Festival & Performance Listings

Wye Valley River Festival, Wye Valley

The Wye Valley River Festival brings local people, environmentalists and exceptional artists together for a creative exploration and celebration of an internationally important landscape. With the Wye Valley as our backdrop, this exceptional landscape, carved by the River Wye, straddling the border of England and Wales, encompasses diverse cultures, habit More

Riverfest Limerick, Limerick

Limerick becomes THE destination for families, foodies and fun runners each May Bank Holiday for the city’s premier summer festival, Riverfest Limerick! Highlights of the festival include Riverfest on the Shannon, BBQ on the Boardwalk, the Riverfestival Village in Arthur’s Quay Park, Regeneron Great Limerick Run and a spectacular fireworks display among m More

Turner Sims Folk Weekend, Southampton

You and your family are invited to a joyful weekend bursting with music, dance, and creativity for all ages. Join us as we welcome the arrival of summer with three days of live music, dancing, hands-on activities and family-friendly fun. We’re bringing together some of the finest folk musicians from England and Scotland for a vibrant programme of performa More

Brighton Festival 2026, Brighton

We’re thrilled to share the programme for the 60th edition of Brighton Festival. This May marks a momentous milestone: not only are we celebrating six decades of world-class performance here in Brighton, but it is also the 40th edition of the Children’s Parade and the 10th edition of Our Place. From 1–25 May, we’re welcoming over 100 events from artists arou More

Festival of Fools 2026, Belfast

Festival of Fools will return to the streets of Belfast from the 2nd-4th May 2026. ​We will be back with more amazing acts, lots of laughter and plenty of fun! ​Put those dates in your calendar and keep an eye on our socials and the website for updates about the programme! More

Monmouth Mischief, Monmouth

The Wye Valley River Festival is back! Along with the spring, to bring Magic, Merriment and a little Mayhem to Monmouth, May weekend 2026. Join us on Saturday 2nd of May for our vibrant much-loved procession, winding down Monmouth High Street, bringing colour, imagination and Spring spirit through the town. Expect spectacle, sound and surprises as artists More

Brighton Festival Children’s Parade, Brighton

This year also marks the 40th Children’s Parade and 40 years of partnership between Same Sky and Brighton Festival. With a different imaginative theme each year, Same Sky’s team of dedicated artists have worked with over 150,000 students, teachers and group leaders to develop their parade displays, creating a unique Brighton event and the largest of its kind More

Ilkley Carnival 2026, Ilkley

Ilkley Carnival is a not-for-profit event which invites people to the streets of Ilkley every May bank holiday for a fun family fiesta! The volunteer-run May Day extravaganza over the past four events has raised more than £100,000 for local community groups which supports organisations including schools, sports clubs, scouts and guides and local charities i More

Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Norfolk

Norfolk & Norwich Festival is a charity 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 particularly focuses on improving the cultural offer for children and young people. For 17 days each May, the Festival transforms our More

Newbury Spring Festival Parade, Newbury

Come and celebrate the opening of the 2026 Festival! Our wonderful Bandmaster Puppet will return to follow a route through town celebrating music and performance. She’ll be interacting with performers along the route, before making her way into the Market Square. We’re working again with the Corn Exchange, Newbury and 101 Outdoor Arts to bring this vib More

WOW Rotherham, Rotherham

WOW Rotherham is a vibrant, bold, fun, and fearless celebration of women, girls, trans and non-binary communities. Taking place in the heart of Rotherham, the festival and the wow-year round programme brings people together through music, performance, talks, workshops, food, art, and much more! More

Trapezi Reus, Catalonia

The new edition of the Trapezi Fair will offer a program for all audiences that aims to be a reflection of the talent of today's contemporary circus and that includes more than sixty performances in different parts of the city of Reus, and where national, state and international companies will participate without forgetting special support for local talent. 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

Vauxhall May Fair, London

🐑 SHEEP SHEARING Watch the wool fly as our expert shearers give our sheep their spring trims! It’s up close, real-deal farm work in action. FREE 🧶 SPINNERS DEMO See how wool becomes yarn in the most mesmerizing way! Local spinners will be working their wheels and happy to chat about their craft and teach you the journey from ‘Sheep to Sweater’. FREE More

TAC 2026, Spain

The Valladolid International Street Theatre and Arts Festival (TAC) has become a cultural benchmark where action, observation, fun, shock, emotion and reflection work together to redefine urban space and give extraordinary dynamism to the entire city of the Pisuerga. The TAC is the moment when the city of Valladolid and its citizens merge to experience th More

Dumfries & Galloway Festival, Dumfries & Galloway

Since 1979 the Dumfries & Galloway Arts Festival has been the bedrock of our organisation’s identity and activities, and will continue to be so. We also respond to community-led initiatives across the region and help them develop bespoke festive celebrations which they would like to initiate, experience and enjoy. Includes OAUK Member Oceanallover wit More

Imaginarius, Portugal

Imaginarius is a cultural project of the Municipality of Santa Maria da Feira dedicated to art in public space, conceived as an ecosystem that integrates creation, presentation and critical thought within a single strategic vision. It is grounded in the understanding that public space is a political and cultural site, where art does not emerge as ornament, b More

Grace O’Malley Festival, Achill Island, Co. Mayo

The Grace O’Malley Festival – A Celebration of Ireland’s Legendary Pirate Queen 22–24 May 2026 | Achill Island, Co. Mayo Join us for the first ever Grace O’Malley Festival, a bold new celebration inspired by the fearless Grace O’Malley (Gráinne Mhaol). Rooted on Achill Island, the festival brings together jaw-dropping circus, live music, storytelling, More

Good Grief 2026, Hastings

Good Grief Hastings will explore how creativity, conversation and community can help people support one another through grief and loss. Taking place over the late May Bank Holiday weekend, the four-day festival will bring people together for talks, workshops, music, film and creative experiences that open up compassionate conversations about death and bereav More

Barnsley Garden Party, Barnsley

The Barnsley Garden Party on Saturday 23 May will transform the town centre with music, dance, circus acts and outdoor arts for all ages. More