Live and Roar: an Axolotl Odyssey

Leading folk musicians and prize-winning author DBC Pierre will perform a compostion related to the tale of extinction of the Axolotl, in the Darwin centre atrium at The Natural History Museum. 

Insects Au Gratin

Eating insects? 3D food printing? What on earth are Pestival and Pest friend, the designer Susana Soares, up to? Don't worry, whatever it is, it's all EDIBLE

Sells fridges? No, saves fish

Pestival was very pleased to advise posh London uber-store, Selfridges, on Project Ocean early in the summer... My haven't we been busy?

Editor's pick of the news

- Pestival Entomophobia at Wellcome Collection night

- Poor little zombees

- Cyborg insects to the rescue

- W.A.S.P, or real wasp?

- Unique music residency

The mission, and story so far...

Pestival Director Bridget Nicholls on how Pestival began, what inspired the idea and how we dream of changing the relationship between humans and insects, art and bio-science

More from Pestival Towers...

Glorious photo galleries

The nature of Pestival lends itself to beautiful, strange and curious photographs.

Our events, and the exhibits, installations and people who attend, are captured here in glorious technicolour

Video: Insects Appeal

Pestival goes to Brazil!

The countdown's begun to our next major festival in São Paulo... Find out more and see what went on at previous Pestivals

Ant Ballet at FutrueEverything Festival

Don't miss Pestival's incredible Ant Ballet at FutureEverything Festival in Manchester, created and 'choreographed' by Ollie Palmer. Watch a video preview.

Pestival curates at Eden Sessions

Summer seems so long ago, but what a time we had down at Cornwall's glorious Eden Project, curating a stage for its famous Sessions event