GlastonBARRY Tribute Festival

About GlastonBARRY Tribute Festival

Romilly Park in Barry, CF62 6RN, is the site for GlastonBARRY Tribute Festival 2027, an 18+ tribute music programme. The first GlastonBARRY Live Music Festival was staged at the MEMO Arts Centre in Barry in 2013, and the event moved to Romilly Park with a marquee in 2014.

Scale is around 6,000 guests per day. Vale of Glamorgan council papers in 2025 described GlastonBARRY as being in its 12th year of operation and proposed a five-year licence for Romilly Park through the end of July 2029.

Lineup and Programme

The bill runs through pop, rock, indie, soul and reggae tribute sets. Two stages are listed.

The main stage sits inside the covered Big Top circus tent, with an outdoor field stage elsewhere on the site. The Big Top capacity is 6,000.

The programme centres on tribute performances across the weekend. Food vendors, licensed bars and a bar/token system are part of the arena operation.

Who Is It For?

The main festival is strictly 18+, with ID checks possible and Challenge 25 in operation. Under-18s are excluded.

The audience is described as an adult tribute-festival crowd, mostly standing and singalong in format. VIP seating is available, along with an accessibility viewing area.

The Venue and Site

Romilly Park, Barry anchors the site in the Vale of Glamorgan, with access via Broad Street and Romilly Park Road. The official festival site places the park roughly 100m from Barry train station; council park information lists Barry Town station about 500m away.

There is no on-site camping. Facilities listed by the festival include food vendors, licensed and soft-drink bars, a water refill station, disabled toilets and changing facilities, CCTV and on-site security.

Travel and Access

Barry sits in the Vale of Glamorgan, around 9 miles by road from Cardiff. Rail access is close.

• Rail: Barry Town station is about 500m from Romilly Park, while Barry Island station is about 0.85 miles from Romilly Park Road.
• Road: access is listed via Broad Street and Romilly Park Road, with wider routes via M4 Junction 33, the A4232 and the A4050.
• Parking: limited free parking is available around Romilly Park, with four nearby Pay & Display car parks: two at The Knap and two larger car parks on Barry Island within about 1 mile.
• Accessible parking: disabled parking is available on site by advance reservation for Blue Badge holders.