Boing Festival 28 & 29 August

Kent's International Family Arts Festival!

Performers elevated on a scaffold structure
  "Boing by Jason Pay Studio" by Jason Pay Studio.

Gulbenkian Arts Centre is delighted to announce bOing! International Family Festival is bouncing back on Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 August 2021!

Reunite with family and friends this August for an amazing weekend of the very best in theatre, dance, films and fun for all the family, packed with magical performances and experiences on the beautiful University of Kent campus in Canterbury.

bOing! International Family Festival 2021 is free to enter, with indoor performances ticketed. Find out What’s On.

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Staff Day at bOing! Festival – Friday 27 August

We are offering Kent staff and their families an opportunity to see Jasmin Vardimon Company’s new virtual reality performance ‘Alice’ for free at the University of Kent staff day at bOing! Festival.

The experience is sold out over the weekend, but we have a limited number of timeslots on Friday 27 August for University of Kent staff and their families to experience Alice (VR).  Step out of the ordinary and into the unexpected, fantastical and fearless world of Jasmin Vardimon’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ VR experience. Tickets must be booked in advance for Alice.

University of Kent Staff Day at bOing! Festival is an extra special day before the festival weekend kicks off just for University of Kent Staff and their families on Friday 27 August!

Organised as a big thank you from the University to all Kent Staff in recognition for the tremendous effort put in by all throughout the year, the Staff Family Day at bOing! is FREE for Kent Staff and their families to attend.