Hi everyone, the news today is that 2026 Early Bird tickets will go on sale on Monday 1st September at 10am Tfor the 2026 festival which take place from Thursday 2nd July to Sunday 5th July.

Click the link on the Ticket Page any time from 10am on Monday.

Early Bird tickets are limited in number and sold out in just a few hours last year. We'll then automatically switch to Tier 1 tickets at a slightly higher price.

Wednesday Add-On

We have a new ticket option this year, for those who want to avoid the queues and can arrive on Wednesday afternoon. The Wednesday Add-On ticket will get you into the campsite between 4pm and 8pm on Wednesday for an extra night of socialising. There will be some catering and entertainment at the Boathouse bar area, but the rest of the arena will be closed until Thursday afternoon. There are a limited number of these tickets available, and are only for campers buying a Weekend-Extra ticket (plus your camping/pitch tickets).

We're hoping to start the Southwell shuttle bus on Thursday morning so Wednesday campers can also add-on a trip into this beautiful market town without missing any of the festival.​

This year we had to open the campsite early on Thursday to avoid queues back onto the public roads. We won't be doing that in 2026 because early Wednesday arrivers will take the pressure off the Thursday queue for the campsite.

And Finally...

We are working on all things 2026, including on an amazing line-up, which we hope will include Richard Thompson who had to retire hurt from the 2025 event. He said at the time that he hopes to join us in 2026 and we're waiting to hear from his managememt team to see if we can make that happen. We'll start announcing the line-up in the coming weeks.

According to a review of 2025, GTSF is "Spectacularly iridescent...a top class, international musical journey....". Make it yours too!

See you in July!!

The GTSF Team