Outdoor Arts Listings 2015
This is an archive list of 2015 festivals, events, performances and programmes which include some element of Outdoor Arts.
It also includes conferences, meetings and professional development events, plus the occasional indoor or non-sector event which relates to artists or other parts of the Outdoor Arts sector. Music and food festivals are included where they have an element of Outdoor Arts in the programme. As time goes by, some of the links may well be redirected or disappear, but we’ll leave the list up for reference. Something to add (even retrospectively)? Let us know: info@outdoorartsuk.org
JAN
- London International Mime Festival 8-31 Jan
APR
MAY
- Brighton Festival 2-24 May
- Weighting, Extraordinary Bodies, Dulwich Park, London 10 May
- Norfolk and Norwich Festival 8-24 May
- BAFA Lecturers Conference, Universities & Festivals 15 May
- The Lost Carnival, Manchester 22-25 May
- Ageas Salisbury Arts Festival 22 May-6 Jun
- Bath Fringe Festival 22 May-7 Jun
- Luton International Carnival 24 May
JUN
- Festival of Love, Southbank Centre, London 6 June-31 Aug
- Fuse Medway Festival 13-14 Jun
- City of London Festival 22 Jun-10 Jul
- Greenwich & Docklands International Festival 26 Jun-5 Jul
- Xtrax GDIF Showcase 26-28 Jun
- So Festival, East Lincolnshire 27 Jun-5 Jul
JUL
- Manchester International Festival 2-19 Jul
- Hat Fair, Winchester 3-15 Jul
- The Fling Festival, Chelmsford 4 Jul
- Henley Festival 8-12 Jul
- Bristol Harbour Festival 17-19 Jul
- River Stage, National Theatre, London 24 July-31 Aug
- Merchant City Festival, Glasgow 25 Jul-02 Aug
- Surge Festival, Glasgow 25 Jul-2 Aug
- 946, Kneehigh Asylum, Cornwall 25 Jul-23 Aug
- Pinocchio, Iris Theatre, St Paul’s Covent Garden 29 Jul-29 Aug
- Stockton International Riverside Festival 30 Jul-2 Aug
AUG
- The People’s Tower, artsdepot, Finchley 3-7 Aug
- Festival of Imagineers, Coventry 3-8 Aug
- The People’s Tower, Albany Deptford 5-9 Aug
- Outdoor Theatre Festival, The Scoop, London 5-30 Aug
- Summer Streets, St Helen’s 7-8 Aug
- Edinburgh Festival and Edinburgh Fringe 7-31 Aug
- Kidderminster Arts Festival 8-23 Aug
- Remembering the Future, Circulate, London at The Albany, Deptford 12-15 Aug
- Boomtown Fair, Hampshire 13-16 Aug
- The Elephant and Nun Festival, Burgess Park 15 Aug
- Le Festival d’Aurillac, France 19-22 Aug
- Remembering the Future, Circulate, London at The Harrow Arts Centre 19-23 Aug
- Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons 20-23 Aug
- Street Arts: Where to Next?, World Fringe, Edinburgh 21 Aug
- Just So Festival, Cheshire 21-23 Aug
- Kazzum’s Happy Ever After Festival, London 22 Aug
- Circulate Street Arts Academy, artsdepot, Finchley 24-27 Aug
- Remembering the Future, Circulate, London at artsdepot, Finchley 24-31 Aug
- Leicester City Festival 24-31 Aug
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, Strange Fascination, Norfolk 25-29 Aug
- Bristol Festival of Puppetry 26 Aug-6 Sep
- Visiting Arts/Creative Scotland Producers Breakfast, Edinburgh 27 Aug
- Gi20 Showcase, Blackfriars, Southwark 28 Aug
- The Big Feast, Appetite, Stoke-on-Trent 28-30 Aug
- Xtrax on Tour: Creating, Promoting & Touring Outdoor Work in the UK & Europe, Stoke-on-Trent 29 Aug
- The Brunel Swindon StreetFest 28-30 Aug
- The Bolton Food Festival 28-31 Aug
- Gi20 Showcase, Bell Square, Hounslow 29 Aug
- Festival Spoffin, Amersfoort, Netherlands 28-30 Aug
- bOing International Family Festival, University of Kent 29-30 Aug
- Summer in Southside, Birmingham Hippodrome 29-30 Aug
- Edinburgh Mela 29-30 Aug
- Devizes International Street Festival 30-31 Aug
- Journey’s Festival, Leicester 30-31 Aug
- Lavenham Carnival 31 Aug
SEP
- Totally Thames, London 1-30 Sep
- Peterborough Arts Festival 4-6 Sep
- Freedom Festival, Hull 4-6 Sep
- Arts Fresco, Market Harborough 6 Sep
- London Mela, Gunnersbury Park 6 Sep
- Fresh Street – European seminar for Street Arts, Barcelona/Tàrrega 9-11 Sep
- Fira Tàrrega, Spain 10-13 Sep
- Bestival, Isle of Wight 10-13 Sep
- Saltaire Festival, Bradford 11-20 Sep
- Ar Waith Ar Daith, Cardiff 12 Sep
- Faust, Bell Square, Hounslow 12 Sep
- GROW: International Symposium on Circus and Street Arts, Great Yarmouth 17-18 Sep
- Out There Festival, Great Yarmouth, 18-20 Sep
- Cork Ignite 18 Sep
- CITYdiversions, Chelmsford 19-20 Sep
- Site-Specific Residential Workshop, Red Earth, 101 Creation Space 21-25 Sep
- Derby Festé 25-26 Sep
- Producing and Supporting Work for the Outdoors, Derby 25 Sep
- Birmingham Weekender, Birmingham Hippodrome 25-27 Sep
- Rugby Celebrations, Strike a Light Festival, Gloucester 27 Sep-11 Oct
- NASA Outdoor Arts Lab: Words and Stories in the Great Outdoors, Bristol 29 Sept-3 Oct
OCT
- Clash of Drums, Milton Keynes 2-3 Oct
- Fun Palaces 3-4 Oct
- Conversion Festival, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 3-11 Oct
- Crane Dance, Bristol 3 Oct
- Bristol Circus City 8-31 Oct
- Permutations in the City, Fierce Festival, Birmingham 8-11 Oct
- Bournemouth Arts by the Sea 9-18 Oct
- Captive, Bell Square, Hounslow 10 Oct
- Exeter Five Nations Parade 10 Oct
- Danbor Talka, Conversion Festival, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 11 Oct
- Extraordinary Bodies Plays, Bristol Circus City 14 Oct
- D&D: Circus Futures, Bristol Circus City 15 Oct
- Cast the Light, Dashehra Diwali Mela, Manchester 17 Oct
- Walking Stories, Dance Umbrella, London 17-31 Oct
- D&D: How Do We Make Great Outdoor Arts? 101 Creation Space 22 Oct
- Bloomsbury Festival 22-25 Oct
- Nine Nights, Diwali, Belfast 24 Oct
- Little Light Nights, Ivegate, Bradford 24 Oct
- The Shadow Lighter, Galway 25 Oct
- ISACS Springboard Seminar, Galway 26 Oct
- Alive Awake, Bram Stoker Festival, Dublin 26 Oct
- Craighaven Halloween Fireworks 29 Oct
- Galoshans Festival, Inverclyde 30 Oct-1 Nov
- Moving Out Symposium, Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock 30 Oct
- Addictive TV, Bell Square, Hounslow 30 Oct
- Paisley Halloween Festival 30-31 Oct
- Chatsworth Fire Garden & Fireworks 31 Oct-1 Nov
NOV
- EEA Southwark Fireworks Night, London 5 Nov
- AIF Festival Congress 5-6 Nov
- The Gunpowder Plot, Boughton House, Kettering 5-7 Nov
- The Umbrella Project, Cabot Circus, Bristol’s Lights Switch On 6 Nov
- Corum’s Fields Family Firework Event, London 6 Nov
- Light Up Lancaster 6-7 Nov
- Runga Rung, Colour of Colours, Stoke-on-Trent 7 Nov
- Blackheath Fireworks, London 7 Nov
- Circulate Seeds, Bell Square, Hounslow 7 Nov
- Alexandra Palace Firework Festival, London 7 Nov
- Bridgwater Carnival 7 Nov
- Circus Futures: NoFit State Performance Lab, Cardiff 9-13 Nov
- Hastings Storytelling Festival 9-15 Nov
- BAFA Conference: Mind the Gap, Lichfield 11-13 Nov
- National Circus Festival Ireland 12-15 Nov
- Lumiere Festival of Light, Durham 12-15 Nov
- Lumiere Conference: Light, Art, the Universe and Everything, Durham 13 Nov
- Carmen Funebre/Liberty, Bond Street, Coventry 13 Nov
- The Streets, Tooting, London 13 Nov
- EEA in the Lord Mayor’s Show, City of London 14 Nov
- The Dream Engine, Christmas Lights Spectacular, Bradford City Park 14 Nov
- ISACS Share Seminar, Tralee 14 Nov
- The Winter Droving, Penrith 14 Nov
- Glasgow Loves Christmas Lights Switch On 15 Nov
- Curious Minds: How to Embed Arts Award in a Festival setting, Bury 19 Nov
- CirSchool Conference, Roundhouse, London 19 Nov
- Christmas Love Story Painted in the Sky, Stoke-on-Trent 19 Nov
- 2241 Reasons to Remember, Birmingham 19-22 Nov
- The Light Festival, Oxford 20-22 Nov
- The Plague Doctors, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich 21 Nov
- Little Light Nights, Secret Location, London E16 21 Nov
- The Umbrella Project, Oxford Castle 21-22 Nov
- The Streets, Kingston-upon-Thames, London 21-22 Nov
- Critical Mass: ISAN National Outdoor Arts Conference, Hull 24-25 Nov
- ISAN Ideas Summit, Hull 25 Nov
- Carnival Conference, Derby 27-28 Nov
- Little Light Nights, A13 Underpass, London 28 Nov
- Lamplighter Festival, Todmorden 28 Nov
- Circus Futures Circus Directors Lab, Cardiff 29 Nov-3 Dec
DEC
- Woolly Hat Fair, Winchester 1-24 Dec
- ADUK National Seminar 2015: Arts, Health & Wellbeing, Cardiff 1 Dec
- A Christmas Wish, Enchanted Lewes 2-13 Dec
- Socially Savvy, Story Sensational, Summer Showcase (in winter…), Club Silly, London 4 Dec
- Meir Lights Night, Stoke-on-Trent 4 Dec
- Woodhorn’s Weekend of Wonder, Ashington 5-6 Dec
- Lights are Shining, Southbank Centre, London 5 Dec
- Neon Dogs, Bell Square, Hounslow 5 Dec
- East Dulwich Christmas Cracker, London 5 Dec
- Woolwich Winter Warmer 5 Dec
- The Inclusive Rehearsal Room, Diverse City, Bournemouth 8 Dec
- Enchanted Park, Saltwell Park, Gateshead 9-13 Dec
- Slip Road, Southwark, London 11 Dec
- Leeds Lantern Parade 12 Dec
- A Christmas Tale, Alnwick Garden 18-23 Dec
- Paraffinalia, Milton Keynes 19 Dec
- Fanfare Le Snob, Bell Square, Hounslow 19 Dec