65,000 people attended Great Yarmouth's Out There Festival

The festival celebrated its 15th birthday with more wacky and wonderful performances by artists from 17 countries on September 15, 16 and 17.

Following this year's offering, organisers Out There Arts announced the 2024 festival will take place in May to fit in better with the school year.

Out There organisers said they wanted to move the 2024 festival to include more school children. Picture - James Bass (Image: James Bass)Joe Mackintosh, Out There's artistic director, said: "4,000 children took part in its circus projects, and we want to include more in the shows and engage with more young people."

Mr Mackintosh said he hopes to extend the two-day festival (with one event on Friday) to three or four days during the spring half-term week in 2024.

"We also think we can really boost visitor numbers following the May bank holiday, and actually have bigger audiences and spread the festival out," he said.

The Out There Festival celebrated its 15th birthday this year. Picture - David Street Photography (Image: David Street Photography)The date change was criticised by some as the festival's new date takes place on the same weekend as Great Yarmouth Comic Con.

The organisers of both events are meeting next week to discuss cross-promotion and ways to support attendance between the two attractions. 

Out There organisers said they hope to collaborate with other events taking place in Great Yarmouth while the 2024 festival takes place. Picture - James Bass (Image: James Bass)