What's on in Chester

This is the place to find out what's on in Chester. Time your visit to see one of Chester’s many events and festivals for an extra special treat.

Come and experience Storyhouse, with it's multi award-winning theatre, library, restaurant and cinema. With a varied programme of events throughout the year you are sure to find something that's right up your street.

There are plenty of outdoor events throughout the year too including open air theatre performances in Grosvenor Park and Moonlight flicks, an outdoor cinematic experience. Not forgetting the Taste Cheshire Food and Drink Festival and the thrill of the races at the oldest racecourse in Britain and other sporting events such as the Regatta and marathon, once voted the UK’s number 1 road marathon.

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Family Fun Market from JDL

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Family Friendly

Christleton

Join JDL Mini Markets at Mercure Chester Abbots Well this Summer for a fun filled day for all the family.

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From:
14 July 2024Open 11:00 - 15:30

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Family Fun Market from JDL

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Family Friendly

Christleton

Join JDL Mini Markets at Mercure Chester Abbots Well Hotel for a day filled with summer fun for the whole family. Craft activities and workshops plus delicious food and local stallholders.

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From:
15 Sept 2024Open 11:30 - 15:30

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Family Fun Market from JDL

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Family Friendly

Christleton

Join JDL Mini Markets at Mercure Chester Abbots Well Hotel for a day filled with Christmas fun for the whole family. Craft activities and workshops plus delicious food and local stallholders.

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From:
8 Dec 2024Open 11:00 - 15:30

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Family Fun Day

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Sporting Event

Chester

Racing and smiles run side by side at Family Fun Day, Chester’s second family-focused fixture of 2024. The Open Course is transformed into a hive of activity for children, with fun games and inflatables adding to the excitement of a day at the races…

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4 Aug 2024

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Family Friendly Halloween Party

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Family Friendly

Christleton

Get ready for a spooktacular Kids Halloween Party, filled with ghoulish games, creepy crafts, and monstrous munchies!

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From:
27 Oct 2024Open 13:00 - 17:00

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Essar Chester Half Marathon

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Sporting Event

Chester

The Chester Half is one of the UK’s longest established and most highly regarded half marathons, starting and finishing in the historic Roman/Medieval international destination city of Chester. Enter early to enjoy our discounted prices.

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19 May 2024Open 09:00 -

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Deva Fest

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Music

Malpas

Deva Fest is BACK from the 8th – 11th of August at the beautiful Cholmondeley Castle Gardens in Cheshire.   

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8 Aug 2024to11 Aug 2024

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Dear Evan Hansen (Musical)

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Event

Chester

Meet Evan: an anxious high school kid who wants nothing more than to fit in.
The thing is, on his way to fitting in, he didn’t tell the whole truth.

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18 Mar 2025to22 Mar 2025

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D&S Productions present Ghost: The Musical

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Event

For the first time community theatre company, D&S Productions, are bringing their own magical production of Ghost: The Musical to Storyhouse!
Adapted from the hit film by the Academy Award-winning screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin, Ghost:The Musical…

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17 July 2024Open 19:30 -
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20 July 2024Open 19:30 -

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Country and Western Night

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Celebration

Christleton

Y'all get ready for a boot-scootin' good time at our Country & Western Night.

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From:
11 May 2024Open 19:00 - 23:30

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Chester Tribute Festival

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Concert

Chester

Get ready for a bank holiday weekend of incredible performances as the Chester Tribute Festival comes to Carriage Shed for the first time on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th May.

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From:

25 May 2024to26 May 2024

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Chester Town Hall Ghost Hunt w/ Haunted Rooms

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Guided Walk

Chester

Join expert Ghost Hunters from Haunted Rooms and enjoy a night exploring the depths of Chester Town Hall!

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15 June 2024
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21 Sept 2024
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23 Nov 2024

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Chester Regatta - Annual Rowing Competition

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Competition / Game

Chester

Rowing competition attracting crews from all over the North West and beyond, competing on the stunning River Dee since 1733.

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8 June 2024to9 June 2024Various Opening Times

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Chester Raft Race

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Fete / Fair

Chester

The Chester Raft Race is an annual charity event taking place every July in the Groves on the River Dee. The rafts race against the clock over an approximate 400 metre course starting just upriver of the Royal Chester Rowing Club, passing under the…

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From:
30 June 2024Open 10:00 - 17:00

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Chester Pride

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Festival

Chester

Celebrating diversity and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender + community and is a free event celebrating equality and diversity in the heart of Chester.

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17 Aug 2024

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Chester Philharmonic Orchestra: Postcard from Danube

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Event

Chester

Join us as we travel along the Danube, presenting a programme of local Viennese, Czech and Hungarian music conducted by Stephen Threlfall and featuring viola soloist, Duncan Anderson.

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From:
29 June 2024Open 19:30 -

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Chester Music Society Choir Concert

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Event

Chester

Crowning Glory
Mozart: Coronation Mass Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major
Handel: Coronation Anthems
Soloists from RNCM
Chester Music Society Choir
Liverpool Sinfonia 
Graham Jordan Ellis conductor

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From:
18 May 2024Open 19:30 -

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Chester Makers Market

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Sale

Chester

Each market will showcase a range of incredible art, craft, food, drink, jewellery, fragrances and so much more from an abundance of the North West's finest artisans.

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4 May 2024Open 10:00 - 16:00
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1 June 2024Open 10:00 - 16:00
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6 July 2024Open 10:00 - 16:00
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7 Sept 2024Open 10:00 - 16:00

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Chester in the English Civil War

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Exhibition

Chester

Third-Year archaeology students from the University of Chester will research, interpret and present fascinating finds from the West Cheshire Museum’s collections to explore this turbulent episode in our city’s history.

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From:

24 Feb 2024to2 June 2024

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Chester Folk Festival

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Festival

Kelsall, Chester

Annual celebration of folk music held in the village of Kelsall.

Dates

From:

24 May 2024to27 May 2024

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