Flow in the Forest 2025: a UK flow and fire arts event.

This September, a new spark is being lit. 🌲🔥 From Thursday 18th – Monday 22nd September 2025, the very first Flow in the Forest will take place in Horseheath, Cambridgeshire – and you’re invited to be part of our history: the UK’s first dedicated fire and flow arts festival of it's kind, blending Flow and Fire arts with up and coming UK musical talent in a equinox festival celebration of fire and flow. 

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Flow in the Forest could not exist without the amazing community that came before us. We’ve been inspired by the incredible work of pLaY Festival, the pioneering Phoenix Fire Convention, and the fiery magic of the Liverpool Fire Festival. These events proved just how powerful fire, circus, and flow gatherings can be, and we’re honoured to carry that torch into a new chapter.

The UK also has a long and proud tradition of juggling conventions, which have built the backbone of our circus community:

  • British Juggling Convention (BJC) – founded in 1988, it remains the UK’s largest juggling event and an annual highlight for spinners, jugglers, and performers (Wikipedia).

  • European Juggling Convention (EJC) – first held in Brighton in 1978, with just 11 jugglers, it’s now the largest juggling event in the world.

  • Broxford Juggling & Circus Convention – formerly the Bristol Juggling Convention, this week-long meet in southern England brings together hundreds of jugglers each year.

  • Bungay Balls Up – a legendary Suffolk gathering, running for more than 20 years on a farm, with a 24-hour juggling tent, games, and a wood-fired sauna (review).

  • Plus so many more regional conventions like Leeds, Camvention, Chocfest, Lestival, Nottingham, and the countless university and community juggling clubs who keep the art alive (Juggling Edge UK events).

To all of these events and clubs, and to every organiser, performer, volunteer, service provider, supporter, ticket buyer, commenter, sharer, and liker – thank you. Flow in the Forest is here because of your efforts.

The History of Fire & Flow Festivals

Fire and flow gatherings have a more recent but equally inspiring history. The first dedicated event was Firedrums, hosted in San Francisco in 2004, blending fire spinning and drumming in a small beach gathering. Since then, festivals like Wildfire, Pacific Fire Gathering, and FLAME Festival have spread across the US and beyond, shaping what modern flow festivals look like (DrexFactor).

The term “Flow Arts” itself only really crystallised in the mid-2000s, shaped by communities of poi spinners, hoop dancers, staff artists, and object manipulators connecting online and at events (Flow Arts Institute). Pioneers like “Burning Dan” Gordon-Levitt and forums such as Home of Poi and HoopCity created the language and philosophy of “flow” that we celebrate today.

Flow in the Forest 2025 is proud to continue this lineage – bringing together juggling tradition with the evolution of fire and flow arts into one unique UK festival.

What to Expect at Flow in the Forest

This isn’t just a festival – it’s a celebration of everything fire, flow, and circus. Whether you’re picking up your first prop or refining advanced performance, you’ll find something for you. All workshops are included in the cost of your ticket except for prop building ones for puppyhammer and hoop.

Workshops (Friday–Sunday, all day)

Four workshop streams run simultaneously, offering beginner, intermediate, and advanced sessions across:

  • Poi, contact staff, double staff, dragon staff & triple staff

  • Hula hoop & hoop dance

  • Aerial & Pole

  • Contemporary dance, choreography & clowning

  • Drama, act design & act creation

  • Fire safety & fuel 101

  • Prop making: Puppyhammer, flower sticks, sock poi & more

And Beyond Workshops…

🔥 Fire & Flow Jams with live DJs
🎭 Three World-Class Shows
🎪 24-Hour Juggling Tent
🧶 Crafting & Prop Making Spaces
🛁 Hot Tubs & Sauna
🎶 Music Stage (3 days, 3 pm till late) – featuring New Age Collective and their brand-new track, The Gulls, Nuala, Junk O Active Wasteman, Soul Scientist, Tangles, The Kahunas, Katoula, Sir Sprout, Seb Wigley, InstaKat & Many more.. 
🎨 Art Installations & Fire Sculptures
🏴‍☠️ Renegade Stage – spontaneous and wild
🎫 Traders, Board Games & More
🔥 The Fire Pit Bard – stories by firelight

Lineup of Teachers & Artists

We’re honoured to host some of the most inspiring flow and circus teachers in the UK and beyond, including:

  • Staff Doctor

  • Jean Souleyman

  • Mika Hell

  • Red Sarah

  • Lucas Stephanides

  • Gaia Ward

  • Red Rootz

  • Sefan Grundy

  • Cosmo Hardy

  • Calvin Lok

  • Ben Jammin Sutton

  • JoJo Fox

  • Txng

  • Zach Nope

  • Ptony Nowhere

  • Quantuum

  • Tasha Rushbrooke
  • Matt Greeny

  • Dances with Circles 

  • Ali Morningstar

    …with many more !

Tickets

Spaces are limited to just 350 people, keeping Flow in the Forest intimate, community-driven, and full of connection. Already, over 60% of tickets have sold.

🎟 Tickets range from £55 – £320, depending on your length of stay and whether you’d like to include food. Festival entry starts at £55.
👉 Book now at: flowintheforest.com/shop

 

Why Join Us?

Flow in the Forest 2025 is a first of its kind event – a meeting point between the UK’s juggling legacy and the global rise of fire and flow festivals.

It’s a space to:

  • Learn from world-class teachers

  • Grow as an artist, performer, or beginner

  • Relax and recharge in woodland hot tubs and saunas

  • Celebrate with shows, jams, and live music

  • Connect with a supportive, inspiring community

But above all, it’s about gratitude – to every person and every event that made this possible.

Be Part of History

Join us this September to celebrate, learn, relax, and play at the first ever Flow in the Forest – the UK’s first dedicated fire and flow festival. Together, let’s make something magical.

📅 Thursday 18th – Monday 22nd September 2025
📍 Horseheath, Cambridgeshire
🎟 Tickets: flowintheforest.com/shop

✨ The forest is calling. Will you answer? ✨