Programme 2024 ⋆ Basingstoke Festival

Basingstoke Festival 2025

Programme 2024

Discover art in unusual places and experience magical moments with your friends and family at Basingstoke’s annual, free, outdoor summer arts festival.

Basingstoke Festival will be back in 2025. Check back for the programme. In the meantime see what we got up to in 2024.

BASINGSTOKE FESTIVAL

WEEKEND ONE

Friday 21 to Sunday 23 June

See everything in one day

Sarah Thomas Lane

Festival Opening Parade

Date: Friday 21 June

Location: Top of the Town to the Amphitheatre

MOTIONHOUSE

HENGE

Date: Friday 21 June

Location: Amphitheatre by Festival Place

Date: Saturday 22 June

Time: 12.30pm and 3.30pm

Location: Amphitheatre by Festival Place

FIT UP PRODUCTIONS

Risky Business!

Date: Friday 21 June

Location: Amphitheatre by Festival Place

Date: Saturday 22 June

Time: 11.30am and 1.15pm

Location: Cross Street, the Top of the Town

HANDS DOWN CIRCUS

Tape That

Date: Saturday 22 June

Time: 10.45am and 3.30pm

Location: London Street, Top of the Town

Date: Sunday 23 June

Time: 12.30pm and 2pm

Location: Oakridge Hall For All, Oakridge

SARAH THOMAS-LANE

Time Traveller’s Trail

Date: Saturday 22 June

Time: 11.30am and 2.30pm

Location: Meet at Triumphal Gate, Top of the Town

Date: Sunday 23 June

Time: 12pm and 2pm

Location: Meet at Tadley Library, Mulfords Hill

JELLYFISH THEATRE

The Dragon Wagon

Date: Saturday 22 June

Time: 10.30am and 2.15pm

Location: Cross Street, Top of the Town

Date: Sunday 23 June

Time: 12noon and 2pm

Location: Outside Bishops Green Village Hall

JOLI VYANN

Timeless

Date: Saturday 22 June

Time: 1.30pm and 4.30pm

Location: Eastrop Park

Date: Sunday 23 June

Time: 11.30am and 3.15pm

Location: Eastrop Park

SCRATCH BUILT

The Bonkers Balloon Science Show

Date: Sunday 23 June

Time: 12noon and 1.30pm

Location: Outside Overton library, High Street, Overton

LOCAL ARTISTS FATIMA PANTOJA, RACHEL DAVIS AND JACKY PURTILL

Urban Sketchers: Let’s Draw Basingstoke and Deane!

Date: Sunday 23 June

Time: 10am to 3.30pm

Location: Eastrop Park AM, Willis Museum PM

ESG GAMING, FRASER ESPORTS AND GET IN AGENCY

The Festival Hub – Virtual reality and Esports experiences

Date: Saturday 22 June

Time: Drop in between 11am and 4pm

Location: The Festival Hub, Upper Level, Festival Place

Date: Sunday 23 June

Time: Drop in between 11am and 4pm

Location: The Festival Hub, Upper Level, Festival Place

BASINGSTOKE FESTIVAL

WEEKEND TWO

Saturday 29 to Sunday 30 June

See everything in one day

LOUISE HIGHT

The Festival Hub – Arts and craft takeover with Louise Hight

Date: Sunday 30 June

Time: Drop in between 11am and 4pm

Location: The Festival Hub, Upper Level, Festival Place

JUNK JODIE

The Festival Hub – Tree-TASTIC show and arts and crafts takeover

Date: Saturday 29 June

Time: 10.45am, 1.15pm and 3.30pm

Location: The Festival Hub, Upper Level, Festival Place

ESG GAMING, FRASER ESPORTS AND GET IN AGENCY

The Festival Hub – Esports and VR workshops for the over 55s

Date: Monday 24 June

Time: From 10am to 3pm

Location: The Festival Hub, Upper Level, Festival Place

Date: Tuesday 25 June

Time: From 10am to 3pm

Location: The Festival Hub, Upper Level, Festival Place

SCRATCH BUILT

The Bonkers Balloon Science Show

Date: Saturday 29 June

Time: 1pm and 3pm

Location: Winklebury Gala, Winklebury

PAULA CLARKE AND CHARIS MCROBERTS

The Wee Folk

Date: Saturday 29 June

Time: 11.30am and 2pm

Location: War Memorial Park

LOCAL ARTISTS FATIMA PANTOJA, RACHEL DAVIS AND JACKY PURTILL

Urban Sketchers: Let’s Draw Basingstoke and Deane!

Date: Sunday 30 June

Time: 10am to 3.30pm

Location: Reading Road in Sherfield on Loddon

SARAH THOMAS-LANE

Time Traveller’s Trail

Date: Sunday 30 June

Time: 11.30am and 2pm

Location: Meet outside Whitchurch Silk Mill

BRAINFOOLS

Lucky Pigeons

Date: Saturday 29 June

Time: 11.45am and 2.15pm

Location: Amphitheatre by Festival Place

Date: Sunday 30 June

Time: 11.45am and 2.15pm

Location: Amphitheatre by Festival Place

JUNK JODIE

Tree-TASTIC

Date: Sunday 30 June *Updated location*

Time: 11.30am, 1.15pm and 3pm

Location: The Festival Hub, Upper Level, Festival Place

JOE GARBETT DANCE

Get Lost

Date: Saturday 29 June

Time: 12.45pm and 3.15pm

Location: London Street, Top of the Town

Date: Sunday 30 June

Time: 12.45pm and 3.15pm

Location: Kingsclere Performing Arts College car park, Kingsclere, RG20 5PJ

TRIGGER

TEABREAK

Date: Saturday 29 June

Time: 10am, 12.30pm and 2.30pm

Location: Cross Street, Top of the Town

Date: Sunday 30 June

Time: 12.30 and 3pm

Location: Whitchurch Silk Mill

ORCHESTRA OF OBJECTS

Sound Garden

Date: Saturday 29 June

Time: 11am to 4pm

Location: Outside the Wote Street Club

Date: Sunday 30 June

Time: 11am to 4pm

Location: Ridgeway Community Centre, Buckskin

BASINGSTOKE FESTIVAL

WEEKEND THREE

Saturday 6 to Sunday 7 July

See everything in one day

RB MUSIC MANAGEMENT, BASINGSTOKE MUSIC INITIATIVE (BMI) AND ANVIL ARTS

The Festival Hub – Live music takeover

Date: Saturday 6 July

Time: 11am to 4pm

Location: The Festival Hub, Upper Level, Festival Place

Date: Sunday 7 July

Time: 11am to 4pm

Location: The Festival Hub, Upper Level, Festival Place

EMILY ROSE

Live Art Experience

Date: Saturday 6 July

Time: Drop-in between 11am to 4pm

Location: Outside the Wote Street Club

BASINGSTOKE HERITAGE SOCIETY

Basingstoke History On Foot Fully booked

Date: Sunday 7 July

Location: Outside the Willis Museum, Market Place

MIMBRE

Weight(less)

Date: Saturday 6 July

Time: 1.30pm and 4pm

Location: The Malls

Date: Sunday 7 July

Time: 12.45pm and 3.30pm

Location: The Malls

SCRATCH BUILT

The Bonkers Balloon Science Show

Date: Saturday 6 July

Time: 10.30am and 12.30pm

Location: Cross Street, Top of the Town

WORKING BOYS CLUB

Serving Sounds

Date: Saturday 6 July

Time: 3pm, 4.30pm, 5.45pm and 7.30pm

Location: Winchester Street, Top of the Town

Date: Sunday 7 July

Time: 11am and 1pm

Location: Outside Woodlands Stores, Penwood, RG20 9EU

BEDLAM OZ

Familie

Date: Saturday 6 July

Time: 10.45am, 12.15pm and 2.30pm

Location: The Malls

Date: Sunday 7 July

Time: 12noon, 2pm and 3.45pm

Location: The Malls

OFTHEJACKEL

SPLAT!

Date: Saturday 6 July

Time: 11.30am and 2.30pm

Location: London Street, Top of the Town

Date: Sunday 7 July

Time: 11.30am and 2.30pm

Location: London Street, Top of the Town

BASINGSTOKE FESTIVAL

EVENTS RUNNING ALL THREE WEEKS

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