WSAF 2025Warwick Student Arts Festival
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A Message About WSAF 2025
The Warwick Student Arts Festival came back to campus for the second year on 13th-16th June 2025, featuring 165 events across 10 venues and welcoming over 8000 attendees. In addition to continuing on the success of the previous year, WSAF 2025 introduced a fully student-run outdoor bar and partnered with Music Theatre Warwick's Stagefest and Warwick BandSoc's WickFest to form an even bigger celebration of student creativity.
Not only did WSAF 2025 give 300+ students the opportunity to showcase their talents, but in a post-event survey, over 50% of respondents said that WSAF encouraged them to see something they usually wouldn't see, with 30% of respondents not normally attending live arts events or performances at all. Overall, we received an average rating of 9/10, with everyone saying they recommend the festival to their friends and attend again.
Thank you to everyone who attended, took part in, or organised Warwick Student Arts Festival 2025. Our goal was to celebrate student creativity at the University of Warwick, and we couldn't have achieved that without the countless hours of organisation, practise and teamwork going on in the months, weeks and days leading up to the festival.
Josh Heng, WSAF Organiser Team
Photo Gallery
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What is WSAF?
The Warwick Student Arts Festival 2025
We're back for 2025, putting on a fully student-run, free four-day showcase and celebration of the arts at Warwick.
Join us during Week 8-9 for our free festival of performances, exhibitions, workshops and more.
Join us during Week 8-9 for our free festival of performances, exhibitions, workshops and more.
Performers and Exhibitors
An arts festival could not take place without art! We're looking for your performances, creations and talents.
Submissions are now closed, but if you are still interested in performing please submit the form or contact us at @wsaf26 and we'll do our best to fit you in.
Find out more
Crew
WSAF is a fully student-run event, made by students for students. We need your help to make this possible!
Join us in teams such as tech, stewarding, marketing and venue design which can match your commitment and availability.
Find out more
Guests
Don't want to perform or help out? You can still come on the day!
More information about what's on will be provided closer to the festival. In the meantime, follow us on instagram to keep updated!
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What's on at WSAF?
Event Preview
Music
WickFest: Et al.
- Part of WickFest 2025
- Benefactors Place Stage
- Sunday
- 2:55 pm - 3:15 pm
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Music
WickFest: Ferrux
- Part of WickFest 2025
- Benefactors Place Stage
- Sunday
- 8:15 pm - 8:45 pm
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Music
WickFest: Mirage
- Part of WickFest 2025
- Benefactors Place Stage
- Sunday
- 2:30 pm - 2:50 pm
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Music
Opera Warwick Showcase
- Opera Warwick
- Benefactors Place Stage
- Saturday
- 1:35 pm - 2:05 pm
View Details
Music
WickFest: Et al.
- Part of WickFest 2025
- Benefactors Place Stage
- Sunday
- 2:55 pm - 3:15 pm
View Details
Music
WickFest: Ferrux
- Part of WickFest 2025
- Benefactors Place Stage
- Sunday
- 8:15 pm - 8:45 pm
View Details
Music
WickFest: Mirage
- Part of WickFest 2025
- Benefactors Place Stage
- Sunday
- 2:30 pm - 2:50 pm
View Details
Music
Opera Warwick Showcase
- Opera Warwick
- Benefactors Place Stage
- Saturday
- 1:35 pm - 2:05 pm
View Details
Livestream
Watch Online
Most of events were livestreamed or uploaded to YouTube. Click here to watch them back!
Who is WSAF?
The Team Behind The Warwick Student Arts Festival
Whilst we collaborate with the University and are primarily funded by the Together@Warwick grant, WSAF is a fully student-run event. We have many teams including marketing, stewarding, digital and tech, and we'd love to see you be a part of it!
Adam Skrzymowski
Technical Coordinator, Event Control, Organiser, Tech, Video, Digital Team
Computer Systems Engineering4th Year
Alexander Spears
WSAF Coordinator, Organiser, Tech
Chemistry (PGR)PhD
Alia Meek
Bar Manager, Organiser
Computer Systems Engineering4th Year
Alice Robson
Venue Manager
Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering3rd Year
Caleb Tan
Tech, Steward
History and Politics1st Year
Chaeyeon Kim
Bar Staff, Marketing
Theatre and Performance StudiesExchange Year
Dae Pomeroy
Organiser
Liberal Arts3rd Year
Danai Muyambo
Venue Manager, Organiser, Tech
Data Science1st Year
Danny Turner
Head of Marketing, Welfare Officer, Event Control, Venue Manager, Organiser, Tech
Biological Sciences3rd Year
Echo Vaughan
Organiser, Tech, Bar Staff, Steward
Cyber Security2nd Year
Ellie Stocker
Head of Marketing, Organiser, Photography
English and Theatre Studies3rd Year
Emrys Machnicki
Marketing, Photography
International Management2nd Year
Ethan Graham
Head of Food & Beverage, Bar Manager, Operations Manager, Organiser
Mechanical Engineering3rd Year
George Parrett
Head of Venues, Organiser
Film Studies3rd Year
Izzy Marzolini
Bar Staff, Steward
English and Theatre Studies1st Year
Joel Coulon
Head of Stream, Organiser
Computer Science3rd Year
Josh Heng
Head of Digital, Event Control, Organiser, Tech, Bar Staff, Marketing, Photography, First Aid, Digital Team
Computer Science3rd Year
Kishan Sharma
Organiser, Tech, Digital Team
Computer Science & Mathematics3rd Year
Kit Calvert
Organiser, Marketing
Politics and Sociology3rd Year
Lulu Smith
Tech
History1st Year
Matt Adcock
Steward, First Aid
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence (Nottingham)1st Year
Max Pike
Venue Manager, Organiser
Politics and International StudiesFinal Year
Maximus Kaius Leighton
Head of Finance, Bar Operator, Event Control, Organiser, Tech
Mathematics2nd Year
Naomi Pandey
Marketing
English Literature and Creative Writing2nd YearOliver Smith
Organiser, Tech, Video
Computer Science3rd Year
Olly Murphy
Technical Coordinator, Organiser
Computer Systems Engineering1st Year
Rowan McAlpine
Organiser, Tech, Photography
English Literature and Creative Writing1st Year
Sean Scholand
Video, Organiser, Steward, RaW
Physics1st Year
Sophie Scholand
Steward
Biological Sciences1st Year
Stan Simmons
Event Control, Organiser
Mathematics2nd Year
Trin Balkwill
Venue Manager, Organiser, Bar Staff
Cyber Security2nd Year
History
The History of WSAF
The Warwick Student Arts Festival used to be a yearly event from 2004 to 2015.
Last year, a group of students decided to bring it back, and it was a huge success! We saw 2,500+ people celebrate the arts at Warwick across 70+ events and 9 venues.
WSAF 2024 Photos
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
Why are you putting on this event?
The University of Warwick has a wealth of highly motivated student bands, theatre societies and other performing groups which we want to present to whole University community in the summer term. This is inspired by the old 'Warwick Student Arts Festival', which to our knowledge last took place in 2015.
Are you run by the University?
No, we are an independent group of students. Last year, WSAF operated under the Tech Crew society, however we are currently in the process of establishing a society of our own. Last year and this year we were fortunate to receive funding from Together@Warwick's grant scheme, and due to the nature of the festival we have closely collaborated with university departments such as Marketing, Estates, AV Services and Conferences. Despite this, all decisions are still made by students!
How is WSAF different to other society events such as SocFest?
WSAF's aim is to widen performance opportunities and to give people the chance to watch something that they might not have seen otherwise. We're providing a collection of a wider range of arts than a certain type of drama or society, but are more performance and arts-related than SocFest. You're more than welcome to submit and exhibit the same performance at both WSAF and another event.
I'd like to help out but don't want or have anything to perform. Is this possible?
Of course! We're a fully student-run initiative so also need help in advance with organisation, marketing and planning, and on the day with operations, stewarding and tech. Please see our crew page for more information.
I've found references to an older Warwick Student Arts Festival or Warwick Fringe before. Is this related?
Yes! The Warwick Student Arts Festival used to be a yearly event from 2004 to 2015, and we brought it back in 2024! You can find out more about WSAF's history on the history page.
Where can I find out more information, find additional photos or download your logo?
We have a press kit available here.
Where can I find more information?
Please contact us by email at [email protected] or on Instagram at @wsaf26.