Activities

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Welcome to a world of fandom fun!

Every edition, FACTS offers more than a weekend’s worth of surprising and memorable activities. From high-tech karting and video games to active workshops and beautiful exhibitions. What will you discover behind the foliage of the FACTS Forest? Let’s push the branches aside to discover, meet & play!

PLEASE NOTE
that this is just a highlight overview. In reality, you’ll have much, much more to do than what is listed here. Have fun!

The Fast Lane activities so far

Bouncezilla

👹 This 66 meter inflatable monstrosity will test your prowess and dexterity. So rally your friends and meet up at the mouth of this beast, on April 6-7, in Flanders Expo Ghent … if you dare!

This activity is available for everyone, but Fast Pass & VIP ticket holders will be able to use a fast lane for this activity, skipping the waiting lines.

Supercube: a 360 interactive karting experience​

🏎️ Challenge your friends in an ever-changing digital circuit and come out on top, with screeching tires and sabotaging items. This experience is included in your entry ticket, so you can just hop in during FACTS without pre-registering or paying extra!
This activity is available for everyone, but Fast Pass & VIP ticket holders will be able to use a fast lane for this activity, skipping the waiting lines.

– 8 players per 15 minute round, including 3 tracks
– No age limit, but minimal driver height is 1,30m
– Registration at the activity itself via a QR code. First come, first served!

Get your Fast Pass or VIP ticket!

ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS

Fan Meet-ups

🤝 Planning a meeting with fellow fans at FACTS? Then let us know the day, time, and theme, and get listed in our new fan meet-up overview. Or check which ones you can join!

Ghostbusters Experience

👻 Sony presents the Ghostbusters Experience! Enter the container and get ready for a spooky series of surprises. Will you answer the call?

And of course: don’t forget to meet Ghostbuster Phoebe (Mckenna Grace) in the Guest Hall!

Akira Toriyama tribute

☄️ ✋ Pay respects to the deceased Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama with a community activity. Write something on a remembrance board, surrounded by life-size statues of Goku, Vegeta, and more.

Proximus Fiber Run in Fortnite
Win one PS5 per day!

🏃 How fast can you complete the Proximus Fiber Run in Fortnite? The fastest times per day each win a PlayStation 5!

Super Smash Bros. tourney

👊 Show your skills in Retrovolt’s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament in the Gaming Zone of the Fan Village (Hall 8)! (Saturday only, 15:00h)

Star AiDOL

🎤 Kawaii! This Belgian idols team is giving it their all to entertain you with Japanese beats and choreography, on Saturday & Sunday.

K-Pop Random Play Dance

💃 The Ghent-based dance crew Masquerade is hosting a Random Play Dance on the Cosplay Stage (Hall 8), on Saturday April 6th, 17h-18h. Join in for a dance or just watch the enchanting moves!

Horror statues

😱 Shiver when you pass these real-life statues of fictional horror villains in the Fan Village and WAIT DID THAT ONE MOVE? IS THAT ONE REAL?

Stargate Exhibition

🌌 Lock in your coordinates for Hall 7 of Flanders Expo to experience the Stargate Exhibition, with amazing decors & props. And don’t forget to meet Teal’c all weekend long in the Guest Hall!

Already excited? There's even more to discover!

Education Corner

Enter this zone in Hall 1 and leave with a slightly heavier head, laden with new ideas, info and inspiration!

Technopolis:
Special Effects Show

Technopolis will entertain you with an astonishing science show on stage, all about how movies use special effects. A must-see spectacle!

Technopolis:
AI Rock-Paper-Scissors

Try to beat Technopolis’ AI-powered Rock-Paper-Scissors robot arm! Spoiler: you won’t. 🤭

Technopolis:
Become a hologram

Take place in a booth and turn yourself into a hologram with stellar Holobox technology!

VDAB's
4D VR Rollercoaster

VDAB is going all-out with a 4D Virtual Reality Rollercoaster! Take place in the cart, put on your headset and go on a crazy ride without ever leaving the area. An amazing experience!

Tech with Arteveldehogeschool

Arteveldehogeschool introduces everyone to the wonderful world of voxels, the 3D equivalent of pixels. They present pixel art, 3D printing, AI applications, and ‘phygital games’.

Drawing tech with Studio Still

Studio Still of the LUCA School of Arts shows that the digital pens are mightier than the sword. Try out the drawing tech and start doodling!

Syntra West:
3D art

Check out the wonders of 3D art and consider the one-year animation course of Syntra West! 

Syntra West:
movie make-up

Become a real make-up artist and let your creativity shine on the silver screen.

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CREATOR ZONE:
NOW DOUBLED IN SIZE!

💙 About 140 amazingly talented local artists & designers amaze you with their hand-made creations in Hall 8.
From Pokémon pocket terras and geeky jewelry to fandom art, crochet, ocarinas and wooden engravings,
you’ll find what you didn’t know you needed, right here!

Fan Village

Celebrate fandom with the biggest experts and nostalgic decors!
Take pictures with amazing props and other unexpected photo opportunities,
participate in fandom themed activities, and discover new ways to escape reality. 

Sorting Hat Ceremony & Harry Potter Quiz

🎩 Get sorted in a Hogwarts house in the official Sorting Ceremony of The Belgian Potterheads! Go for even more of a magical experience with the gaming, board gaming, papercraft, and coloring zones.

Dungeons & Dragons & Board Games & TCG & more!

🎲 If you experience rolling dice and flipping cards as ASMR, then the Board Game zones of FACTS will be a paradise. Dungeons & Dragons, Pokémon TCG, Harry Potter games, Warhammer, 4D Chess, and more!

Star Wars Zones, Props & Exhibitions

💥 Yelling and rolling R2-D2’s, stoic Mandalorians, glaring Stormtroopers, life-like props and decors, you can find tons of amazing Star Wars activities and photo opportunities throughout FACTS. Check it out!

Big LEGO builds

🧱 Fanclubs BeLUG and The Brickantiers bring incredible and detailed LEGO with characters and scenes from your favourite franchises. Watch them from a nose-length and get transported to another world immediately!

And much more fandom celebration!

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