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Ashbourne Festival 25 June to 4 July 2026 LocationDerbyshire
Barnes Children’s Literature Festival 27 to 28 June 2026 LocationLondon
BBC Proms 17 July to 12 September 2026 LocationLondon
Borders Book Festival 11 to 14 June 2026 LocationScottish Borders
Brecon Choir Festival 16 to 19 July 2026 LocationBrecon
Budleigh Music Festival 25 June to 4 July 2026 LocationDevon
Buxton Fringe Festival
Buxton Festival Fringe 8 to 26 July 2026 LocationDerbyshire
Cambridge Festival 16 March - 2 April 2026 LocationCambridgeshire
Cambridge Literary Festival Spring Festival: 22 to 26 April 2026 LocationCambridgeshire
Cambridge Music Festival Various dates LocationCambridgeshire
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival
Carmarthen Bay Film Festival 18 to 21 May 2026 LocationCarmarthenshire
Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Cheltenham Jazz Festival 29 April to 4 May 2026 LocationGloucestershire
Cheltenham Music Festival
Cheltenham Music Festival 3 to 11 July 2026 LocationGloucestershire
Cheltenham Science Festival 2 to 7 June 2026 LocationGloucestershire
Cheltenham Literature Festival 9 to 18 October 2026 LocationGloucestershire
Fair Oriana
Chiltern Arts Festival 15 to 23 May 2026 LocationAcross the Chilterns
Cornwall Film Festival 02 - 29 November 2026 LocationCornwall
Cowbridge Music Festival 11 to 20 September 2026 LocationVale of Glamorgan
Cuckfield Book Festival 2 to 4 October 2026 LocationWest Sussex
Fishguard Festival of Music 17 to 31 July 2026 LocationPembrokeshire
Frome Festival 3 to 12 July 2026 LocationSomerset
Gobefest
Góbéfest 19 to 21 June 2026 LocationManchester
Gŵyl Cariad Aber (Aberystwyth’s Festival of Love) 25 January - 14 February 2027 LocationCeredigion
Harrogate Carnival
Harrogate International Festivals Various dates across the year LocationYorkshire
Hay Festival
Hay Festival 21 to 31 May 2026 LocationHay-on-Wye, Wales
Henley Literary Festival 2 to 11 October 2026 LocationHenley
Hertfordshire Festival of Music June 2026 LocationHertfordshire
IF Oxford Science+ ideas Festival October 2026 LocationOxfordshire
Leeds Art Theology Festival May 2027 LocationYorkshire
Linton Children’s Book Festival 16 to 17 May 2026 LocationCambridgeshire
London Band Week 23 June to 28 June 2026 LocationLondon
London Soundtrack Festival 9 to 12 April 2026 LocationLondon
Marlborough Literature Festival 24 – 27 September 2026 LocationWiltshire
Music at Oxford Various dates LocationOxfordshire
Music@Malling 18 to 26 September 2026 LocationKent
Nairn Book and Arts Festival 29 August to 6 September 2026 LocationNairn
Newark Book Festival 9 to 12 July 2026 LocationNottinghamshire
Newbury Spring Festival
Newbury Spring Festival 9 to 23 May 2026 LocationBerkshire
Opera Anywhere Various dates LocationUK-wide
Petworth Festival 16 July to 1 August 2026 (Summer Festival) LocationWest Sussex
Prescot Festival of Music & the Arts 19 to 28 June 2026 LocationLancashire
Festival Orchestra with George Bass
Presteigne Festival 27 to 31 August 2026 LocationPowys
Proms at St Judes 27 June to 5 July 2026 LocationLondon
Rhondda Arts Festival (RAFT) 23 to 28 June 2026 LocationTreorchy & Rhondda valleys
Richmond Walking and Book Festival 18 to 27 September 2026 LocationRichmond
Sesiwn Fawr Dolgellau 16 to 19 July 2026 LocationDolgellau
Southwold Arts Festival 1 to 3 May 2026 LocationSuffolk
Stour Music 19 to 28 June 2026 LocationKent
Stratford Literary Festival 7 to 10 May (Spring Festival)
29 October to 1 November (Autumn Festival) LocationWarwickshire
Swaledale Festival family fun day
Swaledale Festival From 23 May to 6 June 2026 LocationYorkshire
Tete a Tete Festival
Tête à Tête Various dates LocationLondon
Thaxted Festival 19 June to 12 July 2026 LocationEssex
Three Choirs Festival 25 July to 1 August 2026 LocationWorcestershire
We Shine Festival Winter 2026 LocationHampshire
Whiddon Autumn Festival 16 to 20 September 2026 LocationDevon
Wigtown Book Festival 25 September to 4 October 2026 LocationWigtown
Wimbledon Bookfest 15 to 25 October 2026 LocationLondon
Winchester Books Festival 17 to 19 April 2026 LocationWinchester
Write By The River 18 to 20 September 2026 LocationBedfordshire
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Being a member of BAFA offers access to the UK’s leading arts festivals, and an invaluable opportunity to build a strong network of professional contacts across the breadth of the festivals sector.

Our members range from volunteer-run organisations to large, well-established festivals, and we also have special memberships available for universities and associate members.

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