24 - 27 August 2023
Returning in 2024 with his flexible team of versatile performers, Professor Elmo is committed to his people-friendly and child-centred style of new wave non-animal circus and clown theatre!
With a long list of activities including traditional Punch & Judy, circus skill workshops as well as educational shows such as their Clown of Science, there’s going to be something for everyone to enjoy!
Come join the fun at Chaos Corner! From crazy experiments with Professor Pumpernickel, amazing stories with Ian Douglas and musical adventures with Gacko, there’s something for kids of all ages (and adults too!).
BoomDang will be providing mega drumming workshops, The Magic Lantern brings captivating performances and you can find Joe, Froggy, Alfie and more providing hours of fun (and chaos!) in the tent!
Make sure to keep an eye out for the Songsmiths too! You’ll catch Dick and Tan trundling around the festival pushing their mobile music factory - ever ready to write a bespoke song for you and your family!
Fancy getting active at Camper Calling?
Head over to One Adventure and get involved in a whole host of activities. For a small fee we'll have archery to rock climbing, laser tag to tomahawk throwing, channel your inner wild and get competitive with your family!
These activities are booked on the day in the Carnival Field.
No screens, no controllers but ALL your favourite arcade games!
Welcome to the Actual Reality Arcade. Pilot a spaceship across the galaxy and survive an onslaught of aliens in Defender, or shoot them down in Space Invaders! Out run your ghoulish mates as you become Pac-Man or even take on everyone's 80's puzzle favourite, Tetris!
The Actual Reality Arcade will be available all weekend at Camper Calling, so come and bring the games to life!
Perfect Petals UK is a luxury, award-winning florist using British blooms. The creative team provides a bespoke service to ensure you have maximum fun making a floral crown! Your unique floral arrangement is crafted with your theme or style, with your vision at the heart of each design. Get creative with Perfect Petals at Camper Calling!
Bright British blooms, scented and dried flowers will be on display for you to pick your favourite and be taught to create a bespoke floral crown. There will be hourly tutorials with a wide selection of flower bank to choose from.
Workshops will be running in the Crafters Calling tent from 10am!
In our family lantern making workshops families will work together to create large-size lanterns using traditional withy sculpture and tissue paper. Lanterns can be left to dry over the weekend and then collected and lit on Sunday evening where you’ll take part in a magical Lantern Adventure! Delivered in character, by two Jolly Forresters, this workshop is part making activity, part performance, ALL FUN!
Lasts approx. 60 mins.
Workshop slots available Friday and Saturday
Lantern Adventure Parade takes place Sunday afternoon and evening.
Guy’s Gift has been delivering bereavement support to children, young people and their families across Coventry and Warwickshire since 2009. To date they have been able to help over 3500 children and young people to process their grief after the death of someone important to them.
At Camper Calling, Guy’s Gift will be providing crafty and holistic activities, help to families or just a quiet place to relax. There will also be a tombola and raffle, so pop by and support their cause if you can!
They charity support people in a variety of ways, including group support where children and young people meet with others in a similar situation to themselves and attend sessions led by their experienced team of staff and volunteers. Some children and young people may receive one-to-one support or counselling from Guy’s Gift, where one of the team will visit them in their school.
They also have a growing ‘support to support’ offer, where they provide advice and guidance to those already working with a bereaved child or young person.
They are a community based charity, which means they don’t have a fixed base. They take support to children and families where it is needed.
Are you Coventry or Warwickshire based? Can you help Guy’s Gift to continue this vital support for local families? Might you be able to volunteer with us, or perhaps you’d like to make a donation?
For more information about volunteering, visit their website
Make a donation to Guy’s Gift here
Come and get your fingers Muddy and glaze a lovely piece of pottery to take home!
A beautiful souvenir to keep to remind you of the best weekend ever!
A fee is payable for this activity.
Come and make a great festival souvenir from an old vinyl record at The Groovy Records Workshop. You can transform an old LP into a clock, mirror, photo frame or spinning top, using paints, a bike wheel, scrapers and glitter. We guarantee you will be delighted with the results. You even get an original record sleeve to take it home in. Please note, no decent records are harmed in this workshop!
Pre-booking will be available but not necessary, just pop by and get stuck in for a small fee.
Create a beautiful suncatcher and stand using panes of reclaimed glass and wood. Using a range of special paints, decorate the glass before you safely ‘press and twist’ forming colourful magical swirls to create your own unique design piece. Finish it off by making a stand from reclaimed wood.
Come and make a great festival souvenir from cutlery and turn them into quirky hooks for your home!
Pre-booking will be available but not necessary, just pop by and get stuck in for a small fee.
Get crafty with Handcrafted Jewellery by Jo! Fun for all ages, making bracelets and necklaces using silver plated and coloured wires or elastic. Make something fun for yourself to remember Camper Calling, or how about making a friendship bracelet? Pass your bracelets on to brighten someone's day or wear your jewellery with pride all weekend! The perfect Calling souvenir.
Please note, children must be supervised by a parent at all times.
Keep your little ones occupied with all sorts of ‘hands-on’ fun in the Kidz Paint Yurt! Pull up a pew and get stuck in, making jewellery, key-rings and being creative with pottery painting too! For the more energetic kids they also have bouncy animals, skipping ropes, hula hoops and much more!
Open all weekend for kids of all ages, there is plenty to make, see and do!
Get streety with graffiti!
Get ready to get your hands dirty and learn the art of graffiti.
Under the tuition of our very own artists, you'll contribute to another Calling masterpiece. Grab a can and join in!
Join Stellan from the wonderful Salsa Souls and get two stepping over at the Carnival Stage! With classes everyday, grab your partner, dip those hips and learn some new moves to bust out over the weekend!
Are we Nearly There Yet? is a new theatre production lovingly written by HandMade Theatre for children and families. Featuring the company’s signature mix of interactive songs, puppets and stories from around the world, you're invited to join our intrepid travellers on this interactive expedition of discovery!
Handmade Theatre have been with Camper Calling from the start and will be returning in 2023 with a new production!
Tell Me a Story: ‘Everyone has a story to tell and a memory to share. Unlock yours in this family adventure down memory lane, experience stories of the people, places and objects we hold dear.’
Having worked closely with care homes that support those living with Dementia over recent years, we have found that music, storytelling and objects have brought to life memories that have been stored away, held close. This project has allowed us to collect stories, from older and younger audiences to look at the journeys of our lives through creative exploration. What does childhood and growing up feel like to different people, at different times, in different places?
The show itself will see musicians, performers and storytellers come together with puppetry and song to tell these stories and unlock memories, suitable for all ages
photos by Charlotte Wright
'Bits & bobs' and 'this & that' merge to make incredible robot characters at GizmoBots!
Too Many Cooks is a sizzlingly sumptuous show jam packed with tasty tunes, popping puppets and a lot of silly sausages! No ordinary theatre show this culinary delight will get your taste buds going. Suitable for Children and their families, aged 0-100.
Their four therapists will be on hand over the weekend to offer a range of treatments from Sports Massage, Aromatherapy, Hot Stone, Reflexology and so much more to help ease those aching muscles and help you find your own festival chilling space.
Head over to their trailer for full details of pricing and availability.
