Family Pyrkon
Want to visit Pyrkon with your kids?
You’ve never been to Pyrkon with kids, and you don’t know if there are attractions tailored to your family’s needs? Or maybe it’s the other way around! Your kids want to visit this fantastic neck of the woods on their own but you aren’t sure how to prepare them for it?
You’ve come to the right place. On this subpage you will learn everything you need to help you organize your and your charges’ visit at our Convention!
The number one rule
Every participant under the age of eighteen must carry written permission from a parent or legal guardian with them at all times during Pyrkon!
How to Pyrkon?
In addition, we are giving you our short guide with the most crucial information about Pyrkon. It is in the form of a PDF charmingly entitled How to Pyrkon!
Why should your kid visit Pyrkon?
Our convention is aimed at different age groups, and each of them will find an entertaining way to spend time at Pyrkon. Above all, it is the perfect opportunity to meet more people with similar interests, find new hobbies, or simply have fun!
The trip to the Convention is also an opportunity to learn self-reliance, and time and budget management. In addition, Pyrkon provides an opportunity to see what volunteering is and how the voluntary commitment of hundreds of people can create something special first-hand.
Kids’ safety during the Convention
If you are coming to Pyrkon accompanied by your kids, here is some useful information on how to keep them safe at our event.
For safety reasons, it is recommended young people aged 13 and over stay at the convention grounds with a guardian or in a larger group of peers. Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult (Parent or Legal guardian).
For more information about safety at Pyrkon, visit Safe Pyrkon.
Emergency contact wristbands
We are committed to ensuring that every kid staying at the Convention grounds has their parent’s phone number on them. For this purpose, the parent may receive a wristband to write the number, on and then put it on the kid’s wrist.
Wristbands can be obtained at the following locations:
- in the Convention Office in Hall 10;
- in the Kids Zone (the PCC building , Level 0).
Lost kids
If your kid is separated from you while you are at Pyrkon, contact the organizers at the Convention Office in Hall 10. Our organizers will take care of you and make every effort to quickly locate the lost kid.
If you haven’t yet arrived at the Convention Office, listen for announcements from the fair’s radio station and check your cell phone for missed calls. Perhaps your kid has already been found and our organizers are trying to contact you.
Each of the volunteers at Pyrkon is specially trained to lead a kid looking for their parents right to the Convention Office.
If you find a lost kid at the Convention, go to the nearest Information Point or Convention Office to help them find their parents.
Tickets at a lower price!
Admission to our Convention grounds is free for children under the age of 6. Children who turn 6 years old on the day of entry to Pyrkon can also enter for free. On the other hand, for participants from 6 to 12 years of age inclusive, we have prepared special passes, giving them the opportunity to visit Pyrkon at half price. Details can be found here: Buy a ticket.
We care about the comfort of all fantasy fans. We have launched priority checkouts for families with kids, people with disabilities and their caregivers, and pregnant women. This makes the distribution of tickets more efficient, and the little ones don’t have time to get bored or tired of standing in line.
We care for appropriate content
The program at our Convention is selected in such a way that everyone can benefit from it. We clearly label all attractions intended for participants over the age of 18. This way, families who visit us can easily control the selection of program events and can rest assured that their kids will not encounter unsuitable content.
Kids’ Zone
The Kids’ Zone is a place for the youngest attendees of Pyrkon (up to 12 years old) and their Parents/Guardians. In two specially prepared rooms (the Hall of Creativity and the Corner of Creation), kids will have the opportunity to participate in workshops, competitions, lectures and meetings with authors specially prepared for them. Every day different attractions will be waiting – experiments, demonstrations and unusual interactive exhibitions. In the Fantastic Lounge, kids up to 4 years old and their Parents will find a specially prepared Chill Zone with the possibility of using deck chairs, playing with blocks, foam puzzles or playing games. Attractions and organization of time in the Kids’ Zone are provided by Guests and professional animators, while care is provided by trained Volunteers (Gophers) and the Zone Organizer.
Kids’ cosplay
Pyrkon and a visit to the Kids’ Zone is also a great opportunity to dress up as your favorite character. Does your little one love Elsa, Batman or Obi-Wan? We strongly encourage all children to put on costumes that day and become their beloved heroes for a while!
Registration and regulations
Kids enter the Kids Zone after the Guardian/Parent fills out a specially prepared registration form. This is an extremely important procedure to ensure the safety of all kids in our care. Computer stations for registration of Participants are available at the entrance to the Kids’ Zone. If you would like to learn more about the rules in the Kids’ Zone, please read the Kids Zone Regulations.
Useful documents before and at the convention:
What parents are saying about Pyrkon
If you think your child is safe COVID-wise, then let them go or better still go with them to the convention! Go to Pyrkon with the assumption that you are looking for new board games, role-playing games, interesting series and books for yourself. Assume that you are looking for a new hobby and that you will meet new people in the conventions’ games room. In a few months, family evenings with a board game or playing online with people you met at Pyrkon may be an essential part of your life. Searching for activities and hobbies in the age of pandemics is like gathering winter supplies.
Kamila “Favi” Zalewska-Firus, fajerboljunior.pl
Pyrkon is an absolutely unique event. The event is extremely friendly, positive and completely devoid of elements of aggression. The reason why is simple – amazing people come here. Happy, smiling, positively crazy people. They come because they share a passion, a hobby. They want to spend those 3 days having fun surrounded by the vibes, worlds, or universes they love. Often when fans of two opposing soccer teams meet, a brawl ensues. At Pyrkon, when fans of different, opposing worlds meet, they start… dancing together, laughing, taking pictures together and fooling around, after which they high-five each other and go on having fun. And often they do so hand in hand.
I’ve been coming to Pyrkon with my kids for several years now, and it’s one of the highlights of the year. The children are growing and they are already spending more and more time here alone, with their friends – walking, watching, playing board games, reading comic books, just having a great time. So do I, because I know they are safe.
Maciej ZUCH Mazurek, zuch.media