INCREASE THE PEACE FESTIVAL 2026

The festival you'll talk about all year...
About this Event

Increase the Peace is Boscombe’s big‑hearted community festival, packed with live music all day in multiple venues, from local musicians and headline acts Freefall Collective, The Undercover Hippy, Midnight Alliance, Mischa & The Merry Many, Tuto Tribe, Suna Alan, internationally recognised Kurdish Alevi singer and the wonderful Kitty Stewart. Enjoy free children’s entertainment all day, creative kids’ workshops, bold graffiti art, cultural dance, Rhythym Generation's African drumming workshop, CYC Yoga and DJ sets from The Hush Club, Jungle Cub DJs and AfroDisiac Youth DJs*. Get involved with writing workshops from The Outsiders Project and The Story Works, powerful theatre from Vita Nova, and spoken word with Getting Poetical. Explore our Human Library, feast at international & local food markets, browse buzzing community & charity stalls — and check out Intrepid skate ramp bringing extra energy to the day. Every penny raised helps us create more community projects with local charities, supporting Boscombe & Bournemouth all year round.

Agenda

🕑: 11:00 AM - 08:30 PM
The Street Stage
Host: Freefall Collective

Info: FULL DAY OF LIVE MUSIC

🕑: 12:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Boscombe Cresent
Host: The Hush Club
🕑: 12:00 PM - 12:30 AM
Chaplin's & the Cellar Bar
Host: The Undercover Hippy
🕑: 11:00 AM - 01:30 PM
MAKE YOUR OWN COMIC WITH THE STORY WORKS!
Host: THE STORY WORKS

Info: Create a your own micro-comic book with our top team of artists and storytellers from The Story Works. Through collaborative and individual exercises, you’ll go home with a small comic of your own creation as we guide you through the amazing possibilities that comics hold, and the process of writing and illustrating your own graphic novels from start to finish.
Book a space. (Ages 7-14)

🕑: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
WRITING WORKSHOP
Host: THE OUTSIDERS PROJECT
🕑: 11:00 AM - 05:00 PM
CHILDREN'S ENTERTAIMENT
Host: Creative Kids
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:00 PM
Wild Cafe & Kitchen
Vinyl sets all day
🕑: 12:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Ethicoco Coffee & Chocolate house
Host: https://ethicoco.com/pages/coffee-chocolate-house

Info: Live acoustic musicians celebrating and performing at this beautiful venue, nestled in a hidden nook just off of Boscombe high street. This charming and cosy café is a haven for chocolate and coffee aficionados alike. Step inside and be enveloped by the inviting aroma of freshly brewed coffee and the rich scent of our own decadent chocolates.

🕑: 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Vita Nova - Celeste Production of, 'Writing Home'

Info: One of the charities we support and work with is Vita Nova. Vita Nova’s Celeste Theatre Group — a company using creativity, second language learners and lived experience to spark connection, conversation and hope will be performing 'Writing Home'.

Untitled agenda

🕑: 12:00 PM - 12:30 AM
Chaplin's & The Cellar Bar