The Actual Reality Arcade has been touring festivals throughout the UK and abroad since May 2017.
After 3 very busy years of touring from 2017 to 2019 and some very exciting destinations planned for 2020 , Sadly ( like nearly everything else) the arcade was in lockdown.
During those uncertain times we weren’t sure when it would be able to return.
As things began to feel safer, the Arcade successfully returned to public play under Covid safety measures in August 2021 and it was great to be back.
2022 turned out to be a busier year than expected as things began to return to normality. The Arcade debuted at Silverstone and Bluedot festival along with a first visit to Germany.
The arcade also reached its 100th outing where we staged on Great Yarmouth beach.
2023 looks like another busy year for the arcade as it now enters it’s 7th year of touring.
It is now estimated that well over 150,000 people have now played on the arcade’s games since it first opened. Countless more people have enjoyed watching too.
It has been a massive success and we’ll be back to bring more joy in 2023
Below is a photo from almost every event the arcade has appeared at over the past 7 years…
Norfolk and Norwich Festival, Norwich – 20th and 21st May 2017
Greenwich and Docklands International Festival, London – 24th and 25th June 2017
Hat Fair, Winchester – 30th June and 1st July 2017
Mouth Of The Tyne Festival, Tynemouth – 8th and 9th July 2017
Wonderful World, Grimsby – Sunday 30th July 2017
Stockton International Riverside Festival, Stockton-on-Tees – 5th and 6th August 2017
Just So Festival, Cheshire – 18th , 19th and 20th August 2017
Power of Summer, Battersea, London – 26th and 27th August 2017
Out There International Festival of Street Art and Circus, Great Yarmouth – 16th and 17th September 2017
Light Night, Leeds – 5th and 6th October 2017
GEEK 2018 at Dreamland, Margate – 23rd – 25th February 2018
Big Day Out, St. Patrick’s Festival, Dublin – March 18th 2018
Shopfront Festival, Coventry – March 23rd -24th 2018
London Games Festival 2018, Trafalgar Square, London – 7th April 2018
London Games Festival 2018, Guildhall Yard, London – 14th April 2018
Brighton Festival – 19th May 2018
Geronimo Festival 2018, Arley Hall, Cheshire – 25th-27th May 2018
Feast 2018, Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury – 16th & 17th June 2018
Offbeat Festival, Oxford 23rd June 2018
Geronimo Festival, Knebworth, 30th June and 1st July 2018
Summer in Southside, Birmingham – 14th and 15th July 2018
Olala, Lienz, Austria – 20th – 22nd July 2018
Camp Bestival, Lulworth, Dorset – 27th-29th July 2018
The Piece Hall, Halifax – 3rd and 4th August 2018
Kirkgate Market, Leeds – 6th – 9th August 2018
St.Helens – 11th August 2018
Feel good Festival , Rochdale – 18th August 2018
Cirk! Aalst, Belgium – 24th- 26th August 2018
SO Festival , Skegness – 1st & 2nd September 2018
Inside Out Dorset, Poole Quay – 14th & 15th September 2018
Lancashire Encounter, Preston – 21st & 22nd September 2018
Young Arts and Ness Fest, Lowestoft – October 2018
Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, Lincoln – October 2018
St. Patrick’s Festival, Dublin, Ireland – March 2019
World Autism Day – Oxford March 2019
London Games Festival, Guildhall, London – April 2019
London Games Festival, Trafalgar Square – April 2019
Farnham Maltings 50th Birthday – May 2019
Phoenix Festival, Lewisham, London – May 2019
Fairy Fair, Norfolk – May 2019
Burton Children’s Festival – May 2019
Norwich Games Festival – May 2019
Eid Celebrations, Doncaster – June 2019
Plein Publique, Roeselare, Belgium – June 2019
Imagine Watford , Watford, London – June 2019
Waddesdon Summer Fest , Aylesbury – July 2019
On Blackheath, London – July 2019
Bradford Science Festival, Bradford, London – July 2019
Radcliffe, The Met, Bury – July 2019
All Together Now, Waterford, Ireland – August 2019
Playstival, Dublin, Ireland – August 2019
Camper Calling, Ragley Hall, Alcester – August 2019
Gaming Summer, Queensmere Observatory, Slough, August 2019
The Full Shebang, Mansfield – September 2019
Out There International Festival of Circus and Street Arts, Great Yarmouth – September 2019
No Car Day , London – September 2019
Arts By The Sea, Bournemouth – September 2019
Invaders In Nottingham – October 2019
Kidtropolis, London Excel – October 2019
Ness Fest, Lowestoft – October 2019
Kidtropolis, Manchester Central – November 2019
National Elf Day, Oxfordshire – December 2019
Mail Centre Takeover, Nine Elms, London – January 2020
Illuminate, Oldham Town Hall, Oldham- February 2020
In Lockdown June 2020
Chester Races – August 2021
Gloworm Festival – August 2021
Geronimo Festival – August 2021
Camper Calling – August 2021
Godiva Festival – September 2021
University of Huddersfield – October 2021
Basingstoke Festival – October 2021
Beginners Call – Salford Media City 2022
Level Up – Great Yarmouth 2022
Atmosphere – Worcester 2022
Japfest – Silverstone 2022
Kirkgate Market – Leeds 2022
Phoenix Festival – Lewisham 2022
Queen’s Jubilee, Gorleston-On-Sea, Great Yarmouth 2022
Queen’s Jubilee, Cobholm, Great Yarmouth 2022
Dancing Through The Decades, Stoke-On-Trent 2022
Mile Long Street Party, Walthamstow 2022
NHS Thank you event, Blackheath 2022
Tech Ilford 2022
British F1 Grand Prix , Silverstone 2022
50 Years of Gaming, Heidelberg, Germany 2022
Blue Dot Festival, Jodrell Bank 2022
All Together Now, Waterford, Ireland 2022
Moto GP, Silverstone 2022
Gloworm Festival 2022
Camper Calling 2022
Godiva Festival 2022
Out There Festival 2022
Climate Carnival, Weston-Super-Mare 2022
Warrington Market 2022
Kirkgate Market, Leeds 2022
St. Patrick’s Festival, Dublin 2023
Science and Industry Museum, Manchester 2023
Level Up, Great `Yarmouth 2023
Uplift, Rotherham 2023
AN INTERACTIVE GAME-ZONE FOR ALL 