Full weekend tickets for Friday, Saturday & Sunday. No day tickets available, full weekend only. For 2013 we are using a tiered ticketing system, see below to find out how it works.

1st Tier Adult full weekend ticket (16+)	£79 + booking fee SOLD OUT
2nd Tier Adult full weekend ticket (16+)	£89 + booking fee STILL AVAILABLE
3rd Tier Adult full weekend ticket (16+)	£99 + booking fee NOT RELEASED
Child full weekend ticket (6+)	£25 + booking fee
Child full weekend ticket (5 and under)	£1 + booking fee
Full weekend campervan / caravan/ trailer tent pass	£20 + booking fee
Camping in a tent, no size restrictions	FREE
Car parking	FREE

Important - please read

• Tickets will be despatched electronically.
• Any issues relating to Ticketscript ticketing specifically please email support@ticketscript.co.uk.
• No day tickets for DSF4, we want you all weekend.
• Kids under 16 must be accompanied by at least one adult (18+).
• You can only buy 10 tickets per transaction from Ticketscript.
• An additional service charge of £2.00 per ticket plus 4.5% will be added to your booking by Ticketscript. No additional charges will be added.
• Any other ticketing questions please email tickets@deershedfestival.com or call 01845 595980.

 

So what's this tiered ticketing?

Tiered ticketing applies to adult tickets only for Deer Shed Festival 4. Tier 1 adult tickets are £79 + booking fee. When this tier runs out we move onto tier 2 adult tickets at £89 + booking fee and finally tier 3 tickets are released at £99 + booking fee.

Booking fees make my blood boil

We know, we know.

For DSF1 we used PayPal, printed our own tickets, licked our own envelopes and it was a load of work. Then PayPal moved the goalposts with unworkable payment terms.

For DSF2 we built our own eTicketing system to do away with the stamp lickin'. In order for this to work we needed a card processing account (merchant account) from a bank. This proved impossible to secure. The festival industry and the ticketing industry in general is rightly classified a high risk. If you buy tickets for an event on your credit card and the event goes bust the bank is liable for your refund. Frustrating, especially after building the eTicket system.

So we are forced to use a third party ticketing company, Ticketscript for 2013. They are able to spread risks over a number of events and are therefore able to secure the merchant accounts. The banks charge 2-3% of the transaction and the ticketing company take a similar fee.

We try to get as good a deal as we can from ticketing companies for our audience. They reduce our costs by handling the ticketing, enabling us to keep ticket prices lower. So yes booking fees our an unavoidable part of life and if we had any other options we'd take them.