The Kensington and Chelsea Festival offers a host of activities across the borough including indoor performances, art installations and free outdoor pop-up family shows, running 1 Jul–31 Aug 2023
Some of the outstanding national and international outdoor arts companies include: Jeanefer Jean-Charles, Joli Vyann, Avanti Display, Circus Katoen, Highly Sprung Performance Company, Alleyne Dance, Gravity and Levity, Upswing, 2Faced Dance, Motionhouse and Bulzini Circus (visit the festival website for exact timings and performance sites nearer the time).
Kensington & Chelsea Festival Outdoor Arts programme 2023:
- Family Sports and Outdoor Arts Day | Saturday 1 July | 10:30 – 16:00 | Day at Holland Park
- Forests | Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 July | Afternoon | Rogue Play
- Roll Play | Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 July | Afternoon | Simple Cypher
- Earth and Sky | Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 July | Afternoon | Bulzini Circus
- Spurting Man | Saturday 22 July | Afternoon | Avanti Display
- Crow | Saturday 29 July | 20:55 | Avanti Display
- choogh choogh | Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 July 2023 | Afternoon | Beeja
- Lance Moi | Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 July | Afternoon | Joli Vyann
- Circus Flavours | Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 July | Afternoon | Upswing
- Carnival Comes to Chelsea | Friday 4 August | 12:00 to 18:00 | The Venture Centre
- The Swings | Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 August | Afternoon | All or Nothing
- Crawdaddy – World Premiere | Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 August | Afternoon | Gravity and Levity
- Black Victorians | Saturday 12 August | Afternoon | Jeanefer Jean-Charles
- Grasshoppers – London Premiere | Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 August | Afternoon | Circus Katoen
- Lungs of Our City | Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 August | Afternoon | 2Faced Dance
- Steel the Show | Sunday 13 August | 12:00 to 19:00 | The Venture Centre
- Knot | Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 August | Afternoon | Motionhouse
- CastAway | Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 August | Afternoon | Highly Sprung
- Captive | Saturday 19 & Sunday 20 August | Afternoon | Motionhouse
- CODE | Saturday 26 August 2023 | Afternoon | Justice in Motion
- Bonded | Saturday 26 August 2023 | Afternoon | Alleyne Dance
