Bushcraft Areas for Festivals & Events
Give your festival a complete, professionally managed bushcraft area that visitors can watch, try and remember.
Devon and Cornwall Bushcraft provides bushcraft festival activities, interactive festival attractions and complete staffed bushcraft areas for festivals, country shows, outdoor events and public events across the UK. We bring experienced instructors, practical activities and traditional skills together into an engaging area that can operate throughout your event.
A ready-made bushcraft attraction for your event
Rather than booking a single demonstration, organisers can bring in a complete bushcraft area with a changing mix of demonstrations and hands-on activities. The exact programme can be tailored to the audience, event format, available space and the activities you want visitors to experience.
Activities we can bring to festivals
Hands-on skills
- Fire lighting and traditional fire skills
- Natural cordage making
- Woodland crafts
- Wood carving and practical craft activities
- Bushcraft and campcraft skills
- Plant, tree and natural-material identification
Demonstrations & attractions
- Flint knapping and traditional skills demonstrations
- Campfire and outdoor skills
- Tool-skills demonstrations
- Family participation activities
- Axe throwing where suitable for the event, site and agreed safety arrangements
- Bespoke activities developed around your festival theme
Built for festival organisers, not just participants
A good festival attraction has to work operationally as well as entertain visitors. We plan the activity area around your event, expected audience and available space, with experienced instructors delivering the activities and managing participation.
- Experienced bushcraft instructors
- Public liability insurance
- Activity-specific risk assessments
- A managed activity area rather than an unattended display
- Activities suitable for a broad mix of visitors
- Flexible programming across the event day
- Options for demonstrations and hands-on participation
- UK-wide festival and event bookings
Why bushcraft works at festivals
Bushcraft gives visitors something tangible to engage with. People can stop for a demonstration, learn a traditional skill, make something, try a practical challenge or simply spend time around the activity area. That makes it particularly useful for events looking to add interactive, family-friendly outdoor content rather than another passive display.
Festivals, shows and public events across the UK
Our festival and heritage-event track record includes Vanlife Festival, Tunes in the Park and Awenek, the heritage festival organised by Cornwall Heritage Trust. Cornwall Heritage Trust has also commissioned Devon and Cornwall Bushcraft to deliver ancient-skills experiences including flint knapping and wood carving, giving organisers independent evidence of our ability to deliver structured, public-facing traditional-skills activities.
Awenek — heritage skills in a festival setting
At Awenek we delivered practical heritage activities including flint knapping, slate carving and wood carving alongside a guided foraging tour. It is a good example of how a DCB area can be shaped around an event theme rather than using the same programme everywhere.
Vanlife Festival — accessible bushcraft activities
Our work with Vanlife Festival has included approachable activities such as fire lighting, natural cordage, campfire activities, tree and plant identification and tool skills, designed to give festival visitors different ways to engage throughout the event.
Festivals, shows and public events across the UK
Although we are based in the South West, festival work is not limited to Devon and Cornwall. Devon and Cornwall Bushcraft can travel for suitable bookings throughout England and elsewhere in the UK, making the service suitable for established festivals, country shows, outdoor events, heritage events, family events and specialist gatherings.
Trusted at established festivals and heritage events
Our festival and public-event experience includes work with Vanlife Festival, Tunes in the Park and Awenek, Cornwall Heritage Trust’s heritage festival. These bookings demonstrate the range of settings a DCB bushcraft area can work in — from large outdoor festivals to heritage-focused family events.
Vanlife Festival
Interactive bushcraft activities for a family-focused outdoor festival audience, including fire lighting, natural cordage, campfire activities, plant and tree identification and practical tool skills.
Tunes in the Park
Festival bushcraft provision demonstrating how practical outdoor activities can add a distinctive, hands-on attraction alongside a wider festival programme.
Awenek
For Cornwall Heritage Trust’s Awenek heritage festival, DCB delivered traditional skills including flint knapping, slate carving and wood carving, alongside an expert-led foraging tour.
We can adapt the format to suit the character of the event rather than bringing the same fixed programme everywhere.
A programme shaped around your event
No two festivals need exactly the same setup. We can discuss your visitor profile, event dates, expected attendance, operating hours, available footprint and the style of attraction you want. From there we can recommend a practical mix of activities and demonstrations.
Frequently asked questions
Do you travel outside Devon and Cornwall?
Yes. We provide festival and event activities across the UK for suitable bookings.
Can visitors take part rather than just watch?
Yes. Hands-on participation is one of the main strengths of a DCB bushcraft area. The precise activities and participation format are agreed for each event.
Can you provide activities for families?
Yes. We can build a programme with accessible activities that work well for family audiences alongside demonstrations and more advanced traditional skills.
Do you provide risk assessments and insurance?
Yes. We can provide the relevant event documentation for the activities being delivered, including risk assessments and evidence of public liability insurance.
Can you provide axe throwing?
Axe throwing may be available where it is appropriate for the event and can be operated within the required space and safety controls. We will discuss suitability with the organiser before including it.
How much does a festival bushcraft area cost?
Festival requirements vary considerably, so we quote according to the dates, location, operating hours, activity programme, staffing and event requirements. Tell us about your event and we can recommend an appropriate setup.
Bring Devon and Cornwall Bushcraft to your festival
Tell us your event name, location, dates, expected attendance and the type of audience you are expecting. We can then discuss a bushcraft area and activity programme that fits your event.