This programme is subject to change. Some experiences have limited numbers and available to those who turn up first.
All crafts experiences, wood whitling, jewellery making and pottery are bookable.
Bookings open 2nd May.
We will combine all into an overall programme from 2nd May to make easier to view.
FRIDAY 3RD JULY
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What if you’re not inconsistent or unmotivated, but living in a world that ignores how your body actually works? Join Paige for this 1-hour introductory talk to Cyclical Living - a practical way to understand your energy, emotions, and creativity through natural rhythms. We’ll reveal the structure of the ‘hustle’ mode of patriarchy, which is burning us out, the yin/yang energies governing everything and how the four phases of cycles (seasonal, menstrual, lunar and energetic) are not a flaw to fix, but your map home. You’ll leave with a deeper understanding of your body and energy, and some practical tools you can use to understand and support your own rhythms. Don’t just survive in their world - flow through yours. Please note: While we will explore the menstrual cycle, we’ll also map it alongside the lunar cycle, meaning: It is also suitable for people who do not bleed, for those in perimenopause or menopause. Additionally, all Paige’s work is designed with affirmative and inclusive language/approaches for Trans+ people.
Come along and join a creative stitch session. Learn how simple it can be to get creative and at the same time sample how we can use a creative process as part of our wellbeing and mindfulness practice. Fancy up your festival gear, stitch a patch if feeling brave, embellish, mend or just come and have a go. Join the ongoing ‘connect through cloth’ space, find us around the festival during the weekend. A drop in space come and join in with some stitching, meet and connect with others, quiet time out from overwhelm or a spot of mindfulness. These sessions are all accessible to anyone, no experience of any kind required Angharad is a visual artist and facilitator who uses creative practice to support wellbeing. In addition to their own artistic work, Angharad is deeply passionate about facilitating transformative, inclusive experiences for others - particularly young adults and the LGBTQ+ community. A no-rules school of creativity grounded in fun, experimentation, and open to anyone! Angharad’s practice explores the intersections of creativity, nature, and wellbeing, How the arts can foster dialogue, healing, and regeneration in a time of social division and ecological urgency "I believe creativity can be a vehicle for re-storying ourselves: exploring identity, personal narratives, and in particular, a way in which we can stitch ourselves together, personally and collectively."
Nicci Lou's been interested in neurodiversity since working with institutionalised autistic adults in the late 90s. After nursing for fifteen years, her career was cut short by a chronic pain condition. It would take another ten years to discover she was autistic and ADHD herself. Soon after, when solo travelling with her neurodivergent children, a woman in Japan told Nicci she’d been put on the plane vomiting in fear for her newly diagnosed AuDHD daughter. And so AmplifytoThrive.com was born - a platform that lifts up the voices of Trans inclusive Divergent Sapphics through the sharing of their stories. As a speaker and ICF-certified Neurodivergent Specialist Coach, Nicci Lou supports you through coaching, community and videos in losing the mask and showing up authentically in life - whether you identify as neurodivergent or are masking from growing up in an unsafe home or being LGBTQIA+. Join her for Unmask Without Fear, a fun and interactive workshop where we even get to play with Lego to explore identity – because surprise: the mask never actually was a mask in the first place. “I’ve worked with so many therapists and professionals in the past, some of them for extended periods of time, and having worked with Nicci for just a few weeks, the transformation she’s empowered me to make is life-changing.” Vicky Nicci Lou will also be hosting the Out and Wild Neurodivergent Mingle to chat, meet friends, ask questions, or quietly create alongside others. When not working, you’ll find her at the beach hiding from her home-educated children. Follow @bemorezebra.
The Crowded Table is a relaxed, welcoming space inspired by the idea that everyone deserves a seat, a voice, and to be heard. Come as you are, bring a drink or snack, and join an open, flowing conversation that is gently facilitated and nothing is off-limits — from light-hearted chats to deeper, more meaningful topics. Rooted in kindness, curiosity and respect, it’s a chance to connect with others, share stories, listen deeply, and experience a sense of belonging, even if just for a moment. Hosted by Becky and Karen, who have co-curated the festival’s workshop spaces for the past four years, this offering comes from a shared passion for connection and community. Both value the idea of a “crowded table” in their own lives — for Becky, it’s something she is actively creating, and for Karen, something she already embodies and nurtures. Between them, they bring years of experience in building community, hosting events, and creating spaces where people feel welcome and included. This is their way of bringing those skills together to help others connect, share, and feel a sense of belonging.
SATURDAY 4TH JULY
Bookable
Bookable
Bookable
Are you craving connection and community? A bit of queer joy? Or are you curious to find out: what exactly is a song circle? Song Circles are about more than just singing. They are about creating something beautiful together, enjoying the process as much as the end result, and valuing connection over perfection. A song circle welcomes all voices, from seasoned karaoke queens to those believing they can't sing at all (spoiler alert - you can!). Everyone is welcome to show up, sing out and be celebrated just as they are, while creating some amazing harmonies along the way. So with no solos, no music or lyrics to read and no pressure, what are you waiting for? Come and join the circle - let's make a joyful noise! Kirsty is a natural voice song leader who firmly believes that everyone has the right to sing freely and joyfully, without judgement. They run Tea, Cake and Singing, a monthly queer Singing for Wellbeing circle in Liverpool, seasonal campfire circles in the local forest garden, a weekly Singing Mamas group, and as many pop-ups, demonstrations and workshops as they can fit around their kids and NHS job!
FLOWER CROWN BAR – at OUT & WILD FESTIVAL Bloom loud. Wear it proud. Step into our Flower Crown Bar and create a crown as bold, soft, wild, or iconic as you. Choose from fresh and dried florals, rainbow pops, boho neutrals, and statement blooms — then let our florists bring your vision to life. ✨ Made for every gender ✨ Made for every vibe ✨ Made for joy, self-expression, and queer magic Whether you’re dancing all weekend, celebrating chosen family, or just want something gorgeous on your head — we’ve got you. No rules. No binaries. Just flowers. 🌈 Flower Crown Workshop Join us for a relaxed, creative flower crown workshop celebrating queer expression, creativity, and community. In this hands-on session, you’ll: • Design and make your own flower crown • Play with colour, texture, and florals • Learn simple floristry techniques • Leave with a crown that feels unapologetically you No experience needed — just come as you are. This space is explicitly inclusive.
Drop in session. Want to be the next Banksy? No artistic experience needed, you will learn how to create your own stencil and spray your first street art masterpiece on a poster to take home.
In this interactive, playful workshop, access, develop and trust your Intuitive Powers. By shared readings of Goddess, Celtic and Amulet cards, and Feminist Tarot, learn to connect to sources of ancient wisdom, creativity and wholeness.
Facilitated meeting circle with Amy Bullard to connect and share experiences
Through wood, water and stone; through archaeology, folklore and story, we’ll see how Britain’s past wasn’t so binary… Come on a guided stroll and hear all about the prehistoric Britain that got left out of the history books. We’ll be delving into this land’s past through a queer lens, checking out replica artefacts of Britain’s (tr)ancestry, and defying tired TERF-island narratives by seeing just how ancient and just how natural transness* has always been. S. K. Marley is a trans* nonbinary and neurodiverse creative writer, researcher and facilitator, specialising in British prehistoric archaeology. They like to use archaeology to help debunk common myths about who we have been and who we are today. Their poetry and nonfiction has been published in literary zines and online, and they collaborate with LGBTQ+ community groups, academics and artists in their work.
A workshop that discusses identities and experiences of gender fluid, gender queer, non-binary and other people whose identities exist outside binary gender.
Charlie Bingham invites you to come along and write a letter to your ex
Facilitated meeting circle to connect and share experiences
A festival fave session with Molly Zacharias . Join us for two intimate life drawing sessions exploring connection in all its forms... between bodies, between people, and between the observer and the observed. Guided by two facilitators and featuring two sets of models, each session offers a different lens on connection: moments of closeness and distance, tension and ease, movement and stillness. From intertwined poses to quiet proximity, we’ll explore what it means to witness and be witnessed. These sessions are open to all levels, whether you’re sketching for the first time or returning to a familiar practice. Expect a gentle, welcoming space where curiosity is encouraged and perfection can take the day off. Come as you are, draw what you feel, and spend some time in connection - with the room, the bodies within it, and yourself. All materials provided. This is a safe space for all bodies and abilities.
Finding Voice is a creative writing and poetry workshop led by poet Anna Williams. The session creates a supportive space to explore voice, grief, and trauma through language, metaphor, and imagination. Returning Our Grief to the Earth: A Communal Ritual of Release Returning Our Grief to the Earth is a communal ritual inviting collective mourning, remembrance, and release. Guided by earth-honouring practices and shared witnessing, we create space for personal, ancestral, and collective grief to be acknowledged, expressed, and gently laid down. Using guided prompts and gentle writing exercises, participants are invited to write from lived experience or creative distance, with full choice over what and how they share. The workshop centres creativity, connection, and care rather than performance or critique. No previous writing experience is needed — just openness to exploring words as a way of making sense, meaning, and connection. Anna is a poet and workshop facilitator whose work is deeply autobiographical and rooted in the human experience. They create sacred, held spaces where participants are invited to explore grief, loss, and personal transformation through writing and creative expression. Anna began writing as part of their own healing journey, discovering that the written word could carry what was too heavy to initially speak aloud. Their facilitation honors authenticity, giving people permission to voice their truth, feel their emotions fully, and engage in rituals of release and remembrance. Through their workshops and ceremonies, Anna guides others toward connection, reflection, and gentle reclamation of their stories
A facilitated meeting circle to connect and share experiences
Drop in session.
For 2026, I’ll be running hands-on portrait photography workshops centred around the festival theme of Connections. Participants will learn how to photograph each other using simple techniques for composition, lighting and expression - creating portraits that feel authentic and full of personality. Throughout the weekend, attendees will have the chance to capture portraits of friends, partners, or new people they meet. Together, we’ll curate these images into a collective final piece - celebrating the connections made at Out & Wild. This will serve as a visual reminder of the community, shared experiences and stories woven across the festival. Hannah Gamble, is a multi-award-winning portrait photographer with over 20 years of experience capturing natural, expressive and meaningful moments. Her work focuses on helping people feel at ease in front of the camera so their real personality comes through. Alongside running a luxury high street photography studio - Artis Studios, she teaches iPhone photography in a simple, accessible way, empowering people to take photos they truly love with the camera they already have.
Facilitated Meeting Circle to connect and share experiences
What if you’re not inconsistent or unmotivated, but living in a world that ignores how your body actually works? Join Paige for this 1-hour introductory talk to Cyclical Living - a practical way to understand your energy, emotions, and creativity through natural rhythms. We’ll reveal the structure of the ‘hustle’ mode of patriarchy, which is burning us out, the yin/yang energies governing everything and how the four phases of cycles (seasonal, menstrual, lunar and energetic) are not a flaw to fix, but your map home. You’ll leave with a deeper understanding of your body and energy, and some practical tools you can use to understand and support your own rhythms. Don’t just survive in their world - flow through yours. Please note: While we will explore the menstrual cycle, we’ll also map it alongside the lunar cycle, meaning: It is also suitable for people who do not bleed, for those in perimenopause or menopause. Additionally, all Paige’s work is designed with affirmative and inclusive language/approaches for Trans+ people.
At the festival, Tracy and Virginia will be hosting a safe sharing circle specifically for people who have come out or are questioning later in life. This will be a gentle, supportive space where attendees can share their stories if they wish, listen to others, and connect with people who truly understand the unique experience of being a “late bloomer.” There is no pressure to speak—only an invitation to be seen, heard, and reminded that it is never too late to begin again.Facilitated meeting circle to connect and share experiences. With Tracy Wilkes and Virginia Lyons
SUNDAY 5TH JULY
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Are you craving connection and community? A bit of queer joy? Or are you curious to find out: what exactly is a song circle? Song Circles are about more than just singing. They are about creating something beautiful together, enjoying the process as much as the end result, and valuing connection over perfection. A song circle welcomes all voices, from seasoned karaoke queens to those believing they can't sing at all (spoiler alert - you can!). Everyone is welcome to show up, sing out and be celebrated just as they are, while creating some amazing harmonies along the way. So with no solos, no music or lyrics to read and no pressure, what are you waiting for? Come and join the circle - let's make a joyful noise! Kirsty is a natural voice song leader who firmly believes that everyone has the right to sing freely and joyfully, without judgement. They run Tea, Cake and Singing, a monthly queer Singing for Wellbeing circle in Liverpool, seasonal campfire circles in the local forest garden, a weekly Singing Mamas group, and as many pop-ups, demonstrations and workshops as they can fit around their kids and NHS job!
"You are your Oracle" Looking for answers...? Explore your Intuitive Powers, through Feminist Tarot, Goddess cards. Description of Oracle Intuition workshop "Wisdom dwells within you and waits for you..." Experience an interactive, playful workshop, exploring together, ways to access and develop your intuition, gain insights, make better decisions. Try a variety of Goddess, Celtic and Amulet cards, and Feminist Tarot, and see which work best for you. With Angela's guidance, connect to sources of ancient wisdom, creativity and wholeness. Bio Angela is a pioneer Feminist/LGBTQ+ campaigner and singer songwriter, based in Manchester, featured in the film "Invisible Women". A lifelong spiritual seeker, she holds interactive workshops on Intuition, and Sound Healing, Voice, and WiseWoman-ness, in the UK and abroad. She is also available for in person and zoom intuitive oracle readings.
Leilah King - Writing the Wild - Nostalgia, Imagery and the Absurd.
Facilitated meeting circle to connect and share experience
Connection nourishes us — at work, in friendships, and in community. But sometimes, in the effort to stay connected, we lose ourselves. We say yes too quickly (and we can't say no), stay quiet to keep harmony, or take on more than is ours to carry. In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore how to stay present and engaged without drifting away from your own voice, values, or boundaries. You’ll reflect on your default patterns in groups, how you respond under pressure, and the early signs that you’re starting to override yourself. You’ll leave with practical tools and language to help you connect with clarity and steadiness — because real connection doesn’t require self-sacrifice. It requires staying anchored while you engage. Cathryn has spent over 40 years helping people recognise their strengths, trust their instincts, and shape work and lives that feel genuinely aligned. She works with people from around the world to navigate change, reconnect with their values, and move forward with clarity and confidence. With a background in leadership across corporates and tech start-ups, Cathryn understands the realities of modern working life — the pressure, the politics, the performance expectations — and the quiet ways people can drift away from themselves within it. Warm, thoughtful and non-judgmental, she creates spaces where people can pause, reflect and recalibrate. Through her tailored coaching programmes, established in 2007, she supports individuals to make meaningful shifts — at their own pace and on their own terms.
Facilitated meeting circle to connect and share experience
Join us for two intimate life drawing sessions exploring connection in all its forms... between bodies, between people, and between the observer and the observed. Guided by two facilitators and featuring two sets of models, each session offers a different lens on connection: moments of closeness and distance, tension and ease, movement and stillness. From intertwined poses to quiet proximity, we’ll explore what it means to witness and be witnessed. These sessions are open to all levels, whether you’re sketching for the first time or returning to a familiar practice. Expect a gentle, welcoming space where curiosity is encouraged and perfection can take the day off. Come as you are, draw what you feel, and spend some time in connection - with the room, the bodies within it, and yourself. All materials provided. This is a safe space for all bodies and abilities.
Discover the power of anonymous care in this 60 min creative sanctuary. Pocket Exchanges offers a space for connection without the pressure of visibility, performance or disclosure. Guided by Gillian and Bon, you’ll create small, anonymous offerings to be shared with strangers from a distance. Rooted in radical inclusion, this workshop centers on offering connection without disclosure, intentional kindness without obligation. It’s a low barrier practice of queer solidarity. The vibe is gentle , mindful, non performative and creative with absolutely no pressure. Giving and receiving secret acts of solidarity, affirmation and joy. A chance to pause, be still, connect, create and anonymously encourage our beloved community. With a shared background in education and a passion for inclusive creativity, Gillian and Bon have a wealth of workshop experience that they look forward to bringing to Out and Wild 2026. From forest school, ancient folk crafts and weaving to modern textiles, mini zines, protest banners and more. They always aim to foster gentle, welcoming spaces for everyone to feel at ease and able to create. As former teachers and veteran workshop leaders, they have spent years honing the art of "meeting people where they are." Their practice is deeply rooted in trauma informed care and a compassionate awareness of mental health, ensuring that every session is a soft place to land. While the atmosphere is relaxed, they’ll gently challenge you to think in new ways and explore your creative edges. They strive for radical inclusion, no matter your background or ability, there is a space at the table for you
Facilitated meeting circle to connect and share experience. Run by Nicci Lou
Jane (she/her) began her adventure into trades in 2003 when she started out as a tiler. Fairly quickly she took herself off to college to learn plumbing and in the intervening 22 years she has added more skills to her toolbelt and more people working for her. She now runs a building company in Brighton & Hove which specialises in lofts, extensions, disabled adaptations and full renovations. Starting out in trades, in a pre-YouTube age was really difficult. Information was hard to come by and advice almost always came with a heavy dose of patronising quips. I would love to share any advice that I can to help women to gain the confidence they might lack in doing DIY around the house, or even to start up in trades. The sessions will be aimed at the most common issues I am asked about and the jobs which I know that with a bit more knowledge, the customer could have done for themselves. From damp & ventilation to green ideas and planning permission, with some tricks of the trade thrown in, come along with your questions and I will try to answer them. Tools will be available to handle!
Facilitated meeting circle to connect and share experience
Join us as we delve into the magic of weekend foster care and the enduring legacy of love and support it can foster. There will also be an opportunity to engage in discussion and ask questions about different types of fostering and how it could fit in your life from an expert in the field. Laurie is a dedicated advocate for vulnerable children, blending her expertise as a qualified teacher and social worker with her passion for fostering. As a Weekend Foster Carer, Laurie understands the profound impact that short-term care can have on a child's life. She is the Co-Founder of Now Foster, a groundbreaking charity aimed at recruiting a new demographic of caregivers willing to commit to fostering a weekend a month. Laurie's vision is to revolutionise the foster care system by engaging individuals who may not have considered fostering before, offering them the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children.
What does it mean to be truly seen - and to claim your name, your identity, your story? This thoughtful and uplifting workshop explores how ceremony can mark moments of transition, transformation, and self-discovery. Whether you are considering a name change, supporting someone who is, or simply curious about the power of ritual, this is a welcoming and reflective space to explore what it means to step into who you are becoming. Together, we’ll look at how naming ceremonies can honour identity, celebrate new beginnings, and create meaningful moments of connection with chosen family and community. Through gentle discussion and optional creative exercises, you’ll be invited to reflect on what matters to you, and even begin shaping your own celebration of your new name. Led by Karen Ingram, a Humanists UK accredited celebrant based in Wales, this session offers insight into how deeply personal ceremonies can be crafted with care, warmth, and authenticity. Karen specialises in creating bespoke ceremonies that reflect each individual’s story, values, and identity, and brings her experience as a writer, published author, and international presenter to create a space that is both safe and inspiring. Come as you are — leave with ideas, connection, and a deeper sense of possibility. www.kareningram.life https://www.instagram.com/kareningram.life/
Facilitated meeting circle to connect and share experience
