A Bit about the festival

It’s here! The 2026 Steyning Festival takes place between 22nd and 31st May in the Big Top at our Fletchers Croft site, as well as a host of smaller venues around Steyning and beyond. 

Tickets are on sale now for Festival Friends. They will be on sale for the general public on March 14th 2026 at 9:00am. If you aren’t yet a festival friend and want to get get early access to tickets please head to the Friends page  and sign up to be a friend.

The programme features a broad range of acts and performances from the worlds of comedy, theatre, literature and the visual arts, plus walks and tours, Downland, arts and science days and much more besides. There’s plenty for all the family too.

We have a popular bar, café and local street food outlets, plus happy hour music most days.

We pride ourselves on being one of the largest — if not THE largest — festival in the UK run entirely by volunteers, with a small band of trustees overseeing the Festival as a whole. As always, we depend on our amazing volunteers who make everything work before, during and after the festival. It’s never too early to sign up, so please head to the Volunteers page for more information.

IMPORTANT
Tickets for the Unthanks concert have sold out. However, we have noticed a large number of tickets being sold on Facebook and it is not clear whether these are ticket touts or scams. As a consequence we are creating a waiting list for returned tickets and we advise you not to buy them from Facebook. Please email admin@steyningfestival.co.uk if you have tickets to return or you wish to get tickets for the Unthanks concert. We will refund tickets after they have been re-allocated but we cannot guarantee resale. We will make tickets available to people who want them on a first come first served basis. We will re-allocate the tickets that have been returned on Sunday evenings.
IMPORTANT
Tickets for the Unthanks concert have sold out. However, we have noticed a large number of tickets being sold on Facebook and it is not clear whether these are ticket touts or scams. As a consequence we are creating a waiting list for returned tickets and we advise you not to buy them from Facebook. Please email admin@steyningfestival.co.uk if you have tickets to return or you wish to get tickets for the Unthanks concert. We will refund tickets after they have been re-allocated but we cannot guarantee resale. We will make tickets available to people who want them on a first come first served basis. We will re-allocate the tickets that have been returned on Sunday evenings.