Love to Be...Festival

Love To Be Festival is at The Stray, Harrogate.

The love To be festival is Saturday 6th September, 2025.

Harrogate is easily accessible from all parts of the country by road, rail or air. Harrogate has a central train station.

If driving, please follow the signed routes to Harrogate Town Centre on your approach to Harrogate and do not rely on satellite navigation systems as these may direct you onto a route with limited access or temporary restrictions.

Driving directions to The Stray, Harrogate:

Via the M1 / A1. Turn off at wetherby and take wetherby road to Harrogate (a661) . At the roundabout, take the junction of a661 and at the a658 go straight on . Travelling past Sainsbury’s on the left and straight through next traffic lights . At the next main roundabout turn left to Harrogate town . A little along the road The event will be on the stray on the left hand side.

?From Leeds - travel in Leeds Harrogate Road A61 - go all the way into Harrogate to prince of wales roundabout ( left to Otley / right to knaresborough) turn right , through the first set of traffic lights and the event will be on the right hand side on the stray.

?From Bradford travel out through Yeadon on the A658, past yeadon , and straight on , through Pool in wharfedale , keep straight on all the way to round about at junction with the a61 . Turn left and follow the directions above .

Love to be Festival is a strictly 18+ event, ID checks will be carried out at the entrance gate and at all bars - you will be expected to have photographic identification on your person at all times. 

-Large bags are not allowed to be taken into the event. Small bags are allowed into the event with the dimensions of 30cm x 42cm (A3 size).

-Umbrellas/Parasols

-Tents/Gazebos/Tables/BBQs/Stoves/Gas Canisters

-Banners & Flags with sticks/poles

-Alcohol 

-Glass or Cans

-Illegal Substances and New Psychoactive Substances (Legal Highs)

-Animals with the exception of assistance dogs, are not permitted at any time within any of the site.

-Knives, Scissors, Flares, Fireworks, Lighter Fuel, Aerosols, Spray Cans, Air Horns, Klaxons.

-Unauthorized professional photography or filming equipment. 

We are operating a cashless system for ease of service and safety utilising top up booths (by card or cash) and use of wristbands only at the bars which will be issued upon entry.

Top up your credit early and avoid the queues and get some free credit on us.

All info and to offers can be found here: https://events.tapaygo.com/events/421

No, Love to be festival is A NON-CAMPING event

We encourage the use of public transport to Love To Be Festival - The Stray in Harrogate is easily reachable by train, bus and coach! You can also sign up to the Harrogate car share scheme to see what local lifts are available - https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/roads-parking-and-travel/harrogate-car-share

There are lots of places to park in Harrogate centre, however we would discourage driving near to the entrance/exit of the festival due to the large volume of people and cars on the road.

There is no park and ride service for Harrogate town centre.

There are many multi-storey car parks near the Stray, and there are also on-street parking locations with free parking and disc parking dependent upon the length of stay. 

Please visit this website to view electric vehicle charging points across Harrogate: https://visitharrogate.co.uk/business-directory/category/electric-vehicle-charging

Love To Be Festival is an open air, green field site, if you require any accessible assistance please email bliss@lovetobeevents.co.uk to discuss your requirements or make yourself known to security on arrival and we will help where reasonably practical.