Balter Festival

Balter Festival takes place Thursday 22nd - Monday 26th May 2025.

Balter Festival is held at Chepstow Racecourse in Chepstow, NP16 6BE.

Much as we love kids, this is not a weekend for them! Challenge 25 will be in operation at the gates so please bring ID.

Gates open at 12pm on Thursday 23rd May if you have a Thursday entry ticket.

For all non-Thursday entry tickets gates open at 10am on Friday 24th May.

Please do not arrive before this, you will just have to wait outside.

Gates will close at 10pm each evening through the weekend and re-open at 10am the following morning.

The amount of alcohol you can bring in is limited. Balter are a small independent and completely non-corporate event so the bar is a vital source of income for them. It aims to allow them to give a little bonus to some of their amazingly hard working volunteer crew, and goes towards some of the crazy stuff they are booking around the site! Therefore they do have to set a limit on the amount of alcohol brought in to the festival.

This is set at 16 cans of beer or cider/2 large bottles of cider or wine/1 bottle of spirits.

Don’t forget – NO GLASS ON SITE!!

Decant any spirits/wine etc into plastic bottles please!

In return though there is a great bar on site selling very reasonably priced and good quality drinks; from local beers and ciders to Buckfast cocktails. With cold drinks starting at £2.50 you won’t want those warm cans sweating away in your tent anyway!

No we’re sorry but absolutely no pets allowed on site.

There will not be a cash point on site but the bar will accept cards.

Yes Balter have a great life saving medical team! They can help with most issues, or get you to a hospital if its really needed! Try not to hurt yourself too badly though, they would prefer a relaxing weekend where possible!

You can find them as always on the edge of the campsite.

If you have particular medical issues that you would like to discuss please contact us on info@balterfestival.com

If you need to arrange to refrigerate your medication this is no problem but again please get in contact in advance.

Give Balter Festival a shout on info@balterfestival.com and they’ll get back to you as soon as possible.

Unfortunately we can’t issue you with a refund if you can’t make the event due to work commitments or your mates have dropped out. In these circumstances, we advise passing on your tickets privately to avoid losing out on the money spent. Refunds can only be offered if the event is cancelled or postponed, as agreed upon purchase.

You can buy a Sunday ticket but there won't be any just Friday or Saturday tickets. You can also buy an add-on Thursday ticket.

Do not worry! Follow these instructions – https://www.skiddle.com/orders/orderfinder.php

It is no problem to sell your ticket to a mate, it won’t matter on the gate if the name does not match your ID.

Be very careful about buying tickets from someone you don’t know, every year we have issues at the gate where someone sells their ticket to more than one person and only the first to arrive gets let in. We will not allow you in the festival if your ticket has already been used! The only guaranteed tickets are official ones bought straight from us!

Balter Festival 2023 will be held at Chepstow Racecourse, Chepstow, NP16 6BE.

Yes tickets for the car park are at a very reasonable £15. You can find these in the ticket section. Try to lift share where possible, save money and the environment!

Balter are happy to be working with Fred’s Yurts to provide pre-pitched 4 and 6 person bell tents. You can buy yours by clicking onto the ticket section.

Find out more about the tents from their website – yurtevents.co.uk/balterfestival

I think you have come to the wrong festival.

Yes there will be showers in the campsite available for a small fee.

We all love a good fire, but flames and tents are a bad mix. Balter can’t allow any BBQ’s or campfires, and the campsite will be patrolled by security looking out for these.

You can however bring a small and easily controllable camping stove. Just don’t light it inside your tent!

No! If you really don’t want to take it home at least shove it in a bag and hand it in to the info point where Balter will be collecting for local homeless charities.

Balter are working to vastly improve their accessible features across the site. There is a centrally located accessible campsite, with toilets and a shower, and the accessible car park directly next to it. There are additional disabled toilets around the site, and they can help with charging wheelchair batteries or storing medicine etc. Their Accessible Team will do anything they can to assist you, but it would be best to contact them first on info@balterfestival.com if you have any questions or concerns.

If you need extra assistance on site you can apply for a free PA ticket. They will ask to see a copy of your documentation to confirm your eligibility. They accept a copy of any of the following documents (dated within the past 12 months if DLA or Attendance Allowance.):

• Front page of entitlement letter for standard or enhanced rate PIP
• Front page of DLA letter (no specific rate required)
• Front page of Attendance Allowance letter (no specific rate required)
• Evidence that registered severely sight impaired (blind)
• Recognised Assistance Dog ID card
• CredAbility Access Card (with +1 )

They recognise that the above is not a complete list.  If you do not have any of these but wish to apply to use any of the access facilities, you are welcome to contact Balter so they can discuss your needs.

In order to receive a free PA ticket you would first purchase your own ticket, then email Balter with the booking details and a copy of a document as listed above.

You do not have to be registered disabled to make use of the accessible campsite or car park, if you have a good reason for requiring its use please just contact Balter to discuss it and they will be happy to help.

For questions on any of the above please email info@balterfestival.com