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Walking piece
2006

Festival Proposals (dog walking)

Festival Proposals by Peter Liversidge consists of 103 hand-typed suggestions sent to Ingleby Gallery during the Edinburgh Festival. Ranging from fantastical to feasible, some were realized as artworks and performances, while others exist solely as ideas. Dog Walking was one of these Festival Proposals.

Curated news 24 Apr, 2026

Street art: Everything you need to know about Aberdeen Nuart 2026

The street art festival which first took place back in 2017 is back with large and small works. Source: Street art: Everything you need to know about Aberdeen Nuart 2026

Sound walk
2016

Nimbin Soundtrail

The Nimbin Soundtrail is a locative audio walk that explores the transformation of Nimbin from a dairy village to a renowned alternative lifestyle hub following the 1973 Aquarius Festival. The trail details the festival's impact on the community and the subsequent establishment of a sustainable, experimental lifestyle by New Settlers.

27 Feb, 2026

Urban Tree Festival – Open Call

This year’s Urban Tree Festival will run from 9–17 May, and we are now seeking proposals from individuals, community groups and organisations to run events. Apply via the Google form, you will need a Google account to complete the form. This year, we’ve also produced a PDF of the application questions so you can read through them

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Walking Festival of Sound: Artist Walks / Lundahl and Seitl

Walking Festival of Sound
2022-04-20 17:00
Online

Lundahl & Seitl present their new work Streetlight Harvesters, made with co-artists Untold Garden. In a series of invisible sound sculptures, this project appropriates the city's street lights in the form of a Monstrous Creature - conceived from a lineage of human control of the visible light spectrum, from fire & oil lanterns to the gas lights of the 19th century & today's electrical LED lights. As part of the Walking Festival of Sound.

Happened
SWS21  

Festival Soundings of Edinburgh

Louise Todd, Napier University
2021-09-21 17:00
Online

Festival Soundings of Edinburgh is a FREE online group walk to explore the venues, places and spaces of past Edinburgh festivals revealed through audio recordings of the memories of city residents and visitors.

Walking piece
2020

Greenwich Sounds HiLo

Sound walk between the Highest and Lowest points in the Royal Borough of Greenwich

Curated news 19 Apr, 2026

Walking Festival of Sound Launches 2026 Edition

The 2026 edition of the Walking Festival of Sound, a transdisciplinary and nomadic event dedicated to exploring the role of walking and listening in our Source: Walking Festival of Sound Launches 2026 Edition

Happened
 

Frome’s Walking Festival 2022

Frome Walkers Are Welcome and Frome Town Council
11 - 13 Nov, 2022
Cheese & Grain, Justice Lane, Frome, UK

Frome's annual Walking Festival brings together walks on various topics from history, environmental, countryside and more.

Happened
SWS21  

Livingmaps Live – A festival of Creative Counter-Mapping

Livingmaps Network
2021-09-10 16:00

Join us on the 10th, 11th and 12th of September as Livingmaps goes live for a festival-style weekend of creative counter-mapping. Inspired by the idea of festival as a place away from the trials and tribulations of everyday life, a transformative space where people go to encounter new experiences and to dream and re-imagine different

Sound walk
2017

Before we burn

Taking Burning Man participants on a walk of the playa, before it is fully populated by Burners for the 2017 event. Walking for one hour, blindfolded. Recording the sound of the hour of walking, and sharing this recording online.

Happened
SWS22  

TO)pot sound walks festival

CONA
15 - 18 Sep, 2022
Ljubljana, Slovenia

TO)pot is a festival of sound walks, sound events and reflections, which through walking as an artistic practice, thematises acoustic ecology.

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Articles on WLC

Curated news 30 Jul, 2023

Eye’s Walk | Syros | To July 30 | eKathimerini.com

The Eye’s Walk Digital Festival is taking place on Syros, featuring 33 original artistic works. Source: Eye’s Walk | Syros | To July 30 | eKathimerini.com

Curated news 30 Mar, 2023

It’s the perfect time of year for a forage during the Walking Festival : Newsline

Enjoy a foraging journey with your whānau during the upcoming Walking Festival. Source: It’s the perfect time of year for a forage during the Walking Festival : Newsline

Curated news 13 Mar, 2023

Public Art Festival Will Turn Manhattan Street Into a Runway

Art in Odd Places is now accepting proposals for this year’s festival, returning to 14th Street in Manhattan with the theme “Dress.” Source: Public Art Festival Will Turn Manhattan Street Into a Runway

Curated news 09 May, 2021

Pilfered Paintings Performance: Festival hopes to catch a thief with walking theater – The Free Weekly

Source: Pilfered Paintings Performance: Festival hopes to catch a thief with walking theater – The Free Weekly

Articles elsewhere

POINTS D'OU... 70

Appel à œuvres field recording

La Trinité et le GRAME – Centre national de création musicale Lyon, lancent un appel à œuvres de field recording pour le festival Chapelle Sauvage (La Trinité) et les festival Zone Xp (GRAME). Cinq pièces seront diffusées le samedi 23 mai 2026 à la chapelle de la Trinité dans le cadre d’une session d’écoute intitulée […]

Gilles Malatray
Inspiral London 90

Songlines for Greenwich Black History 365 project May to July 2025

Latest news – Songlines for Greenwich Black History 365 project 2025 InspiralLondon are delighted to be working with walking artist […]

charlfox
POINTS D'OU... 85

Point d’ouïe, paysages sonores en état de conscience

Parfois, nous (re)prenons conscience de notre environnement, de notre propre corps écoutant, via des perceptions sensibles, ignorées par leur omniprésence-même. Chercher ses lunettes avant de nous apercevoir que nous les avons sur le nez, ne plus entendre la ventilation de son bureau tant elle envahit les lieux, à longueur de journée, en sont quelques exemples […]

Gilles Malatray
POINTS D'OU... 85

Points d’ouïe – Épopée sonore et aquatique franc-comtoise en chantier

S’enforester l’oreille Bassins versants, l’oreille fluante se coule encore dans des paysages liquides multiples. Une façon de les réécrire au fil de l’eau et des déambulations riveraines.Après Lyon, le Sud-oust, la région grenobloise, le Hainaut Belge, mes oreilles se rafraichissent, dans tous les sens du terme, en Franche-Comté. Tout d’abord, un arrêt au Bois d’Ambre, […]

Gilles Malatray

Events

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Walking with Poetry

Push the Boat Out Poetry Festival
2022-11-04 15:00
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

40 minute circular walks from Edinburgh's Sumerhall arts centre, involving readings of poems specially commissioned to respond to

Happened
 

Jane’s Walk

Jane's Walk
2 - 3 May, 2020

On the first weekend of May every year, Jane’s Walk festivals take place in hundreds of cities around the world. Jane’s Walks encourage people to share stories about their neighbourhoods, discover unseen aspects of their communities, and use walking as a way to connect with their neighbours. We walk our cities to honor and activate

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Vancouver New Music is dedicated to exploring and contextualizing new music and sonic art, through concert presentations, festival, community, and workshop events.
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