Festival & Performance Listings

We Invented The Weekend, Salford

We Invented the Weekend festival is back for 2026! Across Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June Salford Quays and MediaCity will be buzzing with over 200 free activities in the UKs most ambitious, creative, original and fun-filled festival celebrating the most precious of commodities – our free time! More

The Great Exhibition Road Festival, London

The Great Exhibition Road Festival is a free annual celebration of science and the arts each summer in South Kensington. Join us on 6-7 June 2026 for a weekend of free science and arts events for all ages. Enjoy hands-on workshops, fascinating talks, performances and installations from iconic museums, research and culture organisations, including Imperial More

Riverside Festival, Leicester

Leicester Riverside Festival returns on 6 & 7 June to the heart of the city for a weekend packed with music, food, arts, family fun and waterside activities. Festival highlights on Bede Park include a funfair, global food stalls, arts & crafts, licensed bar and a lively DJ tent. The Piazza hosts the main stage with fantastic live music and on West More

Street Performance Festival at Chichester Fringe, Chichester

For the first time, Chichester Fringe will host an international array of world-class street performers. This spectacular celebration will feature a vibrant mix of nationally and internationally acclaimed acts, transforming the city streets into a playground for the imagination. People of all ages can enjoy high-quality entertainment, from award-winning f 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

Oerol Festival, Terschelling

Oerol: the only festival where getting lost is the final destination. From 12–21 June 2026, you can once again lose yourself for ten days in a world of art, music, and theatre, set amidst the breathtaking nature of Terschelling. Forty-five years ago, Oerol began as an experimental street theatre festival. Today, it has grown into Europe’s largest site-spe More

Cork Midsummer Festival, Cork

Cork Midsummer Festival transforms the city into an extraordinary stage. Our vision is to ignite bold ideas and build bridges that connect art and audiences, artists and communities, Cork and the world. Established in 1997, Cork Midsummer Festival is one of Ireland’s leading multidisciplinary arts festivals. More

Northampton Carnival, Northampton

Racecourse Park, Northampton, NN1 4LG Start Time: 12:00 Noon until 7:30pm Plans are underway for Northampton Carnival 2026. Our theme this year “Unity in Masquerade, Many Stories, One Parade” has been chosen to give hope and the opportunity for everyone to come together and celebrate! More

Basingstoke Festival, Basingstoke

Join us as we celebrate 15 years of creativity, culture and shared experiences at Basingstoke’s award-winning free outdoor arts Festival. Over three weekends, Basingstoke Festival brings together the best of Basingstoke’s local talent, alongside world-class performances from across the globe. Immerse yourself in the magic of live performances, discover More

Golowan Festival, Penzance

Golowan is an annual 10-day festival of events that culminates in a street festival on the last weekend in June where thousands attend a spectacle of giant wicker models paraded through the town, street performances, street music, theatre, and the Golowan live music and DJ Marquee. This annual event is much loved and is the biggest event in the calendar for More

Sibiu International Theatre Festival, Romania

How the story started A group led by Constantin Chiriac, actor at the “Radu Stanca” National Theatre in Sibiu, decided to offer the city a theatre Festival. An action exclusively driven by the love for the city, love for theatre and the desire to offer the community a landmark, a reason to be proud and joyful. It was March and there were snow drifts. F More

Hunstanton Carnival 2026, Hunstanton

Save the date! Hunstanton Carnival Weekend on 19th - 21st June 2026 More details to follow soon... 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

Long Eaton Carnival, Long Eaton

With a history dating back to 1931, Long Eaton Carnival is an annual community event, usually held the 3rd Saturday in June. This year the weekend is Saturday 20th June, starting on Friday 19th June at 7pm for live music, and continuing into Sunday 21st June for the car boot from 7am. This year the theme is “Through the Decades” for the community to inter More

Cardiff Mela, Cardiff

In the wet and miserable summer of 2006, the clouds disappeared for one special day to let the glorious sunshine through on Wales. This paved the way for one of the most unique events in the history of Cardiff, the first Cardiff Mela. This community and social cohesion event is open to everyone, all ages and all colours and most imporatntly it is a FREE ENTR More

Midsummer Festival, Milton Keynes

The Midsummer Festival is a free, family-friendly celebration inspired by the summer solstice. Held on Midsummer Boulevard, which was famously designed to align with the rising and setting sun, the festival transforms the street and surrounding public spaces into a colourful stage filled with performances, creative workshops, live music, art installations, s More

Block, Newbury

Ten years on…BLOCK is back. A new, super-charged reimagining of this iconic show combining highly skilled physical performance with an innovative set. BLOCK is about life in the city – its contradictions and challenges. Twenty oversized blocks, resembling giant Jenga pieces, form an ever-changing environment as the story of BLOCK unfolds. BLOCK w More

Othello, Salisbury

Join The Lord Chamberlain’s Men this summer for Othello, one of the most captivating and thrilling plays ever written. See it performed how William Shakespeare first saw it, as The Lord Chamberlain’s Men – with a history stretching back to Shakespeare’s original company – present this play in the open air, with an all male cast and Elizabethan costumes, musi 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

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