Open call for projects: Compass Festival 2026

Applications are now open for artist projects as part of Compass Festival 2026.

Deadline: Monday 30 June 2025, 10am

Compass Festival is accepting applications for artist projects for the eighth edition of our biennial festival, happening in November 2026 in Leeds.

Compass Festival invites audiences to discover unexpected experiences in familiar places, bringing art to the everyday. In our 14-year history, we’ve seen the festival take place all over the city: in markets, on menus, on the water and in the street.

We work with national and international artists who challenge conventions of where art can be found, what forms art can take and how art can be experienced.

For our eighth iteration, we’re inviting artists and artist-led projects working in any medium to animate the city and its neighbourhoods with playful, provocative and boundary-pushing art which fulfils Compass’s mission of bringing strangers together to participate in artistic experiences in non-traditional art spaces.

For more information: https://compassliveart.org.uk/open-call-for-projects-compass-festival-2026/

Contact: producing@compassliveart.org.uk

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