Festivals
Festival Bell Tent Hire & Glamping Villages
Pop-up glamping villages for 50 to 1,200 guests. Bell tents for accommodation, stretch tents for the gathering.
Folk festivals, international horse trials, off-road weekends, triathlons. Organisers across the UK trust us with their on-site accommodation, some every year since 2022.
We've run glamping villages from 50 tents up to 1,200 guests.
Bell tents with real raised beds, full crew on site, and a private booking page so festivalgoers pay direct.
Our own tents, pitched and made up on site · villages from 50 to 200+ tents
Bespoke booking page for your event
Guests pick and pay direct.
Each festival gets a private booking portal branded with your event name. Guests pick the tent and package they want, pay direct via Stripe, and you see who's booked in real time.
Free to set up. We make our money on the tents, not on charging organisers a portal fee.
How the booking system worksLive booking page
Into the Burrow 2026
What works for festivals
The village they sleep in.
The tent they gather under.
Bell Tents for Accommodation
From £200 per tent
5m bell tents, sleep up to 4. From 50-tent intimate villages to 200+ tent festivals. Empty, basic, or fully styled.
See bell tent options →
Stretch Tents for the Gathering
From £995
VIP lounges, festival bars, chill-out zones, performance shelter. Three sizes, weatherproof, distinctive shape.
See stretch tent options →Taking bookings
Festivals we'll be at.
A run of festivals, horse trials and events across the UK, plus the regulars who come back to us year after year.
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Unity Fest 2027 Music festival West Mid Showground, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY1 2PF 9-12 Jul 2027 - Music festival Wild in the Woods 2027 Music festival Cheadle, Staffordshire ST10 2NS 16-19 Jul 2027
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Into the Burrow 2026 Music festival Surrey, UK. The festival releases the full address and postcode nearer the date. 18-20 Sep 2026 -
Dirt Fest Off-Road Festival 2026 Off-road Bramham Park, Bramham Lane, Wetherby LS23 6ND 3-4 Oct 2026
Already glamped
Where we've pitched.
These have been and gone. Each page carries next year's dates where the organiser has published them, and a list you can join where they have not.
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Krankenhaus Festival 2026 Music festival Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass, Cumbria CA18 1RQ 28-30 Aug 2026 -
The Magpies Festival 2026 Music festival Sutton Park, Sutton-on-the-Forest, York YO61 1DP 14-15 Aug 2026 - Bike show Yorkshire Rock n Bike Show 2026 Bike show Squires Cafe Bar, Newthorpe LS25 5LX 6-9 Aug 2026
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Saltburn Folk Festival 2026 Folk festival Saltburn Learning Campus, Marske Mill Lane, Saltburn-by-the-Sea TS12 1HJ 6-9 Aug 2026 - Unity Fest 2026 Music festival Newark Showground NG24 2NY 10-13 Jul 2026
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Sleapkosh 2026 Music festival Sleap Airfield, near Wem, Shropshire SY4 3HE 10-12 Jul 2026 -
Defender Bramham International Horse Trials 2026 Horse trials Bramham Park, Wetherby LS23 6ND 11-14 Jun 2026 -
Belsay International Horse Trials 2026 Horse trials Belsay Castle, Northumberland NE20 0DX 13-16 May 2026 -
Yorkshire Cycle Festival 2026 Cycling Yorkshire 12-14 Jun 2026 -
Boho Fest 2026 Music festival TBC 24-26 Jul 2026
Included, no charge
A free marketing pack for your festival.
New for 2027: every event we work with gets a ready-to-post marketing pack built around your branding, like the one we made for Stormin' the Castle. It is a free extra we do to promote your glamping and lift sales. You just post it.
- Instagram and Facebook feed posts, sized and captioned
- A 15-second story video, plus the individual story frames
- A link-preview image so the booking page looks right when shared
- Ready-to-forward emails for your mailing list, spread through the year
We build it once your dates are locked, and send it over as a folder you can post straight from. There is nothing for you to brief, design or sign off.
Get a quoteBuilt for Stormin' the Castle. Yours would carry your festival's branding.
What it costs you
Risk-free for your festival.
There is no cost to trying glamping at your event: no delivery fee, no platform fee, no setup cost to you. If it does not sell, you have lost nothing. It usually does, and festival glamping tends to grow year on year as guests see the village and book earlier the next time round.
For festival organisers
Common questions.
Can you host the booking page for our festival?
Yes. We build and host a custom booking page on our domain for your event, branded to your festival. There is no platform fee, you can add a per-tent kickback on top of the base price and we collect it on your behalf.
Can we add a per-tent fee on top of your base prices?
Yes. Whatever percentage or fixed amount per tent you want, we add it transparently and pay it to you after the event. Most festival partners run a £20-50 per-tent kickback.
What is the minimum tent count for a festival to be viable?
Around 15 tents is the sweet spot logistically. We can flex below that depending on venue distance, closer to York is more workable at smaller counts.
What is the difference between glamping tents and bare bell tents?
Glamping tents come fully furnished, rugs, cushions, mirrors, lighting, with real beds (single or double config) as an optional add-on. Bell tents are unfurnished pop-up shells, priced lower, for guests bringing their own kit. Most festivals offer both as upgrade tiers.
Can guests choose different durations and we charge different prices?
Yes. Common setup is 3-night vs weekend-only at different price points, or per-night pricing. We configure the portal to whatever pricing model works for your event.
When do you install, and can guests access tents early?
Setup the day before gates open. For tight site builds we can work around your timetable. Guests can usually access from mid-afternoon on setup day if pre-furnished.
Will there be someone on site to check guests in?
For events over 30 tents, yes, we provide on-site check-in for the duration. For smaller events, tents come pre-set and guests let themselves in, or you handle check-in yourself.
How much space does each tent need?
A 5m bell tent has a footprint of about 5m × 5m. Including guy ropes, allow 7m × 7m per pitch. Flat or gently sloping grass works best.
Can we modify the booking options after the page goes live?
Yes. We can add packages, change pricing, adjust dates or add a sold-out flag at any point. Just tell us what needs to change.
Can you put us in touch with festival clients you have worked with?
Yes. We can connect you with organisers from past festivals so you can hear directly how the booking flow worked for their event.
Can we factor our standard campsite fee into glamping prices?
Yes. If your festival charges a per-person camping fee on top, we roll it into the package price so guests see one total at checkout.
5.0★ on Google · 33 reviews
What festival organisers say
★★★★★
"We use The Glamping Group’s bell tents for our yearly festival in North Yorkshire. They put up over 50 tents for our guests. The glamping package we offered guests sold out much quicker than expected and we were pleased to be able make extra revenue from it after paying their costs. They were also a delight to work with, professional and approachable. We’ve worked with other bell tent companies in the past and this was the first time we have had absolutely no complaints from the guests. Guests gave great feedback- comfy beds, clean and exactly as pictured. We’ll definitely be working with them again! Thanks a lot!"
★★★★★
"Great service from The Glamping Group for our festival, Fifty Fest. Excellent feedback from our guests and the option to include a real bed and matress was impressive and taken up by many. Will certainly be using The Glamping Group for our 2024 event. Thanks guys."
Running a festival?
Send dates, venue, expected guest count. We'll come back inside 24 hours with what we can do.
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