Looking back to plan ahead…

Here is our festival round-up for all of our 2025 listings. This is designed to be a tool to help our members look ahead and see where to approach and remind themselves of previous events. If we have missed something, please let us know…

January
Jan 10–Jan 11, RISE,Bradford
Jan 21–Feb 1, Stitching Light আলোদিয়ে গাথা, London
Jan 21–Feb 1, Winter Lights, London
Jan 23–Feb 23, Battersea Light Festival, London
Jan 24–Jan 25, Gravesham Light Festival, Gravesham
Jan 24–Feb 2, Bread & Circus World Buskers Festival, Christchurch, New Zealand
Jan 25, Bexhill After Dark, Bexhill
Jan 31–Feb 9, Bristol Light Festival, Bristol
February
Feb 8 Spilsby Light Night, Spilsby
Feb 19–Feb 22 Birmingham Light Festival, Birmingham
Feb 20-Feb 21 Lincoln Lights, Lincoln
Feb 21-Feb 22 Baylight Morecombe 2025, Morecombe
Feb 27 After Dark Festival 2025, London
Feb 28-Mar 1 Light Up Crawley, Crawley
March
Mar 7-Mar 10 WOMADelaide
Mar 12-Mar 15 Light Up Leicester, Leicester
Mar 13–Mar 16 ColliderFest, Hull
Mar 14-Mar 15 Valley of Light, Saltburn
Mar 15 Walking the High Street, Lincoln
Mar 15-Mar 17 St Patrick’s Festival, Dublin
Mar 16 Holi Festival of Colours, Dartford
Mar 20 Blossom Watch, Birmingham
Mar 21 Pride of Ashington Torch Lit Procession, Ashington
Mar 21-Mar 22 Rave New World, Luton
Mar 21-Mar 22 The March Flare, LLandogo
Mar 21-Mar 22 Feast of Fire, Ashington
Mar 21-Mar 22 Volo: Dreams of Flight, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Mar 21-Mar 23 Newport Live Act Fringe, Newport
Mar 22 The Big Union, Liverpool
Mar 28 Streets of Polegate, Wealden
Mar 28 Light Up Thurrock, Thurrock
Mar 28-Mar 29 Staffordshire Moorlands Walking Festival Launch, Leek
Mar 29 All Change, Bishop Auckland
Mar 29 And…Breathe, Cheadle
Mar 29 Rotherham Street Carnival, Rotherham
April
Apr 3-Apr 6 Mostra Igualada, Catalonia
Apr 6 Longton Carnival & Pig Walk Parade 2025, Longton
Apr 11–Apr 13 City of Wings Ypres, Belgium
Apr 12 World Heritage Day Lantern Parade, Saltaire
Apr 12 Chain Reaction, Biddulph
Apr 17 Family Fun Day: Celebrating Earth Day, Rochdale
Apr 18-Apr 21 Fremantle International Street Arts Festival, Australia
Apr 19 Bradford Springtime Stories, Bradford
Apr 19 Streets of Crowborough, Wealden
Apr 19–Apr 27 Newcastle Puppetry Festival, Newcastle
Apr 26 Streets of Heathfield, Wealden
Apr 26 Truth!,Weymouth
Apr 26 Iron People, Halifax
Apr 26–Apr 27 State of Alarm, Portland
May
May 1–May 4 Fira de Titelles de Lleida, Spain
May 1–Jun 1 Beach of Dreams, UK-Wide
May 2–May 5 Riverfest Limerick, Limerick
May 2–May 5 Ballydehob Jazz Festival, Ballydehob
May 3 The Children’s Parade at Brighton Festival, Brighton
May 3 Now Northwich, Northwich
May 3 Pirate Taxi, Rowde
May 3–May 5 Festival of Fools, Belfast
May 3–May 11 Take Me to the Forest, Saltburn-by-the-Sea
May 3–May 26 Brighton Festival, Brighton
May 4 YEA Devizes, Devizes
May 4–May 7 The Hide, Brighton
May 5 Dawn Chorus, Swindon
May 5 Dancing in the Streets, Liverpool
May 5 K*TCHEN– VE Day Circus, Weymouth
May 5 Ilkley Carnival, Ilkley
May 9–May 25 Norfolk& Norwich Festival, Norwich
May 10 Walk to the Bottom of the Sea, Brighton
May 10 Middlewood Locks Fest, Salford
May 10 WOW Rotherham Festival, Rotherham
May 10-May 11 Stroud Arts Festival, Stroud
May 14 Love Your Beach 2025, Galway
May 14-May 18 Trapezi Reus, Spain
May 17 Gather & Groove, Medway
May 17 Streets of Hailsham, Wealden
May 17–May 18 Peterborough Celebrates Festival, Peterborough
May 17–May 25 Weekend Without Walls, Brighton & Crawley
May 18 Bandon Show, County Cork
May 18 Nobber Agricultural Show, County Meath
May 19-May 31 Festival of Stories, Rotherham
May 21–May 25 TAC 25, Spain
May 22–May 25 Shindig Festival, Charlton Park
May 23-May 25 Whitley Bay Carnival, Whitley Bay
May 24 LCDO – The Conference of the Birds, Hounslow
May 24 Barnsley Garden Party, Barnsley
May 24 ElevateHer, Martock
May 24-May 26 The Big Bahooey, Hampton Court Palace
May 24 The Three Musketeers, Hever Castle
May 24 Streets of Uckfield, Wealden
May 24–May 31 Our Future Starts Here, Cleethorpes
May 24–Jun 8 Salisbury International Arts Festival, Salisbury
May 25 Percussion Parade, Brighton
May 25 Luton International Carnival 2025, Luton
May 25-Sep 30 Holmfirth Arts Festival, Holmfirth
May 26-Jun 1 Monumental Constructions, Doncaster
May 28–May 31 Out There Festival, Great Yarmouth
May 29 The Most Perilous Comedie of Elizabeth I, Hever Castle
May 30–Jun 1 Scarborough Streets, Scarborough
May 31 One Amazing Day, Ashington
May 31 Counterweight, Martock
May 31 Pop-Up Unwrapped, Netley
May 31–Jun 1 Etruria Canals Festival, Stoke-on-Trent
May 31-Jun 1 Seascape / Morlun, Porthcawl
May 31-Jun 1 Dyddiau Dawns/Dance Days, Swansea
June
Jun 1 Radstock Fayre, Radstock
Jun 4–Jun 8 Carlow Arts Festival, Carlow
Jun 6–Jun 8 Internationales Straßentheater Festival, Germany
Jun 6–Jun 8 Whirligig, Weston-super-Mare
Jun 6–Jun 22 Wandsworth Arts Fringe, London
Jun 7 The People’s Parade, Stoke-on-Trent
Jun 7 Victoria Day, Aldershot
Jun 7 Closer To My Dreams, Crawley
Jun 7–Jun 8 Unwrapped Festival, Eastleigh
Jun 7–Jun 8 Cork Carnival of Science, Cork
Jun 13 A Day To Remember: Kirkholt, Kirkholt
Jun 13–Jun 15 SO Festival, Skegness
Jun 13–Jun 22 Oerol Festival, The Netherlands
Jun 13–Jun 22 Cork Midsummer Festival, Cork
Jun 14 A Day To Remember: Smallbridge, Smallbridge
Jun 14 Northampton Carnival, Northampton
Jun 14 Sidley Festival 2025, Sidley
Jun 14 GO Festival 2025, Gainsborough
Jun 14–Jun 21 RiverLight Festival, Sleaford
Jun 15 The Wind in the Willows, Hever Castle
Jun 15 Cardiff Mela, Cardiff
Jun 16–Jun 19 Counterweight, Minack Theatre
Jun 20-Jun 29 Golowan Festival, Penzance
Jun 20–Jun 29 Sibiu International Theater Festival, Romania
Jun 20–Jul 6 Basingstoke Festival, Basingstoke
Jun 20–Jul 6 Ashbourne Festival 2025, Ashbourne
Jun 21 Festival of the Sea, Grimsby
Jun 21 Brentford Canal Festival 2025, Brentford
Jun 21 Dorset Mela, Poole
Jun 21 International Celebration at Art in the Park, Milton Keynes
Jun 21 Streets Alive, Hounslow
Jun 21 Towns Alive, Leominster
Jun 21–Jun 22 First Light Festival, Lowestoft
Jun 21–Jun 22 Summer Fest, Aylesbury
Jun 21–Jun 22 Now I am Become d/Deaf (Destroyer of Words), Redbridge
Jun 21–Jun 26 Festival on the Close, Rugby
Jun 21–Jun 29 Estuary 2025, Multiple Locations
Jun 22 Handmade Parade 2025, Hebden Bridge
Jun 22 Through My Eyes, Penzance
Jun 22 Glasgow Mela, Glasgow
Jun 22 Hunstanton Carnival 2025, Hunstanton
Jun 22 Midsummer Festival, Milton Keynes
Jun 25–Jun 29 Glastonbury 2025, Glastonbury
Jun 26-Jun 27 Cloudscapes, Castlefield Viaduct
Jun 27–Jul 5 Sonic Arts Week, Middlesborough
Jun 28 Day of Grace on Achill Island, Achill Island
July
Jul 1–Jul 6 Ripon Theatre Festival, Ripon
Jul 3–Jul 5 The Herds,Greater Manchester
Jul 3–Jul 5 Cratère Surfaces, France
Jul 3–Jul 20 Manchester International Festival 2025, Manchester
Jul 4– Jul 6 An Indian Summer, Leicester
Jul 4–Jul 6 Crewe Day Festival, Crewe
Jul 4–Jul 6 Godiva Festival, Coventry
Jul 4–Jul 13 Frome Festival, Frome
July 4-Jul 13 Brass Band Week, Nationwide
Jul 5 Hat Fair,Winchester
Jul 5 Bamboo, Hounslow
Jul 5 Back a Yard (St Paul’s Carnival), Bristol
Jul 5 Towns Alive, Kington
Jul 5 Chatham Carnival 2025, Chatham
Jul 5 Isle of Wight Mardi Gras, Isle of Wight
Jul 5 The Fleet & District Carnival, Fleet
Jul 5–Jul 6 Homestead Park Festival, York
Jul 5–Jul 6 WILD on the Beach, Watergate Bay
Jul 5–Jul 6 National Festival of Making, Blackburn
Jul 5–Jul 6 Summer Streets Festival, Sunderland
Jul 6 Powering the Future Parade, Ashington
Jul 6 Towns Alive, Ledbury
Jul 6 Sucha Mela,Walsall
Jul 6 Eastleigh Reimagined, Eastleigh
Jul 9–Jul 13 Henley Festival, Henley on Thames
Jul 10–Jul 13 Exmouth Festival, Exmouth
Jul 10-Jul 13 Mouth of the Tyne Festival, Tynemouth
Jul 11–Jul 12 The Festival of Brilliant, Biddulph
Jul 11–Jul 12 Bromsgrove Carnival, Bromsgrove
Jul 12 RPM, Newbury
Jul 12 Echos of Maidstone Carnival, Maidstone
Jul 12 Macbeth, Chiddingstone
Jul 12 Bath Carnival, Bath
Jul 12 St Leonards Festival, St Leonards
Jul 12–Jul 13 Southampton Mela, Southampton
Jul 13 Camden Mela, London
Jul 13 Leyton Más, Waltham Forest
Jul 13 Six Towns Carnival, Stoke-on-Trent
Jul 18-Jul 19 Bula Festival, Aldershot
Jul 18-Jul 19 Code, Oxford
Jul 18–Jul 19 WOW! Fest, Walsall
Jul 18–Jul 20 Bristol Harbour Festival, Bristol
Jul 18–Jul 20 Surge Festival 2025, Glasgow
Jul 18–Jul 20 Merchant City Festival, Glasgow
Jul 18–Jul 26 Warrington Arts Festival, Warrington
Jul 18–Jul 27 IF:Milton Keynes International Festival
Jul 19 PirateTaxi, Martock
Jul 19 Paallam Arts International Spirit Fest’25, Wrexham
Jul 19 All the World’s Our Playground, Shepton Mallet
Jul 19 Broadwater Carnival & Fire Station Open Day, Broadwater
Jul 19–Jul 20 Big Splash,Newport
Jul 19–Jul 20 Sandwell & Birmingham Mela, Birmingham
Jul 20 Derby Caribbean Carnival, Derby
Jul 20 LatinoLife, London
Jul 20 Fleetwood Festival of Transport, Fleetwood
Jul 20 Andover Carnival, Andover
Jul 20 Tunbridge Wells Mela, Tunbridge Wells
Jul 20 AWCA Mela, Eastleigh
Jul 22–Jul 27 Refract, Trafford
Jul 24–Jul 27 Latitude, Suffolk
Jul 25-Jul 26 BD: Festival 2025, Bradford
Jul 26 TiLT Festival Family Day, Birmingham
Jul 26 Sandown Carnival, Sandown
Jul 26 Manchester Day – Let the Games Begin, Manchester
Jul 26–Jul 27 Ensemble Festival, London
Jul 26–Jul 27 Chesterfield Children’s Festival, Chesterfield
Jul 26–Jul 27 Re/action Festival, Leicester
Jul 26–Jul 27 Mughal Miniatures: Animal Paradise, Redbridge
Jul 26–Jul 27 Watchet Carnival, Watchet
Jul 26–Aug 31 Oaklore, London
Jul 27 Space Chickens, Chiddingstone
Jul 27 Bin Rat, Clevedon
Jul 27 Streets Alive!, Manningtree
Jul 28 South Ockendon Big Lunch 2025, South Ockendon
Jul 29 Feel Good Family Picnic, Rochdale
Jul 30 Feel Good Family Picnic, Middleton
Jul 30 Circus Raj, Bridport
Jul 31 Feel Good Family Picnic, Littleborough
Jul 31 East Tilbury Big Lunch 2025, East Tilbury
Jul 31 Mrs Armitage on Wheels, Staines
Jul 31-Aug 3 Wilderness Festival, Charlbury
Jul 31–Aug 3 Camp Bestival, Lulworth
August
Aug 1 Feel Good Family Picnic, Heywood
Aug 1-Aug 2 Taroo & Human Flag, Luton
Aug 1-Aug 3 Spraoi International Street Arts Festival, Waterford
Aug 1-Aug 3 Stockton International Riverside Festival, Stockton-on-Tees
Aug 1–Aug 10 Govanhill International Festival & Carnival, Glasgow 
Aug 1–Aug 22 Four Fun Fridays, Andover
Aug 2 Now Then! Festival, Selby
Aug 2 Barriere (Bell Square), Hounslow
Aug 2 Leicester Caribbean Carnival, Leicester
Aug 2 Borska, Martock
Aug 2 NightGarden Festival, Trafford
Aug 2 Swyn, Colby
Aug 2-Aug 3 Take It Outside Sharing, Greenham Common
Aug 2-Aug 3 Art in the Park Festival, Leamington Spa
Aug 2-Aug 3 Care Weekender, Harlow
Aug 2–Aug 9 The National Eisteddfod, Wrexham/Wrecsam
Aug 6 Something Outta Nothing, Gloucester
Aug 6 Tilbury Picnic in the Park 2025, Tilbury
Aug 6–Aug 10 Boomtown, Matterly Estate 
Aug 7 – 10 Topsy Turvy 25, Ellesmere Port 
Aug 7 DIRT!, Staines 
Aug 7 Chadwell St Mary Big Lunch 2025, Grays 
Aug 8–Aug 10 Gloworm Festival, Newark 
Aug 9 The Austentatious Ball, Southampton 
Aug 9 CODE, Worthing
Aug 9–Aug 10 Manchester Caribbean Carnival, Manchester 
Aug 10 Bin Rat, Malmesbury 
Aug 13 Purfleet-on-Thames Big Lunch, Purfleet-on-Thames 
Aug 14 The Twits, Staines 
Aug 14–Aug 17 Green Man Festival, Bannau Brycheiniog, (Brecon Beacons) National Park 
Aug 15 Code, King’s Lynn 
Aug 16 Pirate Taxi, Worthing 
Aug 16–Aug 17 Leicester Mela Festival, Leicester 
Aug 16–Aug 17 STRTFSTVL Arnhem 2025, The Netherlands 
Aug 16–Aug 17 Middlesbrough Mela, Middlesbrough 
Aug 16–Aug 24 Belfast Mela, Belfast 
Aug 17 Nottingham Carnival, Nottingham 
Aug 17 Now Then! Festival, Sherburn in Elmet 
Aug 18 Blackshots Big Lunch, Grays 
Aug 20–Aug 23 Aurillac Festival, Aurillac 
Aug 21 Caspian’s Storm: The Great Crabtrastrophe, Staines 
Aug 21 – 24 Greenbelt Festival, London 
Aug 21–Aug 24 Shambala, Market Harborough 
Aug 22 Aveley Big Lunch, Aveley 
Aug 22–Aug 23 The Big Feast, Stoke-on-Trent 
Aug 22-Aug 24 Life’s a Beach: The Powerhouse Weekender
Aug 22 – Sep 6 GDIF 2025, London 
Aug 23 Fish Boy, Worthing 
Aug 23 Serious Nonsense Festival, Prescot 
Aug 23 Preston City Mela, Preston 
Aug 23–Aug 24 Between the Tides, Redcar 
Aug 23–Aug 24 Blyth Celebrates Launch Weekend, Blyth 
Aug 23–Aug 24 Out of the Ordinary Festival, Cambridge
Aug 23–Aug 24 bOing! Festival, Canterbury 
Aug 23–Aug 25 Newcastle Mela, Newcastle 
Aug 23–Aug 25 Birmingham Weekender, Birmingham 
Aug 24 A Midsummer Nights Dream, Chiddingstone
Aug 24–Aug 25 Big Flinger, Portland 
Aug 27-Aug 30 Conor Baum Company Presents Suddenly Last Summer, Brighton
Aug 27–Aug 31 Grief Floats, Tynemouth 
Aug 28–Aug 31 Freedom Festival 2025, Hull 
Aug 28 Corringham Big Lunch, Corringham
Aug 28 Everywhere’s a Beach, Staines 
Aug 28 Farm Yard Circus, Swindon 
Aug 30 Malmesbury Carnival, Malmesbury 
Aug 30 MeriDio (Bell Square), Hounslow 
Aug 30 Harbour Fest 2025, Whitehaven 
Aug 30 Out of the Box, Worthing 
Aug 30 Devizes Carnival, Devizes 
Aug 30-Aug 31 No Time to Waste, Gloucester
Aug 30–Aug 31 St Osyth Summer Sounds, Clacton-on-Sea 
Aug 30–Aug 31 The Weight of Water, Gloucester 
Aug 31 Chill on the Hill 2025, Ham Hill
September
Sep 1–Sep 30 Totally Thames 2025, London
Sep 4–Sep 6 Emerge East, Barking
Sep 5–Sep 7 A World Without Death by Displace Yourself Theatre (Bradford 2025), Bradford
Sep 5–Sep 21 Theatre is Freedom I Teatr to Wolność, Hounslow
Sep 6 Black on the Square 2025, London
Sep 6 Dancing City 2025, Newham
Sep 6 Arts by the Sea Bitesized, West Howe
Sep 6 The Full Shebang Festival, Mansfield
Sep 6 Fresh Air Festival of Outdoor Arts, Brightlingsea
Sep 6 Look Out! Festival, Newquay
Sep 6–7 Fools by the Sea, Belfast
Sep 6-Sep 12 Meliora, Barking
Sep 7 Arts by the Sea Bitesized, Bourne
Sep 11–Sep 14 FiraTàrrega, Spain
Sep 11–Sep 14 b-side BIG Weekend, Portland & Weymouth
Sep 12–Sep 21 InsideOut Dorset, Multiple Locations
Sep 13 Urban Flow, Wandsworth
Sep 13 Arts Fresco, Market Harborough
Sep 13–Sep 14 Closer To My Dreams, Redbridge
Sep 13–Sep 14 Creative Commons, Greenham Common
Sep 14 Maidstone Community Mela, Maidstone
Sep 14 Portland Parade 2025, Portland
Sep 15-Oct 4 Royal Docks Originals, London
Sep 20 High Tide Day, Mallaranny
Sep 20 Encounter Festival, Preston
Sep 20 Urban Elephant Festival, London
Sep 20 Ghost Train: Darlington, Darlington
Sep 20–Sep 21 Festival of Thrift, Billingham
Sep 23–Sep 28 La Mercè, Barcelona
Sep 24–Sep 28 Liberty 2025, Wandsworth
Sep 25–Sep 26 Rekindling, Royal Victoria Dock
Sep 26–Sep 27 Bloom, Shipley
Sep 26–Sep 28 Arts by the Sea, Bournemouth
Sep 26–Sep 28 Journeys Festival of Dance 2025, Multiple Locations
Sep 27 Kendal Torchlight 2025, Kendal
Sep 27 Derby Festé, Derby
Sep 27–Sep 28 STEAM, Multiple Locations
Sep 28 Ghost Train: Stockton, Stockton-on-Tees
October
Oct 1-Oct 22 City of Codes and Light Festival 2025, Milton Keynes
Oct 3-Oct 5 Hartlepool Family Folk Festival, Hartlepool
Oct 4-Oct 5 Patois, Redbridge
Oct 4-Oct 5 Croydon Harvest Featuring The Walnut Fair
Oct 4-Oct 5 Banbury Canal Festival 2025, Banbury
Oct 10–Oct 12 Journeys Festival International, Leicester
Oct 11 Black Victorians, Hounslow
Oct 11-Oct 12 Scarborough Streets, Scarborough
Oct 14–Nov 9 Belfast International Arts Festival, Belfast
Oct 15–Nov 1 Lightpool Festival 2025, Blackpool
Oct 17 Diwali Light It Up!, Basingstoke
Oct 17-Oct 30 Galoshans Festival, Inverclyde
Oct 18 Diwali Light It Up!, Reading
Oct 18 Light Up The Torrs, Torr Vale Mill
Oct 23–Oct 24 Light Night Leeds, Leeds
Oct 24-Nov 2 River of Light Liverpool, Liverpool
Oct 25 Wellington Garden of Light, Wellington 
Oct 25 Winter Droving 2025, Penrith
Oct 25 Cheadle Lantern Parade, Cheadle
Oct 25 Autumn Lights, Cheshire
Oct 25-Oct 26 Halloween in the City Weekender, Manchester
Oct 25-Oct 28 Luminarium, Blyth
Oct 25-Nov 1 The BIG Spook, Lincoln
Oct 25-Nov 2 Nottingham Halloween Festival, Nottingham
Oct 26 Fireside, Watchet
Oct 27 Autumn Lights York, York
Oct 29-Oct 30 Bridges of Light, Worcester
Oct 31 Halloween Parade, Blyth
Oct 31 Autumn Lights Lincoln, Lincoln
Oct 31–Nov 3 Bram Stoker Festival 2025, Dublin
November
Nov 1 Fireworks Night, Cambridge
Nov 1 Autumn Lights Norfolk, Norfolk
Nov 3 Autumn Lights Harrogate, Harrogate
Nov 5 Autumn Lights Sheffield, Sheffield
Nov 6–Nov 8 Light Up Lancaster, Lancaster
Nov 7–Nov 8 Fire Garden at Sandwell Valley, West Bromwich
Nov 7–Nov 8 BD:Is LiT, Bradford
Nov 12–Dec 24 Luminate, Sandringham Estate
Nov 13–Nov 15 Lumiere, Durham
Nov 14–Nov 15 Earth, Wind & Fire Garden, Blyth
Nov 14–Nov 23 Doncaster Festival of Light, Doncaster
Nov 14-Dec 21 Scarborough Lights, Scarborough
Nov 15–Nov 16 The Great Blitz Build, Coventry
Nov 15-Dec 23 Yuletide 2025, Knutsford
Nov 17–Dec 31 Luminate Wales, Margam Park
Nov 20–Nov 23 Put Big Light On Festival 2025, Bolton
Nov 20–Nov 22 Light Night Wigan, Wigan
Nov 20–Dec 31 Northern Lights Manchester, Manchester
Nov 21 River of Light Lantern Parade & Fireworks Display 2025, Caerphilly
Nov 21–Nov 22 Barnsley Bright Nights, Barnsley
Nov 21–Nov 23 Wintertide Festival, Hartlepool
Nov 21–Nov 23 Ignite Fire Festival, Rochdale
Nov 21–Nov 23 Light Up Wakefield, Wakefield
Nov 21–Dec 31 Christmas at Bute Park, Cardiff
Nov 21–Dec 31 Northern Lights Leeds, Leeds
Nov 21-Dec 31 Illuminate 2025, Abbotsbury
Nov 22 Ilkley Lantern Parade, Ilkley
Nov 22 Same Sky: Winter Lights, Hounslow
Nov 22 Festival of Christmas, Coventry
Nov 22 Christmas in Ilford, Ilford
Nov 25 Light Up Castleford, Castleford
Nov 27–Dec 31 Northern Lights Newcastle, Newcastle
Nov 27–Jan 1, 2026 Ashridge House Illuminated, Berkhamsted
Nov 27–Jan 3, 2026 Glow Wild, Wakehurt
Nov 28–Nov 30 Nightfall 2025, Middlesbrough
Nov 28–Dec 28 Luminate, Bristol
Nov 28-Dec 31 Christmas at Stourhead 2025, Stourhead
Nov 28–Jan 1, 2026 Luminate, Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Nov 29 Light Up Ossett, Ossett
Nov 29 Exmouth Winter Festival, Exmouth
Nov 29–Nov 30 Ulverston’s Dickensian Christmas Festival, Ulverston
Nov 29–Dec 31 Luminate, Coventry
Nov 30 Light Up Pontefract, Pontefract
December
Dec 4–Dec 7 LEME 2025, Portugal
Dec 4–Dec 7 Lightwaves, Salford
Dec 5 Monmouth Christmas Lantern Parade, Monmouth
Dec 5 Lantern Spectacular, Ashbourne
Dec 5 Merry & Bright Festival of Light 2025, Ryde Town
Dec 6 Carols by the River 2025, London
Dec 6 Newcastle Lanterns 2025, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Dec 6 Norden Farm Lantern Parade, Maidenhead
Dec 7 Stockton Sparkles Lantern Parade, Stockton-on-Tees
Dec 7 Leamington Lantern Parade, Leamington Spa
Dec 13 Winter Gathering 2025, Longton
Dec 14 Festival of Light 2025, Newbury
Dec 20 Shepton Mallet Lantern Festival, Shepton Mallet

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Image credits:

  • RISE, Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture photo: © Ian Hodgson
  • Night Badminton at Birmingham Light Festival 2025, designed and conceived by Outdoor Places Unusual Spaces Ltd in collaboration with All England Badminton, photo: Lensi Photography
  • Holi Festival of Colours at Central Park Dartford By Cohesion Plus, captured by Cohesion Plus.
  • UK African Acrobats a Streets of Polegate, part of Streats of Wealden 2025. produced by 18 Hours
  • The African Choir of Norfolk performing against the backdrop of The Beach of Dreams by Kinetika at Out There Festival 2025, produced by Out There Arts, photo: James Bass
  • Counterweight by Pirates of the Carabina at The Minack Theatre
  • RPM by Gorilla Circus, presented by 101 Outdoor Arts, Newbury, photo: Nicola Young
  • HUG by Levantes Dance Theatre at Stockton International Riverside Festival 2025, photo: commissioned by Stockton Borough Council
  • Starsaucer by The Dream Engine at Warrington Arts Festival 2025, produced by Culture Warrington, photo: Rob Watson
  • Bloom by Upswing, on Shipley Market Square, co-produced by Upswing and Bradford2025 City of Culture, September 2025, David Lindsay
  • El Kapitan puppet made by Richard Broderick (Salto Arts), Halloween Parade at Blyth Celebrates 2025, commissioned by Blyth Town council, photo: Steve Brock
  • Barnsley Bright Nights 2025 Northern Lights, Celestial Carnival by Global Grooves and Cabasa Carnival Arts. Photo: James Mulkeen for Barnsley Bright Nights.