Kubix Festival

Kubix Festival takes place Saturday 12th July 2025

Kubix Festival is located at Herrington Country Park in Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, DH4 7EL.

Certainly! Kubix Festival is a family friendly event and children of all ages are welcome!  Junior tickets allow access, at a reduced price, for children aged 15 and under. Under 18s are welcome, provided they are accompanied by a responsible ticket-holding Adult over the age of 21.  Children 5 and under are free and do not require a ticket.

Kubix Festival - Pop & Dance's Security Provider are specialists in Live Music Events and supports its provider in ensuring that their zero-tolerance approach to anti-social or disruptive behaviour maintains a calm and enjoyable atmosphere for everyone.

Also available on-site are a team of professional medical staff to assist with any problems.

The festival also have comprehensive safeguarding policies including a professional approach to dealing with lost children to ensure that all possible steps are taken to keep everyone as safe as possible.

Each attendee can bring a small bottle of water or soft drink up to 500ml, if it remains sealed, as bought.  Free drinking water will be available at points throughout the festival, so you can bring an empty reusable plastic or aluminium bottle to the event for water refills. Alcohol cannot be brought into the event.

Any person with specific dietary requirements can inform the festival organisers in advance and, where suitable options aren’t available on site, they will give dispensation to bring suitable food to the event. Please email INFO@KUBIXFESTIVAL.CO.UK if you have specific dietary requirements.  Personal picnics are also permitted into the event, upon arrival, but no metal/glass utensils, glass bottles (including perfume bottles), or cool boxes, for safety and security reasons can be brought into the event.

Further take away food cannot be brought in during the event.  There will be a wide choice of caterers who will be very reasonably priced.

Please note, to allow time for security bag searches, a 'no big bags policy' will be in operation, so no large rucksacks or bags are permitted. Only small rucksacks/bags with length/width dimensions no larger than a piece of A4 paper can be brought into the music arena.

Yes, you can.  Once you have entered the event, you can leave any time you wish and re-enter (further picnics cannot be brought in on re-entry) by showing your wristband, which you will be given. There will, however, be a last entry time to the event of 8pm, after which time you will not be able to re-enter the event.  This is to ensure that as much attention as possible to paid to the running of the event at its busiest times and the site can be made ready for the exit of all of the attendees in a safe manner.

There is a small amount of seating and tables around the bar area. If you would like to bring your own folding chairs or blankets, please feel free.  There will, however, be an area immediately in front of the stage which will be marked as standing only and no chairs/blankets will be permitted in that area for safety reasons.

Kubix is an open-air 'music in the park' style event with great views from all areas of the park and video screens for enhanced viewing enjoyment.

Unfortunately, for safety reasons, dogs are not allowed, except for guide or assistance dogs, who will be permitted.

Kubix Festival aims to be much more than just the live music and there will be various other activities within the event, including fairground rides, lots of new children's entertainment, novelty attractions and a variety of traders exhibiting items for sale along the theme of the event.

Confirmation on this will be made at a later date.

All the bars will accept credit and debit cards, including contactless in 2025.

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.

Kubix Festival's VIP option is being arranged by a new bespoke team of independent hospitality experts, to ensure the very best VIP experience possible, with a host of further changes and improvements implemented, to make the VIP experience the very best it can be. For 2023 there will be: 

• A top-quality BBQ, offering a range of meat, vegetarian and vegan options, accompanied by a variety of accompaniments and salads plus a range of sweet choices.
• Posh toilets for exclusive use of VIP only.
• Separate parking and a fast track separate entrance.
• Dressed marquee, heated, with table seating and soft furnishings.
• Dedicated cocktail bar with trained mixologists and premium drinks (ice buckets, etc.).
• Welcome drink of your choice included on arrival.
• Various special drink packages available to buy on the day. Details of these will be posted here at least 2 months before the event.
• Guest DJ in the VIP marquee.
• Beer garden seating area with excellent stage views.

This VIP experience will be for very limited numbers only on each day and a VIP ticket can be purchased including the standard entry ticket, or as a VIP upgrade, if you have already bought a standard ticket. If you have any queries about VIP just email info@kubixfestival.com

Unused Tickets from the 2024 festival cannot be used for the 2025 event.

• Children aged 6-15 qualify for a ticket at a reduced price.
• Children ages 5 and under are free and do not require a ticket.
• Under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible ticket-holding adult aged 21+.

All bus ticket options can be found in the tickets section, and each ticket reserves a set for return bus travel to and from the festival. Buses will depart at a set pick-up time and return from the festival at 11pm, after all the music has finished. Buses will return to the same pick-up / drop-off point. 

For further details and maps, please visit https://www.kubixfestival.com/event-info/

Travelling southbound on the A1, take the turnoff for the A1231 (Washington, Sunderland). At the 1st roundabout, take the 3rd Exit (A1231, Washington, Sunderland).  At the next Roundabout, take the 3rd Exit (A182). At the next Roundabout take the 1st Exit to continue on the A182.  At the next Roundabout, take the 2nd Exit onto the A183 (Sunderland). Continue on this road until you reach Herrington Country Park.

Travelling northbound on the A1, take the turnoff for the A690 (Sunderland). Continue on the A690 until you reach the A19.  At the Roundabout take the 1st exit onto the A19. Take the next exit signposted A183 (Sunderland). Take the 1st Exit at the Roundabout and follow the road until you reach Herrington Country Park.

Travelling on the A19, take the turnoff signposted A183 (Sunderland). At the roundabout, take the 3rd Exit onto the A183 (Herrington) and follow the road until you reach Herrington Country Park.

Travelling on the A19, take the turnoff signposted A183 (Sunderland). At the roundabout, take the 1st Exit onto the A183 (Herrington) and follow the road until you reach Herrington Country Park.

There is a large car park within Herrington Country Park which will be manned by our stewards. There is NO CHARGE for this car parking at Kubix Festival. If you have a VIP ticket, you will have access to a further car park right at the door of the event, included in the price of your VIP ticket.

YES! Kubix Festival's pop and dance day on Saturday will have camping right next door to the music arena, for tents, motorhomes and caravans. The vehicle parking will be next door, so there'll be no long walks with your camping gear or to the music arena.

Camping tickets are in addition to the music entry tickets and are for tent camping, per person. If you are camping in a caravan, motorhome or camper van, you will also require a Live-In Vehicle Permit (one permit per vehicle). Campsite times and dates are for: 

There will be 4 main camping sections which will all be very close together and next door to the music arena, so no long walks:

• Tents
• Motorhomes and caravans
• Car parking for campers with tents
• Disabled camping section, located at the closest point of the camp site, to the music arena.

The camp site facilities will include:

• 24/7 security
• Toilets, showers and drinking water supplies
• ELSAN waste disposal point

For safety reasons, to avoid the risk of vehicles driving between tents, the cars will be parked in a separate car park next door to the tents area.

The Camping Add-On tickets are PER PERSON wishing to camp, and allow TENTS CAMPING (plus car parking) on Saturday. They must be purchased in addition to a standard music entry ticket, per person.

If you wish to camp in a motorhome, caravan or camper van, you will also need a LIVE-IN VEHICLE PERMIT (one permit per live-in vehicle).

There will be a quiet family area of the camp site located further away from the music arena. This section does not have to be pre-booked and you can choose to pitch up in this area when you arrive. The stewards will direct you to this area.

The camp sites are filled sequentially on arrival, so if you'd like to pitch up next to friends, please arrive together.

Tents and accompanying vehicles, for safety reasons, are in separate areas of each camp site to motorhomes and caravans. Campers are able to socialise with friends in any other areas of the camp site.

Campers can bring personal food and drink onto the site for consumption by campers, in the camp site only.

Free drinking water will be provided so you can bring in an empty reusable plastic or aluminium bottle for refills.

NO GLASS or metal utensils are allowed anywhere on site due to Health & Safety restrictions.

• Open fires are permitted only in fireproof containers clearly raised from the ground (fire pits etc) and should only be used when supervised by persons sober and sensible.
• BBQs are permitted only when clearly raised from the ground (fire pits etc) and should only be used when supervised by persons sober and sensible.
• Camping Stoves are permitted, you are encouraged to use either solid or liquid fuelled options which are not only much safer but more environmentally friendly too.
• If you use a gas canister supplied stove (butane etc) please ensure that you bring only the minimum amount of gas required for your stay and both always use and store these items appropriately.
• All fires / stoves must always be used an appropriate distance from any tents.  At least 1m is essential and over 2m for any form of open fire or BBQ.
• Security will prevent any improper use of fires, BBQs or stoves and person who fail to follow these basic safety steps risk their items being seized and/or being ejected from the Festival.

Please enjoy, but do so sensibly and safely, thank you.

Camping pitches will be filled sequentially on arrival, so you will be directed to the correct camp site for your camping pitch, by stewards, as you arrive.

There will be dedicated sections for:

• Tents
• Car Parking
• Motorhomes/caravans/live-in vehicles
• Disabled camping section, located at the closest point in the camp site to the music arena.

There will be a Disabled Camping Section close to the music arena for ease of access, clearly signposted on the weekend, and this does not need to be pre-booked in advance.

It is very important to the organisers that the event is accessible to everyone, and all aspects are being reviewed to make further improvements in 2024. This includes the availability of accessible disabled parking, toilets, including disabled toilets which will be separately located in a secure stewarded area, and designing the site so that it utilises hard standing routes to make the event as accessible as possible for wheelchair users.

There will also be a dedicated viewing area for wheelchair users to view the event, though it does have a capacity and will be first come first served to wheelchair users and one companion.

Any person with additional needs who requires a free ticket for a carer or assistant, can email Kubix Festival at info@kubixfestival.co.uk with the ticket order reference number and copy proof of PIP.

The free Disabled Facilities Access Permit is for those who require accessible facilities or additional support to accommodate disabilities only, and can be accessed by booking the free Disabled Facilities Access Permit, in addition to all normal purchased tickets (per person). Kindly note the Disabled Permit is NOT an entry ticket and is additional to the entry tickets per person.

If you have any other specific requirements, please contact info@kubixfestival.co.uk for more details.