Journeys Festival International brings together artists and communities to explore big ideas and create experiences that will excite and entertain.
Artists include Southpaw Dance presenting Rush, Aalborg Karneval with young Danish graffiti artist Frida Still Vium and Mandinga Arts, working with Spice Queen Productions. Look out for Oakleaf Streetshow’s Liberty Angels, Pif Paf Theatre, Yara+Divina, Stopgap Dance Company, Highly Sprung Performance Company, Strong Lady Productions, Ockham’s Razor, Talawa Theatre Company, Simple Cypher and much more.
Together we will celebrate Leicester as an international and diverse city.
We’re taking over the streets with a family-friendly programme of outstanding outdoor arts, incredible performances, live music from around the world and jaw-dropping shows that you’ll be talking about for years to come.
The festival explores journeys, migration and the world around us. Together we’ll embrace different cultures, explore what it means to seek and find sanctuary and celebrate our different journeys.
This summer, we also present the finale season of the Liberty EU programme.
You can expect to see some of the best international outdoor arts including dance performances, vibrant live music, guardian angels, celebratory carnival shows and exhibitions, all of which have been created with our European partners. The festival shares work from Germany, France, Italy, Denmark, Finland and the UK.
We’re bringing incredible international outdoor arts to the streets of Leicester.
We’re proud to be the UK’s first Festival of Sanctuary, showing our commitment to sanctuary-seeking artists and audiences. We’ve been working to improve the festival’s accessibility for all and have been accredited with the Attitude is Everything Bronze Charter Status, which means we’re welcoming to all and have made provisions for Deaf and disabled artists, audiences and participants too.
We strive to make the festival inclusive, safe and enjoyable for all. We’ve worked hard to produce an amazing festival experience and we want you to join us on the journey.
