Caption Comics Festival announces its 2026 dates
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The 2026 Caption Comics Festival will be held at Seacourt Hall in Oxford on the weekend of 8th–9th August 2026. The festival is dedicated to independent and self-published sequential art.
Caption is the UK's longest-running comics event, with a focus on professional networking, support, and community. This year's guests include Broken Frontier's Six To Watch comics creators and editor-in-chief Andy Oliver.
Each year, the event adopts a theme - this year's being pirates. That shapes some of the programming, including the traditional Saturday night quiz and a special comedic theatre performance.
Creator panels are also on the schedule. This year, they cover comics journalism, the impact of AI on art intelligence, and how creative communities can support well-being.
Caption is a non-profit run entirely by volunteers, with an organising committee made up of working creators and journalists who share a passion for comics. Its focus is on supporting artists, rather than following the typical convention model of fandom, signings, and meet'n'greets. At Caption, there is no divide between creators and readers. Everyone shares a single sales table, with only a 10% cut taken to cover running costs.
"We have some fairly high-profile people coming and also people who are just literally doing it in their bedroom, photocopying or printing it themselves. It's quite a mix but it is all very friendly and really nice – and people do come from all over the country to take part." - Peet Clack, freelance illustrator.
"It's all about small press publishing and giving advice to people who are trying to break into the industry." - Alex Fitch, host of Panel Borders, Resonance FM.
Tickets for Caption 2026 are on sale now at https://caption.sumupstore.com
The Caption Comics Festival 2026 takes place across the weekend of 8th–9th August at Seacourt Hall in Oxford. Tickets are available now.
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