Devizes Outdoor Celebratory Arts (DOCA) produce arts culture and heritage projects and events in and around Devizes. We're passionate about collective celebrations, making the arts seen and heard and making wonderful things happen.
Our usual annual programme includes Devizes Carnival, Devizes Lantern Parade and Winter Festival, Picnic in the Park, International Street Festival, Colour Rush, Confetti Battle and support for local artist makers through our Makery Markets.
This isn't the whole list, there's much more that we do to enliven, inspire, engage and which makes Devizes one of the most creative towns in Wiltshire.
Our volunteers are called 'Festival Makers' people who lend a hand in so many ways too numerous to list them all here.
Community outreach and engagement
This is just as important to us as our artistic programme. We offer participatory opportunities around all of our key events, engaging thousands of local people, schools and community groups in workshops, carnival processions, volunteering and other interactive activities.
We inspire our audiences to engage as participants as well as spectators, nurturing a collective ownership of the events that have become the heart of Devizes’ creative identity. We are charity and rely on fundraising and donations to continue the work we do. Help secure our future today by donating.
There's a great cameraderie between us allbuilt in the knowledge that we together we produce something so much bigger than the sum off its parts.