Welcome to the Macclesfield Barnaby Festival website
Barnaby Festival is Macclesfield’s biennial arts festival, co-curated with the local community. Every two years, Barnaby hits Macclesfield’s streets with a fantastic celebration of all things creative, artistic, moving, cultural, collaborative, spectacular, fun and memorable.
Due to COVID-19, we have sadly had to postpone the 2020 festival until 2021 or until we can ensure the safety of all involved. We launched a digital programme of engaging cultural activity in June, starting with a full weekend programme which you can now watch online here. Over the coming months, we will be running further digital events and opportunities including our upcoming week-long programme of FREE circus skills and storymaking workshops.
About Us
Barnaby Festival is a biennial arts and cultural festival inspired by the town’s rich history, heritage and cultureBarnaby is inspired by the town’s rich history, heritage and culture
Get Involved
There are many ways to get involved. The festival is created with its community and powered by volunteersBarnaby is created with its community and powered by volunteers
Support Us
We raise money from public funds, trusts and foundations but we rely on sponsorship and donationsBarnaby also relies on financial support from sponsorship and donations.
Latest News from Barnaby
Our First Digital Festival
We delivered our first digital Barnaby festival programme
on June 20th & 21st 2020, you can now watch video content from the weekend
Homemade Parade
On Saturday 21st, our local communities came together
Free online workshops this Summer
We are delighted to be presenting a week-long programme of free online workshops this Summer.
Peter Duncan, Circus Trainer and renowned circus expert, will be teaching us
Black Lives Matter
Barnaby is committed to acting against racism. We aim to promote access to cultural expression, make positive change and celebrate diversity and inclusion in everything we do. Following