Refugee Week

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Refugee Week is the world’s largest arts and culture festival celebrating the contributions, resilience, and creativity of refugees. Each year, thousands of independently organised events take place globally. Explore what’s happening near you by browsing through the calendar below.

Refugee Week is an open platform & everyone is invited to get involved. You can support local events, take part in Simple Acts, or even host your own activity!

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Bristol Refugee Festival

Bristol Bristol

The Festival Programme is now live! With over 20 events, [...]

Bristol Refugee Festival

Bristol Bristol

The Festival Programme is now live! With over 20 events, [...]

Resilience in Clay

Chichester Cathedral Chichester

Chichester Cathedral presents its summer exhibition, Resilience in Clay, a collection [...]

Free

Resilience in Clay

Chichester Cathedral Chichester

Chichester Cathedral presents its summer exhibition, Resilience in Clay, a collection [...]

Free

Migration Matters Festival

Multiple venues and online Sheffield

Migration Matters Festival is a 9-day annual celebration of sanctuary, [...]

Migration Matters Festival

Multiple venues and online Sheffield

Migration Matters Festival is a 9-day annual celebration of sanctuary, [...]

Refugee Week Film Screenings

The Dukes Theatre Moor Lane, Lancaster

The Dukes will be screening a programme of films that [...]

£6.5

Refugee Week Film Screenings

The Dukes Theatre Moor Lane, Lancaster

The Dukes will be screening a programme of films that [...]

£6.5

Refugee Week at Poplar Union

Poplar Union 2 cotall st, London

🌍💫 As we honor Refugee Week this June, Poplar Union [...]

Refugee Week at Poplar Union

Poplar Union 2 cotall st, London

🌍💫 As we honor Refugee Week this June, Poplar Union [...]

FutuREimagined

Riverside Gallery Old Town Hall, Richmond

‘FutureReImagined’ a group exhibition by the St Margaret’s Creative Collective, [...]

Free

FutuREimagined

Riverside Gallery Old Town Hall, Richmond

‘FutureReImagined’ a group exhibition by the St Margaret’s Creative Collective, [...]

Free

Imagination without Borders Exhibition

Back to Ours cafe Good Shepherd Studios, 15a Davies Lane, London

An exhibition of stunning portraits of the Stories & Supper [...]

Free

Imagination without Borders Exhibition

Back to Ours cafe Good Shepherd Studios, 15a Davies Lane, London

An exhibition of stunning portraits of the Stories & Supper [...]

Free

Cultivating Solidarities

Multiple venues

Stories & Supper will be visiting four Waltham Forest schools [...]

Free

Cultivating Solidarities

Multiple venues

Stories & Supper will be visiting four Waltham Forest schools [...]

Free

Refugee Week Greece

After a successful first year, Refugee Week Greece is back [...]

Refugee Week Greece

After a successful first year, Refugee Week Greece is back [...]

Design a poster for Refugee Week

Dungannon Library 36 Market Square, Dungannon

Dungannon Library are inviting children and families to design a [...]

Free

Design a poster for Refugee Week

Dungannon Library 36 Market Square, Dungannon

Dungannon Library are inviting children and families to design a [...]

Free

Refugee Week Ireland

Ireland

The first ever Irish Refugee week taking place from the [...]

Refugee Week Ireland

Ireland

The first ever Irish Refugee week taking place from the [...]

Simple Acts – Share a Message

Jubilee Library Jubilee Street, Brighton

Write, draw, or craft a message of welcome, compassion and [...]

Free

Simple Acts – Share a Message

Jubilee Library Jubilee Street, Brighton

Write, draw, or craft a message of welcome, compassion and [...]

Free

More Than A Thousand Words

online Axel-Springer-Straße, Berlin

A 12 minute film by ESOL student, Nelson Rodriquez, about [...]

Bags of Hope

Riverside West, South Bank Upper Ground, South Bank, London

A two-metre structure of towering backpacks will appear at London's [...]

Free

Bags of Hope

Riverside West, South Bank Upper Ground, South Bank, London

A two-metre structure of towering backpacks will appear at London's [...]

Free

More Than A Thousand Words

online Axel-Springer-Straße, Berlin

A 12 minute film by ESOL student, Nelson Rodriquez, about [...]

Kite Display

St Mary's Church North Church Street, Cardiff

A display of the Kites made at St Mary the [...]

Kite Display

St Mary's Church North Church Street, Cardiff

A display of the Kites made at St Mary the [...]

Sanctuary Songs Arts Festival

Newcastle University Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne

A multi art-form festival featuring visual art, sound installations and [...]

Sanctuary Songs Arts Festival

Newcastle University Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne

A multi art-form festival featuring visual art, sound installations and [...]

NE RISE Pop-up Exhibition

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art South Shore Road, Gateshead

The North East Refugee Integration Support and Employment (NE RISE) [...]

Free

NE RISE Pop-up Exhibition

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art South Shore Road, Gateshead

The North East Refugee Integration Support and Employment (NE RISE) [...]

Free

Glastonbury Festival

Worthy Farm Worthy Ln, Glastonbury

We're delighted to share that we have been working in [...]

Sold out

Glastonbury Festival

Worthy Farm Worthy Ln, Glastonbury

We're delighted to share that we have been working in [...]

Sold out

More Than A Thousand Words

online Axel-Springer-Straße, Berlin

A 12 minute film by ESOL student, Nelson Rodriquez, about [...]

Ongoing

EXILE: sono oriunda

The Hub Navigation Wharf, Carre Street, Sleaford, NG34 7TW, Sleaford

What does it feel like to go into exile? In [...]

EXILE: sono oriunda

The Hub Navigation Wharf, Carre Street, Sleaford, NG34 7TW, Sleaford

What does it feel like to go into exile? In [...]

Sunflowers Will Still Grow

Museum of Applied Art Cologne (Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln) An d. Rechtschule 7, Cologne

A collaboration between the Indian visual storyteller Saurabh Narang, based [...]

Free

Where Will I Live?

Creative and Cultural Gallery 64 Prospect Street, Hull

Exhibition of Lino Prints by Welcome House Printmakers from the [...]

Free

Where Will I Live?

Creative and Cultural Gallery 64 Prospect Street, Hull

Exhibition of Lino Prints by Welcome House Printmakers from the [...]

Free

Festival of Belonging

Triskel Arts Centre Tobin St, Cork

We are looking at 'belonging' through the lens of visual [...]

Free
Event Series Future Pasts

Future Pasts

Northumbria University Gallery North Sandyford Building, Newcastle upon Tyne

Future Pasts is Henna Asikainen’s extraordinary project with people new [...]

Free

Future Pasts

Northumbria University Gallery North Sandyford Building, Newcastle upon Tyne

Future Pasts is Henna Asikainen’s extraordinary project with people new [...]

Free

Dear Laila – Basel Zaraa

Kirklees Kirklees

Kirklees Council presents Dear Laila for Refugee Week “Dear Laila, [...]

Free

Dear Laila – Basel Zaraa

Kirklees Kirklees

Kirklees Council presents Dear Laila for Refugee Week “Dear Laila, [...]

Free

Sunflowers: Growing Seeds of Sunshine

Dorking Library St Martin's Walk, Dorking

A free and interactive family-friendly exhibition in line with National [...]

Sunflowers: Growing Seeds of Sunshine

Dorking Library St Martin's Walk, Dorking

A free and interactive family-friendly exhibition in line with National [...]

Sunflowers: Growing Seeds of Sunshine

Dorking Library St Martin's Walk, Dorking

A free and interactive family-friendly exhibition in line with National [...]

Sunflowers: Growing Seeds of Sunshine

Dorking Library St Martin's Walk, Dorking

A free and interactive family-friendly exhibition in line with National [...]

Refugee Week Malta

After the successful launch last year, Refugee Week Malta will [...]

Threads of Migration Exhibition

The ‘Threads of Migration’ exhibition showcases the lived experiences of [...]

Free

Threads of Migration Exhibition

The ‘Threads of Migration’ exhibition showcases the lived experiences of [...]

Free

Steps to Freedom

Anywhere

The SCOOP Foundation are excited to announce the launch of [...]

Free

Steps to Freedom

Anywhere

The SCOOP Foundation are excited to announce the launch of [...]

Free

Community of Compassion

Canterbury Cathedral 11 The Precincts, Canterbury

For Refugee Week 2023, Canterbury Cathedral has joined with Diocesan [...]

Free

Community of Compassion

Canterbury Cathedral 11 The Precincts, Canterbury

For Refugee Week 2023, Canterbury Cathedral has joined with Diocesan [...]

Free

Slice of Working Life

The Concourse Shopping Centre The Concourse Shopping Centre, Southway, Skelmersdale WN8 6LN, Skelmersdale

Slice of Working Life is a photographic exhibition celebrating refugee [...]

Free

Seeing Asylum Exhibition

Leeds Minster 2-6 Kirkgate, Leeds

The exhibition highlights the true hidden stories of women who [...]

Free

Seeing Asylum Exhibition

Leeds Minster 2-6 Kirkgate, Leeds

The exhibition highlights the true hidden stories of women who [...]

Free

Workshop: Afghani War Rugs Reimagined

Yorkton Workshop 1-3 Yorkton St, London

The exhibition Afghani War Rugs Reimagined is Ghafar Tajmohammad’s personal reinterpretation of Afghan [...]

Free

Workshop: Afghani War Rugs Reimagined

Yorkton Workshop 1-3 Yorkton St, London

The exhibition Afghani War Rugs Reimagined is Ghafar Tajmohammad’s personal reinterpretation of Afghan [...]

Free

Leeds University Library Galleries visit

The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Parkinson Building Woodhouse Lane, Leeds

See art made by LASSN's Tea & Talk Group on [...]

Leeds University Library Galleries visit

The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Parkinson Building Woodhouse Lane, Leeds

See art made by LASSN's Tea & Talk Group on [...]

Welcome Picnic

SHINE St. Stephens Church, Bradford

Join us for a family picnic to share food, fun [...]

Free

Welcome Picnic

SHINE St. Stephens Church, Bradford

Join us for a family picnic to share food, fun [...]

Free

Book Launch of Suitable Strangers

The Winding Stair Bookshop Ormond Quay Lower Ormond Quay Lower, Dublin

In 1956, a group of 548 refugees escaping the violence [...]

Book Launch of Suitable Strangers

The Winding Stair Bookshop Ormond Quay Lower Ormond Quay Lower, Dublin

In 1956, a group of 548 refugees escaping the violence [...]

Information morning

Ormeau Road Library 247 Ormeau Road, Belfast

To celebrate Refugee Week we are welcoming friends old and [...]

Free

Information morning

Ormeau Road Library 247 Ormeau Road, Belfast

To celebrate Refugee Week we are welcoming friends old and [...]

Free

Walk of Welcome

Bradford City Hall to Horton Community Farm, Bradford

BEACON's annual sponsored walk during Refugee Week this year is [...]

Walk of Welcome

Bradford City Hall to Horton Community Farm, Bradford

BEACON's annual sponsored walk during Refugee Week this year is [...]

Refugee Families Event

Mayfield Centre Broadway Avenue, Bradford

We will be welcoming all Refugee Families with children under [...]

Free

Refugee Families Event

Mayfield Centre Broadway Avenue, Bradford

We will be welcoming all Refugee Families with children under [...]

Free

Refugee Family Fun Day

Laisterdyke Community Hub Manse Street, Bradford

For Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Laisterdyke area, this [...]

Free

Refugee Family Fun Day

Laisterdyke Community Hub Manse Street, Bradford

For Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the Laisterdyke area, this [...]

Free

Creative Writing Workshop

Dylan Thomas Centre Somerset Place, Swansea

This Refugee Week, we're launching our latest series of free [...]

Free

Creative Writing Workshop

Dylan Thomas Centre Somerset Place, Swansea

This Refugee Week, we're launching our latest series of free [...]

Free

Aawaz Share and Care Week

Accrington Library St James' Street, Accrington BB5 1NQ, Accrington

Aawaz are arranging a number of ‘Share and Care’ themed [...]

Free

Aawaz Share and Care Week

Accrington Library St James' Street, Accrington BB5 1NQ, Accrington

Aawaz are arranging a number of ‘Share and Care’ themed [...]

Free

ESOL Open Day

Windhill Community Centre Church Street, Shipley

Come and join us to find out what is happening [...]

Free

ESOL Open Day

Windhill Community Centre Church Street, Shipley

Come and join us to find out what is happening [...]

Free

Refugee Week Community Celebration

Islington Assembly Hall Upper Street, London

Join Islington’s Refugee & Migrant Forum and Islington Council at [...]

Free

Refugee Week Community Celebration

Islington Assembly Hall Upper Street, London

Join Islington’s Refugee & Migrant Forum and Islington Council at [...]

Free

Refugee Volunteer Taster Day

Bradford Industrial Museum Moorside Mills, Moorside Road, Bradford

Bradford Museums and Galleries are inviting Refugees and Asylum Seekers [...]

Free

Refugee Volunteer Taster Day

Bradford Industrial Museum Moorside Mills, Moorside Road, Bradford

Bradford Museums and Galleries are inviting Refugees and Asylum Seekers [...]

Free

Twinkl Storytelling Event

Creggan Library 59 Central Drive, Derry, Londonderry

Twinkl story, designed to celebrate the contributions and resilience of [...]

Free

Compassion: Art Exhibition

Trapezium Arts 58 Kirkgate, Bradford

An exhibition of artwork from local Bradford schools on the [...]

Free

International Food and Culture Festival

Wesley Hall Methodist Church Wesley Hall Methodist Church, Feilden Street, Blackburn, BB2 1LQ, Blackburn

A celebration for the asylum and refugee community across Blackburn [...]

Free

International Food and Culture Festival

Wesley Hall Methodist Church Wesley Hall Methodist Church, Feilden Street, Blackburn, BB2 1LQ, Blackburn

A celebration for the asylum and refugee community across Blackburn [...]

Free

Refugee Week Open Day

Cardinal Hume Centre 3-7 Arneway Street, London

The Cardinal Hume Centre, which is an advice centre for [...]

Free

Refugee Week Open Day

Cardinal Hume Centre 3-7 Arneway Street, London

The Cardinal Hume Centre, which is an advice centre for [...]

Free

Ukrainian Music and Food

Settle Victoria Hall Kirkgate, Settle

In the garden cafe of Settle Victoria Hall. Music from [...]

Free

Ukrainian Music and Food

Settle Victoria Hall Kirkgate, Settle

In the garden cafe of Settle Victoria Hall. Music from [...]

Free

Future Pasts

Northumbria University Gallery North Sandyford Building, Newcastle upon Tyne

Future Pasts is Henna Asikainen’s extraordinary project with people new [...]

Free
Event Series Future Pasts

Future Pasts

Northumbria University Gallery North Sandyford Building, Newcastle upon Tyne

Future Pasts is Henna Asikainen’s extraordinary project with people new [...]

Free

Simple Acts – Silent Gathering

Jubilee Library Jubilee Street, Brighton

Take 2 minutes to reflect on the journeys people take [...]

Free

Simple Acts – Silent Gathering

Jubilee Library Jubilee Street, Brighton

Take 2 minutes to reflect on the journeys people take [...]

Free

Celebrating Sanctuary

Queen Square 18 Ketch Road, Bristol

We're back!  After a 3 year pause our flagship event [...]

Free

Celebrating Sanctuary

Queen Square 18 Ketch Road, Bristol

We're back!  After a 3 year pause our flagship event [...]

Free

How We Make Things

Shipley Art Gallery Prince Consort Road, Gateshead

Come along to the Shipley Art Gallery and learn how [...]

Free

How We Make Things

Shipley Art Gallery Prince Consort Road, Gateshead

Come along to the Shipley Art Gallery and learn how [...]

Free

MRSN/ALM Refugee Week BBQ

Asylum Link Merseyside St Anne's Centre, 7 Overbury Street, Liverpool

The Refugee Week BBQ with Music and a Raffle.

Free

A Day of Welcome – Edmund de Waal Interview

online Axel-Springer-Straße, Berlin

In this session Edmund will be sharing his family’s story of displacement, exploring their experience of returning to their homeland and answering the children’s questions. The talk will explore the themes of belonging, home, identity and welcome.

Free

A Day of Welcome – Edmund de Waal Interview

online Axel-Springer-Straße, Berlin

In this session Edmund will be sharing his family’s story of displacement, exploring their experience of returning to their homeland and answering the children’s questions. The talk will explore the themes of belonging, home, identity and welcome.

Free

Zine-making Workshop

Hatton Gallery King’s Road, Newcastle upon Tyne

Make your own zine on the theme of compassion in [...]

Free

Zine-making Workshop

Hatton Gallery King’s Road, Newcastle upon Tyne

Make your own zine on the theme of compassion in [...]

Free

Theatre Workshop

West End Refugee Service St Philips Close, Newcastle upon Tyne

Families can enjoy a theatre workshop with Ali Ghaderi of [...]

Free

Theatre Workshop

West End Refugee Service St Philips Close, Newcastle upon Tyne

Families can enjoy a theatre workshop with Ali Ghaderi of [...]

Free

Red Cross Wednesday Afternoon Project

St Andrew’s Church St Andrew’s Church, Nottingham

Wednesday Afternoon Project’s main focus is to help asylum seekers [...]

Red Cross Wednesday Afternoon Project

St Andrew’s Church St Andrew’s Church, Nottingham

Wednesday Afternoon Project’s main focus is to help asylum seekers [...]

BBQ and Pizza Party

Nottingham Refugee Forum NNRF garden, The Sycamore Centre, 33a Hungerhill Road, Nottingham

Join friends from Nottingham Arimathea Trust  and Nottingham Nottinghamshire Refugee [...]

BBQ and Pizza Party

Nottingham Refugee Forum NNRF garden, The Sycamore Centre, 33a Hungerhill Road, Nottingham

Join friends from Nottingham Arimathea Trust  and Nottingham Nottinghamshire Refugee [...]

Ukrainian Cultural Celebration

Leeds Refugee Forum One Community Centre, Cromwell Street, Leeds

LRF celebrates our new refugee members from the Ukrainian Community [...]

Free

Ukrainian Cultural Celebration

Leeds Refugee Forum One Community Centre, Cromwell Street, Leeds

LRF celebrates our new refugee members from the Ukrainian Community [...]

Free

Refugee Week Special

The Cockpit Gateforth Street, London

A fun night out to celebrate Refugee Week! Have you [...]

£6 – £9
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About Refugee Week:

Refugee Week is the world’s largest arts & culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. The festival is a partnership project coordinated by Counterpoints Arts.

Theme & Dates:

This year the festival takes place from 17-23rd June 2024 and the theme is “Our Home”.

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