To Do List

1. Design Your festival

2. Entertainment & Activities

3. Plan your festival

4. Festival Day

Designing Your Own Festival1. Create a poster

Designing your own festival is so much fun! Once you have decided

on the date of your event, create a poster for it. You can either draw

your own, or colour ours in. Don’t forget to write the date of when

your festival is taking place.

2. Create a map

It is important people don’t get lost at your festival. Whether you

choose to have it in your garden or a room in your house, make sure

you draw a map. We have created a version which needs colouring in

or you can make your own. Remember to include the following:

3. Signage

Now you know what is on your map, it is time to create the signage.

When people are walking around your festival, signage will help guide

people to the place they wish to go.

Entrance/exit

Main stage

Food area

Bar

Toilets

Workshop Tent

Camping

Crafts village

Storytelling tent

Designing Your Own Festival4. Wristbands

It is important for everyone to have wristbands. You will need 2

di�erent wristbands for your festival:

1. Day ticket - People attending the festival

2. AAA (Access all Areas) - People organising the festival

You can design your own, or colour in our template we have created.

5. Decoration

This is the fun bit. It is time to think about decorating your festival.

The theme is Underneath the Stars. Here are some ideas:

You can design your own, or use our templates, Don’t forget, you will

have the main stage to decorate too, which is called the PLANETS

STAGE.

There will also be an opportunity to play music and videos

throughout the day. Ask an adult so see if there is a way to play things

using a stereo, laptop, tablet or phone.

Bunting

Flags

Fairy lighting

Posters

CAMPING

WORKSHOP

FOODAREA

THE JOLLYPLOUGHBOY BAR

STORYTELLINGTENT

TOILETS

STAGE

CRAFTSVILLAGE

MAP

DAY TICKET

AAA

AAA

AAA

AAA

DAY TICKET

DAY TICKET

DAY TICKET

DAY TICKET WRISTBANDS

access all areas - aaa - WRISTBANDS

Please feel free to create the planet without the template.

18cm diameter in size.

DESign your own planet bunting.

Please feel free to create the rocket ship without the template.

18cm in height. Any width.

DESign your own rocket ship bunting.

DESign your own alien spaceship bunting.

Please feel free to create the alien spaceship without the template.

18cm in height. Any width.

DESign your own intergalactic bunting.

Please feel free to create the intergalactic bunting without the template.

18cm in height. Any width.

Entertainment & Activities1. Music

Underneath the Stars Festival has created a spotify playlist for you to

play on the PLANETS STAGE at your festival. It features music from

the last 7 years of artists performing at UTSf.

You could create your own playlist with your favourite music if you

wish, or even better, you could perform yourself live on the day.

Maybe sing a song, perform a dance routine or play an instrument on

the main stage.

2. Workshops

Oh, as much as we love the music, we also love the workshops at

Underneath the Stars. You may want to put on a few workshops

throughout the day for your audience. We would love you to create

some activities yourself.

Think about anything you have learnt at school that you could teach

others. A dance move, or history facts or maybe a playground game.

Underneath the Stars can also help you with this. We will be

uploading some workshops onto YouTube for you to use. Ask an adult

to keep an eye out for these announcements.

Entertainment & Activities3. Activities

We love getting involved with the activities. If you have anything you

would like to take place throughout the day, make sure you plan it in.

This could be:

4. Storytelling

Underneath the Stars will be supplying a selection of storytelling

videos from our fabulous storyteller, Mark Fraser, so don’t forget to

plan these in!

Alternatively, why not make up some stories of your own? You

could write them down and send us them. You never know, our

storyteller might read them out! Post to:

Underneath the Stars Festival, PO Box 174, She�eld, S36 8XB

Circus skills - If you have any equipment, great! If not, make it

up. We would love to see people juggling fruit or balancing

books on their heads from one point to another.

Obstacle Course - Why not set up a course for people to do.

Time them all and see who did it the fastest.

Painting - That’s right, get those paints out and create some

aliens or planets of your own. Stick them up to dry around your

festival site.

Games - This could be outdoor or indoor games.

Planning your festival1. Timetable

It is time to plan the big day. You will need to let your audience know

exactly when things are on so they don’t miss anything. We have

provided a template for you to fill in yourself.

Simply enter the time in on the left column and then fill in the

performance or activity.

2. Food & Drink

Don’t forget that your festival goers will get hungry and thirsty

throughout the day. It is your responsibility to organise food and

drink.

Decide on what food you would like to serve and ask an adult to help

you create your menu for the day.

Have fun and create a themed drink for your festival. Maybe mix a few

juices and pop some fruit in. Then make up an intergalactic name for

it.

3. Camping

On the day, you or others may want to put up a tent in either your

garden or in the house. If you don’t have tent, you may be able to set

up something with blankets, creating a pretend tent. Check with an

adult if this is possible. If so, let them help you with the location for

this.

storytellingPLANETS STAGE Workshop Activitiestime

FESTIVAL DAY!1. Time to put up your decorations

IT IS FESTIVAL DAY! Make sure you are up nice and early to decorate

your festival with everything you have made. Remember to put up

your signage so everyone knows where they are going. If you need

seating in any areas, make sure this is available.

2. Last checks

Go round each area and make sure everything is prepared before you

let anyone into your festival.

3. Ready, Steady GO! Open the gates!

That’s it. Time to let people in to your festival. Don’t forget to take lots

of photos and videos. Ask an adult to upload them and tag us on

Facebook. We can’t wait to see what you have created.

@UnderneathTheStarsFestival

Enjoy your day!

Is the main stage set up and if it needs sound, is this ready?

Do you have all your wristbands ready for people entering?

Do you have your map on display?

Do you have your timetable on display?

Is all the food and drink ready to go?

Are all your workshops and activities set up?

If you are using spotify or YouTube, are your devices

ready?