Festival & Performance Listings

Birmingham Light Festival, Birmingham

Birmingham Light Festival returns to brighten up the dark winter nights! From 6pm - 10pm on 12 - 15 Feb 2026, Birmingham Light Festival will transform a series of city centre locations into a free, spectacular gallery of illuminated artworks for all to enjoy and explore. More

Bristol Light Festival, Bristol

Bristol Light Festival returns in 2026 with its boldest edition yet, for ten magical nights between Thursday 19th – Saturday 28th February. For the first time thanks to the newly unified Bristol Business Improvement District (BID), the festival programme will span the city, including Redcliffe, Cabot Circus, Park Street, Spike Island and Portland Square, tra More

Light Up Fest, Birmingham

After last year’s unforgettable premiere that brought communities together to fill Cannon Hill Park with light, movement and joy, we simply couldn’t wait to bring it back. Light Up Fest is a vibrant, community-driven celebration presented by Autin Dance Theatre, co-commissioned by Midlands Arts Centre and kindly sponsored by Eversheds Sutherland. Retur More

Illuminate Oldham, Oldham

Illuminate Light Night returns to Oldham for its ninth spectacular year, inviting you to experience the town centre transformed after dark by art, light and community celebration. Inspired by the 2026 theme Ensemble of Light, the festival brings together installations, exhibitions and performances by local, national and international light artists. Explor More

University of East London After Dark Festival 2026, London

The University of East London After Dark Festival is returning on Thursday 26 February 2026 with a new programme, The Four Elements: Fire, Water, Air and Earth. The Four Elements: Fire, Water, Air and Earth Thursday 26 February 2026 5pm–8pm Docklands Campus, University of East London, University Way, London E16 2RD UEL After Dark returns this winter More

Light Up Kilburn 2026, London

Brighten up your winter evenings with a free lights festival! Light Up Kilburn 2026 returns to Kilburn Grange Park for its second edition, following the success of the inaugural 2024 festival. This family-friendly celebration of light, sound and creativity will transform the park into a captivating experience, featuring inspiring artworks by local artists More

Winter Fresh Air Festival, Brightlingsea

After four unforgettable summers, Fresh Air Festival is turning up the magic with our first-ever Winter Edition! ❄️✨ Expect dazzling illuminated street theatre, spectacular winter parades, live music, vibrant stalls, and plenty more surprises to light up the season. More

Peterborough Celebrates 2026, Peterborough

Back for its fifth year, this free-to-attend weekend festival promises to be another fabulous celebration of our city and all the reasons we love it - our culture, our music, our diversity and our talented communities. This year we're linking up with the National Year of Reading and will fill our festival with stories - not just in books but in music, poe More

Olive Branch, East Quay

Olive Branch is a family-friendly acrobatic extravaganza Join us for a funny and feel-good tale of friendship and the wonder of the natural world, told through a captivating mixture of physical theatre and martial arts. Two strangers meet in a forest and must learn to overcome their differences to help protect mother nature. How will they learn to work More

SO Festival, Skegness

Lincolnshire’s free, international festival of outdoor arts. Invite your family, friends and neighbours, for a weekend of entertainment on the pavements, parks and promenades of Skegness and Mablethorpe. Enjoy a world-class programme of innovative art and entertainment for our communities and visitors. Created to take you on a joyous journey of discovery, More

First Light Festival, Lowestoft

Join us for a midsummer celebration on the shimmering sands of Lowestoft’s seafront. First Light Festival is a free, multi-arts festival that invites you to experience creativity from the first glow of sunrise to the last glimmer of moonlight. Follow your sense of wonder through an inspiring programme of music, dance, storytelling, art, science, workshops, w More

WOW! Fest, Walsall

WOW! Fest – A Celebration of Outdoor Dance & Performance WOW! Fest (Walsall Outdoor Wonders Festival) is an exciting new outdoor arts festival celebrating the best dance and movement-based performances created in the Midlands. Taking place on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th July 2026 at Walsall’s Arboretum Park, this vibrant two-day event will bring toget More

Ventnor Fringe, Isle of Wight

Discover the best new music, comedy and theatre at the Isle of Wight's largest arts festival, Ventnor Fringe. Taking place over 10 days the festival transforms the Island's southernmost town and surrounding coastline to become a stage for hundreds of performances, with venues in even the most unlikely locations. From cutting-edge cabaret to spectacular ci More

Just So Festival, Rode Hall

We want to invite you all to bring your skills, talents and ideas to the curious world of Just So. If you can juggle, bring your juggling balls and show us what you can do. Bring your favourite stories and read them around the campfire circle. Bring your guitar, fiddle, or just your favourite songs for music and singing in and around the site. If you can’ More