but does not include delivery charges
WEEKEND TICKET + 5 NIGHT CAMPING £190
The full shabang. Spend five nights staying at rock music’s most famous camp site, sampling the world’s biggest bands along the way.
This ticket grants you access to the legendary Download campsite from midday Wednesday June 6th 2012. You'll also have free reign in The Arena, where you will have access to all the music on offer across all stages.
Your ticket will remain valid until the camp site closes at midday Monday June 11th.
Please note: Weekend ticket prices will remain the same as the prices for Download 2011 until midday Monday 30th January 2012 when all ticket types will go off sale.
All tickets will go back on sale at 5pm Monday 30th January 2012 with Weekend tickets increased to 2012 prices. We encourage fans to take advantage of this offer while it lasts.
WEEKEND TICKET + 5 NIGHT FAMILY CAMPING £190
The full Download experience, but in the more peaceful part of the campsite.
The ticket also allows you to camp at Download from midday Wednesday June 6th 2011 with a spot in the "quiet" or "family" camping fields. You'll also have free reign in The Arena, where you will have access to all the music on offer across all stages.
Each member of your group will require a ticket, which will remain valid until the campsite closes at midday Monday June 11th.
NB: Kids aged 12 or under will be eligible for concession rate tickets for Download 2011. These can be purchased on the day from the on-site Box Office and availability of these will be unlimited:
Kids Weekend Arena with 5 Night Family Camping: £95
Please note: Weekend ticket prices will remain the same as the prices for Download 2011 until midday Monday 30th January 2012 when all ticket types will go off sale.
All tickets will go back on sale at 5pm Monday 30th January 2012 with Weekend tickets increased to 2012 prices. We encourage fans to take advantage of this offer while it lasts.
WEEKEND TICKET + 5 NIGHT DISABLED ACCESS CAMPING £190
This ticket grants you access to the arena at Download 2012, where you will have access to all the music on offer across all stages.
This ticket also allows you to camp in the disabled customer campsite at Download from 12pm, Wednesday 6th June 2012 until the campsite closes at midday, Monday 11th June 2012.
This is a ticket for a disabled customer ONLY. Should you need a carer/PA ticket, please apply for their ticket separately.
This can be done by following the information HERE or by clicking the link which will be provided within your confirmation email on completion of your transaction.
Please note: Weekend ticket prices will remain the same as the prices for Download 2011 until midday Monday 30th January 2012 when all ticket types will go off sale.
All tickets will go back on sale at 5pm Monday 30th January 2012 with Weekend tickets increased to 2012 prices. We encourage fans to take advantage of this offer while it lasts.
WEEKEND TICKET + 3 NIGHT CAMPING £180
Rock up to Download on the day that we bring the noise and party hard all weekend. This ticket grants you access to the legendary Download camp site from 8am Friday June 8th 2012.
You'll also have free reign in The Arena, where you will have access to all the music on offer across all stages. Your ticket will remain valid until the camp site closes at midday Monday June 11th.
Please note: Weekend ticket prices will remain the same as the prices for Download 2011 until midday Monday 30th January 2012 when all ticket types will go off sale.
All tickets will go back on sale at 5pm Monday 30th January 2012 with Weekend tickets increased to 2012 prices. We encourage fans to take advantage of this offer while it lasts.
WEEKEND TICKET + 3 NIGHT FAMILY CAMPING £180
The full Download experience, but in the more peaceful part of the campsite. The ticket also allows you to camp at Download from 8am Friday June 8th 2011 with a spot in the "quiet" or "family" camping fields.
You'll also have free reign in The Arena, where you will have access to all the music on offer across all stages.
Each member of your group will require a ticket, which will remain valid until the campsite closes at midday Monday June 11th.
NB: Kids aged 12 or under will be eligible for concession rate tickets for Download 2011. These can be purchased on the day from the on-site Box Office and availability of these will be unlimited:
Kids Weekend Arena with 3 Night Family Camping: £90
Please note: Weekend ticket prices will remain the same as the prices for Download 2011 until midday Monday 30th January 2012 when all ticket types will go off sale.
All tickets will go back on sale at 5pm Monday 30th January 2012 with Weekend tickets increased to 2012 prices. We encourage fans to take advantage of this offer while it lasts.
WEEKEND TICKET + 3 NIGHT DISABLED ACCESS CAMPING £180
This ticket grants you access to the arena at Download 2012, where you will have access to all the music on offer across all stages.
The ticket also allows you to camp in the disabled customer campsite at Download from 8am, Friday 6th June 2012 until the campsite closes at midday, Monday 11th June 2012.
This is a ticket for a disabled customer ONLY. Should you need a carer/PA ticket, please apply for their ticket separately.
This can be done by following the information HERE or by clicking the link which will be provided within your confirmation email on completion of your transaction.
Please note: Weekend ticket prices will remain the same as the prices for Download 2011 until midday Monday 30th January 2012 when all ticket types will go off sale.
All tickets will go back on sale at 5pm Monday 30th January 2012 with Weekend tickets increased to 2012 prices. We encourage fans to take advantage of this offer while it lasts.
WEEKEND TICKET - ARENA ONLY £155
Spend the weekend at Download, the world’s loudest rock Festival. This ticket will allow you to experience it all.
NB: This ticket does not grant you access to the campsite at Download – you will only be able to enter the Arena (where you will have access to all the music on offer across all stages), so make sure you’ve got somewhere to stay close by – and no, you can’t crash on our sofa.
NB: Kids aged 12 or under will be eligible for concession rate tickets for Download 2012. These can be purchased on the day from the on-site Box Office and availability of these will be unlimited.
Please note: Weekend ticket prices will remain the same as the prices for Download 2011 until midday Monday 30th January 2012 when all ticket types will go off sale.
All tickets will go back on sale at 5pm Monday 30th January 2012 with Weekend tickets increased to 2012 prices. We encourage fans to take advantage of this offer while it lasts.
WEEKEND TICKET - ARENA ONLY WITH DISABLED ACCESS £155
This ticket grants you access into the Download Arena on all three days, and access to the disabled customer facilities therein.
NB: This ticket does not grant you access to the disabled customer campsite at Download. You will only be able to enter the Arena, where you will have access to all the music on offer across all stages.
This is a ticket for a disabled customer ONLY. Should you need a carer/PA ticket, please apply for their ticket separately.
This can be done by following the information HERE or by clicking the link which will be provided within your confirmation email on completion of your transaction.
Please note: Weekend ticket prices will remain the same as the prices for Download 2011 until midday Monday 30th January 2012 when all ticket types will go off sale.
All tickets will go back on sale at 5pm Monday 30th January 2012 with Weekend tickets increased to 2012 prices. We encourage fans to take advantage of this offer while it lasts.
WEEKEND TICKET + 5 NIGHT CAMPING + COACH TRAVEL
Our official coach travel partner National Express have been working with festivals and events for over 20 years to carry thousands of people all over the country - so they really are the experts! They will again be providing fantastic services from all over the UK direct to the Download festival site.
To make your purchase, please choose the weekend ticket + 5 night camping (Family or Standard) and your coach package can be added to your order on the Review Page.
Zone 1: Birmingham - £35.00*
Zone 2: Sheffield, Peterborough, Chester, Milton Keynes - £40.00*
Zone 3: Manchester, Bradford, Leeds, Kings Lynn, Luton, London, Liverpool, Birkenhead, Blackpool, Preston, Norwich, Oxford, Basildon or Heathrow - £47.00*
Zone 4: Winchester, Reading, Gloucester, Cheltenham or Southend - £51.00*
Zone 5: Durham, Middlesbrough, Stockton, Darlington, Bridgend-Sarn, Cardiff, Newport, Basingstoke, Bristol, Brighton or Crawley - £56.00*
Zone 6: Newcastle, Sunderland, Swansea, Carlisle, Portsmouth, Fareham, Bournemouth or Southampton - £60.00*
Zone 7: Taunton, Bridgewater or Poole - £63.00*
Zone 8: Edinburgh, Plymouth, Exeter, Glasgow, Hamilton or Sterling - £74.00*
Zone 9: Perth or Dundee - £86.00*
Zone 10: Aberdeen - £99.00*
Departing coach services on Wednesday 06 June and Thursday 07 June 2012. All return coach services on Monday 11 June 2012.
* Prices quoted are for coach travel only
WEEKEND TICKET + 3 NIGHT CAMPING + COACH TRAVEL
Our official coach travel partner National Express have been working with festivals and events for over 20 years to carry thousands of people all over the country - so they really are the experts! They will again be providing fantastic services from all over the UK direct to the Download festival site.
To make your purchase, please choose the weekend ticket + 3 night camping (Family or Standard) and your coach package can be added to your order on the Review Page.
Zone 1: Birmingham - £35.00*
Zone 3: Manchester, London, Preston, Blackpool - £47.00*
Departing coach services on Friday 08 June 2012. All return coach services on Monday 11 June 2011.
* Prices quoted are for coach travel only
but does not include delivery charges
RIP Park Farm - Caravan/Campervan £380
Electrical hook-ups come free of charge for those mod cons you simply can’t be without …even for a weekend.
RIP Park Farm - Camping from £240.00
The best of the festival. Enjoy a bigger, greener patch of grass to pitch you tent (and park your car). Camping with better amenities with the peace and quiet you crave after a long hard day and night of rocking!
RIP Park Farm - Gypsy Caravan from £1230.00
Romantic Gypsy Caravans will make your Festival stay truly memorable! The accommodation consists of: A five foot wide slide out double-bed for two adults, which includes duvets, linen, pillows and blankets.
RIP Park Farm - Luxury Bus £6060
This is a cross between a bus and a crib. It comes with all the gadgets you could need for your few days away from home. This is the ultimate indulgence including a 4-seated hot tub, unchallenged by any means.
RIP Park Farm - Luxury American Trailer from £4780
New to RIP this year…..The Luxury American Trailers, these come equipped with air-conditioning, flat screen TVs, all the bedding, tea, and coffee. The accommodation has triple slide out, giving you more room with one double master bedroom, a second bedroom with bunk beds, there is also a double sofa bed. Most importantly your own toilet and power shower!!
RIP Park Farm - Kabins from £1,670
Close the door to the world outside and escape into your very own room of decadence. Grab a drink from the fridge and stretch out under the padded dome ceiling and allow yourself to be wrapped in luxury. Gazing out of the huge circular window with a drink in one hand and a remote control in the other, you can be sure of a camping experience you'll never forget!
RIP Park Farm - Kocoons from £870.00
The Kocoon is the very latest in capsule accommodation for festivals. Hand built from wood with an insulated and upholstered interior, you stay warm when it's cold, it's wind and watertight and you can't hear the snoring from the next tent.
RIP Park Farm - Kip & Kits from £364.00
Never camped out before? Worn your tent into the ground? KIP & KIT Boulevard offers one or two person tents already pitched, ready for your arrival. It’s as simple and easy as camping gets, complete with airbed, sleeping bag and torch ...which is yours to take away!
RIP Park Farm - Pod Pads & Pod Village from £900
At the heart of the Pod City lies Pod Village - our private cabins that are as cute and classy as camping gets.
'Classic': The 'podpad' measures 8'x6' and comes decorated and with solid floor, fitted carpet and both internal and external locks on the front door. This comes in twin or double
'Luxpads': A scaled up 'podpad', offering 50% more floor space @ 10'x8' and having a higher roof, the NEW 'luxpads' are at the top end of the Festival Luxury Accommodation market.
'Bunkpads': A scaled up 'Podpad', offering 50% more floor space @ 10'x8' and having a higher roof, the NEW 'Bunkpads' are at the top end of the Festival Luxury Accommodation market offering an affordable option to families or 4 friends sharing.
'Octopads': The jewel in the crown of 'Podpads' range. These units offer spacious, comfortable and secure accommodation. The 'Octopad' measures a majestic 16' across its floor and has 7 solid decorated walls @ 3' high so, allowing you to use the full floor area for living space. The front wall is a 'Podpad' style front with lockable front door and windows to suit. Inside, the level, solid floor is carpeted up to the edge and there are 4 single beds as standard.
RIP Park Farm - Tipi's from £1,374
How do you fancy sleeping under canvas in true Sioux Indian style? All you need to do is arrive on site to find your tipi ready to move into, just relax, unpack and make yourself at home! 4, 6 or 10 man tipi pitched for your arrival.
RIP Park Farm - Yurtys from £750
No need to set up and break down. Just turn up and relax in your miniature Yurt for 5 days, then drive away when your Download has finished! These little beauties are ingenious... and perfect for TWO people sharing.
RIP Park Farm - Podules (Pop Up Hotel Rooms) from £2030.00
Emerge from your room totally refreshed and unruffled each and every time!
Priest House Hotel from £1175.00
This four star hotel offers the ultimate in festival luxury - a hot bath and a big, warm bed.
Thistle East Midlands Hotel from £605.00
This four star hotel offers the ultimate in festival luxury - a hot bath and a big, warm bed.
Express by Holiday Inn from £808.00
This three star hotel offers the ultimate in festival luxury – a hot bath and a big, warm bed.
Hilton Hotel East Midlands Airport from £605.00
Mosh with the masses then retreat to civilisation. This four star hotel offers the ultimate in festival luxury – a hot bath and a big, warm bed.
but does not include delivery charges
LOCKERS £12.95
Lockers are available for your small valuables (phones, cameras, wallets). Campsite lockers are equipped with a 12v cigarette lighter style power socket for you to plug your in-car charger for your phone, iPod, camera etc in to. Should you not have a 12v charger, most phone chargers are available to purchase from £5 on www.lockerhouse.co.uk or on-site, subject to availability.
You will get to keep a souvenir branded padlock after the event too! Book now, and be sure to keep your stuff safe all weekend.
Your locker will be available to you 24 hrs a day and they will be security managed, lockers will be open from Wednesday ‘til Monday. CCTV is also fitted for added security of your belongings. Please note, campsite lockers are approximately 25cm wide x 15.5cm deep x 10cm high - so they are the right size for small valuables (mobiles, wallets, cameras).
N.B. Customers who are camping will only have access to the lockers situated in the campsite area. Your ticket will not be transferrable to the lockers in the arena as these are exclusively for day ticket holders.
Customers who have booked a locker will be issued an electronic email voucher from Lockerhouse 7 days prior to the festival. This will enable you to register swiftly at the Lockerhouse Box Office which you will find adjacent to the lockers on site.
N.B. Lockers will not be made available to Weekend Arena Only ticket holders as a supplementary ticket option. There will be lockers in the arena which will be available at a daily rate TBC. They will be available on the Lockerhouse website to preorder at a daily rate when day tickets go on sale. Alternatively they will be available on the day.
CAR PARKING PERMIT £15 in advance
Parking is now only available to buy from the car park attendants upon arrival onsite.
A car parking ticket costs the same whether for one day or the whole festival period.
If you are bringing a motorbike, parking is free of charge. The bike park is located on the hard standing area in the West Car Park.
For information on lift share please see the Travel Info section.
3-DAY GUEST AREA PASSES from £99
Download Hot Ticket (Guest Area Pass)
Get out of the crowds for a breather with access to the official Download Guest Area. Passes allow you access to the guest area over 3 days.
- Full 3-day Guest Area access only - £99
- Full 3-day Guest Area access with Weekend Festival Ticket - £244
There are undercover facilities, toilet trailers, private cash bars, dining options and strange random occurrences. It’s a place to hang out and relax over a beer. *
If you have purchased a RIP package you do not need to purchase the 3-Day Guest Area Pass, as access to the guest area is already included.
Your Guest Area Pass gives you access to all general Guest Area locations. It does not permit access to any private areas within the main guest area which may be exclusively held by sponsors, Live Nation or third parties.
If you are just buying the Hot Ticket by itself you will also need to purchase a full weekend festival ticket.
THIS PACKAGE DOES NOT INCLUDE CAMPING OR ACCESS TO RIP
NATIONAL EXPRESS COACH TICKETS
Our official coach travel partner National Express have been working with festivals and events for over 20 years to carry thousands of people all over the country - so they really are the experts! They will again be providing fantastic services from all over the UK direct to the Download festival site.
Here's a few reasons why you should take the coach...
1. It's direct - you'll get dropped off and picked up from the festival site.
2. You won't have to listen to the woman on the sat nav or try reading an upside map whilst driving - the lovely drivers at National Express know exactly where they're going.
3. You'll be tired - after a weekend of late nights it's going to be safer letting someone else do the driving.
4. The fun can begin as soon as you get on the coach - it will be full of your fellow festivalers.
6. It's greener - everyone on a coach instead of separate cars means less of an impact on the environment.
Booking coach travel to Download Festival is easy
Click www.nationalexpress.com/download
Call 08717 81 81 81 (calls cost 10p per minute)
Visit: Your local outlet
CAMPERVAN SUPPLEMENT TICKET £66
CAMPERVAN SUPPLEMENT TICKETS HAVE NOW SOLD OUT AND THERE ARE NO PLANS TO RELEASE ANYMORE. THE CAMPERVAN CANCELLATION LIST HAS ALSO CLOSED.
Customer who have already purchased a campervan supplement ticket please see our information below:
A Campervan Supplement Ticket gives you access to one Pitch measuring 9m by 7m within the Campervan Site. Only one Campervan Supplement Ticket is needed per Pitch, however every occupant staying on the Pitch (whether in a vehicle or a tent) must be in possession of a valid weekend camping ticket for Download.
If you wish to purchase a Campervan Supplement ticket please make sure you have read the following terms and conditions which have been put together by Live Nation. This is to ensure all customers are adhering to Live Nation’s rules and regulations set for their campervan site.
1, These Terms and Conditions between you and Live Nation (Music) UK Limited (“LN”) are incorporated into and should be read together with the Download ticket terms and conditions, please click here to review. If there are any inconsistencies between the Download ticket terms and conditions and these terms and conditions, these terms and conditions shall prevail.
2, If you provide LN with incorrect, incomplete or false information in relation to the purchase or use of a campervan supplement ticket for Download (“Campervan Ticket”), LN reserves the right to cancel your Campervan Ticket.
3, Only one camping vehicle will be admitted to the Campervan Area within the Download festival site per Campervan Ticket. Cars will be permitted to stay on your Pitch, providing both vehicles fit within this area.
4, Each Campervan Ticket holder will be allocated a pitch measuring 9m by 7m within the Campervan Area (the “Pitch”).
5, Only one Campervan Ticket is needed per Pitch, however every occupant staying on the Pitch (whether in a vehicle or a tent) must be in possession of a valid weekend camping ticket for Download.
6, Vehicles will only be admitted to the Campervan Area if they are one of the following: a campervan; a motor home; a caravan; a trailer tent; a purpose built vehicle with camping facilities within; or a transit van (or van of similar size) that has been converted for sleeping in, and if the vehicle will fit within the Pitch. Cars, people carriers and small vans will not be admitted to the Campervan Area.
7, If you do not know whether your vehicle is suitable for access to the Campervan Area, please purchase a Campervan Ticket and then send a picture of your vehicle to access@downloadfestival.co.uk. We will then contact you to inform you whether or not it is suitable. If we tell you that your vehicle is not suitable you can either bring an alternative suitable vehicle or we will refund the price of the Campervan Ticket. Live Nation’s decision as to the suitability of your vehicle is final.
8, You will be permitted to erect:
a. a gazebo or purpose built, fitted awning; AND
b. one tent.
provided that these items fit within your Pitch alongside your vehicle. If you are asked by a member of staff to remove any tents, awnings or gazebos, you will do so immediately. Customers are only permitted to sleep in their campervan/caravan or tent.
9, You shall not bring any generators or petrol fuelled cookers of any kind into Campervan Area.
10, You shall not bring any gas cylinders into the Campervan Area, except where they are professionally installed within the vehicle with appropriate certification.
11, If we find you with any petrol, generators or gas cylinders (other than as permitted) you will be ejected from the Download festival site.
12, You shall not resell any Campervan Tickets. If you do, we will cancel the Campervan Ticket without refund or compensation.
Latest News
Fourteen more bands added to the Download line up
Fourteen more bands added to the Download line up
This is the news you’ve been waiting for all year! You wanted more bands added to the Download 2012 line up – and we went and added a bunch. Fourteen, to be precise. All of them true behemoths, set to blow your MIND at Donington in June!
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Subbing our headliners on the 2012 bill are none other than Electronic / Dubstep duo Chase and Status, who will play on Friday just before The Prodigy hit the stage, with Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro returning to Donington for the 5th time on the Saturday ahead of Metallica’s prolific return to the hallowed turf.
Chris Cornell and the rest of Soundgarden play Donington for the first time EVER on the Sunday, taking to the Main Stage just before Black Sabbath’s headline set.
“We are beyond psyched to play Download 2012,” said Matt from the band. “It will be a huge year for the band and what better way to celebrate than bring it all to our UK family at Download. See you there!”
Also revealed in this announcement are Machine Head, Tenacious D and You Me At Six, PLUS we’ve also added the likes of Trivum, Lamb of God and DevilDriver to the line up too.
You’ve also got The Devin Townsend Project, reformed UK rockers Little Angels, thrash icons, Anthrax, as well as Ugly Kid Joe and August Burns Red, completing what is an announcement of epic proportions.
Sounds like it’s going to be a heavy one. See you in June.The Prodigy, Metallica and Black Sabbath to headline Download 2012
The Prodigy, Metallica and Black Sabbath to headline Download 2012
It's official - Download is back, returning to Donington Park in June 2012, and it's safe to say that 2012 is going to be our biggest year ever.
You already know the news by now: The Prodigy are coming back to Download in 2012, and have promised to deliver their most energetic and spectacular performance they’ve ever put on at Donington. Following some phenomenal sets in previous years, this is sure to be one incredible show.
"We have chosen to headline Download Festival as our only uk festival show next year," said the band on Facebook. "(We) will be playin some new songs for the first time from our next album due later 2012 ........ see you there - Liam, Keef & Maxim".
Metallica will be headlining Saturday night at Download, performing The Black Album in its entirety, whilst the mighty Black Sabbath will be marking their hugely anticipated comeback with a headline slot on the Sunday night at the festival.
Metallica, the multi-million selling, Grammy award winning band will visit Donington for the SEVENTH time in their career, having played both Monsters of Rock and Download festivals during their epic career.
Black Sabbath certainly need no introduction and no explanation. Widely regarded as creators of heavy metal, the hugely influential band from Aston, Birmingham, have sold in excess of 70 million records worldwide and are responsible for all time classic rock anthems such as Paranoid, War Pigs and Iron Man.
We’ve got LOADS more bands to announce in the coming weeks and months, so keep your eyes peeled to the Download Facebook and Twitter to be the first to hear about new additions to the line up.
Weekend tickets for Download 2012 go on general sale 9am Friday 18th November 2011. Weekend ticket prices will remain the same as the prices for Download 2011 until midday Monday 30th January 2012 when all ticket types will go off sale.
All tickets will go back on sale at 5pm Monday 30th January 2012 with Weekend tickets increased to 2012 prices. We encourage fans to take advantage of this offer while it lasts.
Now is the time to be getting very freakin' excited. Download 2012 is going to be our loudest one ever. See you in June. Read moreRIP tickets on sale now
RIP tickets on sale now
Our incredible RIP campsite returns to Donington in 2012, offering you the most luxurious way to experience Download.
All your favourite RIP packages are back this year, and we’ve also thrown in a couple of exciting new ones too.
Visit our special RIP landing page where you can take a look at what’s on offer, and get your hands on tickets.
These packages sell out in no time year after year, so make sure you buy yours now to avoid disappointment.
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