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Journeys Festival International

22 – 23 July
Leicester City Centre
Eight performers with suitcases leaning on each others back towards a statue of a traveller.

​Journeys Festival International brings together artists and communities to explore big ideas and create experiences that will excite and entertain.

A giant puppet sitting on a rock on the shore of a lake, with a performer resting on its side.
Audiences watching dancers perform on an outdoor metal construction.

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What’s On Festival Programme 2023 Get Involved

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Eight performers with suitcases leaning on each others back towards a statue of a traveller.
22 and 23 July 2023

Kamchàtka

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A dancer performing on a raised platform in a park.
22 and 23 July 2023

Refuge Island

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A giant puppet sitting on a rock on the shore of a lake, with a performer resting on its side.
22 and 23 July

Out of the Deep Blue

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Three performers on a street, with one of them balancing in the air on sticks.
22 and 23 July 2023

Stick-Stok

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A performer surrounded by dense red smoke.
22 and 23 July 2023

Scrum – An ‘Illegal Dance’ outdoor show

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A number of hammocks attached to a rotating metal frame.
22 and 23 July 2023

The Relaxerette

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Three performers carrying each other in an acrobatic act in a park.
22 and 23 July 2023

Lifted

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A performer wearing a Peacock-costume.
22 and 23 July

Mughal Miniatures: The Princess and The Peacock

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Audiences watching dancers perform on an outdoor metal construction.
22 and 23 July

D-Construction

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Performers in elaborate costumes on a shopping street, with one of them on a golden bike posing for a picture with a child.
22 and 23 July 2023

Big Gay Disco Bike

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Performers throwing clothes into the air in an outdoor industrial setting.
22 and 23 July 2023

Life is short. Buy that dress.

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Two performers hanging upside down on a massive swing in a park.
22 and 23 July 2023

The Swings

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Two performers in a dance position, where one carries the other, in an industrial area.
22 and 23 July 2023

IRMÃ-sister

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A child on a tricycle race course, cheered by audience members.
22 and 23 July 2023

Roar Race

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Two performers in beige safari outfits look at an urban street with their binoculars.
22 and 23 July 2023

Urban Safari

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Some of the shows you can see at this year’s festival.

Eight performers with suitcases leaning on each others back towards a statue of a traveller.

Kamchàtka

by the Kamchàtka Street Theatre Company

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A giant puppet sitting on a rock on the shore of a lake, with a performer resting on its side.

Out of the Deep Blue

by Autin Dance Theatre

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Three performers on a street, with one of them balancing in the air on sticks.

Stick-Stok

by TeaTime Company

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Audiences watching dancers perform on an outdoor metal construction.

D-Construction

by Compagnie Dyptik

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Two performers hanging upside down on a massive swing in a park.

The Swings

by All or Nothing

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About the Festival

Journeys Festival International was first delivered in Leicester in 2013 and since then has hosted regular editions in Manchester and Portsmouth too. With this festival, we create a platform for artists from sanctuary seeking backgrounds, a showcase to share artistic talent, community cultural exchanges and incredible live events.

A woman stands on stilts in a wild costume and plays the trumpet in front of an audience.

Get involved

See the different ways you can join in and support the festival.

A character in an military style comedy costume gestures and shouts at the crowd in a performance.

Volunteers

Help us deliver our festival programme and gain some valuable outdoor arts and events management experience.

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