I have curated a list of science festivals taking place this year throughout the UK. Please let me know if your festival dates need changed or if there are other festivals I should include.
February
Nottingham Festival of Science & Curiosity
8 - 15 February 2017
11 - 25 Feb 2017
13 - 17 Feb 2017
Northern Ireland Science Festival
16 - 26 Feb 2017
Strathearn Festival of Science
Throughtout Feb 2017
Falkirk District Science Festival
Is this still running?
March
Is this still running?
Ayrshire Science & Engineering Festival
Is this still running?
Royal Holloway Science Festival
Date tbc 2017
Worcester Science Festival
9 - 18 March 2018
13 - 18 March 2017
13 - 26 March 2017
Date tbc 2017
Your Universe (UCL Festival of Astronomy and Particle Physics)
2 - 4 March 2017
Sheffield Festival of Science & Engineering
Dates 2017 tbc
Southampton Science & Engineering Festival
10 - 18 March 2017
Caithness International Science Festival
Dates 2017 tbc
10 - 19 March 2017
The Big Bang Fair (Birmingham)
15 - 18 March 2017
2 -4 April 2017
Dates 2017 tbc
Dates 2017 tbc
Women in Science Festival (Dundee)
4 - 12 March 2017
4 - 31 March 2017
Dates 2017 tbc
April
Edinburgh International Science Festival
1 - 16 April 2017
1 - 2 April 2017
27 - 30 April 2017
May
2017 dates tbc
6 - 7 May 2017
Postponed until 2019
15 - 17 May 2017
26 - 28 May 2017
28 May - 5 June 2017
Taking a break in 2017
Dumfries & Galloway Science Festival
24 - 28 April 2017
Scottish Borders Science Festival
Dates May 2017 tbc
28 April - 12 May 2017
Dates 2017 tbc
Dates 2017 tbc
Dates 2017 tbc
June
The Times Cheltenham Science Festival
6 - 11 June 2017
8-18 June 2017
16 - 21 June 2017
29 June - 1 July 2017
Bournemouth University Festival of Learning
8 - 12 July 2017
8 - 25 June 2017
Middle of Scotland Science Festival (MoSSFest)
Dates 2017 tbc
July
7 - 9 July 2017
Festival of Learning (Bournemouth)
8 - 12 July 2017
Kew Science Festival (Wakehurst Place)
22 - 23 July 2017
Dates 2017 tbc
Deer Shed Festival (North Yorkshire)
21 - 23 July 2017
Dates 2017 tbc
Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
Dates 2017 tbc
Running next in 2018?
August
Kew Science Festival (Kew Gardens)
4 - 6 August 2017
Electromagnetic Field (Guildford)
Back in 2018
Turing Festival (Edinburgh International Technology Festival)
Dates 2017 tbc
Einstein’s Garden at Green Man Festival (Wales)
17 - 20 August 2017
September
Orkney International Science Festival
7 - 13 Sept 2017
British Science Festival (Brighton)
5 - 9 Sept 2017
15 Sept - 13 Oct 2017
Dates 2017 tbc
TechFest (Aberdeen/Aberdeenshire)
Dates 2017 tbc
Dates 2017 tbc
Dates 2017 tbc
Gravity Fields (Lincolnshire)
Dates 2017 tbc
October
Fun Palaces (community-led grassroots arts & science campaign)
7 - 8 Oct 2017
7 - 15 Oct 2017
7 - 15 Oct 2017
Dates 2017 tbc
19 - 29 Oct 2017
24 - 26 Oct 2017
Celebration of Science (Kensington & Chelsea)
Dates 2017 tbc
18 - 25 Oct 2017
Dates 2017 tbc
Is this still running?
November
ESRC Festival of Social Science
4 -11 Nov 2017
Dates 2017 tbc
Algomech (Festival of Algorithmic and Mechanical Movement) (Sheffield)
Dates 2017 tbc
International Festivals and other cool festivals with an art/technology/science/society element
World Science Festival (Brisbane)
22 -26 March 2017
1 - 2 June 2017
27 Aug - 4 Sept 2017
Ars Electronica (Festival for Arts, Technology & Society) (Austria)
Dates 2017 tbc
The Festival of Curiosity (Dublin)
Dates 2017 tbc
Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival (Jackson, USA)
24 - 29 Sept 2017