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Let us entertain you! There is plenty to keep everyone happy in Salisbury, from family-friendly events to first class theatre performances, live music, exhibitions, craft workshops, international festivals and much more! Whether you want something to do tomorrow, next week or next month you can find it here.
Featured Events
BIG Sleep at Stonehenge
The Salisbury community is being called upon to help break the cycle of veterans’ homelessness by signing up to ALABARÉ's latest BIG Sleep event at the iconic location of Stonehenge.
Silent film improvisation: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Jonathan Hope improvises a live organ soundtrack to the 1923 silent movie, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. This silent classic, starring Lon Chaney as Quasimodo, is the first film adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel Notre-Dame de Paris.
Lino-Cut Christmas Cards - Festive Printmaking Workshops
Join us for a fun printmaking workshop where you can create your own festive Lino-Cut Greetings Cards! Various dates with am and pm sessions available.
The Big Festive Tasting 2025
A brilliant value 2 hours tasting your way around 150 different wines and spirits and planning your Christmas drinking. Choose from the afternoon or evening session and chat to producers whilst discovering your new favourite drinks. Extra discounts available on the night make this an event not to be missed!
Salisbury Cathedral School Christmas Fair
Get in the festive spirit and visit the stalls in the cloisters for some Christmas shopping. High-quality stalls line the stunning walkways of the Cathedral cloisters, selling unique gifts for the whole family.
An evening with Simon Yates
Join us for an evening with Simon Yates – one of the most accomplished exploratory mountaineers of all time!
This talk features spectacular images and film from some of the most remote and rarely visited mountain ranges of the world. From the Arctic to the Antarctic and Alaska to Central Asia – there is hardly a significant range that Simon has not visited.
Banff Mountain Film Festival
The Banff Mountain Film Festival is back with a brand-new line-up of captivating short films packed with extreme journeys, intriguing characters and stunning cinematography. Join the world’s top outdoor filmmakers and adventurers as they climb, ski, paddle, run and ride through the wildest corners of the planet!
Live/Wire: The AC/DC Show
Live/Wire bring the thunder of AC/DC to life with unmatched energy, passion, and power. Celebrating 25 years, this critically acclaimed tribute delivers a full-throttle two-hour show packed with cannons, Marshall stacks, and hits spanning Back in Black to PWR UP, plus Bon Scott-era classics.
Cantata Evensong
As part of our Evensong service, the Cathedral Choir will perform JS Bach’s sacred cantata, ‘Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme’, accompanied by period instruments.
Kintsugi – The Photography of Koo Stark
An exhibition of the photography of Koo Stark, charting her journey as an artist from her early work, where she turned her camera on the paparazzi, to later works featuring celebrity portraits and photographs concerned with spirituality and healing.
Christmas Tree Festival
With over 100 decorated trees and nativity scenes on show and backed by a continuous seasonal music programme, played and sung by talented local musicians, the festival promises to be a true feast for the senses, and a reminder of the true Christmas message. All this effort is provided by the local community to raise money for this year’s nominated charities: Clouds House and Julia’s House.