Urban Wild
Monday 26 May - Sunday 1st June 2025
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Urban Wild is a city-wide festival celebrating local wild places and the connection, creativity, and community that surrounds them. The festival invites everyone to explore the city’s green and blue spaces through a dynamic programme of workshops, activities, walks, talks, performances, interactive experiences, and eco-inspired adventures.​​
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Choose your Urban Wild adventure!
The Urban Wild Week events calendar is now live, packed with walks, workshops, performances, talks, and more across Southampton from 26 May to 1 June.
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Click here to explore all events​
Urban Wild will culminate with Urban Wild on the Common, a celebration that will transform a corner of Southampton Common into a space filled with stalls, workshops, performances, walks and music.
You can download an event document with important information, site map, list of performances, workshops and stalls here:
Dive into a world where biodiversity and people thrive together, as we reimagine Southampton as a greener, healthier, and more connected place for all.
With a special focus on inclusivity, sustainability, and community action, Urban Wild is more than just an event—it’s a movement towards a brighter, more harmonious future. Whether you’re curious about urban ecology, passionate about the arts, or simply looking for a fun day out, there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
Urban Wild in a box
Get creative and capture your local wild spaces in a collage to showcase during the festival finale!
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Take part
This Urban Wild festival keep an eye out for Urban Wild in a Box at participating events - an opportunity for children to create a collage of their local green or blue spaces.
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These collages will be displayed as a large collective art piece at Urban Wild on the Common (1st June).
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We would love collages from as many children across the city as possible!
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How to take part:
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Use the questions on the activity sheet provided to prompt different senses and feelings.
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Create an A5 collage (ideally on card so they can be easily displayed). Encourage children to use craft materials, but also natural materials such as leaves, flowers and seeds)
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Bring them along to Urban Wild on the Common on 1st June, to the Wonderseekers stall, between 10:30 - 11am.
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Don't forget to write a name on the back of the collage if you wish to take it home later!
Download the activity sheet
Volunteer
Can you volunteer a few hours on Sunday 1st of June to support Urban Wild on the Common as a steward? We are looking for support on the day with the following shifts: 8 - 1pm, 1 - 6pm and 6 - 10pm.
If you can support, please get in touch with us via urbanwild@nationalparkcity.org.
Organising partners
Urban Wild is a community-led festival originating from Southampton National Park City, and organised in collaboration with:
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Wonderseekers, representatives from Southampton City Council and University of Southampton, as well as independent local professionals and community organisers.
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