Summer Streets Festival, Sunderland’s annual music, arts and community festival returns this weekend! There’s outdoor live music, a beatbox workshop and performance, walkabout performances, an online creative journalling workshop, film premieres and more.
Today (16 Jul) catch Upswing in the City of London at Aldgate Square.
Get involved in the Edinburgh Festival Carnival this weekend, from cooking, to dancing, to music- artists from Scotland and the rest of the world are set to deliver performances, workshops, demonstrations and a whole lot more. The three-day celebration will be brought to you at home on Youtube and Facebook.
This weekend Transported comes to Fleetwood, a three-day outdoor arts event centred around the people of Fleetwood, with a focus on the gains, losses and intentions of the community. Featuring Luke Jerram’s flag installation In Memoriam, a temporary memorial for the public to visit and remember all those lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Look upwards in the picturesque surroundings of Compton Verney House this weekend to experience a magical outdoor circus performance, Caelum et Terramby Chris Bullzini, Eloise Currie, and Flame Oz, presented by Coventry City of Culture and Remarkable Productions, featuring high wire, aerial performance, live music, street theatre and maybe even some fire!
At Kensington + Chelsea Festival this weekend there’s the chance to see Together by Ockham’s Razor, Don’t Drink and DanceandLance Moi en l’Air by Joli Vyann, and Why? by Gravity+Levity.
Hope Fest starts today, a three-week-long programme of outdoor entertainment from Hope Mill Theatre coming to Manchester this summer. There’s comedy, live music, sing-a-long film screenings, an interactive murder mystery, cabaret, and more!
Tomorrow The Place is taking Family Dance Day to Coram’s Fields. Enjoy an exciting day of entertaining dance performances, creative workshops and unexpected surprises programmed for children (aged 0-8 years) and their grown-ups.
Head to Grimsby’s Festival of the Sea tomorrow and celebrate our connections to the sea, while experiencing leading outdoor performances and exploring the town’s history.
If you’re near Hounslow tomorrow, be sure to stop by Bell Square at 1pm or 3pm to see Sphera by Humanhood, a breath-taking dance about the bright side of the moon and the light within us all.
Fancy getting involved in a new creative wellbeing festival? Head to Castle Hill in Ebbsfleet tomorrow for Cloud9 Festival, packed full of free workshops to try and performances to enjoy, including the brilliant Puppets with Guts!
The Turbine Theatre: On The Jetty is back for 2021 from tomorrow, presenting the very best in outdoor theatre, from music to Shakespeare and plays to family shows, all performed in the shadow of the iconic Battersea Power Station.
The Bristol Shakespeare Festival also starts tomorrow, an annual festival hosting performances and events inspired by the Bard in indoor and outdoor spaces across Bristol. Don’t miss the Natural Theatre Company’s Shakespeare Undone!
On Sunday The Walk is officially launched in Manchester, with a beautiful one-off performance A Sleeping Child. Blending theatre, animation and music, A Sleeping Child is the prelude to Little Amal’s epic journey in partnership with Manchester International Festival.
Also on Sunday, join the Virtual Derby Caribbean Carnival 2021 online, with the one and only King of the Dancehall… BEENIE MAN! There’ll be performances from Carnivals gone by, competitions, costume workshops and Soca Dance Master Classes, and the DWICA After Party at 6pm!
Milton Keynes: International Festival includes lots of Outdoor Arts this weekend with Mimbre, Gobbledegook Theatre, Yara+Divina, Dizzy O’Dare, 2Faced Dance & Alleyne Dance, Slapstick Picnic and Gandini Juggling.
As always, let us know what you’re up to and have a great weekend.
