Playground Festival

A baby and their parent/carer are lying on a textured black mat and looking up. The parent/carer is smiling whilst the baby is looking up with wonder with their finger in their mouth.
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Launching in 2026

A celebration of the creativity of babies, young children and their families, Playground Festival will feature some of the most inspiring national and international work created for young children and their families

The festival will include an event bringing families, academics, early years practitioners, artists and decision makers together to increase understanding and awareness of the rights of ALL young children to have access to the highest quality of creative activity. Ultimately the event will aim to ignite positive and powerful change to make this ambition a reality.

A group of young babies and their parents/carers are sat together during a Baby Playground session in a library
Playground artist playing a range of instruments
A young child and parent/carer are facing away from the camera. In front of them are illustrated drawings projected onto the wall and they making their own art piece within it with ribbon and tape
  • A group of people sat in a dark room together. Some people are clapping and others are smiling or laughing
  • A parent/carer is lying on a textured black mat next to a young child. They are both holding a red piece of tissue paper and smiling.
  • A group of artists are sat in a dark room and on the floor with a big screen behind them. They are all playing instruments or playing with materials. On the floor are a range of creative materials.

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An artist and young children are engaging with each other during the performance. The young children are holding soft balls in their hands

Playground Presents

A group of people sat in a circle laughing

Playgrounding

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