Shambala Music Festival

About Shambala Music Festival

For 2027, Shambala Music Festival is listed for London, with a music bill spanning electronic, world music, folk and club strains from disco to drum and bass.

The scale stays comparatively small: 14,000–15,000 public adults, plus kids. Its own history starts in 1999 as 100 friends in a field; after exceeding capacity in 2005, Shambala took 2006 off and restarted in 2007.

In 2026, the founders transferred ownership to the staff team through an Employee Ownership Trust, making it the UK’s first employee-owned festival.

Lineup and Programme

The programme runs across around 40 venues and microvenues, with music alongside arts, workshops, dance, wellbeing and woodland spaces.

Named stages and spaces include Solasta, The Next Stage, The Enchanted Woods / Treehouse Stage, Data Mine, Compass Presents, The People's Front Room, Reflex, Back A Yard, Playtopia and The Shambolympics.

Genres named by the festival include electronic, world music, folk, disco, techno, dancehall, jungle / drum and bass, live music and cabaret / performance. Late-night dance sets sit alongside workshops, craft sessions and performance art.

Who Is It For?

Shambala’s audience spans adults, teens and children, with age-based ticket bands for Under 5s, Child, Teen, Young Adult and Elders.

It is family-friendly rather than families-only. Child and Teen ticket holders must attend with a guardian; Child guardians must be 21+ and Teen guardians 30+.

Under 5s are free but must be booked in advance.

The Venue and Site

The site is billed as a Secret Location, with a large layout of around 40 venues and microvenues.

General camping is included with entry. Other options cover family camping, accessible camping, campervan pitches and Dragonfly camping upgrades.

Facilities listed for the site include hot shower blocks, accessible parking, transport assistance, lockers, WiFi points, phone charging, cash machines, printed programmes and app-based maps.

Travel

Access information points to Market Harborough and Long Buckby as the nearest stations.

• Nearest stations: Market Harborough and Long Buckby.
• Road access: Green Gate via A14 Jct 2; Pink Gate via A14 Jct 1.
• Parking: car parking and motorbikes use Green Gate; camper vans and Dragonfly parking use Pink Gate.
• Local Sunday parking: Blue Gate.

Car parking uses separate passes, with some parking limited or first-come, first-served for some ticket types.