What is Wildfires? A festival where friends from different streams, churches and communities come together to seek God and fan into flame the next Great Awakening.
Kerith has been part of the adventure from day one - we love the vibe, the tangible presence of God and the camping together..
All the information about the event can be found on the Wildfires website.
In 2024, Wildfires will be taking place from 23rd August to 26th August on the Wiston Estate in West Sussex.
As a church, we are grouped together onsite so we get to hang out, share meals and spend time together as well as go along to all the brilliant Big Top sessions for worship and teaching. There are great Kids and Youth content throughout the event as well as seminars (Labs) for adults in the afternoons, so there's something for all the family.
To find out more about the Kerith experience you can join the Kerith Wildfires Facebook Group for updates and chat during the lead-up to the festival.
Tickets can now be booked for Wildfires 2024!
When booking into Wildfires from Kerith, you choose whether to book:
Full festival ticket(s) or One-Day ticket(s) - N.B Day tickets are not yet on sale.
Camping ticket(s) or book your own accommodation elsewhere.
Possible options available at a later date (not yet confirmed) may be…
Breakfast & Dinner tickets cooked by Kerith team or make own food arrangements.
A Kerith Coach Ticket if coming up for the day, or make your own travel arrangements.
Booking
Wildfires Bursary
If you require financial support helping you to attend Wildfires, you can buy a ‘Bursary Ticket’ from Wildfires directly by clicking here. If you would like to request further financial support to attend, please contact your Site Pastor directly. Please be aware that we can’t guarantee financial support to you at this stage.
The Celebration Fund is a fund enabling people to access annual events such as Wildfires, visit the link below if you would like to support others in attending Wildfires and other events throughout the year.
For Wildfires 2023 a coach took a group from Kerith to attend Wildfires for the day.
We are exploring whether this is an option for us again as a church for Wildfires 2024. We will share more information here when the plans have been made.
Wildfires Day Trip
FOOD AT WILDFIRES
Whilst at Wildfires, the opportunity to purchase breakfast and dinner during Wildfires served by Kerith at the Village Tent. We cannot yet confirm whether we will be able to offer these meals in 2024 but will confirm the plans here as soon as possible. Updated details for 2024 will be here when available. See below the 2023 food schedule, menu and prices.
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Breakfast 7:30-8:30
Lunch (own arrangements)
Dinner (Monday and Tuesday) 17:00-17:45Dinner (Wednesday) 16:30-17:15
Please note that on Friday 26th-Sunday 28th May, and Thursday 1st June meals are not provided for by Kerith.
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Breakfasts:
Range of cereals & milk/ bread & spreads ( Toast if we have enough gas for the BBQ!) / Yogurts + fruitDinners:
Monday night - Beef Chilli and Rice
Tuesday Night - Mexican Chicken Tortillas ( sour cream, cheese, guacamole etc)
Wednesday night BBQ- Burgers, Hot dogs Halloumi Burgers and toppings
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Family Breakfast Ticket (any sized family) (3 days) - £18
Family Dinner Ticket (any sized family) (3 days) - £54 - SOLD OUT
Adult Breakfast Ticket (3 days) - £7.50
Adult Dinner Ticket (3 days) - £18 - SOLD OUT
Child Breakfast Ticket (3 days) - £5
Child Dinner Ticket (3 days) - £11 SOLD OUT
Adult Monday Dinner Ticket (1 day) - £6 - SOLD OUT
Child Monday Dinner Ticket (1 day) - £4 - SOLD OUT
FAQs
Please be aware that the below FAQs were relevant for 2023, and are subject to change for 2024 currently.
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Yes! Gazebos are allowed on site but they need to be good quality ones and securely tied down so they can cope in all weather. Every gazebo on site will be checked by H&S and taken down if it is not secured to the ground sufficiently.
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Yes, Kerith will purchase a few trollies for the week that we can share (otherwise you usually have to pay around £5 per half hour from Wildfires for a trolley). When you arrive come and find a Kerith welcomer at the ticket booth and we can make a plan to help you get your stuff on site. Bear in mind that depending on where the Kerith camping site is located, it could be a walk of around 10 minutes to get to our site from the car park.
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Yes - all those from Kerith (and Revelation & Freedom Churches) camp surrounding our large white ‘Village Tent’. And yes, you can camp next to your friends, but it is a first come first pitch basis - we can’t save spaces. So plan to arrive with the people you want to camp with if you can.
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Yes- you can sign up to have breakfast and suppers centrally with Kerith but lunchtime there is a village shop ( for basics) and vans to purchase food across the day.
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For those booked in through Kerith, we can take your tent only in a lorry to Wildfires. We can’t take any other belongings sadly due to space, and to enable everybody the chance to have their tent taken. More details on this will be sent out to those booked into Wildfires before Tuesday 23rd May. After that date, you will need to make your own arrangements to get your tent there.
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We don’t want finances to stop anybody from attending Wildfires and can offer the following options for those wanting financial support:
1. You could attend for just one day - details of booking in for this will be available soon.
2. Apply to be a volunteer with Wildfires by clicking here and you can save money on your ticket (or even get in for free).
3. Apply for a bursary ticket directly from Wildfires by clicking here4. If you would like to request further financial support to attend, contact your Site Pastor directly.
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For those with dietary requirements and wanting to eat Breakfast and/or Dinner with the Kerith community, when you pay for your meal ticket(s) you can tick the ‘dietary requirements’ box. There will be Gluten Free and Vegetarian options available. If you have other dietary needs and would like to eat the Kerith meals, please contact wildifres@kerith.church.
If you are making your own arrangements for food at Wildfires, there are various food vans and stalls catering for all kinds of dietary requirements, as well as an on site ‘essentials’ shop.