VLF ’25 Workshops
Vanlife Festival will be offering a variety of interactive workshops throughout the weekend, giving you the chance to learn new skills, get creative, and connect with like-minded people. Whether you’re interested in crafting, wellness, music, outdoor survival or storytime.
Come and join the fun.
Clown shows
Introducing International Clown Show & puppeteer to VLF 25
Face Painting
Absolutley FREE !
Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to enhance your festival experience with a burst of vibrant colors. Join Natalie Hill near the main stage at Vanlife Festival 2024 and let your imagination run wild. Immerse yourself in the world of face painting and unleash your inner artist. It’s the perfect way to express your creativity and add a touch of magic to your festival adventure. Come and join us for an unforgettable experience!
Devon and Cornwall Bushcraft CIC
Bushcraft Basics, Survival techniques, and outdoor exploration.
Devon and Cornwall Bushcraft CIC are extremely excited to be returning to the Van Life Festival to provide a range of free bushcraft activities – including fire lighting techniques, natural cordage, marshmallows toasting over the fire, tree & plant ID games, tool safety and use, plus lots more!
More info and list of workshops will be added nearer the time
Traditional Felt workshop
Create your own traditional felt piece of artwork
Helen will be selling wet felting and appliqué artwork and gift cards, and also running wet felting workshops over the whole weekend. Immerse yourself in one of the oldest traditional techniques, suiting all ages and abilities. You will be able to create your own piece of artwork choosing from a delightful array of colourful wools and blends. Once finished you will be able to take away your own unique masterpiece, a wonderful keepsake for your home or vans: Courses: will include all your materials ( please just bring a small hand towel ).
Hannah from Feral Fibres
Fun, Felt workshops
Hannah will run felt making workshops where you can make animal ears or fun beards to wear, (or other felted pieces). These are great workshops for supervised children or adults and needle felting is a craft perfect for van life. There is a minimal affordable amount charged of £5-10 and usually operates a drop in style workshop so people can spend as long as they want on their pieces.
Vanlife eats
Cooking demos and inspirational talks
We are pleased to announce Mark & Sophie from Vanlife eats / The Big Picnic Festival will be joining us at VLF’25… Mark will be doing his cooking demos & giving you all great inspiration to cook wonderful meals in your vans
The Twisted Sock
The Twisted Sock, in the Field of Ispiring Dreams, will be holding a series of ‘Open Forum’ workshop discussions and we tend to talk about the things that others don’t.
The Twisted Sock Emporium of Light brings you handmade bottle lights like you will never see anywhere else.
And in the evening come and sit around The FirePit where you can just come for a chat with your mates, meet new and interesting folk, maybe bring a musical instrument for a live Jam session or just sit, chillax and soak it all in The FirePit is what YOU make it
The Yorkshire Indian
Cooking Demos
Modern Samurai Martial Arts
Simple self defence workshops
Merry Makers
Wicked waste Workshops
Wicked Waste Workshop’ – family up-cycled crafts.
Tetra Pak, pop bottles, vinyl floor tiles, milk bottles, broken tents and all sorts of things can be fabulously transformed into lovely things to take home with you!
Mobiles, purses, baskets, bird-feeders, flowers, fairy doors, etc…….. what will you create?
Felix Forge
Traditional blacksmith
Felix is excited to be at Vanlife Festival for his first year.
He will give you the chance to embrace your inner Blacksmith.
Felix will provide a range of knowledge showcasing the skill set and teaching you the blacksmithing techniques that are still in use today.
You will have the chance to get involved, forge your own bottle, toasting fork, his famous horseshoe hearts and much more.
The Guitar Vibe
Guitar workshops with Louis
Louis will be providing free guitar lessons throughout the weekend.
Bring your guitar and a seat and join in to learn some tunes or strum-along sessions.
Fi’s Fabulous Emporium
The Hoola Hoop Lady
Hula hoop workshops will run outside of Fi’s stall where everyone can have a go Big kids as well as youngsters. It’s great and fun and good exercise.
She will also be running a couple of timed workshops close by entertainment area please ask for details on the day
Tiggerifiic Tails
Interactive StoryTeller
Join Tiggerifiic Tails – A wonderful storyteller who is coming to the festival, bringing magical tales and adventure-filled stories for the kids. Join for interactive storytelling sessions that will spark imagination and fun. Don’t miss this enchanting experience.
Candy Designs
All Handmade
The Ethos of Candy Designs is the creation of handmade waistcoats, cravats, ties and bow ties. Each item is handmade to your specification. You can choose some of our materials, bring your own or we can obtain material to your specification. Alongside my stall, in a craft area, I will be running a series of workshops:
- Mosaic a coaster
- Paint badge/rock
- Squige card making
- Sock puppet.
So come along, get creative and have some fun
Santosha Holistics
Free Yoga Workshops
Santosha Holistics is offering lighthearted yoga that is all about connecting with yourself and your human family practicing around you. Hopefully there is a little bit of laughter, a few attempts at a fun balance challenge, maybe a bit of snoozing at the end.
Really this class is for everyone and it’s about exactly what you would like to get out of it. Listen to your body. Inhale, exhale and leave it all out on the mat.
Mushroom Paul
Workshops
This year Paul will be offering workshops, Paul is well-known for his amazing carving skills and woodwork, be sure to stop by and take a look in our workshop zone area this year.
