Festival & Performance Listings

Bam-BOO!, Birmingham

Things are about to go Bam-BOO! at Birmingham Botanical Gardens… This October, forget plastic pumpkins and throwaway scares - Halloween is going wild. Bring the family to Birmingham Botanical Gardens for Bam-BOO!, a playful celebration of bamboo, nature and all the weird and wonderful things the natural world can do. Discover nature’s tricks, treats More

Blyth Halloween Parade, Blyth

Blyth Town Council invites families to get creative this half term as a week of free Halloween activities comes to Blyth town centre as part of Blyth Celebrates. Throughout the week, Market Pavilion will be getting into the Halloween spirit with a programme of drop-in arts and crafts for children and families. Alongside the individual activities, visit More

Lister Park Lantern Parade, Bradford

We have 2 lantern parades this year, our usual noisy community parade in Lister Park on 30th October from 4.30pm and our Northcliffe Parade on 14th November from 5pm, a quieter more reflective parade where we have opportunities to remember loved ones. These form our wider ‘Festivals of the Dead’ project, in partnership with Uni of Bradford, Bradford Death Ca More

West Point Lantern Parade, Manchester

West Point Lantern Parade in Levenshulme turns 10 years old! Saturday 31 October 2026, 6-8pm Rain Date: Saturday 7 November 2026, 6-pm Allendale and Slade Lane, Levenshulme/Rusholme This annual event is back with illuminations, LED jugglers/walk about characters, interactive LED sculptures, joyful interviews by the Awesome News Crew, Samaba beats by More

Light Up Lancaster, Lancaster

Since its inception more than 10 years ago, each year Light Up Lancaster has created a magical trail of light art illuminating and celebrating the city’s magnificent landscapes, architecture and the heritage of the people who live there. It is a joyous, family friendly trail of discovery in a series of interlinked light installations located in all the we More

Light Up Wakefield, Wakefield

Light Up Wakefield will return Friday 13 – Saturday 14 November 2026 with more dazzling light art installations than ever before. More

Yuletide, Knutsford

This winter, step into a world of wonder at Tatton Park Gardens. As dusk settles over the trees, the gardens transform into a magical winter festival filled with folklore, curious creatures and winter myths. Follow winding woodland paths and discover playful surprises along the way. You might stumble upon acrobats dancing through the trees, fire jugglers li More

Northcliffe Parade, Bradford

We have 2 lantern parades this year, our usual noisy community parade in Lister Park on 30th October from 4.30pm and our Northcliffe Parade on 14th November from 5pm, a quieter more reflective parade where we have opportunities to remember loved ones. These form our wider ‘Festivals of the Dead’ project, in partnership with Uni of Bradford, Bradford Death Ca More

Light Night Wigan, Wigan

Light Night Wigan is curated and produced by Things That Go On Things, in collaboration with Wigan Council. The programme, now in its 6th year, takes place across Wigan Town Centre presenting artworks from local, national and international artists to inspire and delight audiences of all ages. More

Barnsley Bright Nights, Barnsley

Barnsley Bright Nights is South Yorkshire’s biggest free annual light art festival, attracting live audiences of over 25,000 people. Started in 2018, the two-day festival is now an established highlight of Barnsley’s town centre cultural events programme, featuring co-curated artworks, installations and performances across the thriving town centre. Bar More

Noctilucent by Nurul Wardani at BEYOND Festival, Salford

Quays Culture will present Noctilucent by Nurul Wardani and a special live performance at BEYOND Festival, a fringe programme of the leading CreaTech event BEYOND Conference in MediaCity. Noctilucent is an immersive installation that investigates how light can shape our perception of volume and spatial presence. Through the projection of light into haze-f More

Just So Festival, Rode Hall

Just So is a family festival of wild freedom and glittering wonder; full of joyful play, vibrant music, breathtaking circus and captivating performances. Discover magic round every corner – in the dappled sunlight of woodland glades, in the crackle of a campfire, in a whispered story under a canopy of stars. More