Updates
Flying Carpet Festival 2026 Unveils Global Lineup
The Flying Carpet Festival is proud to announce the full artist lineup for its 2026 edition, scheduled to take place from August 21 through September 1, 2026, near the Turkish Syrian border. As the world’s first mobile festival specifically designed for children living in conflict zones, Flying Carpet 2026 will convene a diverse collective of 40 artists from 20 countries, reinforcing its mission to create a vibrant, border-crossing platform for artistic exchange, dialogue, and cross-cultural solidarity.
Flying Carpet Festival 2026 | Turkish–Syrian Border | August 21–September 1, 2026
🎪 Flying Carpet Festival 2026 📍 Mardin, Türkiye – Turkish–Syrian Border 📅 August 21 – September 1, 2026 🌍 8th Edition https://www.flyingcarpetfestival.com/... 3.5 million refugees. Millions of forgotten children. Every year, 50 artists from 20 countries unite to bring back color, music, stories, circus, dance, laughter, and hope to one of the world’s most fragile borders. Through 75 performances, 600 workshops, and over 40,000 children reached, the Flying Carpet Festival transforms war-torn lands into spaces of joy, resilience, and shared humanity.
Flying Carpet Festival Returns To Mardin And Beyond
The Flying Carpet Festival 2025 is set to return between August 30 - September 9, 2025, once again transforming the landscapes of Southeastern Türkiye into a stage of music, circus, dance, visual arts, and storytelling.
Founded by Iranian-American composer Sahba Aminikia and organized by the Art Anywhere Association (Sirkhane Social Circus School), the festival has become a beacon of joy and resilience for children and families in border communities. Now in its eighth year, Flying Carpet brings together over 50 international and local artists from across four continents to weave a tapestry of beauty, play, and hope in towns and villages along the Turkish-Syrian border.
You are invited to the opening of the “Life Through My Eyes” exhibition in Mardin!
Hello Dear Readers,
With the cooperation of UNHCR Southeast Office and Art Anywhere Association and Sirkhane DARKROOM and the contributions of Welthungerhilfe (WHH), We will be happy to see you at the opening ceremony of the exhibition "Life Through My Eyes" consists of photographs taken by Turkish and refugee children living in Mardin, adding a piece of their imagination and life to every frame of them which will take place on 15th October 2022, Saturday at 13:30. Our exhibition will be open to visitors between 15-17 October between 09:00 and 17:00.