La MaMa Puppet Festival *

Series Curator: Denise Greber

La MaMa e.t.c.
66 East 4th Street
New York, NY - USA
www.lamama.org/shows/puppet-series-2021

In 1962, Ellen Stewart invited puppet artists from Korea to perform their production of Head Hunting by Pagoon Kang Wouk. This began La MaMa’s long love affair with all things puppetry. The form has been an integral part of La MaMa's artistic vision ever since. The La MaMa Puppet Series showcases new contemporary puppet theatre by American and international artists in all three of La MaMa's theaters.

This is a biennial festival.

* Recipient of a Jim Henson Foundation Presenters Grant (2021)

September 29 - October 24, 2021

Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival

Artistic Director: Blair Thomas

Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival
Chicago, IL - USA
chicagopuppetfest.org

I am pleased to welcome you to the second Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival! Today, puppetry is a living and thriving art; this Festival is a celebration of its many forms. More than a dozen Chicago presenting organizations have joined together to ignite the spirit of this citywide event, which spans 10 days and features artists from abroad, across the nation, and unique work born here in Chicago—fresh from the soil!

This is a biennial festival.

January 20 - 30, 2022

2023 National Puppetry Festival

Puppeteers of America

USA
puppeteers.org/national-puppetry-festival

What a great time we had in Minneapolis! We experienced so many fantastic things together: from performances to workshops and critical exchanges to films to exhibits and everything in between and beyond! We hope to see all of you soon as the disruptions from the COVID-19 Pandemic settle. The next National Puppetry Festival will be held in 2023. Stand-by for details!

This is a biennial festival. The next festival will be summer 2023.

International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC

Teatro SEA, The Clemente & The Moran Group

The Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center
107 Suffolk Street
New York, NY
puppetfringenyc.com

The International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC (also stylised as IPFFNYC or Puppet Fringe NYC) is a biannual puppet theater fringe festival hosted by Teatro SEA in the Lower East Side of New York City. The festival had its 1st edition in 2018, at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center, and featured puppet shows, short films and artist talks with international puppet theater companies. The Puppet Fringe Festival is the first ever international fringe festival dedicated to puppetry.
This is a biennial festival, with the most festival in 2021. The next festival is slated for 2023

Puppet Homecoming

Puppeteers of America Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regional Festival

Photo by: John Lechner

Puppet Homecoming
Brattleboro, VT - USA
puppethomecoming.org

The Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the Puppeteers of America join with Sandglass Theater's Puppets in the Green Mountains festival to present performances, puppetry workshops and the Regional Professional Day for Teaching Artist and Therapists.

This is a biennial festival. The next festival is slated for 2022.

Great Plains Puppet Train

Great Plains Regional Puppet Festival

Great Plains Puppet Train
West Liberty, IA - USA
greatplainspuppettrain.com

Located close to Iowa City, home of the University of Iowa and the internationally renowned Iowa Writers’ Workshop, West Liberty is an iconic small town, with an active main street and midwestern hospitality. The Regional Festival will take place in various buildings downtown, all within a distance of about four to six blocks, starting Thursday evening with registration, finger foods, a show, and a party. Friday will include workshops, performances in our opera house, and a Puppet Slam. Saturday will feature the West Liberty Children’s Festival, complete with five puppet performances and lots of street food and activities, A street dance with a Latino band, and finally a delicious catered dinner and another performance. Sunday: breakfast, one last show, and farewells to friends, old and new!

This is a biennial festival. The next festival is slated for 2022.

Puppets in the Green Mountains

Produced by Sandglass Theater

Puppets in the Green Mountains
Brattleboro, VT - USA
puppetsinthegreenmountains.net

A 10 day festival of puppetry and unusual theater that brings international artists and local community together through a variety of performances, workshops, dialogues and other special events.

This is a biennial festival. The next festival is slated for Fall 2022.

New Orleans Giant Puppet Festival

Various

Photo by: Matt Scott

Mudlark Public Theater
1200 Port St
New Orleans, LA - USA
neworleansgiantpuppetfest.wordpress.com
504-872-8984

Four venues and over 20 artists and companies coming from all over the US and a few special international guests! Six days of performance, with nightly showings from 6pm until late o'clock, plus matinees and workshops on the weekends!

This is an annual festival. We hope it will return post-pandemic.

Skipton International Puppet Festival

Artistic Director: Liz and Daniel Lempen

Skipton International Puppet Festival
Skipton - England
skiptonpuppetfestival.co.uk

Since 2005 this cosy market town at the edge of the Yorkshire Dales has become a magnet for puppet enthusiasts. Our biennial celebration showcases puppetry from all over the UK and beyond. With weekends of ticketed and free performances, workshops, exhibitions and a parade, Skipton presents an inspirational melting pot for artists and enthusiasts, offering puppet experiences for every age.
This is a biennial festival.

June 1 - November 30, 2021

Poletni Lutkovni Pristan

Artistic Director: Mojca Redjko

Poletni Lutkovni Pristan
Maribor - Slovenia
lg-mb.si/festivali/

An annual puppetry festival held in Slovenia.
The next festival will be in August 2022.

August 1 - 31, 2021

Chuncheon Puppet Festival

Executive Director: Yijaesu (re)

South Korea
www.cocobau.com

A puppetry festival held in South Korea.
This is an annual festival. The next festival is slated for 2022.

August 30 - September 11, 2021

International Puppet Theatre Festival

Director: Victor Boychev

Plovdiv, Bulgaria
pptheatre.com/

1977 State Puppet Theatre - Plovdiv initiated and organized the festival form - "International Review of miniature puppet", which in 1990 assumes the status of an international festival entitled "Two are small - three very" whose goal is to present to specialists and wide audience forum best achievements of the "small form" and be entered with his face in the European and world festival circuit. Since 2012 the festival is a biennale to it is created and side event that brings together under the name "TheatAir". It is aimed at performances and performances in open public spaces and urban character, in order to promote the opportunities of the puppet theater and attract a wide audience. The event has gained great popularity with the help of the Municipality of Plovdiv this module currently is held annually.

This is a biennial festival.

September 2 - 6, 2021

Titirimundi

Directors: July Michel and Marian de Palma

Titirimundi
Segovia, Spain
titirimundi.es

The festival promotes puppetry as an art form of traditional roots, which has adapted to the times without losing its popular origin, occupying a prominent place among the avant-garde theater. The puppet theater is now the core of contemporary creation. Created in Segovia in spring 1985, Titirimundi has contributed to the emergence of an art movement of extraordinary creative fertility, also promoting knowledge and universal recognition of the puppet theater.
This is an annual festival. The next festival will be in May 2021.

September 2 - 5, 2021

Figuren Theater Festival Basel

Artistic Director: Kathrin Doppler, Marius Kob

Figuren Theater Festival Basel
Basel - Switzerland
figurentheaterfestival.ch

A puppetry festival held in Basel, Switzerland.
This is a biennial festival.

September 15 - 19, 2021

XI International Puppet Theatre Festival named after Sergey Obraztsov

Obraztsov Puppet Theatre

3 Sadovaya-Samotechnaya Street 127473 Moscow Russia
Moscow
www.puppet.ru
007-495-6998 x664

The International Puppet Theatre Festival named after Sergey Obraztsov is held in Moscow. In the frame of the Festival Puppet shows for all age category will be presented in the Big, Small and Chamber Halls.
This is a biennial festival.

September 16 - 21, 2021

600-2000 RUB

PIF, Pupteatra Internacia Festivalo

Kulturni Centar Travno

Pupteatra Internacia Festivalo
Zagreb - Republic of Croatia
pif.hr/en/

To date PIF hosted more than 350 pupteatrojn from around the world who presented more than 450 different plays, several of whom were American. In the first PIF UDIs was obligatory to play presentations in Esperanto, but now theaters themselves choose the language in which they play.

This is an annual festival, the next festival will take place in 2022.

September 17 - 23, 2021

Festival Mondial des Theatres de Marionnettes

Artistic Director: Anne-Francoise Cabanis

Festival Mondial des Theatres de Marionnettes
Charleville-Mezieres - France
festival-marionnette.com/

The World Festival of Puppet Theatres, founded by Jacques Félix in 1961, has made Charleville-Mézières the capital of puppetry.
The festival of Charleville-Mézières is the biggest regular meeting place of puppet theatres in the world. Since its creation, the most famous companies, the most talented solo artists have performed here; and other actor/puppeteers have become famous performing in front of an enthusiastic public.
In a hugely festive atmosphere, hundreds of puppeteers and thousands who come to see the shows, take over the town: theatres, streets, parks are invaded by the crowd who rediscover the ancestral traditions of our art with each new Festival, and new territories are explored by contemporary artists.

This is a biennial festival. The next festival will be September 2023.

September 17 - 26, 2021

International Festival of Children's Theatres

Executive Director: Olivera Mudrinic

International Festival of Children's Theatres
Subotica - Serbia
lutfestsubotica.net/

International Festival of Children's Theatre in Subotica imposed the widest public theater from the very beginning - thanks, above all, wise and fundamental koncipovanim basic programming principles and principles - as one of the most respected European, but also international festivals, taking so pivotal place in the region of the Western Balkans. When, therefore, in 1994 founded and unfounded volatile and little faith considered this act adventure. Long ago, fortunately, we know that he is not only a reality, but the fact.

Based on the high achievements of contemporary theater aesthetics, directed and facing being and perceptions of young viewers he is offered a repertoire, and how these contributed to the affirmation of the total European and global creative minds in the field, a different understanding of semiotics, and thus the semantics of this type of prikazivaštva . In a word, he knew how to detect, recognize and present the court the general public all the things he cares about artists today in theaters for children. Hence his twenty-two last year and participation of five hundred and fifty dramatic ensembles from forty-six countries actually are not a review, but contribution to the history and anthology of world puppetry and theater for kids, it unequivocally is appointed and is characterized as one of the most important national manifestation of culture of the Republic of Serbia - far beyond its borders.

This is an annual festival. The next festival will be in 2022.

September 19 - 24, 2021

International Week of Puppet Country Neuchâtelois

Neuchâtel - Switzerland
www.festival-marionnettes.ch/

A puppetry festival held in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
This is a biennial festival.

October 28 - 31, 2021

Titeremurcia

Artistic Directors: Angel Salcedo, Francisca Garcia, Maria Socorro Garcia, Carmen Navarro, Juan Manuel Quiñonero and Aniceto Roca

Titeremurcia
Murcia - Spain
titeremurcia.com

Titeremurcia, the International Festival of Puppet Theater in the Region of Murcia is an initiative of UNIMA Murcia, Murcia association based in Spain associated with UNIMA and UNIMA International Federation, the oldest international association of theater in the world dedicated to the art of puppetry and recognized by UNESCO. With an annual average of 10,000 spectators and the participation of 14 scenic areas, Titeremurcia has become one of the samples most interesting puppet theater Spanish Southeast, accounting for years an attractive cultural proposal that has achieved year after our year deal main task: to offer in the region of Murcia a range of theater of puppets committed and risky, showing artworks that can hardly be seen in the theater schedules of our environment.

This is an annual festival.

November 6 - 14, 2021

W.P. Puppet Power

Calgary, Alberta, CANADA
wppuppet.com/puppet-power

The Puppet Power conference helps people discover a new way to impact change in the world by using puppetry. The conference presents key learnings and tools vital to professionals in education and healthcare, therapists, and visual and performing artists. Sparking the imagination, the conference is for anyone inspired to express themselves creatively, develop personal and professional skills and promote positive social change.

This is a biennial festival.

May 25 - 29, 2022

Figura Theaterfestival Baden

Production manager: Irène Howald, Artistic director: Eveline Gfeller

Figura Theaterfestival Baden
Baden - Switzerland
figura-festival.ch

Since 1994, the Figura Theatre Festival presents biennial high-profile productions from home and abroad, including many Swiss premieres, in all theaters of Baden and Wettingen and on streets and squares ( "Figura fuori»).

This festival is biennial. The next festival will take place in 2022.

June 21 - 26, 2022

Festival of Wonder - Silkeborg Dukketeaterfestival

Artistic Director: Ulla Dengsøe

Festival of Wonder - Silkeborg Dukketeaterfestival
Silkeborg - Denmark
dukketeaterfestival.dk/

Through the years many exceptional Danish and international theatre groups have performed at the Festival of Wonder - Silkeborg International Puppet Theatre Festival. The festival has presented puppet, object and visual theatre for adults and for children. The organizer’s intention with international theatre is to invite performances which have not previously been shown in Denmark and which add something new and inspiring to the art form of puppetry for the audience as well as the participating theatres. In addition to the performances there are exhibitions, films and workshops. The workshops are designed for professionals, and for other interested individuals of many ages.

This is a biennial festival.

November 10 - 13, 2022

Guant - Festival Internacional de Teatre de Titelles de Valls

Valls - Spain
festivalguant.cat/

The techniques presented range from the traditional, with glove puppets and son, represented by televising the most 'muppets'. Diversity is a reality artistic and professional sector very own puppets very broad and complex, ranging from puppet shows aimed at younger children to more daring forms of entertainment for young people and adults.

The is an annual festival, the next festival is slated for 2021.

MITSol. Muestra Internacional de Titiriteros Solistas

MITSol. Muestra Internacional de Titiriteros Solistas
Andalucia - Spain
facebook.com/mitsol/

A puppetry festival held in Andalucia, Spain.
To create a meeting between puppeteer and public artists; To provoke forums of exchanges of knowledge and experiences with puppeteers who work autonomously following, where appropriate, the oldest craft traditions. An opportunity to offer to the public, mainly to the families, works that are outside the habitual circuits of distribution.

This is an annual festival. The next festival will be in December 2021.

Festival de Casteliers

Artisctic Director : Louise Lapointe

Festival de Casteliers
222-999, avenue McEachran
Montreal, Qc, Canada
casteliers.ca

The Festival de Casteliers proposes outstanding works and new creations, selected to offer both adults and children present a panorama of the discipline and its different forms.

This is an annual festival. The next festival is slated for March 2022.

Incanti International Figure Theatre Festival

Incanti International Figure Theatre Festival
Torino, ITALY
festivalincanti.it/en/

INCANTI is a festival dedicated to Puppet Theatre for adults, with particular emphasis on Shadow Theatre. The festival offers both traditional shows and productions which provide an international spectrum of innovative experimental work in which music, poetry and the visual arts intersect with fantasy and creative freedom. Incanti started in 1994 from an initiative of Controluce Teatro d’Ombre with the support of the Regione Piemonte and with the collaboration of Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea; over the years, they were joined by MiBACT, Compagnia di San Paolo, Città di Torino, Fondazione CRT, Comune di Grugliasco,the Teatro Stabile Foundation of Turin and the Fondazione Teatro Ragazzi e Giovani onlus.
INCANTI's goal is the dissemination and promotion of Puppet Theatre in Piedmont and in Italy, primarily for an adult audience, but apart from the main programme there is a section devoted to schools (in collaboration with the Municipality of Grugliasco) and some educational projects, with the dual aim of teaching and production, have also been developed: the Shadow Theatre Workshop at the Castello di Rivoli, the Production Incanti Project (PIP), the Accademia Project, in collaboration with foreign Theatre Schools having Puppet Theater departments, and the Cantiere Project, aimed at emerging italian companies.

This is an annual festival. The next festival is slated for 2021.

Festín de los muñecos

Festival Internacional de Títeres de Guadalajara

Festín de los muñecos, Festival Internacional de Títeres de Guadalajara
Guadalajara, MEXICO
elfestin.org.mx

The Feast of the Dolls, Guadalajara International Puppet Festival was born in 2005 as an initiative of Luna Morena, an experimental puppet workshop. Originally it had the participation of mainly national companies; However, as of its second broadcast in 2006, the number of invited companies increased almost double, with a total of 12, including artists from Canada and Peru . In the third edition in 2007, thanks to the support of various sponsors, the Festival grew remarkably, having a total of 15 companies and 25 presentations with works from Germany, Spain, Canada and Mexico . In addition, the Feast had the opportunity to extend the diversity of its headquarters, among which were 6 children's shelters.

As of 2008, the Festival has surpassed 6000 spectators in each edition, and has established itself as one of the most important events in the performing arts of the country. This has led him to grow exponentially every year, so, for his best development, it has become a biennial event from 2009.

At the moment the Feast of the Dolls is an event of international projection that allows the public of Guadalajara and other states of the republic to know the art of the puppets in their different representations through first level artistic shows. According to the Institute of Statistical and Geographical Information, the Festival is perceived among the attendees as an event of great artistic and organizational quality. It is also a space for the creation of exchange networks between local and international artists, public and private organizations and a means for the professionalization of the performing arts cultural sector in Jalisco.

This is a biennial festival. The next festival is slated for 2021.

Kukla Festivali

Artistic Director: Cengiz ÖZEK

Kukla Festivali
Istanbul - Turkey
istanbulkuklafestivali.com/

A puppetry festival held in Istanbul, Turkey.

This is an annual festival. The next festival will be Fall 2021.

Borhnholm Puppet Festival

Artistic Director: Ida Marie Tjalve

Borhnholm Puppet Festival
Bornholm, Denmark
bornholmpuppetfestival.com/

Bornholm Puppet Festival celebrates puppetry for children and adults alike. Puppetry is visual theatre that transcends language with numerous types of expressions and forms such as glove puppets, marionettes, rod puppet, shadow puppets.
Famed for its buzzing artist community Bornholm is a Danish island full of creative minded people. The picturesque island of Bornholm, also known as the "Sunshine Island", situated in the middle of the Baltic Sea is the setting of the Bornholm Puppet Festival. Bornholm is a popular and easy accessible holiday destination close to Poland, Germany, Sweden and the Baltic Nations.

This is a biennial festival, the next festival will be September 2021.

Fira de Teatre de Titelles de Lleida

Organized by: Puppet Centre and Lleida City Council

fira de teatre de titelles de lleida
Lleida, Spain
firatitelles.com/

Fair market as puppet shows, theater of objects, masks, shadows and visual, is an annual event bringing together puppeteers, artists, programmers, and users festivals of culture and the world of performing arts.

This is an annual festival. The next festival is slated for 2022.

Bábkarská Bystrica

Artistic Director: Marian Pecko

Bábkarská Bystrica
Bankska Bystrica - Slovakia
bdnr.sk/babkarska-bystrica/

The festival belongs to the prestigious cultural events in the Slovak puppet theater and professional theater of international importance. It is the largest festival of puppet theaters in Slovakia and began in 1977.

This is a biennial festival. The next festival will be in 2022.

International Festival of Puppetry and Animated Forms - FIMFA Lx

A Tarumba-Teatro de Marionetas

International Festival of Puppetry and Animated Forms - FIMFA Lx
Lisbon - Portugal
tarumba.pt

The International Festival of Puppetry and Animated Forms - FIMFA Lx is one of the most important festivals of puppetry and theatre in Portugal. Running since 2001, the festival is organized and produced annually by the puppet company A Tarumba-Teatro de Marionetas.

This is an annual festival. The next festival is slated for Spring 2022.

Pesta Boneka

Papermoon Puppet Theatre

Yogyakarta, INDONESIA
papermoonpuppet.com/pesta-boneka

Pesta Boneka is an international biennale puppet festival initiated and hosted by Papermoon Puppet Theatre since 2008 in Yogyakarta-Indonesia. Papermoon Puppet Theatre has been well known as contemporary puppetry artists from Indonesiaa who present their works either in Indonesia, or in other countries.
Not only attended by puppetry artists, PESTA BONEKA has been a place where people could see how puppets could be messengers who deliver message in many different forms, through many different cultures in many different ways.
For the audience and the participants, the warmth of the festival will welcome them, the intimacy will be the thing that they will love. And for the participants, PESTA BONEKA will definitely bring them a very different journey of experiencing the richness of culture, in an intimate way.
Not only through performances, there will be plenty of workshops facilitated by international artists, presentation, exhibition and also Cooking session !!!

This is a biennial festival. The next festival will be in 2022.

Jerusalem Puppet Festival

The Train Theater (Israel)

Jerusalem, Israel
traintheater.co.il/en/festivals/about

The Festival offers a range of performances for children and adults, from contemporary and traditional puppet theater to object and character theater, from local and international companies.
Since its creation, the Festival has hosted many well-known artists from the world of puppet theater from Israel and around the world, gaining international acclaim.
The aim of the festival is to promote the contemporary puppet theater vernacular with an emphasis on a personal, modern, high-quality theatrical language in all its component parts. The Train Theater produces original performances for children, and during the festival presents shows for a wide age range, from toddlers to adult audiences.

This is an annual festival. The next festival will be in 2022.

El Rinconcillo de Cristobica

El Rinconcillo de Cristobica
Granada, Spain
www.festivalrinconcillo.com

The Festival of El Rinconcillo de Cristobica shows the work of different artists, that ways and very different aesthetic, explore various relationships between the manipulator and the manipulated object.
Since the depth and wonder, the more light-hearted fun, magic, music, charm, etc., the great masters of puppetry around the world offer technical and ingenuity in the service of a festival that takes place in the Casa-Museo F. García Lorca of Valderrubio each year, and has become an indisputable seal of quality and distinction in origin, sustainability, rigor in the selection of artists, visibility and impact, consolidating as a leader in our community and on the national scene.

This is an annual festival, the next festival will be in Spring 2022.

Fidena International Puppetry Festival

Artistic Director: Annette Dabs

Fidena International Puppetry Festival
Bochum - Germany
www.fidena.de/

The international festival "FIDENA - Puppet Theatre of Nations" is devoted to the art of puppet theater. Over half a century, this traditional festival has existed, has presented more than 1,000 performances of theater groups and artists from 47 countries.

This is a biennial festival. The next festival is slated for 2022.

manipulate

Puppet Animation Scotland

manipulate
Scotland
puppetanimation.org

manipulate Visual Theatre Festival is produced by Puppet Animation Scotland. We champion visual theatre, puppetry and animation in Scotland.
Through manipulate Visual Theatre Festival, we enable audiences and Scottish-based artists to see and engage with world-class visual theatre and animation.

This is an annual festival. The next festival is slated for 2022.

Figuresco - Festival de Marionnettes pour enfants

Organized by the Puppet Theatre Workshop, The Turlutaine of La Chaux-de-Fonds, and UNIMA Switzerland

Figuresco - Festival de Marionnettes pour enfants
La Chaux-de-Fonds - Switzerland
figuresco.ch

FIGURESCO is a festival entirely dedicated to children puppets, organized each year by an amateur puppeteers company in collaboration with UNIMA * Switzerland . The festival aims to promote puppetry, which is often the first contact of a child with the theater. In addition, the protagonist puppet shows age-appropriate, enables identification of the child with the characters of the story.
By bringing together amateur puppet companies on both sides of the Sarine, the festival is a place of exchange and multicultural interactivity in pleasant places.

The last festival was in June 2021.

Burattinarte d’Inverno

Artistic Directors: Consuelo Conterno and Claudio Giri

Burattinarte d’Inverno
Alba, Piedmont ITALY

Great international show of puppetry that for over 20 years has been striving to spread the art of puppets, marionettes, shadows and puppets.

This is an annual festival. The next festival will be in 2022.

July 2 - August 27, 2021

World Puppet Festival & 24th UNIMA Congress

UNIMA - Union Internationale de la Marionnette

World Puppet Festival - 24th UNIMA Congress
Chuncheon, South Korea
en.unimakorea.com/

The 24th edition of the UNIMA World Congress and the World Puppetry Festival will take place in Chuncheon, South Korea in 2024

This festival takes place every four years.

International Festival of Animated Objects

Artistic Director: Xstine Cook

Calgary, Alberta - Canada
puppetfestival.ca

A puppetry festival held in Calgary, Canada.

This is a biennial festival. The next festival will be in 2023.

Harmony World Puppet Festival, Thailand

Harmony Puppet Thailand

Photo by: Mr. Bundit Muangpad

Phuket Harmony World Puppet Festival 2018, Thailand
16/225 M.2, Vibhawadee soi 58 Rd., Laksi district
Bangkok
harmonypuppetthailand.com
662-956-4180

The Harmony Puppet Festival Project was launched in 2013 by the Semathai Marionette Arts for Social Foundation, with the approach of creating a space for learning the art of puppeteering at The Amphawa Chaipattananurak Conservation Project in the Amphawa District of Samut Songkram, Thailand.
It created the current model of using regional identities to reach out to individuals who would otherwise have limited access to art. In its first year, the project drew a lot of attention from international puppeteers who expressed interested in its ability to provide the knowledge necessary for youth puppeteer development.

This is an annual festival. We hope this festival will return post-pandemic.

International Pop Arts Festival

International Pop Arts Festival
Amsterdam - Netherlands
popartsfestival.nl/

Pop Arts Festival is an initiative of Theater Bellevue, De Krakeling and Ostade A’dam and presents the latest in the field of puppetry and objecttheater from the Netherlands and abroad.

This is an annual festival. We hope this festival will return post-pandemic.

Puppet International

Artistic Director: Elly Bakker

Meppel - Netherlands
puppetinternational.nl/

A puppetry festival held in the Netherlands.

This is a biennial festival. We hope this festival will return post-pandemic.

World Puppet Carnival

Executive Director: Rob Petrovic

World Puppet Carnival
worldpuppetcarnival.com

The World Puppet Carnival produces carnivals and festivals around the globe. Our events are seen in theaters, streets, cultural centers, parks, schools and hospitals. Puppeteers are inspired to share their art, culture and customs. We introduce children, families and adults to the magical Art of Puppetry. We fill children’s hearts with love for puppets as an alternative to video and electronic games. We help puppets become a child’s best friend.
With fanfare, performances and a parade, we celebrate Puppet Art. The World Puppet Carnival is a dynamic tool for self-expression and exploration. Carnival is a tool to unite the world; to seek out our roots, develop new ways of looking at the world and its cultures, and finally, a tool to discover and celebrate what we have in common and what makes us different. Together we Celebrate Life. Our World Art Carnival dream is to bring down the wall between the culturally privileged and underprivileged, to celebrate and share humanity’s artistic wealth as widely as possible for the benefit of public, especially the younger generation. World Puppet Carnival helps make our Planet a better place for all people, nations and race to share joy and happiness in their lives.

This is an annual festival, taking place in a different country each year. We hope this festival will return post-pandemic.

ANIMA IF Festival Internazionale di Teatro di Figura

Calgiari ITALY
Nuoro, ITALY
ismascareddas.it

Mornings dedicated to schools, afternoons for families and evenings for adults only. World-renowned artists, experts in the field of puppetry. Shadow theater, puppets, puppets, puppets and objects.

The last festival was in 2019 and was the second edition. We hope this festival will return post-pandemic.

Witham International Puppetry Festival

Witham Town Council

Witham International Puppetry Festival
Witham - England
withaminternationalpuppetfestival.co.uk/

Witham Town Council is delighted to present the annual International Puppet Festival. A fantastic day is planned for you with something for everyone to enjoy, all presented in the area in and around the two shopping precincts of the Grove and Newlands and the High Street.

The last festival was in 2018. We hope this festival will return post-pandemic.

Izmir International Puppet Days

Artistic Director: Selcuk Dincer

Izmir International Puppet Days
Izmir - Turkey
izmirkuklagunleri.com

This year's festival program will feature 27 puppet theater groups from 32 countries, 64 shows, and 275 performances in 45 showrooms. In the festival program, where an international symposium will take place, one will welcome 5 art exhibitors from Slovenia. Five professional stage performers will enrich the festival program with three workshops for children. Three conferences and an interview will expand our knowledge. There will be exciting hours in the puppet competition between elementary schools. One of the biggest puppet festivals in the world starts in Izmir for the tenth time ...

This is an annual festival. We hope this festival will return post-pandemic.