About
The Fête of Britain is a nationwide rolling festival bringing people together, a massive party with purpose on everyone’s doorstep.
It brings culture together with the causes that matter most. It’s where we can speak honestly about the mess and the need for a different way to run our nations, all while doing the things we love most, having a laugh, sharing food, and shining a light on the unsung heroes and good neighbours who are already making a better way to live.
Since launching in 2024, the festival has experimented and grown, reflecting the country’s appetite for the joyful celebration of progressive causes. The festival began with a four-day takeover of Aviva Studios in Manchester, featuring Brian Eno and Jarvis Cocker.
In 2025, we ran regional Fête events as part of a mini-tour to places faced with rising support for Reform UK (Corby, Luton, Great Yarmouth, Peterborough) as well as music-led events in Liverpool and Bristol, and at major UK summer festivals including Reading/Leeds, Boomtown and Latitude.
We brought together 200 grassroots and political organisers in a Convention on the Fate of Britain at Conway Hall. We are keeping people connected through a Good Neighbours livestream.
Each Fête consists of a menu of tried-and-tested cultural activities which cultivate joy, conversation and political engagement: public living rooms that foster open conversations, music especially from local bands, participatory arts practices such as craftivism and zine making, ‘recipes of love’ workshops for and ‘Good Neighbours’ noticeboards for neighbourhood connection, political voxpops, local and people’s assemblies, speech-writing workshops, soap box callouts, panels and many other elements. All of these are wrapped in hosting and decor that welcome people to feel part of something that celebrates what’s good about where we live.