Sign of the Times Festival

Sign of the Times Festival takes place Friday 5th - Sunday 7th July 2024.

Sign of the Times Festival is held at Church End Farm in Hertfordshire.

The Event gates will open at 3.00pm on the Friday (5th July 2024) and 11.00 am on the Saturday (6th July 2024) and Sunday (7th July 2024). Car Parks will open 30 minutes before the gate opening times on each day.

The camp site opens for campers at 9am on the Friday and there is an extra early Thursday evening arrival option where camping ticket-holders can pitch up on Thursday (4th July) evening any time between 5pm and 8pm to get pitched up and settled in early, ready for the weekend, at no extra cost to camping ticket-holders. Thursday free early arrival is for live-in vehicle and tent camping (does not include Glamping early arrival, which has normal arrival times from Friday 9am onwards).

The music is scheduled to finish by 11.00pm each night.

Certainly! Sign of the Times is a family friendly event and children of all ages are welcome! Tickets are available for age groups 14-17 and 5-13. We will have activities outside of the music that children can enjoy each day!

Under 5’s are free and do not need a ticket. Under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible ticket-holding Adult aged 21+.

Each attendee can bring sealed bottle of water or soft drink up to 500ml.  Free drinking water points will be available throughout the festival, so you can bring an empty reusable plastic or aluminium bottle to the event for water refills. Due to licensing conditions, alcohol cannot be brought into the music arena. Anyone found trying to sneak alcohol into the festival will be denied entry.

Personal picnics are also permitted into the event, upon arrival, but no metal/glass utensils or cool boxes, for safety and security reasons. Further take-away food cannot be brought in during the event.  There will be a wide choice of caterers who will be very reasonably priced. Any person with specific dietary requirements can inform the festival in advance and, where suitable options aren’t available on site, they will give dispensation to bring suitable food to the event.

Please note, to allow time for security bag searches, the festival are operating a ‘no big bags policy’, so no large rucksacks or bags are permitted. Only small rucksacks/bags with length/width dimensions approximately no larger than a piece of A4 paper can be brought into the music arena.

There is no ATM facility on the Sign of the Times Festival site but all the bars will accept credit and debit cards, including contactless.

Folding chairs, blankets, etc, can be brought into the event. There will be a huge open-air viewing area with great views of the stage and screens from all parts of the site. If using a folding chair we would respectfully ask that they are not located near the front of the stage for safety reasons as this is the area where people stand.

You are asked that folding chairs, if used in the tent stage, are kept to the back of the tent and do not obstruct doorways and walkways. Unattended chairs will be removed by security.

Dogs, kept on leads at all time, are allowed into the festival and camp sites. Any dog fouling must be cleaned up and disposed of. For their welfare, we request that dogs are not exposed to long periods of loud music near the stage. We also request that weather conditions are taken into consideration when bringing dogs to the festival and remind customers that dogs should not be left unattended in vehicles during hot weather. Water points will be located throughout the arena & campsites to fill dog water bowls and keep them hydrated.

Sign of the Times Festival is a family friendly event and the team run a number of festivals around the UK. Their Security Provider are specialists in Live Music Events.  Sign of the Times supports it’s provider in ensuring that their zero-tolerance approach to anti-social or disruptive behaviour maintains a calm and enjoyable atmosphere for everyone.

Also available on site are a team of professional medical staff to assist with any problems.

They also have comprehensive safeguarding policies including a professional approach to dealing with lost children to ensure that all possible steps are taken to keep everyone as safe as possible.

Not only will there be lots of toilets available at the event, but there will also be a fantastic team of cleaners to ensure that the toilets remain clean and stocked throughout the day.

Unfortunately we can’t issue you with a refund if you can’t make the event due to work commitments or your mates have dropped out. In these circumstances, we advise passing on your tickets privately to avoid losing out on the money spent. Refunds can only be offered if the event is cancelled or postponed, as agreed upon purchase.

Sign of the Times Festival’s 2024 VIP option will have further revamps and improvements, to ensure the 2024 VIP will be the very best VIP experience possible. The festival organisers have taken on board all feedback from 2023’s event and will be implementing changes to ensure you really do feel like a VIP at Sign of The Times Festival 2024! VIP will include:

A top-quality BBQ, offering a range of meat, vegetarian and vegan options, accompanied by a variety of accompaniments and salads plus a range of sweet choices.

The food will be served on the Friday between 6.00pm and 9.30pm and on the Saturday & Sunday  between 4.30pm and 8.30pm.

Posh toilets for exclusive use of VIP only.

Separate parking and a fast track separate entrance.

Dressed marquee, heated, with table seating and soft furnishings.

Dedicated VIP bar with trained mixologists and premium drinks (ice buckets, etc.).

Welcome drink of your choice included on arrival

Guest DJ in the VIP marquee.

Outside beer garden seating area, with excellent stage views.

A VIP ticket for either day (Friday, Saturday or Sunday) or the full weekend, needs to be purchased in addition to general entry tickets, either at the same time or as an add on!

Children aged 5-13 and 14-17 qualify for tickets at a reduced price.

Children ages 5 and under are free and do not require a ticket.

Under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible ticket-holding adult aged 21+.

Using a tiered system, each standard ticket gets full event access, but those purchasing earlier will definitely get the best price. The initial Early Bird price will be THE cheapest ticket available at any time for Sign of the Times Festival and the Early Bird allocation will be strictly limited.

All Prices are subject to Booking Fee. As each allocation nears sell out, announcements will be made on social media and the festival web site, before the next allocation is released.

Due to strictly limited numbers for the 2024 festival, and the popularity of the event, we expect Sign of the Times to sell out well in advance.

We expect Sign of the Times Festival to probably sell-out in advance (the event has a set capacity determined for safety reasons), but in the unlikely event that there are any non-camping tickets remaining (as we expect camping to sell out well in advance due to limited numbers), they would be available to purchase on the day at gate prices.

Tickets are automatically emailed electronically to you, two weeks before the event. If you can’t find your tickets please contact us on custcare@skiddle.com, confirming the details of your ticket order (name and email address) and we will use these to find your booking.

Parking is FREE and upon your arrival, our Stewards will direct you to the appropriate parking area. VIP Arena ticket-holders will have access to a separate parking area even closer to the event.

More information coming soon.

Sign of The Times Festival welcomes disabled festival goers and takes all reasonable measures to assist with their attendance and enjoyment of the event. At the same time, the festival takes place in the open countryside and disabled guests should be aware that the main arena, car park and surrounding areas are, naturally, fairly uneven and may be difficult to navigate. Where possible when designing the site, they do so, so it utilises level, flat routes, to make the event as accessible as possible for wheelchair users.

There will also be a dedicated viewing area for wheelchair users to view the event, though it does have a capacity and will be first come first served to wheelchair users and their companions, and there will be disabled toilet facilities in the festival arena and in the disabled campsites.  

The free Disabled Facilities Access Permit is for those who require accessible facilities or additional support to accommodate disabilities, only, and can be accessed by booking the free Disabled Facilities Access Permit in addition to all normal purchased camping tickets (per person) and Motorhome/Caravan permit, if required. If NOT camping it can still be ordered if use of the secure disabled facilities in the music arena are required. Kindly note the Disabled Permit is NOT an entry ticket and is additional to the camping or non-camping tickets per person.

For 2024 the disabled toilets will remain separate in a secure compound with steward monitoring, to ensure that only disabled guests with the disabled facilities access permit have access to them.

Any person with additional needs who requires a free accompanying ticket for a carer or assistant, can email Sign of the Times Festival at info@signofthetimesfestival.co.uk where the festival organisers will make provision for this directly. If you have any other specific requirements, let us know and where at all possible, we’ll endeavour to help.

Access to facilities is subject to availability and not guaranteed. Anyone turning up on the day without making prior arrangements may not be able to access these facilities if they are full to capacity.

There are no discounts for disabled visitors, but the festival has full disabled facilities.

If you require the assistance of an accompanying carer, a free Carer Ticket is available. To order , please email info@signofthetimesfestival.co.uk a copy of PIP or other disability allowance and your tickets order reference number, and a link to order the Carer Ticket will be emailed back to you.

You will be asked to show some carers ID or a blue badge for the person requiring assistance to ease the transition at the entrance and allow security to correctly identify you as a person who should be in possession of the free ticket.

There will be a Disabled Camping Section close to the music arena for ease of access, clearly signposted on the weekend, that needs to be pre-booked and is subject to availability.

If you have mobility issues and require the Disabled Camping Area, closer to the music arena, please email info@signofthetimesfestival.co.uk to confirm your requirements and someone will be back in touch.

Yes, Sign of the Times Festival 2024 will have camping next door to the music arena for tents, motorhomes and caravans. Vehicle parking will be located close to the campsites so there’ll be no long walks with your camping gear or to the music arena. Please note – due to health and safety reasons cars are unable to park beside tents as there are to be no vehicle movements inside the campsites.

Camping tickets are for the full weekend only and the camp sites will open from 9am on Friday 5th July until 2pm on Monday 8th July 2024.

There is also a Thursday evening arrival option. For no extra charge campers can arrive on the Thursday evening (4th July 2024) any time between 5pm and 8pm to get pitched up and settled in early, ready for the weekend. Thursday free early arrival is for live-in vehicle and tent camping (does not include Glamping early arrival, which has normal arrival times from Friday 9am onwards). Please note, for the early arrival on Thursday, only toilet facilities will be available. Pamper & Posh Loos will be available from Friday.

The camp site facilities will include:

24/7 security

Toilets, showers and drinking water supplies

ELSAN waste disposal point

There will be 4 main camping sections, all of which are close to the music arena, so no long walks which will be separated with:

Tents

Motorhomes and caravans

Car park for Tent campers (separate from tents)

Glamping option (see Glamping for full information )

There is a Disabled Camping Section and Quiet and Family Camping area, both of which will be clearly signposted on the weekend.

Camping tickets are for the full weekend only and the camp sites will open from 9am on Friday 5th July until 2pm on Monday 8th July. There is also an early Thursday evening arrival option. For no extra charge you can choose to arrive on the Thursday evening (4th July 2024) any time between 5pm and 8pm to get pitched up and settled in early, ready for the weekend, at no extra cost to camping ticket-holders. Thursday free early arrival is for live-in vehicle and tent camping (does not include Glamping early arrival, which has normal arrival times from Friday 9am onwards).

Glamping at Sign of the Times Festival is the ultimate luxury festival experience, located in its own glamping village, and includes access to the pamper station and posh loos and showers!

Your boutique glamping tent is a premium canvas 4m Bell Tent complete with carpeted floors, luxury deep-fill beds that sleep up to 4 people and fresh, comfy duvets and pillows.

With lighting indoor and outdoor, and access to 13-amp sockets available to keep your essentials charged over the weekend, (up to a maximum usage of 6 amps at any one time) this is festival life at its finest. These glamping beds, whilst comfy, are floor level so please contact the festival organisers if you have mobility issues that may require a raised bed.

Plenty of spare blankets will be available in to enjoy your outdoor seating area or to wrap up in your tent ready for the perfect night’s sleep. 

Please note Glamping is an upgrade package for up to 4 persons (the price is in total, not per person) and each person must also have a valid Weekend Camping Ticket.

Camping pitches will be filled sequentially on arrival, so you will be directed to either tent camping, live in vehicle camping, disabled camping or Glamping by stewards, as you arrive.

All camp sites have toilets, showers, ELSAN waste disposal, drinking water supplies and 24/7 security.

For safety reasons, to avoid the risk of vehicles driving between occupied tents, and to allow safe driving lanes in between, the cars must be parked in a separate car park and cannot be parked next to tents. The car parks will be close by to the campsites.

The Camping tickets are PER PERSON wishing to camp, and allow camping for the weekend  plus 3 days of music entry:

TENTS CAMPING for camping in a tent with a car included which must be parked separate to tents.

LIVE-IN VEHICLE CAMPING for camping in a motorhome, caravan or camper van.

If camping in a live-in vehicle you need to purchase a standard camping ticket, per person, PLUS an additional LIVE-IN VEHICLE PERMIT, per vehicle, if camping in a Motorhome, Camper or Caravan.

Open fires are permitted only in fireproof containers clearly raised from the ground (fire pits etc) and should only be used when supervised by persons sober and sensible.

BBQs are permitted only when clearly raised from the ground (fire pits etc) and should only be used when supervised by persons sober and sensible.

Camping Stoves are permitted, and you are wholeheartedly encouraged to use either solid or liquid fuelled options which are not only much safer but more environmentally friendly too.

If you use a gas canister supplied stove (butane etc) please ensure that you bring only the minimum amount of gas required for your stay and both always use and store these items appropriately.

All fires / stoves must always be used an appropriate distance from any tents.  At least 1m is essential and over 2m for any form of open fire or BBQ.

Security will prevent any improper use of fires, BBQs or stoves and person who fail to follow these basic safety steps risk their items being seized and/or being ejected from the Festival.

Please enjoy, but do so sensibly and safely, thank you.

The camp sites are filled sequentially on arrival, so if you’d like to pitch up next to friends, please arrive together.

Tents and accompanying vehicles, for safety reasons, are in separate areas of each camp site to motorhomes and caravans. Campers are able to socialise with friends in any other areas of the camp site.

The average Live In Vehicle space is designated to be 8m x 7m, which is enough space to fit in a motorhome and awning, or a caravan, small awning and a car.  Please be aware there will not be room allocated for extended awnings, or additional tents etc around live in vehicles, to ensure there is adequate space for everyone.

Within the tent camping area, space is measured to assume that each person will bring twice the camping space required.  For example a group of 2 will bring a 4 man tent, a group of 6 will bring a 12 man tent etc.

Where possible the festival will accommodate what they can, but if people bring a disproportionately large tent (i.e. 2 people with a 10 man tent) they may need to refuse this on the grounds that it could unfairly prevent someone else being able to access the campsite.  While a small gazebo shared between a few groups is fine, the organisers also need to reserve the right not to allow large gazebos in addition to large tents for the same space related reasons.

Campers can bring personal food and drink onto the site for consumption by campers, in the camp site only.

Free drinking water will be provided so you can bring in an empty reusable plastic or aluminium bottle for refills.

NO GLASS or metal utensils are allowed anywhere on site due to Health & Safety restrictions.