List of attractions you can safely hold at a school festival even during the COVID-19 pandemic
When COVID spread, cultural festivals and school festivals had to implement infection-prevention measures.
Even so, many students strongly wanted to make memories of their youth.
So here, we’ll introduce festival attractions you can safely enjoy even during the pandemic.
We’ve gathered ideas like shows, exhibits, and games or recreational activities suitable for small groups.
Plan a fun event while keeping in mind ways to reduce times when people crowd together.
Let’s work together to create a wonderful cultural festival that will stay in everyone’s hearts!
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Quiz tournament
A quiz competition is always popular, isn’t it? And when there’s prize money involved, the excitement really ramps up.
The quiz at this school festival featured in the video is mostly about the school itself, and it’s designed so that even if you don’t know the answers at first, you’ll pick up knowledge as you listen to the correct ones.
By learning more about the school, you may find yourself becoming more interested in it.
A quiz with that kind of aim is quite intriguing.
It would also be fun to include questions that ask about trivial, not-so-important facts about individual teachers.
billiards
For a fun activity in a classroom at a school festival, a DIY billiards game using familiar materials is recommended.
Fix cups to the four corners of a desk to serve as pockets.
Use wooden balls as the balls, and a thin rod as the cue to create the right feel.
You can follow standard billiards rules, or freely tweak them and make it a point-based game—that’s fun too.
Part of the charm is that controlling the ball’s movement and strength is tricky, so shots often don’t go as planned.
Since it plays like a target-hitting game, even people unfamiliar with the sport can jump in right away.
Ghost story narration
Scary stories are strange things—although they give you the chills when you hear them, you can’t help but listen.
How about trying a ghost-story reading at an event like a school festival? Choosing stories with a school theme would probably make it even more exciting.
Independent film screening
Live performances like plays and musicals are of course great, but how about making a film for the school festival? Since you can make it in advance, it will reduce the workload on the day.
If you choose a school-related theme, I think people will enjoy it even more.
Online School Festival
Watching live online has become commonplace these days.
So why not try streaming online at your school’s culture festival too? Culture festivals aren’t just about food stalls—you can enjoy a variety of performances like band shows and plays.
Let’s livestream those stage performances to classrooms across the school! This not only helps avoid crowding, but also lets everyone sit “front row” on screen to watch their favorite senior or that play they were curious about.
Even those who don’t usually go to stage events can watch casually, which might spark new connections!
band performance
Pre-festival and post-festival events are staples of school culture festivals, and lots of volunteer bands really amp up the festivities.
Some schools even ban bands because things get a little too lively.
If performances are allowed, why not steal the show with a “band live” set? If you can play guitar or keyboard, forming a band for the first time just for the culture festival has its own charm.
It’s not uncommon for bands formed during student days to go on to become top artists.
A future superstar might be born at your culture festival!
Virtual roller coaster
You might want to try a roller coaster, but it can be difficult due to space or rules.
In such cases, we recommend trying a virtual roller coaster.
A virtual roller coaster is an attraction where you sit in a moving seat and watch point-of-view footage as if you were riding a real coaster.
You’re not actually moving, but you can experience the sensation of speeding along at high velocity.
Try adding touches that engage the senses—like setting up a fan for wind—to make it even more immersive.
