If you are craving Adventure Content during the Level 4 lockdown check out this UK online event.
The date is April 25th UK time so I’m not exactly sure what time in NZ it will be but it will be on the evening of the 24th NZ time.
You do need to register for this event on the https://armchairadventurefestival.com/ website.
Welcome – Get ready to sit back and adventure!
The Armchair Adventure Festival is the first ever virtual adventure festival. On the 25th of April, we will be bringing the most inspiring and interesting adventure talks from around the world straight to your armchair. With talks from top adventurers, panel discussions and workshops on all kinds of adventurous topics and some of the most exciting adventure films out there, it will be an event to remember. All you have to do to watch is sign up using the form below and then keep an eye on your emails.
The Armchair Adventure Festival is completely free. We recognise that at such a difficult time money can be tight so there is no fee to attend. All we ask is that, if you can, please make a voluntary donation to the NHS Charities Together fund to aid the fight against COVID-19.
This starts at 6am tomorrow morning and runs most of the weekend.
Here’s the schedule in UK time, NZ is 11 hours ahead of the UK.
https://armchairadventurefestival.com/schedule/
If you missed the Armchair Adventure Festival over the weekend you can re watch the videos on Youtube. I tuned in for several hours of the first 2 days and the presenters were fantastic but as it was overnight NZ time I didn’t see all of it.
If you want some inspiration watch these!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5omDO_RLRo&t=11830
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPhp3uyeDQo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqrHXST8LzM
The schedule for the 3 days was as below:
Friday
19:00 – Festival Opens – Welcome from The Sidecar Guys
19:30 – Q&A with Steph Jeavons
20:00 – Jamie Ramsay
20:45 – Billy Ward
21:30 – Wrap up from The Sidecar Guys
21:40 – Close
Saturday
10:30 – Festival Opens – Welcome from The Sidecar Guys
11:00 – Lisa and Simon Thomas
11:45 – Candida Louis
12:30 – Chaz Powell
13:15 – Break
13:30 – Sam Manicom Q&A with Graham Hoskins (Adventure Bike TV)
14:00 – Olie Hunter Smart
14:45 – The Sidecar Guys
15:15 – Ted Simon Q&A with Paddy Tyson (Overland Event)
15:40 – Spencer Conway and Cathy Nel Q&A with The Sidecar Guys
16:00 – Nathan Milward
16:45 – Elspeth Beard Q&A with Graham Hoskins (Adventure Bike TV)
17:15 – Kinging It
18:00 – COVID-19 Lockdown in Uganda with Tim and Marisa Notier
18:30 – Land, Sea and Petrol panel with Tiffany Coates, Natalia Cohen and Olie Hunter Smart
19:00 – Break
19:30 – Claudio Von Planta Q&A with Billy Ward
20:00 – Charley Boorman Q&A with Billy Ward
20:30 – The Sidecar Guys Big Fat Quiz of Adventure
21:45 – Wrap up from The Sidecar Guys
22:00 – Close
Sunday (Film night with The Adventure Travel Film Festival)
18:15 – Film night introduction by The Sidecar Guys
18:30 – Kiran Jethwa
19:00 – Inge Solheim
19:30 – The Road to Independence (Film)
20:30 – Olie Hunter Smart Q&A
20:45 – Festival wrap up from The Sidecar Guys
21:00 – Festival close