Sign of the Times Festival

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Sign of the Times Festival is held at Church End, Nr Little Hadham Herts, SG11 2DY – The What 3 Words location is: whisk.resold.yachting.

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.

Parking is FREE and upon your arrival, 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.

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.

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.