Turner announces Winter Wellness Festival 2026 in Margate
Across movement, sound, immersive experiences, and nurturing workshops…
This winter, Turner Contemporary presents the Winter Wellness Festival 2026—a three-week programme that reflects on what it means to care for ourselves and for one another.
Taking place during Margate’s quieter season, the festival brings together practitioners, artists and facilitators from Kent and beyond to explore ideas of grounding, connection, and renewal.
Across movement, sound, immersive experiences, and nurturing workshops - from Ayurvedic supper clubs to conversations and creative explorations around rest.
The festival invites visitors to slow down, notice, and restore. It offers a moment to acknowledge the unseen work of care that shapes our lives and our communities, particularly in winter.
A mix of free and ticketed events invites people to engage in ways that feel right for them - whether they are taking first steps in exploring wellbeing or deepening an existing practice. Four open themes guide the programme:
With the Earth - recognising our relationship with land, weather and environment
Body & Soul - tending to physical and emotional wellbeing as intertwined Rituals & Rest - embracing rhythms of reflection, pause and repair
Rituals & Rest - embracing rhythms of reflection, pause and repair
Wellness by Design - exploring how creativity and space support the ways we live and feel
Together, these themes create a space for experimentation and shared practice - a place to reimagine how wellbeing might look when held collectively.
Practitioners have been invited to propose workshops, talks, performances or collaborative events that respond to the gallery’s spaces and the season.
KEY DATES:
- Programme proposals due: 15 November 2025
- Festival announcement: 20 November 2025
- Festival: 30 January–22 February 2026
For more information visit: https://turnercontemporary.org/whats-on/events/winter-wellness_festival_2026
