Winchester | The UK’s longest-running festival of outdoor arts, Hat Fair, is back for 2022 from 1-3 Jul, featuring Fidget Feet, Cat and Mouse Theatre Company, Joseph Toonga / Just Us Dance Theatre, Bash Street Theatre, Matthew Harrison, Curious Company, Autin Dance Theatre, Dizzy O’Dare, Christopher Green, Tara Theatre, Theatre Témoin, Avanti Display, 15Feet6, Daryl Beaton Productions and Mimbre, Middle Child, Jon Hicks, Hotch Potch, Sam Goodburn and many, many more…
Portsmouth | Ports Fest kicked off on Thursday, running through to Sunday , with an ambitious multi-arts programme that responds to the city’s identity as a commuter belt, sea city, and area of rich cultural history. Don’t miss Blast Theory’s Rider Spoke, Pif Paf’s Bee Cart, Macbeth at Portchester Castle, The Multi-Story Orchestra, and more.
The National Forest | Gather around all nature lovers, daydreamers, and big thinkers, for 3 days of music, forests, art, and ideas at Timber Festival 1-3 Jul. See Timeless by Joli Vyann, Look Mum, No Hands! by Daryl Beeton Productions & Mimbre, Bicycle Ballet, Compact Disco by Things That Go On Things, Circus Skills from The Circus House, The Clay Connection’s Lives of Clay, BOOKS! by Tit for Tat, Purple Theatre’s SWITCH, Unfurl by Air Giants, and much more.
Kingston | FUSE International runs 1-10 Jul, with 50 events across film, music, theatre and visual arts taking place over the 10 days, curated and presented by Creative Youth. Don’t miss outdoor arts from Jellyfish Theatre, Actors of Dionysus and Bee in my Beanie, and Above Bounds Theatre.
Birmingham | It’s the last weekend of the Birmingham International Dance Festival, which moves to HandsworthPark, where you can catch Sonia Sabri Company, Ascension Dance, SAY – Sarah Golding and Yokiko Masui, Billy Read, Jeanefer Jean Charles, 2Faced Dance, Patrick Ziza, Urja Desai Thakore, Hetain Patel, Nathan Marsh, Victor Černický and Zum Zum Theatre’s Hippos!
Chelmsford | The Chelmsford Festival finishes with a day of street entertainment on Saturday in the town centre, followed by the Chelmsford Carnival on Sunday.
London | A whole summer season of outstanding live performances and arts awaits at Kensington + Chelsea Festival, running 1 Jul- 31 Aug. Featuring The Dream Engine, Ockham’s Razor, Vidya Thirunarayan, Desperate Men, Daryl Beeton Productions and Mimbre, Upswing, Motionhouse, Joli Vyann, Theatre Temoin, 2Faced Dance Company, Pif Paf, and more. Over in Hounslow, Bell Square presents Alleyne Dance’s mesmeric Bonded on Saturday.
Worcester | Worcester Carnival is on Saturday, there will be a full day of events including the Carnival Village at Pitchcroft between 11am – 7:30pm and the Grand Parade through the city centre starting at 3pm. The theme this year is ‘Celebration’.
Bakewell | Bakewell Carnival starts at 1pm this Saturday. Since 1971 the procession has taken place on the first Saturday in July, with the well dressings and associated events taking place in the week running up to the climax of carnival week, the procession.
North Antrim | Become a Lumenator on Saturday to celebrate nature and the beautiful, rugged scenery of the Causeway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
