2027 will mark 20 years since the first Noisy Toys event. Here is a list of public events by year (School and other workshops are not listed here).
2026
National Science & Media Museum, Recycled Remix, Jul-Aug – consultancy, design, fabrication & training for in-house activities
Deershed Festival, Aug 3 day – Acousatron & walkabout
Great Exhibition Road Festival, London, Jun 2 days – shows & Walkabout
Festival of Tomorrow – Swindon – schools programme – shows
Sonic Arts Week – Middlesbrough – walkabout/science busking
Pianodrome, Edinburgh, Jun – performance & workshop
Festival of Making, Blackburn, Jul 2 day – Unmaking & Scavengers drop-in
Einstein’s Garden, Greenman Festival, Aug 3 day – walkabout
2025
Northern Broadsides ‘Iron People’ project – public workshops & commission for water-based interactive installation, design & fabrication
Handmade Productions – Tales & Trails – project – design & fabrication, composition, recording
Eureka! National Children’s Museum, Halifax, Feb, 9 days – Acousatron
National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, 2 day, Aug – drop-in & Walkabout
BBC Young Reporter Festival, Bradford, Feb – workshops
Edinburgh Science Festival, public workshops
Festival of Tomorrow, Swindon, Feb 3 days – drop-in/Walkabout, show
IOU – Halifax – Babylon Gamelan – public workshops
Illuminating Minds, Leeds University, consultancy & workshops
Rochdale Science Extravaganza – drop-in/walkabout
Sonic Arts Week – Middlesbrough – walkabout/science busking
National Science & Media Museum ‘Make some Noise’ – walkabout/science busking
Deershed Festival, Aug 3 day – drop-in & walkabout
BD Festival, Bradford – drop-in & Walkabout
Plug-in and Play, Rotherham (Children’s Capital of Culture), 5 days, Aug – drop-in
Catcliffe Glass Cone, (Children’s Capital of Culture), Oct – drop-in
2024
Camp Bestival, Dorset, 3 days, Aug – Acousatron, Walkabout, shows, dome
Eureka! National Children’s Museum, Halifax, Culturedale finale, Aug – installation, drop-in, walkabout, dome
Hoo-Ha, Bristol Beacon, 3 days – drop-in
Rochdale Science Extravaganza, May 2 days – walkabout/drop-in
Culturedale, Calderdale (various), 5 days, Aug – drop-in & Walkabout
National Science & Media Museum, Jan- outreach
Make Stuff, Stockport, Feb drop-in
Street Style Surgery, Feb – workshops
Eureka! National Children’s Museum, Halifax, – Home Ed drop-in
MANTIS, University of Manchester – Acousatron performance
Eureka! National Children’s Museum, Halifax, March – Lates
Make Stuff, Stockport, March – drop-in
Bristol Southmead Music Centre, Aug – drop-in
Playfest, Aldershot – drop-in
STEAM, ACS International Schools, Thorpe Park, Oct 2 days – drop-in
Rise, Manchester Metropolitan University, Dec – drop-in
2023
Eureka Discovery, Wirral, May-June 9 days – Acousatron
Camper Calling Festival, Aug 3 day – Acousatron
Eureka Discovery, Wirral, Oct 4 day – Bass Face shows & workshops
Future Me, Manchester Metropolitan University, Jan 4 days – drop-in
Eid Science day, Museum of Science & Industry, Rochdale Science Initiative, July – drop-in
National Science & Media Museum Youth Forum, Jul – consultancy & facilitation workshops
Rochdale Science Extravaganza, Mar – show & drop-in
Showtown, Blackpool, March – drop-in
Peddler Market, Sheffield, 2 days – drop-in
Eureka! Halifax, Mar – Home-Ed drop-in
Wheels of Great Yarmouth, July – Walkabout
Exning Fair, Aug – drop-in & Walkabout
2022
National Science & Media Museum, Buggy Battles project – consultancy, design, fabrication & training for in-house activities
Eureka! Halifax, Feb 16 days – drop-in public workshops
Camper Calling Festival, Aug 3 day – Acousatron, workshops, Walkabout & performances
National Science & Media Museum schools programme, Feb – Buggy Battles workshops
Manchester Science Festival, Aug 2 day – Walkabout & drop-in
Peddler Market, Sheffield, Feb – drop-in
Rise, Manchester Metropolitan University, Oct – drop-in
Bradford Science Festival, Oct 2 days – drop-in
Urban Village Fete, Greenwhich, May – drop-in
BBC R&D workshops, Jul
Wheels of Great Yarmouth, July – Walkabout
Hoo-Ha, Bristol Beacon, Aug 3 days – drop-in
STEAM, ACS International Schools, Thorpe Park, Oct – drop-in
National Science & Media Museum, family day, May – drop-in
Peddler Market, Sheffield, 2 days – drop-in
Spark, National Science & Media Museum, design & fabrication of Spark-gap workshop, drop-in
2021
Eureka! Halifax, Aug 4 day – Acousatron
Festival of Thrift, Redcar, Sep – drop-in
Respond, Streetwise Opera, Spin Manchester, Apr-May 6 days – workshops
Rochdale Science Initiative, Oct-Nov – training & drop-in science busking
National Science & Media Museum, Buggy Battles design & fabrication
SteAm.co, Camp Bestival, Aug 3 day – fabrication & facilitation
Rise, Manchester Metropolitan University, Sep – drop-in
Peddler Market, Sheffield, Nov – drop-in
2020 – Lockdown
Festival of Thrift, Sep – production of workshop videos for home use
Bradford Science Festival, Oct – shows & production of workshop videos for home use
2019
Moscow Maker Faire, Gorky Park, 7-8/9 – Acousatron v5.2
Green man Festival, 16-18/8 – Audio Assault Buggy
Blue Dot Festival 20-21/7 – Audio Assault Buggy
National Science & Media Museum outreach programme, Bass in your Face, 8-15/7/19
Festival of Thrift, Redcar, 14-15/9- Scavengers
Big Bang Yorkshire and Humber, Bass in your Face & Scavengers, 25/6/19
Eureka! National Children’s museum, Halifax, Scavengers, 15-26/4
Rochdale Science Extravaganza, 10/11
Wakefield Engineers of tomorrow, 21/11
Hebden Bridge Arts Festival – Scavengers & Unmaking, 22/6/19
2018
Polytech Festival, Gorky Park, Moscow, 19-20/5 – Acousatron v4
Moscow Maker Faire, Gorky Park, 8-9/9 – Acousatron v5
Big Bang Fair, NEC, 14-17/3, Acousatron
Maker Faire UK, 28-29/4, Centre for Life, Acousatron
Eureka! National Children’s Museum, Halifax, 9-15/4 – Audio Assault Buggy & Bass Station
Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester, 15-17 Oct – Bass in your Face
Festival of Thrift, Redcar, 22-23/9 – Scavengers drop-in & installation
National Science & Media Museum, Bradford -Bass in your Face
Big Bang Yorkshire & Humber, 26/7 – Scavengers drop-in & Bass in your Face
Big Bang South East, 27/7 – Bass in your Face
Big Bang North West, 10/7 – Audio Assault Buggy
Bradford Science Festival, 21-22/7 – Audio Assault Buggy & Bass Station
Eureka! National Children’s Museum, Halifax, 8,15,29/8 – Audio Assault Buggy & Bass Station
Manchester Metropolitan University, 7/2 -Scavengers workshops with Edlab
National Science & Media Museum, Bradford, 8/3 -interactive bass installation
Big Bang Eastbourne, 28/3, Bass in your Face
Cityverve, Manchester Science Park, 10/5 – Acousatron & Rhythms of the City
Feral Vector, Hebden Bridge, 1/6 – demonstrations
2017
Landlines & Watermarks (commission), Calderdale – design & fabrication of Gurgle Splosher installation,
Landlines & Watermarks (events) – Gurgle Splosher Hebden Arts Fest, Bradford Sci Fest, Piece Hall Halifax (finale)
Big Bang Fair, NEC, 13-18/3, Acousatron
Maker Faire UK, 1-2 April, Centre for Life, Acousatron
Big Bang SE, 20-26 April, Bass Face & workshops
National Science & Media Museum- Lates, 15-16 March, Acousatron
National Science & Media Museum- Family Days, 25-26/March, Buggy & Bass
Hebden Bridge Piano Festival, 22 April, Acousatron
SteAm in Hulme, Old Abbey Pumphouse, Scavengers
2016
Big Bang Fair, NEC, March 3 days – Bass in your Face stage show
UK Maker Faire- Centre for Life, Apr 2 day – Acousatron
Cheltenham Science Festival, 11-12/6 – Audio Assault Buggy
TrAction Crewe, July 3 day – Acousatron installation
Jimmy’s Farm festival July 2 day – Acousatron installation
MakeFest, Manchester Museum of Science & Industry, Oct 2 days – interactive installation
National Science & Media Museum, 11/2-11/3
Edinburgh Maker Faire, 10/4 – Robot workshop,
The Vale, Mossley, 16/4 , show & drop-in
Robot Orchestra Hack Day- Manchester University, 17/5 – Scavengers workshop
Amazed by Science, Cheshire, 1-2/6
Big Tin Shed, Hebden Bridge, 24/6 – drop-in
National Science & Media Museum, Schools day 28/6
National Science & Media Museum, Family day, 2/7
Big Bang North West, 5/7 – Audio Assault Buggy
Manchester Met Uni Community festival 26/7
Brighter Sound Noisy Robot workshop 10/8 – Unmaking workshops ,
2015
UK Maker Faire Newcastle 25-26/4 , Acousatron
British Science Week, Mar – Sci-busking / Walkabout
Edinburgh Science Festival 16-19/4
Jimmy’s Farm Science & Nature festival 21-22/3
Imagineers STEM fest, Middlesborough 7/3
Learn to Play, the Old Vinyl Factory, Hayes 21/3
Amazed by Science, Cheshire 4/5
Generation Noise, Durham 14/2
Left Coast at the Mount Pavilion Blackpool 8/5
Generation Noise, Berwick 24/5
Amazed by Science, Crewe 28/5
Rainbow Child Centre, Leicester 31/5
BBC Family day, Glasgow 6/6
Education Festival (Sunday Times) steAm co. 18/6
2014
UK Maker Faire, Newcastle, April , Acousatron
Big Bang Fair, NEC, March 2 days – Acousatron
Latitude Festival, Aug – Acousatron & Ming Rodulator
Green Man Festival, Aug – Acousatron & Ming Rodulator
Jimmy’s Farm fest, Essex, April – Acousatron
Edinburgh Maker Faire, April – Audio Assault Buggy
Purley Fest, July – Acousatron
CarFest North & South, Aug – Acousatron & Ming Rodulator
MOSI MakeFest, Aug , shows & drop-in
Bridgewater hall fest, Aug – Walkabout & drop-in
Belbroughton Scarecrow fest, Sept – Acousatron & Ming Rodulator
Square Chapel, Halifax, drop-in
2013
UK Maker Faire, Centre for Life, Newcastle – Acousatron
Latitude Festival, July – Acousatron & Ming Rodulator
Green man Festival, August – Acousatron & Ming Rodulator
Jodrell Bank Festival, July & September – Audio Assault Buggy & E-violins
Future Everything, Victoria Baths, Manchester, July – bespoke interactive installation
Purley Fest, August -bespoke interactive installation