There are many well-established science festivals organised in the UK. Science festivals offer the public the opportunity to engage with science and scientists face-to-face in a relaxed environment. With activities including practical experiments and nature walks, expert talks and interactive exhibits, science festivals act as a platform for communicating science at all levels to people of all ages.
To find out more about the many different science festivals on offer, please follow the links below. Both the BA (British Association for the Advancement of Science) and AlphaGalileo also offer events listings, the former by region, and the latter via an events calendar.
In 2009, the Festival will take place in Surrey from 5-10 September hosted by the Univeristy of Surrey in Guildford.
In 2008 the Brighton Science festival was bigger and better than ever before, to see the overview you can visit their website and download a PDF report. Enjoy the 2009 festival on 21 - 28 February.
The festival of nature is a public event held annually on the first weekend of June in Bristol. Join the UK's biggest celebration of the natural world.
Celebrates Charles Darwin’s life and work in the town where he was born and grew up. The Festival aims to deepen public understanding of Darwin’s scientific work and legacy, relating this to contemporary scientific developments and debates.
The Cambridge Science Festival is the largest free science festival in the UK and attracts 25,000 people for two weeks of events during Science and Engineering Week, on 9 - 22 March.
Publishes its very own newspaper, Litmus Paper, to keep visitors up-to-date with Festival news and events. With a wide variety of activities for all ages, the Festival conducts entertaining experiments and asks the controversial questions of modern science. 3 - 7 June 2009.
Celebrating their 20th anniversary in style in 2008, the festival attracted over 50,000 visitors to the events, workshops, talks and exhibitions held across the city. In 2009 the festival will be moved to the City Art Centre on 6 - 18 April.
The festival might be over for 2008 but there's still lots you can do if you're interested. Visit the Interactive section of the website for more details.
Gives people of all ages the opportunity to take part in a variety of science, engineering and technology activities. It is coordinated by the BA, funded by the Department of Trade and Industry and works in partnership with the Engineering and Technology Board. 6 - 15 March 2009.
5 September 2009The annual Orkney International Science Festival welcomes Australian environmentalist Stan Mussared to present the Charter's principles.
Taking place during National Science and Engineering week on 6 - 15 March 2009. During 2008 the festival allowed you to have your photgraph taken by a passing satellite and perform cutting edge science using kitchen utensils.
The York festival took place in March 2008, visit their website to get an idea of what's in store in 2009.
With a programme of events including Scientific, an interactive family science day, there’s certainly something for everyone at the Wrexham International Science Festival. In 2008 the festival saw over 10.500 visitors attending its talks, exhibitions and shows.
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