Goodbye stuffy conference venue, hello fresh air!

Conferences are invaluable in bringing your workforce together, reinforcing a ‘one team’ feel and sharing and planning your company’s future. Done right, and you’ll finish the event with an energised bunch of brand ambassadors working towards a shared goal. Done wrong, and you’ll end up with a disbanded group with no clear focus – and at worse, increased staff turnover.

If you’ve found your way on to our website, you’re already thinking outside the standard conference box. Maybe you’ve got a pack of creative, adventurous workers that you know would be bored to death reading yet another PowerPoint full of graphs.  Maybe your brand is bursting with energy and a ‘stand out’ culture that you just can’t marry up with rows of delegates in a boardroom. 

…Enter the festival conference! 

Choosing to hold your conference in a festival setting has HEAPS of benefits for you and your guests:

  • They’re super interactive. Your guests will immerse themselves into the relaxed festival vibe, meaning they’ll be much more likely to mingle! Every touch point of a festival encourages guest interaction, from enjoying street food together at a picnic table, to sharing the mic with the CEO alongside a live karaoke band. 
  • And endlessly creative! An outdoor setting is perfect for encouraging creative thinking - it’s a great space for an ideas generation session! 
  • They can double up as an awesome celebratory party. Our festival set ups are versatile enough to transform from a conference set up in the day to a full on party by night. We’ll work with you to create a main stage that ticks all the boxes. 
  • It’s easy to tie in team building. The great outdoors offers a whole host of refreshing team building options, from retro sports days and scavenger hunts to cocktail masterclasses and circus skill workshops!
  • They’re more memorable. Your staff events should leave a legacy behind, and a festival event is guaranteed to keep your workforce chatting long after the final tent has come down!
  • Festival food! Always high up on guest feedback forms, event catering can be make or break for an event. Luckily we have hundreds of delectable options that will keep ALL your guests happy - wood fired pizza, bao buns, build-your-own burger, paella stations, Pimms trikes, interactive ice cream stations… we could go on! 
  • They’ll boost your brand. Festival conferences offer plenty of stand-out branding ideas for you to tie in your company identity. Flags, deckchairs, parasols, bunting - just about everything can be beautifully branded.  

But a festival conference does call for a slightly different approach. A few key things to consider in your planning: 

  • Venue: Our festivals can be held in most outdoor spaces, and we can help you find a gorgeous spot in a convenient location. We’ll factor in transport links, distance to your offices, licensing and venue restrictions.
  • Staging: Our favourite approach is to double up the main stage as both your conference and entertainment stage. We’ll manage this turnover seamlessly, and transform the look and feel with furniture, lighting and screens!
  • Seating: Conference chairs? No thank you! We’re talking bean bags, deckchairs and retro sofas.
  • Threading the festival theme throughout: You don’t want to plan an incredible festival event only for it to be let down with your conference content. We can help you tie in festival references throughout. Your presenters are now your ‘Line Up’ and your agenda is your ‘Set List’! 

Have we convinced you? If you’re planning your company event we’d love to hear from you. Get in touch to chat about turning your conference into a Headline Festival. 

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