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Bag restrictions

Your safety is our priority and we’ve put in place all necessary measures to maximise public safety, working closely with local authorities at the highest level. We ask that you also play a part in keeping Download Festival safe and secure, so please take note of our messages below, pack accordingly and stay strong together.

All festival goers will be subject to extra searches of their vehicles, bags and their person.  Please be patient if there are longer queues than normal. We request that you cooperate with any security requests and searches. Please pack light!

CCTV recording is in operation throughout the festival site for public safety and crime prevention.

We strongly advise you do not bring a bag into the Arena as there will be long queues while all bags are searched. If you do wish to bring a bag into the Arena please ensure that it is no bigger than A4 sized 8.27”x11.69”. There is a limited to one A4 sized bag per person permitted into the Arena.

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Download 2019 Dates

Download Festival will take place from 14th – 16th June 2019.

5 Night Camping and 5 Night Quiet Camping Tickets give you access to campsites from 12pm on Wednesday 12th June until 12pm on Monday 17th June 2019 and access to the Arena on all show days.

3 Night Camping and 3 Night Quiet Camping Tickets give you access to campsites from 10am on Friday 14th June until 12pm on Monday 17th June 2019 and access to the Arena on all show days.

Weekend Arena Tickets only gives you access to the Arena on all show days (Fri/Sat/Sun).

Things You Can/Can’t Bring

ITEM

ARENA

CAMPSITE

Aerosols over 250ml

N

N

Airhorns and megaphones

N

N

Alcohol

N

Y (not excessive amounts)

Alcohol if not in glass bottles or in the possession of an under 18.

N

Y

Animals (Other than Guide Dogs or  Hearing Dogs)

N

N

Any Alcohol in possession of anyone under 18

N

N

Any Goods for unauthorised trading

N

N

Any Goods with unauthorised festival logos

N

N

Any items which may cause danger, offence or disruption to any other person

N

N

Any items which may reasonably be considered for use as a weapon

N

N

Audio Recorders

N

Y

Blowtorches

N

N

Cameras, film or video equipment

Y* (Lens <6”)

Y

Camping Equipment

N

Y

Cans

N

Y

Chairs

Y

Y

Cutlery

N

Y

Deodorant Roll On

Y

Y

Drinks Bottles (other than sealed plastic water/soft drinks bottles under 500ml)

N

Y

Drones

N

N

Excessive Amounts of Cigarettes (more than personal consumption)

N

N

Excessive Amounts of Food (more than personal consumption)

N

N

Firewood

N

N

Fireworks/Pyrotechnics

N

N

Flags with Poles

N

Y (there will be some exclusion zones for this)

Flags without Poles

N

Y

Flares/Distress Flares

N

N

Food Hampers / Cool Bag / Boxes

N

Y

Generators (Exemption for generators in caravans)

N

N

Glass

N

N

Golf Umbrellas

N

Y

Illegal Substances

N

N

Individual camping gas canisters (exemption for gas canisters fitted within campervans).

N

N

Leatherman Multi Tools

N

Y

Legal Highs

N

N

Medication (if accompanied by a doctors note / prescription or if it is recognisable)

Y

Y

New Psychoactive Substances(NPS)

N

N

Nitrus Oxide and any associated equipment (Balloons, Co2 dispensers, cream dispensers)

N

N

Paper Lanterns or Sky Lanterns

N

N

Perfume in small bottles

Y

Y

Petrol Burners

N

N

Portable Laser Equipment and Pens

N

N

Small hammers for pitching tents

N

Y

Sound systems

N

N

Tin Openers

N

Y

Umbrellas

Y

Y

Unidentifiable Subtances

N

N

Unofficial Tabards or Reflective Jackets

N

N

The following stoves:

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Firelighter Stoves

N

Y

Gas Canisters / cylinders in campervans

N

Y (Only if fitted professionally)

Gel Stoves

N

Y

Green Base Camp Cooker

N

Y

Meth Stoves Including Fuel

N

Y

Portable stoves with gas canisters built in (stoves will be returned)

N

N

Solid Fuel / Hexi Stoves

N

Y

Trangia Stoves

N

Y

 

We strongly advise you do not bring a bag into the Arena as there will be long queues while all bags are searched. If you do wish to bring a bag into the Arena please ensure that it is no bigger than A4 sized 8.27”x11.69”. There is a limited to one A4 bag per person being carried into the Arena at this year’s festival.

 

Bag restrictions

*In the Arena cameras are normally permitted for personal use. Cameras with lens of over 6” will not be allowed through the Arena entrance. Professional cameras and video / audio equipment are strictly prohibited. Live video / audio recordings made without the permission of the artiste or premises licence holder are prohibited.

Please note: It is now illegal to be in possession of a firework, flare or smoke bomb at a music festival. Please do not bring these items to site.

Merchandise

Didn’t manage to get your hands on an official Download t-shirt or Download Dog plushie at the festival? Fear not, our merchandise team are selling everything we have left.

Buy Merchandise

Lost Property

Any lost property found during the festival is taken to the Lost Property tent and kept for 28 days post show. For any lost property queries please email [email protected]

Age restrictions and children’s tickets

Children under 5 (Aged 4 or below) are not permitted at Download 2018. Child Tickets (5-12 years old) can be purchased with at least one adult ticket. Teenagers aged 13-15 years must have an adult ticket. Children under 16 years old must be accompanied by a parent or guardian aged 18 years or over.

If you are 16 or over you can attend alone.

We do not accept any parental or supervisory duty of care or liability for any under 18’s on site.

Valid ID

A valid form of ID may be needed throughout the event.  We have a Challenge 21 Policy on site and the following are accepted as ID on site for the bars and cigarettes:

  • A Passport (Not a photocopy)
  • Full Driving Licence or Provisional Licence
  • A Proof of Age Card bearing a PASS hologram
  • A Ministry of Defence identity card
  • A National identity card issued by an EU member state

 

Terms and Conditions

Please ensure you have read and agree to our terms and conditions before purchasing your tickets.

Loyalty Scheme terms and conditions can be viewed, here.

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