. Bar open from 7pm, film begins at 7.30pm, admission £4 on the door.

Malmesbury

  • CHRISTMAS late night shopping event in Malmesbury will kick off the town’s festive period. There will be an  with indoor craft market at the Town Hall, live music, a visit from Father Christmas, wine and mince pies, a carol service in the Abbey and many of the shops on the High Street will be open late. Follow @malmesburylife on twitter, visit malmesburylife on Facebook or Go online to discovermalmesbury.life for full details.

Swindon

  • THE internationally acclaimed Chinese State Circus returns to the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon. World class acrobats, aerial artistes and jugglers interact with super human and martial arts skills of the legendary Shaolin Warriors. Begins at 7.30pm, tickets from £27.50. For more information and to book visit swindontheatres.co.uk

Saturday, December 3
Cirencester

  • CHRISTMAS Market in the Market Place, live music and carols from local community groups, wide selection of high quality traders and craftsman and locally prepared food, 10am-5pm, runs until December 4.
  • CIRENCESTER Choral Society concert at Cirencester Parish Church from 7.30pm. Features Mozart’s Requiem and Haydn’s Harmoniemesse and soloists from London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama and orchestral accompaniment by the Bristol Ensemble. Tickets £12.50 from Cirencester visitor information centre on 01285 654180.

Siddington

  • CHARITY Christmas bazaar at Siddington Village Hall in aid of Roxies Pawly Pals. Stalls, tombola, raffle, 2-4pm. 

Winstone

  • GRAND Christmas coffee morning and cake sale at the village hall from 10am-12pm with raffle and mince pies.

Stroud

  • CHRISTMAS open studios Site Festival 2016. Winter open studios weekend. Hand-crafted presents including sculptures, ceramics, paintings, textiles, jewellery, prints and more. Runs until December 4, 10am-4pm with 34 artists opening their studios in 11 locations across the Stroud District. See the online directory at stroudvalleysartspace.org.uk

Sunday, December 4
Cirencester

  • Cirencester Toy and Train Fair, attending dealers offer a diverse cross section of toys, games, figures, models and collectables from the past 100 years, entrance £2, children under 16 free. Refreshments available all day. For more information call 07708385061 or visit retroronnie.com

Tetbury

  • FESTIVUS Christmas Band present an original take on sacred carols and the Christmas story at the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin and St Mary Magdalen, Church Street. Doors 7pm for a 7.30pm start, tickets £5 including festive refreshments from h.bristow@yahoo.co.uk or 01666 503946.

Fairford

  • CHORAL concert at St Mary's Church from 7.30pm. Fairford and District choral society will perform music by Dvorak and Lauridsen. Tickets from Blenheim Antiques or fairford.org/choralsociety

Nailsworth

  • TEA time concert with the THE Bristol Ensemble at Christ Church, New Market Road from 3pm. Featuring the music of Debussy, Ravel and Faure, tickets £10 on the door. For more information visit bristolensemble.com

Monday, December 5
Cirencester

  • CIRENCESTER Amnesty UK group will hold their annual greeting card writing evening at the Friends Meeting House, Thomas Street from 7.30pm. Join in and send messages of hope around the world. All materials supplied and refreshments will be served. All welcome.

Wednesday, December 7
Cirencester

  • A CHRISTMAS Carol by The Sundial Theatre Company is on Wednesday, December 7 and Thursday, December 8 from 7.30pm, £7/£5 at The Sundial Theatre. School matinees Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 1.15pm-£3. For more information call 01285 654228 or visit sundial-theatre.co.uk