Abandon Normal Devices (AND) Festival 2026

Abandon Normal Devices (AND) Festival, the UK’s only nomadic festival of art, technology and digital culture, returns for its landmark 10th edition in Barnsley on Friday 25 to Sunday 27 September 2026. Over one transformative weekend, the festival will deliver extraordinary art and installations using state-of-the-art emerging technologies and collaborating with visionary artists that push the boundaries of immersive experiences.  

Activated in Yorkshire for the first time, the festival ignites Barnsley into a temporary site to test ambitious new ideas and platform radical international and UK artists. From interactive XR (Extended Reality) installations, bold performances and screenings, to stimulating talks from leading creative experts.

In this10th festival edition, infrastructure is examined as a lived material and cultural condition, illuminating the connection between people and place. AND examine the networks, historical extraction legacies, and turbulent social climates that underpin contemporary life in the North of England. The festival tunes into Barnsley’s ambitions to be the UK’s leading digital town, and to the North’s identity as a place of creativity, innovation, connectivity and cultural exchange. 

AND Festival 2026 presents playful opportunities to encounter the in-between. Join us to reimagine relationships between humans, landscapes, and the built environments we inhabit that inform our daily rhythms. 

All events are FREE TO ATTEND.

Booking is encouraged for our festival commissions Krumville, Northern Passage: A Quest To Hopian, Acoustic Memories and durational work Intra Protocol to guarantee entry at your preferred time.

Further Information: AND FESTIVAL 2026