Winter's End Progressive Rock Festival

About Winter's End Progressive Rock Festival

The Drill Hall is a central Chepstow community and arts venue, set up for concerts with a seated capacity of 225. From 8-11 April 2027 it takes Winter's End Progressive Rock Festival, a progressive rock music festival built around original prog and prog-adjacent bands. The festival began in Dorset in 2017.

Weekend tickets are £195. The scale is closer to an indoor venue weekender than a field festival, with food service from All Seasons Catering and a bar serving cask ales and cider.

Who Is It For?

The crowd is the prog audience rather than a broad multi-genre weekender. Winter's End is aimed at fans of original progressive rock and prog-adjacent music, with the booking policy centred almost entirely on original material. It is small-room scale.

The Venue and Site

The Drill Hall, Lower Church Street, Chepstow NP16 5HJ is the site. Inside, the venue has a large stage with theatre lighting, a licensed bar and two dressing rooms with their own toilets.

Accessible toilets and wheelchair access are in place. There is also a covered bike rack next to the entrance, plus a kitchen and industrial dishwasher behind the public-facing food and drink setup.

Travel

The Drill Hall sits in central Chepstow, around 17 miles from Bristol, 19 miles from Newport and 30 miles from Cardiff.

• Rail: Chepstow railway station is about 0.4 mile / 0.7 km from the venue, less than a 10-minute walk.
• Road: access routes include M48 J1, M48 J2, the A466 and the A48. From the north, the M5 J8 / M50 route approaches Chepstow.
• Parking: the Drill Hall has an on-site car park. Charges apply during the day, residents' parking is restricted after 18:00, and nearby alternatives include Chepstow Castle and Nelson Street car parks.
• Bikes: a covered bike rack sits next to the entrance.