INFO

2025 Dates

Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 July 2025

Location

The Wilkswood Reggae Festival
Wilkswood Farm, High Street, Langton Matravers, Dorset BH19 3HD

The main site entrance is located at the top of the High Street in Langton Matravers (B3069).
Do not try to access the site from Valley Road (A351): this is for emergency access only.

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The site will be signposted throughout the weekend. Stewards will direct you to the car parking and camping areas.

Contact details

Ticket enquiries

General festival enquiries

Carer tickets & disabled access

Volunteers

Your Questions Answered…

When is the festival open?

If you have purchased Weekend Tickets the gates will open at 10.00am on Thursday 24 July 2025. Music starts at 4pm on Thursday and at noon every other day. The sound system stage will finish at 9pm, the main stage will finish at midnight and there will be low level music on the Bang Mix stage till 2am.

If you have purchased Day Tickets you can arrive from 10.00am (music starts at noon).

There will be no entrance to the site after 9pm on each day unless there are mitigating circumstances or an emergency.

The site will be expected to be clear by 2.00pm on Monday 28 July.
Do you have directions to the site?

The address is Wilkswood Farm, High Street, Langton Matravers, Swanage, Dorset BH19 3HD.

The main entrance/exit to the site is from the High Street (B3069) in Langton Matravers. Do not try to access the site from the A351 (this is for emergency access only).

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If you are approaching from Wareham/Corfe Castle, turn right on to the B3069 towards Kingston/Worth Matravers/Langton Matravers just as you leave Corfe village. Follow the road all the way past the Scott Arms and along the ‘top’ road into Langton Matravers. The festival entrance is on your left at the top of the hill leading down into Langton.

If you are coming via the Sandbanks Ferry via Swanage, drive through Swanage and take the A351 out of town towards Corfe Castle/Wareham. As you reach the outskirts of the main residential area, take the left fork on to the B3069 towards Langton Matravers/Worth Matravers. The festival entrance is at the top of the High Street about half a mile on your right.

The festival will be clearly signposted and stewarded throughout the weekend so if get near the vicinity you should be able to follow the route markers to find the main entrance.
Are there day tickets available?
Does the weekend ticket price include car parking?

Yes, the cost of the ticket includes parking as well as full admission to the Wilkswood Campsite and camping in the tent camping field for three nights.

There is an additional charge for campervans and caravans of £30 for the weekend. This is essentially to cover a contingency for tracking and towing in the event of wet weather. A van camping ticket must be purchased separately to guarantee a pitch.

Please note that the car park is separate from the main tent camping areas but it is in very close proximity, ie, within easy carrying distance!
Are camper vans allowed?

Yes. We will have an allocated field for campervans, mobile homes and caravans.

We had had to tighten up the van camping field rules and regulations in 2018 following advice from our Health and Safety consultants and in view of incidents at other festivals. Only vehicles that have been specifically adapted to sleep and live in will be allowed. Unfortunately this does not mean works vans with a mattress in the back.

No tents allowed to the side of the van to prevent contiguous fires and only one small/pup tent allowed behind each van. Van awnings are allowed.

One car allowed with each caravan. This cannot be moved until the festival ends so if you think you will need to leave the site during the weekend, the car must be left in the car park.

A van camping ticket must be purchased separately to guarantee a pitch.

Also, please note that there will be no electricity or water hook ups provided. It’s also not possible to leave and re-enter the festival with a campervan, caravan or motorhome. Movements in the area are restricted until Sunday evening and Monday when people leave the site.
Why is there an extra charge for camper vans?

The extra charge for the camper vans is to cover for tow outs, repairing damaged farm land and chemical toilet waste provision. It creates a contingency fund for when the weather is bad and we have to employ ‘tracking’ and local farm vehicles to help clear the site. We’ve been thankfully blessed with the weather over the last three years but, without this contingency and should wet weather occur, the cost of laying tracking and towing out vehicles could seriously deplete the festivals’ finances for subsequent years.
Is the festival suitable for disabled people?

The festival is on a working farm in the Purbeck Hills with unmade tracks and some arduous slopes so access is always going to be a challenge. There was a lot of constructive feedback from disabled festival goers from previous years regarding improvements that could be made and we are implementing many of the points raised for this and future festivals.

We have a separate camping area much closer to the main arena. We have also designated parking for Blue Badge holders situated adjacent to the camping areas. You will need to email info@wilkswoodrootsreggaefestival.co.uk to discuss this further and to book a pitch.

We will also have the Camp Gator, a golf buggy-style vehicle capable of carrying camping equipment for festival-goers requiring assistance. The Gator will also be available to able-bodied campers for a small hire charge.

There will be no electricity or water hook-ups on site at all so if this is important you may want to look at nearby Woodyhyde Campsite which has full facilities.

There will be locked accessible toilets in this campsite and in the main event area. Please contact a steward as you arrive for details.

We also provide a free carers ticket to each disabled ticket purchaser. Please email carers@wilkswoodreggae.co.uk to arrange this before buying your ticket.
Do you provide tickets for carers?
Are there showers?
Is there a water supply for campers?
Is there electricity on site?

There are no electrical hookups or phone charging points on site. The use of portable phone chargers is encouraged if you wish to stay ‘connected’ for the weekend. However, we hope most of you will take the opportunity to go ‘off grid’ and immerse yourself in the sights, sounds and smells of the festival. The festival programme will have details of the weekend’s schedule and acts and the lineup and times will also be signposted at various points in the main arena.
Are there cash machines on site?

There are no cash machines on the festival site but all bars, food outlets and merchandise stalls have card payment facilities

If you bring a quantity of cash with you please keep your it safe and secure and don’t keep all your cash and valuables in the same place.
Are camp fires allowed?

Unfortunately neither open fires nor charcoal barbecues are allowed at the festival. Basically if it can create a spark, do not use it; the grass is tinder dry and it won’t take much to get it going. Gas-fired stoves/barbecues (raised up from ground level, either with a stand or on stable blocks) are permitted. The festival will have a communal fire-pit zone for those not ready to turn in straight after the live acts finish performing.

Chinese lanterns are also not permitted as they pose a threat to livestock as well as a risk of fire.
Is alcohol allowed at the festival?

You can bring alcohol with you to the camping/campervan areas as long as it is not in glass bottles (see below).

Do not bring excessive amounts of alcohol as our security team may assume it’s for resale and you may risk it being impounded until after the festival.

No alcohol is allowed to be carried into the main arena; there are three bars serving alcohol at very reasonable prices.
Are glass bottles allowed on site?

The festival venue, Wilkswood Farm, is a working cattle farm for most of the year. Because broken glass would be an obvious danger to grazing animals, glass bottles are not permitted in the main arena nor the camping areas. This is in line with the majority of UK music festivals. If you arrive at the camping area with glass bottles you will be requested to return it to your vehicle or decant it into suitable containers; failing this it will be confiscated at the entrance. Beer cans and plastic bottles are permitted but we request that you use either the waste bins provided or remove your litter to leave the site.
Are dogs allowed on site?

Unfortunately, because the festival site is part of a livestock farm, we cannot allow dogs anywhere on the festival site with the exception of registered guide dogs. However, there are several campsites in the area that allow dogs: check out Acton Field and Tom’s Field in Langton Matravers and Harmans Cross Campsite, all of which are close to the festival site.
Are generators allowed?
How do trader's apply for a spot at the Festival?
Do you have a contact address for more information?

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Artists & Entertainers Information

Any artists or entertainers keen to appear at the Wilkswood Reggae Festival in coming years, please provide details of your act along with a link to a showreel to artists@wilkswoodreggae.com or use our Artists Application form.

Please use also this email address for any correspondence regarding your booked act and the event.

Traders Information

If you have a catering business or trading stall that you feel would work well at the festival, please send details to info@wilkswoodrootsreggaefestival.co.uk.

Artist Beware – Phishing scam

A number of festivals in the UK have been targeted by a phishing scam originating in the USA. The scam offers artists (usually based in the States) a performance slot at the festival, offering a performance fee and travel costs (in US dollars). It requests that the artist provide details of work visas and other personal details and then often requests a deposit to cover administration and travel fees. The scam uses spoof email addresses but appears to come from the festival organisers.

Please note that the Wilkswood Roots Reggae Festival will never contact artists in this way so please do not reply to the emails and instead report them as phishing emails.

Please use the contact email addresses above in all communication with the festival. Be reassured that the website has not been compromised in any way.

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INFO

2025 Dates

Location

Contact details

Your Questions Answered…

FESTIVAL SITE MAP

Artists & Entertainers Information

Traders Information

Artist Beware – Phishing scam

Wilkswood Reggae Festival 2025

Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 July

Tier 1 Super Early Bird Tickets
Sold Out Within One Week!

Tier 2 Early Bird Tickets
Now On Sale

Only 400 Available

ADULTS
£100

UNDER 18s
£80

UNDER 3s
FREE!

WEEKEND TICKET PRICE

INCLUDES FOUR NIGHTS CAMPING
& FREE PARKING

IN THE BEAUTIFUL PURBECK COUNTRYSIDE IN THE WOODS BY THE SEA.

Get a Good Thing Going and book your tickets today!

INFO

2025 Dates

Location

Contact details

Your Questions Answered…

FESTIVAL SITE MAP

Artists & Entertainers Information

Traders Information

Artist Beware – Phishing scam

Wilkswood Reggae Festival 2025

Thursday 24 to Sunday 27 July

Tier 1 Super Early Bird TicketsSold Out Within One Week!

Tier 2 Early Bird TicketsNow On Sale

Only 400 Available

ADULTS£100

UNDER 18s£80

UNDER 3sFREE!

WEEKEND TICKET PRICE

INCLUDES FOUR NIGHTS CAMPING& FREE PARKING

IN THE BEAUTIFUL PURBECK COUNTRYSIDE IN THE WOODS BY THE SEA.

Get a Good Thing Going and book your tickets today!

Tier 1 Super Early Bird Tickets
Sold Out Within One Week!

Tier 2 Early Bird Tickets
Now On Sale

ADULTS
£100

UNDER 18s
£80

UNDER 3s
FREE!

INCLUDES FOUR NIGHTS CAMPING
& FREE PARKING