The Big Draw Festival 2025

The Big Draw Festival 2025

22 Nov 2025

The Big Draw Festival 2025
DatesSaturday 22 November
Times10:00am - 3:00pm | Ipswich Art Workshop
CostFREE
BookingNo booking required
AgeThis event is suitable for all ages and all materials will be supplied!

Join us for The Big Draw and be part of the world’s biggest celebration of drawing!

The Big Draw Festival is held worldwide every year to celebrate the universal language of drawing. Join in a range of fun, creative drawing activities for all ages – absolutely no experience necessary! Be inspired by drawing games and challenges, try something new or share your skills with others – it’s all part of the creative atmosphere.

The theme for the 25th anniversary of The Big Draw Festival is ‘Drawn Together’, celebrating how creativity unites us, how The Big Draw has brought people together over the past 25 years and how collaboration and connection are at the heart of making and creating.

When: Saturday 22 November 2025

Time: 10am - 3pm 

Where: Ipswich Art Workshop (based in d’Arcy Doyle Place. Next door to the Ipswich Community Gallery) 

Cost: FREE! Drop in.

Come draw, experiment, and kick-start your creativity among fellow drawing enthusiasts!

Where is the Ipswich Art Workshop?

Where is the Ipswich Art Workshop?

The Art Workshop is located in d’Arcy Doyle Place in a separate building to the Ipswich Art Gallery. The closest entrance is via Limestone & Nicholas Streets. Located next to the Ipswich Community Gallery.