The Come Out and Play Festival is a street games fesitval dedicated to exploring new styles of games and play.

Games

The festival will run June 4-6 in Brooklyn, New York. We'll have the full schedule available by May. But right now we're looking for submissions for games. Interested in running a game? Read on for information about submitting a game.


Come Out & Play 2010: Call for Submissions

We're very excited to announce that Come Out & Play Festival will celebrate its fifth year of street game fun the weekend of June 4-6 in New York City. This year's festival is being graciously hosted by The Brooklyn Lyceum in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Come Out & Play is a three-day festival of street games. The festival seeks to provide a forum for new types of public games and play. We want to bring together a public eager to rediscover the world around them through play, with designers interested in producing innovative new games and experiences. Oh yeah, and we want to have city-size fun.

Right now we're accepting applications for games. We like to feature everything from the low-tech to the high-tech. We're primarily interested in fun, innovative games that make interesting use of the city. We’re also looking for a handful of games that we can pair to specific timeslots, local partners and other sponsors.

The festival spreads out across New York City, but will be based primarily around South Brooklyn. Games have access to a variety of interesting settings, from Prospect Park to the Old Stone House to Green-Wood Cemetery, the streets and bridges around Gowanus, and of course the streets, sidewalks and other public areas waiting for the perfect game.

Details
Festival Dates: June 4-6, 2010
URL: http://www.comeoutandplay.org
HQ: The Brooklyn Lyceum
227 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Application: Click here
Applications due: March 19, 2010

Have questions? Email info@comeoutandplay.org.

2009 Partners

The Tank is a non-profit arts presenter whose mission is to provide a welcoming, creative, collaborative, and affordable environment for artists and activists engaged in the pursuit of new ideas. Through a wide range of low-cost, high-concept arts and public affairs programming, The Tank seeks to cultivate a new generation of audience for live performance, civic discourse, and the work of emerging artists.

Located on Broadway between 44th and 45th Streets, MTV 44 1/2 is proud to be a 2009 media supporter of the Come Out and Play Festival

Our Mission
The Come Out & Play Festival seeks to provide a forum for new types of public games and play. We want to bring together a public eager to rediscover the world around them through play with designers interested in producing innovative new games and experiences.

Oh yeah, and we want to have city-size fun.

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Information for The Press
  • 2009 Press Release: Recalculating Route (5/26/09)
  • Media Fact Sheet
  • Festival Logo (JPG, Hi-Res)
  • 2009 Branding Image

  • HI-RES PHOTOS FOR PRESS:
  • 2009 Photos, Jim Bearden
  • 2009 Photos, Amanda Bernsohn
  • 2009 Photos, Guy Chan
  • 2008 Photos, Amanda Bernsohn
  • 2008 Photos, Javier Oddo

  • Press may use images and photos. Please note and (when possible) hyperlink to the festival. When using photos, also note corresponding game title and credit photographer. Photographer's name is indicated by folder title. Game title is indicated in image names. For more information (rules, etc.) about specific games, please visit 2008 schedule or 2009 schedule.

    Photos from 2006 and 2007 available upon request (contact info below)

    Contact
    General Information
    e: gtrefry(at)comeoutandplay(dot)org
    p: 646-280-8311

    Partnership Information
    e: cherdlick(at)comeoutandplay(dot)org
    p: 917-821-3078

    Come Out & Play Festival
    113 Carroll St, #3
    Brooklyn, NY 11231