Freedom Festival

What we're up to

17th June 2021

Freedom Festival returns to Hull from 20 August - 5 September 2021

Today we are delighted to confirm our dates for 2021 and announce the first wave of events.

2nd May 2021

Keeping watch over the city: 365-day Vigil begins in Hull

At 7.30pm tomorrow a 365-day Vigil will begin in Hull as the sun sets and a Vigil keeps a silent watch over the city from inside a glass and wooden shelter located on the rooftop of Hull College.

21st April 2021

The Hull Vigil. Built by the city for the city

Hull Esteem and its partners have joined forces with Freedom Festival to bring The Hull Vigil to life through generous donations of time, expertise and resources.

Latest from Twitter

@FreedomFestHull

Team Freedom Festival took a break from finishing our website ready for all you lovely people to see our exciting programme later this week and went down to see @HullTruck #RomeoAndJuliet and we loved it. If you can, get down and see it - it's fabulous. https://t.co/x0ckQYtXwd https://t.co/IDHf1CDa6T

26th July 2021

@FreedomFestHull

Job Klaxon: We're looking for a 4 day per week volunteer coordinator with administration experience to start ASAP. You need to be motivated & a strong communicator with previous experience dealing with venues. Volunteer management experience is essential. 1/2

19th July 2021

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 one of only three UK partners of the Europe-wide IN SITU Network.

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Core projects

Digital Democracies

Digital Democracies is a national project exploring the intersection of technology and public space. The project brings together partners from across the UK – civic, cultural, HE and tech sectors with artists to explore new experiences in our shared public social spaces – real world and online- where we live, work, visit and play.

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.

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.