The 2026 Alton Arts Festival What's On Guide is now available, including the complete line-up of festival events and a bespoke map especially created for Alton Arts Festival by local artist Flossy Waters.

This July, the Alton Arts Festival is adding something exciting to its opening weekend in partnership with Zooniverse Makers Market.

Here is a tiny taste of some of the fantastic performers and events coming to Alton this July.    Remember:  the full line up will be announced and tickets will go on sale in March, and mailing list subscribers will get access before anyone else! So tell all your friends to sign up , because in 2024 a couple of events sold out before they even went on general release.    In this announcement we’ve got some incredible comedy, magical music, a live recording of an award-winning

If you're hosting an arts-based event between 3 - 12 July in Holybourne, Alton or Chawton, we'd love to include you in the Alton Arts Festival printed programme

Would you like to do your bit to make Alton more colourful during the festival? Then join the Alton Bunting Bee. We’re asking Altonians to create pennants using the template below and drop them off to our collection boxes in the Library and the Community Centre. Volunteers will then sew them together into oh-sew-beautiful garlands to decorate the town. Please follow these guidelines to make your pennant. Use the pattern or dimensions provided to make one or more double-sided