Freshers' Fest 2021
Friday 01-10-2021 - 15:00
This year, we are reimagining the annual Freshers' Fair to welcome you to Lancaster, whether that's for the first time or the first time in a long time
From live performances to tantalizing food stalls, striking surroundings and countless experiences, Freshers' Fest promises to kick off the new academic year like never before.
Walk down with your college for smoke flairs and celebrations before entering the festival and meeting your students' union at the Union Hub, where you'll be greeted with live music, glitter paint, bouncy castles and even a mini zoo. Plus, hundreds of student groups, businesses, societies and sports clubs await in the Main Hall offering countless opportunities to try something new... and bag a few freebies.
Taking place on October 6th from 12-5pm (including an 11-12pm accessibility and PG early bird hour) at the Sports Centre and Grounds, this is your opportunity to find your people and have some fun.
Colleges will be walking down at set times for themed celebrations including flares in your college colours! Colleges will be meeting to walk down at the following times:
College Walk Timetable
County & Fylde 12PM
County Walk - Leaving from County Main Quad at 11:40
Fylde Walk - Leaving from outside Fylde Bar at 11:30
Grizedale & Pendle 1PM
Walk for both - Leaving from outside George Fox at 12:30
Bowland & Lonsdale 2PM
Bowland Walk - Leaving from Bowland Main Quad at 13:40
Lonsdale Walk - Leaving from outside Lonsdale Bar at 13:20
Cartmel & Furness 3PM
Cartmel Walk - Leaving from Barker House Farm at 14:20
Furness Walk - Leaving from Furness Quad at 14:40
Join the Facebook event to keep up to date with the latest information and annoucements.
For those of you who aren’t able to attend the event, or perhaps didn’t find what you were looking for a huge number of our Clubs & Societies will also be present in Microsoft Teams throughout the event and the welcome period. From here you can engage directly with the society to ask questions, have a chat or just have an informal browse! You can join the Team to see what’s on offer from 11:00am on Wednesday 6th October.
Full list of Societies & Clubs Online
93% Club
Accapella Society
Advertising Society
African & Caribbean Society
American Football
Amnesty International
Archery Club
Association of British And Chinese University Students
Astronomy Society
Badminton society
Bailrigg FM
Baking Society
Ballet society
BAME Forum
Barbell
Barnardos
Basketball Team - Women's
Belly Dancing Society
Benchball
Biology Society
Boat Club
Boxing Club
Business Consultancy Society
Canoe Club
Catholic Society
Cheerleading Society
Chess
Chinese Christian Fellowship
Chinese Students & Scholars Association
Christian Union
Conservative Society
Consulting Society
Craft Society
Cricket Club - Women's
Criminology Society
Dance Society
Debating Union
Defying Dementia Student Society
Disney Society
Doctor Who Society (WhoSoc)
Dodegball Society
Enactus Lancaster
Engineering Society
Engineers Without Borders -
Entrepreneurs Society
Equestrian Club
Feminist Society
Filipino Society
Film Societiy
First Aid Society
Folk Society
Football Club - Women's
Futsal Club
Gaming & eSports Society
Gin Society
Handball Club
Harry Potter Society
Hellenic and Cypriot Society
Hiking Club
Hiphop and Break dance society
Hockey Club
Hong Kong Public Affairs and Social Service Society
Indian Society
Inspirational Motivational Society
International Students' Forum
Intervol
Investment & Finance Society
Japanese Society (LUJS)
Jewish Society
Kazakhstan Society
Korfball Club
K-pop Society
Labour Club
Lacrosse Club – Women’s & Mixed
Lancaster environment centre society
Lancaster Snow
Lancaster University Tennis Team
Law Society
Lego Society
LGBTQ+ Forum
Liberal Democrats
Linguistics and English Language Society
Lithuanian Society
Living History Society
Malaysian Student Society
Manga & Anime (LUMAS)
Marketing Society
Men's Cricket Club
Men's Lacrosse Club
Mental Health Society
Model United Nations Society
Motorsport Society
Muay Thai Team
Music Society (ULMS)
Netball Club
Netball Club
Netball Umpiring Society
NHSF Hindu Society
Nigerian society
Nightline
Pakistani society
Parkour and tricking society
Philosophy Society
Photography Society
Pokemon Society
Pole fitness society
Polish Society
Pool and Snooker Club
Postgraduate and Mature Students' Forum
Pro Wrestling Society
Psychology Society
Radical Youth Lancaster
Redeemed Campus Christian Society
Refereeing Society
Roleplaying Society
Rugby League - Men's
Rugby Union - Men's
Rugby Union - Women's
Sailing
SCAN: Student Comment and News
Scandinavian Society
Senet: The board and card game society
Sexpression Lancaster
Shooting Club
Sing
Society of History (LUSH)
Squash
SSAGO
Street Workout and Calisthenics (Fitness)
Students with Disabilities Forum
Study Abroad Society
Sub Aqua Club
Swimming and Water Polo
Take 2 Cinema
Tamil Society
Theatre Group
Trampolining Club
Underwater Hockey (Octopush) Society
UNICEF society
Vegetarian and Vegan Society
Volleyball Club
Wargaming Society
Wing Chun Society
Women in Business Society
Women+ Forum
Yoga Society
So get the playlist on and get ready for festival vibes as you find your tribe. See you on October 6th!
Got questions? Get in touch with your VP Societies & Media Dom Casoria.
COVID Entry Requirements
Freshers' Fest is open to all students and as with all of our large scale events (including all Sugarhouse events), you will need to show evidence of a negative Covid result or an NHS Covid Pass to gain entry. At present we can only accept the NHS Covid Passes as we can verify they are valid. Unfortunately, we do not have access to any system to validate EU or other Covid vaccine records.
Free testing kits are available to collect on campus and in town. Packs will include detailed step-by-step instructions on how to take the test at home and upload your result to receive the confirmation text or email. While we will accept test results received within 48 hours of the event, we recommend taking the test within 24 hours of the event.
Please check the full entry details carefully before attending.
