Festival of The Girl is back and bigger than ever for 2023 to celebrate the fifth birthday of their ground-breaking event designed especially for girls aged 7-11. The not-for-profit campaign and event aims to inspire, engage and to break down harmful gender stereotypes.

The first festival in 2019 was held for 80 girls and in just five years the 2023 event will now attract 800 girls plus their families following a jam-packed summer on the Camp Bestival and Primadonna Festival line-up as well as holding a panel event for parents and carers discussing body image and girls. High profile support over the years has been found from DJ Fatboy Slim, R.A.E, Tulip Siddiq MP, Laura Bates, Dr Sue Black OBE, Sarah Gordy and Alex Light with organisations including Mastercard, Hitachi, Travis Perkins and Taylor Wimpey involved as sponsors.

The 2023 Festival of The Girl will take place to coincide with the half term holiday on Saturday 21st October at the Business Design Centre, Islington North London.

The key aim of the festival is for families and society to start the gender stereotype conversation before they become too ingrained. Their increasingly popular global interactive festivals give primary school aged girls access to an incredible line up of female role models, workshops and activities. They are safe environments where girls have fun, try something new, and most importantly; leave with a boost of self-confidence.

This year activities and workshops range from:
Coding and robotics to art and sustainability
F1 motorsports and rugby to aviation and gaming
Body confidence and music to podcasting and activism
Science and British Army bootcamps to choreography and wellbeing
Football tricks and design to construction and yoga
And much more…

The Line-Up includes: The British Army, F1 in Schools and Girls on Track, Aunt Joy Gallery, WUKA, British Cycling, Sex Ed Matters, Flight Crowd and Everyday Racism.