FAQs

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1. How do I secure a ticket for the event?

Whilst we've set up an informal event over on Facebook to help us gauge numbers, we really want to make sure people secure a proper ticket for the event so we can track some of the data we need to help us on build on this years inaugural event for 2016 and connect you into our Newsletters in the lead up to the event. So please, if you've signed up on Facebook, check out What We Ask and Event Conditions then make sure you grab a proper ticket from our Interact page - think about what level you want to participate at - our prize packs apply to MobiMakers, ResiMakers, Zonimators and Snappers. The Glowming tickets are for people just along to watch the pretty lights that our real Makers co-create. It's their efforts that we want to see rewarded.

2. Is this Vivid for Wyong?

No. Whilst it's inspired by some elements of Vivid Sydney festival and uses a couple of exhibits as seed concepts, it also draws on self-resilience and co-creation patterns that you see in events like Burning Man and its 10 Principles. The event is a call to your inner creativity, to get you inspired to take on a small stretch challenge and make your interaction.

Vivid is a big budget production. This is not. It's intended as a community created event, in the true spirit of a town festival - don't rely on just turning up - bring your creative efforts as well. Come along as a co-creator, get thee to a makery, use some of our inspiration suggestions from our Blog, or other Maker sites like Instructables, AdaFruit, or MakerShed.

3. Will there be Food/Drinks?

No. The main event put on by Wyong Shire Council at Memorial Park will have Food + Beverage stands available - think of this as a satellite event to get you to the main Light up the Lake Festival at The Entrance, under your own power.

Our aim is to get people using the Cycleway as your alternate route to the main event, or as an opportunity to explore our beautiful foreshore in a different way - cycling, walking, rolling, skating along the way in one bright conga-line of serendipitous encounters.

For families wanting to let their 18mth-5yo's have a crack at our Bright Sparks Strider Cup, Saltwater Park has a range of BBQs and free WiFi on offer. 

3. Do you need volunteers? Sponsors?

You Bet! We want to put on a small, but quality event as a little experiment to see what sort of appetite there is in the area for something like this - Family Friendly, Creative, requiring personal expression and movement. With a (very) small event team, we need helpers to help make it happen. 

Volunteers will naturally receive a nice little bonus pack for their efforts.  Just be sure to Express Interest and select the "Making the Event happen" checkbox.

4. How do I use a PediCab on the night?

The guys from Rickshaw Revolution will have 3 pedicabs along for the Festival - 2 based at Long Jetty (Saltwater Park) and one at Picnic Point. With friendly cab-riders pedalling you along, it's a great way to take in the Tuggerah Lake cycleway views at night. With only 3 pedicabs available, we want to make sure the load is spread amongst the crowd, so we're capping bookings to 20mins. The Pedicabs will be available for hire from 630-930pm, with a $20hire fee for 20mins. Proceeds from the hire will be going towards local charitable organisations focussed on improving health outcomes and community health.
​For bookings, contact lumenmotion@laughingmind.com

5. What's the Wet Weather policy?

It's pouring rain as I type this now, 3 days out from the Festival :-). An outdoor event like this is going to be no fun if people are getting drenched and their costumes shorting out, so if it's wet, the event is cancelled. Joys of scheduling an outdoor event in Spring/storm season. We'll be making the call on Sat afternoon and announcing event status via Facebook and Twitter. If we do have to pull the plug, we'll also be looking at options to do a short notice call to put together a "GlowMob" if weather fines up.

6. Waah. I built my costume and couldn't get there!

Your efforts have not been in vain - 2015 is just the start, and your creative skills just got honed a little more. We want to set this up as an (at least) annual event and are already planning 2016, with the possibility of rescheduling some elements of the Festival if we have to make the hard call to cancel based on lousy weather. There's nothing stopping us putting on a FlashMob GlowFest if we find ourselves in a perfect patch of weather.

5. What are the Prizes?

Prizes are in 2 categories:
Photographer Awards - with a $400 prize pool of portable solar power products to keep Snapper ticket holders powered up and capturing photogenic moments across the coast - see how at our blog article;
​Spot Prizes: As our team roam through the event space, Spot Prizes will be awarded from our Digital Makers collection, with gift vouchers worth $25 to $50 redeemable with local businesses.