Visitor Info
All indoor festival venues and Barrow Park are wheelchair friendly. Please contact us at info@octopuscollective.org if you have any specific access requirements that you would like to inform us of and we will do our best to accommodate you.
Fri 17th & Sat 18th August
Barrow Park, Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness LA13 9BD
Installation works in the walled garden and on the bandstand, 11:00 - 16:30 daily
Fri 17th & Sat 18th August
Signal Films Project Space, Cookes Studios, 104 Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 5QR
Installations by ASUNA and Tomoko Sauvage, 12:00 - 17:00 (times tbc)
Fri 17th & Sat 18th August
Art Gene, The Nan Tait Centre, Bath Street, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 5TY
Maja Bugge, Rebecca Chesney & Folklore Tapes - evening concert, 19:00 - 22:00
ASUNA, Tomoko Sauvage & Folklore Tapes - evening concert, 19:00 - 22:00
How to find us:
All indoor venues are within 10 minutes walk from Barrow-in-Furness train station.
Regular train services run between: 
Barrow and Lancaster (for connections to London, Birmingham, Carlisle, Edinburgh, Glasgow)
Barrow and Manchester
Barrow and local stations (North and South bound)
Plan your journey at: www.nationalrail.co.uk
Regular bus services run between:
Barrow, Dalton and Ulverston (6 / 6a)
Barrow and Kendal (X6)
Visit www.stagecoachbus.com for journey details
By Car
From the M6 Northbound, exit at junction 36. At the roundabout, take the first exit onto the A590. Follow signs for Barrow-in-Furness.
On site parking is available at St James' Church and Barrow Park.
Town centre parking is available for Cookes Studios and the Nan Tait Centre. Free evening parking is available at the Nan Tait Centre on Sat 1st August.
Local Taxis
Avon Cars: 01229 471471
Barrow Cars: 01229 432432
Need help planning your visit?
Contact info@fonfestival.org / 01229 871332
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