Festival & Performance Listings

Ashbourne Festival, Ashbourne

For 17 days during June and July each year, the small market town of Ashbourne, at the Gateway to the Peak District, comes to life with the Ashbourne Festival. The events are an eclectic cultural mix of talks, music, theatre, comedy and art. More

Frome Festival 2026, Frome

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

Waterloo Festival 2026, London

Waterloo Festival returns with four days of live music, art, exhibitions, storytelling and community events held at the beautiful and historic St John's Waterloo, from Thursday 9 - Sunday 12 July 2026. The Waterloo Festival is an annual festival organised by St John's Waterloo and its charity, The Bridge at Waterloo, alongside a wonderful range of partners a 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

Take Five: Weston Arts + Health Festival, Weston-super-Mare

Co-produced by Super Culture and UHBW Arts & Culture Programme, part of Bristol NHS Group, Weston Arts + Health Festival returns for its seventh year! Once again, we take to the digital realm, the hospital wards and the beach to celebrate Weston’s many wonderful qualities – its landscape, its people, and the creativity, care, and energy that make the 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

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

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

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

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

Bristol Harbour Festival, Bristol

This year, we're bringing a reimagined footprint to Bristol that puts the water right back at the heart of the celebration. Stretching along the harbourside from Thekla to Underfall Yard, the festival’s refreshed layout turns Bristol’s iconic waterfront into a living stage - packed with back-to-back entertainment, dockside moments and maritime magic. B More

Warrington Arts Festival, Warrington

The vibrant annual event, produced by arts charity Culture Warrington, has gone galactic for its 2026 programme with a series of performances and installations coming to a variety of venues and pop-up spaces between 18 and 25 July. WAF uniquely blends global showstopping performances with new bespoke work devised, created and delivered by Warrington artis More

Summer Sounds, St Osyth

This year, the festival is free, thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund. We believe live music, great food and community should be open to everyone, and our ambition is to keep the festival free forever (if we can make it work). If you’re in a position to support us, every contribution makes a real difference. You can make a one–off donation, or if More

Paallam Arts International Spirit Fest 26, Wrexham

Wrexham will welcome artists from around the world to Queen’s Square this summer, as the city’s flagship arts festival, Spirit Fest, returns with its most adventurous programme to date. Curated and created by the award-winning Paallam Arts, Wrexham will experience an exceptional mix of dance, circus, theatre and movement artists from Wrexham, Wales, Irela More

Chesterfield Children’s Festival, Chesterfield

Chesterfield Children’s Festival will return to Queen's Park this July, bringing a weekend of free fun, creativity and entertainment for families across the borough. Now in its fourth year, the popular event will take place on Saturday, 18 and Sunday, 19 July, from 10am to 4pm each day, one week earlier than usual. The festival is organised by Junction Arts More