Satellites '25: Full Schedule

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12:00pm BST

Info open

Wednesday August 6, 2025 12:00pm - 5:00pm BST

Our info team are on hand as you arrive to answer your questions and sort out any wristband or ticketing issues you may have. Need to add a last minute ticket, grab some extra programmes or check a detail or two? Our amazing team can help!

Wednesday August 6, 2025 12:00pm - 5:00pm BST
Info

Info

12:00pm BST

Guests arrive!

Wednesday August 6, 2025 12:00pm - 7:00pm BST

Gates open at 12 noon - you'll be directed to your village to begin setting up camp!

Wednesday August 6, 2025 12:00pm - 7:00pm BST

Activities

1:30pm BST

Chapel: I am Loved

Wednesday August 6, 2025 1:30pm - 4:30pm BST

The Chapel

Each day our chapel space has a different theme. Drop in any time to pray and engage in some reflective prayer around that theme - or make time to join us for a more formal time of prayer at the start, middle or end of the day.

Wednesday August 6, 2025 1:30pm - 4:30pm BST
The Chapel

Chapel

1:45pm BST

Scavenger Hunt

Wednesday August 6, 2025 1:45pm - 5:00pm BST

Venues

WELCOME TO SATELLITES!

Once you've set up camp, grab the card in your youth leader's welcome pack, and come and explore our site - full of new, exciting and improved venues - through our Scavenger Hunt challenge!

Wednesday August 6, 2025 1:45pm - 5:00pm BST
Venues

Activities

2:00pm BST

Inflatables are open

Wednesday August 6, 2025 2:00pm - 5:00pm BST

Inflatables @ The Vault

That's right! New for 2024 - and thanks to our brilliant friends at the Boys Brigade (BB) - you can bounce the day and night away to your heart's delight on our inflatables.

Wednesday August 6, 2025 2:00pm - 5:00pm BST
Inflatables @ The Vault

Activities

2:00pm BST

Wednesday August 6, 2025 2:00pm - 5:00pm BST

Indoor Sports @ The Vault

New this year! Thanks to our friends at Rock UK - we've got a climbing wall for you to challenge your Spiderman skills.

We expect this to be very popular, so signup in advance is essential - visit Indoor Sports to book your place!

Wednesday August 6, 2025 2:00pm - 5:00pm BST
Indoor Sports @ The Vault

Activities

2:00pm BST

Skate Park is open

Wednesday August 6, 2025 2:00pm - 5:00pm BST

Skate Park @ The Vault

Want to burn off some first day energy? Head down to the Skate Park and perfect your kick flips and ollies!

Wednesday August 6, 2025 2:00pm - 5:00pm BST
Skate Park @ The Vault

Activities

2:00pm BST

Kids groups registration

Wednesday August 6, 2025 2:00pm - 5:00pm BST

The Clubhouse

Head to the Kids venue to meet the wonderful Kids team and get your Satellites Kids or Satell-Mites registered for a week of fun!

Wednesday August 6, 2025 2:00pm - 5:00pm BST
The Clubhouse

Kids

2:00pm BST

Depot is open

Wednesday August 6, 2025 2:00pm - 5:30pm BST

Basecamp

Home to all of the wonderful charities and organisations exhibiting with us, as well as the Satellites Store where you can grab your limited-edition Satellites merchandise! There’s also The Depot Café, where you can pick up a hot drink, cold drink, cake or snack.

Wednesday August 6, 2025 2:00pm - 5:30pm BST
Basecamp

Venues

2:00pm BST

Headstrong Lounge is open

Wednesday August 6, 2025 2:00pm - 5:30pm BST

Headstrong Garden

Run by the Headstrong team and serving milkshakes and doughnuts, this café is the perfect place to hang out if you need a bit of space to recharge during the week, as well as hosting content around looking after your mental wellbeing.

Wednesday August 6, 2025 2:00pm - 5:30pm BST
Headstrong Garden

Venues

2:00pm BST

Scaffé is open

Wednesday August 6, 2025 2:00pm - 5:30pm BST

Scaffé

Scaffé’s speciality will be all out fun - the hub for our evening entertainment and a place to grab a drink and snack and spend time with friends in the day. Staffed by the amazing Scaffe team - you're sure of a warm welcome, lots of laughs, and a great place to relax every afternoon and evening.

Wednesday August 6, 2025 2:00pm - 5:30pm BST
Scaffé

Venues

2:00pm BST

Transform is open

Wednesday August 6, 2025 2:00pm - 5:30pm BST

Transform

If you're a Christian and looking to go deeper in your faith, Transform is the venue with you - packed with opportunities to explore and develop a greater connection with Jesus. Plus it's home to our gaming programme - so if your fingers are starting to twitch from controller withdrawal - we've got you!

Wednesday August 6, 2025 2:00pm - 5:30pm BST
Transform

Venues

2:00pm BST

Wednesday August 6, 2025 2:00pm - 6:00pm BST

The Football Field

Find yourself a 5-a-side team and head to the sports field to sign up to this year's expanded tournament! Thanks to our friends at Bridge the Gap Football we have radically overhauled the tournament to spread it over four days. This year there are also two competitions - a girls-only competition which takes place on Day 3, and a general competition on Days 2, 4 and 5 which is open to all players.

This is always popular - make sure you sign up today to avoid disappointment later.

Wednesday August 6, 2025 2:00pm - 6:00pm BST
The Football Field

Sports

2:30pm BST

Stay and Play

Wednesday August 6, 2025 2:30pm - 4:00pm BST

Satell-mites

Bring your grown up and come and enjoy playing in the younger kids venue!

Wednesday August 6, 2025 2:30pm - 4:00pm BST
Satell-mites

Kids

4:30pm BST

Youth leaders briefing - Welcome to Satellites

Wednesday August 6, 2025 4:30pm - 5:00pm BST

The Theatre

If you're a youth leader, come and join us for a short introduction to the festival, hear a little about our vision, and find out how we approach ministry.

In this half-hour meeting you'll hear from the festival founder about what we're focussing on this year, learn about our comprehensive youth leader programme, and learn about our approach to prayer at Satellites from the head of our pastoral team. We'll also take any questions you may have.

Speakers

Alex Drew

I’m Alex, I’ve been a part of Youthscape since 2010 with a few years in Australia. I am Director of Training, helping resource the church in their training and formation of Youth Leaders. My husband and I planted a church 13 years ago for young adults, which continues today and... Read More →

Liz Grier

Liz is a curate at St Mellitus College South West which means I get to teach on the Old Testament and evangelism and help train new vicars for the Church of England. I am married to James, have two sons and two cats and have recently discovered a love for sea swimming – even in... Read More →

Martin Saunders

Director, Satellites

Martin has been working with young people and their leaders for over two decades, and is the author of a number of books - including The Man You’re Made to Be, We Are Satellites and a brand new one, Signal Fire. As well as working on Satellites, he also helps to lead Youthscape... Read More →

Wednesday August 6, 2025 4:30pm - 5:00pm BST
The Theatre

Youthscape Central

6:00pm BST

Info open

Wednesday August 6, 2025 6:00pm - 7:30pm BST

Info

Got questions or a little challenge? Head to info and our team will do their best to help!

Wednesday August 6, 2025 6:00pm - 7:30pm BST
Info

Info

6:30pm BST

Satellites Kids Launch Party and movie screening

Wednesday August 6, 2025 6:30pm - 9:00pm BST

The Clubhouse

Join us for our launch party where we’ll be gathering around the ‘camp fire’ playing games, joining in with worship and watching Encanto.

Wednesday August 6, 2025 6:30pm - 9:00pm BST
The Clubhouse

Kids

7:00pm BST

Main meeting

Wednesday August 6, 2025 7:00pm - 8:45pm BST

The Arena

Head to our main venue in the Arena, for the first of our all-together gatherings. Get there early for DJ Dan Sterry’s party tunes, have fun with our hosts, and meet Elle Limbear and her brilliant worship band. Tonight, the brilliant Lauren Windle is speaking - inviting us to take a risk this week and open ourselves up to the possibility that there's more to life than we ever imagined.

Speakers

Katie Madanat

Katie is a youth worker & student midwife who really loves Jesus. She lives and works in south-west London, but is proud to come from the Middle East and spends as much time as she can back home, soaking up the desert sunshine. She also prides herself on being an expert gift-giver... Read More →

Lucy Rae

Lucy has been a youth worker for many years and now oversees Spear centres along the south coast, working with young people facing barriers to education, employment or training. When not working with young people she’s reading books, browsing charity shops and praying in getting... Read More →

Martin Saunders

Director, Satellites

Jamie Walker

Hey there, I’m a part time youth worker full time Pompey fan living in Finchampstead. I spend my days working with the local church to serve young people and I love it!

Lauren Windle

auren Windle is a journalist, presenter, public speaker and author of two books: Notes on Feminism: Being a woman in a Church led by men and Notes on Love: Being single and dating in a marriage obsessed Church. She is published in Vogue, Marie Claire, Church Times, Premier Christianity... Read More →

Artists

Dan Sterry

DJ Dan Sterry is an award winning DJ who has been playing across the UK and abroad for over a decade. From festival stages and sport events to radio stations and Ibiza clubs, Dan has supported world-renowned artists and is sure to bring the energy to Satellites again this year before... Read More →

Elle Limebear

Elle is a worship leader, photographer and youth leader based in Brighton. She has a heart to make music for the rising generation and to write songs that her friends who don’t yet know Jesus can identity with. As well as featuring on numerous albums, she released her debut solo... Read More →

Wednesday August 6, 2025 7:00pm - 8:45pm BST
The Arena

Main Meetings

8:45pm BST

Youthscape Central is open

Wednesday August 6, 2025 8:45pm - 10:30pm BST

Youthscape Central

Youth leaders can drop in for coffee, tea, cold drinks and snacks, and enjoy a chat and some live music.

Wednesday August 6, 2025 8:45pm - 10:30pm BST
Youthscape Central

Youthscape Central

8:45pm BST

Inflatables are open

Wednesday August 6, 2025 8:45pm - 10:45pm BST

Inflatables @ The Vault

That's right! New for 2024 - and thanks to our brilliant friends at the Boys Brigade (BB) - you can bounce the day and night away to your heart's delight on our inflatables.

Wednesday August 6, 2025 8:45pm - 10:45pm BST
Inflatables @ The Vault

Activities

8:45pm BST

Skate Park is open

Wednesday August 6, 2025 8:45pm - 11:00pm BST

Skate Park @ The Vault

Want to burn off some first night energy? Head down to the Skate Park and perfect your kick flips and ollies!

Wednesday August 6, 2025 8:45pm - 11:00pm BST
Skate Park @ The Vault

Activities

8:45pm BST

The Calm Zone

Wednesday August 6, 2025 8:45pm - 11:00pm BST

Headstrong Garden

Every evening the Headstrong Lounge will become the Calm Zone, somewhere to relax at the end of the day, trying some calming activities before you head to bed or simply unwind to music.

Wednesday August 6, 2025 8:45pm - 11:00pm BST
Headstrong Garden

Activities

8:45pm BST

Depot is open

Wednesday August 6, 2025 8:45pm - 11:00pm BST

Basecamp

Wednesday August 6, 2025 8:45pm - 11:00pm BST
Basecamp

Venues

8:45pm BST

Venues are open!

Wednesday August 6, 2025 8:45pm - 11:00pm BST

Venues

We have a full and expansive evening programme - enjoy exploring!

Wednesday August 6, 2025 8:45pm - 11:00pm BST
Venues

Venues

9:00pm BST

Evening Prayer

Wednesday August 6, 2025 9:00pm - 9:30pm BST

The Chapel

As well as being a place to drop in and pray, and engage with our daily themes, the chapel offers you an opportunity to join in with Christians all around the world in praying three times a day, following the Northumbria Community Daily Office. Join us at 9am, 1.30pm and 9pm each day for a short service and a chance to slow down and reconnect.

Wednesday August 6, 2025 9:00pm - 9:30pm BST
The Chapel

Chapel

9:00pm BST

Canvas Decorating Night

Wednesday August 6, 2025 9:00pm - 10:30pm BST

Canvas

Canvas is our creative venue - packed with workshops during the afternoons and opportunities to try a range of artistic skills and activities all day long. Come along this evening and make your mark on our mural!

Wednesday August 6, 2025 9:00pm - 10:30pm BST
Canvas

Canvas

9:00pm BST

Big Time Bingo

Wednesday August 6, 2025 9:00pm - 10:45pm BST

Scaffé

It's back - one of the undisputed highlights of Satellites every year!

Head down to Scaffé to join in with a Bingo extravaganza! Big Time Bingo will include sing-a-longs, dance offs, and rounds that you won't want to miss. Who knows you may just leave with a mega prize (or just a box of cereal - you will have to find out for yourself)!

Wednesday August 6, 2025 9:00pm - 10:45pm BST
Scaffé

Activities

9:00pm BST

Evening sports

Wednesday August 6, 2025 9:00pm - 10:45pm BST

Indoor Sports @ The Vault

Enjoy some free sports play with our fantastic team.

Wednesday August 6, 2025 9:00pm - 10:45pm BST
Indoor Sports @ The Vault

Sports

9:00pm BST

Movie: The Little Mermaid (2023)

Wednesday August 6, 2025 9:00pm - 11:00pm BST

The Theatre

Fishing around for something to do after a long day of early starts, long journeys and putting up tents? Join us for tonight's movie!

This live-action remake of the cartoon classic features amazing action sequences and brilliant re-workings of sing-a-long favourites like 'Under the Sea.' Feel free to join in, just don't sing out of Tuna. A great opportunity to spend time with Cod. This is the Plaice to be. We'll stop now.

Wednesday August 6, 2025 9:00pm - 11:00pm BST
The Theatre

Activities

9:30pm BST

Late Night With Lauren

Wednesday August 6, 2025 9:30pm - 10:30pm BST

The Clubhouse

Back by popular demand, with more guests, more music and a bigger venue - join our chat show queen Lauren Windle as she puts your deepest and most searching questions to our event speakers and other special guests. No question is off limits!

Tonight, meet Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and his advisor (and Satellites fave) Rev Chris Russell. They'll be joined by Lucy from our main-stage hosting team, and of course, there will be music from the inimitable Charles Merritt.

Speakers

Lucy Rae

Chris Russell

Chris Russell is the Archbishop of Canterbury's advisor or Evangelism and Mission.

Justin Welby

Archbishop of Canterbury

The Most Revd and Rt Hon Justin Welby has been the Archbishop of Canterbury since 2013. He has three main priorities for his ministry – Evangelism and Witness; Prayer and the Renewal of Religious life; and Reconciliation.Before he began training for ministry in 1989, Archbishop... Read More →

Lauren Windle

Wednesday August 6, 2025 9:30pm - 10:30pm BST
The Clubhouse

Chat Show

9:30pm BST

Late Night Worship

Wednesday August 6, 2025 9:30pm - 10:30pm BST

Transform

Enjoyed the worship at this evening's session but feel like you're only just getting started? We've got you covered - head to Transform where Sim Ashford and our Late Night Worship team will create plenty of space to get and stay in God's presence.

Wednesday August 6, 2025 9:30pm - 10:30pm BST
Transform

Worship