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!

Settle library display and event

Settle community library Limestone View, Lower Greenfoot, Settle, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Coffee and cake with poetry and prose readings

Free

Windrush: Writing the Scandal

Black Cultural Archives 1 Windrush Square, London, United Kingdom

What does it mean to write the story of an [...]

Pay what you can

Windrush: Writing the Scandal

Black Cultural Archives 1 Windrush Square, London, United Kingdom

What does it mean to write the story of an [...]

Pay what you can

Project O – The Play

Key Theatre Embankment Road, Peterborough, United Kingdom

Project O (working title) is a new theatre piece that [...]

Free

Project O – The Play

Key Theatre Embankment Road, Peterborough, United Kingdom

Project O (working title) is a new theatre piece that [...]

Free

Arklow Library

Arklow Library Main St., Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland

We will be holding a welcoming afternoon for refugees on [...]

Free

Arklow Library

Arklow Library Main St., Arklow, Wicklow, Ireland

We will be holding a welcoming afternoon for refugees on [...]

Free

Compassion: Art Exhibition

Trapezium Arts 58 Kirkgate, Bradford, United Kingdom

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

Free

Sing for Sanctuary

Winchester Cathedral Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom

15:30pm, Saturday 24th June 2023 A concert to celebrate our [...]

Sing for Sanctuary

Winchester Cathedral Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, United Kingdom

15:30pm, Saturday 24th June 2023 A concert to celebrate our [...]

Rebuilding Ukraine

Cliftonville Cultural Space Cliftonville Cultural Space, Margate, United Kingdom

Join the conversation with artist Anastasia Tory and architect Yulyia [...]

Rebuilding Ukraine

Cliftonville Cultural Space Cliftonville Cultural Space, Margate, United Kingdom

Join the conversation with artist Anastasia Tory and architect Yulyia [...]

BEAF 2023 presents Stateless by Joli Vyann

Bournemouth Foodbank 118 Haviland Road, Boscombe, Dorset, United Kingdom

Stateless is a dance circus performance like no other. Boscombe-based [...]

£12

Compassions Art

The Bridge Tavern The Bridge Tavern, 54 East Street, Old Portsmouth, Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom

432-Nomads and Portsmouth City of Sanctuary will be taking you [...]

Free
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