Events

Events

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!

Ready to Share Your Refugee Week Event?
Submit your event to our public calendar by registering for an account and filling out the submission form. Please note, all events must be approved by Refugee Week administrators, so there will be a short delay before your event becomes visible on the website.

Top Tips:

  • Change the calendar view to List, Map, Calendar, or Photo (located to the right of the “Find an Event” button).
  • Connect with your regional or international Refugee Week organisers on this page.
  • For more information on how to get involved, visit this page.

We can’t wait to celebrate with you!

Refugee film workshop screening

Dukes cinema, Lancaster Moor Lane, Lancaster, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Staff in the Film and Fine Art departments at Lancaster [...]

Free

Hands and Hearts (bunting making workshop)

ARK: Cliftonville's Cultural Space Albion Road, Cliftonville, Margate, Select a State or Province:, United Kingdom

Make a flag…join that flag with others to make bunting….string [...]

Free

Vale of Sanctuary Planning Event

Evesham Town Hall 24, Vine Street, Evesham, Worcestershire, United Kingdom

Evesham Vale Welcomes Refugees is hosting an event in Evesham [...]

Free

Refugee International Market & Workshops

Learning 4 Life 155-159 Freeman Street, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

Join us for an evening of creative workshops, market stalls [...]

Free

The Drop

The Music Works 27 St Aldate Street, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

IncDrop is our inclusive after-schools club for young people with [...]

Ideas into Action Demo Day 2024

Museum of the Home The Studio, The Museum of the Home, 136 Kingsland Road, London, United Kingdom (+44), United Kingdom

The Ideas into Action Demo Day on Tuesday 18th June celebrates the [...]

Free

Games Night

The Forum Borough Road, Darlington, United Kingdom

Join us to play some well known games and even [...]

£1.00

Film Screening

Aidan Heavey Library Athlone, Co. Westmeath, Ireland

To mark Refugee Week 2024 the Aidan Heavey Library, Athlone [...]

Free

Film Screening

Mullingar Library, Mount Street, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath,, Ireland

To mark Refugee Week 2024 Mullingar Library will be showing [...]

Free

The Canteen – Poetry & Acoustic

The Canteen Broad Street, Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Welcome to The Canteen - Poetry & Acoustic Event! Come [...]

Free

Performance Evening / Digital Exhibition

Nottingham Playhouse Wellington Circus, Nottingham, NG1 5AF, Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Refugee Roots and Nottingham Playhouse are collaborating to present an [...]

Rafiki

Royal Manor Theatre Fortuneswell, Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom

A bittersweet, hopeful, and groundbreaking love story. Rafiki tells the story [...]

£5

Singing in Solidarity

Christ Church, Highbury Highbury Grove, London, England, United Kingdom

Join us for Singing in Solidarity - an uplifting evening of singing, [...]

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