Lifting The Lid International Festival of Death & Dying returns for its fourth year

offering 72-hours of global events. Friday 15 November at 07.00 GMT – Sunday 17 November at 00.00 GMT

Lifting The Lid International Festival of Death & Dying returns for its fourth year, offering 72-hours of global events.

Co-founded in 2021 by UK-based Creative Jo Dagless and Funeral Director Victoria Keen, the festival invites participants to take part in conversations, lectures, workshops, art and craft sessions, music, poetry and performances focused on normalizing discussions about death and dying.

Featuring an international line-up of 50+ speakers, collaborators and panellists including end of life and palliative carers, funeral directors, psychotherapists, doctors, grief supporters, artists, musicians, writers, filmmakers, coffin makers, activists and everyone in between. Lifting The Lid is informative, creative, fun, joyful and life affirming, catering for people of all levels of interest.

Audiences can join us for all or part of this weekend-long programme of events, picking and choosing the sessions they want to create their own schedules. They can meet other like-minded people, exchange ideas, share experiences and contact details if they choose to, and lay the foundations for new and fruitful relationships in the death positive community.

The festival, run entirely by volunteers, has gained recognition for its unique blend of creativity and death-positive advocacy, building a loyal returning audience while attracting new attendees and presenters every year. In 2023, Lifting The Lid was shortlisted for the Advantages of Age, Death Advocacy Award.

Weekend tickets available now. The festival offers several ticket options to ensure it remains accessible to all. Paid tickets help cover our essential running costs, while free and pay-what-you-can options are also available to ensure inclusivity. Click here for a full programme with international time zones.

To claim your free press ticket please use access code Press2024 at checkout.

Death is of course something that will affect every one of us but can still be extremely challenging to discuss.

Lifting The Lid offers audiences the opportunity to find out as much or as little as they like, allowing people to dip in and out as they feel comfortable.

We hope this annual event continues to encourage an acceptance of the inevitability of loss and impermanence, and removes some of the fear of talking about death and dying so people can ask questions and talk openly and honestly about their experiences.

PRESS CONTACT Jo Dagless, Executive Producer and Co-founder

COMPANY Lifting The Lid Festival

PHONE +44 7877 731864

EMAIL info@liftingthelidfestival.co.uk

EVENT PAGE https://buytickets.at/liftingthelid/1372437

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