Year 6 Summer Festival Project

What is a festival? Sometimes a festival is known as a day or period of celebration, typically for religious reasons. In music, a festival can also be an organized series of concerts, plays, or films, typically one held annually in the same place. Your relatives may have been to one before, if so, ask them all about it!

Day one – Plan your festival! This week you are going to design and plan your own summer festival – rock on! First things first, create a festival map! We don’t want anyone getting lost and missing their favourite act, do we?! Remember to send any of your work to the year six teachers – we love seeing what you get up to J

1) In your yellow book, write the long date and the title (above).

2) What is the name of your festival? Think of what it will feature to help you decide a name. Will it be mainly dance music? Where is the festival held? Will your festival have a fairground? You can use this link to generate a random festival name by only entering a few key words. https://businessnamegenerator.com/festival-business-name-generator-guide-ideas/ For example, Miss Millar entered “dance, music, fun” and some of the names generated were: Dance Horizon, Fun Utopia and Music Soundwave.

3) What sort of music will your festival feature? Will there be one specific genre or will there be a range? Perhaps, there will be different areas on your festival map for different genres, e.g. rock zone, pop tent etc. Here is a list of different genres to help you: • Hip hop • Blues • Pop • Jazz • Rock

4) Will there be any headline acts? Normally, a festival has a range of different acts but the headliner is the most popular. For example, at a local festival there were a range of acts: Billie Eilish, bastille, Of Mice and men etc. The main headliners were The 1975, Post Malone and Foo Fighters. If Miss Millar was choosing, she would have Beyoncé as her main headliner!

5) Who is the festival aimed at? Adults? Families? Teenagers? Why is this? Think about music choices and what else will be included at your festival.

6) Finally, have a think about any initial ideas that you may want to include to make your festival unique. For example, food stalls, drink areas, campsites, children’s area, fairground etc. 7) Now that you have thought about what you will include in your festival, you’re going to create a festival map. This is what will be given out to people who attend your festival to find their way around and see what attractions there are. It should be clear, bold and colourful! Below are a list of things to think about: • Stage area(s) with room for an audience (seated or standing?) • Campsite, caravan park or glamping area (maybe a few VIP log cabins!) • Food stalls/drinks areas • Walkways around the site • Any other entertainment or special areas (e.g. children’s area) • First Aid/Lost Children • Fairground area • Activity stalls for extra entertainment • Toilets

You can use inspiration from the below examples. Remember to make sure the items are labelled clearly and that roadways, entrances and exits are obvious. It would be super if you could draw relevant pictures rather than coloured boxes. For example, you could draw a small burger to indicate a food area (remember it must be labelled!)

Day two – Plan your music!

In today’s session, you will create a programme to show the different artists who will be performing at your festival – groovy!

1) Write the long date and title in your yellow book (above).

2) In this session, it is important to remember who your audience for the festival is. Think about what type of music families would want to listen to and how these differs to adults or teenagers. Below are three links showing the evolution of music (the first through vocalists, the second on piano and the third through dance. They may give you some ideas… o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lExW80sXsHs evolution of music through singing o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAfmDnkJD60 evolution of music through piano o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqHt2VeYJN4 evolution of dance You could also chat with parents about their music interests to give you some inspiration J

3) You will probably choose a range of different artists or musicians, think about what areas or zones they will be located. In your plan, did you have more than one stage? If so, you will have to write a programme for each stage area! Think about what time the artists may perform. The stage may not open until the afternoon or evening time.

4) Below are some examples of programmes for music festivals using different layouts. They are similar to timetables (yay for maths!) You can choose which layout you prefer. The “Field Day Festival” has a simpler layout showing digital times in chronological order with the artist next to it. This makes it easy for the reader to know what time their favourite artists are on. For example, by reading the line up, you know “Drop the T” is on at 03:40pm. On the other hand, “Splendour” shows a timetable for a range of different stages – this may be a good example to use if you have more than one stage area too! The design for this programme uses colours to indicate the different stages and shows what time the different artists are on and where they can be found. For example, “Free like me” performs at the “Global Village” at 6:00- 7:00. You may use these examples to help your line up design. We can’t wait to see your finished programmes J

Day three – Plan a range of different stalls! You’ve thought of music but what about other entertainment and most important – food! In today’s lesson you will plan a range of different stalls, zones or area to entertain and feed attendees of your festival.

1) In your yellow book, write the long date and title (above)

2) Remembering who your festival is aimed at, today you will think about what other activities, entertainment and food you will provide. By the end of the session you should have two lists; the different types of food stalls and a range of other stands for entertainment. Additionally, you could draw a small map (in addition to your previous map from the first lesson) or have a go at drawing specific stalls up close to show what they will look like. The pictures below show some popular activities from a range of festivals, they might give you some inspiration…

Entertainment ideas: Food ideas: Think about…

- Face paint • Burgers § What is your favourite food?

- Glitter paint • § What is your favourite drink? Hot dogs - Magician § What foods do your target audience • Noodles - Balloon animals like? Adults? Children? • Chips - Bouncy castle § What food could you eat if the • Popcorn - Fairground rides weather is sunny? Would that chance • Candyfloss - Hook-a-duck if your festival was held in the winter • Toffee apple - Ball in a bucket months? • Pizza - Ring toss § What types of entertainment will

- Rifle shooting keep your audience happy and busy?

Day four – Create merchandise! Who doesn’t love a t-shirt to remember their favourite band? Or beanie displaying their favourite artist? Today you will be designing a range of clothes to sell at your festival. These may represent the festival itself or certain musicians.

What is merchandise? Merchandise refers to item that can be sold or bought. When you enter a shop, for example, Primark, you’re surrounded by merchandise.

1) In your yellow book, write the long date and the title (above).

2) Think about who your headliners or are your most popular artist are. You will need to choose the most popular to help create your merchandise. Below are some examples of famous artists and the merchandise sold at their concerts.

3) Choose two items of clothing from the below list and create your merchandise. You should include the artist’s name, the year and the title of the festival. • T-Shirt • Hoody • Beanie • Baseball cap • Joggers • Sweatshirt

4) After you have created the merchandise for your headliner or most popular artist, think about your festival and the theme around it. You will now create a logo for your festival which you can use to create merchandise including these features. Some festival logos are shown below to help give you some inspiration.

5) When you’re creating your logo, think about: • What is the theme of your festival? • Where is it located? • What is the environment like? Forest? City? Beach? • What colours represent your festival? Rainbow? • IS there something specific your festival is well known for? Guitarists? Camping? Food? Fairground? You could include this in your logo.

Day five – Advertising time! Today you will be creating a poster, double page spread or leaflet to advertise your festival, tell people all about how fantastic your festival will be! If you didn’t want to create something by hand, you could use a computer to create a PowerPoint or website.

1) Write the long date and title (above) in your Other ideas for advertising… yellow book.

Create a website 2) Do some research on the Internet - search for Make your own TV advert images of ‘festival posters’ and look at lots of Create a music video for the festival existing examples. What makes them effective? Think about the following… • Choose what sort of theme you want for you poster – this may be linked to the atmosphere you want at your festival. (For example, a rock festival might not have pretty flowers and trees!) • Include the ‘line up’ of artists appearing at your festival plus information about what else people might find there. • What can ‘sell’ your festival? ‘Free Camping’ , ‘Kids Go Free’? • Where can people buy tickets or find out more? • Think about a logo and which colours to use.

3) It is important to include the following in your piece of advertising: • Bold heading • Price & location • Festival map & logo • Possible merchandise • Music programme • Lots of colour and pictures to entice your audience!

4) Use inspiration from the examples below and enjoy advertising your very own festival! The year 6 teachers would love to see what you create J