GENERAL FAQS

  • The campsite opens on Friday, 31st July at 10:00 am. On arrival, you’ll be given a wristband which grants you access to the event. The festival ends on Monday, 3rd August at 12:00 noon, and we ask that all festival-goers vacate the camping area by this time.

  • We hope you won’t need to, and we try to ensure you won’t have to. However, as you enter the festival, you will be issued a wristband, and you will need to show this to re-enter the site if you leave. No re-entry between 23:00 – 08:00.

  • Yes, we do! Whilst we always recommend spending the whole weekend with us, we know this isn’t always possible! Simply choose a day ticket at the checkout.  Day tickets coming soon.

  • Yes, there are plenty of free water points located around the festival arena and campsite. Just bring a reusable bottle/container to fill up.

  • Each person is allowed to bring 12 cans of beer/lager/cider OR 2 plastic bottles of wine. No spirits or glass bottles are allowed. Please remember any personal alcohol brought to the event is only for consumption within the campsite and not the entertainment areas.

  • We will be operating and enforcing a strict Challenge 25 policy at Stowaway Festival. If you can’t provide valid identification when asked by a member of staff, you will be asked to leave the site and come back with your ID. So if you are lucky enough to look 25 or younger, please make sure that you bring an acceptable form of identification.

    Valid forms of ID include:

    • An in-date photographic driver’s license or provisional licence.

    • A valid passport (not a photocopy). Out-of-date passports will NOT be accepted.

    • A Proof of Age Standards Scheme Card (showing the PASS hologram).

  • Children under the age of two can attend the festival for free. However, they will need a ticket. Please make sure you select a free ticket at the checkout.

  • There’s so much going on you won’t need to look at your phone. However, if your phone does run out of juice, we have a limited number of phone charging banks available to purchase at our info point.

  • If you lose or find anything at the festival, please hand it to a member of staff at any of the bars or the information point. Any found items will be available to collect until 12:00 on Monday 17th August 2026.

    A lost property form will be available to fill out during & after the event.

  • All of our tickets are sent via email from our official ticketing partner, Kaboodle.  These will be issued up to 48 hours before the event. Alternatively, you can log into your Kaboodle account online. Your tickets will need to be scanned at the gate. For any ticket queries, contact us.

  • All tickets to Stowaway Festival are issued in accordance with the T&Cs, which can be viewed here.

  • The following items are NOT permitted into the festival or the festival campsite. Any person found with any of these prohibited items may have the item(s) removed by a member of the staff:

    • Campfires, firewood and fire starters

    • All BBQs

    • Chinese lanterns

    • Drones

    • Fireworks

    • Gas Cylinders exceeding 15kg

    • Generators

    • Glass. All liquids must be decanted into plastic containers before arrival. All glass bottles will be removed and disposed of by staff on arrival

    • Kites

    • Offensive weapons

    • Paddling pools / swimming pools / hot tubs etc.

    • Radio controlled aircraft / drones / etc.

    • Restricted and illegal substances

    • Sound systems capable of creating excessive noise

    • Any and all items that are deemed dangerous, offensive or unsuitable for the safe environment of the festival and campsite.

    Admission will be refused to anyone carrying prohibited items, regardless of the tickets carried by the persons concerned and without exceptions.