The 2026 Micro & Very Small Festival Development Programme is now underway.
Funded by the LIVE Trustand managed by the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF), we are delighted to announce that 80+ festivals from across all four nations of the UK have signed up for this exciting initiative.
This free programme is dedicated to helping micro and small festivals build knowledge, contacts and sustainable success.
The Cohort Hub will be available to programme participants.
FESTIVALS TAKING PART, 2026:
110 Above - A Stone's Throw Festival - All Under One Roof - Aston Clinton Beer Festival - Ballycastle Rock & Blues Festival - Between The Trees - Big Love Festival - Bloom Festival Born - Adventure Club - Brecon Choir Festival - Broken Speaker Festival - Camp Trans - CLAWFEST - Coalesce Festival - Coast Fest - COMMOTION FEST - Compass Festival - Cornwall Folk Festival - Countryside Crossroads - Dark Reign Festival - Days Festival - East London Block Party - Echo17 - Escape to the City - FFS Fest - Forncett Festival - Found Festival - Girvan Traditional Folk Festival - Golden Touch Festival - Harambee Pasadia: Afro Fusion Arts Festival - Hertford Jazz Festival - Hundred Heads - Hush Festival -Icebreaker Festival - In The Palace - Istok Retreat Festival - La Rumba - Let Loose - Leyton Arts Festival - LitFest - Loud Places - Macclesfield in May - Madruga Festival - Magpie's Nest - Malvern Rocks - Meltchester - Mint Street Music Festival - Nighthawks Weekender - Normal Mode - Nowadaze Festival - Out & Wild - Outcider Festival - Outer Town Festival - PAPAYA Fest - Primal Live - Radiate Windrush Festival - Rainford Junction Bluegrass and Old Time Festival - Scottish International Tuba Festival - Secret Island Festival - Sofar Fringe - Something Different - South Kilburn CarniVale - SPLINTR Festival - Takedown Festival - Test Fest - The Beat Goes On - The Govan Music - Festival / The Glasgow Barons Early Music Festival - The Late Spring Folk Festival - The Manchester College Music Festival - Too Damn Loud Festival - Tribe Festival - Twisted - Under The Drum - Up in the Clouds - Warwick Student Arts Festival - Waves - Westival - Wild Canvas - Wild Festivals - WILDHOOD Festival - WOOD-FEST - Yaram Festival - Year's End Festival
