Your favourite summer bank holiday weekend full of amazing arts, curious culture, and outdoor spectacle is back on the menu for 2025 as The Big Feast returns to the streets of Stoke-on-Trent Centre (Hanley) on Friday 22 and Saturday 23 August!
So get your calendars and SAVE THE DATE!
The Big Feast IS a two-day, festival-style event where you can see some of the best artists from across the UK – and beyond – on the streets of Hanley. It’s a thrill for the senses that often includes circus, outdoor theatre, singing, dancing and other things that simply defy description. There is always so much to do and always plenty of interactive elements for you to join in with.
The Big Feast IS accessible for everyone, suitable for all, and free. We work with hundreds of community decision-makers from across the area to shape what the programme will be each year. Find out all about The Big Feast and see videos from previous years to whet your Appetite over on the Big Feast project page.
The Big Feast IS brought to you by Appetite, Stoke-on-Trent City Centre BID, Smithfield, and Stoke-on-Trent City Council.
The Big Feast is NOT a food festival.
We’ve got so many ideas for this year to bring you even more things that you’ve never seen in Stoke-on-Trent before! As we speak, we are working with our groups of community decision-makers who are voting and shaping the final programme based on what they think that the people in their communities would like to see. As soon as artists are confirmed we’ll announce them here – so make sure to come back and check regularly!
If you can’t wait to see what’s coming up, take a look at what happened at The Big Feast 2024 – our 10th anniversary edition – and hear some great comments live as they happened in this video:
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