How do I claim my sustainability refund?
In July 2026, Barefoot Festival returns and this time, it’s extra special. We’re celebrating 20 years of Barefoot, and we can’t wait to welcome you back for a truly magical anniversary gathering. We are returning to the wonderful Cattows Farm in North West Leicestershire.
Our much-loved Big Top will once again be the beating heart of the festival, bursting with dance and movement workshops, a high-energy family rave with DJs, and our spectacular burlesque show, hosted by the fabulous Talulah Blue. Expect joy, connection, and moments that stay with you long after the canvas comes down.
Across the site, you’ll find dedicated yoga spaces, tranquil holistic tents, and heartfelt ceremonies and rituals. We are lucky enough to share workshops gathered around our beautiful stone circle, nestled in a peaceful meadow. These are spaces to slow down, tune in, and reconnect with yourself, with others, and with nature.
Music lovers will feel right at home in our Band Tent, featuring an eclectic mix of live acts and wonderfully talented local musicians.
As the sun sets, we come together to close the evenings in true Barefoot style with our much-loved headphone disco under the stars.
Creative spirits can lose themselves in the Art Tent, while our expanded Forest School and Bushcraft area for 2026 offers even more adventure. Expect messy play, marshmallows around the campfire, wood carving, and hands-on outdoor skills. Our Family Tent is packed with play, laughter, and activities for all ages, because Barefoot is for everyone.
One of the most moving moments of the weekend is our magical fire labyrinth, a glowing, immersive journey and a truly unforgettable experience. Whether you’re returning after many years or discovering Barefoot for the first time, 2026 is the year to be here. Come celebrate, connect, dance barefoot, and be part of our story.
Barefoot Festival 2026, 20 years of magic, community, and freedom.
Barefoot Festival is all about getting back to basics, feeling the grass between your toes, and taking a break from the pressures of modern life. Try something new, spend quality time with your loved ones, and meet new friends. If you want a sneak peek, check out our magical video of Barefoot Festival 2021, created by the incredibly talented Dan Burgess at Vagabond Media.
We started in 2006, growing through word of mouth and recommendations. We are Leicestershire’s best-kept secret, with no corporate sponsors. Barefoot Festival is a grassroots gathering with big festival vibes and atmosphere. Enjoy stars overhead, fresh air, great company, and a communal campfire. From fantastic music and amazing workshops to a wide variety of activities and performances, we have something for everyone.
Expect a range of unique experiences, from capoeira and Bollywood dance routines to shamanic drumming circles and hula hooping. You can also take part in yoga, sound baths, and breathing ceremonies. Our forest school and bushcraft area offer great experiences for kids, and our amazing cabaret show hosted by the sensational Talulah Blue will leave you in awe.
We also have onsite massage therapists and healers, fantastic festival food from around the globe, fair-trade crafts, a fully licensed bar, and plenty of chill spaces to relax. The event is intimate yet bursting with energy and life.
More announcements are coming soon, so keep an eye on our socials and website for further details.
Please Note: We do not have showers onsite, and we use compost toilets. We do not have chemical waste facilities. Every adult camping ticket holder must also purchase a fully refundable sustainability ticket to ensure the site is left as we found it. With proof of a clean campsite, you can claim your refund. All other ticket types are non-refundable and non-transferable, regardless of the circumstance.
Yoga Tent 🧘♂️
6 PM Restore Yoga – Nervous System Regulation with Jo Winterton
Rainbow Tent 🌈
6 PM Flute Meditation with Ali Shair Saturday
Stone Circle 🔮
6 PM Restorative Yoga with Sam Hoskins
Big Top 🎪
4.30 PM – 5.30 PM Sing With Nell
5.45 PM – 6.45 PM Sitar Qasim
7 PM – Closed for set up
8 PM Family Rave
10 PM DJ Jimmy Thunder & Lightning
Art Tent 🎨
4-5 PM SHOUT IT! Zine Workshop.
5-6 PM Felty Fidgits
Bands 🎶
4 PM: THE SYDNEYS
5 PM: STINKING RITA
6 PM: BOILERMEN
7 PM: KEE.
8 PM: ROGUE NOTION
9 PM: THE BLACK TOWERS
10 PM: THE WHISKEY REBELLION 11 PM: SILENT DISCO, IBI SOUND, CAPTAIN IPOD, ONEKNEE
Camp Fire 🔥
4PM – Opening Ceremony around the Campfire
Yoga Tent 🧘♂️
8.30 AM Sunrise Meditation and Gong with Jo Winterton
10.30 AM Ashtanga Unplugged: A Dynamic Flow with Macaulay Ainge
12.30 PM Hatha Yoga with Grace
2.30 PM Sound Ceremony with Emma Kennedy
4.30 PM Softening into Silence: Yin & Yoga Nidra with Kerrie Plowman
Rainbow Tent 🌈
8 AM Conscious Breathwork with Grace Marie Pina
9.30 AM Meet your Spirit Animal
11.30 AM Tapping for Anxiety and Overwhelm with Esme Coss
1 PM Reflexology for Child/Teenage Anxiety with Hayley Holden
3.30 PM Meditation with Sue Wood
Stone Circle 🔮
8 AM Sunrise Prana with Liz Langford
9.30 AM Laughter Yoga with Ishi Khan
11.30 AM Crystal Bowl Sound bath with Lynsey Scholfield
1.30 PM Voice Soundscape with Emily Doe
3.30 PM Cacao Ceremony with Ashley Thornton Higgs (Pre-booking required).
Big Top 🎪
9 AM – 10 AM Line Dancing with Tilly Calow
10.15 AM -11.15 AM Tribal Belly Dance with Rebekah & Sharon
11.30 AM – 12.30 PM Bollywood Dance with Chandni Premgi
12.45 PM – 1.45 PM Capoeira with Capoeira Senzala
2 PM – 3.30 PM Ecstatic Awakening Dance with Marcelina
3.45 PM – 4.45 PM Afro Brazilian Dance with Bridget Withycombe-Wharton
5 PM – 6 PM Chakra Dancing with Bernicea Hopes
6.15 PM – 7 PM Martial Arts / Self Defence with James.
7 PM CLOSED for sound check
8.30 PM SHOW TIME!! Cabaret with Hosted by Talulah Blue – Bring a picnic blanket/yoga mat.
Art Tent 🎨
9 AM SHOUT IT! Zine Workshop
10 AM Festival Jewelery
11 AM Sacred Geometry Drawing for Beginners
12 PM Saucy Sonnets (Over 18s only).
1 PM Cyanotype Printing
2 PM Experiments in Ink & Water
3 PM Pro Bodies Life Drawing (Over 18s only)
4 PM An Introduction to Kinusaiga – no sew quilting
5-7 PM Lantern Making
Bands 🎶
2 PM: EVIEBELLA
3 PM: GINGER BROWN
4 PM: CHRIS ILETT
5 PM: BECKY!
6 PM: JJ LOVEGROVE
7 PM: SEAS OF MIRTH
8 PM: BOILERS
9 PM: BELLATONES
10 PM: THE SOCIAL IGNITION
11 PM: SILENT DISCO, ULTIMATE OSTRICH, NOTWILL, OLD GREG
Camp Fire 🔥
10PM (ish) Fire Labyrinth and Lantern Parade (Weather Dependent).
Red Tent 🔴
10.00 AM Coming Home to Yourself with Collette
11.00 AM Rebozo meets Thai Massage with Christina Pelvic
12.00 PM Pelvic Presence – Awakening Shakti Energy with Nicola
1.00 PM Circles of Connection – A Sensory Journey into Women’s Intimacy with Claudia
2.00 PM Kitchen Garden Witchin’ with Lindsay
3.00 PM Sacred Women’s Drum Circle with Louise
4.00 PM Goddess Circle with Breathwork & Sound Healing with Claudia
Yoga Tent 🧘♂️
8 AM Healing Pranayama with Liz Langford
9.30 AM Laughter Yoga with Ishi Khan
11.30 AM Singing to Your Soul with Emily Doe
1.30 PM Softening into Silence: Yin and Yoga Nidra with Kerrie Plowman
3.30 PM Beyond the Trip with Ashley Thornton Higgs
4.30 PM Acro Yoga with Grace and Oscar
Rainbow Tent 🌈
9.15-10.30AM – Circle with Meghan Field
10.30-11.30AM – Plant Sprit Consciousness – Icaros from the Plants with Azim Nobeebaccus from Moksha Holistics
11.45-12.45AM – Laughter Yoga with Ishi Khan
1-2PM – Dharma, Karma, Moksha – Releasing to the Divine (Part One) with Smita from Satyam Yoga
2.15-3.15PM – Yoga to Inspire Self-Love and Joy with Emma Glover
3.30-4.30PM Yin Yoga “Summer Joy” with Emma Jane Cahill
4.45-5.45PM ************************************
Stone Circle 🔮
9.30 AM Liquid Strength: Yoga & Qigong with Macauley Ainge
11.30 AM Breathwork with Grace Marie Pina
1.30 PM Collective Dreaming with Sasha Marshall
3.30 PM Flute Meditation with Ali Shar
Big Top 🎪
9 AM – 10 AM Get your Bush Out – The Red Dress Dance for Flash Mob with Amber Topaz
10.15 AM – 11.15 AM Belly Dance with Andrea Chaines
11.30 AM – 12.30 PM Morris Dancing
12.45 PM – 1.45 PM Acro Yoga with Christina
2 PM – 3.30 PM Ecstatic Awakening Dance with Marcelina
3.45 PM – 5 PM Pulsar Drumming with Recycled Materials
Art Tent 🎨
9 AM An Introduction to Kinusaiga – no sew quilting
10 AM Spell Bags/ Treasure Bag
11 AM Creature Feature (with naughty bits!!) – adult drawing workshop
12 PM Reclaimed Plastic Jelly Fish Lamp
1 PM Cardboard Dioramas
2 PM Ransom Rhymes
3 PM Pro Bodies Life Drawing (over 18s only)
4 PM Clay Incense & Smudge Bowl Crafting
5 PM Felty Fidgits
Bands 🎶
1 PM: VIN DATTA
2 PM: RHYTHM OF PEACE
3 PM: KEEP ON DISCO
4 PM: SATELLITE
5 PM: HONEST DAVE
6 PM: AUTUMN DAWN LEADER
7 PM: TANUKI MOON
8 PM TILLY AND THE BEARD
9 PM MISSING MILE
10 PM STRIZZY STRAUSS
11 PM: SILENT DISCO, GINGA NINJA, DJ HERR ROCK, SKETCHY P
Camp Fire 🔥
12PM Get Your Bush Out Flash Mob – Wear your Red Dress with Amber Topaz
Red Tent 🔴
10.00 AM Smoke Bundle Crafting with Louise
11.00 AM Your Magical Personality- Working with Jung’s Personality Types with Lindsay
12.00 PM Singing over the Bones: Reclaiming the Wild Woman with Marianna
1.00 PM Tapping for Menopause with Esme
2.00 PM Intentions in Beads with Collette
3.00 PM Womb Song – a Shamanic Drum Journey to Awaken the Shamanic Womb Gates with Nicola
4:00 PM Lilith: Sacred Anger with Marianna
FRIDAY
6 PM Restore Yoga – Nervous System Regulation with Jo Winterton
SATURDAY
8.30 AM Sunrise Meditation and Gong with Jo Winterton
10.30 AM Ashtanga Unplugged: A Dynamic Flow with Macaulay Ainge
12.30 PM Hatha Yoga with Grace
2.30 PM Sound Ceremony with Emma Kennedy
4.30 PM Softening into Silence: Yin & Yoga Nidra with Kerrie Plowman
SUNDAY
8.30 AM Morning Flow with Sam Hoskins
10.30 AM Somatic Movement with Hayley Holden
12.30 PM Sound Ceremony with Emma Kennedy
2.30 PM Dolly Yoga with Sue Wood
4.30 PM Acro Yoga with Grace and Oscar
FRIDAY
6 PM Flute Meditation with Ali Shair Saturday
SATURDAY
8 AM Conscious Breathwork with Grace Marie Pina
9.30 AM Meet your Spirit Animal
11.30 AM Tapping for Anxiety and Overwhelm with Esme Coss
1 PM Reflexology for Child/Teenage Anxiety with Hayley Holden
3.30 PM Meditation with Sue Wood
SUNDAY
8 AM Healing Pranayama with Liz Langford
9.30 AM Laughter Yoga with Ishi Khan
11.30 AM Singing to Your Soul with Emily Doe
1.30 PM Softening into Silence: Yin and Yoga Nidra with Kerrie Plowman
3.30 PM Beyond the Trip with Ashley Thornton Higgs
FRIDAY
6 PM Restorative Yoga with Sam Hoskins
SATURDAY
8 AM Sunrise Prana with Liz Langford
9.30 AM Laughter Yoga with Ishi Khan
11.30 AM Crystal Bowl Sound bath with Lynsey Scholfield
1.30 PM Voice Soundscape with Emily Doe
3.30 PM Cacao Ceremony with Ashley Thornton Higgs (Pre-booking required).
SUNDAY
9.30 AM Liquid Strength: Yoga & Qigong with Macauley Ainge
11.30 AM Breathwork with Grace Marie Pina
1.30 PM Collective Dreaming with Sasha Marshall
3.30 PM Flute Meditation with Ali Shar
FRIDAY
4.30 PM – 5.30 PM Sing With Nell
5.45 PM – 6.45 PM Sitar Qasim
7 PM – Closed for set up
8 PM Family Rave
10 PM DJ Jimmy Thunder & Lightning
SATURDAY
9 AM – 10 AM Line Dancing with Tilly Calow
10.15 AM -11.15 AM Tribal Belly Dance with Rebekah & Sharon
11.30 AM – 12.30 PM Bollywood Dance with Chandni Premgi
12.45 PM – 1.45 PM Capoeira with Capoeira Senzala
2 PM – 3.30 PM Ecstatic Awakening Dance with Marcelina
3.45 PM – 4.45 PM Afro Brazilian Dance with Bridget Withycombe-Wharton
5 PM – 6 PM Chakra Dancing with Bernicea Hopes
6.15 PM – 7 PM Martial Arts / Self Defence with James.
7 PM CLOSED for sound check
8.30 PM SHOW TIME!! Cabaret with Hosted by Talulah Blue – Bring a picnic blanket/yoga mat.
SUNDAY
9 AM – 10 AM Get your Bush Out – The Red Dress Dance for Flash Mob with Amber Topaz
10.15 AM – 11.15 AM Belly Dance with Andrea Chaines
11.30 AM – 12.30 PM Morris Dancing
12.45 PM – 1.45 PM Acro Yoga with Christina
2 PM – 3.30 PM Ecstatic Awakening Dance with Marcelina
3.45 PM – 5 PM Pulsar Drumming with Recycled Materials
FRIDAY
4-5 PM SHOUT IT! Zine Workshop.
5-6 PM Felty Fidgits
SATURDAY
9 AM SHOUT IT! Zine Workshop
10 AM Festival Jewelery
11 AM Sacred Geometry Drawing for Beginners
12 PM Saucy Sonnets (Over 18s only).
1 PM Cyanotype Printing
2 PM Experiments in Ink & Water
3 PM Pro Bodies Life Drawing (Over 18s only)
4 PM An Introduction to Kinusaiga – no sew quilting
5-7 PM Lantern Making
SUNDAY
9 AM An Introduction to Kinusaiga – no sew quilting
10 AM Spell Bags/ Treasure Bag
11 AM Creature Feature (with naughty bits!!) – adult drawing workshop
12 PM Reclaimed Plastic Jelly Fish Lamp
1 PM Cardboard Dioramas
2 PM Ransom Rhymes
3 PM Pro Bodies Life Drawing (over 18s only)
4 PM Clay Incense & Smudge Bowl Crafting
5 PM Felty Fidgits
FRIDAY
4 PM: THE SYDNEYS
5 PM: STINKING RITA
6 PM: BOILERMEN
7 PM: KEE.
8 PM: ROGUE NOTION
9 PM: THE BLACK TOWERS
10 PM: THE WHISKEY REBELLION 11 PM: SILENT DISCO, IBI SOUND, CAPTAIN IPOD, ONEKNEE
SATURDAY
2 PM: EVIEBELLA
3 PM: GINGER BROWN
4 PM: CHRIS ILETT
5 PM: BECKY!
6 PM: JJ LOVEGROVE
7 PM: SEAS OF MIRTH
8 PM: BOILERS
9 PM: BELLATONES
10 PM: THE SOCIAL IGNITION 11 PM: SILENT DISCO, ULTIMATE OSTRICH, NOTWILL, OLD GREG
SUNDAY
1 PM: VIN DATTA
2 PM: RHYTHM OF PEACE
3 PM: KEEP ON DISCO
4 PM: SATELLITE
5 PM: HONEST DAVE
6 PM: AUTUMN DAWN LEADER
7 PM: TANUKI MOON
8 PM TILLY AND THE BEARD
9 PM MISSING MILE
10 PM STRIZZY STRAUSS
11 PM: SILENT DISCO, GINGA NINJA, DJ HERR ROCK, SKETCHY P
FRIDAY
4 PM – Opening Ceremony around the Campfire
SATURDAY
10 PM (ish) Fire Labyrinth and Lantern Parade (Weather Dependent).
SUNDAY
SATURDAY
10.00 AM Coming Home to Yourself with Collette
11.00 AM Rebozo meets Thai Massage with Christina Pelvic
12.00 PM Pelvic Presence – Awakening Shakti Energy with Nicola
1.00 PM Circles of Connection – A Sensory Journey into Women’s Intimacy with Claudia
2.00 PM Kitchen Garden Witchin’ with Lindsay
3.00 PM Sacred Women’s Drum Circle with Louise
4.00 PM Goddess Circle with Breathwork & Sound Healing with Claudia
SUNDAY
10.00 AM Smoke Bundle Crafting with Louise
11.00 AM Your Magical Personality- Working with Jung’s Personality Types with Lindsay
12.00 PM Singing over the Bones: Reclaiming the Wild Woman with Marianna
1.00 PM Tapping for Menopause with Esme
2.00 PM Intentions in Beads with Collette
3.00 PM Womb Song – a Shamanic Drum Journey to Awaken the Shamanic Womb Gates with Nicola
4:00 PM Lilith: Sacred Anger with Marianna
A: Barefoot Festival 2025 will be held at Cattows Farm in Leicestershire, a beautiful and sustainable venue that aligns with our festival’s values.
A: There is something for everyone! Enjoy arts and crafts, live music, yoga, workshops, silent disco, cabaret shows, storytelling, and a wide variety of performances. There’s also a forest school and bushcraft area for kids, along with a dedicated children’s program.
A: Yes! We have amazing festival food from around the globe, a fully licensed bar, and a variety of chill spaces to relax.
A: All tickets, except for the refundable sustainability ticket, are non-refundable and non-transferable, regardless of the circumstance. To claim your sustainability refund, provide proof that your campsite is clean with a photo of the cleared space and returned recycling bags.
A: Bring your camping gear, festival attire, and a sense of adventure! Remember, there are no showers onsite, and we use compost toilets. Plan accordingly and leave no trace to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for everyone.
A: Follow us on our Facebook Page for the latest updates, or check out our magical video from Barefoot Festival 2021 to get a glimpse of what’s to come.
If you’re an artist, caterer, healer/therapist, or trader interested in showcasing your products or services at Barefoot Festival 2025, we’d love to hear from you! Or if you would like to volunteer to help make Barefoot Festival the magical place it is, we would also love to hear from you. To apply for a spot, please download the relevant application form from the website and send it to info@barefootfestival.com
This is your opportunity to be part of an amazing event filled with music, arts, crafts, and community. Don’t miss your chance to join us, apply today!
Please make a copy of the form to be able to edit and email your completed form to info@barefootfestival.com