Super Fest

super fest

Super Fest was created to provide youth of all abilities and disabilities the opportunity to participate in fan festivities that surround major sports events. It began as an inclusive football and cheerleading clinic and gameday experience held the day before the Big Game. Super Fest's purpose is to showcase inclusion and provide an opportunity for youth with developmental disabilities to participate together with their peers, be genuinely welcomed, have activities designed with their needs in mind, and made to feel a part of the big sports games such as sports Championships and All Star Games.

Super Fest teaches sports skills for each person at their level. The skills based clinic culminates in a activity such as a football gameday experience with the national anthem, football players running through a cheerleading tunnel, football scrimmages, and cheer performances or a basketball scrimmage.

After many successful years of Super Fest - Football & Cheer during the Big Game weekend, we launched Super Fest - Basketball during the WNBA All-Star Game weekend with the support of a major sports brand. We also appreciated the opportunity to collaborate with National Down Syndrome Congress and bring awareness to inclusive sports at the official 2022 College Football Hall of Fame Kickoff Game Football Fest in Atlanta and with Stanford Women's Soccer team to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day in March 2023.

Lunch Sponsor

11th Annual SUPER FEST Football & Cheer Camp
Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026 I 9am-12pm I Junipero Serra High School, San Mateo, CA

Featured Supporter

ALL AGES WELCOME;
Supported by San Francisco 49ers and featured on ESPN
3x NFL Pro Bowl, Kansas City Chiefs Hall of Fame inductee - Tony Richardson
2x NFL Pro Bowl, Pro Football Hall of Fame Nominee, Stanford Hall of Fame inductee - Glyn Milburn

We are so grateful for our many supporters. We would like to make a special shout out to Junipero Serra High School who have gone all out to make this happen!

REGISTRATION CLOSED
Thank you for your interest! We are oversubscribed. If you would like to be added to our waitlist, please email: [email protected]

Individualized & group instruction from NFL alumni & NFL Cheerleaders and game experience! Support provided.
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Players/Cheerleaders receive: lunch, t-shirt, gift bag, play on the same high school field as Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Lynn Swann and Tom Brady (future HOF inductee)

VOLUNTEERS
If you part of a pre-arranged, organized volunteer effort such as a college football or cheer team, please email: [email protected].

We will email you the waiver consent form. Signed waiver is required.

Host Committee & Collaborators
John Hegarty, Stanford Autism & Developmental Disorders Research Program, Jill Escher, Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area , Luke Grosvenor, Kaiser Permanente, James McCauley, St. Mary's College of California, Down Syndrome Connection of the Bay Area, Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network, Glyn Milburn, Modern Era Nominee to Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2024, Angela King-Twitero, House of AKD

Would you like to sponsor Super Fest? Questions?
Email: [email protected]

ESPN Video and Photos from Past Super Fests

Past events

FEBRUARY 2025 - Super Fest New Orleans (football, cheer, & sideline reporting)

The 10th annual Super Fest Football & Cheer camp was held in February 2025 in New Orleans, a few short miles from the Superdome. Thank you for the amazing community partnerships and support from Tulane University, ESPN, John Curtis Christian HS, Raising Canes, and more.

MARCH 2024 - Sports Day with Stanford Varsity athletes

For the 2nd straight year, Stanford Varsity athletes joined the local disability community and led an inclusive Sports Day to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day.

FEBRUARY 2024 - Super Bowl Weekend (football, cheer, & sideline reporting)

The 9th annual Super Fest Football & Cheer camp was held on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024 in Las Vegas. We had the support wonderful organizations such as Las Vegas Raiders, UNLV, Down Syndrome Connection of Las Vegas, Gigi's Playhouse, Grant a Gift Ackerman Center, C.A.R, Opportunity Village, A+J Patient Advocacy, Positive Spectrum, and more. We have so much gratitude to all the athletes, volunteers, sponsors and partners and we are excited to be able to carry on this tradition of inclusion and participation for all.

JULY 2023 - WNBA All-Star Weekend (basketball)

The 2nd annual Super Fest Basketball in Las Vegas carried on our tradition of excelling in inclusion in practice! We were thrilled to feature retired NBA & WNBA players, professional athlete and collegiate basketball coach. This basketball event was launched last year as an extension of our highly successful Super Fest Football event.

MARCH 2023 - World Down Syndrome Day (soccer)

WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY is celebrated on March 21 every year. We were thrilled to host a mini-Super Fest Soccer event with the nationally ranked Stanford Womens Varsity Soccer Team on Stanford campus. This Super Fest was focused on community fun and participation.

FEBRUARY 2023 - Super Bowl Weekend (football and cheerleading)

We are honored to have organized our 8th annual event with ESPN coverage and NFL team participation during Super Bowl weekend! With much gratitude to all the athletes, volunteers, sponsors and partners, we are excited to be able to carry on this tradition of inclusion and participation for all.

To learn more about past events, please click the links below

Big Game - Football & Cheer

WNBA All Star Game

College Football Hall of Fame