Current Projects

A blend of folklore trail and wondrous winter festival! We invite you to step into a glittering world at Tatton Park Gardens this winter. Fall into a world of folklore, festive tradition and ridiculous rituals as the characters and creatures from winter myths and stories come to life. This year expect storytelling, live music and… Continue reading Yuletide at Tatton Park

A UK-Wide Call for Moments of Hope This SpringWild Rumpus and National Trust invite the public to share voice notes as part of a growing national chorus. This April and May, Wild Rumpus and National Trust invite people across the UK to take part in a collective act of noticing. Let Hope Blossom is a… Continue reading Let Hope Blossom

A Glittering Winter Adventure! Our flagship winter event, Yuletide is back at Tatton Park Gardens with an all new trail for 2026! This year, we are building on the wonder and magic from the last two years and creating an experience which immerses families in an artistic adventure rooted in traditional folklore with live music,… Continue reading Yuletide 2025

After a wonderful time at Culture Milton Keynes’ Midsummer Festival in 2024, where The Pavillion of The Hopeful Sun premiered, we are delighted to have been invited back for a second year with Ceremony of The Seed! Ceremony of The Seed! This creative intervention aims to nurture audiences to feel re-enchanted with nature, facilitating a… Continue reading Midsummer Festival: Ceremony of the Seed

This year, we proudly unveiled The Holly King and the Oak King, a co-production with Battersea Arts Centre that spins an ancient folk tale into a modern-day call to action.

As the shortest nights beckon, our celebration of winter folklore, Yuletide, is back for a second year at Tatton Park. We’re inviting audiences to fall into a world of folklore, festive tradition and rituals as the characters and creatures from winter myths and stories come to life. At Yuletide we play with the format of… Continue reading Yuletide 2024 at Tatton Park Gardens

A brand-new festive experience at Battersea Arts Centre. We are delighted to be returning to BAC for second year to deliver an immersive festive experience to families across the South East. Based on the old Celtic folktale, The Holly King and The Oak King will take families on a magical journey across the seasons, exploring the balance… Continue reading The Holly King and The Oak King at Battersea Arts Centre

In October this year, Raby Castle came alive with The Glittering North – where audiences were invited into an immersive experience in the spellbinding grounds of the Castle. Raby Castle is a breathtaking location steeped in Norse folklore which provided inspiration for this wondrous event. As audiences stepped into The Glittering North, they were immersed… Continue reading The Glittering North at Raby Castle

At Wild Rumpus we’re interested in changing landscapes, and how artistic interventions can surprise audiences, and lead people to look at familiar places with fresh eyes, responding differently to the world. This autumn we are delighted to bring Super-Natural, a playful giant sculpture trail to Chester Zoo. Visitors to the zoo will come across supersized… Continue reading Super-Natural Sculpture Trail at Chester Zoo

This summer we are delivering our uniquely playful, upcycled Marble Run to Happy Rooms in Middlesborough. This unmissable, family-friendly event explores what it means to feel happy, which is right up our street! Created by the wonderful Stellar Projects, happy rooms is made up of twelve colourful, interactive spaces with things to see, do, play and… Continue reading Giant Marble Run at Happy Rooms

The Sanctuary of the Hopeful Sun is a beacon of hope on the skyline. Premiering in Milton Keynes as part of their MidSummer festival in June this year, The Sanctuary was positioned at the top of the main boulevard where audiences were drawn towards this large scale, breathtaking sculptural installation. Audiences were able to enter… Continue reading The Sanctuary of The Hopeful Sun

“A shimmering, heart-on-sleeve ode to nature for children’ – The Guardian.

A Glittering Winter Adventure at Tatton Park Gardens – coming 24th November 2023! As we approach the longest night, we invite you to step into an incredible, wild, glittering world at Tatton Park this Christmas. Fall into a world of folklore, festive tradition and ridiculous rituals as the characters and creatures from winter myths and… Continue reading Yuletide

Timber was described as ‘a celebration of all that’s good in the world’ by Janet Ellis, one of our Wilderness Tracks guests this summer; this ambitious statement is one we’ll keep in mind as we begin plotting and planning for our 2024 festival!

We produce Timber, a weekend camping festival in the National Forest celebrating the impacts of trees and forests on our lives.

A weekend family camping adventure beyond your wildest dreams each August in Cheshire

At our woodlance creation centre, we invite artists and creatives to stay with us as they develop their practice.

Discover our growing soundmap bringing together aural tones and textures from the world’s woodlands.

Our podcast series where writers, artists, scientists and thinkers talk with producer Geoff Bird about six pieces of music that somehow connect them to nature.

Hinterlands Film Festival are asking the people and businesses of Skipton to share the sounds of the town to create a unique soundmap.