• 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.

Join OAUK

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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Truth!

Apr 26, 2025 – Apr 26, 2025

Ramshacklicious & Hijinx present: TRUTH! Saturday 26 April,11:30 am & 2:30 pm New Bond Street, DT4 …

Location: Weymouth


State of Alarm

Apr 26, 2025 – Apr 27, 2025

“A pulsing, gorgeous and threatening world woven out of sound sculptures and beautiful, rhythmic notes” Come …

Location: Portland


Newcastle Puppetry Festival

Apr 19, 2025 – Apr 27, 2025

Welcome to the sixth edition of Newcastle Puppetry Festival! Eight days of puppetry for adults, teenagers …

Location: Newcastle


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Low Fly (Aerial Dance Harness) Workshop with Lindsey Butcher

May 3, 2025 – May 3, 2025

Low fly is a single point harness class in free space that works in and out …

Location: London

Adult Circus Workshop (Motionhouse)

Apr 23, 2025 – Apr 23, 2025

Back by popular demand, we’ve got a 2-hour circus session for adults this April! Suitable for …

Location: Leamington Spa

People Management (ITC)

Apr 23, 2025 – Apr 23, 2025

This course clarifies the distinction between freelancer and employment engagement and explains the laws that govern …

Location: London