Rugby College, Technology Drive, Rugby, CV21 1AR |
Fri 1st - Sun 3rd Nov 2024
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What is 'The Equip Festival'?
The core of Equip Festival (and what makes it really special) is the fantastic selection of hands-on workshops covering a wide range of topics, incredible showcases to wow and inspire, a huge range of resources on display and of course... the buzz, excitement and fun of the Festival!
This Festival is for everyone... adults and children, those who have never considered using puppetry and creative ministries before to teams and individuals who have been using this brilliant way of communicating the Gospel for years. It's not just puppetry that we have covered, it also features... Gospel illusions, drama, amazing science object lessons, storytelling, ventriloquism, toddler groups, schools work, outreach, all-age services, props, staging and more!
Don't just take our word for it... what do previous delegates say about the Festival?
Venue - Rugby College, Technology Drive, Rugby, CV21 1AR
COMING SOON... The team are busy bringing this together but this year there will be 7 workshop slots in the programme!
Just off the M1, Rugby Train Station around the corner and free parking. Rugby College certainly ticks all the boxes. So here is how to get there...
COMING SOON... We have an incredible Festival planned with a huge range of workshops, showcases and competitions, plus a few surprises along the way.
COMING SOON... Can you help tell others about the Festival? We are creating a range of resources which will be available to order (completely free) or download instantly, ready to share!
Joining us for all three days? There is a great range of accommodation available for the Friday/Saturday night from only £5 per person, find some of our top picks here....
COMING SOON... Fancy a challenge, getting constructive feedback on your performance and the chance to win a trophy? We will have three types of competition available to enter...
With in-house catering at Rugby College, there is a choice of delicious hot and cold food available from the refectory. Alternatively, you can bring your own too!
What workshops will be available?
The team are busy working away on bringing together this year's Workshop Schedule! The workshops this year will cover not only new puppetry techniques but also, as requested on feedback from previous events, a wide range of children, youth and family ministry training, technical workshops and new illusion classes as well. So if you are one of the many regular delegates at the Festival there are plenty of brand new workshops for you to develop your skills further. If it is your first time joining the Festival, don't worry we have a great range of basic and introductory workshops to help you get started. Want to get a feel for the types and range of workshops that are normally available? View last year's Equip Festival 2023 workshop schedule here!
What else will be happening over the three days?
It will still feature all the favourites of SEVEN workshop sessions, showcases (on the Saturday night and Sunday), competitions and the 'Ministry in Action' Q&A panel where we bring together passionate team leaders and experts to answer your questions live on stage, with the opportunity to dig deeper into their ministries, discovering what makes them so effective and how this can impact our work too.
The main showcase on Saturday evening will see the 2024 Puppet Academy Team performing a number of brand new songs using a wide variety of puppets, techniques and creative arts, pushing the boundaries once again! We hope that this will inspire you to try out new performance ideas in your own teams. Alongside the Puppet Academy team will be our outstanding special guests performing too! View last year's Equip Festival 2023 programme here.
Not forgetting worship at the start of each day as well as the opportunity to network with others, share ideas, find other teams that are local to you and encourage one another.
At the Equip Festival, there will also be our largest range of resources available for you to see, try and take back home with you, with many items on special offer. This will include all of our brand new product launches as well!
Puppet Academy 2024 Applications are OPEN!
Do you enjoy being part of a team of puppeteers and like a challenge? Could you be part of the team to create a puppet production to be performed in the main showcase at The Equip Festival 2024 to find out more info or to apply go to the Academy page Click Here
Festival Tickets
The group discount will still save 10% when 10 tickets or more are purchased (this can be any combination of adult or child, full festival, two day or single day tickets). Automatically applied when booking online. If you add more tickets to your booking at a later date and this brings you over 10 places booked in total, give us a call and we will apply the discount to all your tickets booked!
Can you sponsor someone to attend the Festival?
Thank you to everyone who generously donated to the 2023 'Make It Possible' fund, all places that were gifted went to successful applicants enabling people to attend the Festival who would have otherwise been unable to attend!
At One Way UK we are incredibly passionate about our ministry and providing resources and training to as many people as possible. We keep our resources and training as best value as we can to ensure it is accessible and we work hard to keep our Festival tickets affordable. We would love to see a full venue with hundreds of people being inspired, resourced and encouraged!
However, we also appreciate that puppet team members may have to fund their own places in order to attend the Festival. Each year we hear of those who are unable to come for financial reasons, but have a passion and enthusiasm to develop their skills and ministry further. So what can we do?
As much as we want to, One Way UK sadly can't afford to give out free places but we hope that others may be able to help. This is why we have established the "Make It Possible" fund. This is our way of matching up people's kindness and generosity with the need that is out there. We have set up a new ticket that can be purchased by itself or alongside a normal Festival booking. This acts as a gift into the 'Make It Possible' fund. One gifted ticket = one day pass made available. Want to contribute but can't manage the full £22? It's also possible to donate smaller contributions to the fund too. Simply >>click here<<
TICKETS
Equip 2024 - 3 Days (Adult)
£85.00
Equip 2024 - 3 Days (Child)
£70.00
Equip 2024 - 2 Days (Adult)
£65.00
Equip 2024 - 2 Days (Child)
£50.00
Equip 2024 - 1 Day (Adult)
£45.00
Equip 2024 - 1 Day (Child)
£30.00