A celebration of space science, UFOs + music in the dark skies capital of the UK
Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to our second Cosmic Frequencies Festival in Hexham in August 2026. It was a great success with visitors coming from far and wide.
We will back again in 2027 - watch this space for dates and early programme announcements.
The Forum Cinema Hexham was once again the main Festival hub.
The Festival kicked off with an opening night party - the Frontal Lobe sci-fi cos-play disco fearturing S.K.X Funkanauts supported by DJ Activ & Mota Masacey performing - once again held at our favorite ‘pub at the end of the Universe’ The Tannery.
This was followed by Saturday filled with talks, films, community space themed arts activities from Stagefright CIC and a fabulous and thought provoking art installlation at The Moot Hall!
Read about speakers who attended & artists on our Explorers page
Cosmic Frequencies is a new grassroots, musician-led festival that asks the question ‘Are we alone in the Universe?’ The Festival provides an exciting chance to see & hear how astronomers, astrophysicists, UFOlogists, philosophers, filmmakers, sci-fi writers and artists of all kinds are currently exploring this ancient cosmic mystery.
The festival emerged in Hexham in 2025 from the gravitational wave of local space-funk band SKX Funkanauts and their fellow music voyagers. Our DIY inaugural festival in August 2025 was a stellar success and our 2026 Festival program is twice as big!
Some feedback from Sophie who attended Cosmic Frequencies 2026;
“Hi, I attended the Cosmic Frequencies event in Hexham this year and I would like to start by saying WOW what an incredible event! I could only make it to the Saturday events due to traveling from out of town, but I thoroughly enjoyed all the talks and learned a lot from every speaker. I really appreciated the focus on hard science, and the melding of science with art. This is an extremely important area of study which I am sure will massively benefit the human race for years to come. “
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