Upstart: Creative Careers Festival 2026

A three-day festival focused on creative careers and the theme of Transformation, featuring workshops, talks, and live events.

The festival is co-designed and hosted by the Young People’s Collective and explores creative careers and different ways of building a creative practice. The programme includes workshops, talks, making, and live events. Additionally, four recent DJCAD graduates have been commissioned to create new work for poster sites and billboards across Dundee city centre.