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A little bird told us there's a brand new scavenger activity for the little ones at ALSO 21. Collect your activities sheet from the info tent and hand the completed sheets back to claim your woodland medal!

A hands-on, screen-free introduction to coding! Friendly wooden robots want to be told where to go and how to get there. Children will work in small teams to guide wooden robots on a journey using a colourful motherboard - in space, on safari or under the sea. Ideal for children 3-8, but older curious coders are welcome. (Friday)

We invite children of all ages to create their vision of the festival on paper squares, which will be used to form a collaborative map for a Robot Coding workshop on Sunday. Prompts, paper and pens available from Friday to Sunday at our Info Tent.

What better way to start your camping weekend than learning how to make your own family campfire with Pete from Bushcraft Snowdoni? We'll even throw in marshmallows! Fancy this and are under 8? Bring a grown up along for the fun. 

Especially for the very young, as we begin our weekend together, join Kate as she begins to decorate the Storytree ready for celebrating stories. Kate will tell bedtime stories as the sun begins to fade and mother moon rises. 

Come along and take ALSO to new heights! Yes, in this Kite Making Workshop led by maker-extraordinaire, Owen Wales, you'll receive a kit of materials and learn how to assemble your very own kite. And the kite is yours to take away and fly time and time again! Ages 8+ with adult supervision. 

Take a walk on the wild side as we go on an adventure to find the mini beasts that live in and around ALSO Festival.

Join Ex-Marine Commando and ALSO’s Production Manager, David Hamblett in creating woodland hideaways for the weekend in Dave’s Den Building session - back by popular demand!

Rock your inner animal on the outside by making and sporting a fun pair of ears! Get into the ALSO spirit. Go on, you know you want to!

What better way to start your camping weekend than learning how to make your own family campfire with Pete from Bushcraft Snowdoni? We'll even throw in marshmallows! Fancy this and are under 8? Bring a grown up along for the fun. 

Create unique animal head lanterns to adorn your tents and light up your ALSO nights. All materials provided, including Warwickshire Willow! Family friendly 8+

Party down at your own disco! No adults allowed.

Join our resident bat expert Stuart Spray and discover the secret world of bats and learn to think like they do on our guided ALSO Bat Walk. Not done it before? Trust us, you'll go bats for it.

Run like the wind and explore your fantastic surroundings as Mike leads you across our Capability country and through the woods. Bring your trainers, but leave the adults back at the tent!

Create a gorgeous garland of locally-grown flowers to crown your heads. The ultimate festival-in-the-country look. Aged 8+

Join outdoor expert Simon Birbeck and learn how to use all your senses to find out what creatures are around you. Learn how to find these creatures and where to look! Identify their poo, what they eat, where they sleep, what noises they make, can you camaflague like them? You'll be surprised what's out there. Fancy this and are under 8? Bring a grown up along for the fun. 

Andrew and Celeste are a father and daughter combo that bring an element of harmony and lots of fun, energy and percussion to singing sessions for ALL the family. They play and sing many of the classic children's favourites, but also include songs for the older family members, such as Beatles, ABBA and Disney singalong old and new! They provide percussion and encourage everyone to join in the singing and the moving!! Aimed at children from 0-5 and their families

Drop-in anytime on Saturday to help create an animal head lantern to lead our Sunset Procession. Using Warwickshire Willow, tissue paper and a lot of enthusiasm, play your part in decorating our giant figurehead.

Calling all wannabe Knights. Over six? Want your own Knight's Tale? One starring you? Join the BAFTA award winning animator and writer duo Myles and Greg McLeod who will help you create the characters you'll need: a goody, a baddy, a buddy. Using proper storyboards they'll encourage you to create your own knight's tale in this the ultimate storytelling hands-on session for true Knights.

Join Sarah and Violet on a new adventure as they try to help Monkey find his Mum. Can you help them in their quest?

Create unique animal head lanterns to adorn your tents and light up your ALSO nights. All materials provided, including Warwickshire Willow! Don't forget to be procession ready for the Saturday evening at dusk. 

Join in with Debutots carefully-crafted interactive stories with plenty of dramatic play and movement thrown in for good measure. Our fun-packed Early Years Drama sessions are enjoyed by grown-ups as much as they are by their children, and promote communication and confidence along the way.

If you go down to the woods today...BYOB (bring your own bear...and blanklet...and picnic) and settle under the trees for a special storytime treat for under 5s. Kate will weave her magic in the dappled sunlight under the Storytree.

Back, bigger, with harder knots, this fun, family and team activity will ask you to put Archimedes' Displacement Theory to the test whilst learning how to escape being shipwrecked! Our instructors will give you some tips but it will be up to you to turn a pile of poles, rope and barrels into a raft - to keep you and your crew afloat. Minimum age 8. Come as a team or as individuals prepared to mix! We'll have 3 rafts pitching their skills against each other with a max crew of 8 per raft (minimum crew of 4). £10 per person

If you are 11-19 years old and want to learn something new, destress, or if you've enjoyed yoga before, then come along to ALSO’ Teen Yoga class! You’ll learn how to let out all your pent-up energy in a series of sequences, including sun salutations, and learn breathing techniques to help you relax. Taught by Claire Saunders of YogaBright and with assistance from her teenage daughter, Olivia who are both qualified TeenYoga Foundation teachers and want to bring yoga to all teens everywhere. Olivia is particularly passionate about yoga for neurodivergent teens.

A creative exploration of the world from an animal perspective, suitable for children and families. Think about the world from a different angle and learn more about how to take great images with a phone camera. Children and family focused.

Join Sohan Kailey as he takes you dancing around the world with songs from his debut album Let's Naach (Let's Dance). Bhangra Pop Music for children and families. Get ready to sing and dance along to Bhangra Rave, Bhangra Pirates, Dinosaur Rock, Shake It Like (Bollywood style), party on the beach. Fun songs for all to enjoy. Audience participation a must!

Tarsus take us on an inclusive journey through traditional Eastern European Jewish Music. Expect drums, singing, and dancing!! Play along with a firm klezmer favourite, enjoy a "circle dance", and learn to sing a simple hebrew song complete with actions!

Join outdoor expert Simon Birbeck and learn how to use all your senses to find out what creatures are around you. Learn how to find these creatures and where to look! Identify their poo, what they eat, where they sleep, what noises they make, can you camaflague like them? You'll be surprised what's out there. Fancy this and are under 8? Bring a grown up along for the fun. 

Pick up a paintbrush and let your imagination soar as yoiu take in the ALSO view! Will you spot animals in your mind's eye and add them to your paintings? Ursula will guide you through this daubing sessin - no skill required.

A voice workshop for teens run by L.R.A.M. trained voice coach Tessa Morton. Tessa will help you to speak up and speak out! Incorporating breathing techniques, movement and singing, by the end of the session you will feel more confident and assertive, filled with strategies for how to be heard. Age 12+

Send your little beasts to animal training camp with comedian and former student of École Gaulier clown school Alexis Dubus, creating surreal scenarios through theatrical games and learning improvisational skills on the woodland stage.

If you go down to the ALSO Woods today look out for secret fairy and elf dwellings. Can you create your own fairy houses to take home? Festival creative director, Judy Reaves, will provide you with everything you need to build your very own fairy kingdom. Saturday 2pm

Welcome to lo-fi sci-fi spectacular Starship Impossible. We join Captain Quitter and his crew as they journey deep into space. The award winning animation duo The Brothers Mcleod have joined forces with the amazing peeps at Misfit Inc to bring you a comedic sci-fi extravaganza. An international production made during a global lockdown. The Brothers will talk you through the production process, how they came up with the idea and why they think the world needs another sc-fi story. Then they’ll screen the film in all its lo-fi monotone glory. A glorious hour of escapism in these troubling times. https://www.starshipimpossible.com

Tamakurya introduces you to the ancient Japanese art of Furoshiki (Fabric Wrapping). In this introductory workshop you’ll learn how to wrap presents in an eco-friendly and very beautiful way using the Musubi knot and also have fun learning the 4 tie wrap and how to make a book bag and rucksack.

Join the Kineton STEM team who have brought their equipment and expertise to ALSO so you can get your hands on with Sphero Robots to turn digital commands into physical marks. With help from the team use tablets to instruct the robots to move through paint and see how your commands are transformed into a colourful painting.

If you can do the splits or a magic trick. If you can yodel, bogle or dance like a show girl. If you can do impressions or body percussion. If you can tell a joke, disappear in a  puff of smoke or rhyme and rap or ballet and tap. If you’re a poet or a singer or a talented bell ringer, an eloquent talker or a tight rope walker. If you can limbo, tango or peel a mango without using your hands - YOUR FESTIVAL NEEDS YOU.

For ALSO children big and small. Our woodland wonders will excite them all! Nature play and adventure of the magical kind.  Explore and create with the things that you find. Claim your Also woodland medal at the end of the session.

Andrew and Celeste are a father and daughter combo that bring an element of harmony and lots of fun, energy and percussion to singing sessions for ALL the family. They play and sing many of the classic children's favourites, but also include songs for the older family members, such as Beatles, ABBA and Disney singalong old and new! They provide percussion and encourage everyone to join in the singing and the moving!! Aimed at children from 0-5 and their families

This mother/daughter act discovered their love of floristry during the 2021 lockdown. As an antidote to home-schooling, Lily set up a doorstep floristry business which gave her something to love after school hours and a social connection with people in our street. We will use seasonal foliage, herbs and and flowers to create beautiful summer wreaths for you to take home

Make a rocket with the STEM team, including a special message or poem. Launch it across the site as far as you can! Drop-in anytime on Sunday.

Playbox Theatre is delighted to return to ALSO FESTIVAL this summer. Join us for theatre workshops inspired by the magnificent tale of The Jungle Book. There’ll be physical theatre, role play, mime, movement, voice and so much more, all packed into an energetic, joyful and creative theatre experience.

For ALSO children big and small. Our woodland wonders will excite them all! Nature play and adventure of the magical kind.  Explore and create with the things that you find. Claim your Also woodland medal at the end of the session.

Playbox Theatre is delighted to return to ALSO FESTIVAL this summer. Join us for theatre workshops inspired by the magnificent tale of The Jungle Book. There’ll be physical theatre, role play, mime, movement, voice and so much more, all packed into an energetic, joyful and creative theatre experience.

For ALSO children big and small. Our woodland wonders will excite them all! Nature play and adventure of the magical kind.  Explore and create with the things that you find. Claim your Also woodland medal at the end of the session.

Join in with Debutots carefully-crafted interactive stories with plenty of dramatic play and movement thrown in for good measure. Our fun-packed Early Years Drama sessions are enjoyed by grown-ups as much as they are by their children, and promote communication and confidence along the way.

Join Tessa for a fun, multilevel pilates session. Tessa is Stott trained to keep your class safe and effective. Move your body, find your balance and connect with your core. Bring a mat/towel, loose clothing and get teady to feel strong and feel alive. All welcome

Back, bigger, with harder knots, this fun, family and team activity will ask you to put Archimedes' Displacement Theory to the test whilst learning how to escape being shipwrecked! Our instructors will give you some tips but it will be up to you to turn a pile of poles, rope and barrels into a raft - to keep you and your crew afloat. Minimum age 8. Come as a team or as individuals prepared to mix! We'll have 3 rafts pitching their skills against each other with a max crew of 8 per raft (minimum crew of 4). £10 per person

Jemima will also be leading a fun and inclusive dance session for kids 7-12 years.  The workshop will start with a fun warm-up, followed by a creative session. Working with the festival theme ‘You Animal’ we will be discovering some new ways of moving and playing.  Participants will be supported to explore and create their own movement individually and together, culminating in short phrases they can share with one another.

Want more of Greg McLeod's incredible animation of the series Starship Impossible? Go fully immersive into his world by dropping into this session where he will draw you your own alien postcard portrait.

With the help of curious coders, wooden robots will travel around a collaborative map of ALSO festival! Children will be invited to create and tell their own stories about their festival experience, learning programming principles in the process. A hands-on, screen-free coding workshop. Ideal for children 3-8, but older children are welcome. (Sunday)