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As the curtain rises on Basingstoke Festival 2025 for the second weekend, our town will come alive with opportunity. As part of the Basingstoke Festival 2025, a new initiative – the Creative Work Experience Project – is connecting students from six local schools with arts organisations to co-create performances and exhibitions. It’s more than a celebration of creativity; it’s a platform into the future.

This initiative is made possible thanks to funding from Hampshire County Council and The Careers and Enterprise Company, with Hampshire Careers Hub partnering with Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and Basingstoke Festival. This project blends hands-on experience with workplace insight. Over two weeks, young people take part in workshops, rehearsals, placements, and performances – gaining a front-row seat to what it means to work in the creative sector.

Why does it matter?

Because the creative industries are one of the UK’s fastest-growing economic sectors, contributing over £124 billion in 2023 and employing 2.4 million people. Yet, there’s a growing demand for fresh, diverse talent and a clear need to prepare young people for creative careers that are often misunderstood or overlooked.

The Creative Work Experience Project helps address this. Through participation, students develop key employability skills identified by The Careers and Enterprise Company:

  • Communication: Whether performing, presenting ideas, or writing event reviews, young people sharpen how they express themselves.
  • Teamwork: Creative projects demand collaboration from stage design to ensemble acting.
  • Problem Solving: Live events rarely go perfectly. Adapting and thinking on your feet is part of the learning.
  • Self-Management: Rehearsals and deadlines call for independence and time discipline.
  • Creativity: A key employability skill, it fuels innovation and flexible thinking with skills being developed every time students imagine, design, or perform something new.

Crucially, this work aligns with the Gatsby Benchmarks, which are widely recognised as a framework for delivering high-quality careers education. Students connect with employers, gain authentic workplace experience, and learn how school subjects, especially the arts, translate into future career paths.

In addition to everything they gain from the experience, participants also work towards the Bronze Arts Award, a nationally recognised qualification that celebrates commitment to arts learning and showcases transferable skills on CVs and personal statements.

“I had a really great time on Saturday helping.  It built up my confidence in talking to strangers and I practised my customer service skills.  It was good fun.  My favourite bit was listening to the Philharmonia performance again.” Participating student from Dove House Academy.

Illustration by the students of Dove House Academy

 

These kinds of partnerships put Basingstoke on the map, not just as a place that hosts culture, but as one that creates it. They give young people a reason to imagine their future here, where creativity is both celebrated and employable.

As the second weekend of the festival unfolds with captivating performances, look beyond the applause. You’ll be witnessing the next generation of creative professionals in action and the kind of local innovation that keeps our town thriving.

Rachel Parker
Employment and Skills Officer


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Hospital Radio Basingstoke (HRB) is Basingstoke’s hospital health and wellbeing community radio station covering this year’s Basingstoke Festival.  The station broadcasts around Basingstoke and the local area on DAB. Listen on your DAB+ radio, online via the HRB website or Tune In App, via your smart speaker. They are also of course around the hospital on bedside radios.

Tune in to HRB for all the news of what’s happening at this year’s Basingstoke Festival and listen out for local artists who will be interviewed on the station too!

HRB will be attending many of this years events. Watch out for them at the Basingstoke Festival Opening Parade on Friday 20 June from 5.30pm and catch the following Festival coverage:

Festival coverage:

Sunday 8 to Friday 20 June  – Interviews with some of the performers during our “Mix” shows

Sunday 15 June – Basingstoke Festival Preview during Neil Ogden’s Sound of Sunday

Thursday 19 June at 4pm – Basingstoke Festival Preview with Neil Ogden

Friday 20 June at 6pm – Basingstoke Festival Opening Weekend Preview with Neil Ogden

Sunday 21 June – Meet the HRB team at some of the performances today

Friday 27 June at 5pm – Basingstoke Festival opening weekend highlights and  2nd Weekend Preview

Saturday 28 June – Meet the HRB team at some of the performances today

Friday 4 July at 5pm – Basingstoke Festival 2nd weekend highlights and 3rd Weekend Preview

Saturday 12 July at 5pm – Basingstoke Festival 2025 Highlights


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Dance and Movement Workshops with Autin Dance Theatre

Want to perform at Basingstoke Festival?

Join over 100 performers in Autin Dance Theatre’s exciting new production, Up in the Sky!

No dance experience? No problem! Head along to the open creative workshop with Autin Dance Theatre to learn the choreography and be part of something spectacular.

Wednesday 18 June 2025
7pm to 8.30pm
Proteus Creation Space, Basingstoke, Council Road, Basingstoke RG21 3DH

Everyone is welcome of any age, whether you are 8 or 80. This is your chance to shine!

As part of the Basingstoke Festival Parade, participants will dance through the streets before coming together for a powerful group performance under Autin Dance Theatre’s Giant Aerial Rig, just before the company’s main show ‘Up in the Sky’.

Workshop Highlights:

  • Accessible and inclusive mass movement techniques
  • Body percussion and clapping rhythms
  • Object manipulation with silk scarves
  • Upper-body gestures symbolising unity and support
  • Themes of migration, resilience, hope, and community

This is an unmissable opportunity for people to participated in a community event, move together, celebrate diversity, and bring energy to the festival!

The performance will take place as part of the opening evening of the Basingstoke Festival on Friday 20 June at the Amphitheatre at Festival Place in Basingstoke. Autin Dance festival are once again premiering their work in Basingstoke, previously bringing Parade the Giant wheel and Eko in Out of the Deep Blue (pictured below)

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Parade: The Giant Wheel
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Out of the Deep Blue

 

About Autin Dance Theatre
Autin Dance Theatre is an independent arts organisation established in Birmingham in 2013. Under the helm of Director/Choreographer Johnny Autin, the Company produces innovative and aspirational artistic performances and provides extensive learning and participation programmes in the community. They work with exceptional local and national dance artists to deliver work across the UK and beyond.

All workshop leaders hold clear enhanced DBS checked and public liability insurances. Their practitioners are fully trained and experienced in delivering workshops suitable for people of all ages and abilities.

Johnny Autin (Artistic Director)
Johnny is an established International Dance Artist and award-winning Choreographer based in Birmingham (UK). Originally from France, he has collaborated with creatives and companies throughout Europe, as well as touring work worldwide. As a dance maker, he is regularly commissioned by organisations and universities to create new work with professionals and vocational students, and he has over 20 years of experience as a workshop leader and educator. He is the founder and Creative Director of Autin Dance Theatre (est. 2013).

More recently, he developed and created the touring sensation ‘Out of the Deep Blue’ featuring 13-foot Sea Giant Puppet Eko and also ‘Parade – The Giant Wheel’.  Johnny is a dedicated trustee on the board of Dancefest (Worcester), and Associate Artist at Midlands Arts Centre. He believes in dance as an agent for positive social change. His choreographic process is often influenced by socio-political statements and engaged towards positive, empowering and inspiring artistic experiences to audiences.

Natasha Boyes (Education Coordinator)
Natasha is a UK-based circus and dance artist with a strong foundation in Rhythmic Gymnastics. Competing at an elite level for 10 years, she also performed nationally and internationally.

She trained in Contemporary Circus and Physical Theatre at Circomedia, specialising in aerial straps, solo and duo acrobatics, and dance. Since graduating, Natasha has primarily worked in outdoor arts, collaborating with companies such as Citrus Arts (2023), Full Tilt Aerial (2022), Bassline Circus (2022), and Above and Beyond (2022). Currently, Natasha is the Education Coordinator at Autin Dance Theatre, where she leads and develops educational outreach projects. Passionate about inclusivity, she strives to create environments where all participants feel valued and supported—whether in teaching, performance, or creative projects. Alongside her artistic work, she is also a freelance social media manager and press officer for extreme sports teams.

More information about the company can be found on the website www.autindt.co.uk or on social media pages @AutinDT.


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We’re taking the festival ‘Out and About’ on the road again. Expect pop-up performances and magical moments not just in the town centre, but tucked away in parks, villages, and unexpected places across the borough. Keep your curiosity switched on. 

Out and About performances will take place on the Festival Sundays:

Sunday 22 June
Sunday 29 June
Sunday 6 July 

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Farm Yard Circus is coming to Beggarwood Park
Sunday 22 June at 11am and 2pm
Click here for Farm Yard Circus programme information

Caspian’s Storm is coming to Chineham Park Splash Pad, Popley
Sunday 22 June at 11am, 1pm and 3pm
Click here for Caspian’s Storm programme information

Twelve Hours is coming to Kempshott, The Walled Garden
Sunday 22 June at 2pm and 4.30pm
Click here for Twelve Hours programme and ticket booking information

The Whale is coming to Oakridge Hall for All
Sunday 29 June from 11am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm
Click here for The Whale programme information

Now I am become d/deaf is coming to Bishop’s Green ,Outside Bishop’s Green Village Hall
Saturday 29 June at 11am and 1pm
Click here for Now I am become d/deaf programme information

The Urban Picnic is coming to Penwood, Outside Woodlands Stores 
Sunday 29 June at 12noon and 2pm
Click here for The Urban Picnic programme information

Noisy Noise Noise is coming to Tadley Library
Sunday 6 July between 11am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm
Click here for Noisy Noise Noise programme information

DIG! is coming to Tadley Library
Sunday 6 July at 10.30am and 1.30pm
Click here for DIG! programme information

Bee-ology is coming to Russell Howard Park
Sunday 6 July at 12pm and 2pm
Click here for Bee-ology programme information

The Out and About performances are part of the full Basingstoke Festival outdoor arts programme.

Click the link below to view full the programme and plan your Festival weekends:
Basingstoke Festival outdoor arts programme.


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We are in full swing behind the scenes getting everything ready for this year’s Basingstoke Festival. It’s going to be a summer of creativity and celebration as Basingstoke Festival returns for its fourteenth year! Perhaps you’ve noticed some of our social media teasers and tasters, well here’s a little more about some of the things we have in store for you.

You will find shows popping up in Basingstoke town centre and across the borough over three weekends. We work hard to keep much of the programme free and as varied as possible for all ages to find something to enjoy. This year’s programme is no different – there is circus, dance, acrobatics, street theatre and more, it’s weird, wacky and wonderful!

New for this year’s programme only, the fantastic NoFit State will be pitching up their Big Top Tent in War Memorial Park with their award-winning large-scale circus spectacular SABOTAGE for 10 whole days throughout the festival, from Friday 20 to Sunday 29 June 2025. These performances are ticketed and can be booked at: https://www.nofitstate.org/shows/sabotage-basingstoke/

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SABOTAGE NoFit State

 

Also new for this year, pop into the Basingstoke Festival Eco-zone. This year’s festival supports a summer of all things green as we try to do our bit for the climate, highlighting issues through new shows by local artists Scratchbuilt Productions and Junk Jodie.

Autin Dance Theatre return with their brand-new experience ‘Up in the Sky!’ A unique show blending aerial dance, dynamic storytelling, and flying props to captivate audiences of all ages. A breathtaking performance not to be missed, exploring themes of resilience and hope. Witness dynamic aerial choreography and captivating storytelling on a striking seven-metre truss structure in the heart of our town centre.  The team who brought you Eko the Giant puppet in Out of the Deep Blue and the giant Wheel that travelled through the Top of the Town in Parade:The Giant Wheel, this new show will see over 200 young people join in the opening performance.

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Autin Dance Theatre – Up in the Sky

 

Other returning festival favourites include:

  • Tit for Tat who had us on a mission to protect literature during last year’s festival
  • Simple Cypher who performed their feel-good, family-friendly show Roll Model at Eastrop Park in 2023
  • LAStheatre who had us clapping our pans in 2022 at Rascally Diner

This year keep an eye out for debut performances from Harvey Juggling, Chad Taylor Dance and Farm Yard Circus.

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Farm Yard Circus

 

Alongside national and international acts, we are incredibly proud to support local artists, home-grown in Basingstoke and Deane.

  • Join Scratchbuilt Productions, Becky Kitter and over 500 young people from across Basingstoke in a colourful spectacular of movement and sound as they celebrate all things nature and the environment at the festival opening parade.
  • Junk Jodie will be premiering her new show BEE Insect-AZING
  • Basingstoke Heritage Society, Debbie Reavell will lead a historic walking tour focussing on one of our more famous residents, Jane Austen.

We’re also continuing to take the festival beyond the town centre – so get ready to explore pop-up performances and surprise encounters in parks, villages and public spaces you might not expect.

The full programme is coming very soon. So, get the dates in your diary, tell your family, remind your mates, and maybe even invite someone who’s never experienced the festival magic before.  Let’s make this summer one to remember!

We can’t wait to see you out there!

Basingstoke Festival May 2025

 

Basingstoke Festival is part of Without Walls, a network of organisations bringing innovative outdoor arts to towns and cities across England. Find out more on withoutwalls.uk.com.


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Start your summer with Basingstoke’s award-winning free annual celebration of art, culture, heritage, community and outdoor arts. Join us over three weekends from Friday 20 June to Sunday 6 July as we fill the streets with creativity and energy. Performances will pop-up in Basingstoke town centre and other locations across the borough and will be free to watch.

Immerse yourself in the magic of live performances, whether you want to pack up a picnic and enjoy a whole day of entertainment or pop by for a performance or two, join us to discover new artists and celebrate the creative spirit of Basingstoke.

 

A photograph taken at Basingstoke Festival 2024. Motionhouse perform their show Henge at the Amphitheatre in Festival Place. An audience sit on stone seating watching the performance on a bright sunny day in Basingstoke.
Henge by Motionhouse at Basingstoke Festival 2024

 

The opening parade will set the scene of this year’s festival with a green, sustainability and inclusivity theme. Pop by an ‘eco-zone’, alongside a programme of new acts and some familiar Festival favourites who will explore environmental and nature themes in their shows. Expect performances ‘blooming’ with fun, energy and the weird, the wacky and the wonderful.

Basingstoke Festival brings together the best of Basingstoke’s local talent alongside national artists who have performed across the globe. Whether you’re seeking inspiration, entertainment, or simply a captivating experience, Basingstoke Festival promises something for the most inquisitive minds with large scale installations, street theatre, circus, dance and other activities to take part in.

 

Tape That, an acrobatics performance at Basingstoke Festival 2024
Tape That by Hands Down Circus at Basingstoke Festival 2024

 

Get ready for an unforgettable experience. Can’t wait? Neither can we! Keep an eye on the Basingstoke Festival social channels and www.BasingstokeFestival.co.uk for programme announcements coming very soon….

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Basingstoke’s free summer outdoor arts festival has won an award from Tourism South East against tough competition.

Basingstoke Festival, a free family-friendly programme of summer events, won bronze in the Tourism Event/Festival of the Year Award at the Beautiful South Award ceremony this week.

A square logo The Beautiful South Awards Bronze award winner for Basingstoke Festival.

Run by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in partnership with local and national artists and organisations, Basingstoke Festival has been running for 13 years and encourages residents and visitors to explore arts and culture through music, dance, visual art and street theatre performances.

The Beautiful South Awards celebrate the best of tourism and hospitality across south east England, with the festival facing competition from events held in Chichester, Romsey, Ardingly and Newport on the Isle of Wight.

The Tourism Event/Festival of the Year Award recognises organisers of memorable and immersive tourism events and festivals that contribute to the visitor economy.

Cabinet Member for Sports, Leisure and Culture Cllr Kerry Morrow said: “Every year Basingstoke Festival showcases the best local and national artists and champions work created specifically for new audiences. I’m delighted that the efforts of the team and volunteers, who work so hard to make it a success, have been recognised with this award.

“The festival provides a great opportunity for residents and visitors to explore something new, with music, dance, visual art and street theatre performances. Our vibrant arts and culture offer is part of what makes Basingstoke and Deane a great place to live, work and visit and we are already busy planning a fantastic festival for everyone to enjoy in 2025.”

A group of three pictured at The Beautiful South Tourism Awards.

Organisations from elsewhere in the borough were also celebrating multiple wins at the awards. Whitchurch Silk Mill won gold in their category for Café/tea room of the Year and a bronze award for Small Attraction. Oakley Hall Hotel won gold for Wedding Venue of the Year and a bronze for Large Hotel of the Year and their Glasshouse restaurant scooped bronze for Restaurant of the Year.

Cllr Morrow continued: “Congratulations to Whitchurch Silk Mill and Oakley Hall for their successes at the awards. It shows that our local business owners and attractions take pride in what they do and offer an excellent experience to visitors.”

Basingstoke Festival will return in summer 2025 with more original performances across dance, music, street theatre and visual arts.

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Basingstoke Festival is a partner in Without Walls, a network of over 35 organisations that brings the best in innovative outdoor arts to towns and cities across England. Since its formation in 2007, Without Walls has developed and toured over 200 new shows both in the UK and internationally across 22 countries.

Without Walls commission outdoor shows of the highest quality that push the boundaries of what outdoor arts can be. Each year, the network presents a programme of new work. The network supports artists that have been working within the outdoor arts sector for many years, as well artists creating outdoor work for the first time.  The network also provides financial support for the research and development of new work, as well as professional and creative development opportunities.

The Without Walls programme tours across the network nationally and internationally, contributing to England’s position as a global leader in outdoor arts. Many of the partners work in areas of low arts engagement and pioneer new forms of creative engagement with and for their communities. From the East End of London to the countryside of rural Cheshire and to Basingstoke in Hampshire – Without Walls’ shows reach audiences far and wide.

Without Walls is funded by Arts Council England as a National Portfolio Organisation. Find out more at https://withoutwalls.uk.com/  

As in previous year’s Basingstoke Festival is packed with street theatre, circus, dance, storytelling and music from talented local artists and national acts who have performed across the globe and are stopping in Basingstoke and Deane before heading off on their next international escapade.  The festival has always championed new work that is created with local audiences in mind.

Without Walls has helped bring three shows to Basingstoke Festival in 2024:

A performer pulls against a large metal sandtimer. Green trees are out of focus in the background.

Joli Vyann uses its unique and dynamic style of dance, circus and theatre on a seven-metre-high rotating hourglass to tell the story of civilisation as we know it and its fragile relationship with time and nature. The performance moves through a narrative of climate change, its consequences and the larger question of how humanity copes with the precarious balance that could at any point tip into chaos. Four performers dance, leap, gracefully balance and throw themselves with acrobatic prowess around, on and inside the rotating hourglass.

Catch this show on:
Saturday 22 June and Sunday 23 June in Eastrop Park.

Catch your breath and enjoy a free, freshly made brew in this heart-warming show by Trigger.

Have a well-deserved TEABREAK and as you stir your cup, gently glide through an audio journey of tea and how it has found itself into our tea pots. Tea leaves have journeyed across continents and centuries to take its place as the great comforter of our time. With tea served from Trigger’s beautifully hand painted tuk tuk, this gentle performance brings an uplifting moment of pause. Uniting people across the world and throughout our lives, inviting us to rest, appreciate all that we have, honour moments that have passed and ready ourselves for what is to come.

Catch this show:

Saturday 29 June – Cross Street, Basingstoke
Sunday 30 June – Whitchurch Silk Mill, Whitchurch

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TEABREAK Trigger

Serving Sounds is a multi-sensory sound installation that creates connection through music – a bar that serves bass rather than beer. The installation is an interactive work, playful and joyful.

You’ll find the ordinary items you’d usually expect to find such as glasses, a lemon and the odd bit of change but at this bar these items, when touched, will create a groove, a sound, strings, a snare, maybe a guitar, or synths if you like.

Catch this show on:

Saturday 6 July – Winchester Street, Basingstoke
Sunday 7 July – Penwood, Hampshire

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Don’t miss these fantastic performances as part of our packed Festival programme across three weekends from Friday 21 June to Sunday 7 July 2024. Head to the website to start planning your weekends at www.BasingstokeFestival.co.uk.

Notes:

Basingstoke Festival is produced by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and supported through lottery funding from Arts Council England.  The festival is in partnership with Village Hotel Basingstoke and Festival Place

Without Walls is supported by Arts Council England as a National Portfolio Organisation. Find out more: withoutwalls.uk.com.

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Save the dates for this year’s Festival!

Get ready to kick off your summer at Basingstoke Festival with three weekends of free street performances for the whole family from Friday 21 June to Sunday 7 July. Pop the dates in your diary to enjoy a programme packed with street theatre, circus, dance, storytelling and music from talented local artists and national acts who have performed across the globe and are stopping in Basingstoke and Deane before heading off on their next international escapade.

Performances will pop-up in Basingstoke town centre and across the borough and are free to watch. This year’s programme is themed on history and is packed with fun, energy, the weird, the wacky and the wonderful as we celebrate everything that makes our borough so special. Expect heritage, arts, culture, community and of course you – our fantastic audiences!

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Basingstoke Festival opening parade

Launching the festival in style is the opening parade on Friday 21 June, where local talent and history combine in a celebratory parade, ending in a dynamic finale show from internationally acclaimed dance theatre company, Motionhouse. Covent Garden favourites Fit Up Productions will also perform its new show ‘Risky Business’.  Local band QMC band, The Details will be getting things started in the amphitheatre.

The first weekend brings a charming, playful, light-hearted and non-verbal acrobatic duet in a show named Tape That. Join Jellyfish Theatre for the second year running at Basingstoke Festival, with its new show The Dragon Wagon following the success of Wagon of Dreams last year. The act is back with more inclusive storytelling fun for children. Enjoy lively and joyous, exhilarating, and exciting HENGE by Motionhouse. Expect silly banter and spectacular tricks with Covent Garden stars Fit Up Productions. Be mesmerised and look at time itself with Joli Vyann in its show Timeless.

HENGE by Motionhouse

Boldly tumbling and gracefully leaping into the second weekend of Basingstoke Festival is Lucky Pigeons, where mischievous creatures are eager to invite everyone to join in on their fun. Take part in something different and put together a playground of sound with Orchestra of Objects. Take some time out to explore the history of tea in Trigger’s Teabreak. Help two happy hikers and dive into a lively dance adventure where tents can dance and massive maps swamp the land in Get Lost.

A photograph of an outdoor performance. Shows a person in a red top pouring a cup of tea for a member of the audience. He smiles. In the background is a bright yellow tuktuk.
Credit: Claire Leach

Not forgetting our fantastic local talent! Join Basingstoke’s favourite environmentalist Junk Jodie as she goes on a Tree-TASTIC journey through the Amazon rainforest with her new friend Jenny Jaguar. Brave explorers from four to 4004 can join the time-travel revolution with local street artist Sarah Thomas-Lane. Another local favourite Scratch Built Productions will bring science to life with The Bonkers Balloon Science Show, sponsored by Tomato Energy. Enjoy a show that is full of spills, thrills, explosions and pops.

Sarah Thomas-Lane

The closing weekend brings Serving Sounds, a bar that serves bass rather than beer. Head on a journey through the history of art- SPLAT! Take part in a historical ramble with the Basingstoke Heritage Society. See like you’ve never seen them before in Familie.

There is so much more to explore throughout the festival including the Festival Hub pop-up in Festival Place, the Whitchurch Open Air Theatre and many other wonderful indoor and community events taking place across the borough.

Can’t wait? Neither can we! Check out the website to see the full programme and all up-to-date information at www.basingstokefestival.co.uk.

Notes:

Basingstoke Festival champions new work created specifically for local audiences and supports the development of new art in the borough. The festival is produced by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council.

Basingstoke Festival is a partner in Without Walls, a network of organisations bringing innovative outdoor arts to towns and cities across England. Find out more on withoutwalls.uk.com.

Without Walls is a network of over 35 organisations presenting the best outdoor arts to people in towns and cities across England. Since its formation in 2007, Without Walls has developed and toured over 200 new shows both in the UK and internationally across 22 countries.

Without Walls is supported by Arts Council England as a National Portfolio Organisation. Find out more: withoutwalls.uk.com.

Basingstoke Festival is in partnership with Village Hotel Basingstoke and Festival Place.


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