Outdoor Arts Listings 2020
This is a regularly updated list of 2020 festivals, performances and programmes which include some element of Outdoor Arts.
This is a regularly updated list of 2020 festivals, events, performances and programmes which include some element of Outdoor Arts.
It also includes conferences, meetings and professional development events, plus the occasional indoor or non-sector event which relates to artists or other parts of the Outdoor Arts sector.
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Jan
- 8 Jan-2 Feb London International Mime Festival
- 16 Jan Light Night, Worcester
- 16-25 Jan Canary Wharf Winter Lights, London
- 17-19 Jan The Western Australian Circus Festival
- 18 Jan RISE (Brent 2020), Wembley Park
- 20 Jan Circus Snapshot, Salford
- 22 Jan-1 Mar Lightopia Festival, Chiswick House, London
- 23 Jan-16 Feb Bread&Circus World Buskers Festival, Christchurch, New Zealand
- 26-29 Jan Internationale Kulturbörse, Freiburg
- 26 Jan Chinese New Year Parade, London
- 31 Jan Circus Snapshot, Derby
- 31 Jan-2 Feb John Wright: Smiling with a Crooked Face, Newbury
Feb
- 1-23 Feb Copenhagen Light Festival
- 6-9 Feb Winter Light Festival, Reykjavík, Iceland
- 7-8 Feb Light Night Nottingham
- 7 Feb-1 Mar Perth Festival, Australia
- 7-8 Feb Grow Festival, Corby
- 8-10 Feb Devoted & Disgruntled 15: What are we going to do about theatre and the performing arts?, London
- 7-16 Feb CirkusMania, Stockholm, Sweden
- 16-17 Feb STRTFSTVL, Utrecht, Netherlands
- 13-15 Feb Love Light Festival, Norwich
- 20-22 Feb Light Up Poole
- 21 Feb Illuminate Oldham
- 23-25 Feb Binche Carnival, Belgium
- 28 Feb-15 Mar Adelaide Festival, Australia
Mar
- 5-8 Mar Light Up Leicester
- 6-7 Mar Spilsby Light Night
- 13-17 Mar St. Patrick’s Festival, Dublin, Ireland
- 15 Mar London St. Patrick’s Day Festival, London
- 26-29 Mar Mostra Igualada, Spain
- 27 Mar-14 Jun Festival Tweetakt Utrecht, Netherlands
Apr
- 4 Apr Streets of Battle
- 10-12 Apr City of Wings, Ypres, Belgium
- 18-19 Apr Sandbach Transport Festival
- 19 Apr Mela in the City, London
- 23-26 Apr Sismògraf Dance Festival, Spain
- 25 Apr Streets of Bexhill
- 25 Apr Atmosphere Festival, Worcester
May
- 1-31 May Brighton Fringe
- 2 May Streets of Battle
- 1-3 May Puppet Theatre Fair of Lleida, Spain
- 2-17 May Wye Valley River Festival
- 2-24 May Brighton Festival
- 8-9 May Hereford River Carnival
- 8-10 May River Festival Liverpool
- 8-24 May Wandsworth Arts Fringe
- 8-24 May Norfolk & Norwich Festival
- 13-17 May Festival Les 3 Elephants, Laval, France
- 14-17 May Umore Azoka, Spain
- 14-17 May Fira Trapezi Reus, Catalonia, Spain
- 14-17 May AND Festival, Manchester River Canal
- 15 May Light Night Liverpool
- 16-24 May Festival Internacional de Teatro y Artes de Calle, Valladolid
- 22 May-7 Jun Bath Fringe
- 22 May-7 Jun Salisbury International Arts Festival
- 23 May Streets of Bexhill
- 28-31 May Imaginarius, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal
- 28 May-29 Jun Grenoble Street Arts Fest, France
Jun
- 1-24 Jun Birmingham International Dance Festival
- 2 Jun Leicester Riverside Festival
- 6 Jun Wentworth Festival, Rotherham
- 11-14 Jun Eden Festival, Lockerbie
- 12-21 Jun Cork Midsummer Festival, Ireland
- 12-21 Jun Oerol, Netherlands
- 12-21 Jun Sibiu International Theatre Festival, Romania
- 14 Jun Diss Carnival & Fun Day
- 18-21 Jun La Strada, Bremen, Germany
- 19 Jun-4 Jul Greenwich+Docklands International Festival, London
- 24-28 Jun Glastonbury Festival
- 26-28 Jun Festival Vivacité
- 26-28 Jun Imagine Watford
- 26 Jun-5 Jul Bradford Literature Festival
- 26 Jun-12 Jul Basingstoke Festival
- 27 Jun-12 Jul Irish Aerial Dance Fest, Letterkenny, Ireland
- 30 Jun-4 Jul Cratère Surfaces, Alès, France
Jul
- 1-19 Jul Buxton Festival Fringe
- 3-26 Jul Festival d’Avignon, France
- 3-5 Jul Timber Festival, Feanedock
- 3-5 Jul Hat Fair, Winchester
- 5 Jul Cowley Road Carnival, Oxford
- 6-11 Jul Disrupting the Norm Festival, Worcester
- 8-12 Jul Henley Festival
- 9-11 Jul Bridge (Imagineer Productions), Worcester
- 10-12 Jul Bradford Festival
- 10-12 Jul Brazilica Festival, Liverpool
- 11 Jul St. Leonard’s Festival
- 11 Jul Happy Streets Festival, Nine Elms, London
- 13 Jul TILT Festival, Birmingham
- 16-19 Jul Latitude Festival
- 17-19 Jul Bristol Harbour Festival
- 17-26 Jul IF: Milton Keynes International Festival
- 18 Jul Bridgwater Quayside Festival, Somerset
- 18-19 Jul Birmingham Mela
- 18-19 Jul Lambeth Country Show, London
- 24-26 Jul Cirque Plus, Bruges, Belgium
- 30 Jul-2 Aug Camp Bestival
- 30 Jul-2 Aug Kendal Calling, Cumbria
- 30 Jul-2 Aug Stockton International Riverside Festival (SIRF)
- 31 Jul-9 Aug Wells Carnival
Aug
- 1 Aug Leicester Caribbean Carnival
- 6-16 Aug Theaterfestival Boulevard, Netherlands
- 6-16 Aug Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ireland
- 7-14 Aug Malmöfestivalen, Sweden
- 8-9 Aug Luton Mela
- 9 Aug Loughborough Mela
- 12-16 Aug Boomtown Fair, Winchester
- 15-16 Aug Gloworm Festival, Thoresby Park
- 19-22 Aug Festival d’Aurillac, France
- 20-23 Aug Green Man Festival, Brecom Becons
- 21-23 Aug Just So Festival, Cheshire
- 23-30 Aug Spoffin Festival, Amersfoort, Netherlands
- 25-26 Aug Newcastle Mela
- 27-30 Aug Shambala Festival
- 29-30 Aug London Mela
- 29-31 Aug Journeys Dance Festival, Rother
- 30-31 Aug Notting Hill Carnival, London
- 30-31 Aug Devizes International Street Festival
- 30-31 Aug Nottingham Carnival
- 31 Aug Leeds Carnival Parade
Sep
- 1-30 Sep Totally Thames, London
- 2-6 Sep Freedom Festival, Hull
- 6 Sep Festival of the Sky, Cleethorpes
- 5-13 Sep b-side festival, Portland
- 10-13 Sep FiraTàrrega, Spain
- 11-13 Sep Festival of Thrift, Redcar
- 11-20 Sep Inside Out Dorset Festival
- 18-20 Sep Lancashire Encounter
- 19-20 Sep Out There Festival, Great Yarmouth
- 25-26 Sep Derby Festé
- 25-27 Sep Arts by the Sea, Bournemouth
Oct
- 3-4 Oct Fun Palaces, UK
- 10 Oct Hastings Borough Bonfire Night
- 15-18 Oct Fira Mediterrània de Manresa, Spain