UK festivals

Upcoming multi-day festivals across the UK, soonest first — the dates they run, where they are, and how long they last. Updated daily from live listings.

46 festivals coming up across the UK, soonest first.

Coming up

Thu 10 Sept – Thu 10 Dec — Beyond Horizons Film Festivals (92 days) at Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
Thu 1 – Sat 31 Oct — October Unpacked (31 days) at Various Venues Across the City, Brighton
Sat 3 – Sat 31 Oct — Tunbridge Wells International Music Festival (29 days) at Across Tunbridge Wells, Tunbridge Wells
Fri 16 Oct – Sun 1 Nov — Hylands Fear Fest (17 days) at Hylands House, Chelmsford
Sat 17 – Sat 31 Oct — Pumpkin-Fest at The Walled Garden (15 days) at The Walled Garden, West Wycombe
Mon 19 Oct – Sun 15 Nov — 2 FLOOR TAKEOVER – CORE FEST (28 days) at Nice N Sleazy, Glasgow
Wed 21 – Sat 31 Oct — Scottish International Storytelling Festival (11 days) at The Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh
Wed 21 – Sat 24 Oct — Steel City 49, Beer & Cider Festival 2026 (4 days) at Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield
Wed 21 Oct – Mon 9 Nov — French Film Festival (20 days) at Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
Thu 22 – Fri 30 Oct — Pumpkin Festival (9 days) at Goat Shed
Fri 23 – Sun 25 Oct — Dartmouth Food Festival (3 days) at Dartmouth Steam Railway & River Boat Company, Dartmouth
Fri 23 – Sun 25 Oct — Musicport Festival 2026 (3 days) at Whitby Pavilion Complex, Whitby
Sat 24 – Sat 31 Oct — Books Alive! Festival (8 days) at Southport Town Centre, Southport
Sat 24 – Sat 31 Oct — Halloween Spook-Fest this October (8 days) at Crealy Theme Park & Resort, Exeter
Sat 24 – Sat 31 Oct — Halloween Fest (8 days) at Quex Park, Birchington
Sat 24 Oct – Sun 1 Nov — Autumn Festival of Fun (9 days) at Crewe, Crewe
Sat 24 – Sun 25 Oct — Durham Jazz Festival 2026 (2 days) at Sir Thomas Allen Assembly Rooms Theatre, Durham
Mon 26 – Fri 30 Oct — Halloween Pumpkin Fest (5 days) at Samlesbury Hall, Preston
Fri 30 – Sat 31 Oct — Cardiff Disco Festival 2026 (2 days) at Tramshed Cardiff, Cardiff
Fri 30 – Sat 31 Oct — Perth Accordion & Fiddle Festival (2 days) at Various Venues
Fri 30 – Sat 31 Oct — Swansea Science Festival (2 days) at National Waterfront Museum, Swansea
Fri 30 – Sat 31 Oct — Gwyl ABERTEIFI LIVE 2026 (2 days) at Small World Theatre, Cardigan
Fri 30 – Sat 31 Oct — Wychavon Festival of Brass 2026 (2 days) at De Monfort School Evesham
Thu 5 – Fri 6 Nov — Coram Shakespeare Schools Festival (2 days) at The Leatherhead Theatre, Leatherhead
Thu 5 Nov – Sat 5 Dec — SET Film Festival 2026 (31 days) at SET Social, London
Fri 6 – Sun 8 Nov — Whitby Rocks & Blues Festival 2026 (Full Weekend Ticket) (3 days) at Whitby Pavilion, Whitby
Fri 6 – Sun 8 Nov — Beccles Beer Festival (3 days) at Beccles Public Hall & Theatre, Beccles
Sat 7 – Sun 8 Nov — Print Fest Wolverhampton (2 days) at Newhampton Arts Centre, Wolverhampton
Thu 12 – Sun 15 Nov — Ship & Mitre 22nd Wirral Beer Festival (4 days) at Hulme Hall, Bebington
Fri 13 – Sun 15 Nov — TENBY BLUES FESTIVAL (3 days) at De Valence Pavilion, Tenby
Thu 19 – Fri 20 Nov — The Beaujolais Festival (2 days) at Retreat East
Wed 9 – Thu 10 Dec — Debut 2026 – A Festival of Theatre, Film and Comedy (2 days) at New Adelphi, Salford
Sat 23 – Sun 24 Jan 2027 — Eastbourne Performing Arts Festival (2 days) at Royal Hippodrome Theatre, Eastbourne
Fri 29 – Sat 30 Jan 2027 — Ruination Festival 2027 (2 days) at The Underground, Bradford
Fri 12 – Sat 13 Feb 2027 — Forever Young Festival 2027 (2 days) at The Hairy Dog, Derby
Sat 20 – Sun 21 Mar 2027 — Music for Youth Regional Festival (2 days) at Cripps Hall Theatre, Northampton
Tue 18 – Tue 25 May 2027 — Slurp! Beer Festival (8 days) at Duration Brewing – Tours, Shop + Bar
Sat 5 – Sun 6 Jun 2027 — Food & Drink Festival (2 days) at Samlesbury Hall, Preston
Tue 15 – Wed 16 Jun 2027 — The Festival (2 days) at Derngate, Northampton
Fri 23 – Sun 25 Jul 2027 — Blue Reef Festival 2027 (3 days) at Loddington Farm
Sat 24 – Sun 25 Jul 2027 — Freedom Fields Festival 2027 (2 days) at The Farm Animal Sanctuary, Evesham
Thu 19 – Sun 22 Aug 2027 — Green Man Festival 2027 (4 days) at Glanusk Estate, Crickhowell
Thu 26 – Sun 29 Aug 2027 — Creamfields (4 days) at Creamfields, Daresbury
Fri 27 – Mon 30 Aug 2027 — Shrewsbury Folk Festival (4 days) at West Midlands Showground, Shrewsbury
Fri 3 – Sun 5 Sept 2027 — Moseley Folk & Arts Festival (3 days) at Moseley Park, Birmingham
Thu 9 – Sun 12 Sept 2027 — Bromyard Folk Festival (4 days) at Bromyard Folk Festival, Bromyard

A listing appears here when it runs across more than one day and the organiser has published both a start and an end date. One-day events, and multi-day ones whose listing doesn’t say when they finish, are on what’s on and gigs instead.

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