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Festival Frenzy
Can you solve music industry inequalities? Design a festival that celebrates all voices.
Recommended for:
Brownies
Guides
Rangers
Estimated Time:
90
Minutes
Materials:
Pens/Pencils
Celebration:
International
Women's
Day
Activity Description
Festival Frenzy challenges girls to work together to design an equality-led music festival celebrating women and underrepresented voices in music. From choosing a line-up and designing a site map to responding to real-world challenges and pitching their ideas to a funding panel, this interactive activity builds creativity, confidence and teamwork all through the exciting lens of festival planning.
Starter (Optional)
While girls are arriving, invite them to complete the Soundtrack to My Life worksheet, curating a list of songs or artists that hold personal meaning for them. Once everyone has arrived, take a moment to reflect together on the playlists they’ve created. Were certain voices, genres, or genders more common than others? Did their line-ups unintentionally mirror the male-dominated balance often seen at real-world music festivals?
How to Play
1. Read Counciller BP's letter - Split into small teams and introduce the challenge: each group will design a music festival that celebrates women and underrepresented voices.
2. Festival Identity - Use the worksheet to create a festival name, target audience, vibe, and values statement.
3. Line-Up Planning - Teams should decide their festival line-up, deciding who performs on which stages and when. Encourage them to think about balance, variety, and whose voices are given the biggest platforms.
4. Festival Site Map - Groups design a festival site map, deciding where stages, wellbeing spaces, facilities, and activity areas will be placed. Creativity is encouraged, but remind teams to consider accessibility and experience.
5. Chaos Newsflashes - Every 15 minutes, introduce a chaos newsflash or stakeholder email to shake up planning. Teams must adapt their plans while staying true to their festival values. Let groups know they may be asked to explain their decisions during the funding panel.
6. Funding Panel - Each team pitches their festival, dragon's den style. Other groups act as the funding panel, listening carefully and scoring festivals based on inclusivity, creativity, line-up variety, and teamwork using the voting sheet.
Programme Links
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Festival Fun (UMA60)
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Project Festival (UMA60)
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Rockin Rangers (UMA45)
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Demanding Designs (UMA30)
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Accesstival (UMA60)
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Design Time (SB2L)
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Soundtrack to my Life (SB6R)
With over 1,000 resources across the programme, we might have missed some! If you spot other links, please get in touch, we’d love to add them.
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