THE INTERNATIONAL SOUL CHILDREN FESTIVAL 2025

We are doing it again! We are thrilled to present this invitation to choirs, individuals and groups, for another Soul Children Festival in Oslo Spektrum Arena.

Our wish is to gather generations and nations to experience magical moments together. Our goal is to welcome you to be a part of our fellowship in God as we join together in communion. Our send-off is meant to bless you with inspiration, motivation and encouragement for the days yet to come.

The festival welcomes 

• all types of choirs
• associations, teams and groups
• people of all ages

The festival begins Friday afternoon presenting a tremendous show: A Kick Off Party, and closes Sunday afternoon with our grand Soul Church Concert. Saturday afternoon is spectacular as all singers and participants are joining in our own parade, walking down the street of Karl Johan, heading for the University Square. Here, our own Festival Mass Choir and guests are singing the Gospel in an open air concert. 

What to experience and attend

• Mass Choir 
• Kick-off Party 
• Get Up Service
• Saturday Night Live 
• Soul Church (Sunday Service)
• Concerts (Kick-off Party and Open Air Concert)
• Workshops 
• Soul Choir Workshop (for adults)
• Soul Teens Workshop (for youth at age 14 and up)
• After-party (for adults)

Provisional program, will be regularly updated

Friday May 30

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Registration (the entrance hall)
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Door opens (concert arena)
8:30 pm – 9:00 pm Kick-off Party (concert arena)
9:00 pm – 9:30 pm A time to mingle (the entrance hall)
9:30 pm –10:30 pm After-party for adults (the little hall)

Saturday May 31

 9:30 am – 10:00 am Door opens (concert arena)
10:00 am – 11:00 am Get Up Service (concert arena)
11:00 am – 12:00 am Mass Choir rehearsal (concert arena)
11:00 am – 12:00 am Soul Choir Workshop (the little hall)
12:00 am – 1:00 pm Lunch
 1:00 pm –  2:45 pm Mass Choir rehearsal (concert arena)                                                                                                                   1:00 pm –  2:45 pm Soul Choir Workshop (the little hall)
 2:45 pm –  3:15 pm Break
 3:00 pm –  3:45 pm Soul Children-parade (Karl Johan Street)
 3:45 pm –  4:00 pm Line-up Mass Choir (The University Square)
 4:00 pm –  4:30 pm Open Air concert (The University Square)
 4:30 pm –  7:30 pm Intermission
 5:15 pm –  5.30 pm Open doors (the little hall)
 5:30 pm –  7:30 pm Soul Teens Workshop (the little hall)
 7:30 pm –  8:00 pm Open doors (concert arena)
 8:00 pm –  9:00 pm Saturday Night Live (concert arena)
 9:00 pm –  9:30 pm A time to mingle (the entrance hall)
 9:30 pm –10:30 pm Afterparty for adults (the little hall)

Sunday 1 June

 9:30 am – 10:00 am Open doors (concert arena)
10:00 am – 11:00 am Get Up Service (concert arena)
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Meeting point for adults (the little hall)                                                                                                              11:00 am - 12:30 pm Mass Choir rehearsal (concert arena)                                                                                                                    12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch
 1:30 pm –  2:00 pm Line-up Mass Choir, and Soul Choir Workshop-singers (concert arena)                                                                         2:00 pm –  2:30 pm dress rehearsal Mass Choir inclusive SCW-singers (concert hall)
 3:00 pm –  4:30 pm Soul Church Concert, inclusive SCW-singers (concert hall)
 4:30 pm –  5:00 pm A time to mingle (the entrance hall)

Content at Mass Choir-rehearsals, plus Soul Choir & Soul Teens Workshops

• Rehearsing and learning new songs
• Class with vision, values and main focuses
• Class on how to use the voice and how to convey a song for different audiences
• Class in music history: from gospel to Soul Children-style

Available concerts for the public

Saturday May 31 at 4:00 pm
Open Air Concert - Mass Choir of the festival plus international artists
Location: University Square, Oslo. Free concert.

Sunday June 1 at 3:00 pm
Soul Church Concert with Mass Choir of the festival plus international artists
Location: Oslo Spektrum, Sonja Henies plass 2, Oslo. Free entrance.

More information is coming on e-mail, to all who register, and is available on our website www.soulchildren.no

Event organizer: Acta - barn og unge i Normisjon (= Acta - children and youth in North Mission)
Host: Oslo Soul Children

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns, e-mail to kontakt@soulchildren.no