About The City Brief Salisbury

Your Personal Newsletter For All Local Events in Salisbury

Every week, The City Brief keeps Salisbury residents informed about what’s happening across the city, right from the town centre to Cathedral Close and beyond. In Old Town, near The Poultry Cross, events like Market Songs take place annually, marking 900 years of trading history with performances that extend into Fisherton Street and Bemerton. These moments are part of daily civic life: a Tuesday market in Charter Market draws families from Harnham to the city’s heart; Saturday markets continue this tradition at Guildhall Square, where local producers sell goods beneath Salisbury Cathedral. The cathedral itself remains central, the Magna Carta exhibition is displayed year-round, anchoring awareness of civil liberties. This continuity extends into seasonal programming: each October, a three-day funfair in Market Place brings festive energy to the city centre, while Lower Bemerton Recreation Ground hosts family activities and live music from local artists. On the edge of Wiltshire’s Avon Valley Nature Reserve, steam train rides operate annually at STEAM along the Kennet & Avon Canal corridor, near Crofton Beam Engines. Other recurring events include Windmill Restoration Events at The Windmill at Marlborough, where visitors witness period machinery brought back into operation; and Chalke History Festival in early September, which draws attendees from Swindon Railway Works to local schools. These happenings are not curated for tourists but exist as part of a functioning civic rhythm, supported by bus services connecting Warminster and Devizes, though with ongoing congestion issues on the A36 ring road near Poultry Cross. The City Brief documents these realities without embellishment: parking is limited in the city centre; phone lines face intermittent outages; lead thefts have been reported from cathedral roofs. Yet through this clarity, on markets, festivals like Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival and seasonal steam rides, the guide affirms that civic life continues not by spectacle but presence. It doesn’t map where people are going, it shows what they’re already doing together.

What we Cover

Each week The City Brief highlights events happening across Salisbury – live music, theatre, food, family activities, markets and more.

Have a look at what's happening this week and this coming weekend.