• Longton Carnival & Pig Walk Parade 2025, Longton

    Apr 6, 2025 – Apr 6, 2025

    Longton Carnival & Pig Walk Parade 2025 Sunday, 6th April 2025 – 11am -4pm Longton Town Centre, Stoke-on-Trent Longton Carnival & Pig Walk Parade …

Beach of Dreams, UK-Wide

May 1, 2025 – Jun 1, 2025

Beach of Dreams, presented by Kinetika, is an open invitation to celebrate and reimagine the UK’s coastlines. Across Scotland, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, this outdoor and digital creative programme connects communities to explore the rich …

Brighton Festival, Brighton

May 3, 2025 – May 26, 2025

A celebration of music, theatre, dance, circus, art, film, literature, debate, outdoor and community events, Brighton Festival takes place in familiar and unusual locations across Brighton & Hove and further afield for three weeks every May. …

Festival of Fools, Belfast

May 3, 2025 – May 5, 2025

Festival of Fools returns from the 3rd–5th May 2025. Keep an eye out for updates and news on our 20th edition of the festival. It’s going to be incredible so don’t miss out!

Now Northwich, Northwich

May 3, 2025 – May 3, 2025

Cheshire’s free international dance and street arts festival is back, animating the streets of Northwich town centre and Barons Quay day and night. Expect the unexpected as a world of performers including Gorilla Circus, Company Chameleon, …

The Children’s Parade at Brighton Festival, Brighton

May 3, 2025 – May 3, 2025

A fiesta of colour, costume and live music to kick start Brighton Festival Schools across the city come together to think about our future. What do we want to change, what do we want to cherish, …

Take Me to the Forest, Saltburn-by-the-Sea

May 3, 2025 – May 11, 2025

Families are invited into a Teesside woodland this May to celebrate the arrival of summer, with fire rituals, maypole dancing, live music, local food, and more. Inspired by the ancient Gaelic festival of Beltane, Take Me …

The Hide, Brighton

May 4, 2025 – May 7, 2025

See what might not always be visible… The Hide is a live solo performance audio installation where birdwatching meets non-visible disability. Step into The Hide and see what might not always be visible. The Hide is …

Dancing in the Streets, Liverpool

May 5, 2025 – May 5, 2025

Enjoy outdoor performances from the region’s leading dance artists. Expect to see larger than life characters across the city centre.​ Sponsored by Liverpool BID Company and Liverpool ONE.

Ilkley Carnival, Ilkley

May 5, 2025 – May 5, 2025

Ilkley Carnival is delivered by a team of dedicated volunteers who manage every element of the event from event and showground planning to sponsorship, advertising, trade and charity stand co-ordination, traffic management and organising the logistics …

Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Norwich

May 9, 2025 – May 25, 2025

Norfolk & Norwich Festival is a charity (no. 1164424) and an Arts Council England National Portfolio Organisation. Made up of one of the country’s longest running arts festivals and a region-wide programme of creative engagement that …

Walk to the Bottom of the Sea, Brighton

May 10, 2025 – May 10, 2025

Artist Emma Critchley hosts a public walk the length of the ocean’s deepest depth, to explore different ways we might find a connection with the deep. The deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench, is …

Hereford River Carnival, Hereford

May 16, 2025 – May 17, 2025

Hereford is the only city on the River Wye – the fifth-longest river in the UK, stretching some 215 kilometres (134 miles) from source to sea. It is the only river in Europe to be designated …

Weekend Without Walls, Brighton & Crawley

May 17, 2025 – May 25, 2025

17-18th May 2025 Programme Waiting Song by Mish Weaver Singing and moving on the trapezes, dressed in sumptuous circus costume, they share what they are waiting for, with anticipation and optimism. Waiting for the good things …

Peterborough Celebrates Festival, Peterborough

May 17, 2025 – May 18, 2025

A community festival for Peterborough at Ferry Meadows 17th to 18th May 2025 Back for its fourth year, this free-to-attend weekend festival promises to be another fabulous celebration of our city and all the reasons we …

Streets of Hailsham, Wealden

May 17, 2025 – May 17, 2025

What’s on Nutkhut – DJ’s – stilt walkers Dizzy O’Dare – Falconry Dismay Circle of Two – Bambolina & Dodo The Fire Fighters – Comedy Acrobatics Inside Out Theatre with Active Arts Dolly Delicious – Stilt …

Shindig Festival, Charlton Park

May 22, 2025 – May 25, 2025

Hold onto your hats Shindiggers! 2025 is bringing a seismic shift to the fields of Charlton Park Estate, and we’re not just talking about a change of scenery. We’re talking a full-blown evolution of the Shindig …

Streets of Uckfield, Wealden

May 24, 2025 – May 24, 2025

What’s on The Two Men – Paparazzi Circii – The Pigeons An Act Above – Norvil & Josephine Circo Rum Ba Ba – The Whizzers Inside Out Theatre with Active Arts Lily Fortune – Stilt walker

Salisbury International Arts Festival, Salisbury

May 24, 2025 – Jun 8, 2025

Salisbury International Arts Festival will be back for 2025!

The Three Musketeers, Hever Castle

May 24, 2025 – May 24, 2025

The Three Musketeers This is My Theatre Sat 24 May 2pm Anne Boleyn’s Walk Written by Alexandre Dumas Adapted & Directed by Sarah Slator Assistant Direction by Chloe Bond Music by Simon Stallard “All for one …

Percussion Parade, Brighton

May 25, 2025 – May 25, 2025

A joyous celebration of multicultural music Award-winning percussionist Sarathy Korwar leads a 30-piece band of some of the finest young musicians in the South-East, assembled by Create Music, on a spectacular parade along Brighton seafront. Playing …