Join us as Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery spectacularly concludes our 25th anniversary year in celebration of the artistic community in the South Downs Open and our full seasonal event programme with something for the whole family. Find out more: www.petersfieldmuseum.co.uk
Download your What's On guide for October 2024-January 2025.
Edward Thomas Literary Festival
October – 12 October 2024
Join us in celebrating the life and work of Edward Thomas at the 2024 Edward Thomas Literary Festival: Poetry, Prose and Birdsong. Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery is honoured to host Michael Longley, Andrew Motion (Former Poet Laureate), Alice Oswald, Jessica Mookherjee, Mathew Hollis, Yvonne Reddick, Ellora Sutton, Sarah Doyle, Edna Longley and many more!
South Downs Open
22 October 2024 – 1 February 2025
South Downs Open includes nearly 150 artworks by over 100 artists, including paintings, drawings, artist’s prints, photography, sculpture textiles and ceramics. These works were selected from an open call to artists whose work is inspired by the South Downs. South Downs Open is a selling exhibition. It is a chance to acquire high-quality, affordable
Join us for free gallery opening days including our Festive Thursday Late (7 November 2024 from 7:00pm-9:00pm) and Museum Shop Sunday (1 December 2024 from 11:00am-4:00pm).
Event Highlights
Halloween Productions and Family Days
Grab your broomsticks and get ready for bone-chilling events at Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery! Kicking off with the anthology stage show featuring some of the greatest tales of terror produced by the haunting team at Don't Go Into the Cellar, join award-winning actor, Jonathan Goodwin, in Ghouls' Gallery (19 October). For something on the lighter side, and to be enjoyed by all audiences age 7+, brace yourself for laughter and the supernatural in Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost staring Phillip Jennings (2 November).
Get the whole family involved in the Halloween spirit with our Halloween Family Fun Day (26 October) and Toddler Takeover XI: Pumpkin Party (28 October). We open our galleries to all goblins, witches and ghouls for your little ones to enjoy the Museum and Art Gallery. You will find crafts, storytelling sessions, traditional games and discos for everyone to have fun during the spooky season.
Live Music in our Historic Courthouse
Live Music: TOBIAH with Colette O’Leary
25 October 2024 | 8:00pm-10:00pm (Doors & Bar: 7:30pm)
We are delighted to welcome singer-songwriter TOBIAH for a spellbinding evening of songs and stories from her acclaimed album, Are We Angels. TOBIAH will also be performing new music from her next record, with foot-tapping interludes from twice All-Ireland award-winning piano accordionist, Colette O’Leary.
Live Music: A.D. Scruffs
23 November 2024 | 8:00pm-10:00pm (Doors & Bar: 7:30pm)
A.D. Scruffs is a Soul, Roots & Americana band hailing from Bristol, with a foot-stomping collection of original songs and a storming stage presence from Jake A.D. and Willygoat Scruff. From the chiming of the mandolin, the frailing of the banjo and the slide of the dobro, you’ll find yourself lost in the soundscape.
Christmas Events for the Whole Family
the holiday season at Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery with returning favourite events and Christmas classics. Back by popular demand, we will be hosting Alder Valley Brass during our Carols in the Courtyard (7 December) as we sing in the season in our historic courtyard. Join novelist Charles Dickens as he brings to life one of the most famous ghost stories of all time in A Christmas Carol (11 December), suitable for audiences age 11+. Delight in the joys of the season with the whole family for our Toddler Takeover XII: Santa's Crazy Christmas (21 December) as we open the galleries for your little ones to have fun with festive crafts, Dasher's Dance Disco, wintertime play in the courtyard and story time with Father Christmas.