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!

Mindful Mandalas

Library @ the Lightbox 1 The Glass Works, Barnsley, United Kingdom

Why not have an alternative evening out! Try out some [...]

Free

Carefree Calligraphy

Library @ the Lightbox 1 The Glass Works, Barnsley, United Kingdom

Why not have an alternative evening out! Try out some [...]

Free

Cooking and Eating Together

St Andrew’s Church St Andrew’s Church, Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Join Refugee Roots for our Cooking and Eating together project [...]

BFI Io Capitano Screening

BFI Southbank NFT1, BFI Southbank, London, United Kingdom

Senegalese youngsters Seydou and Moussa, keen to pursue a music [...]

£13

Reading Refugee Stories

Cheltenham Library Clarence Street, Town Centre, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

For Refugee Week we are joining with Gloucestershire Libraries to [...]

Free

A Discussion with BIASAN

ONLINE EVENT , United Kingdom

Join Race Equality Network for a discussion with BIASAN. The [...]

The Music Social

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

Do you want to take the next steps in your [...]

Free

Launch night

Portsmouth Cathedral Saint Thomas's Street, old Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom

Welcome to the Refugee Week Launch night "Our Home" in [...]

Free

Io Capitano

King Street Cinema Corn Exchange, King Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Screening in support of Refugee Week. IO CAPITANO tells the [...]

Io Capitano Film Screening

Oasis Splott Road, Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom

We will be screening Matteo Garrone’s Oscar nominated IO CAPITANO on the [...]

£3 – £5

Io Capitano Film Screening

Oasis Cardiff 69B Splott Road, Cardiff, United Kingdom

We will be screening Matteo Garrone’s Oscar nominated IO CAPITANO on the [...]

£5
Event Series Io Capitano

Io Capitano

The Roses Theatre The Roses Theatre Trust,, Tewkesbury, UK and Ireland, United Kingdom

This ravishingly shot drama tells the story of Seydou and [...]

£5 – £9.50
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