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Monstrous – The New Children’s Festival In London

amomentwithfranca · 18 April 2018 · 19 Comments

The weather is finally getting better and the mood is definitely changing. With that in mind, we are soon hitting the summer and the festival season is upon us! It is always nice to be able to take your kids to a family-friendly festival and for a London based family like us, finding a festival that is based in London is even better! This is the case with Monstrous, a new children’s festival coming to Printworks, London. 

Monstrous is a new family festival set to debut this summer with an incredible line-up designed to delight the whole family. It will be running this summer on Sunday 29th July.

The event, which will take place at the award-winning Printworks venue, will host over seven fantasy worlds jam-packed with live shows and amazing experiences for mini festival goers.

ZONES

Soccer School Zone

Hosted by the Chelsea FC Foundation team, who will be teaching kids essential football skills. They will do speed tests, ball skills, penalty shootouts plus much more!

The Beast

The world’s largest inflatable obstacle course, at an unbelievable 272m long. Think of an inflatable World full of Castles, Slides, Ball Pits, The Biggest and Craziest Indoor Assault Course in the world, Huge Inflatable Board Games and much much more.

Arcade Alley

Will offer a digital haven with over 1000 classic console favourites, animation studios and Virtual Reality booths including all the favourites: MineCraft, Roblox, Pokemon, Fortnite Battle Royale, Retro Arcade Machines, Pacman, Donkey Kong and Street Fighter. PS4, Xbox, Nintendo Switch plus Animation Studios and Virtual Reality Booths!

Prince, Princess & Unicorn Land

Will offer an enchanting Monstrous Fairy Tail for the little princes and princesses set in a magical kingdom this is a land full of Unicorns, Mermaids, Disney Princess Characters, Dressing up and Selfie Zones, Beauty Parlours, Enchanted Forests and Flower Walls, Karaoke and Singalong booths.

Monty’s Monstrous Disco

For the little movers, the main stage will be hosted by Monstrous Monty himself and there will be Disco Balls, Confetti Cannons, UV face painters, Lazer show, Dance Competitions, Talent Show, Flash Mobs and Special Guests from Children’s TV channels.

The Magical Fun Fair Town

Will host Monty’s own mini Theme Park filled with fantastic rides and activities such us Dodgems Galore, Go Carts, The Tea Cups, Little Rides for the Little Monsters, Trampolines, Street performers, Magicians, Lazer Quest, Nerf Arena, Photo Booths, Super Heroes, Haunted House, Retro Fun Fair Stalls: Coconut Shy, Shooting Gallery, Lucky Dips, Punch and Judy Show, Hook a Duck, Test Your Strength Hammer, Circus Acts, Arial Performers, Fire Eaters and much more all Set in a Magical Town.

The Big Outdoors

There will be arts and craft workshops for the creative Kiddies, an educational Petting Zoo, street food and drink, a Football Academy Training, Penalty Shootout and an Urban Beach.

Baby Garden 

This zone is designed for 4yr olds and under. It will be offering a chilled out atmosphere, with Baby Sensory, messy soft play, Parent and Baby Dance classes, Ball Pits, Mini Train Rides and story-time. All the favourite TV show characters.

So as you can see, there will be so much to do and watch! Your kids will be very entertained and they will lose all their energy out during the day so when they are back home, they will be tired and ready to bed! Hurrah!

For tickets and more information visit Monstrous.

Do you like festivals? Have you attended family-friendly festivals before? What do you think of Monstrous? Will this be something that might interest you?

*Disclosure: we are collaborating with Monstrous Festival in order to create awareness of this children’s festival. We have been invited to attend the festival too in exchange for a review on my blog. 

Thanks for stopping by,

Love you all ❤️

Franca  💋

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  1. Carol desjardins says

    18 April 2018 at

    Sounds good

    Reply
  2. Margaret Clarkson says

    21 April 2018 at

    Sounds amazing with so many different activities.

    Reply
  3. Lyndsey Cooksey says

    21 April 2018 at

    This place sounds amazing! Monstrous would be a great place yo take my family! I love the idea of the Beast myself! The girls would love the Arcade Alley too… Wouldn’t get them out of there!

    Reply
  4. Emma C says

    22 April 2018 at

    Looks like a really fun day out for all

    Reply
  5. Suzanne Gaulton says

    23 April 2018 at

    Looks great fun, especially for younger kids. We took ours to SportFest a couple of years ago which was brilliant – they had two days of trying out so many new & different sports and they loved the live music at night.

    Reply
  6. Jessica Powell says

    29 April 2018 at

    Oh, wow, this sounds amazing – especially that inflatable obstacle course! I can’t believe something like that even exists! 😀 #KCACOLS

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    • amomentwithfranca says

      29 April 2018 at

      I know! Looks great! 🙂 x

      Reply
  7. Lydia C. Lee says

    29 April 2018 at

    That sounds fun! I was at Kid/Dub yesterday (you might know it from the Edinburgh Festival?) so my pick would be the dance party – we had such a BLAST! #KCACOLS

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    • amomentwithfranca says

      29 April 2018 at

      That sounds definitely fun! 🙂 x

      Reply
  8. SARAH says

    29 April 2018 at

    This looks amazing! #KCACOLS

    Reply
  9. Mummy Setra says

    29 April 2018 at

    This sounds great – and suitable for all age ranges! #kcacols

    Reply
  10. Carol Cameleon says

    30 April 2018 at

    We’ve never been to a family festival before and wow, that inflatable looks amazing! Thanks for hosting #kcacols

    Reply
  11. lisa bradburn says

    9 May 2018 at

    This place looks amazing, and a great family fun day out. ! My kids would love the Prince, Princess & Unicorn Land.

    Reply
  12. Jayne Townson says

    11 June 2018 at

    What a fun day out , this sounds fantastic, my kids would love it.

    Reply
  13. Susan Smith says

    12 June 2018 at

    Oh wow, this sounds like its going to be huge fun

    Reply
  14. Rebecca Barnes says

    12 June 2018 at

    Forget the kids… this looks great fun! 😀 Would be good to see something like this up North too!

    Reply
  15. Lydia Joy says

    12 June 2018 at

    Love the sound of the worlds biggest inflatable. My boys would be on that for days!

    Reply
  16. A S,Edinburgh says

    13 June 2018 at

    That looks wonderful for any kids who enjoy a lot of busyness and colour; a great range of activities.

    Reply
  17. Alex Grover says

    30 July 2018 at

    No stars. WORST EXPERIENCE EVER. Paid £130 for my children to stand in the roller skating queue for 3 HOURS (no exaggeration whatsoever) then when they finally had been roller skating they’d shut off all the other queues so they couldn’t go on anything else.
    No air con as advertised, it was sweltering!
    No fairground rides as advertised. No circus performers as advertised. The inflatable was split into two half’s with staff saying they couldn’t fit it in. Promise of 100+ games consoles…..nope.
    Rude staff who just didn’t want to be there (prob too hot to cope!)
    Disappointed children crying everywhere. Just terrible.

    Reply

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