GTSF Dancers and plus-ones 2025
Thu 3 Jul 2025 3:00 PM - Sun 6 Jul 2025 11:45 PM
Kirklington Lakes, NG22 8NX
Description
2025 marks the 18th Gate to Southwell Festival, taking place in early summer at our beautiful lakeland parkside setting in Kirklington, Notts; This is the place to book dancer tickets and buy tickets for plus-ones. We are encourageing a £15 per dancer voluntary donation to help the festival thrive.
You are probably aware that some festivals have introduced a “ticket price” for dancers, and we had intended to adopt a similar policy in 2025. Instead, we are proposing to introduce a charge of most likely £25/dancer from 2026 and for this coming festival we’re asking for a voluntary donation. In this regard we would suggest £15/dancer would be an appropriate amount.
The main reason for this change in policy is to cover the huge rise in infrastructure costs we’ve faced over the last 3 years (including toilets, showers, power, marquees, fencing, sound etc). Despite a significant increase in ticket prices (a 4-day ticket is now £167pp + £22pp to camp and £10+ for a pitch) we made a loss in the last 2 years which has eaten into our reserves.
For a few years some of the artists who play early on in the festival have been paying for themselves and partners, a similar amount to stay extra days. We are also trying to secure other sources of income such as sponsorship and are actively looking at ways to cut expenditure without affecting quality. It should be noted that GTSF is a not-for-profit organisation and as such the organisers are volunteers, and so do not take a salary or profit share.
Thank you in advance.