Festivals and Seasons
Our programme of Festivals and Seasons creates time-limited cultural spotlights for the whole of the UK, enabling new international collaborations and providing a global platform for UK culture.
International Seasons are major bilateral programmes which celebrate and deepen the UK’s relationship with a partner countries. They develop the UK’s relationship with strategically important countries and often respond to specific opportunities created by international sporting events, significant anniversaries and World Expos.
UK Festivals
Our work with UK Festivals involves the British Council working in partnership with major UK cultural and civic events like UK Cities of Culture, as well as significant sporting events like the Commonwealth Games, or other major ‘moments’ for the UK.
Our engagement with the UK’s annual calendar of music and performing arts festivals is a recurring, long-term commitment and therefore not part of this programme.
