Looking for some immersive experiences across the UK this season? Here’s a selection of highlights happening across the UK over the next couple of months.

England

London

Devon Turnbull OJAS Listening Room 

Tuesday 14, Monday 20, Tuesday 21, Monday 27, Tuesday 28 April

The OJAS Listening Room presents Devon Turnbull’s vision of perfect sound reproduction, where each element has been carefully considered to create an environment that honors both the music and the listener. This installation transforms the industrial architecture of 180 Studios into an intimate sanctuary for deep listening.

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In Other Worlds, Liam Young

Thursday 21 May—Sunday 6 September

Liam Young’s imaginary worlds take over various locations in the Barbican, inviting us to imagine what the future of humanity could look like, and the challenges and adventures to come. In Other Worlds constructs a series of imagined futures for our planet, rooted in real technology and climate-based possibilities.

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RBO/SHIFT 2026

Thursday 4 – Sunday 7 June 2026

A new four-day festival connecting the worlds of opera and technology. The focus for the first festival is the ever-growing world of artificial intelligence. What can AI offer creatives? And what can creatives offer the world in the age of AI?

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South West

breathing.systems – Bristol

Saturday 25 April, 11:30, 12:40, 13:50, 15:00

breathing.systems is an immersive performance in which a custom-built wireless speaker system is worn by the performers, turning each body into a moving source of sound. The piece creates a communal, fluid, sound body, dispersing the artist’s voice across a network of collaborators – each node in a temporal community.

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North of England

They’ve Got Your Eyes – Liverpool

Running until Monday 16 August

They’ve Got Your Eyes is a major new commission by Scottish artist Rachel Maclean, featuring the world premiere of a film created using AI models trained on her own image and artistic archive. Co-commissioned by Sonica Festival. 

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Sheffield DocFest 

Wednesday 10 – Monday 15 Jun 2026

Sheffield DocFest, the UK’s leading documentary festival, will be taking over the city between 10 – 15 June 2026, as we play host to daily film premieres and events celebrating all things documentary.

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Wales

Annwn Prize 2026 – Cardiff 

All exhibitions run from Wednesday 27 May – Friday 26 June

The Annwn Prize is the first global award that celebrates excellence in immersive storytelling. Nominated by an international community of curators and commentators, four shortlisted works come to Wales Millennium Centre, inviting you to step inside the story. Four worlds, one venue.

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Scotland

Folding Songs – Perth

Monday 24 – Tuesday 25 April

Martin Green, acclaimed accordionist and fearless sonic innovator of the band Lau, joins forces with vocalist Svetlana Spajić, one of Serbia’s most revered traditional musicians and a guardian of ancient Balkan song, and guitarist Graeme Stephen to present Folding Songs.

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Cryptic Nights: HUMMM // PANAGKAMARERWA – Glasgow

Thursday 7 May 

Artist and composer Alexandra Bell presents HUMMM, a multi-channel sound installation made up of sculptural forms with different acoustic properties. Cryptic Nights is an annual curated program by Immersive Arts producing partner Cryptic. 

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Big Telly Jam at CoSTAR Dundee Realtime Lab – Dundee

Wednesday 6 May – 9:30-17:00

Expand-funded artists Biome Collective (The Game) are running a one-day collaborative workshop for artists and game designers to explore creative technology, digital art and immersive experiences. 

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Creative Tech Scotland Gathering, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Futures Institute

Thursday 14 May – 9:00-17:00

The Creative Tech Scotland Gathering brings together creatives, artists, technologists and academics to share how they are harnessing and developing emerging technologies for creative and artistic innovation, and blending old and new tech in exciting ways.

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Northern Ireland

BLINK – DAS Annual Review

Running until Saturday 25 April 

BLINK brings together works that explore moments of perceptual slippage, where images glitch, dissolve, or drift. There are no stable truths here, no fixed positions or clear narratives; yet the body returns as a site of orientation, resisting the speed and fragmentation of contemporary culture.

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