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Showcase Yourself at signal festival
Want to perform at Signal Festival? We're running a series of open mic nights and showcases across our festival programme, and we'd love for you to be involved.
You could be a musician, digital artist, poet, theatre maker, comedian... the choice is yours! This opportunity is open to performers aged 11-25.
Please complete and submit the form to let us know that you are interested in taking part in this year's festival. This will allow us to contact you about our open mic opportunities and give us the highest chance of being able to platform your art. The deadline for submissions is Wednesday 10 July 2026, 5.00 p.m. and we'll be in touch shortly after.
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Exhibit Your Art
The Look Here Exhibition is a key part of the Signal Festival Visual Arts programme, and takes place and will take place at venues across central Swindon from Friday 31 July. We're welcoming submissions of art for this exhibition from artists aged 11-25. Exhibition pieces can be for sale, with no commision take by Signal Festival.
To submit your work:
- Complete the form in full via the button below.
- Email 2 images of each submission to signal@primetheatre.co.uk and include the title of the piece(s) along with your name. Please ensure that one of the images is a closeup. If you haven't yet made or completed the work you'd like to submit, we will accept up to 2 concept images per submission (e.g. sketches, work in progress, mood boards, etc.).
Full details and terms and conditions can be found on the form below.
Submit Your Work“Showcase new talent that is ready to bloom!”
I look forward to seeing what new ideas spring up and watching new artists come forward, inspired about what they see.
“Showing everyone what Swindon has to offer!”
There’s the need to show everyone exactly what Swindon has to offer because a worrying amount of people (particularly young people) are unaware of what is happening in the local art scene and are of the belief that you need to leave town in order to explore the arts. Signal Festival was created to prove those assumptions wrong.
“Beginning of a new chapter”
Signal is important because it marks the beginning of a new chapter for Swindon. Bringing all the local companies together and highlighting all the opportunities that are present in Swindon feels like a fresh start for local young creatives.
“Swindon is home”
Swindon is home to so many incredible artists who deserve to be celebrated and all artists should feel confident and secure in calling Swindon home, knowing that it has a place for them.
“I'm excited to be part of the team!”
I’m most looking forward to the development and wider reaches of the festival as it grows over the next few years. I’m excited to be a part of a team that is going to be the spark for young people’s artistic journeys.
Supporters
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