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Brand new to Fix Fest is The Showring sponsored by ITS where you’ll witness the incredible JCB Dancing Diggers performing shows across the afternoon, incredible live speed carving competitions and the UK’s Strongest Man van lifting challenges!

Together with our sponsors PassEntry, we’ve gone positively nuts and bolts on our family entertainment this year for mums and dads and the next generation of tradespeople. From digger driving to bricklaying your kids can have a go at their own child friendly version.

2026 entertainment includes Diggerland, Beat The Brickie, facepainting, the Plumber Drummers interactive drumming workshops, The Digger Challenge, Lego, the Radio Controlled Play Pit, The Pentagon colouring activity and FixFest Simulator Bus including Minecraft competitions.

See more below!

Got a puncture on your way to site and no jack?! No problem – just lift your van by hand……..if you’re one of the UK’s strongest men!

Joining the live action in the FixFest show ring is the “UK’s Strongest Man” series from Channel 5. It’s England v Scotland v Wales, head to head in 2 incredible van lifting challenges!

Appearing are Joe Brown, England’s strongest man, former welder, Jamie Kleiman, a podium finisher at Scotland’s Strongest Man & 6ft 6inch giant Jamie Nelson, currently Wales’ strongest man. Which nation will take home the FixFest honours?

The guys will also be appearing in the Baxi Powerhouse tent, discussing how they balance work life alongside being a champion athlete, the mental health challenges they face and the mindset that being a champion takes.

No strangers to Fix Radio, Nick Knowles, Chris Frediani, Billy Byrne and Gabby Blackman from DIY SOS, have become some of the most recognisable and well loved tradespeople / presenters on TV. Together with an army of helpers all lending their services for free, they change the lives of those in need all over the country, episode by episode.

Ahead of a brand new series, coming later this year, Nick and the team will be guesting in the Inspiration & Innovation Zone at FixFest, sharing more about their inspiring work, epic adventures, being brought to tears, and just how you can get involved too in one of the UK’s biggest and longest running TV DIY/ home improvement shows.

Diggerland, the Ultimate Adventure UK Theme Park Experience, is coming to FixFest! This is your family’s chance to
operate REAL diggers, and take part in Digger Skittles & Dippy Ducks!

Get your game face on, because this calls for epic concentration and hand-eye coordination. It’s a duck-pickin’ digger extravaganza that’s sure to get your competitive spirit soaring.

How many can you hook? It’s time to show off your skills, have a quacking good time, and aim for the stars!

Danny Thomas and Joffrey Watson (the Chainsaw Bloke) are two of the UK’s finest chainsaw artists, sculpting stunning artwork and bespoke furniture from fallen / felled and dead trees, bringing them back to life in a whole different way! Danny and Joffrey will be demonstrating their incredible talents between 11am and 4pm in our expo area. And don’t miss them in the show-ring too for two thrilling speed carving competitions – It’s 30 minutes, head to head, to just “create!” Whose piece will be the best? Only YOU decide. And you could even take the winning sculpture home, by taking part in the instant auction!

Hosted by our very own Fix Radio presenter and Master Carpenter, Joiner and specialist builder Robin Clevett, the Inspiration & Innovation zone is the place to be if you’re looking to get into the trades, learn how to run your business more efficiently, or want to find out what the future holds with the arrival of exciting new innovations within the trades.

Full programme coming very soon!

CAN YOU BEAT THE BRICKIE? Hosted by the team from Supertrowel, the UK’s ultimate bricklaying competition, this is the “have a go” version for all the family, using safe cement that won’t stain your festival threads. Will you be the fastest family brickie of the day? Will this be your child’s first step into the industry?  Only one way to find out! Pick up a trowel and give it a go!

Fix Radio is always right at the heart of the most important issues in the industry, including male mental health and well being.

Together with our friends at Baxi, The Powerhouse will feature live discussion sessions, presented by personal development expert, James Ray, special guests and some incredibly emotive content. Plus a programme of wellbeing activities across the day.

More detail coming soon.

After a hard week on site, you’ll need your sore limbs and achey backs to be given a good going over in order to lift those pints and bust those moves at FixFest!

So step up to the plate The Little Calm Company. The Little Calm Company deliver corporate and employee wellbeing services across the UK whether that’s in the office, or on the scaff, halfway up your new build!

Running in the expo zone alongside the Powerhouse Tent from 11am, there’s no need to pre-book. Just rock up and get in line for your FREE Powerhouse massage from the Little Calm Company’s fully qualified team.

WARM UP FOR THE MAIN STAGE LINE UP WITH GLOW-WORM : Glow-worm has had installers’ backs for over 90 years, and now they’re bringing the energy to FixFest! Running from 11am until 3pm in the Expo zone, the Glow-Worm Silent Disco is the perfect warm up to the mainstage musical line up. Get the party started nice and early as Glow-Worm’s DJ Truck will be spinning 3 channels of mega-tunes across the day, to get “the heat” flowing.

Tool Theft is one of the biggest issues in the construction industry right now.

Join our headline sponsors Wickes TradePro, their favourite brands like Makita, DeWalt, Bosch, Einhell, Bunker & DeterTech and the one and only Clive Holland for a programme exploring this massive issue in our industry.

Check out the ingenious van protection systems from Mundy Van Security and Ray Taylor Stingray Alarms

Come and tell us about your experiences as we look at the products that are on the market to help prevent tool theft, and just what is being done at government level to help us.

We’re ramping up the family fun this year. Our family zone now includes the remote control play pit featuring 12 remote control machines from Norotoys.

Master the machine, rule the tricky terrain, with these bad boys of construction capers for kids of all ages. The only problem could be getting the dads off of them long enough for the kids to get a go!

Fresh from opening the FixFest 2025 main stage, The Plumber Drummer is back, but this time with his immersive, mass participation bucket drumming workshops!
Nothing but high energy and noisy family fun here, using basic drum rhythms and co-ordination techniques, to create a group performance of popular songs, all led by the Plumber Drummer and his unique drain pipe instrument, musically tuned and played with flip flops!
The Plumber Drummer travels all over the world to share, excite and engage people of all ages.

Step aboard the FixFest Simulator Bus on its journey to construction gaming heaven!

The FixFest Simulator Bus, produced by Fragers, will be jam packed with motion simulators, VR challenges and Sandbox gaming hits, all with a construction theme.

If you’re ever fancied driving a crane or a giant excavator, building a new town or demolishing a high rise – the FixFest Simulator Bus is where you can get hands on and give it a go!

Plus we’ll be running Minecraft house building challenges for the kids with fun prizes across the day.

It’s the thrilling and challenging, but perfectly safe building site for all the family.

Watch master thatcher and friend of Fix Radio, Harry Roberts at work as he keeps this fantastic craft alive. See traditional roofing techniques up close and learn about the tools, materials and heritage behind every thatched roof.

* AND THAT’S NOT ALL *

We’re giving YOU the chance to have a go on the roof! Climb up, try your hand at thatching and experience the satisfaction of this incredible heritage craft for yourself.

Whose journey into the world of construction hasn’t started with LEGO bricks? This year at FixFest we’re building the family fun brick by brick with our new build zone featuring thousands of LEGO bricks ready for playing. This under cover activity hosted by the team from Bricks McGee will run from 11am until 9pm in the main stage arena. Compete to build FixFest’s tallest tower, recreate local landmarks, or even create portraits of your family from LEGO bricks! With an almost endless supply and the expert tuition of Brick’s McGee’s “super builders” we know where kids of all ages will be hanging out!

LEGO is a registered trademark of the LEGO Group, who do not authorise or endorse this event

Creative construction at The Pentagon – a freestanding five-sided doodle art installation, uniquely designed by artist and cartoonist, Scott Walker, and hand-drawn onto specialist fine primed canvas.

The Pentagon colouring wall will be uniquely themed to our construction industry, especially for FixFest. Children and adults alike will be drawn to this eye-catching, colourful, collaborative artwork, bringing out the artist in everyone.

Steel Blue has been making the world’s most comfortable work boots since 1995. And at FixFest we’re giving you the chance to find out just why they offer a “100% Comfort Guarantee” FOR FREE!

We’ll be hiding 10 x single Steel Blue “Fix Foundation” boots around our festival site. Find the lonely boots and reunite them with their long lost sole mate at the Steel Blue stand and you’ll win your “perfect match” Steel Blue boots, for comfort guranteed!

Enjoy some amazing festival food to feed your hunger and drinks to “Drench” your thirst!

We’ve got a wide range of food and drink options (including vegan and gluten free) to cater for all tastes – From local street food to international cuisine.

The Food and Drink Village is sponsored by Drench – Win the job, get paid – search Drench Trade to see their huge range of Bathroom options.

From a single traditional big wheel for kids in 2025, like everything else, we’ve cranked things up for 2026. We’re bringing in classic Dodgems and a Waltzer (guaranteed to make even the toughest scaffolder sick!) plus Jets and the Toy Town ride. Plenty of family fairground fun to go round (and round, and round)

New to FixFest ’26! is Van Life, sponsored by VanCompare.com – Your van is essential to your working life. Check out the latest models from Renault and premium customised models from Bald Builders Vans in partnership with Demon Conversions and more!

Join the Fix Radio Street Team to check out all things Fix Radio and Fix Fest.

Whether you want something to keep you warm on a cold day on site, a branded high vis to keep you safe on site (or to rave to Rhythm Of The 90’s in!), or a van theft awareness sticker to protect your tools, you can guarantee the Fix merch stand has got it nailed!