30-01-2025
Cheltenham Festivals to celebrate 80th anniversary year
An arts charity hopes to reach a record number of children as it celebrates its 80th anniversary with a string of Festivals was founded in 1945 and has expanded from initially offering three classical music concerts in Pittville Pump Rooms, to now hosting popular literature, music, jazz, and science festivals at venues across the well as festivals, the charity offers outreach programmes in schools and hopes to introduce 80,000 children to the arts with a year-round programme of events to mark its Mawle, co-CEO of Cheltenham Festivals, said the charity "works tirelessly... to give young people access to arts and culture".
The charity began as a post-war art festival movement and its founding event was Cheltenham Music set up by the charity in 2005 to bring together young people with a keen interest in science, and the FameLab Academy, set up in 2015, also celebrate anniversaries this year's FameLab competition, which involves participants sharing their scientific research with the public, will include heats in charity hopes its campaign will "spark a lifelong curiosity" for literature, music and science.
'Enrich lives'
Ms Mawle said: "With the support of local businesses, festival-goers, patrons and corporate partners who are aligned with our charitable mission, we are looking to ensure that we can continue to inspire the next generation and to reach more children than ever before and enrich lives through culture."Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2025 is the first of the four annual festivals and will be held between 30 April - 5 May, with the science festival following in June, the music festival in July and the literature festival in October. Together, the events attract more than 225,000 visitors a year.
