YMCA Peace & Sports

YMCA Peace & Sports offers activities and experiences for festival-goers. For the second time in Suvilahti, an activity area especially for young festival-goers will feature a 3×3 street basketball court, a DJ, sustainability games, discussions about a better world, peace and love, and the coolest photo booth at the festival. 

The well-liked event is organised by YMCA Finland, Helsinki YMCA Yökoris and YMCA Peacemakers youth from all over Finland.

Peace & Sports, which was very popular last year, is located in the action area near the Kalasatama entrance of the festival.

Saturday 24.5

11.00 Sustainable future picnic. Picnic activities relating sustainable development and building a better future will be running throughout the day. So come sit down for a moment to play and talk about the topics lead by our YMCA Peacemakers youth.

12.00 Street Basketball 3 x 3 Tournament. Suspenses rises with the start of the street basketball tournament at the 3 x 3 court organised by YMCA Helsinki’s Yökoris. The tournament will run through the day. Come cheer the teams on and see who wins!

13.00-14.00 Glitter Face Painting. YMCA Peacemakers youth are providing glitter face paintings with ecological paint and biodegradable glitter.

14.00 Recycling Challenge. Accept the recycling challenge with your friends or family and come find out who is the best recycler.

15.00 Photobooth. Come memorialize your festival experience at the Peace & Sports photobooth, you will get a fun selfie or a GIF of your own design straight to your phone.

16.00-17.00 Glitter Face Painting. YMCA Peacemakers youth are providing glitter face paintings with ecological paint and biodegradable glitter.

17.00 Future Meadow Painting. Come visualize the future with us and join the painting of our community art work.

17.00-21.00 Yökoris: Free Games and Free Throw Competitions. At the court the evening continues with free games and free throw competitions – come join the games!

Sunnuntai 25.5

11.00 Sustainable Future Picnic. Picnic activities relating sustainable development and building a better future will be running throughout the day. So come sit down for a moment to play and talk about the topics lead by our YMCA Peacemakers youth.

12.00-14.00 Building Bridges for Inclusion Acitivity. Participants of our Building Bridges for Inclusion -Erasmus-project from Finland, Romania, Greece and Lebanon organize an activity for the festival-goers.

13.00-14.00 Glitter face painting. YMCA Peacemakers youth are providing glitter face paintings with ecological paint and biodegradable glitter.

14.00-15.00 Making Youth Dream Again Discussion. Young people’s thoughts and dreams for the future.

15.00 Recycling Challenge. Accept the recycling challenge with your friends or family and come find out who is the best recycler.

16.00-17.00 Glitter Face Painting. YMCA Peacemakers youth are providing glitter face paintings with ecological paint and biodegradable glitter.

17.00 Photobooth. Come memorialize your festival experience at the Peace & Sports photobooth, you will get a fun selfie or a GIF of your own design straight to your phone.

Most of the activities in the area run throughout the day, so come test your accuracy and knowledge with the archery quizz, craft future collages under the dream tree or paint flags of the foundations of a better world. The youth of the YMCA Peacemakers network organize various games and art stations. The Helsinki YMCA Yökoris will be organizing activities on the 3 x 3 court throughout the festival, and the festive atmosphere in the area is provided by Yökoris’ own DJ, who also accepts song requests from festival-goers.

Welcome to the YMCA Peace & Sports area to play, hang out and learn about building a fairer world!