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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- For more information on how to get involved, visit this page.
We can’t wait to celebrate with you!
Refugee Week 2024: ‘Our Home’ Film Premier and BBQ
Kairos Housing Hub 46 King Street, BlackburnArkwright Meadows Tuesday Lunch Club
Arkwright Meadows Community Gardens Kirkby Gardens, the Meadows, NottinghamBristol Refugee Festival & Migrateful: Sri Lankan Cookery Demo With Kule
Coexist Community Kitchen Mivart Studios Bristol BS5 6JECuppa Hope: Tea & Talks with refugees and UK for UNHCR – London
CaffA, The Albany Building Douglas Way, LondonCuppa Hope: Tea & Talks with refugees and UK for UNHCR – London
CaffA, The Albany Building Douglas Way, LondonCuppa Hope: Tea & talks with refugees and UK for UNHCR – Bradford
Kunafa Tea Restaurant 150 Thornton Road, BradfordCuppa Hope: Tea & talks with refugees and UK for UNHCR – Bradford
Kunafa Tea Restaurant 150 Thornton Road, BradfordSandwell Borough of Sanctuary Refugee Week Bring & Share Lunch
Thimblemill Library Thimblemill Road, SmethwickFriends Without Borders in collaboration with Kitchen of Hope
St.Lukes church Greetham Street, Southsea, PortsmouthCuppa Hope: Tea & talks with refugees and UK for UNHCR – Bradford
Kunafa Tea Restaurant 150 Thornton Road, BradfordCuppa Hope: Tea & talks with refugees and UK for UNHCR – Bradford
Kunafa Tea Restaurant 150 Thornton Road, BradfordFood for the Community with Julia’s World Kitchen
BEAF Arts Pavilion Boscombe Precinct, 627 Christchurch Rd, BoscombeREFUGEE WEEK PETERBOROUGH: A NIGHT OF MONOLOGUES, MUSIC & POETRY
Key Theatre Embankment Road, PeterboroughRAW Art Sale & Free Appeeling Art Workshop for all ages
Chelsea Theatre 7 World's End Place, Chelsea, LondonRAW Art Sale & Free Appealing Art Workshop for all ages
Chelsea Theatre 7 World's End Place, Chelsea, LondonTaste the World Party & Recipe Book Launch
Nottingham Refugee Forum NNRF garden, The Sycamore Centre, 33a Hungerhill Road, NottinghamFashion Without Borders
Hallam View Owen Building, Sheffield Hallam University City Campus, SheffieldRefugee Week Celebration 2024: Our Home
ARC Stockton Arts Centre 60 Dovecot Street, Stockton on TeesFREE Family Fun Day for Refugee Families
Oldham Library followed by Alexandra Park Growing Hub Greaves Street Alexandra Park Growing Hub car park - off Kings Road, OL8 2BH (the first car park on the left hand side on Kings Road)., OldhamRefugee Week Southampton – A community celebration – Parade and Community Picnic
Southampton Above Bar and Palmerston Park Above Bar Street, SouthamptonPOWER OF ARRIVALS: THE MAKING OF OUR NEIGHBOURHOODS
Living Under One Sun community Centre, Bowling Green and Pavillion Down Lane Park, Park View Rd, London N17 9EX Bowling Green and Pavillion Down Lane Park, Park View Rd, LondonOur Home, Our Heart: Celebrating Diversity and Belonging
Leadworks, Plymouth Leadworks, PlymouthWelcome day out in Brecon for people seeking sanctuary and the local community
Brecon High School penlan, BreconWeek of Events
Anqa x Refugee Week Online Shop
Anqa x Refugee Week Online Shop
Shop from & support refugee businesses this Refugee Week! Once [...]
Migration Matters Festival
Migration Matters Festival
Migration Matters Festival is a 9-day annual celebration of sanctuary, [...]
BEAF Arts Summer Programme 2024
Refugee Week Event in Falmouth
Refugee Week Celebration 2024: Our Home
Refugee Week Celebration 2024: Our Home
The event is an open and welcoming space for everyone. [...]
ACAA Refugee Week Festival 2024
ACAA Refugee Week Festival 2024
The Afghanistan and Central Asian Association's (ACAA) family-friendly summer festival [...]
Refugee Week 2024: ‘Our Home’ Film Premier and BBQ
Refugee Week 2024: ‘Our Home’ Film Premier and BBQ
Kairos Housing invite you to Our Home to celebrate this [...]
Cooking and Eating Together
Arabic Festival and Family Fun Day – NI Hyatt 2024
Arabic Festival and Family Fun Day – NI Hyatt 2024
FOOD • MUSIC • CHILDREN'S ENTERTAINMENT • GAMES When: MONDAY [...]
Migrateful Turkmen Cookery Class With Guncha
Migrateful Turkmen Cookery Class With Guncha
Chef Guncha will teach you some of her favourite Turkmen [...]
Io Capitano Film Screening
Io Capitano Film Screening
We will be screening Matteo Garrone’s Oscar nominated IO CAPITANO on the [...]
Arkwright Meadows Tuesday Lunch Club
Arkwright Meadows Tuesday Lunch Club
Arkwright Meadows Community garden is a green oasis in the [...]
Refugee International Market & Workshops
Refugee International Market & Workshops
Join us for an evening of creative workshops, market stalls [...]
Bristol Refugee Festival & Migrateful: Sri Lankan Cookery Demo With Kule
Bristol Refugee Festival & Migrateful: Sri Lankan Cookery Demo With Kule
An interactive cookery demonstration led by Migrateful chef Kule who [...]
Singing in Solidarity
Cuppa Hope: Tea & Talks with refugees and UK for UNHCR – London
Cuppa Hope: Tea & Talks with refugees and UK for UNHCR – London
Join UK for UNHCR on Wednesday 19th June to celebrate [...]
St Helens Together
Cuppa Hope: Tea & Talks with refugees and UK for UNHCR – London
Cuppa Hope: Tea & Talks with refugees and UK for UNHCR – London
Join UK for UNHCR on Wednesday 19th June to celebrate [...]
Red Cross Wednesday Afternoon Project
Red Cross Wednesday Afternoon Project
Come and join the wonderful community at the British Red [...]
IN THE MIX DINNER – JUNE 19th
LAFF-UCCINO WITH NISH KUMAR FOR REFUGEE WEEK
LAFF-UCCINO WITH NISH KUMAR FOR REFUGEE WEEK
Laff-Uccino Featuring Nish Kumar, Lou Sanders, Rhys James, Kiri Pritchard-McLean [...]
Knowsley Together
Coffee and talk
Cuppa Hope: Tea & talks with refugees and UK for UNHCR – Bradford
Cuppa Hope: Tea & talks with refugees and UK for UNHCR – Bradford
Join UK for UNHCR on Thursday 20th June to celebrate [...]
Cuppa Hope: Tea & talks with refugees and UK for UNHCR – Bradford
Cuppa Hope: Tea & talks with refugees and UK for UNHCR – Bradford
Join UK for UNHCR on Thursday 20th June to celebrate [...]
Sandwell Borough of Sanctuary Refugee Week Bring & Share Lunch
Sandwell Borough of Sanctuary Refugee Week Bring & Share Lunch
Join us for a community bring & share lunch at [...]
St Augustine’s Centre: Open Day 2024
Friends Without Borders in collaboration with Kitchen of Hope
Friends Without Borders in collaboration with Kitchen of Hope
Welcome to Friends Without Borders - BBQ Music Dance! Get [...]
MRSN/ALM Refugee Week BBQ
Cuppa Hope: Tea & talks with refugees and UK for UNHCR – Bradford
Cuppa Hope: Tea & talks with refugees and UK for UNHCR – Bradford
Join UK for UNHCR on Thursday 20th June to celebrate [...]
Cuppa Hope: Tea & talks with refugees and UK for UNHCR – Bradford
Cuppa Hope: Tea & talks with refugees and UK for UNHCR – Bradford
Join UK for UNHCR on Thursday 20th June to celebrate [...]
Food for the Community with Julia’s World Kitchen
Food for the Community with Julia’s World Kitchen
Free samples of traditional home cooked recipes, from Julia's World [...]
Share a Cake
Sanctuary Ambassadors Launch
Sanctuary Ambassadors Launch
The Sanctuary Ambassadors project pilot created opportunities for those seeking [...]
The Taste of Home: A Community Feast
The Taste of Home: A Community Feast
An evening of food, music and poetry for refugees, asylum [...]
REFUGEE WEEK PETERBOROUGH: A NIGHT OF MONOLOGUES, MUSIC & POETRY
REFUGEE WEEK PETERBOROUGH: A NIGHT OF MONOLOGUES, MUSIC & POETRY
REFUGEE WEEK PETERBOROUGH: A NIGHT OF MONOLOGUES, MUSIC & [...]
Oasis Cultural Cabaret
RAW Art Sale & Free Appeeling Art Workshop for all ages
RAW Art Sale & Free Appeeling Art Workshop for all ages
RAW X APPEELING ART June 21, 12-6pm, Affordable art sale [...]
Cuppa Connections / Croeso Dros Baned
Cuppa Connections / Croeso Dros Baned
**Welsh Below** Trinity Centre and Aurora Trinity Collective present: Cuppa [...]
Cuppa Connections / Croeso Dros Baned
Cuppa Connections / Croeso Dros Baned
**Welsh Below** Trinity Centre and Aurora Trinity Collective present: Cuppa [...]
RAW Art Sale & Free Appealing Art Workshop for all ages
RAW Art Sale & Free Appealing Art Workshop for all ages
RAW X APPEELING ART June 21, 12-6pm, Affordable art sale [...]
Taste the World Party & Recipe Book Launch
Taste the World Party & Recipe Book Launch
Come celebrate Refugee Week at Nottingham Refugee Forum on Friday [...]
Fashion Without Borders
Fashion Without Borders
As part of Sheffield Hallam University's Refugee Week celebrations, the [...]
Refugee Week Flourish Party
Celebration evening
Our Home: Curious Motion Refugee Week Celebration
Our Home: Curious Motion Refugee Week Celebration
Curious Motion is excited to invite you to our very [...]
BROMSGROVE BRWR MARKET STALL
BROMSGROVE BRWR MARKET STALL
Bromsgrove & Redditch Welcome Refugees (BRWR) will have a market [...]
Amersham Refugee Week Event
FREE Family Fun Day for Refugee Families
FREE Family Fun Day for Refugee Families
To celebrate Refugee Week, we are inviting you to join [...]
Bradford Refugee Week 2024 Great Get Together
Bradford Refugee Week 2024 Great Get Together
The Bradford Refugee Week 2024 Great Get Together which will [...]
DAR Community Walk and Picnic
DAR Community Walk and Picnic
DAR (Darlington Assistance for Refugees) are hosting a community walk [...]
Refugee Week Southampton – A community celebration – Parade and Community Picnic
Refugee Week Southampton – A community celebration – Parade and Community Picnic
SATURDAY 22nd June This will be a day to enjoy [...]
Dumpling Day
POWER OF ARRIVALS: THE MAKING OF OUR NEIGHBOURHOODS
POWER OF ARRIVALS: THE MAKING OF OUR NEIGHBOURHOODS
A family fun day full of celebrations to honour the [...]
Great Refugee Week Picnic!
Our Home, Our Heart: Celebrating Diversity and Belonging
Our Home, Our Heart: Celebrating Diversity and Belonging
OUR HOME, OUR HEART: CELEBRATING DIVERSITY AND BELONGING POSTER DCRS [...]
A Taste of Home
Welcome day out in Brecon for people seeking sanctuary and the local community
Welcome day out in Brecon for people seeking sanctuary and the local community
this is one of a series of events organised by [...]
Dumpling Day!
Sanctuary Festival 2024
Sanctuary Festival 2024
To close Refugee Week in Hastings, Sanctuary Festival brings people [...]