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.

The 2025 festival will start on Friday 20 June and will run to Sunday 6 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

Check back here to check which shows have BSL interpreters present:

Check back here for any show Easy Read Guides available.

Audio descriptions will be available for certain shows within the Basingstoke Festival 2025 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.