Stockton International Riverside Festival (SIRF)

The world renowned outdoor arts festival will be full of surprises, skill and spectacle for all the family.

The North East’s biggest FREE to enjoy outdoor arts and street theatre festival will be filling the streets of Stockton with music, circus, dance and more. 

SIRF brings together some of the finest street theatre, dance, music and arts from across the globe, with more than 140 shows taking place over the weekend for all ages, performed by 45 companies.  

Watch this space for our 2026 dates to be released!

You can view the 2025 images on the FlickR album, and our SIRF25 highlights video is coming very soon...