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Adventure Zone
Fun, games, challenges, and experiences for all ages.
Adventure awaits at The FEST! The Adventure Zone is filled with games, challenges, activities, and interactive experiences designed to be fun for all ages. Whether you’re testing your skills, trying something new, or simply enjoying time with family and friends, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to jump in and be part of the action.
Located just steps away from the live Christian music and main stage activities, the Adventure Zone allows you to enjoy the excitement of The FEST while staying close to the performances you love. Best of all, all Adventure Zone activities are included with your FEST admission at no additional cost.
From friendly competition and shared laughter to new experiences and unexpected discoveries, there’s something for everyone to enjoy throughout the day. No matter your age, we invite you to explore, participate, and experience all the excitement the Adventure Zone has to offer.
Activities
Get moving and enjoy some friendly competition! Challenge your family and friends to favorites like Gaga Ball, 9 Square, Spikeball, Cornhole, and more. Whether you’re playing for fun or playing to win, there’s plenty of action waiting in the Adventure Zone.
Think you’ve got quick hands? Put your speed and coordination to the test at our cup stacking tables. Challenge your friends, race against the clock, and see who can build and break down stacks the fastest!
Bounce houses, obstacle courses, giant slides, and inflatable games—oh my! One of The FEST’s most popular attractions is back, offering hours of fun and adventure. Challenge your friends, conquer the obstacles, and experience all the excitement the Adventure Zone has to offer.
Ready to build? Pick up a challenge card and use your creativity to recreate the design using our collection of LEGO bricks. Once you’ve completed your masterpiece, send us a photo for a chance to be featured by The FEST!
With LEGO pieces for builders ages 3 to 103, this hands-on activity is fun for the whole family and a great way to put your imagination to work.
Action! Adventure! Excitement!
Visit the Scouting America tent to experience some of the exciting activities and opportunities that Scouting has to offer. Meet local Scouts, learn new skills, and discover how Scouting helps young people grow through adventure, service, and leadership.
Crafts
Honey Stick
Take a honey stick and a card. Fill the card with kind words and give to the “honey” in your life.
Proverbs 16:24 – Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
Seed Paper Hearts
Pick up a seed heart, a plant cup with soil, directions, write on the car/envelope a special person that needs blessing, then watch your blessings to grow.
Matthew 13:32 – Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.
Take 5
Come on the :45 of each hour and pray the days of the week prayers. In between those times you can pick up a lanyards with Prayers in plastic holder holders. Small give-a-way each prayer session. Lanyards are limited.
Miss Joanne Faith Stencils
Come and receive a faith stencil to share your faith.
Scouting America
Meet local Scouts, learn new skills, and discover how Scouting helps young people grow through adventure, service, and leadership.
Girl Scouts
Military cards, red-white-ribbon rings
American Heritage
Headbands made from Fest t-shirts
Blessing Tree
Offertory take up, write those who need special blessings on the leaves, add to tree. Write ways you are blessed, add to other tree
Passport
Visit the various tents at the FEST, receive a stamp at the areas on the Passport plus an area of your choice. Bring back the passport for a special treat.
Mini Water Bottles
Find a label that you like and put the names of everyone that has blessed you in any way on the label. Pick up a mini bottle of water. As you drink it, just say…”Please keep the people that I love safe from harm and strong in faith.”
1 John 4-7 – Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
Jesus is My Rock, and other surprises!
A different craft as soon as one is gone! Come back often for different things to do.
Deacon Family Blessings
Come alone or with your family to receive a special blessing. You can also pick up a “Handmade Hug” to remember that someone is always praying for you.
LEGOs, stacking cups, and building straws
Use challenge cards to build with LEGOs, grab a card and a friend for a stacking challenge
Prayer Opportunities
Families that pray together can bring about great things.
Take a moment to pause and pray at the Family Blessings tent. Deacons from across the Diocese of Cleveland will be available to pray with you and for your loved ones, offering support, encouragement, and a reminder of God’s presence in every season of life.
Be sure to pick up a “Handmade Hug” before you leave—a small reminder that someone is praying for you and that, with God, all things are possible.
“With God all things are possible.” — Matthew 19:26
Join us at the Rosary Tent as we come together in prayer through one of the Church’s most beloved devotions. Community rosaries will be prayed on the hour from 1-4 p.m., and guests are welcome to stop by throughout the day for personal prayer and reflection.
Whether you’ve prayed the rosary for years or are learning for the very first time, all are welcome. Members of St. Justin Martyr’s rosary-making ministry will be on hand to answer questions, teach the rosary, and share free rosaries while supplies last.
Rosary Tent | Community Rosaries at 1, 2, 3, and 4 p.m.
Children Need a Time to Pray, Too
For only 5 minutes bring your child to pray. Children need a time to pray, too.
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.)
Share your faith in a fun and creative way! Visit Miss Joanne in the Take 5 tent to receive a special faith stencil.
Perfect for guests of all ages, these stencils are a simple way to express your faith and share a reminder of The FEST with others throughout the day. Stop by and join in!
Active Games
Inflatable Activities
Gather with Friends
Rosary Prayer Tent
Inflatable Activities
Enjoy Music and Activities
Crafts
ALL AGES
▶ Live Music & Performers
▶ 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, Slides, & more!
▶ Faith-Based Crafts
TEENS
▶ Adventure Zone featuring: Gaga Ball Pits, 9 Square, and more!
▶ Education Village Showcasing Catholic Education
▶ Live Music & Inspiration
ADULTS
▶ Family Blessings Tent
▶ Great, family-value based sponsors and vendors with information for you and your family
Thank You to Our Artists
A heartfelt thank you to all of the incredible artists who helped make The FEST 2026 such a memorable celebration! Your music, ministry, and joyful witness brought our community together in faith and praise. We are so grateful for the time, talent, and heart you shared with everyone at The FEST. Click on each picture to learn more about this year’s artists.
