European Gospel Festival YOUth – Overview
The European Gospel Festival has a special location for young people: you will stay at the Weigle-Haus in Essen (Germany) for most of the weekend. Together we will have a great time, singing, eating, hanging out and talking together.
On Saturday afternoon teachers of the gospel festival will hold workshops for us and other festival goers at the YOUth location. On Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon, we will visit the Grugahalle (Essen’s prime event location) for the concert “Gospel Experience” and the festival service. We can’t wait to see you here in Germany!
Friday, 13 September 2024
| 4.30 pm | Check-In to Weigle-Haus |
| 6.00 pm | Welcome everybody / Dinner |
| 7.00 pm | Session 1 |
| 8.00 pm | Gospelnight YOUth Stage + Sing, Dance & Chill |
Saturday, 14 September 2024
| 7.30 am | Breakfast |
| 9.00 am | Session 2 |
| 1.00 pm | Lunch |
| 1.30 pm | Workshops (at the Weigle-Haus) |
| 6.15 pm | Dinner |
| 7.30 pm | Gospel Experience at the Grugahalle (event location) |
Sunday, 15 September 2024
| 8.30 am | Breakfast |
| 10.00 am | Session 3 |
| 11.45 am | Packed Lunch |
| 1.45 pm | Performance Gospel YOUth at the Grugahalle (event location) |
| 2.00 pm | Festival service |
| 4.00 pm | End of festival |
The sessions are at the heart of the gospel festival YOUth: we will sing, rehearse and learn from each other and have a great time. Benjamin Steinhoff (Germany), Simone Ricitelli (Germany) und Ragnhild Hiis Ånestad (Norway) will teach new songs which you will perform at the festival service on Sunday in front of all 5,000 festival goers. You will get to meet other young people who share your passion for singing with you.
On Friday evening you can perform a song with your choir on the „YOUth Stage“at a great location. If you would like to perform one or two songs, email us at you-c(at)ejwue.de! First come, first serve ;)
For the opening night we have something special for you: We will round off this exciting day with “Sing, Dance & Chill”. Make new friends, party and see what the YOUth team as prepared for you.
On Saturday you can meet new gospel teachers at different workshops. The Weigle-Haus will host German and international workshops as well as an open gospel singing event.
On Saturday evening we will make our way to Essen’s prime event location: the Grugahalle. You will have your own area to have the biggest gospel celebration. The concert “gospel experience” features internationally renowned gospel stars!
On Sunday you will perform the songs which we have rehearsed together at the sessions as a warm-up to the festival service in front of 5,000 festival goers. The big stage of the iconic Grugahalle is waiting for you!
The Weigle-Haus in Essen will host the gospel festival YOUth. You will sleep in the gymnasium of the location. Full board service is available for 45 EUR (vegan catering: 2x breakfast, 2x lunch and 2x dinner).
The gospel festival YOUth cannot ensure legal duty of supervision for each participant. Therefore, we kindly ask parents and legal guardians to fill in and sign the supervision form for all under-18s. Please send a scan to service(at)creative-kirche.de. Your registration is only valid with this document sent in.
Please register here. Registration is possible for age 12+. The participation documents will be sent to you about four weeks before the festival. Participants agree to the unrestricted use of sound and image recordings at the festival.
Registration
Do you want to sing, party and have fun together with lots of other people your age? Whether you bring your whole youth choir or you are coming with a few friends – we are looking forward to welcoming you to the Gospel Festival YOUth!
| Festival pass | 25€ |
| Full board | 45€ |
Who we are
Soulteens is an international choir movement of Christian youth choirs. Regular meetings of SoulTeens choir directors and team leaders promote exchange among each other and create a large youth choir community.
YOU/C, the Sing-Community, aims to inspire young people throughout Germany to sing (together) and to network with each other. To this end, YOU/C-Days are organized in communities and districts, and modern songs with accompanying song material are published several times a year via www.you-c.online, which is fun and supports singing and practicing the songs.