Timber Festival
Timber Festival is an incredible weekend festival of debate, celebration and reflection in the National Forest. Timber invites you to stand up and be counted as we rethink our relationship with trees and forests.
Field Notes area at Timber FestivalWild Rumpus
Starting in 2018, we partnered with the National Forest to create Timber Festival in Feanedock, Leicestershire. A celebration of the biggest regeneration project in the UK, the National Forest Company have increased forest cover from 3% to 21% in 20 years.
Signs of the TimesWild Rumpus
The festival is a mixture of music, art, outdoor theatre and ideas. We want to highlight the undeniable benefits of trees and promote behaviour changes in our audience regarding sustainable practices.
Timber Festival, Luke TurnerWild Rumpus
Writers, thinkers and scientists come to Timber to share their experiences with nature and how it influences their work. Here, The Quietus editor, Luke Turner, talks about his book, Out of the Woods.
Luke Jerram's Museum of the MoonWild Rumpus
For the inaugural edition of Timber, Luke Jerram's Museum of the Moon was nestled between the trees to create a bewitching spectacle.
Hannah Peel and Will Burns at Timber 2019Wild Rumpus
Musician Hannah Peel and poet Will Burns performed an incredible live version of their joint album, Chalk Hill Blue.
Hinako Omori performing at Timber Festival 2019Wild Rumpus
Hinako Omori performs against a woodland background at the Eyrie Stage in 2019.
Forest of Dreams, by B Arts at Timber 2019Wild Rumpus
Forest of Dreams by B-arts
In 2019, B-arts brought their stunning theatre piece, Forest of Dreams to Feanedock. It is an immersive theatre piece set in an imaginary temporary refugee camp in a forest somewhere in Europe.
Bike Rack at Timber Festival 2019Wild Rumpus
We've partnered with Red Fox Cycling so audience members can cycle from Birmingham to the festival for all those bike-aficionado's out there.
Phill Jupitus and Geoff Bird recording the Wilderness TracksWild Rumpus
Wilderness Tracks
Each festival, Geoff Bird records three episodes of the Wilderness Tracks - where a guest chooses six tracks which soundtrack their relationship with nature.
Ian Douglas at the Campfire, Timber 2019Wild Rumpus
Head over to 'As The Crow Flies' for live music and storytelling from all manner of performers. Seen here: Ian Douglas
Stealing Sheep performing at Timber 2019Wild Rumpus
Electro-pop troubadours, Stealing Sheep headlined our mainstage, Field Notes for a rousing performance.
Hollow Way Lookout at Timber 2019Wild Rumpus
Our festival site at Feanedock is a breathtaking example of regenerating the landscape from former coal-mining industry to new woodland. We created the Hollow Way Look-out, a viewpoint which overlooks the festival and beyond to the landscape-in-development.
Timber Festival, The Hollow Way LookoutWild Rumpus
Our aims with Timber: we want people to enjoy new experiences amongst trees, re-examine their own relationship with nature and hopefully explore radical new ways of thinking about sustainability in our ever-changing world.
