INFO & FAQs

Your ticket will be exchanged for a wristband at the Box Office when you arrive at the festival. This will give you access to all venues and events, subject to capacity.

Wristbands can be collected from the NeoAncients Box Office located in the Lansdown Gallery, Lansdown GL5 1BB.

The Box Office will be open throughout the festival:

Friday 5pm–9pm
Saturday 9am–9pm
Sunday 9am–6pm

You’ll need a wristband to attend all ticket-holder-only events. Some events are open to the general public and you do not need your wristband to attend these. Events open to the general public will be listed in the programme and on the NeoAncients website.

Venues are mixed sizes, but core programme evening events take place at St Laurence Church, which has capacity for all ticket-holders.

For other venues, we’ve carefully programmed the festival with multiple events happening at the same time to make sure there is always something for you to see, so if you can’t get into one event, you’ll be able to go to another event somewhere else.

Some of our partner satellite venues are very small and will be on a first come, first served basis.

NeoAncients is a multi-venue town-based festival and your wristband will be checked by door staff at each venue before entry.

Ideally yes, but if you don’t have the app you can present your ID and confirmation email to the Box Office staff when you collect your wristband.

You will not use DICE, nor will you need a physical ticket. Just head to the Box Office with your ID and order confirmation email, and your name will be on a Weird Walk Shop Early Bird Ticketholders List.

Yes.

You should have received an email confirmation with a QR code via DICE.

Your phone with the DICE app and QR code, or photo ID and confirmation email if collecting your ticket without the DICE app.

Yes, just bring your photo ID and confirmation email with you to the Box Office.

You will be issued with a wristband giving you access to all venues. Wristbands will be checked on the door of each venue.

Yes, you can purchase day tickets on DICE.

Unfortunately individual event tickets are not available.

Five Valleys Shopping Centre Multi-Storey, Merrywalks
Open 24 hours, charges apply, cheap on Sundays.

Brunel Mall Multi-Storey, London Road
Open 8am–9pm, free after 2pm, closed on Sundays.

Church Street Car Park
Open 24 hours, charges apply Monday–Saturday, 8am–5pm.

Parliament Street Car Park
Open 24 hours, charges apply Monday–Saturday, 8am–5pm.

No. Only alcohol purchased on site may be consumed on site. Bag searches may be in operation throughout the weekend at the venues and bringing alcohol onto our site will not be permitted. Local venues rely on the income from bar sales to support hosting events for NeoAncients.

We are required to operate Challenge 25. Anyone that our bar staff think looks younger than 25 years will be asked to provide photographic ID. If you are under 25, or think you look younger than 25 years old, please make sure you have ID with you.

No. Due to Stroud District Council licensing laws, no alcoholic drinks may be carried between venues. We ask that you bear this in mind throughout the weekend and also that you cooperate with our door staff who will be upholding this ruling on our behalf.

Normal smoking and vaping rules apply: you can smoke in outdoor areas but you cannot smoke or vape inside any enclosed public buildings or venues.

The full programme schedule, with times and venues, is available on the NeoAncients website, here PROGRAMME, and you’ll be given a printed programme when you collect your wristband.

The first event is the attempted standing of the Hurdy Stone. The walk to the site will leave from outside the Lansdown Gallery, Lansdown GL5 1BB at 6pm.

The NeoAncients x Supersonic programme starts at St Laurence’s Church, The Shambles GL5 1JL at 7:30pm, with doors open at 7:00pm.

First events on Saturday and Sunday start at 10:00am.

The last band on Sunday will finish at 10:30pm.

The attempted standing of the Hurdy Stone is a collaboration between NeoAncients and L-13. The event is free to the general public to attend.

The procession/walk to the site will leave from outside the Lansdown Gallery, Lansdown GL5 1BB at 6pm on Friday.

The terrain is okay if you are able to walk up and down hills and steps.

Nearby parking suggestions are listed above – for any accessibility questions, please contact us at info@neoancients.com.

Friday at 7:00pm.

Friday at 8:00–8:30pm.

Yes.

Accessibility is very important to us and all of our main venues are accessible. Some of the smaller fringe events that are being run by friends of NeoAncients may not be accessible.

There will be a list of all venues and their access details published on our website a week before the festival. If you would like us to send you these details directly please request a copy by emailing info@neoancients.com.

All our main venues have accessible toilets.

This is available on request so please let us know as soon as possible by emailing info@neoancients.com.

Email us at info@neoancients.com and we will arrange reserved seating for you.

Yes, this is available on request so please email us at info@neoancients.com.

Whilst the festival isn’t strictly 18+, it is not geared to children and there are no child-centred activities. Children will require full-price tickets to attend. Under-18s must be accompanied by a ticket-holding adult at all times.

Complete the application form online at: https://forms.gle/VwqtiWi4827UrkgQ6

No. We’ve prioritised keeping stall fees as low as possible to just cover venue hire, so access to festival events is not included.

We’re fully programmed for NeoAncients 2026 but are always keen to hear from artists, performers and makers. We will post on social media when we’re ready to start receiving applications for next year’s festival.

Whilst we’d love to be able to give out press and photographer passes, we have such a tight capacity that we reserve all our tickets for festival-goers. If there are particular events that you’d like to cover please contact us at info@neoancients.com and we’ll see what we can do.

Of course — please tag us in any photos or video that you post online @neoancients.

If you haven’t received a confirmation email from DICE, your booking may still be valid, as tickets are primarily stored within the app rather than sent via email. To confirm, open the DICE app and tap the Tickets icon, second from the left at the bottom.

Yes, the full programme is available on the website and on Instagram.

You can attend selected parts of the festival. See the full programme listed on the website for a variety of town-wide free events and day tickets.

No, we don’t provide camping facilities.

Please check online for options.

There are plenty of places on Airbnb and there is Hawkwood, The Stroud Hotel and a Premier Inn with lots of space.