Looking back to plan ahead…

Here is our festival round-up for all of our 2024 listings. This is designed to be a tool to help our members look ahead and see where to approach, remind themselves of previous events and start planning next year. If we have missed something, please let us know…

January
Jan 17-20 The Glowbot Garden (Air Giants), London
Jan 17-27 Winter Lights Festival, Canary Wharf
Jan 18-21 Glow Your Own Way, Great Yarmouth
Jan 19-28 Bread & Circus World Buskers Festival, Christchurch, New Zealand
Jan 20 Magical Winter Festival, Platinum Jubilee Park, Castle Hill
Jan 21 Hat Fair Cabaret, Theatre Royal Winchester
Jan 25-Feb 25 Battersea Light Festival, London
Jan 26-27 Reflections Light Festival, Gravesham
Jan 26-Feb 18 Spectacle of Light, Compton Verney
Jan 27 Bexhill After Dark, Bexhill
February
Feb 2-3 Illuminated Sheep, Hexham Abbey
Feb 2-3 Nottingham Light Night, Nottingham
Feb 2-11 Bristol Light Festival, Bristol
Feb 3 Maidstone Lunar New Year Celebrations, Maidstone
Feb 3-4 STRTFSTVL Showcase 2024, DRU Industriepark, Ulf
Feb 9-10 TREES (Things That Go On Things), Biddulph and Leek
Feb 9-11 Liverpool’s Lunar New Year, Liverpool
Feb 9-24 Light Up Kilburn, Camden
Feb 12 TREES (Things That Go On Things), Conisbrough Castle
Feb 13-17 GLOW Light Festival, Weston-super-Mare
Feb 14-15 Light Night Worcester, Worcester
Feb 17 Spilsby Light Night, Spilsby
Feb 24 Illuminate Oldham, Oldham
Feb 24 Winter Bloom, Colne
Feb 29 UEL: After Dark, East London
March
Mar 1 This Is Where The Magic happens, Stoke-on-Trent
Mar 4-Mar 9 Rochdale Borough Festival of Ideas, Rochdale
Mar 8 Light Up Thurrock Finale Event, Grays
Mar 8 You Are Here (SproutSpoken), Penzance
Mar 8-Mar 9 Valley of Light (Stellar Projects), Saltburn
Mar 8-Mar 11 WOMADadelaide, Adelaide
Mar 15-Mar 16 Harrogate Beam, Harrogate
Mar 15-Mar 18 St Patricks Festival, Dublin
Mar 23 You Are Here (SproutSpoken), Par
Mar 30 City of Kittiwakes (Moving Parts Arts), Newcastle upon Tyne
Mar 30-Apr 7 Newcastle Puppetry Festival, Newcastle upon Tyne
April
Apr 5 You Are Here – Looe (Groundswell), Looe
Apr 9-Apr 21 Nottingham Puppet Festival, Nottingham
Apr 11-Apr 14 Mostra Igualada, Spain
Apr 12-Apr 14 City of Wings Ypres, Belgium
Apr 19 You Are Here – Bude (Groundswell), Bude
Apr 20 Streets of Crowborough, Crowborough
Apr 20 Shakespeare’s Birthday Celebration, Stratford-upon-Avon
Apr 21 Longton Carnival & Pig Walk, Longton
Apr 27 World Heritage Day Parade, Saltaire
Apr 27 Streets of Heathfield, Heathfield
Apr 27 Now Northwich 2024, Northwich
May
May 2-May 5 Fira de Titelles de Lleida, Spain
May 3-May 6 Ballydehob Jazz Festival, Ballydehob
May 3-May 6 Riverfest, Limerick
May 3-May 12 The Wye Valley River Festival, Wye Valley
May 3-Sep 21 Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre 2024 Summer Season, London
May 4 The Children’s Parade at Brighton Festival, Brighton
May 4-May 6 Scarborough Streets (Programme Announced), Scarborough
May 4-May 9 Festival of Fools, Belfast
May 4-May 19 MAYhem Street Circus Festival, Barnsley
May 4-May 26 Brighton Festival, Brighton & Hove
May 4-May 26 Ground (Trigger), Brighton
May 6 Swindon Circus Festival (Programme Announced), Swindon
May 7-May 12 Common (Teatro Vivo), Sydenham
May 10 Mo & The Red Ribbon, Norwich
May 10-May 26 Weekend Without Walls, Brighton & Crawley
May 10-May 26 Norfolk & Norwich Festival (Programme Announced)
May 11 WOW Rotherham Festival, Rotherham
May 11-May 12 Where Dance Meets Circus (ISACS), Wexford
May 17-May 26 Mayfest, Bristol
May 18 Streets of Hailsham, Hailsham
May 18-May 19 Peterborough Celebrates, Peterborough
May 18-May 19 Viva Cite Festival, Sotteville-Les-Rouen
May 23-May 26 Shindig Festival, Illminster
May 24-May 26 Daring Dames Festival, Achill Island
May 24-May 31 Our Future Starts Here 5, Grimsby
May 25 Linden Dance Co – Bell Square, Hounslow
May 25 Streets of Uckfield, Uckfield
May 25-May 26 Carnesky’s Showwomxn Sideshow Spectacular, Brighton
May 25-May 30 Doncaster Festival of Colour, Doncaster
May 25-June 2 Luminarium: LuminiMax (Lakeside Arts), Nottingham
May 25-Jun 22 T100 Goes Wild, Thurrock
May 26-Jun 9 Salisbury International Arts Festival, Salisbury
May 28-May 30 NoFit State Mid Wales Tour (Articulture), Multiple Locations
May 29-Jun 2 Tête-à-Tête, Germany
May 30-Jun 1 Out There Festival, Great Yarmouth
May 30–Jun 27 Circada Festival, Seville
June
Jun 5–Jun 9 Carlow Arts Festival, Carlow
Jun 7–Jun 16 Oerol Festival, Terschelling, Dutch Wadden Islands
Jun 7–Jun 23 Wandsworth Arts Fringe, Wandsworth
Jun 8 WTM Summer of Circus: High Tea (with a twist) by Levantes Dance, Worthing
Jun 8 Pyrodise by Firebirds (Bell Square 10 Years), Hounslow
Jun 8 Northampton Carnival, Northampton
Jun 8–Jun 9 Unwrapped Festival (Programme Announced), Eastleigh & Hedge End
Jun 8–Jun 23 Worthing Festival, Worthing
Jun 10–Jun 15 Festival Chap’erlipopette, Sainte-Sigolène, France
Jun 12–Jun 23 Cork Midsummer Festival, Cork
Jun 12–Sep 7 Holmfirth Arts Festival, Holmfirth
Jun 13 Timeless (Joli Vyann), Rockbourne
Jun 14–Jun 16 SO Festival, Mablethorpe & Skegness
Jun 15 The Great Get Together, East London
Jun 15 Sidley Festival, Sidley
Jun 15 GO Festival (Programme Announced), Gainsborough
Jun 15–Jun 16 Arts on the Beach, Watergate Bay
Jun 15–Jun 22 Riverlight (Programme Announced), Sleaford
Jun 20–Jun 23 Wells Theatre Festival, Wells
Jun 21–Jun 22 Streets Alive (Bell Square 10 Years), Hounslow
Jun 21–Jun 23 Workhouse Party, Llanfyllin
Jun 21–Jun 30 Galowan Festival, Penzance
Jun 21–Jun 30 Sibiu International Theater Festival, Romania 
Jun 21– Jul 7 Ashbourne Festival, Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Jun 21–Jul 7 Basingstoke Festival, Basingstoke Town Centre
Jun 22 Festival of the Sea, Grimsby
Jun 22 Dorset Mela, Poole
Jun 22 Parade: The Giant Wheel, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Jun 22 WTM Summer of Circus: ARCADE Mini by Casson & Friends, Worthing
Jun 22 St Pauls Carnival, Bristol
Jun 22–Jun 23 First Light Festival (Programme Announced), Lowestoft
Jun 22–Jun 23 Out of the Deep Blue, Barkingside and Ilford
Jun 22–Jun 29 Sonic Arts Week, Middlesborough
Jun 22–Jul 8 Festival des 7 Collines, Saint-Etienne, France
Jun 23 Hunstanton Carnival, Hunstanton
Jun 23 Cardiff Mela, Cardiff
Jun 23 Glasgow Mela, Glasgow
Jun 26–Jun 30 Glastonbury Festival, Somerset
Jun 26–Jun 30 Ports Fest, Portsmouth
Jun 27–Jun 30 Foyle Maritime Festival, Derry
Jun 28–Jun 30 Milesians – The Coming of the Gaels, Bedworth
July
Jul 3–Jul 7 Unity Festival, Cardiff
Jul 4 Foley, Swanage
Jul 4–Jul 6 Public Trust (Strike A Light), Gloucester
Jul 4–Jul 6 Cratère Surfaces, France
 Jul 4–Jul 14 The Kneebone Cadillac (Wildworks), Redruth
Jul 5–Jul 7 Timber Festival, Feanedock
Jul 5–Jul 7 Hat Fair (Programme Announced), Winchester
Jul 5–Jul 7 Cheadle Carnival, Cheadle
Jul 5–Jul 7 Godiva Festival, Coventry
Jul 6 Preston City Mela, Preston
Jul 6 Isle of Wight Mardi Gras (New Carnival), Isle of White
Jul 6 bOing! Family Festival, Chatham
Jul 6 Chatham Carnival 2024, Chatham
Jul 6 The Fleet & District Carnival, Fleet
Jul 6 Future Dance Fest, Gloucester
Jul 6–Jul 7 Summer Streets Festival, Sunderland
Jul 6–Jul 7 The National Festival of Making, Blackburn
Jul 6–Jul 7 The National Festival of Making, Blackburn
Jul 6–Jul 7 Colourscape, Grays
Jul 8 Amaranthine by Company Chameleon (Bell Square 10 Years), Hounslow
Jul 13 Bath Carnival, Bath
Jul 13 Art in the Park (MKIAC), Milton Keynes
Jul 13 Bromsgrove Carnival, Bromsgrove
Jul 13 Southampton Mela Festival, Southampton
Jul 13 Hazel Grove Carnival, Stockport
Jul 13 St Leonards Festival, St Leonards-on-Sea
Jul 13 Paallam International Spirit Fest’24, Wrexham
Jul 13 Happy Place Festival, London
Jul 13–Jul 14 Around The Lake Festival (Programme Announced), Crawley
Jul 13–Jul 14 All the World’s Our Playground, Shepton Mallet
Jul 13–Jul 14 Sandwell & Birmingham Mela, Smethwick
Jul 14 Picnic in the Park, Devizes
Jul 14 Camden Mela, Camden
Jul 14 The Circus of Curiosities, Chiddingstone Castle
Jul 14 Keep in Thyme, Weymouth
Jul 16–Jul 20 Festival Internacional Vaudeville Rendez-Vous, Portugal
Jul 19–Jul 21 Exmouth Festival, Exmouth
Jul 19–Jul 21 Bristol Harbour Festival, Bristol
Jul 19–Jul 21 Merchant City Festival, Glasgow
Jul 19–Jul 23 Miramiro Zomerfestival, Netherlands
Jul 19–Jul 27 Warrington Arts Festival, Warrington
Jul 20 Broadwater Carnival & Fire Station Open Day, Worthing
Jul 20 Camden Mela, Camden
Jul 20 Anhad 2024,Hounslow
Jul 20–Jul 21 TEABREAK(Trigger), Redbridge
Jul 20–Jul 21 Ensemble Festival, London
Jul 20–Jul 21 Bedford River Festival, Bedford
Jul 20–Jul 21 Surge Festival, Glasgow
Jul 21 Derby Caribbean Carnival 2024, Derby
Jul 21 Leyton Más – The People’s Carnival, Waltham Forest
Jul 21 Fleetwood Festival of Transport – Tram Sunday, Fleetwood
Jul 21 Andover Carnival, Andover
Jul 21 Tunbridge Wells Mela Festival 2024, Tunbridge Wells
Jul 21 Eastleigh Mela, Eastleigh
Jul 23–Jul 28 Refract:24, Trafford
Jul 24 Summer by the River: Everywhere’s a Beach by Hikapee, London
Jul 24–Jul 28 Latitude,Suffolk
Jul 25 Summerby the River: The Wind In The Willows (The True Story) by Rat… And Toad, London
Jul 25–Jul 28 Camp Bestival: Dorset, Lulworth
Jul 26–Jul 27 B:DFestival, Bradford
Jul 27 Manchester Day, Manchester
Jul 27 Sandown Carnival, Sandown
Jul 27–Aug 31 Didcot Garden Party, Didcot
Jul 28 Watchet Carnival & Fayre, Watchet
Jul 30–Aug 2 Feel Good Family Picnic, Rochdale
August
Aug 1 The Guy in the Luggage Rack, Staines
Aug 1–Aug 4 Kendal Calling, Cumbria
Aug 1–Aug 4 Wilderness Festival, Cornbury Park, Charlbury
Aug 2–Aug 4 Stockton International Riverside Festival, Stockton
Aug 2–Aug 4 Spraoi Festival , Waterford
Aug 2-Aug 4 Care Weekender, Harlow
Aug 2–Aug 23 Four Fun Fridays, Andover
Aug 3 Leicester Caribbean Carnival, Leicester
Aug 3 Govanhill Parade and Carnival, Glasgow
Aug 3 Fleetwood Moves, Fleetwood
Aug 3 Bula Festival, Aldershot
Aug 3–Aug 4 Art in the Park, Royal Leamington Spa
Aug 3–Aug 10 Eisteddfod,Rhondda Cynon Taf
Aug 3–Sep 8 Streets of Cov, Coventry
Aug 7–Aug 11 Boomtown Fair, Winchester
Aug 7–Aug 28 The Mini Shebang, Mansfield
Aug 8 Tape That, Staines
Aug 9–Aug 11 NOVUM(Programme Announced), Newcastle
Aug 9–Aug 11 An Indian Summer, Leicester
Aug 10 Gravesham Pride, Gravesham
Aug 10 Rochdale Feel Good Festival, Rochdale
Aug 10 Music of the Spheres, Essex
Aug 10 Party on the Green, Weston-super-Mare
Aug 10 Bamboo, Colby Woodland Gardens
Aug 10 Serious Nonsense Festival, Prescot
Aug 10 Thamesmead Festival
Aug 10 Sea Magic, Saltdean Lido
Aug 10 A Few Feet Up, Preston
Aug 10–Aug 11  Manchester Caribbean Carnival, Manchester
Aug 11 Art On The Streets, Nuneaton
Aug 11 Pirates of the Carabina, Bath
Aug 11 Folk Dance Remixed: Step Hop House, Birmingham
Aug 13 Out of the Hat! At The Festival Theatre, Hever Castle
Aug 14 Aveley Big Lunch
Aug 14–Aug 17 Aurillac Festival, Aurillac
Aug 14–Aug 18 PLaY Festival, Kidderminster
Aug 15 Bamboo, Cardigan Castle
Aug 15 Jukeboxes, Staines
Aug 15–Aug 18 Green Man Festival, Bannau Brycheiniog National Park,Wales
Aug 15–Aug 18 Camp Bestival: Shropshire, Weston Park
Aug 16–Aug 18 Just So Festival, Rode Hall, Cheshire
Aug 16–Aug 18 Gloworm Festival, Holme Pierrepont Country Park
Aug 16–Sep 21 Streets of Cov, Coventry
Aug 17 WTM Summer of Circus: Pirate Taxi by Pirates of the Carabina, Worthing
Aug 17 RLM (Bell Square), Hounslow
Aug 17 Winckley Square Festival, Preston
Aug 17 The Funguys, Preston
Aug 17–Aug 18 Leicester Mela Festival, Leicester
Aug 17–Aug 18 STRTFSTVL, Arnhem
Aug 17–Aug 25 Belfast Mela, Belfast
Aug 17–Aug 26 Arundel Festival of the Arts, Arundel
Aug 18 Nottingham Carnival, Nottingham
Aug 18 The Wind in the Willows at The Festival Theatre, Hever Castle
Aug 19 Healing Arts Scotland Opening Celebration, Edinburgh
Aug 19 Corringham Big Lunch
Aug 22 Knot, Staines
Aug 22–Aug 25  Greenbelt Festival, Kettering
Aug 22–Aug 25 Shambala Festival, Northamptonshire
Aug 23–Aug 24 The Hatchling, Wakefield
Aug 23–Aug 24 The Big Feast (Appetite), Stoke-on-Trent
Aug 23–Aug 26 Birmingham Weekender
Aug 23–Aug 26 Geronimo Festival, Northwich
Aug 23–Sep 8 Greenwich & Docklands International Festival(GDIF), London
Aug 24 Bradford 2025: Les Girafes by Compagnie OFF, Bradford
Aug 24 Ruskin’s Seven Lamps: An Evening Spectacular, Stourbridge
Aug 24–Aug 25 Out of the Ordinary, Cambridge
Aug 24–Aug 25 Between the Tides Festival, Redcar
Aug 25–Aug 26 Newcastle Mela, Newcastle
Aug 28 As You Like It at The Festival Theatre, Hever Castle
Aug 28 Batley Family Fun Day, Batley
Aug 28–Sep 1 Freedom Festival, Hull
Aug 29 Jemima Puddle-Duck, Staines
Aug 29–Aug 31 The Egg Shack, Bideford
Aug 30–Aug 31 Stepping Out, North Devon
Aug 31 WTM Summer of Circus: Everywhere’s a Beach by Hikapee,Worthing
Aug 31 Habour Fest , Whitehaven
Aug 31 Fireside (Bell Square), Hounslow
Aug 31 Devizes Carnival (DOCA)
Aug 31–Sep 1 Vintage by the Sea, Morecombe
September
Sep 1 Cowley Road Carnival, Oxford
Sep 1–Sep 30 Totally Thames, London
Sep 7 The Full Shebang Festival, Mansfield
Sep 7 WTM Summer of Circus: Fireside by Nikki & JD and Lost Dog, Worthing
Sep 7 Dancing City, Stratford
Sep 7 Black On The Square, London
Sep 7 Arts Fresco Lite, Market Harborough
Sep 7 Pop-Up Unwrapped Festival, Netley Abbey
Sep 7 Arts By The Sea Bitesized Festival, West Howe
Sep 7–Sep 8 Whirligig Festival of Outdoor Arts, Weston-super-Mare
Sep 7–Sep 8 Public Trust, Luton
Sep 7–Sep 8 Middlesborough Mela (Rescheduled), Middlesborough
Sep 7–Sep 8 Dance Festival Croydon Launch Weekend
Sep 8 Blazing Saddles, Newhaven
Sep 8 Garden Tea Party, Dewsbury
Sep 8 Portland Parade 
Sep 8 Maidstone Community Mela, Maidstone, Kent
Sep 8 Arts By The Sea Bitesized Festival, Bourne
Sep 9–Sep 15 Offbeat Festival, Oxford
Sep 12–Sep 15 To The Sea Festival, Penarth
Sep 13–Sep 14 Urban Elephant Festival, London
Sep 13–Sep 15 Ablaze, Newbury
Sep 14 Code (Bell Square), Hounslow
Sep 14 Imagine Bamboo Event Day, Nuneaton & Bedworth
Sep 14 Barnsley Garden Party
Sep 14–Sep 18 The Harmony Project, Nuneaton
Sep 14–Sep 22 Saltaire Festival, Saltaire
Sep 16–Sep 18 Seoul Street Arts Festival, Seoul
Sep 18–Oct 6 Stranger Beasts, Penzance
Sep 20 Warning Notes, Blaenavon Ironworks
Sep 21 Super Saturday, Yeovil
Sep 21 Fresh Air Festival , Brightingsea
Sep 21–Sep 22 Encounter Festival, Preston
Sep 21–Sep 22 Fussy Foodies: Battle of the Pans, Redbridge
Sep 21–Sep 22 Festival of Thrift (Programme Announced), Billingham
Sep 22 Hackney Carnival
Sep 22 Little Amal, Hull
Sep 22 Blazing Saddles, Brighton
Sep 26–Sep 28 Peaceophobia, Gloucester
Sep 26–Sep 28 Babylon Gamelan, Bedworth
Sep 27–Sep 28 Dusk Til Dark (Activate & Worldbeaters), Weymouth
Sep 27–Sep 29 Arts by the Sea, Bournemouth
Sep 27–Sep 29 Journeys Festival of Dance (18 Hours), Multiple Locations
Sep 28 Kendal Torchlight Procession
Sep 28 Orchestre International du Vetex (Bell Square), Hounslow
October
Oct 5 Big Local Finale, Hastings
Oct 5 Edible Grimsby, Grimsby
Oct 5–Oct 6 Banbury Canal Festival
Oct 11–Oct 12 Journeys Festival International, Leicester
Oct 12 Patois, Hounslow
Oct 16–Nov 26 Belfast International Arts Festival
Oct 17–Nov 2 Galoshans Festival, Inverclyde
Oct 18–Oct 19 Shadows of Tintern, Tintern Abbey
Oct 18–Oct 26 Lightpool Festival, Blackpool
Oct 19 Bloomsbury Festival – Cromer Street and Bramber Green Family Day, London
Oct 19 Autumn Lights, Norfolk
Oct 24–Oct 25 LightNight Leeds
Oct 24–Oct 27 Wild Wanders, Rochdale
Oct 24–Oct 27 Dragon’s Breath, National Botanic Garden of Wales
Oct 25–Oct 28 Bram Stoker Festival, Dublin
Oct 26 Arrived, Hounslow
Oct 26–Oct 27 The Mystery of the Missing Market, South Ockendon
Oct 26–Oct 27 Monster’s Rock! Party Procession, Manchester
November
Nov 1 Autumn Lights Lincoln
Nov 1 Lister Park Lantern Parade, Bradford
Nov 7-Nov 8 STRUT, West Dunbartonshire
Nov 7-Nov 9 Light Up Lancaster
Nov 9-Nov 10 Fire Garden at Sandwell Valley, West Bromwich
Nov 15-Nov 17 Circus Science by the Sea, Achill & Westport
Nov 15-Nov 17 Light Up Wakefield, Wakefield
Nov 15-Nov 24 Doncaster Festival of Light , Doncaster
Nov 15–Dec 22 Scarborough Lights, Scarborough
Nov 19 Light Up Castleford, Castleford
Nov 21-Dec 24 Luminate Sandringham, Norfolk
Nov 21-Dec 31 Luminate Wales, Port Talbot
Nov 21-Dec 31 Northern Lights Leeds, Leeds
Nov 22-Nov 23 Barnsley Bright Nights
Nov 22-Nov 24 Ignite Fire Festival, Rochdale
Nov 22-Nov 24 Light Night Wigan & Leigh
Nov 22-Dec 31 Christmas at Bute Park, Cardiff
Nov 22-Dec 31 Northern Lights Newcastle, Newcastle
Nov 23 Same Sky: Winter Lights, Hounslow
Nov 23-Nov 24 Warrington Weekend Wonderland, Warrington
Nov 23-Nov 24 Ulverston Dickensian Christmas Festival, Ulverston
Nov 24 Light Up Pontefract, Pontefract
Nov 28–Jan 1, 2025 Light Up Hillier Gardens, Romsey
Nov 29–Dec 24 Enchanted Gardens Light Trail, Swindon
Nov 29–Dec 31 Luminate Shugborough, Stafford
Nov 29–Jan 1, 2025 Luminate Birmingham, Birmingham
Nov 30 Light Up Ossett, Ossett
Nov 30 Exmouth Winter Festival, Exmouth
Nov 30 Starlight Halifax Parade, Halifax
Nov 30 Light Up Fest, Birmingham
Nov 30–Dec 24 Luminate Arley Hall, Northwich
Nov 30–Dec 31 Luminate Coombe, Coventry
December
Dec 5–Dec 8 Lightwaves, Salford
Dec 5–Dec 8 Put Big Light On, Bolton
Dec 5–Dec 8 LEME,Portugal
Dec 6 Merry& Bright Festival of Light, Ryde Town
Dec 6 Christmas Lantern Spectacular, Ashbourne
Dec 7–Dec 8 Festive Fire Garden , Preston
Dec 7–Dec 23 The Brighton Lights
Dec 14 The Winter Gathering, Longton