Mayfest 2022 is just two months away, and we want you to be a part of it – we’re on the lookout for volunteers to join the team and help spread joy throughout Bristol.

This year, Mayfest is adopting a pay-what-you-can model for tickets to every performance and element of the programme, with a minimum price of £1. Here’s why.

We are keen to hear from Bristol-based artists who are primarily live performance-makers but who have stretched their wings into film territory over the last couple of years.

We are thrilled to announce that three brilliant MAYK-produced film works will be making their Antipodean digital debut s a part of Sydney Opera House’s UK/AU Digital Season.

It is with great pleasure, joy, and excitement that we are able to announce Mayfest is back for 2022.

This policy is a statement of attitude. It’s a living document that we will update, change and adapt in response to our experience and the experiences of the artists and producers we work with.

This year marks MAYK’s tenth anniversary.

To celebrate, we worked with our long-term collaborator and friend Dan Canham to create this film looking back on ten fantastic years and ahead to the next chapter.

Earlier this year we launched a brand new collaboration with Bristol Pride in which we invited LGBTQ+ artists and companies based in Bristol to send us ideas for a new early-stage research and development co-commission.

The response was amazing and as diverse as the communities from which the ideas arose. It was a joy to read all the proposals and to chat with an inspiring shortlist of artists.

We’re excited to announce that we have awarded the commission to Bristol-based multi-disciplinary dance artist Tim Lo.

Mayfest 2022 returns next year, and we are looking for an experienced producer to join the delivery team - an exciting opportunity to help bring the festival to arts venues and sites across Bristol.

We’re thrilled to announce MAYKING Space – a new rehearsal and development space dedicated to artists making and exploring live performance. Our hope with this new venture is that this space will become a lively and welcoming part of Bristol’s creative community. And beyond.