Top 5 Family Events to Look Out for at Brighton Digital Festival
Brighton Digital Festival – the UK’s ultimate collaboration of ground-breaking science and creative digital artists culminating in a month-long celebration packed full of huge exhibitions, interactive art displays, and technological showcases. As this community-led project enters its third year it promises plenty of exciting, inspiring (and mostly free) displays and interactivities, coupled with a “fully developed education programme”, making it the perfect opportunity to engage young learners and future inventors with state-of-the-art technology and the cooler side of its real world applications.
There are well over 100 events at this year’s festival, so to make it easier for you to decide, here are our top 5 family-oriented events we are the most excited about.
When: 10:00am 20th and 21st September
Where: TBA Price: Free!
Ideal Age Range: 8 – 80 yrs
The OggBots have crash landed in Brighton and need your help! This Brighton-wide treasure hunt will send you and your family on an adventure solving clues and finding parts of the OggBots electronic body to help return them to their mothership. Collect them all, and you get a free OggBot you can assemble with your kids, then control wirelessly through your smart phone. Run by MakerClub, this project aims to foster invention and increase attainment coupled with a fun day out for all ages. For tickets, register here.
B.Fest Young Inventors Centre Live
When: 2pm 27th September
Where: BYC Brighton Youth Centre
Price: Free!
Ideal Age Range: 13 – 19 yrs
This event aims to combine live music, film and virtual reality experiences with coding, 3D printing and scanning workshops. Enter the person-sized 3D scanner to get your own personalised digital avatar, or create music controlled by your facial expressions, and you’ll have done only a couple of the large range of interactivities designed to allow young people to experiment and learn about high-tech ideas. To find out more information on the dates and times of the workshops click here.
Brighton Mini Maker Faire
When: 10am 6th September
Where: Brighton Dome – Corn Exchange
Price: £6 in advance, £8 on the door. Under 16s are free.
Ideal Age Range: All ages
With over 70 makers and workshops and an expected 4000 visitors, this event is one of the largest on our list. As a showcase for some of the most creative minds in technology, engineering, DIY, woodwork and electronics expect to see tiny robots battling out on tabletops, DIY portable sound systems, 3D printed chocolate and Onya the Dalek. Jammed full of education and innovation the Faire looks to be overflowing with opportunities for fun for all ages. To find out more information and book tickets, click here.
BlockBuilders
When: Session 1 – 13:15- 14:45. Session 2 15:15- 16:45. 13th, 20th and 27th September.
Where: Jubilee Library
Price: £10. Adults go free with child
Ideal Age Range: 16 and under
Use Minecraft to design and build your ideal version of London Road. At this event children will work together to create a personalised pitch that will be shown to Brighton & Hove City Council. Once created, they can explore their creations using the Oculus Rift – a virtual reality headset which will allow them to totally immerse themselves in their new world. Minecraft has already proved to be a wonderful tool for encouraging creativity in children, but this could help blend their love of virtual creation into the real world. For more information on this project click here.
Laser Light Synths
When: 8pm – 10pm 6th September
Where: Brighton Unitarian Church
Price: Free!
Ideal age range: All ages
An “interactive musical extravaganza” that promises to turn visitors into musicians and let them create their own spectacular laser show. These specially designed touch-activated columns of light allow everyone to experience what its like to be a pro musician with their own sound-activated virtual pyrotechnics. Juxtaposed by the beautiful neoclassical setting of the Unitarian Church, this promises to be a outstanding display for both players and spectators. For more information click here.
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