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Community Tickets

Chalfest takes place on July 17th and 18th 2026.

We want as many of you lovely community people to attend as possible so please follow these rules below when buying your tickets.

Community tickets will go on sale on August 29th 2025 at 8am and will be on sale for 6 weeks only.

If you have friends or family visiting please make sure they buy general tickets.

 

  • Community tickets are only available for people that live in Chalford parish and Eastcombe or attend a primary school there (Bussage, Eastcombe or Chalford Hill)
  • You can only buy tickets for the people that permanently live in your home and can prove it.
  • You can buy 2 adult community or over 65 year old tickets per household
  • You can also buy additional youth tickets for up to 16 year olds
  • All under 11s come free but please make sure you get a ticket for your little ones (even babies)
  • Please email info@ikx.rnu.mybluehost.me  if you have more people in your home that you believe qualify for community tickets after you have bought the two that you are allowed. (Our volunteers are taking a well deserved break and will not be looking at these until after September 9th)
  • Please also email us if you live outside of the catchment area for community tickets but you have a child that attends Bussage, Eastcombe or Chalford Hill Schools or Puddleducks as your child and their immediate family that lives with them will be eligible for community tickets.
  • If you live outside of the community catchment area and have a child that attends TK THEY will be eligible for concessionary tickets. Parents and families of those children will have to pay full price. We will be visiting TK in February next year to manage the ticket sales to pupils from outside of the area
  • Teachers that work at these schools are also entitled to community tickets and need to email us if they live outside of the area
  • The card you use to buy your tickets must be registered to your address in the catchment area.
  • There will be no refunds on any tickets.
  • Everyone needs a ticket – even babies
  • If you are found to have falsely obtained community tickets your entire order will be cancelled with no refund
  • And most importantly here is your link for tickets which will go live at 8am on August 25th.

General Tickets

Chalfest takes place on The France Lynch Pleasure Ground, Burcombe Way, Chalford, GL6 8LL
on July 17th and 18th 2026.

All tickets are valid for both days. You can download and print your tickets by logging into your Ticketfairy account.

  • Everyone needs a ticket to enter Chalfest, even babies.
  • Child tickets are for 0-11 year olds
  • Youth tickets are from 12-16 year olds. If you have mistakenly bought youth tickets for anyone who is aged 17 or over, please email info@ikx.rnu.mybluehost.me as soon as possible.
  • Adult tickets are for 17 and over
  • Car parking tickets are valid for both days.
  • The Chalfest shuttle bus service from Stroud will only run on Saturday 19th July. There are 2 buses from outside the cinema in Stroud – one at 10.15 and one at 10.30. The first one will leave when full.
  • Buses will leave to return to Stroud at 9.40pm prompt from the bus stop on Middle Hill
  • There is no camping at this event.
  • Opening times will be:
    Friday 17th July 4pm until 9.30pm
    Saturday 18th July 11am until 9.30pm.
  • Adult community ticket holders will need to bring photographic proof of ID (ie. Driving licence) along with their tickets to prove eligibility for the discounted community tickets. No ID, no entry.
  • Please have your QR codes ready for the lovely volunteers to scan your tickets and give you your wristbands.
  • All children aged 14 and under must enter the site with an adult who will remain responsible for them whilst they are on site.
  • Wristbands will be issued and need to be worn at all times. If you intend coming to the festival on both days then your wristband will need to remain intact and on your wrist.  Parents of babies/toddlers can wear their wristbands for them.
  • No replacement wristbands will be issued.
  • If you are found on site without a wristband you will be asked to leave the site
  • Chalfest is unable to welcome pets onto the festival site (however cute they may be) but assistance dogs are welcome.
  • Please do not bring gazebos or pop up tents as we don’t have room for them on site.
  • If you bring camping chairs then please follow the signage as to where you can position them. No chairs inside the bar stage areas or in front of the main stage.
  • Chalfest is a glass free festival. Please do not bring any glass with you.
  • No sharp objects or knives on site.
  • You can bring picnics and we encourage refillable water bottles.
  • The Lost Children Tent is past of the First Aid tent and is located adjacent to the main entrance
  • Please do not bring any unsealed liquids or alcohol on site. We have water points on site to refill water bottles.
  • Anyone attempting to sneak alcohol into Chalfest will be refused entry and have their ticket cancelled.
  • Anyone exhibiting any antisocial behaviour will be ejected from Chalfest and have their wristband removed.
  • Security will be patrolling the perimeter and streets of Chalford as well as the site itself
  • Parking is in the designated car parks on Highfield Road. Use the postcode GL6 8LZ and you will be directed to park. Ensure you have your parking pass ready.
  • This is the only designated parking for Chalfest. We cone off the rest of the village so please ensure you buy a parking pass
  • Blue badge holders will park on the hard standing car park at the same postcode. You do not need to purchase a space for this, just display your blue badge.
  • There will be bag searches on entry to the site. You will enter the festival site faster if you do not bring large bags with you.
  • Please bring ID to comply with age checks at the bars. There is a Challenge 25 Policy
  • Cashless payment systems will be in place but please also bring cash to spend on the community stalls (Saturday only)
  • The Mobiloo (hoist assisted personal care unit) is now situated between the Village Green and Upstage at opposite end of site to the main stage.

And finally, be kind, be supportive and have a great festival

 

Terms & Conditions – Chalfest 2025

We all want Chalfest to be an amazing experience for everyone that attends. That does mean we have some rules in place to ensure not only the smooth running of this year’s event, but hopefully securing the future of our family festival

  • Ticket includes entrance to the Festival for the two days and includes all music entertainment.
  • Opening times are Friday July 18th 4-9.30pm and Saturday July 19th 11-9.30pm.
  • You will be able to leave and re-enter the festival as long as you have a valid wristband. Bag searches will take place.
  • Anyone who appears to be aged over 17 and who has a child/youth wristband or ticket will be asked to provide proof of age.
  • Anyone aged 14 or under must be accompanied by a paying adult on entry and always have an adult on site responsible for them.
  • We suggest downloading your QR codes onto your phone or printing them off as wifi can be sporadic on site.
  • There are no refunds, credits or exchanges on all tickets unless the event has been cancelled or postponed
  • You can bring food, sealed water bottles or empty reusable bottles. We will have refillable water stations on site.
  • It is strictly prohibited to bring any alcohol onto site. Any alcohol found that has not purchased at one of our festival bars,  either through gate searches or otherwise will be confiscated and disposed of by our security team and we reserve the right to discharge you from the site and refuse re-entry.
  • We operate a Challenge 25 policy for alcohol purchases. If you appear to be aged under 25 you will be asked for proof of age identification by the bar staff. If you cannot provide this,you will not be able to purchase alcohol.
  • You will not be allowed to purchase a cup on its own.
  • Given the number of visitors and activities that are taking place we’re afraid Chalfest needs to be a dog free zone. Guide dogs are of course welcome.
  • There is no camping on site or and no overnight stays in vehicles in the car parks.
  • The site is wheelchair accessible. If you wish to use the disabled car park and viewing area, please email info@ikx.rnu.mybluehost.me
  • There is no parking available on-site or on surrounding roads other than the paid for car parking on Highfield Way.
  • If you park on the verges where cones are situated, you will be in violation of our agreement with the Parish Council and be putting the future of Chalfest at risk.
  • Additional marshals will be patrolling the streets around Chalfest this year and moving vehicles on. Any vehicle parked in a no parking area will be announced on the Chalfest main stage, halting the event. Please let’s not spoil it for everyone.
  • The Chalfest car park is situated on Burcombe Way at GL6 8BD. Please follow the traffic marshal directions.
  • Car park tickets for this car park have sold out. If you don’t have a parking permit, please drive a little further along Burcombe Way to the Chalford Sports and Social Club who also have parking. You cannot prebook this but pay on the day. The cost is £10 per car, and they take cash and card.
  • There is free disabled parking at Chalford Sports and Social Club.  Please email info@ikx.rnu.mybluehost.me if you wish to book a disabled parking space.
  • You can also pay for a return bus journey from Stroud via the Ticketfairy website.  You must have prebooked your tickets for this service.  The Chalfest bus service operates on Saturday only.
  • The bus picks up from outside the Vue Cinema at GL5 1RY at 10am and 10.15am on Saturday July 19th and leaves when the bus is full. The bus will return to the cinema for a final run at 11am. Please have your tickets ready to show the marshals when you get on the bus.
  • The buses will depart from Chalfest from Middle Hill bus stop at 9.40pm promptly and return to the Vue cinema in Stroud.
  • Local residents can apply for a free residents parking permit for the duration of the event by emailing info@ikx.rnu.mybluehost.me. This must be displayed on your dashboard along with the corresponding address
  • For festival attendees welfare and safety, illegal substances will not be allowed on-site, this includes nitrous oxide gas. Those caught in possession of, or dealing in illegal substances will be processed in accordance with the law as well as having any contraband confiscated and wristbands removed.
  • We do not permit any of the following items anywhere on site: portable laser equipment and pens, spray cans, glass (including perfume bottles), fireworks and flares, Chinese lanterns, animals, alcohol (unless purchased from one of the licensed bars) or anything that we consider could be used as a weapon.
  • It is a condition of entry that you agree to be searched when you enter the site. If you are found to be carrying prohibited items then we may confiscate them and remove you from the festival.
  • Anyone arriving at the Chalfest gates who appears to be intoxicated will not be allowed onto the site
  • Any antisocial behaviour will not be tolerated and anyone considered to be a nuisance will have their wristbands removed and will be asked to leave the site. This includes the receiving of any alcohol or banned objects from someone outside the fence.
  • As a condition of entry you irrevocably consent to being photographed, filmed or sound recorded for TV, Video, DVD, Webcast or other marketing or public broadcast as part of the audience or by security CCTV
  • Anyone attempting to obtain community tickets by fraudulent methods will have them cancelled immediately with no refund.

Please respect our event, our volunteers and our village so we can all have a great time and come back again.

Places to stay

We have Westley Farm, an amazing glamping site nearby so check out their site www.westleyfarm.co.uk

Clean & Green

Chalfest aspires to be a sustainable event, following the same ‘Leave no Trace’ principles of bigger festivals and in certain comparisons doing better!

Transport is already minimal as most attendees live locally; a shuttle bus will bring in others from further afield. Catering suppliers are local too, with many food and drink products made locally.

This year we are using compostable beer cups. This is in response to the large queues experienced at the bars in 2019. Staff will be prepouring your drinks to ensure speedy service but feel free to decant these into your Chalfest cup when you get back to your seating/standing/dancing area

Water will be on site to wash your mugs if needed. By all means bring a refillable coffee mug of your own.

We are following the Stroud model of recycling so please do not put your food containers in the food waste bins. Mixed recycling bins will be sorted by the waste management team once they get back to the depot.

Thank you for ensuring this event remains as sustainable as possible x