Deer Shed Festival 10

One week later than our usual weekend, and well into the school hols, Deer Shed Festival returns for its 10th anniversary celebration of family friendly music, arts and science from 26th-28th July 2019.

Tickets are now running low, it’s fair to say, with less than 20% remaining. With all-star additions to the line-up coming thick and fast, now is the time to buy tickets to avoid disappointment.

This July, we welcome...

Ezra Furman, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Anna Calvi, The Wedding Present, Steve Mason, Akala, Palace, Sunflower Bean, Gruff Rhys, Lucy Rose, Flyte, The Slow Readers Club, She Drew The Gun, Insecure Men, BC Camplight, John Bramwell, Tracyanne & Danny, Tiny Ruins, Fontaines D.C., Flamingods, Piroshka, Charles Watson, Tom Williams, Kathryn Joseph, Pip Blom, The Howl & The Hum, You Tell Me, Skinny Pelembe, K.O.G & the Zongo Brigade, The Once, Willie J. Healey, Laurel, Dylan Cartlidge, Lisa O'Neill and many more on our music page.

Plus our biggest ever comedy and shows line-up, starring Reginald D.Hunter, Nina Conti, Milton Jones, DENIM, Justin Moorhouse, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, The Scummy Mummies, Tez Ilyas, Barbara Nice, Tom Parry, Brett Domino Trio, Magical Bones, Amy Gledhill, Alice Fraser, Jonny & The Baptists, Lucy Beaumont and many more!

Our theme for 2019, Generation XYZ, gives us a great excuse to curate our arts, science and sport programmes with the things beloved by each generation. So, if you want to...

...master the Rubik’s cube, relive your retro video gaming glory days, or learn how to play a furby organ with Look Mum No Computer, you can in our science tent.

...experience magical and immersive theatre, walkabout performances and art installations created specifically for our festival site, you can with our arty stuff line-up.

...channel your inner Hulk Hogan with KAPOW Wrestling, learn to fence, or take part in the biggest game of British Bulldog Baldersby Park has ever seen, you can in our sports arena.

Coming soon for 2019 - arts workshops, literary and spoken word, wellbeing, cinema and under 5 programmes. In the meantime, click any of those links to see our 2018 offerings!

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"Deer Shed proves once again that it is the ultimate family festival, one that is friendly, relaxed, spacious, with a massively eclectic musical line-up and so much entertainment for the kids that you’ll never hear "I'm bored"."
Festivals For All read full review.

"If you’re coming here for the first time, congratulations: you’ve just found the best festival for families in the north – perhaps even the whole UK."
Efestivals read full review.

"...the brightest, shiniest jewel in the North of England’s festival crown."
God Is In The TV read full review.

"Like the best underground scenester venue, Deer Shed has just treated us to a masterclass in superlative new music: five brilliant acts hot off the press, the world at their feet."
There Goes The Fear read full review.

"In its ninth year, the family-run, family-focused Deer Shed Festival is thriving in troubled times for small festivals."
The Times read full review.

"A family festival that impressed my party animal. The music is still a winner even for a football mad pre-teen."
i read full review.

And most importantly what you guys thought.

Come for free? Join our Love Deer Shed Ambassador Scheme!!

If you already rave about Deer Shed to your friends and family why not be rewarded for your enthusiasm and join our ambassador scheme!

In a nutshell, for every 8 adult tickets you sell on our behalf we will give you a FREE adult ticket plus there are all sorts of other rewards to earn!

And if you have your ticket already or if you are keen to volunteer you can still benefit by gifting your FREE ticket to a friend.

Check out our Ambassador page for all the detail!!

We might rant on a bit here, sorry.

If you go and watch a Pixar movie with your children, everyone has a great time. Not just your kids, EVERYBODY!!! We strive for this holy-grail every year.

We don't have kid's areas as such, they're not zoo animals! The whole site is accessible to everyone and we will welcome you as though you were our house guests, which you essentially are.

But we are a cultural event too and you will be exposed to many new things. We like new things. You might be challenged by some of them, but we want every family member to leave Baldersby Park inspired, if that's ok.

And finally, our music line-up, hitting you through extremely high fidelity PA systems will be as thrilling and contemporary as you will find at any UK festival in 2019 - it's just that you can share that thrill with your kids and feel perfectly safe at the same time.

Oh, and if you don't have kids to bring, that's fine too xx