• Welcome to OutdoorArtsUK 

    OutdoorArtsUK is the home for performance in outdoor spaces! We support everything from street acrobats to national parades and celebrate work that exists outside buildings reaching the widest audience possible.

    From circus to carnival, from music to mela, from processions to puppetry and street dance to street theatre – if you want to see or make outdoor performances, you’re in the right place.

    Image: ‘Oystercatchers’ by Red Herring [Photo: Jim Wileman]

Register for FRESH STREET

Fresh Street #5 – the biggest international conference on outdoor arts and circus – is to be hosted at Out There Festival, Great Yarmouth, on 28-31 May 2025.

Festival Focus 2025

Apply Now for Festival Focus – our  professional development opportunity which offers Outdoor Arts professionals the chance to attend festivals as part of a small cohort.

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Become a member today and benefit from free resources, discounted professional events and being a part of the Outdoor Arts community.

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Beach of Dreams

May 1, 2025 – Jun 1, 2025

Beach of Dreams, presented by Kinetika, is an open invitation to celebrate and reimagine the UK’s …

Location: UK-Wide


Peterborough Celebrates Festival

May 17, 2025 – May 18, 2025

A community festival for Peterborough at Ferry Meadows 17th to 18th May 2025 Back for its …

Location: Peterborough


Weekend Without Walls

May 17, 2025 – May 25, 2025

17-18th May 2025 Programme Waiting Song by Mish Weaver Singing and moving on the trapezes, dressed …

Location: Brighton & Crawley


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Providing Insights into Global Majority Artist Development

May 22, 2025 – May 22, 2025

Movema’s ‘Wildfire Rising’ is a transformative artist development programme supporting independent dance artists from the global …

Location: Online

Tour Booking Workshop (ITC)

May 14, 2025 – May 14, 2025

Trainer and tour booker Mark Makin will guide you through the particular set of skills and …

Location: London

Fresh Street #5 at Out There Festival (Circostrada, ARTCENA, Out There Arts)

May 28, 2025 – May 31, 2025

FRESH STREET is to be hosted in the UK for the first and only time as …

Location: Great Yarmouth