The Festival Ticket gives you full access to a huge range of events over the festival bank holiday weekend. Expect headline music acts, debates with the world's leading thinkers, the hottest comedy, cabaret, and film, along with a host of extra experiences and of course our famed late night parties with DJs and live music across 12 stages.

Please note: this ticket does not include camping.

Opposite the festival site but secluded in their own field with views to the Black mountains, our boutique yurts sleep 2 - 6 people in super-comfortable beds, with top quality amenities on hand. Along with our premium camping range (sleeping 1-2 people), they're the perfect way to unwind and indulge after each day's excitement.

Add your Festival Ticket here and select your luxury yurt or premium camping option on the next page.  

Please note: the festival site opens from 4pm on Friday 24th May, and the campsite is available from 2pm on Thursday 23rd May.

Our camping ground is in a brilliant location immediately opposite the festival site, yet set apart from the hubbub of the festival. Arrive and pitch your tent from the evening of Thursday 23rd May. Festival Ticket + Camping includes full access to festival events across the May Bank holiday weekend.

Please note: we do not accept tents which do not fit in a 3mx3m plot.

Festival Tickets for students and those under 25 are 30% off. These tickets give full access to festival events over the course of the bank holiday weekend, including headline music acts, the best in stand-up comedy from the UK and beyond, award-winning documentaries, debates among the world's leading thinkers, and so much more, before we dance the night away with our late night parties every evening.

Please note: this ticket does not include camping.

Please select the Under 25s / Students discount at the checkout to apply your 30% discount.

Festival Tickets + Camping for students and those under 25 are 30% off. Camp in a self-pitched tent in a brilliant location immediately opposite the festival site, set comfortably apart from HowTheLightGetsIn's music venues.  The HowTheLightGetsIn Ticket + Camping enables you to arrive and pitch your tent from the evening of Thursday 23rd May, and includes full access to festival events across the May Bank holiday weekend.

Please select the Under 25s / Students discount at the checkout to apply your 30% discount.

We welcome children under 12 to HowTheLightGetsIn for free, providing they are accompanied by an adult at all times. The festival site hosts vintage fairground rides, a sandpit, hangout area, live entertainers, and so much more, keeping the kids enchanted for hours.

The Friday Ticket grants you access to the full programme of events on the opening Friday of the festival.  See the Programme page for full details of events on this day including music legends, big debates, and the HowTheLightGetsIn Opening party into the early hours. 

The Saturday Ticket grants you access to the full programme of events on the Saturday of the bank holiday weekend.  See the Programme page for details of events on this day - with a full schedule of debates and talks alongside music running throughout the day and headline acts in the evening with our late night Saturday Shindig party into the early hours.

The Sunday Ticket grants you access to the full programme of events on the Sunday of the bank holiday weekend.  See the Programme page for details of events on this day - with a full schedule of debates and talks alongside music running throughout the day and headline acts in the evening with our late night Sunday Shooting Star Party into the early hours. 

The Monday Ticket grants you access to the full programme of events on the Monday of the bank holiday weekend.  See the Programme page for details of events on this day - with a full schedule of debates and talks alongside music running throughout the day and our Monday Showdown events in the evening. 

The Flexi ticket gives you access to any 4 of our headline events listed on our programme page.  Add a Flexi Day Pass for the day/s you want to attend the festival.   

You do not need to specify your four headline events in advance, just turn up and decide which events you want to attend. If you don't want to queue you can purchase a fast pass.  See our programme page.

In addition to the four headline events the Flexi Day Pass gives you access to a host of unticketed events that run throughout the day and evening in the Stage and Blue Moon tents and also in the Fayre and the Riverside Disco. Flexi Day Passes are available during the festival at the Box office for those who have already purchased a Flexi Ticket.                               

Please Note:  You will not be able to enter the site without a relevant Flexi Day Pass.

Please Note:  Flexi Day Passes are only available in combination with the Flexi Ticket. 

Please Note:  Flexi Day Passes are only available in combination with the Flexi Ticket.

Please Note:  Flexi Day Passes are only available in combination with the Flexi Ticket.

Please Note:  Flexi Day Passes are only available in combination with the Flexi Ticket.