Christian Festivals | UK & Ireland

On the calendar page are combined listings of large and small UK and Ireland Christian festivals. Why are some festivals missing? It may be that festival organisers have endorsed speakers who have broken with Biblical teaching, see below. Whilst this page concentrates on the bigger festivals because they are relevant to more people size does not matter in the scheme of things, God's teachings do. If you do spot that we've missed a suitable UK or Ireland Christian festival please email us at	Big Church Day Out Special Offer In conjunction with the Big Church Day Out, People without Limits are offering entrance tickets for the low price of £12, available whenever you book for Detling 2010 between 1st February and 30th April. See www.detling.com for more information. Keswick's worship leaders announced: Week 1: Peter Gunstone, Week 2: Colin Webster, and Week 3: Stuart Townend , and Phatfish, New Soul Survivor promotional video, see below. The Fuel Christian Music Festival have just announced their initial 2010 line-up, and it's big - Switchfoot , Leeland, Downhere, Brenton Brown, Phil Wickham, New World Son, Dweeb , Rend Collective Experiment, and Dreamseed. Fuel takes place in Ballymena 11-13 June.		Name: The Big Church Day Out Type: Christian Music Festival Dates: 29th, 30th & 31st May 2010 Location: 29th May - Stanford Hall, nr Loughborough and 30th & 31st May at Wiston House, West Sussex Cost: from £13 per person discounted group, info here: www.bigchurchdayout.com Attendance: approx 13,000 per day Accomodation: camping available at both sites, £5 pp limited spaces Website: www.bigchurchdayout.com Artists/bands: Switchfoot , Toby Mac, Israel & New Breed, Hillsong United, Tim Hughes , Brenton Brown, Graham Kendrick , Lou Fellingham , Kings Chamber Orchestra, Stuart Pendred, Tom & Olly, LZ7 , Trent, Bosh , Lifecolour and more
CREATION FEST			DETLING SUMMER CONFERENCE

	"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." Mohandas Gandhi

Vera Cruz lined up for Creationfest 2010			Detling Summer Conference video link
Name: Creation Fest Type: Christian Music Festival Dates: 07-13 August 2010 Location: Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge, Cornwall Cost: Free Attendance: Approx 6,500 Accommodation: tba, but camping in 2009 was just £5.10 adult, £2.55 child Website: www.creationfest.org.uk Artists/Bands: Crave \| Dweeb \| Philippa Hanna \| Verra Cruz \| Four Kornerz \| Scott Cunningham \| Shell Perris \| Malokai \| Cyba-X \| Superhero Speakers: Brian Broderson \| Phil Peconis \| Scott Cunningham More Info: Creation Fest has a full programme of music, teaching seminars, workshops, sports activities, films, 'Creation Kids' and family fun, massive skate/BMX park with Pro skate demos throughout the festival	Would Gandhi have accepted Christ if he had seen lives that reflected faith in Jesus? Our neighbours may not be famous, but to God they are all VIP's. Let's try hard to lead the people who know us, and those we just meet, to faith in Christ, rather than lead them away from Him by the way we might live. Our actions speak much louder than our words about what we really believe.		Name: Detling Summer Conference 'Rise, Run, Reign' Type: Bible Conference Dates: 07 - 12 August 2010 Location: Kent Showground, Detling Cost: From £96 adult, £48 child for early booking, concessions etc, info Attendance: approx 5,000 Accommodation: camping Website: www.detling.com Artists/Bands: awaiting Detling line-up Speakers: RT Kendall; Dan and Mary Southerland; Canon Andrew White; Debra Green; Patrick Regan; Graham Kendrick More Info: Detling Summer Conference seeks to equip, encourage and empower the church to be all God intended us to be. Detling is held in the heart of beautiful Kent. Detling 2000 was our first year and the conference has grown fantastically since then.
FRENZY MUSIC FESTIVAL	FUEL CHRISTIAN MUSIC FESTIVAL		GRAPEVINE FESTIVAL



Frenzy Christian Music Festival 2010	previous Fuel festival video		previous Grapevine festival celebration
Name: Frenzy Type: Christian Music Festival Dates: 12 June 2010 Location: Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland (nr Quality Airport Hotel) Cost: from £32 adults, u16's £22, depending on how soon booked Attendance: approx 7,000 Accommodation: camping Website and Social Networking Sites: www.frenzyfrenzy.com www.facebook.com/frenzymusicfestival www.bebo.com/officialfrenzysite www.twitter.com/frenzyfestival Artists/Bands: Switchfoot , Hillsong United , Planetshakers , New World Son , Phil Wickham , LZ7 More Info: "Frenzy is the UK’s largest one day Christian Music Festival and since it’s inception in 2005 has been growing in reputation and popularity."	Name: Fuel Christian Festival Type: Christian Music Festival Dates: 11-13 June 2010 Location: Ballymena Showgrounds, Ballymena Cost: awaiting Fuel costs Attendance: awaiting Fuel igures Accommodation: camping Website: www.fuelevents.com Artists/Bands: Switchfoot, Leeland, Downhere, Brenton Brown, Phil Wickham, New World Son, Dweeb, Rend Collective Experiment, and Dreamseed More Info: "Fuel is all about the best Christian music coming to Northern Ireland. The Fuel team is dedicated to offering a weekend of the finest and most exciting musical talent out there whilst impacting our culture. Our aim is to reach the wider community in Northern Ireland and introduce more people to the Gospel of Jesus Christ through music."		Name: Grapevine Christian Festival Type: Teaching and Worship Festival Dates: 27-31 August 2010 Location: Lincolnshire Showground, Lincoln Cost: awaiting Grapevine info Attendance: awaiting Grapevine info Accommodation: College facilities are available in single and twin rooms. All rooms have washbasins but share bathroom facilities. Breakfast and an Event Pass are included. Website: www.grapevinecelebration.org.uk Artists/Bands: awaiting Grapevine info Speakers: awaiting Grapevine info More Info:
KESWICK CONVENTION	NEWDAY CHRISTIAN FESTIVAL		NEW WINE FESTIVAL



Keswick Convention promotional video	Newday 2010 promotional video		New Wine Christian festival promotional video
Name: Keswick Convention Type: Teaching & Worship Conference Dates & Speakers: Week 1 : 17-23 July - Don Carson, Hugh Palmer and Jonathan Stephen Week 2 : 24-30 July - Paul Mallard, Joe Stowell and Terry & Wendy Virgo Week 3 : 31-6 August Alistair Begg, Jeremy McQuiod and Simon Downham Location: Keswick Convention Centre Cost: Free, but donations encouraged Attendance: Approx 15,000 over 3 weeks Accommodation: separate arrangements Website: www.keswickministries.org Artists/Bands: Week 1: Peter Gunstone, Week 2: Colin Webster, and Week 3: Stuart Townend , and Phatfish, More Info: The Keswick Convention provides Bible teaching from a team of acclaimed international speakers and time off with family and friends to explore the beautiful Lakes	Name: Newday Christian Festival Type: Teaching & Worship Festival Dates: 11-16 August 2010 (depart 17 August) Location: Norfolk Showground, Nr Norwich Cost: for early booking from £99 12's+, £59 3-11's, under 3's free Attendance: 7,000 approx Accommodation: camping Website: www.newdaygeneration.org Artists/Bands: Simon Brading, Phatfish, more bands tbc Speakers: Joel Virgo, Stef Liston, Adrian Holloway, Andrew Wilson, Stuart Gibbs More Info: "Newday is a six-day camping event for young people (12-19) where we get to encounter Jesus together. We spend time worshipping God, listening to teaching from the Bible and praying together in our main meetings, and in our smaller seminars we can choose from a wide range of topics and issues and learn how to apply God’s word to the way we live. We also have the chance to put God’s love into action in the local community, with lots of outreach and social action projects into Norwich and parts of Norfolk, and of course there are loads of opportunities to relax and make new friends in the cafés, through the sports programmes or at the live gigs." Newday is run by Newfrontiers.		Name: New Wine Christian Festival Type: Teaching & Worship Festival Dates: 24-30 July 2010 - Royal Bath & West Showground, Somerset 31 July - 6 August 2010 - Newark & Nottinghamshire County Showground 1-7 AUGUST 2010 - Royal Bath & West Showground, Somerset Location: Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset and Newark & Nottinghamshire County Showground, Newark Cost: from £116 adult, from £36 child Attendance: 25,000 total, approx Accommodation: camping, info Website: www.new-wine.org Artists/Bands: awaiting New Wine line-up Speakers: awaiting New Wine line-up More Info: New Wine Christian Festival -"Equipping churches to see God's kingdom grow"
SOUL SURVIVOR	SUMMER MADNESS		ULTIMATE EVENT - ALTON TOWERS


Soul Survivor promotional video	Summer Madness 2010 promotional video		Newsboys @ Ultimate Event, Alton Towers 2010
Name: Soul Survivor Christian Festival Type: Teaching & Worship Festival Dates: Week 'A' 30 July - 03 August at the Staffordshire Showground, Week 'B' 11-15, and 'C' 16-20 August and 'Momentum' 21-25 August, all at Bath & West Showground Location: Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet, Somerset and Staffordshire Showground Cost: from £75 Attendance: 27,000 total, approx Accommodation: camping, caravans can be hired Website: www.soulsurvivor.com Artists/Bands: awaiting Soul Survivor line-ups Speakers: awaiting Soul Survivor line-ups More Info: "Soul Survivor is a series of 3 five day camping events where thousands of us gather to worship God, learn from the Bible and pray for each other. The events are geared towards teenagers, though there is a programme of stuff for children and youth leaders too. Days are filled with our morning and evening meetings, a mass of seminars and tonnes of crazy and chilled out venues to hang out in!"	Name: Summer Madness Type: Teaching and Worship Festival Dates: 02-06 July 2010 Location: Kings Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland Cost: from £61.50 for early booking, non-residential from £45 Attendance: approx 5,000 (incl 3,000 camping) Accommodation: camping Website: www.summermadness.co.uk Artists/Bands: Ryan Griffith, Rend Collective (TFC) and Ben Cantelon Speakers: Reggie Dabbs, Rachael Gardner, Krish Kandiah, Bishop Fanta Clarke, and Alan Scott More Info: Summer Madness say - "top level artists, activities, workshops, seminars, debates, and rehab!"		Name: Ultimate Event - Alton Towers Type: Christian Music Festival Dates: 08 May 2010 Location: Alton Towers, Staffordshire Cost: awaiting Ultimate Event cost Attendance: 10,000 approx Accommodation: none, 1 day event Website: www.ultimateevents.org.uk Artists/Bands: Newsboys are rumoured to be there, otherwise tba More Info: Ultimate Event say - "We want to encourage Youth Leaders from around the country to galvanise their young people to invite their mates to a great day out. They will experience a day at the UK's premier Theme Park, hear some awesome music and hear how Jesus has impacted peoples lives in a real and relevant way."


WARNINGS FROM THE BIBLE TO US ALL, FOR MORE DISCERNMENT

"For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear." 2 Timothy 4:3 (NIV)

Since the time when Jesus walked amongst us people have sought to pervert His message to suit what they wanted to do, or to fit with what people wanted to hear. On top of this the Bible repeatedly warns that as the time comes towards Jesus' return that there will be greater perversion of the truth. Despite these warnings the church is incredibly poor at policing itself against error. Charismatic, evangelical, and 'traditional' Christians are often inclined to swallow almost anything that suits without weighing it against what the Bible says and what comes to pass. False prophets, fake healers, and inept Bible teachers, both on a local church and international 'ministry' level are rife. If trading standards got involved and required substantiations of healings and prophesies they would shut down many churches and ministries. Wherever you are, in your local church, watching the God Channel, or at a Christian festival, do not put aside your sense, the Bible makes sense, weigh what you are being told against it, False prophets abound, if what they have said doesn't come true then they aren't a prophet, however 'big' or popular they are, and if they claim healing but don't actually deliver then they aren't a healer, ask questions, investigate, the fakes won't tell you that they are a fake! "For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants masquerade as servants of righteousness." 2 Corinthians 11: 13-15 (NIV)


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