WHEN
Ascension Vol 2 Gathering is on 2 & 3rd November. We're also organising pre-gathering activities on 1st November.
WHERE
Ascension will be held at The NEC, the UK’s largest exhibition venue!
WHAT
Ascension will be a gathering with an audience! It will take place within “The Super Weekender” dance exhibition (10,000+ expected attendees) on Acropad’s plus sized foam-topped air floor!
https://thesuperweekender.com/
ACCOMODATION
Accomodation is NOT included with your ticket. We recommend staying at the affordable:
Ibis Budget, 1 Great Colmore St, Birmingham B15 2AP
This hotel is in the heart of the city and a short 10 minute walk followed by a 10 minute train journey away from the event.
FRIDAY
The gathering officially starts on Saturday; however, we will be meeting in the City centre at 2pm on Friday for a guided city tour with our proffessional videographer to film tricks. All attendees are welcome to take part in this and download their footage after the event! At 8:30pm there we will be heading to Revolution Gymnastics for a 2 hour open Tricking session at a cost of £11.50 (Not included in your gathering ticket).
Saturday
Check-in will be at 3pm at the NEC (more details will be sent to you closer to the event). The first open session & battle preliminaries will take place from 4-5:30pm. From 5:30-7:00pm we'll be holding 4 open bracket 1v1 battle divisions:
- All genders under 12 (Prizepool Clothing & free Kojostricklab access)
- 13+ Female (Prizepool Clothing & free Kojostricklab access)
- 13+ Male (Prizepool Clothing & free Kojostricklab access)
- All age & gender advanced division. (Prizepool includes £200, Clothing & Event tickets)
After that, over 18s can meet at a pub in the City centre for food and drinks:
The Figure of Eight, 236-239 Broad St, Birmingham B1 2HG
Sunday
Sunday is the time for you to get some level ups on our extra bouncy floor! The floor will be open for training from 8am-6pm. We'll also be running workshops with Sam Kojo & Tiki Wu as well as challenges, exhibition battles and prize giveaways throughout the day!