Activities at The FEST!
Come for interactive activities, games, crafts & more for FEST-goers of all ages! Check out our Kids Area, Teens Area, and activities for all ages below!
BMX Bike Show
Catch high-flying action and jaw-dropping stunts by the athletes of Dialed Action Sports! Found in the Kid’s Activities Area!
Foam Party
Kids 11 and under, bring a bathing suit and a towel, and have fun with the bubble cannons! Found in the tennis courts!
Activities
Enjoy fun with cups
- Stack cups and challenge your friends at our stacking tables
- Use the cups to make designs in the fence
- Located in the tennis courts!
Lego Land is BACK and Bigger than Ever!
Take the Lego Challenge!
Pick up a card and make what is on the card. Send it to the FEST for us to share!
We have Duplos, Girls Only, all kinds and all sizes! There are Legos for kids from 3 to 103!!
Tired of Legos? Use your STEAM skills and build Straws!
Reach new heights on the FEST rockwall
Want the best view of The FEST grounds? See how far up you can climb on our rockwall, courtesy of the scouts!
Located in the Kids Activities Area, open from 12:00 – 7:00 pm
Have fun with bubble cannons
Take off your socks and shoes and have fun in the bubbles! Bathing suits are encouraged.
Kids ages 11 and under are welcome!
Located in the tennis courts
Unleash FUN at The FEST
The Performance Dogs of Ohio are BACK to bring their energetic, tail-wagging talent to FEST Day! Watch these skilled pups flip, jump, and perform unbelievable tricks that will wow the crowd. It’s a show that the whole family will love!
Showtimes: 1:30 pm. 3:00 pm, 4:30 pm
Bounce Houses, Obstacle Courses, and Slides, Oh My!
Our fan-favorite FEST inflatables are back and better than ever!
Enjoy our variety of bounce houses, giant slides, inflatable games, and more!
A FEST Fan Favorite
We have doubled the game area! Come play games like gaga ball, 9 square, and more!
Action! Adventure! Excitement!
Look for the Scouts’ outside tent and see some of the wonderful things Scouting has to offer!
United in Faith, Hope, and Love
The FEST is a busy, busy day! Take a quick minute. Toss a ring over a treat.
If the bottom is BLUE, say a prayer to say you love your FAITH and keep the treat.
If the bottom is RED, say a prayer for something you HOPE for and keep the treat.
If the bottom is GREEN, say a prayer for someone you LOVE and keep the treat!
We are all United together in God’s love.
Dance, Sing, and have FUN
DJ Kris will be here spinning tunes and giving away lots and lots of free prizes! Look for him in a Photo Op tent by the 9 Square.
He’ll be giving out Freezer Pops at different parts of the day. Come back often!
Always a Shocking Experience
Stop in to play the fun games in Jim’s Game Tent. Come back again and again and challenge your friends and family!
High-Flying Action at The FEST
Witness flips and spins that defy gravity and will leave you wondering just how these athletes do it!
Check out their website to learn more!
Showtimes: 1:00 pm, 2:30 pm, 4:15 pm, 6:15 pm.
For the Little Ones
Bring the little ones to the corn tent and let them use the shovels and containers to play in the corn.
It’s out of the sun, so you can rest on a hay bale and keep an eye on the little ones.
Crafts
25-Year FEST Craft
At one of the first FEST’s we did a craft with handprints. We will be doing that craft again years later.
Choose a color paint and paint a heart on the large 2 and 5. Write below it a priest, deacon, sister, or religious you would like to pray for.
We will take these numbers up during the Offertory, and everyone at the FEST will pray for them!
Prince & Princess of Heaven
We all want to be princes or princesses, as shown in the movies, and live happily ever after. Saints are special people who have a strong faith and closeness to God, and live happily ever after in heaven. We can follow their examples and be princes or princesses of Heaven.
Check out the Saints’ pictures and choose your favorite Saint. Write your saint on the banner. Make a star band for girls or a crown for boys.
Faith, Hope, Love Stones
Some days are harder than others. Take a few minutes and decorate a stone with the words faith, hope, and love…the theme for the FEST, United in Faith, Hope and Love. Put it on your dresser, in your purse, backpack, or in the car, so you remember to pray each day, or you can leave it in a park, a planter, or somewhere to remind others to pray.
Create a Penny Cross
Jesus died on the cross and will always forgive all our sins. Take a cross. Glue the pennies on and say a little prayer for anyone or anything you are sorry for. Put this in your room somewhere to remember every day that no matter what you do, Jesus loves you and will forgive you.
Temporary Tattoos & Miss Joanne Stencils
From noon to 3 pm, come and share your faith with a religious tattoo! They aren’t permanent and will show how proud you are of your faith!
From 3 to 7 pm come and have Miss Joanne share a special faith-filled glitter stencil. These are a fun way to add a little sparkle to your day!
Brush Your Hair, Say A Prayer
Life is so busy! With our busy day-to-day activities it’s easy to forget to pray! Every day you brush your hair!
This FEST brush is to remind you that every time you use a brush to look nice, say a prayer. An easy, everyday way to remember to pray.
It’s time for FEST “Pinning!”
Decorate ordinary clothespins with bright colors and encouraging phrases, and clip them to a sleeve, lanyard, backpack… whatever you like!
The recipient will now have a good luck charm and a ‘secret ally’ wishing them luck.
Giving is even better than receiving, just like they say. Pinning people is so much fun. It gives you a thrill to know that you encouraged someone. Come in and share your ideas for uniquely decorating your pins!
Create a Cross Pin
Choose your favorite color beads. Place them on the pin, thinking of all the people you would like to pray for. And add a cross.
You can put this finished pin on a purse, backpack, or favorite sweatshirt. Any time you would like to remember your friends and family that you will remember them in your prayers…because they love you!
Trade Pins With Others
Stop by this tent, sign a card for a priest, deacon, or religious. Pick up a pin and put it on your lanyard!
All during FEST Day, trade pins with others. All cards will be mailed to all the priests, deacons, and religious in the Diocese of Cleveland (as many as we have)!
*One pin per participant
Every Year We Have Different Crafts and Surprises…
Stop by several times on FEST Day and see what different surprises will be there!
Surprise crafts will include angels and snow globe bottles, to name a few!
Write a Note to Someone Serving in the Military
Take a few minutes and write a note to someone in the military. They appreciate the mail while they are away from their family. While you are here, pick up a toy soldier and a prayer to remind you to pray for those who help defend and protect our country.
Prayer Opportunities
Families that pray together can bring change.
In the Family Blessing tent, deacons from around the Cleveland Diocese will pray with you and for you. Sometimes the road can be uncertain for us or those we love. We trust in prayer.
Pray to St. Theresa
On the grounds of the CPL is a statue of St. Theresa. Take a few minutes in silence to sit on the bench and rest and say a little prayer. Pick up a prayer card for yourself or a story of St. Theresa mini coloring book.
Say this prayer…
O Little Therese of the Child Jesus, please pick for me a rose from the heavenly gardens and send it to me as a message of love.
O Little Flower of Jesus, ask God to grant the favor I now place with confidence in your hands.
(mention in silence here) St. Therese, help me to always believe as you did in God’s great love for me, so that I might imitate your “Little Way” each day.
Amen
Hail Mary, Full of Grace…
We will be praying the rosary every hour on the hour. You are also welcome to come and pray the rosary any time in between on your own. The St. Justin Martyr rosary makers have been very busy making free rosaries to give away and will help you learn the rosary if you need to learn. All ages are welcome.
Children Need a Time to Pray, Too
For only 5 minutes, bring your child to pray. Stop by the TAKE 5 tent on the 45 after the hour and learn a prayer..some you may know, some you may not.
Each prayer will be given out in a lanyard while they last, so you can take them home with you! You will have 7 prayers for your child to have and pray!
Pray each one of them while you are at The FEST and when you come home.
Come and pray every 45 minutes on the hour (12:45 pm, 1:45 pm, etc.)
Brown Scapular Tent
For over 700 years, the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel has been one of the most precious gifts and highly indulgent Sacramentals of our Church.
Scapulars will be provided free of charge if you wish to take part in this special blessing.
There is also information for children about the Brown Scapular.
Foam Party
BMX Bike Show
Active Games
Inflatables
Dog Show
Faith-based Crafts
Prayer Opportunities
Arts & Crafts
Activities Schedule
The Kids Activity Area is open from 12pm – 7pm
Rosary 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm every hour on the hour
DJ Kris Koch 12:00-7:00 pm with free giveaways during the day!
Take 5 12:45 pm, 1:45 pm, every :45
Inflatables & Games 1:00-7:00 pm
Dialed Action Sports BMX Bike Shows 1:00 pm, 2:30 pm, 4:15 pm, 6:15 pm
Performance Dogs of Ohio 1:30 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:30 pm
Pickup-Stix Stilt Walkers 2:00-6:00 pm
Sully (Cleveland Monsters Mascot) 3:00-3:30 pm, 4:30-5:00 pm, 6:00-6:30 pm
Pozzie (Cleveland Charge Mascot) 3:30-4:00 pm, 5:00-5:30 pm, 6:30-7:00 pm
Dr. U. R. Awesome Foam Party 5:00-6:00 pm
ALL AGES
▶ Live Music & Performers
▶ Kona Shaved Ice Truck
▶ Performance Dogs of Ohio Entertainment Show
▶ Enter to Win Great Prizes
▶ Sponsor / Vendor Booths
▶ Reconciliation & Opportunities for Prayer
▶ Rosary Every Hour
▶ Pro-Life Area
▶ Outdoor Mass
▶ Fireworks Show
KIDS
▶ Free Snow Cones
▶ Inflatables, Obstacle Courses, Slides, & more!
▶ Balloon Twisters
▶ Face Painters
▶ The Colgate Dental Bus
▶ Faith-Based Crafts
TEENS
▶ BMX Stunt Bike Shows
▶ Rockwall
▶ Adventure Zone featuring: Gaga Ball Pits, 9 Square, Corn Hole, and more!
▶ Education Village Showcasing Catholic Education
▶ Live Music & Inspiration
ADULTS
▶ Marc’s Moms’ Station with entries for GREAT Prizes
▶ Man Cave with Games, Speakers & Prize Entry
▶ Family Blessings Tent
▶ Great, family-value based sponsors and vendors with information for you and your family
The FEST 2026 Bands
The FEST 2026 Headliner
With feel-good anthems, powerful harmonies, and a message that sticks with you long after the music ends, CAIN is set to light up The FEST 2026. Come ready to celebrate, sing, and experience something unforgettable.
The FEST First Band Announcement!
Known for songs that have become the soundtrack of worship for so many, Matt Maher is coming to The FEST 2026. His heartfelt lyrics and powerful presence create a live experience that is both moving and deeply meaningful.
