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DaDaFest is a disability arts organisation situated in The Bluecoat in Liverpool, England, that produces a festival and promotes disability and deaf arts events. It is funded by Arts Council England, Liverpool City Council and other private and public sector companies.

History
The organisation was founded in 1984 as Arts Integrated Merseyside. It was originally part of the Shape Arts network but broke away in 1990 and became the North West Disability Arts Forum. In 2008, the organisation became DaDa - Disability & Deaf Arts but changed its name once again in 2012 to DaDaFest. The current CEO is Ruth Gould.

The first festival produced by DaDaFest was in 2001. It subsequently produced festivals every year after this until 2010 when it became a biennial. After the 2012 festival, DaDaFest announced that the next would take place in 2014.

Projects
Aside from the main festival, DaDaFest also organises various projects and initiatives. These include: