Are you new to Basingstoke Festival? Or maybe you’ve visited the town centre before but not been to all the festival locations? We’ve put together this accessibility guide to the festival to help you plan your weekends.

Basingstoke Festival is Basingstoke’s annual free outdoor summer arts festival, delight your senses with street theatre, visual arts, circus, storytelling and dance. See the full programme here.

The 2024 festival will start on Friday 21 June and will run to Sunday 7 July with free street performances across the three weekends, along with a programme of indoor and community events taking place during the festival dates.

To help plan your arrival into Basingstoke and Deane, please see our main ‘Getting here’ page which includes details of all festival locations and access guides from AccessAble for the train and bus station, parking at Festival Place and The Malls Shopping Centre and other venues.

Performance icons are available to offer quick guidance to each event. You will find these located on the website and printed programme.

Relaxed performances

All Basingstoke Festival shows are relaxed performances which means you can move around as needed.

BSL interpreters

For the first time, we will have BSL interpreters on each Saturday throughout the festival. See the shows listed below with BSL interpreters present:

Saturday 22 June 2024

10.45am Tape That (London Street)
11.30am Time Travellers’ Trail  (Triumphal Gates, London Street)
1.15pm Risky Business! (Cross Street)
2.15pm The Dragon Wagon (Cross Street)
3.30pm Henge (Amphitheatre by Festival Place)
4.30pm Timeless (Eastrop Park)

Saturday 29 June 2024

11am Sound Garden (outside the Wote Street Club)
11.30am The Wee Folk (War Memorial Park)
12.30pm Teabreak (Cross Street)
1.15pm Tree-TASTIC (Festival Hub)
2.15pm Lucky Pigeons (Amphitheatre by Festival Place)
3.15pm Get Lost (London Street)

Saturday 6 July 2024

10.45am Familie (Amphitheatre by Festival Place)
12.30pm The Bonkers Balloon Science Show (Cross Street)
1.30pm A Visual Art Experience (outside Wote Street Club)
2.30pm Splat! (London Street)
4pm Weight(less) (Cross Street)
5pm Serving Sounds (Winchester Street)

Tape That from Hands Down Circus provides an Easy Read Guide for audiences to download prior to the performance. A QR code linking to the guide will also be available at the performance location.

Audio descriptions will be available for certain shows within the Basingstoke Festival 2024 programme, please check back soon for updates.

If you have any questions prior to joining us at the Festival, please e-mail festival@basingstoke.gov.uk or chat to one of the staff you’ll find in a bright pink t-shirt on the days of the festival at the performance locations.