Freedom Festival

What we're up to

18th May 2020

Freedom at Home - Festival goes digital for 2020

Freedom Festival will not take place outdoors in September as planned, but with an exciting, wide-ranging broadcast and online programme which can be enjoyed at home.

14th May 2020

From Hull to New York

From an attic in West Hull to an apartment in New York, this week Mikey Martins, took part in a panel discussion with CircusTalk - the leading online professional network and resource for the international circus arts.

21st April 2020

Freedom at Home

Come check our culture curriculum as we help to keep you creative and inspired while at home.

Latest from Twitter

@FreedomFestHull

At Freedom Festival we are hugely aware that systemic racism exists in many countries. We stand opposed to this forever & we will always use our creative platform to raise awareness & encourage change and understanding.

2nd June 2020

@FreedomFestHull

Sax player George Clegghorn and I collaborated with @BlairImani to help tell her story in Hull Freedom Festival: Everything needs to change. How do you want the world to be? Bob and Roberta Smith in Conversation With Blair ... https://t.co/QAAROyL0Ye via @YouTube

1st June 2020

We are an international gateway to exceptional artists and makers, combining epic to intimate moments in public spaces where artists and audiences meet.

Producers of Hull's Freedom Festival, an international arts festival, we believe artists can change the narrative. With a distinctive creative voice, we enrich our society, giving artistic expression to themes of democracy, identity, human rights and freedom.

We are proud to be one of Arts Council England's National Portfolio Organisations, regarded as a leader in the field of outdoor arts and are part of the artistic directorate of The Without Walls Network and one of only three UK partners of the Europe-wide IN SITU Network. We work in partnership because nothing great is achieved in isolation.

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Core projects

Global Streets

We’re proud to be a commissioning partner of Global Streets, a national programme that is inspiring local change through unforgettable international outdoor arts experiences coupled with targeted engagement activities.

Volunteering

Freedom Festival would not be possible without the 130 incredible volunteers who give their time every summer to welcome artists and visitors to the festival and to the city.

Young Reporters Club

For 2019 we saw the eyes of the festival through our first ever Young Reporters, as part of an exciting new partnership with Ron Dearing UTC.

In Situ

We are proud to be one of three UK representatives of the IN SITU network, collaborating with 23 other European programmers to nurture artist development and support artists to develop new forms of art in public space.