Outdoor Arts Listings 2016
This is an archive list of 2016 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
- 9 Jan-6 Feb London International Mime Festival
- 9-11 Jan D&D: Theatre & the Performing Arts, Birmingham
- 11-22 Jan Winter Lights at Canary Wharf, London
- 13-15 Jan Circostrada General Meeting, Smells Like Circus, Ghent, Belgium
- 14-17 Jan Lumiere Festival of Light, London
- 15 Jan Bloomberg Lumiere London Symposium
- 23 Jan Burns Aflame, Ayrshire
FEB
- 3 Feb-6 Mar Magical Lantern Festival, Chiswick House & Garden
- 5-6 Feb Dulwich Picture Gallery Fire Garden, London
- 11-14 Feb Spectra, Aberdeen’s Festival of Light
- 11 Feb-6 Mar Perth International Arts Festival, Australia
- 13-20 Feb Showzam, Blackpool
- 15 Feb-17 Sep genius loci: Berrington Hall, Herefordshire
- 23-24 Feb ADUK Conference: Our Cultural Commons, Norwich
- 23 Feb Elevate Masterclass: Tanya Raabe & Venture Arts, Manchester
- 24 Feb: Elevate Masterclass: Making Music on the Move, Manchester
- 24 Feb Creative Engagement Conference, Goldthorpe
- 26 Feb National Centre for Circus Arts Open Day, London
- 26 Feb-7 Mar Dancin’ Oxford
- 26 Feb-14 Mar Adelaide Festival of Arts, Australia
MAR
- 1 Mar Elevate Masterclass: Gigantes & the Chester Midsummer Watch, Manchester
- 3 Mar: Elevate Masterclass: Narrative through Design, Manchester
- 4 Mar A Meeting of Creative Minds, Worcester
- 4-6 Mar Castaway Arts Festival, Goole
- 4-6 Mar For the Love of It, NASA Gathering, Huddersfield
- 5 Mar Celebrating Chartism Sound and Light Event, Newport
- 8-20 Mar Festival Up!, Brussels
- 8 Mar-3 Apr White Hawk Hill, Brighton
- 9-12 Mar Subcase Circus Showcase, Stockholm
- 12 Mar Show Culture Some Love Conference, London
- 13 Mar st-ART Festival, Tegelen, Netherlands
- 13 Mar St Patrick’s Day Festival and Parade, London
- 15 Mar National Outdoor Events Association Student Conference, Sheffield
- 17 Mar Festival of Light, Artis Community, Clydach Vale
- 17-20 Mar St Patrick’s Festival, Dublin, Ireland
- 26 Mar Firespring, Cyclopark, Kent
- 29-31 Mar Stopgap Spring Lab, Guildford
- 31 Mar-2 Apr Granite, Aberdeen
APR
- 1 Apr Beyond Borders Conference, London
- 1-10 Apr London Games Festival
- 2 Apr A Day to Play About, Somerset House, London
- 4-24 Apr Roundhouse CircusFest, London
- 5 Apr Norfolk Spring Fling
- 5 Apr AIF Festival Futures, Brighton
- 7 Apr AIF Festival Futures, Manchester
- 7-9 Apr The Company of Wolves, Cwmcarn Forest, Caerphilly
- 13-15 Apr Circostrada Fresh Circus #3: Moving Borders, Paris, France
- 21-23 Apr The Company of Wolves, Durlston Country Park, Dorset
- 23 Apr Feast of St. George, London
- 23 Apr Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations, Stratford-upon-Avon
- 23 Apr Shakespeare Lives! Isle of Wight
- 23-24 Apr Shakespeare: The Complete Walk, London
- 29-30 Apr Celebrate! Carnival Learning Conference, Portsmouth
- 29 Apr-1 May Lyme Regis Fossil Festival
- 29 Apr-2 May Festival of Fools, Belfast
- 29 Apr-15 May Wye Valley River Festival
- 30 Apr Crossing Lines Workshop, 101 Creation Centre, Newbury
- 30 Apr-2 May The Day At The Lake, Staffordshire
- 30 Apr The Great Big Donco, Doncaster
MAY
- 1-2 May Geronimo Festival, Harewood House, Leeds
- 3-13 May Ignite Dundee
- 3-21 May International Dance Festival Birmingham
- 5-7 May The Company of Wolves, Delamere Forest, Cheshire
- 6-22 May Wandsworth Fringe
- 6-7 May Fantasy High Street, Putney
- 7 May Southpaw Dance: Carousel, Bell Square, Hounslow
- 7-29 May Brighton Festival
- 10 May XTRAX Seminar: How to sell your work in Europe
- 12-15 May Trapzi, Reus, Spain
- 13-29 May Norfolk and Norwich Festival
- 13 May Liverpool Light Night
- 14 May Roehampton Outdoor Arts Movement, London
- 14 May Hidden Heathbrook, Heathbrook Park, London
- 14-15 May A Weekend Without Walls, Brighton
- 14/21 May Carnival Arts Short Course, Goldsmiths, London
- 17 May The BENCH event, Birmingham
- 19-22 May Umore Azoka, Leoia, Spain
- 20-21 May Imaginarious Festival, Santa Maria de Feria, Portugal
- 20-22 May Navadisha International Dance Conference, Birmingham
- 20-28 May Physical Fest, Liverpool
- 20-29 May Bury St Edmunds Festival
- 20 May-30 Aug Oddsocks Productions on Tour
- 21 May Street Theatre Day, Physical Fest, Liverpool
- 21 May Street Theatre Panel Discussion, Liverpool
- 21 May Of Man and Beast, Bell Square, Hounslow
- 21-22 May The Garden Party, NNF, Norwich
- 24 May-30 Jul Wiretapper, Shunt Events, London
- 24-29 May Tête-à-Tête Festival, Rastatt, Germany
- 24-28 May Nutkhut: Dr Blighty, Brighton Pavilion
- 26 May-5 Jun HowTheLightGetsIn, Hereford
- 27 May-11 Jun Ageas Salisbury International Festival
- 27 May-12 Jun Bath Fringe Festival
- 27-29 May No Man’s Land Festival, Somerset
- 28 May AssembleFest, Hull
- 28 May Whitley Bay Carnival
- 28 May Jarrow Festival Community Carnival, Tyne and Wear
- 28-29 May Tangled Feet: Emerge/ncy, Brighton Dome
- 28-29 May The People’s Tower, Dundee
- 28-30 May The Lost Carnival, Crewe
- 29 May Luton International Carnival
- 29-30 May Geronimo Festival, Tatton Park, Cheshire
- 30 May Great Malvern Food Festival
- 30 May-4 Jun Plymouth Fringe Festival
- 30 May-10 Sep Heartbreak Productions on Tour
JUN
- 1 Jun-2 Jul LIFT, London
- 1-2 Jun No Strings: an Unconvention for Wire Walkers
- 1 Jun – 31 Oct London Bridge City Summer
- 3 Jun You Are Here: Greenwich Children’s Theatre Festival
- 3-5 Jun Fire in the Mountain Festival, Aberystwyth
- 3-6 Jun Forest of Imagination, Bath
- 3-6 Jun Cornwall Circus Camp, Falmouth
- 4 Jun Paint The Town Red, Workington
- 4 Jun Teatr KTO: Peregrinus, Bell Square, Hounslow
- 4 Jun You Are Here: Adur Festival, Shoreham
- 4 Jun Wild Woods Day, Hockley Wood, Rochford
- 4-5 Jun Wheee! Family Fun Weekend, Lakeside Arts, Nottingham
- 4-5 Jun Bedlam Fair, Bath
- 4-16 Jun Adur Festival, West Sussex
- 4 Jun-15 Oct Stade Saturdays, Hastings
- 5 Jun Big Lunch, Queen Elizabeth Park, London
- 5 Jun You Are Here: Summer Festival, East Greenwich Pleasance
- 6-12 Jun Hammersmith & Fulham ArtsFest, London
- 9-13 Jun La Strada, Bremen, Germany
- 9-12 Jun Eden Festival, Lockerbie
- 10-19 Jun Sibiu International Theatre Festival, Romania
- 10-19 Jun Oerol Festival, Netherlands
- 10-12 Jun Symmetry Festival, Norfolk
- 11 Jun Eastleigh Unwrapped
- 11 Jun Northampton Carnival
- 11 Jun Project Vee: Stade Saturdays, Hastings
- 11-12 Jun Fuse Medway Festival (cancelled 2016)
- 11-12 Jun Preston Caribbean Carnival
- 11-19 Jun Leith Festival
- 12 Jun Meltdown Circus Day, Southbank Centre, London
- 12 Jun The Patron’s Lunch, The Mall, London
- 14 Jun-8 Jul City of London Festival (cancelled 2016)
- 16-26 Jun Depart (LIFT), Tower Hamlets
- 16 Jun-3 Jul Yorkshire Festival
- 17 Jun Green at Heart Carnival Parade, Basingstoke
- 17 Jun You Are Here: My Story Festival, Budapest, Hungary
- 17-18 Jun Furious Folly, Oxford
- 17-19 Jun Doing Nothing is Not an Option, Coventry
- 17-19 Jun Solas Festival, Perth
- 17-26 Jun Cork Midsummer Festival, Ireland
- 17-26 Jun InTRANSIT Festival, London
- 17-30 Jun Greenwich Dances
- 17 Jun-2 Jul Grassington Festival
- 17 Jun-3 Jul Ashbourne Festival
- 17 Jun-10 Jul Basingstoke Festival
- 18 Jun Dagfest, Dagenham Village
- 18 June Titled Productions: Belonging(s), Bell Square, Hounslow
- 18 Jun Somerfest, Taunton
- 18-19 Jun SouthWestFest, Westminster, London
- 18-19 Jun Feast Festival Weekend, Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury
- 18-19 Jun StreetFest, Ashbourne
- 18-19 Jun Alban Weekend, St Albans
- 18-25 Jun Barnaby Festival, Macclesfield
- 18 Jun-24 Jul Bromsgrove Festival
- 19 Jun Manchester Day
- 19 Jun ISAN On the Road: Manchester
- 21-25 Jun BE Festival, Birmingham
- 22-24 Jun Circostrada General Meeting, GDIF, London
- 22 Jun-22 Jul Much Ado About Nothing, Covent Garden, London
- 23-25 Jun Fire Garden, Yorkshire Festival, Harrogate
- 24 Jun Xtrax Outdoor Arts Marketplace, Greenwich
- 24-26 Jun The Utopia Fair, Somerset House
- 24-26 Jun Glastonbury Festival
- 24 Jun-3 Jul Greenwich & Docklands International Festival
- 24 Jun-3 Jul Imagine Watford
- 24 Jun-24 Jul Chepstow Festival
- 24 Jun-3 Jul Hebden Bridge Arts Festival
- 25 Jun-3 Jul SO Festival, East Lincolnshire
- 18 Jun Countryside Comes to Town, Blackburn
- 25 Jun Mid Mad Festival, Aberystwyth
- 25 Jun Shakespeare Mardi Gras, Isle of Wight
- 25 Jun Deighton Carnival, Yorkshire
- 26 Jun Walking with Giants, Milton Keynes (cancelled 2016)
- 26 Jun Hebden Bridge Handmade Parade
- 27 Jun Teddington Village Fair
- 29 Jun-3 Jul Hijinx Unity Festival, Cardiff
- 30 Jun-2 Jul Calling Tree (LIFT), Tottenham
- 30 Jun-14 Jul Much Ado, Shakespeare in the Squares, London
JUL
- 1 Jul Club Silly Session, London
- 1-3 Jul Winchester Hat Fair
- 1-3 Jul Shipley Street Arts Festival
- 1-3 Jul Godiva Festival, Coventry
- 1-10 Jul Lichfield Festival
- 1-10 Jul Mirabilia Festival, Italy
- 1 Jul-6 Sep Amy Johnson Festival, Hull
- 2 Jul Place des Anges, Yorkshire Festival, Hull
- 2 Jul Bermondsey Carnival, London
- 2 Jul South Tyneside Summer Parade, Tyne & Wear
- 2 Jul Kuljit Bhamra: Chutney in the Street! Bell Square, Hounslow
- 2 Jul You Are Here: Sutcliff Song & Dance, Sutcliff Park
- 2 Jul Dragon Parade, Southbank Centre, London
- 2 Jul Brimmington Festival, Southwark, London
- 2 Jul Street Saturday, Hebden Bridge
- 2-10 Jul Discover, Play, Dream: Dance!, Bournemouth
- 2-10 Jul Big Dance, UK
- 2-16 Jul Lafrowda Festival, Cornwall
- 2-17 Jul Starboard Festival, Brighton
- 3 Jul You Are Here: Greenwich World Cultural Festival, Eltham Palace
- 3 Jul ISAN On the Road: Winchester
- 3 Jul Greenwich World Cultural Festival
- 3 Jul-4 Sep Brazilian Summer, Horniman Museum & Gardens, London
- 3 Jul Street Sunday, Hebden Bridge
- 5 Jul-13 Aug The Hobbit, Williamson Park, Lancaster
- 5-10 Jul Nowhere Festival, Catalonia, Spain
- 6-10 Jul Henley Festival
- 6-10 Jul Mouth of the Tyne Festival
- 6-24 Jul Buxton Festival Fringe
- 7 Jul Club Silly Session, London
- 7 Jul-29 Aug Festival of Love, Southbank Centre, London
- 8-9 Jul Furious Folly, Birmingham
- 8-9 Jul Brouhaha International: Infecting the City, Liverpool
- 8-9 Jul City Spectacular, Dublin, Ireland
- 8-10 Jul Bradford Festival
- 8-10 Jul Lichfield Fuse Festival
- 8-17 Jul Flight, Windermere
- 9 Jul ICD: Life Boat, Catford (Circulate)
- 9 Jul Turning the Pages: the Mayor’s Newham Carnival
- 9 Jul Party in the Park, Woking
- 9 Jul Sea of Hull
- 9 Jul Maindee Festival, Newport
- 9 Jul Rotherithe Festival, Southwark, London
- 9 Jul Lewisham People’s Day, London
- 9 Jul Shuffle Festival, Mile End, London
- 9-10 Jul Taliesin Arts Centre Dance Days, Swansea
- 9-10 Jul Art in the Park, Milton Keynes
- 10 Jul Cowley Road Carnival, Oxford
- 10 Jul You Are Here: Summer Sunday Extravaganza, Mycenae Gardens
- 13-17 Jul Larmer Tree Festival, Wiltshire
- 13-23 Jul Milton Keynes Festival Fringe
- 13-23 Jul Extraordinary Creatures, Barn Gallery, Westbury Arts Centre
- 14-17 Jul Horse and Bamboo Puppet Festival, Waterfoot
- 14-17 Jul Latitude Festival, Suffolk
- 15-17 Jul Bristol Harbour Festival
- 15-17 Jul Brazilica Samba Festival, Liverpool
- 15-19 Jul MiramirO, Ghent, Belgium
- 15-24 Jul Milton Keynes International Festival
- 15-31 Jul Birmingham Festival
- 16 Jul Carnival of Giants, Telford
- 16 Jul Motionhouse: Broken, Quays Culture, Salford
- 16 Jul Cie Barolosolo: Ile O, Bell Square, Hounslow (Circulate)
- 16-17 Jul City Spectacular, Cork, Ireland
- 16-17 Jul Lambeth Country Show, London
- 16-17 Jul Big Splash Festival, Riverfront, Newport
- 16-17 Jul Derby Caribbean Carnival
- 17 Jul ISAN On the Road: Milton Keynes
- 17 Jul SpareParts Festival, Fleetwood Festival of Transport
- 17 Jul You Are Here: Family Fun Day, Avery Hill, Eltham
- 18 Jul Oddsocks: Macbeth, Canary Wharf, London
- 18-24 Jul Tilt16, Birmingham
- 20-24 Jul Chalon dans la Rue, France
- 21-23 Jul Pflasterspektakel, Linz, Austria
- 21-24 Jul Secret Garden Party, Abbots Ripton
- 21-29 Jul Tempting Failure, London
- 22-24 Jul Deer Shed Festival, Yorkshire
- 22-24 Jul Nozstock The Hidden Valley, Herefordshire
- 22-24 Jul Underneath the Stars Festival, Barnsley
- 22-24 Jul The Outer Space at Blue Dot Festival
- 23 Jul Plaza Latina, Southwark, London
- 23 Jul Alexandra Palace Summer Festival
- 23 Jul International Busking Day
- 23 Jul Dance Showcase, Canary Wharf, London
- 23-24 Jul Summer in Southside, Birmingham
- 23-24 Jul Walk the Plank: Isle of Fire, Barry Island, Wales
- 23-30 Jul Circolumbia Residency, Elephant and Castle, London
- 25-27 Jul Buzz Aerial Dance Retreat, Herefordshire
- 26-31 Jul Baseless Fabric: Drifting Dragons, Merton
- 27 Jul-28 Aug Treasure Island, Covent Garden, London
- 28 Jul Electric Swing Circus, mac Birmingham
- 28-30 Jul Fantasy High Street, London Bridge
- 28-31 Jul Kendal Calling, Lake District
- 28-31 Jul Walk the Plank: Lost Eden at Kendal Calling
- 28-31 Jul Port Eliot Festival, Cornwall
- 29-31 Jul River Stage: The Glory, National Theatre, London
- 29-31 Jul Womad, Charlton Park
- 29-31 Jul Waterford Spraoi International Street Arts Festival
- 29-31 Jul Cloudspotting Festival, Lancashire
- 29-31 Jul Mugstock, nr Milngavie, Scotland
- 29 Jul-6 Aug National Eisteddfod, Abergavenny
- 30 Jul Markeline: Andante, Bell Square, Hounslow
- 30 Jul Compagnie Barolosolo: Ile O, Deptford (Circulate)
- 30 Jul The Big Feast Taster Tour, Newcastle Town Centre
- 30-31 Jul Colombianamente, Southwark, London
- 30-31 Jul Manchester Mega Mela
- 30-31 Jul Surge Festival, Glasgow
- 30 Jul-7 Aug Merchant City Festival, Glasgow
- 31 Jul ISAN On the Road: Glasgow
- 31 Jul Taste at the Top of the Town, Basingstoke
- 31 Jul Illyria: Danny Champion of the World, Canary Wharf, London
AUG
- 1 Aug Boxtree: Scarlet Pimpernel, Canary Wharf, London
- 2 Aug Compagnie Barolosolo: Ile O, Edmonton (Circulate)
- 3-4 Aug Playfest Children’s Festival, Truro
- 3-5 Aug ITAC3: Participatory Arts, Edinburgh
- 4-7 Aug Stockton International Riverside Festival
- 4-5 Aug Furious Folly, Stockton-on-Tees
- 4-7 Aug Lytham Festival, Lancashire
- 4-7 Aug Wilderness Festival, Oxfordshire
- 4-14 Aug Theaterfestival Boulevard, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
- 4-21 Aug Darwin Festival, Australia
- 5 Aug Punk Cabaret, Club Silly, Brixton
- 5-7 Aug River Stage: Latitude Festival, National Theatre, London
- 5-29 Aug Edinburgh Festival and Edinburgh Fringe
- 5-14 Aug Festival Interceltique, Lorient, France
- 6 Aug ISAN On the Road: Stockton-on-Tees
- 6 Aug Leicester Caribbean Carnival
- 6 Aug Wells Carnival, Wells-next-the-Sea
- 6-7 Aug Night of Festivals, More London
- 7 Aug Margate Carnival
- 7 Aug Heartbreak Productions: Ratburger, Canary Wharf, London
- 8 Aug Chapterhouse: Wuthering Heights, Canary Wharf, London
- 8 Aug The Beast of Brixton: BeautifulMess Theatre, London
- 9 Aug Motionhouse/NoFit State: Block, Edmonton (Circulate)
- 10-14 Aug Open Flair Festival, Eschwege, Germany
- 11-14 Aug BoomTown Fair, Hampshire
- 11-14 Aug Theater op de Markt, Hasselt, Belgium
- 11-20 Aug Southend Carnival
- 12-14 Aug River Stage: Mayfest, National Theatre, London
- 13 Aug ICD: Life Boat, Bell Square, Hounslow (Circulate)
- 13-14 Aug Barry Island Weekender
- 13-14 Aug Manchester Caribbean Carnival
- 16 Aug ICD: Life Boat, Millfield, Edmonton (Circulate)
- 17-20 Aug Le Festival d’Aurillac, France
- 18-21 Aug Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons
- 19 Aug D&D: Shall we Create a European Union of Artists?, London
- 19-21 Aug River Stage: Rambert, National Theatre, London
- 19-21 Aug Just So Festival, Cheshire
- 20 Aug The Big Feast Taster Tour, Spode and Stoke Town
- 20 Aug Appleby Summer Pudding
- 20 Aug Camberwell Fair, London
- 20 Aug Avanti Display Day: Stade Saturdays, Hastings
- 20-21 Aug Block: Articulture tour, Wales
- 20-21 Aug Nottingham Carnival
- 21 Aug Street Arts – Where to Go Next, World Fringe, Edinburgh
- 24 Aug The Big Feast Taster Tour, Portland Street Green Space, Hanley
- 25-28 Aug Festival Spoffin, Amersfoort, Netherlands
- 25-28 Aug Shambala Festival, Northamptonshire
- 26 Aug ThamesFest, Barking Riverside
- 26-27 Aug Anonymous Festival, Dorchester
- 26-28 Aug Lakes Alive, Kendal
- 26 Aug ISAN On the Road: Kendal
- 26-28 Aug The Big Feast, Appetite, Stoke
- 26-29 Aug River Stage: National Theatre, London
- 26-29 Aug Greenbelt Festival, Boughton House, Northamptonshire
- 26-29 Aug Towersey Festival, Oxfordshire
- 27 Aug NoFit State/Motionhouse: Block, Bell Square, Hounslow (Circulate)
- 27 Aug: Le Cirque du Platzak: Stade Saturdays, Hastings
- 27-28 Aug Edinburgh Mela (cancelled July)
- 27-28 Aug bOing! International Family Festival, Canterbury
- 27-28 Aug Mysteryland, Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands
- 27-28 Aug Burnley Canal Festival
- 27-29 Aug Notting Hill Carnival, London
- 27-29 Aug Leeds West Indian Carnival
- 27-29 Aug Cornwall Acrobatic Camp, Falmouth
- 28 Aug Life Boat/Ile O/Block, Queen Elizabeth Park, Stratford (Circulate)
- 28-29 Aug Teatr Biuro Podrózy: Silence, Corn Exchange, Newbury
- 28-29 Aug Devizes International Street Festival
- 30 Aug-4 Sep Great Fire 350: London’s Burning
- 31 Aug-25 Sep Prince Ivan/Crime & Punishment, The Scoop, London
SEP
- 1-4 Sep Festival No. 6, Portmeiron
- 1-30 Sep Totally Thames, London
- 2-4 Sep DNweekeND, Doncaster
- 2-4 Sep Freedom Festival, Hull
- 2-4 Sep Maui Waui Festival, Suffolk
- 3 Sep ZEE London Mela, Wembley Park
- 3 Sep National Paralympic Day and Liberty Festival, London
- 3 Sep World Picnic, Telford
- 3 Sep Motionhouse/NoFit State: Block, Deptford (Circulate)
- 3 Sep Kingswood Festival, Southwark
- 3 Sep The Mayor of London’s Liberty Festival
- 3 Sep-2 Oct Coastal Currents
- 3-24 Sep Brisbane Festival, Australia
- 6-9 Sep British Science Festival, Swansea
- 6-11 Sep Unlimited Festival, Southbank Centre, London
- 7 Sep-8 Nov Lightpool, Blackpool
- 8-11 Sep FiraTàrrega, Spain
- 8-11 Sep Bestival, Isle of Wight
- 8-11 Sep Peckham Festival, Southwark, London
- 9 Sep Paisley Park Lantern Festival, Southwark
- 9 Sep Kendal Torchlight Carnival
- 9-18 Sep Saltaire Festival
- 10 Sep Batley Festival, West Yorkshire
- 10 Sep Big Dance Bus: Pop-Up Ballroom, Bell Square, Hounslow
- 16 Sep Doing Things Differently: State of the Nation
- 16-18 Sep Out There Festival, Great Yarmouth
- 16-18 Sep Ramsbottom Festival
- 16-22 Sep La Mercè Festival, Barcelona
- 16-25 Sep Inside Out Dorset
- 17 Sep River Festival, Ironbridge
- 17 Sep Red Earth: Strange Magic, Berrington Hall, Herefordshire
- 17-18 Sep Extraordinary Bodies: Weighting, Castle Park, Bristol
- 17-18 Sep Festival of Thrift, Darlington
- 17-18 Sep Bicycle Ballet: Blazing Saddles, Dulwich, London
- 17-18 Sep Roald Dahl’s City of the Unexpected, Cardiff
- 17 Sep-2 Oct Estuary Festival, Thames Estuary
- 18 Sep Arts Fresco, Market Harborough
- 21-25 Sep Gravity Fields Festival, Grantham
- 21-26 Sep Findhorn Bay Festival
- 22-25 Sep Hengistbury Headlines, Dorset
- 23 Sep Vagabond Matters – Where Arts and Science Meet, Grantham
- 23-25 Sep Llandundo Arts Weekend #4
- 23-25 Sep Lancashire Encounter
- 23-24 Sep Derby Festé
- 23 Sep ISAN On the Road: Derby
- 23-25 Sep Porthcawl Elvis Festival
- 24 Sep Roger Bernat: The Rite of Spring, Bell Square, Hounslow
- 24-25 Sep Millport Festival of Light
- 24 Sep ISAN On the Road: Llandudno
- 26 Sep-1 Oct Festival of Imagineers, Coventry
OCT
- 1 Oct Sightings!, Blackfriars Stories, Southwark, London
- 1 Oct Year of Adventure: Caernarfon Alight
- 1 Oct D&D: Shall we Create a European Union of Artists?, Brighton
- 1 Oct Acrojou: Stade Saturdays, Hastings
- 1 Oct Festival of Imagineers Street Day, Coventry
- 1-2 Oct Fun Palaces
- 1-5 Oct Hi Seoul Festival, South Korea
- 1-22 Oct Le Festival International des Arts de Bordeaux, France
- 4-8 Oct Performing Arts Market Seoul, South Korea
- 6-7 Oct Time to be Late, Blackfriars Stories, Southwark, London
- 7 Oct Light Night Leeds
- 8 Oct Walk the Plank: Sea of Freaks, Bournemouth
- 8 Oct HURyCAN: Te Odiero, Bell Square, Hounslow
- 8-15 Oct Bournemouth Arts by the Sea
- 8-25 Oct Melbourne Festival, Australia
- 13 Oct Event Awards 2016, London
- 14-16 Oct Just So Festival, Brazil
- 15 Oct Hastings Bonfire Night
- 15 Oct Dashehra Diwali Mela, Manchester
- 16 Oct Super Slow Way: A Rhapsody to the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Blackburn
- 16 Oct Diwali Festival, Trafalgar Square, London
- 19-23 Oct Bloomsbury Festival, London
- 20 Oct D&D: How do we make great Outdoor Arts, 101 Creation Centre, Newbury
- 21-23 Oct Calling Tree, St George’s Gardens, London
- 22 Oct Lieux Publics: Le Concert De Public, Bell Square, Hounslow
- 22 Oct Circle of Light, Peterborough
- 27 Oct Stopgap Wheelchair Dance Taster Day, Ovalhouse, London
- 28 Oct Moving Out Symposium, Beacon Arts Centre, Greenock
- 28 Oct Mexican Day of The Dead Festival, Basingstoke
- 28-29 Oct Outdoor Arts Ideas Summit, Bradford
- 28-30 Oct Galoshans Festival, Greenock
- 28-31 Oct Bram Stoker Festival, Dublin
- 28 Oct-23 Dec Festival of Ian Smith, Edinburgh
- 29 Oct Northampton Diwali Celebrations
- 29 Oct Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens Fire Festival (cancelled 2016)
- 30 Oct Macnus Parade, Ireland
- 31 Oct Samhuinn Fire Festival, Edinburgh
- 31 Oct Savour Kilkenny, Ireland
NOV
- 4-5 Nov Light Up Lancaster
- 4-5 Nov Metro-Boulot-Dodo: The Gunpowder Plot, Boughton House
- 4 Nov Emergency Exit Arts: Coram Fields Fireworks
- 5 Nov Emergency Exit Arts: Blackheath Fireworks, London
- 5 Nov Diwali Light Up Parade, Greenwich
- 5 Nov Bridgwater Guy Fawkes Carnival
- 5 Nov Emergency Exit Arts: Southwark Fireworks, London
- 5 Nov Avanti Display: Reliquary, Bell Square, Hounslow
- 5 Nov Friends of Summerhill Bonfire Night, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- 6 Nov Walk the Plank: Great Fire of London Fireworks, Victoria Park, London
- 7 Nov Burnham-on-Sea Carnival
- 9 Nov A Festival Career: BAFA Student Conference, Manchester
- 9 Nov-2 Jan Winter Light at Waddesdon Manor
- 10-13 Nov National Circus Festival, Tralee, Ireland
- 11 Nov Weston-super-Mare Carnival
- 11-13 Nov Association of Festival Organisers Conference, Stratford-upon-Avon
- 12/19 Nov Carnival Arts Short Course, Goldsmiths, London
- 12 Nov: Lord Mayor’s Show, London
- 12 Nov Share: ISACS Annual Open Forum, Tralee, Ireland
- 12 Nov Didsbury Lantern Parade
- 12 Nov Winter Droving, Penrith
- 12 Nov North Petherton Carnival, Somerset
- 15-23 Nov Kamchatka Workshops, Ireland
- 16 Nov Shepton Mallet Carnival
- 17 Nov Emergency Exit Arts: Christmas Dream Machine, Stoke
- 17 Nov Eltham Lights Up
- 19 Nov Glastonbury Carnival
- 19 Nov Same Sky: Winter Lights, Bell Square Hounslow
- 19 Nov Windows on the World, Catford
- 23-24 Nov BAFA Conference for Festivals, Hull
- 23 Nov-2 Jan Christmas at Kew, London
- 24 Nov Offsite: Writing a Grants for the Arts for Outdoor Arts and Launch Event, Derby
- 25 Nov Blackfriars Stories, Southwark
- 25 Nov Devizes Christmas Festival and Lantern Parade
- 25-27 Nov Oxford’s Christmas Light Festival
- 25 Nov-2 Jan Magical Lantern Festival, Roundhay Park, Leeds
- 25 Nov-2 Jan Magical Lantern Festival, Botanical Gardens, Birmingham
- 26 Nov Woolwich Winter Warmer
- 30 Nov-11 Dec Garden of Stars: Enchanted Lewes
DEC
- 2 Dec AD:UK Seminar – Arts & Resilience: Changes in Culture, Leicester
- 2 Dec Winter Pitch: Surge Festival Club, Glasgow
- 2 Dec Club Silly Political Conference Party, Brixton, London
- 2-3 Dec Dunster by Candlelight
- 3 Dec Flame Oz, Bell Square, Hounslow
- 3 Dec Sparks on the Streets, Slough
- 3-22 Dec Woolly Hat Fair: 12 Days of Christmas, Winchester
- 6 Dec Mistletoe and Muesli: Breakfast with ISAN, London
- 9-18 Dec Lightwaves, Salford Quays
- 10 Dec Winterfest, Roehampton
- 16-23 Dec The Paradise Tree: Alnwick Garden
- 17 Dec Festive Road: Parraffinalia, Milton Keynes
- 17 Dec Digitalarti: Loplite, Bell Square, Hounslow
- 21 Dec Burning the Clocks, Brighton