Festival & Performance Listings

“Streets of Wealden returns for another year with a variety of artists and performances, coming to a high street near you throughout April and May! The events will take place in Crowborough, Heathfield, Hailsham and Uckfield …

In summer 2024, we open the theatre with Twelfth Night (or What You Will) (3 May – 8 June 2024). Shakespeare’s comedy of mistaken identities is directed by Owen Horsley set against the heat of the …

The Wye Valley River Festival is 10 days of spectacular happenings in outstanding landscapes throughout the Wye Valley, from Chepstow to Ross-on-Wye. The 2024 theme is “The Earth Beneath our Feet”. The Wye Valley River Festival …

A celebration of music, theatre, dance, circus, art, film, literature, debate, outdoor and community events, Brighton Festival takes place in familiar and unusual locations across Brighton & Hove and further afield for three weeks every May. …

Festival of Fools is a jam-packed weekend of circus performances, featuring breathtaking acrobatics, gut-busting comedy and jaw-dropping juggling. The festival is the largest comedy, circus and outdoor arts festival on the island of Ireland, with over …

Each ingredient has a story to tell. Gather, eat and listen. Brighton Festival Commission World Premiere Set against the UK’s first Earthship, this unique supper club experience is led by the voices of Indigenous and traditional …

MAYhem is a street theatre and circus festival coming to a high street, market square or park near you over three successive weekends in May. We’ve engaged street theatre company Yellow Bus events to bring their …

For 400 years the site of Sydenham Common was fought over. There were pitched battles, acts of sabotage, drinking water spiked with alcohol and month long festivals, in an attempt to keep this vast green space …

For 17 days each May, the Festival transforms our public spaces, city streets, performance venues, parks, forests and beaches, bringing people together to experience the same brilliant and inspirational events. The flagship arts festival for the …

Follow Mo’s fantastical journey towards a new life. Combining giant puppetry and emotional storytelling, Mo and the Red Ribbon explores the experience of migration from a child’s perspective, offering an ultimately optimistic look at the world …

Bringing innovative outdoor arts to central Brighton and Crawley. This year’s events include exhilarating aerial theatre, a jubilant parade, and 12ft puppets. Closer To My Dreams by Chad Taylor Weaving together poetry, rap and hip hop …

The ISACS Network and SpringMoves Dance Festival are delighted to bring back Where Dance meets Circus in partnership with Wexford County Council and the National Opera House. This year Where Dance Meets explores collaborative practice and presentation between …

WOW Rotherham Festival will be returning in 2024. A vibrant, colourful, bold, fun, and fearless festival celebration of women, girls, trans and non-binary communities, connecting Rotherham to other women and girls across the globe as part …

Bristol’s international festival of contemporary theatre and live performance. Mayfest is and has always been a celebration of visionary artists who create visceral experiences that bring us into some sort of feeling contact or conversation with …

Peterborough Celebrates is a creative community festival that aims to bring the city together for a fabulous weekend of performances, workshops, activities, films, live music, food & drink and a great deal of joy! Back this …

Produced by the city of Sotteville-lès-Rouen and Atelier 231, National Center for Street Arts and Public Space, Viva Cité is organized with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Communication, of the region Normandy, the …

Streets of Wealden returns for another year with a variety of artists and performances, coming to a high street near you throughout April and May! The events will take place in Crowborough, Heathfield, Hailsham and Uckfield …

It’s going to be 10 years since we started Shindig Festival in 2024. A time for reflection on what’s happened and what the next part of the Shindig story will look like. So for our 10th …

Our Future Starts Here is a new project for Grimsby, exploring issues of our time, through an innovative arts and culture programme. Commissioned as part of the Grimsby Creates programme that is funded as part of The Cultural Development Fund by …

Daring Dames is Europe’s only all-female circus festival, putting women circus artistes centre stage. Over weekend 24-26 May 2024, knockabout clowns, astounding acrobats and discussions showcase the very best female circus talent from throughout Ireland and …