Text that reads 'EASTERN SOUTH WEST' in stylized font with pink and green colors, resembling a festive or holiday theme.

A celebration of our peatland connections

This year we are taking Peat-Fest to the South-West together with the ART and ENERGY collective!

This summer and autumn, join us across Somerset, Dorset, Dartmoor, Exmoor, and Cornwall for Peat-Fest — a region-wide celebration of our incredible peatlands!

From youth-led events and creative workshops to fen-tastic fun for all ages, come feel the strength of the peat, connect across generations, and celebrate these vital landscapes together!

Look at all our events!
A hand-drawn map of the South West region of England, showing locations such as Bristol, Bath, Exeter, Poole, Plymouth, Bideford, and others. The map features a green and pink color scheme, with place names written in green, and a legend indicating event locations in the Peatland Area. The title reads 'Legend' and 'Event Location' in a decorative font.

Listen to the Bogcasts!

Peat-Fest South-West is working with podcast creators to record seven bogcasts at our events and workshops. We will capture the voices of people of all ages, sharing their experiences and learning.

All the bogcasts will be available to listen to free of charge and will act as a lasting legacy of our Peat-Fest South-West journey.

Wild connections - reaching hearts and minds of young people

A diagram with logos of various organizations and initiatives related to the Peatland South-West project, including heritage funds, national parks, environmental councils, and conservation programs.
Peat-Fest 2024 Full Poster

2024

As of 2024, we are bringing Peat-Fest off the screen and out to a peatland near you. Our vision is of a network of locally-led Peat-Fest ‘stages’ and ‘tents’ dedicated to different local peatlands dotted around the UK and Europe. In this way, Peat-Fest will expand its impact by focussing on connecting people with particular peatlands in their landscape and supporting local young leaders to take action in their communities. As a Peat-Fest stage, an event can be supported by RE-PEAT in a broad and flexible capacity depending on the needs of local organisers.

2020 | 2021 | 2022

Peat-Fest 2022 recap

Peat-Fest 2022 videos

Peat-Fest 2020 and 2021 Recap

Peat-Fest 2020 videos

Over the course of three years, Peat-Fest was (mostly) An online festival where people from around the world came together in a playful, creative atmosphere. Peatlands easily risk being restricted to the technical realm of science or policy, creating barriers for community participation and missing out on the opportunity for transformative peatland relationships to emerge. Whether artists, scientists, politicians, community organisers, those already knee-deep in the peat and those yet to take the plunge, at Peat-Fest everyone was welcome!

Flashbacks from previous peat-fests

A hand-drawn poster about landscape rewilding in Finland, featuring maps, diagrams, and handwritten notes. It discusses peatlands, bird species, and ecological restoration efforts.
A colorful drawing with various doodles and phrases. There are clocks, a person with a surprised expression, an ear, a cloud with lines, the words 'FULL OF AIR', 'PEACE AND HEALTH', 'COLLECTIVE MEMORY', 'black jitter', 'there never dig coal here', and a pink boat. The artwork features shapes, abstract patterns, and handwritten text in multiple colors, creating a collage of ideas related to environmental and social themes.
RE-GENDERING the Bog with Wet Futures
A hand-drawn sketch of two common cranes flying, with handwritten notes about their return to Humberhead Peatlands and a story of peatland railway conservation project, signed by Gavin Tind 2020.
Hand-drawn sketch of multiple faces and handwritten notes and poems on a white sheet of paper. The faces include a woman with glasses, a man with a beard, and a woman with curly hair. The notes reference a song and themes of peace, burial, and nature.
A black and white illustration of a dandelion seed head with handwritten notes above and below. The notes reference a macro photography project on the dandelion, titled 'D24 hr Peer-Fest 2020,' featuring the photographer Tina Daffey, and dated May 31, 2020.

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