It delivers an international, biennial festival and organises other events to promote disability and deaf arts from a variety of cultural perspectives.

[1] Alongside the festival and events, DaDaFest organises opportunities for disabled and deaf people to gain access to the arts.

[5] With John McGrath as its Development Officer,[6][7] the organisation became one of the UK's first disability control-led arts forums after it broke away from the Shape Network and set itself up as North West Disability Arts Forum (NWDAF) in 1986.

Highlights included: DaDaFest International 2014 presented a "breathtaking array of high quality disability and Deaf arts from around the world.

[24] The 2010 programme explored the theme of Objects of Curiosity and Desire,[24] investigating identity and our place in an ever-changing world.