Greenwich+Docklands International Festival

Who we are

‘An event whose annual contribution to the happiness of the people of London is unrivalled’ - The Guardian on GDIF.

Greenwich+Docklands International Festival is London’s free annual festival of outdoor theatre and performing arts. Founded in 1996, GDIF 2018 featured over 200 performances by dozens of national and international companies with up to 100,000 people attending shows in a range of public spaces in Royal Greenwich and East London. It is the flagship annual event produced by FESTIVAL∙ORG, one of the UK’s most ambitious and prolific outdoor arts organisations which also manages the Global Streets network and produces large-scale events such as ‘Great North Star’, the closing ceremony for the Great Exhibition of the North.

GDIF events take place across Royal Greenwich and East London, from the beautiful historic setting of the Old Royal Naval College, to Eltham’s bustling high-street and the dynamic twin Woolwich locations of General Gordon Square and Royal Arsenal Riverside as well as in the outdoor spaces of Canary Wharf and outdoor public spaces in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

FESTIVAL∙ORG is funded by Arts Council England (ACE) as a National Portfolio Organisation and has longstanding partnerships with the Royal Borough of Greenwich and Tower Hamlets Council.