Upcoming events, sales and talks at Brimscombe Mill
Each week at the Mill there are loads of things happening, some are weekly and some are one off. Check out what we have going on at Brimscombe Mill. We look forward to seeing you soon.
Each week at Brimscombe Mill
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Kids Stuff Supported Drop In
Every Wednesday in term time Kids Stuff host a supported drop in.
An ideal opportunity to socialise, make connections and build community, as your little one plays.
Every week we offer a themed craft run by our own Playleader -Tineke and budget support offered by Susan from Clean Slate.
With bottomless tea and coffee, alongside snacks and drinks for the children, we hope to have you drop in with us soon.
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Sayeed the Tailor
Sayeed the Tailor from Heray Alterations joins us three days a week at the Mill.
Drop in to him all your sewing and tailoring needs. He combines traditional Afghan tailoring techniques with modern precision.
He joins us on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Tuesday - 10:30-16:00
Wednesday - 15:00-17:00
Thursday - 14:00-17:00
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Brimscombe Mill Run Club
Every Thursday evening at 17:30 join the runners from Brimscombe Mill Run Club for an inclusive local run.
They are a small group of friendly runners who have used their collective knowledge to create wonderful routes spanning the local area, share running tips, join races together and most of all have fun whilst doing it.
No need to book in, just turn up at 17:30.
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Louise the Tech Fairy
Every Thursday morning Louise joins us at the Mill and can help with all you tech needs.
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Kids Stuff Saturday Crafts
Every Saturday Kids Stuff set up a drop in craft table.
From suncatchers to clay turtles, make your own magic wands to cardboard donuts, we have a craft to suit all ages, we also invite grown ups to be creative too!
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Games & Activities
We have a play area for children under 5 to play in, full size table tennis table, pool table and gaming machine open at all times.
As always these games are completely free to use.
Events on at The Mill
Sanctuary Series with Chris Smaje
The next one of our Sanctuary Series. Join Chris Smaje to hear him talk about his book Finding Lights in a Dark Age: Sharing Land, Work and Craft.
Teen Stuff Takeover
It’s time for another Teen Stuff Takeover.
Join us to support our circular fashion teen economy for 12-17 year olds.
Alongside our popular Teen Stuff pre-loved sale, we are excited to be taking over the Sanctuary with ANIME.
To celebrate Second Hand September there will also be a fashion upcycling workshop.
Dobunni ceilidh
Our friends Da Hootin’ Whoopin’ Dobunni! are back for a mesmerizing evening of ceilidh dancing and live music at Long Table!
Mini Makers Market
The next mini makers market is back.
We are back shining a light on our young creators - showcasing artists, makers, and crafters aged 16 and under.
The Long Table will be open as usual for delicious coffee, cake and a tasty pay-as-you-can lunch.
To book a table please contact nancy@thelongtableonline.com
Lets champion our fledgling entrepreneurs!
Come along and support our young artisans and craftspeople from 11:00-13:00 @ Brimscombe Mill.
Live Music at Long Table- The Bob Porter Project
Join The Bob Porter Project at Long Table
A six-piece singer/songwriter Americana/Blues/Folk rock band, performing mostly original material with sympathetic covers influenced by the likes of Bob Dylan, Tom Waits and Jackson Browne.
“Soulful songs and smoky vocals” Jonny Coppin. “As cool as a smooth pint of organic bitter” Laura Clark, Good on Paper.
6-8pm Kitchen open
7pm Live music from The Bob Porter Project
Live Music (Sanctum- Balo+ Dominie Hooper)
Join The Long Table for a night of expansive sounds.
balo are Sheffield based harpist Manon McCoy and drummer Will Shaw. The duo create expansive works for harp, drums and live electronics. Their sound is a dynamic balance of driving rhythmic phrasing, ambient textures, intricate prepared techniques and experimental electronic layers.
Dominie Hooper is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist crafting spellbinding music rooted in folklore, ritual, and emotional transformation. Her songs simmer with raw intensity and lyrical barbs, blending growling cello, textured guitar, and collective vocals into something dark, unsettling, and beautiful. As Under the Radar Magazine put it, “The breadth of her talent is immediately apparent.”
A pay as you can dinner will be served from 6-8pm, with a menu full of flavour, generosity, and community spirit.
Sanctum will start at 8pm in the Sanctuary
Live Music (Sanctum- Gwenifer Raymond+Jacob Lovatt and Christopher Haddow
Welsh instrumentalist Gwenifer Raymond, is set to announce her third studio album, to be released September 5th on Canadian label We Are Busy Bodies. Last Night I Heard the Dog Star Bark is a hybrid of the ancient and the futuristic, where the arcane etchings of occult folk horror fuse with the unfathomable equations of the cosmos.
As celestial drones and mutant folk meet a frenetic blues that bends and twists like space-time, on her new album Raymond finds herself evoking the work of pioneering rocket scientists, the words of fictional hobo prophets and the concepts of mathematical infinity.
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Jacob Lovatt and Christopher Haddow perform selected repertoire from the 17 year back catalogue of their seminal Glasgow cult band, Jacob Yates and The Pearlygate Lockpickers
A special brew of horror and loss ... Singer and songwriter Jacob Lovatt tells stories of Saville haunted care home corridors, abandoned cars, faith healers and shape shifters. Accompanied on various guitars by Christopher Haddow, whose minimal slide and fingerstyle playing adds light and shade to Lovatts dark, narrative prose
18:00-20:00 Kitchen open - pay-as-you-can as always - Bar ‘til 22:00
20:00 Jacob Lovatt and Christopher Haddow - Live in The Sanctuary
21:00 Gwenifer Raymond - Live in The Sanctuary
Cotswold Sculptors Indoor exhibition
As part of this year’s Autumn Trail you’ll be able to visit this incredible exhibition in our Sanctuary Space.
You’ll be able to explore a wonderful variety of sculptures from 48 of our member-artists, working in a range of mediums such as bronze, ceramics, stone, wood, metal and found materials. Some focus on figurative subjects such as people, animals and nature, whilst other pieces are more abstract.
Mini Makers Market
The next mini makers market is back.
We are back shining a light on our young creators - showcasing artists, makers, and crafters aged 16 and under.
The Long Table will be open as usual for delicious coffee, cake and a tasty pay-as-you-can lunch.
To book a table please contact nancy@thelongtableonline.com
Lets champion our fledgling entrepreneurs!
Come along and support our young artisans and craftspeople from 11:00-13:00 @ Brimscombe Mill.
Live Music - Acapellies
ACAPELLIES
Friday 7 November 2025
19:00 21:00
Acapellies is a joyful community choir led by the brilliant Eleanor Holliday.
Tickets will be limited for this one — watch this space to secure your seat at the event.
17:00–19:00 – Our Kitchen & Bar serves a delicious pay-as-you-can meal. Bar open till 21:30.
19:30 – Acapellies performance in The Sanctuary
Mini Makers Market
The next mini makers market is back.
We are back shining a light on our young creators - showcasing artists, makers, and crafters aged 16 and under.
The Long Table will be open as usual for delicious coffee, cake and a tasty pay-as-you-can lunch.
To book a table please contact nancy@thelongtableonline.com
Lets champion our fledgling entrepreneurs!
Come along and support our young artisans and craftspeople from 11:00-13:00 @ Brimscombe Mill.
Live Music at Long Table- Rich Dickinson’s Driving Force
Driving Force formed in the late 90s and toured with legendary US bands including Blackfoot, Frank Marinos Mahogany Rush, The Groundhogs to name a few and featured Jimi Hendrix's first Marshall amp!
The band relaunched two years ago and are rapidly gaining a great reputation and are a regular feature on most of the major Blues Festivals. They play classic Blues Rock originals and draw on the legacy of Rory Gallagher, Joe Bonamassa, Gary Moore, Jimi Hendrix for our interpretations of their material.
Timings:
Kitchen 18:00-20:00
Live Music from 20:00
Thomas The Tank Engine Story Time and Creative Activities.
Join local writer, poet and performer Crispin Thomas to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Thomas The Tank Engine books with a story time and creative activities.
Live Music at Long Table-Tom Bradshaw
Tom Bradshaw is a Stroud-based singer-songwriter with more than two decades of experience as a live performer. He has recorded at Abbey Road Studios. As a teenager he was the lead songwriter and drummer for the 1990s rock band Remedy. His more recent solo writing is influenced by the music of Paul Weller and Matthew Falloon, the latter with whom he recently collaborated. When not playing music, he is an author and journalist.
He will be playing as Long Table serve their pay as you can dinner.
Live Music at Long Table-The Burway and Ragstone
The Burway - A Stroud-based band weaving together vaguely folk-adjacent original compositions with four-part harmonies. They blend acoustic textures with synth and electronic elements for a sound that’s both grounded and atmospheric.
Ragstone - Beat-driven alt rock with flavours of indie and rap. These three Gloucestershire natives bring catchy melodies, honest lyrics, and a set that moves from playful to heartfelt, with grooves guaranteed to get you moving.
Let’s Create
Join Lets Create in the Sanctuary for an unstructured creative session where kids (and teens) get to make whatever they like, however they like- no instructions, no pressure, just pure imagination.
Feast with Henry + Live Jazz singer Kitty LaROAR
A Pop-Up Feast with Henry Herbert
We’re delighted to welcome the brilliant local chef and friend of The Long Table, Henry Herbert, as he brings his much-loved Feasting evening to our Sanctuary space.
Home Remedy Adult Upcycling Workshop
Home Remedy Adult Upcycling Workshop. Join our adults’ up-cycling workshop led by Mel on Wednesday 10th September between 10:30am-3:30pm. Learn the basics of prepping and up-cycling a small furniture item of your choice.
NHS community outreach health checks
The NHS community outreach team will be here offering no booking necessary drop in appointments for blood pressure and simple health advice.
Back to school disco
Help us celebrate the amazing summer holidays by joining us at our back to school disco. There will be a bouncy castle, disco and BBQ.
Chloe’s Mobile Farm
Chloe’s Mobile Farm will be joining us and bringing along their lovely farm animals, meet ponies, donkeys and little furry friends too.
Mini Makers at The Mill
Mini makers are back, our young entrepreneurs are serving up some more incredible offerings. Come and support them.
Rob Hopkins - How to Fall in Love with the Future- Yellow Lighted Bookshop event
Rob Hopkins, cofounder of the international Transition Network movement, invites us to travel to future worlds we would actually want to live in.
The Sanctuary Series- Emma Pinchbeck and Juliet Davenport
⚡ What will it really take to reach net zero?
Join us on 10th July at Brimscombe Mill as two of the UK’s leading energy and climate voices – Emma Pinchbeck (Chief exec of the climate change committee and Juliet Davenport (founder of Good Energy) – come together in conversation at The Sanctuary Series.
From the future of community energy to capitalism’s role in climate solutions, this is an unmissable evening for anyone who cares about a just and sustainable transition for people and planet.
🌱 Expect insight, challenge, and ideas that go beyond the headlines.
🎟️ Pay-as-you-can tickets available.
#SanctuarySeries #NetZero #ClimateAction #EnergyTransition #BrimscombeMill #CommunityPowered
Sportily strength and fitness class
Sportily will be here at Brimscombe Mill running their strength and fitness class.
Steve Ferbrache live music
Join us for more, incredible live music from Steve Ferbrache, talented guitarist and vocalist from The Achievers & enjoy a delicious fragrant curry.
18:00-20:00 Delicious pay-as-you-can evening meal & live music.
Everybody welcome, bring a friend, no booking required.
Sportily strength and fitness class
Sportily will be here at Brimscombe Mill running their strength and fitness class.
Sportily strength and fitness class
Sportily will be here at Brimscombe Mill running their strength and fitness class.
Mini Makers at The Mill
Mini makers are back, our young entrepreneurs are serving up some more incredible offerings. Come and support them.
Sportily strength and fitness class
Sportily will be here at Brimscombe Mill running their strength and fitness class.
Kids Stuff craft drop in
Kids stuff craft table will be set up so you can enjoy your coffee in peace while the kids play.
Truly Madlys
"Morcheeba meets Fleetwood Mac"... The Truly Madlys have been wowing audiences with their own style of melodic art rock since 2022, with original songs written by vocalist Tessa McGinn and arranged by the band – a Stroud-based collaboration with lead guitarist Ade Miller, Martin Whittaker on keyboards, Barry Mason on drums and Pablo Sanchez Moreno on base.
6-8pm - Pay-as-you-can dinner - 7-9pm Truly Madlys live set.
All welcome, free entry.
Brimscombe Mill Running club
Join our friendly running club, all welcome, no cost, every Thursday.
Wilder Frome community river day
Wilder Frome community River Day here in our Sanctuary Space. Find out all about the wonderful river Frome and learn how you can be a champion for Nature.
May Half Term- Nature week
Join us for May Half Term at the mill. It’s Nature week here, we’re celebrating everyday.
The Sanctuary Series: STILL OUT Film/Music/Q&A
🌿 EVENT UPDATE
The Sanctuary Series: STILL OUT — Postponed to late Autumn 🍂
We're hitting pause — for now.
STILL OUT is a beautifully immersive experience that deserves the right setting. To really do it justice — and let the visuals shine — we’re postponing this event to later in the autumn, when the darker evenings will help create the atmosphere it needs.
We’re working with the incredible production team bring you something truly special, and we can’t wait to gather riverside later this year to share it with you.
If you’ve already booked a ticket, check your inbox — we’ll be in touch with details and next steps.
Thanks so much for your patience and understanding.
– The Long Table & The Sanctuary Series