Swindon Arts Fringe 2025

Name: Swindon Arts Fringe 2025
Start: 2025-06-16T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-06-29T23:59:59+00:00
Location: Carriage Works

June 16 - June 29

This external event is organised by Artsite People Places Partnership.

Swindon Arts Fringe Festival

Swindon Arts Fringe Festival (SWAF) returns to Swindon Town Centre for a second year and hopes to be even more successful as last year. The Fringe Festival focuses on inclusivity for curators and artists: giving opportunities for artists to find their place in Swindon’s vibrant creative scene and supporting them to freely exhibit, some for the first time. SWAF24 saw over 95 artists involved in the festival and drew over 1,000 visitors to the exhibitions. The Fringe is a truly collaborative event created by Theatre Square-based Artsite. As well as exhibitions there will be events and workshops to bring the arts to a wider audience. ‘As Time Goes by’ exhibition at Artsite will feature a performance by Rinky Dink. The bicycle powered sound system, and a talk by artist Stephen Wright from The House of Dreams Museum will complement the ‘Outsider Art’ exhibition by SLART in Museum & Art Swindon.

SWAF24’s collaboration with the Carriage Works was a huge success and the use of the building as an exhibition space prompted a lot of positive discussions and reactions. One visitor commented “Fantastic use of Armstrong’s Carriage works. A wide range of works from Swindon’s diverse and talented artistic pool. All showcased in an awesome venue. Well done to Artsite and everyone involved.”

SWAF 2025

This year, 14 curators have come up with a variety of creative themes and have invited artists to submit work. ‘Miniature Swindon’ curated by Leah Bevan-Haines asked artists to create tiny items that represent things, places and people in Swindon. ‘Broken Britannia’ exhibition curator, invited artists to express their unique perspectives – good or bad – on life in Britain 2025.

Venues this year include the Wyvern Theatre, Artsite in Theatre Square, Swindon Central Library, Mams Gallery, Museum & Art Swindon, Bert’s Books, Swindon Hub and the Carriage Works. Entrance to all exhibitions and events is free.