Bearded Theory

Name: Bearded Theory
Address: Catton Hall & Park, Walton-on-Trent, DE128LN, GB
Telephone: +448435159400
Price range: $
Rating: 4.8

🌳🍄 BEARDED THEORY FESTIVAL | CATTON PARK 🍄🌳 In 2011 we won the “UKs Best Independent Festival” at the AIM Music Awards.
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Bearded Theory Festival

Bearded Theory is a multi-award winning creative and performing arts festival set in the beautiful grounds of Catton Hall in the heart of the National Forest. The festival borders 3 counties of West Midlands, South Derbyshire and Staffordshire and only 2 hours away for 50% of the UKs population. In 2016 we won "UK’s Best Family Festival" award at the UK Festival Awards, 20

14 we won “Promoter of the Year” award at the UK Festival Awards in London and Festival Kidz “Silver Award”. In 2013, after being shortlisted for many years, we finally won “Best Small Festival” at the UK Festival Awards and a Festival Kidz “Gold Award”. Over the years we have also been shortlisted for many awards including Best Family Festival, Best Grassroots, and Best Toilets. We have been recognised in the National press as being one of the best festivals of the summer in various articles in the Guardian, Express, Sun, Independent, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 1, Channel 4, BBC Entertainment and the Mirror. We have an award winning free Children’s Village along with an award winning bar selling real ales, lagers and ciders at pub tariffs. In addition we are one of the very few festivals that allow you to bring your own drink into our arenas.

25/07/2024

65 down... 300 days to go! Can you believe it?! We'll be back before you know it! 🤩😅

24/07/2024

Reminiscing on our start to the summer with a full collection of photos… 😍✨ We loved each and every second of this year’s Bearded Theory and have thoroughly enjoyed scouring socials and seeing everyone’s photos, so here are a few more of ours!

A great big thank you to our photographers: Jade Vowles, Izzy Challoner & Louisa Mae for providing us with these picture perfect memories 📸🥰 as always, we’ll be sharing more of their work throughout the year while we wait to get back to the fields so keep your eyes on our channels…

Speaking of, if you are as ready to go again as we are, you can pick up tickets for 2025 right now! With our payment plans, tickets are available for £24 a month – snap ‘em up! 🎟️: https://tinyurl.com/577rca8k

24/07/2024

19/07/2024

A great big cheers and a very Happy Friday to sunshine, beer gardens, and this lovely British festival weather 🍻🌞

Picture yourself walking through these gates in 2025 and make the dream real: https://tinyurl.com/577rca8k

11/07/2024

Did you know, you can pick up an adult weekend ticket on a payment plan for just £24 per month right now?! That’s about as much as I’m paying for the gym membership I don’t use 😳 but who needs a treadmill with the amount of dancing and steps you get in over a festival weekend, right?! 💁🏻‍♀️

Pick up your payment plan ticket here: https://tinyurl.com/4php8cc8

09/07/2024

We saw a lot of laughing faces leaving the Worst Record Covers exhibition over the Bearded weekend 🤣 their exhibition was a hit (like some of the songs on display 🤓) and we’re always on the lookout for more ways to keep you guys entertained 🤹

Let us know if you see any fun additions that we could bring to the fields while you’re out and about this summer!

03/07/2024

Make sure your voice is heard this week! Our survey closes on Sunday 😏📣

We’re giving away 2 adult & 3 kid tickets to one lucky participant, plus you get to tell us who you want at Bearded Theory 2025! Make it count ✅

Get involved: https://ourorganisation.welcomesyourfeedback.net/s/ym7qk1

29/06/2024

We have adored seeing all your Bearded Theory snaps so far! Keep 'em coming this evening… ❤🤩

27/06/2024

If you’re suffering from Glasto FOMO this week, we totally understand… but let’s all try and overcome it by reliving the amazing weekend we had back in May 🤩

Drop a comment below with your favourite memories, best photos, and positive vibes from the weekend to share the love and keep the festival spirit alive for all of us stuck at home! 💖

While you’re at it with the reminiscing, you can answer our festival survey to share your experiences with us: https://ourorganisation.welcomesyourfeedback.net/s/ym7qk1

And if all this nostalgia is getting you in the mood for more, tickets are on sale now for 2025! Pick up yours here: https://tinyurl.com/4php8cc8

22/06/2024

How is it already a month since we were together in the fields?! 🌳 It simultaneously feels like we barely just left and that it's been an eternity without you! Make it make sense… 😅 Being (festival pint) cup half-full though, that means we're less than a year from Bearded Theory 2025 ❤️

Tickets are already on sale, and with these months stretching out ahead of us, why not snap up a payment plan ticket to spread out the cost? Right now, an adult ticket is less than £22 a month. It'll come around before you know it, because time is like that 🤷🏻‍♀️ All tickets here: https://tinyurl.com/4php8cc8

PS – before 2024 fades into a beautiful blurry memory, we want to hear your thoughts! Check out our survey: https://ourorganisation.welcomesyourfeedback.net/s/ym7qk1

20/06/2024

This sunny day has us wanting to go back to this moment when the sun broke through! 🌞 perfect weather for a pint (and watching the football if you’re so inclined).

18/06/2024

Have your say! 📣 We want to learn more about you, hear about your experiences at Bearded Theory 2024, and of course… officially take your top artist recommendations and requests for 2025! We’re giving away 2 adult & 3 child tickets to one lucky winner as a thank you for your time, so sound off on our festival survey to have your voice heard... and maybe you could win big!

Take part: ourorganisation.welcomesyourfeedback.net/ym7qk1

16/06/2024

Shout out to all the rockstar dads! 👨‍🎤 Thank you for all the shoulder lifts, helping us through the mud, and money for snacks & the fairground ❤🤪 Happy Father’s Day! 🤩

14/06/2024

Cheers all! 🍻 it's been 3 weeks since our last party, we're feeling recovered and ready to enjoy some more pints this weekend! 😅 We're also thinking about the next blow out, fancy joining us? Because you certainly can! Bearded Theory 2025 tickets are on sale now!

🎟️: https://bit.ly/45IEUfk

12/06/2024

Now that our tickets are out in the world and you’ve confirmed that you’re joining us, we can ✨ FINALLY ✨ start getting excited for our next big party! What are you most looking forward to about getting back to the fields? 🥰

10/06/2024

We’ve had such a nice weekend seeing you all chatting about Bearded Theory 2025! It seems like you’re just as excited as we are 🥰

Let’s keep the good vibes rolling... tell us below, what was your favourite part of this year’s festival?! Favourite act, biggest moment, most pleasant surprise - we want to hear all about it! ✨

Want to join us next time out? We’d love to have you! You can pick up a ticket here: https://tinyurl.com/4php8cc8

09/06/2024

Let's talk payment plans 💸 now that we're on sale earlier, you can spread the cost of your tickets over even more months! The earlier you buy, the smaller the monthly chunks so be sure to take advantage of this option as soon as you can!

Right now, an adult weekend ticket comes in at £21.82 per month. Pick up yours here: https://tinyurl.com/4php8cc8

08/06/2024

Our tickets have been released into the wild 🐣 and the countdown is officially on... in a mere 347 days we'll be returning to the fields and dancing amongst the trees 🌳🍄

Want to join us? We'd love to have you! You can pick up a ticket here: https://bit.ly/45IEUfk

07/06/2024

Tickets for Bearded Theory 2025 are on sale now and flying! 🧚‍♀️🫧 Shout out to our earliest birds, who among us is already on board and who are you coming to party with next May?! Tag all your friends & fam and spread the word… 📣

Mate hasn’t bagged theirs yet? Get 'em on it here: https://bit.ly/45IEUfk ❤

07/06/2024

BEARDED THEORY 2025 IS ON SALE NOW! 🍄🌳

Be one of the first to secure your place and we’ll see you again soon at Catton Park. It'll be here before we know it ❤️🥳

Tickets available here: https://bit.ly/45IEUfk
See you in checkout! 👋

06/06/2024

Ready for it 🤠 starting tomorrow, you can confirm your place at Bearded Theory 2025! We can't wait to dance with you again 💃🕺🤸‍♀️✨

Reasons to join the party early:
🥶 2024 Price Freeze tickets are waiting for the keenest among you.
🐦 The earliest birds can also catch the Early & Super Early Bird tickets.
📅 A whole year of payment plans means splitting the cost into smaller monthly instalments than ever before.
🤩 You'll be one of the first to celebrate BT25 with a year to plan and build excitement!

Set your alarms & move quick to secure the earliest tickets ⏰🐦🥶

Join the register to be reminded about tickets: www.alttickets.com/re/bearded-theory-2025

04/06/2024

Here’s to many more moshes to come 🤘🏼🤩 in case you hadn’t heard, we’re already locking in the next one 🔒

Join us at Bearded Theory 2025 from 21st May next year, tickets are on sale THIS FRIDAY 🥳🥳🥳 including 2024 Price Freeze tickets 🥶 as well as Early & Super Early Bird 🐣 all available on payment plans to split the cost across the year!

03/06/2024

ALL YOU NEED IS… another round! ✨🍄

Pick up your 2025 tickets from 10am THIS FRIDAY! Less than four days ‘til we get the countdown going again 📆

02/06/2024

Big Ed wants to remind you that Bearded Theory 2025 goes on sale on Friday 7th June 🧔🏻✨ he had the best time this year and is ready for more dancing 🕺🏻💃🏻🤸🏻‍♀️

Register for 2025 here: www.alttickets.com/re/bearded-theory-2025

31/05/2024

Well, that certainly was a lot of fun. We are ✨100% READY✨ to go again. In fact, we can’t get the thought of it out of our heads, so….
BEARDED THEORY 2025 GOES ON SALE NEXT FRIDAY! 🥳🤩🥰

We’ll be releasing a limited number of tickets frozen at this year’s price, followed by our Super Early Bird and Early Bird tickets, all starting from 10am on 7th June 🐦‍⬛

Our payment plans are also going live at the same time, meaning you’ll now have the option to split the cost into even smaller chunks over the next 12 months 🎟️

Honestly, we can’t thank you enough for your eternal optimism and the energy you bring to the fields each year, here’s to the next one 🌞🍻

Sign-up to get a reminder about tickets: www.alttickets.com/re/bearded-theory-2025

28/05/2024

HOME ❤ we might have left the fields behind us for another year, but it'll always be where we belong. Our festival family has our whole heart and we can't wait to do it with you all again, it'll come around again sooner than you think ✨

Once again, we want to send a very special THANK YOU to our incredible crew, who truly outdid themselves this year; all the fantastic artists, bands and performers who shared their magic with us; and to you, our beautiful friends, for always bringing your positivity, fun, and joy to Bearded Theory. We love you all 🥰

💌 Stay in touch for all 2025 updates: beardedtheory.co.uk/contact-us/sign-up/

27/05/2024

AMYL AND THE SNIFFERS ⚡️

There is no better way to finish off than like that.

27/05/2024

🚙 IMPORTANT TRAVEL ADVICE! 🚙

It may still be muddy in your carparking area, if so, please drive slow and steady, making sure to not accelerate through mud.

If you get stuck, please be patient and don’t panic, we will help!

Just turn your engines off, put you hazards on and our amazing assistant vehicles will come to help with the assistance of our site stewards as soon as possible. You may need to locate your towing eye, this is usually in your boot.

Please continue to be kind to each other and our amazing site crew, taking any advice given. Let’s work together to ensure everyone gets off site safely!

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Walton-on-Trent
DE128LN

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Well, that certainly was a lot of fun. We are ✨100% READY✨ to go again. In fact, we can’t get the thought of it out of our heads, so…. BEARDED THEORY 2025 GOES ON SALE NEXT FRIDAY! 🥳🤩🥰 We’ll be releasing a limited number of tickets frozen at this year’s price, followed by our Super Early Bird and Early Bird tickets, all starting from 10am on 7th June 🐦‍⬛ Our payment plans are also going live at the same time, meaning you’ll now have the option to split the cost into even smaller chunks over the next 12 months 🎟️ Honestly, we can’t thank you enough for your eternal optimism and the energy you bring to the fields each year, here’s to the next one 🌞🍻 Sign-up to get a reminder about tickets: www.alttickets.com/re/bearded-theory-2025

Picture the scene, it's a sunny Sunday evening 4 weeks from now, and you're feeling smug because you don't have to pack up any tents tomorrow morning because you booked a pre-pitched tent! Dreamy 🌙 Get yourself over to the Pallet and party your final night at Bearded away with a bit of Amyl and the Sniffers before you round out the weekend with a wild screening of Rocky Horror at Meadow Movies until late 💃. Wake up on Monday morning and head home with not a tent peg or ground sheet in sight 😍 Circular Camping are joining us to make the dream real, their efforts across the festival circuit have helped to reduce carbon emissions and landfill waste, and you can get all the benefits this year at Catton Park: https://beardedtheory.co.uk/explore/accommodation/circular-camping/

🚨🚨 OUR FIRST LINE-UP ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE 2024 EDITION OF BEARDED THEORY IS COMING NEXT WEDNESDAY! 📢 Join the mailing list to get all the updates and spend this weekend getting excited: beardedtheory.co.uk/sign-up/

Something is coming next week… what could it be?! Sign up to our mailing list to hear first: beardedtheory.co.uk/sign-up/

Stay tuned for an update tomorrow! 📻 🔜

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📧 alttickets.com/re/bearded-theory-2024 📧

Last night, the calm before the most beautiful storm 😍 we’re starting to welcome you home now and we couldn’t be happier ❤️

30 MORE ARTISTS ADDED! ⚡ with just 3 months until Bearded Theory, we've added some more LEGENDS to our line-up, including Pretenders, Billy Bragg, Anna Calvi and PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING. Plus, some of our favourite artists like Alvvays, Beth Orton, the go! team, Lime Cordiale, Lanterns On The Lake, The Bug Club, Jealous Nostril, Bully AND LOADS MORE, who will all be joining the likes of Interpol, Primal Scream, Gary Numan, Viagra Boys, Yard Act and the rest of the bill! Check out the video to see everyone we've just added 🤩 🎟️ Tickets are on sale now, including payment plan options to split the cost of your ticket: https://bit.ly/3xT3kmN ...psssst, there's still more to come too 🤫

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM BEARDED THEORY! 🎅🎄 Hope you're all having a wonderful day, filled with good tunes, good food and good booze 🍻

BEARDED THEORY 2023!✨ our first reveal features legendary names like Interpol, Primal Scream, Gogol Bordello, Flogging Molly, Gary Numan & Echo and the Bunnymen, alongside some of the most exciting up-and-coming artists around, including Viagra Boys, Yard Act, Warmduscher, The Beths, The Mysterines, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, The Lovely Eggs, SNAPPED ANKLES, Panic Shack, Benefits, Coach Party, AND even more on top of that! 🤩 Watch the video for our full announcement... so far! LOADS MORE TO COME ✌️ AVAILABLE TO BOOK NOW: 🎟️ Festival tickets! 🚙 Campervan/Caravan tickets! 🎪 Glamping! 🚌 Coach packages! Plus, you can also split the cost of your ticket into monthly instalments with a payment plan. Get your tickets here: https://bit.ly/3OCIeAJ

INCOMING: 10AM TOMORROW ⏰ Set your reminders and get ready to refresh the page because our first artist announcement is coming!

SIX MONTHS UNTIL BEARDED THEORY 2023! Line-up news is coming EARLY NEXT WEEK 📅 Sign up to our mailing list to be the first to find out… 📧 beardedtheory.co.uk/sign-up

🌳🍄 Only 200 days until we walk back out into those fields! 🍄🌳 🎟️ Pick up your tickets: https://bit.ly/3NCLiw9

RAVERS, REJOICE 🙌 we are very excited to announce that our ICONIC dance tent, Magical Sounds, will be returning to the fields of Catton Hall for 2023! We can't wait to welcome you all back to this beloved space 👽⚛ Payment plan tickets are still available! You can pick up your ticket today for £25 a month until the festival, grab yours here: bit.ly/3s9PM3r 🎟️

Go go go!! Tickets for Bearded Theory 2023 are on sale right NOW! Reasons to buy a ticket today: 🐦 If you're quick, you could get your hands on our very special Early Bird prices before they sell out... 📅 Our monthly payment plan means you can spread the cost of your ticket until May 2023, if you book today that's around £20 per month! 🧒 We've frozen ticket prices for teens and children at last year's prices. 🤩 You get the maximum amount of time to know you're coming to Bearded 2023 and build up the excitement! ...what are you waiting for?! 😉 Tickets here: bit.ly/3QEots2

Get ready… because Bearded Theory 2023 is on sale tomorrow at 10am! 🍄 📷: Apertunes Photography

2 DAYS 🎟️ This Saturday at 10am it’ll be your first chance to grab tickets for Bearded Theory 2023, so don’t miss out! We can’t wait to see you all again next Summer 🤩

Tickets for Bearded Theory 2023 go on sale in 3 days! Tag your friends and family who you’d like to join the party with you! 🍄🌳 📷: Apertunes Photography

5 DAYS TO GOOO ⚡ This Saturday our tickets go on sale for Bearded Theory 2023! Have you set your reminder yet?

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Bearded Theory`s Spring Gathering Bearded Theory`s Spring Gathering is a multi-award winning creative and performing arts festival set in the beautiful grounds of Catton Hall in the heart of the National Forest. The festival borders 3 counties of West Midlands, South Derbyshire and Staffordshire and only 2 hours away for 50% of the UKs population. In 2016 we won "UK`s Best Family Festival" award at the UK Festival Awards, 2014 we won “Promoter of the Year” award at the UK Festival Awards in London and Festival Kidz “Silver Award”. In 2013, after being shortlisted for many years, we finally won “Best Small Festival” at the UK Festival Awards and a Festival Kidz “Gold Award”. In 2011 we won the “UKs Best Independent Festival” at the AIM Music Awards. Over the years we have also been shortlisted for many awards including Best Family Festival, Best Grassroots, and Best Toilets. We have been recognised in the National press as being one of the best festivals of the summer in various articles in the Guardian, Express, Sun, Independent, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 1, Channel 4, BBC Entertainment and the Mirror. We have an award winning free Children’s Village along with an award winning bar selling real ales, lagers and ciders at pub tariffs. In addition we are one of the very few festivals that allow you to bring your own drink into our arenas. The festival has always been audience led and our programming is operated the same now as when we started 12 years ago. We book acts off the back of your recommendations, improved our infrastructure in line with feedback and sourced the vendors and bars off the back of the suggestions of people that attend.

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