The arts have always been key to creating change - challenging perspectives, amplifying voices and bringing communities together to inspire action. The theme of International Women’s Day 2025 is #AccelerateAction, reminding us that the progress towards equality won’t happen by chance, but when we ensure visibility, tell stories that need to be told, and create spaces that empower and inspire.
Lavinia Fontana, Visit of the Queen of Sheba to Solomon, c. 1600, credit: National Gallery of Ireland
Venues across our Community are marking IWD through events that do just that: showcasing the achievements of women from across the world, fostering important conversations, and giving people the opportunity to learn and celebrate women. Through performances, talks, exhibitions and creative collaboration, these events celebrate women in the arts, highlight spaces within our sector in which they can thrive, and open up important discussions about the challenges women face - day to day, now, and in the past.
Take a look of some of the events taking place at Ticketsolve venues across the UK and Ireland to mark International Women’s Day 2025 👇
Attenborough Arts Centre: WORD! IWD Special with award winning poet and artist, Helen Ivory, as she explores her new book‘Constructing a Witch’ which fixes on the monstering and the scapegoating of women as well as the fear of ageing femininity
London Irish Centre: International Women's Day - Women's Circle, a space for women to connect exploring Irish female creativity and identity led by Louise Durand
The Market Place: Women In Culture, featuring inspiring women who have carved out successful careers in the arts
Gorleston Pavilion, Unplugged - Iconic Women of Music, celebrate the songs of iconic female artists from the last eight decades with ‘The Silver Morgan Trio’
Hen Hoose x Paisley Arts Centre: Celebrating International Women’s Day a vibrant celebration of women in music
Aberystwyth Arts Centre: WOW 25: Portrait of Teresa, a screening sponsored by Screen Cuba and UNITE Community for IWD
The Dock: A Miscellany of Women's Voices, celebrating women’s achievements and raise awareness about discrimination
Wolverhampton Arts & Culture: Evelyn De Morgan Closing Event, exploring themes within the work of the pioneering late Victorian artist
National Gallery of Ireland: Women Artists – International Women’s Day, a free guided tour exploring how women are represented in a selection of works in the Gallery's permanent collection
💡 Know of an event we’ve missed? We’ve rounded up as many IWD events from our community as we could find, but we know there’s so much more happening! If your organisation is marking #IWD2025 with an event, let us know, we’d love to help spread the word.
