In 2026 Wildfires will be taking place from 23rd July to 26th July on the Wiston Estate in West Sussex.
What is Wildfires? A festival where friends from different streams, churches and communities come together to seek God and fan into flame the next Great Awakening.
Kerith has been part of the adventure from day one - we love the vibe, the tangible presence of God and the camping together..
All the information about the event can be found on the Wildfires website.
As a church, we are grouped together with other churches part of the 24/7 Prayer Communities Networks, onsite with a large community ‘Village Tent’ so we get to hang out, share meals and spend time together as well as go along to all the brilliant Big Top sessions for worship and teaching. There are great Kids and Youth content throughout the event as well as seminars (Labs) for adults in the afternoons, so there's something for all the family.
To find out more about the Kerith experience you can join the 24-7 Communities Networks Village Facebook Group for updates and chat during the lead-up to the festival.
Booking
Tickets can now be booked for Wildfires 2026!
When booking into Wildfires from Kerith, you choose whether to book:
Full festival ticket(s) or 1-Day ticket(s)*.
Camping/Caravan/Glamping ticket(s) or book your own accommodation elsewhere.
Breakfast & Dinner tickets cooked by Kerith team or make own food arrangements.**
*Please note that 1-Day tickets are not yet available to purchase.
**Please note that purchasing meal tickets will be available soon.
Village Life at Wildfires.
The Village Life of Wildfires centres around our large Village Tent. A significant part of the experience is eating breakfast and/or dinner together in the Village Tent. It takes a community of people giving of their time to help the Village Tent function, from serving food, to preparing the firepit in the evening, to welcoming people as they arrive. The meal ticket prices, food schedule and menu for 2025 are shown below. Meal tickets, menu and serving sign up opportunities will be available soon.
When meal tickets are available to purchase, you’ll be able to do that via the button below.
Meal tickets are limited in number, and you will need to purchase meal tickets before the festival, otherwise you will need to make your own arrangements for food.
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Family Breakfast Ticket (for any sized family but please indicate how many children this includes) (3 days) - £24
Family Dinner Ticket (for any sized family but please indicate how many children this includes) (3 days) - £60
Adult Breakfast Ticket (3 days) - £9.50
Adult Dinner Ticket (3 days) - £20
Child Breakfast Ticket (3 days) - £7
Child Dinner Ticket (3 days) - £13
Adult Dinner Ticket (available for the Saturday only) - £8
Child Dinner Ticket (available for the Saturday only) - £6
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Breakfast (on Friday, Saturday and Sunday) - 7:30-9am
Dinner (on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday).1st Sitting (for Families) - 4:45pm
2nd Sitting (for everyone else) - 5:15pm
*Please note that lunch is at each delegate’s own arrangements.
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Breakfasts:
Range of cereals & milk/ bread & spreads ( Toast if we have enough gas for the BBQ!) / Yogurts + fruitDinners:
Thursday - Chicken Fajitas (inc. a Vegetarian Option).
Friday - Beef Chilli & Rice (includes a vegetarian option).
Saturday - BBQ: Burgers, Hot dogs and toppings (includes a vegetarian option).
*When booking meal tickets please specify any dietary requirements.
Please note that due to weather at Wildfires, the days in which each meal may be served could change.
Want to send your young person?
This year we will be arranging extra safely recruited Youth Leaders to attend Wildfires and supervise any 11-17s who wish to attend the festival without a parent or carer present. Your young person can be taken to and from the festival*, camp with other young people from the Kerith community in the Wildfires Festival Main Campsite, attend the Wildfires Youth sessions, eat breakfasts and dinners with the rest of the Village site, and enjoy all Wildfires has to offer in creating spaces to encounter God. More details to follow.
You can purchase your young person’s ticket today - visit the main Wildfires ticketing website and book a ‘Youth Ticket’
*N.B the travel arrangments are still ‘to be confirmed’.
If you require financial support helping you to attend Wildfires, you can:
Buy a ‘Bursary Ticket’ from Wildfires directly by clicking here.
Sign up to serve as a part-time or full-time volunteer, having your ticket fully or partly subsidised. Click here to register as a volunteer.
If you would like to request further financial support to attend, please contact your Site Pastor directly. Please be aware that we can’t guarantee financial support to you at this stage.
Financial Support
The Celebration Fund is a fund enabling people to access annual events such as Wildfires, visit the link below if you would like to support others in attending Wildfires and other events throughout the year.
FAQs
Please be aware that the below FAQs were relevant for 2023, and are subject to change for 2025.
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We are very limited with the space on our Village site. Therefore we ask you do not bring gazebos with you as there is a chance that we may not have the space to accomodate them on site. The Village Tent itself acts as a great space to hang out with friends, and find shelter in adverse weather.
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Yes, Kerith will purchase a few trollies for the week that we can share. When you arrive come and find a Kerith welcomer at the site entrance or at the Village Tent, and we can make a plan to help you get your stuff on site. Bear in mind that depending on where the Kerith camping site is located, it could be a walk of around 10 minutes to get to our site from the car park. We have limited numbers of trollies so you may wish to bring your own with you.
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Yes - all those from Kerith (and other 24/7 Network communities) camp surrounding our large white ‘Village Tent’. And yes, you can camp next to your friends, but it is a first come first pitch basis - we can’t save spaces. So plan to arrive as prompty as you can, with the people you want to camp with then you’ll be more likely to be able to camp together.
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Yes- you can sign up to have breakfast and dinners cooked by Kerith (you will need to pre-purchase your meal tickets - which will be available to purchase soon). For lunchtime there is a village shop ( for basics) and food vans to purchase food across the day.
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For those booked in through Kerith mainland sites, we can take your tent and chairs only in a lorry to Wildfires. We can’t take any other belongings sadly due to space, and to enable everybody the chance to have their tent taken. More details on this will be sent out to those booked into Wildfires before the event.
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We don’t want finances to stop anybody from attending Wildfires and can offer the following options for those wanting financial support:
1. You could attend for just one day - details of booking in for this will be available soon.
2. Apply to be a volunteer with Wildfires by clicking here and you can save money on your ticket (or even get in for free).
3. Purchase a bursary ticket directly from Wildfires by clicking here4. If you would like to request further financial support to attend, contact your Site Pastor directly.
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For those with dietary requirements and wanting to eat Breakfast and/or Dinner with the Village Tent Community, when you pay for your meal ticket(s) you can tick the ‘dietary requirements’ box. There will be Gluten Free and Vegetarian options available. If you have other dietary needs and would like to eat the meals at the Village Tent, please contact wildifres@kerith.church.
If you are making your own arrangements for food at Wildfires, there are various food vans and stalls catering for all kinds of dietary requirements, as well as an on site ‘essentials’ shop.