Festival & Performance Listings

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

An Indian Summer 2026, Leicester

Inspirate’s flagship festival, An Indian Summer, is back this year, transforming Leicester city centre into a vibrant hub of creativity and community. The festival continues to be a unique celebration of contemporary South Asian arts and culture, with open-air events and performances happening across Jubilee Square and the historic surroundings of Leicester More

Frome Festival 2026, Frome

Save the Date for next year’s festival: Fri 3 – sun 12 July 2026. More

Festival of Thrift 2026, Kirkleatham

Festival of Thrift is delighted to announce that it will return to Kirkleatham Museum and its stunning grounds in Redcar & Cleveland in summer 2026, marking the beginning of an exciting new multi-year partnership with Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council. For several years, audiences, artists, traders and local residents have been asking whether the More

Festival of Making, Blackburn

The National Festival of Making is a unique celebration of UK making, from the kitchen table to the factory floor. Presenting a programme of work that combines art, manufacturing, making and communities, we commission international and national artists to create world-class works and year-round projects, all culminating in a participatory free family fest More

Crewe Day Festival, Crewe

Crewe Day Festival 2026: Saturday 4th July - save the date! Crewe Day commemorates the anniversary of the first trains passing through Crewe Station, during the opening of the Birmingham to Manchester and Liverpool line on 4th July 1837. This is a key moment in the town’s industrial heritage and a catalyst to the creation of the Crewe we know today. Crewe More

The National Festival of Making, Blackburn

The National Festival of Making is a unique celebration of making, from the kitchen table to the factory floor. Presenting a programme of work that combines art, manufacturing, making, and communities. Commissioning international and national artists to create world-class works, and offering a year-round programme and a participatory FREE FAMILY festival More

For Miss La La, London

Upswing brings a spectacular two‑day circus celebration to Croydon high street this July. Inspired by the trailblazing 19th‑century aerialist Miss La La, the event will fill the town with bold performances, hands‑on workshops and joyful creativity for all ages. Across the weekend, world‑class contemporary circus artists will take to the air with breathtak More

South Kilburn CarniVale, London

OUR THEME FOR 2026 IS ‘ROOTS’ - LIN KAM ART proudly presents South Kilburn CarniVale Community Folk Festival Saturday 4th July 2026 1 - 5pm Free entry Canterbury Road, Granville Road, Peel Plaza, Granville Rec - London, NW6 In partnership with Granville Community Kitchen, OK Club and South Kilburn Trust Artistic Director / Festival Founder Linett More

Ripon Theatre Festival, Ripon

Take a look under the bonnet with us as we reveal our plans for the 2026 Festival. Meet Natalie Spanner in Fixing – our featured theatre event for the evening. A gloriously silly drag car maintenance class which shifts in and out of performer Matt Miller’s childhood memories. It’s a show about family breakups, learning car maintenance and choosing the right More

Exmouth Festival, Exmouth

The Exmouth Festival is a celebration of our town, our community and our talent. If you would like to perform, run a workshop, have a stall, or do something else please send us a message. We also need volunteers to help at the event, collecting donations, handing out programmes and helping with our sustainability programme. If you could help out for even More

SMOOSH!, Gloucester

Taking to the streets of Gloucester, SMOOSH! brings a high energy wind and brass band to Tredworth in a celebration of music, movement, and community. The joy-packed parade features a selection of pop bangers and karaoke classics – with tunes from Fatboy Slim and Basement Jaxx, to Kate Bush and Adele. A core of Paraorchestra musicians – accompanied by dan More

The Kneebone Cadillac, Redruth

Back on the track for three weeks! Thought she’d gone for good, did ’ee? Not likely. In Summer 2024, The Kneebone Cadillac tore round United Downs Raceway and sold out fast. Engines growlin’. Siblings squabblin’. A busted old Cadillac centre stage like she owned the place. Not everyone got in…So we’re bringin’ her back. The hilarious comedy-drama, w More

The Festival of Brilliant, Biddulph

For the past two years Staffordshire Moorland’s own children’s book festival, The Festival of Brilliant, has been welcoming families and children to the magical Biddulph Old Hall for stories, spectacles and all things books. Not only is the festival back for 2026, but it is also the National Year of Reading! We believe that books and stories have the powe More

Bath Carnival, Bath

Each year over 1200 people perform along our procession route with hundreds of professional carnival performers joining forces with local schools, clubs and community groups to create a huge collaborative performance that takes over the entire city centre! Over a year of preparation goes into creating this colourful spectacle which sees new costume design More

On Their Shoulders, Martock

Cider Bus Saturday with a NEW Circus show 'ON THEIR SHOULDERS' by Pirates Of The Carabina. Details of this are to follow. Food by Wok ‘n’ Roll. More details to follow. More

Barnsley’s Big Weekend, Barnsley

Barnsley’s Big Weekend returns to the town centre in July with an exciting, packed line-up of free events and entertainment, with something for everyone. Barnsley town centre will burst to life with live entertainment and family activities, including the return of the Brassed On! Music Festival. More details regarding performers and timings will be rev 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

Circus in Motion, Portsmouth

17 & 18 July, from 4.30pm – Portsmouth Historic Dockyard A programme of contemporary outdoor circus featuring internationally acclaimed artists, alongside an industry micro-conference exploring heritage activation and sustainable touring Circus in Motion artists to include: Company Zid – Zarbia, new pole show If Circus – Melic, aerial knitting O More

All the World’s Our Playground Festival, Shepton Mallet

The festival will take place across a range of indoor and outdoor spaces around the Market Place, and we’re excited to programme a mix of emerging, new and established acts. Even better, the final programme will be chosen by young people from our youth programming teams in Shepton Mallet. More