INFO

ACCESSIBILITY

Eat Drink Bristol Fashion welcomes all deaf and disabled festival-goers and aims to provide facilities to ensure that the event can be enjoyed by as many people as possible.

Please see our Accessibility Page for full details HERE.

ADMISSION/ SEARCH POLICY

For the safety of our customers and staff, security will be conducting searches at the gate. Please do not attempt to bring any of the following items inside the festival:

• Alcohol

• Animals (with the exception of guide dogs)

• Cans

• Cool boxes / picnic hampers or any outside food & drink

• Bicycles or scooters

• Fireworks, laser pens, or flares

• Glass

• Hi Vis waistcoats, jackets or vests

• Illicit substances or legal highs

• Pens or Paint

• Selfie sticks

• Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (aka Drones)

• Anything which could be considered an offensive weapon or could cause danger or a nuisance

The festival cannot take responsibility for any item retained by security at the gates – these items will be disposed of to reduce waiting times at the gate, please only bring necessary items with you to the event.

Festival Management reserve the right to refuse entry.

AGE & ID

Eat Drink Bristol Fashion is for people of all ages, however an adult must accompany any person who is under the age of 16. Identification will be required and under-16s will be refused entry without an adult. 

Children under 5 can come to the festival for free, 5-15 year olds require a child’s ticket (£5).We operate a challenge 25 policy at all of our bars, so if you appear to be under 25 you will be asked for ID

We will accept the following forms of identification:

• A passport

• A European Union photocard driving licence

• A Ministry of Defence Form 90 (Defence Identity Card)

• A photographic identity card bearing the national Proof of Age Standards Scheme (PASS) hologram

• A national identity card issued by a European Union member state (other than the United Kingdom), Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Switzerland

• A Biometric Immigration Document.Please remember that there is no automatic right of entry to licensed premises nor is there an automatic right to service of alcohol. Service is always discretionary.

BANQUETING

We are putting on a number of banquets at the event. These require a separate ticket.  Tickets and full details are available here.

(Please note all banquet tickets also provide entry to the main festival).

CAMPING

Although we are two day festival, we don’t provide any option to camp within the site. The festival will close when the music finishes at 11pm. We advise looking at hotel, Airbnb or hostel options in the centre of Bristol.

Our official hotel partner is Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel - to book a room follow the link HERE.

CLOAKROOM

This is located in the Information Tent, next to the main gate and it will be open throughout the festival. The cloakroom cost is £3 per item.

CONTACT

For ticket enquiries please follow this link: https://www.seetickets.com/customerservice

Or call 08448718819.

For general enquiries please email enquiries@lteamlove.org

FIRST AID

There is a 12-hour medical centre just inside the main gate that is manned by fully qualified staff. Please make yourself aware with it’s location as you enter the festival. 

If you suspect somebody is unwell take him or her to the first aid tent. If in severe cases they are not moving, please do not attempt to move them and alert a steward immediately who will call for the exact help needed. If you take any medication regularly remember to bring it with you along with your prescription incase there are any queries at the gate. Make your friends aware of any illness or allergies you may have. Look after yourself and those around you.

FOOD & DRINK

Outside food and drink (including alcohol) is not allowed inside the festival. There will be plenty of reasonably-priced bars and traders on site providing a wide variety of refreshments all day long. Vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options will be available.

There will be a water refill point manned by Frank Water where they will be providing free refills of chilled drinking water throughout the festival.  We encourage all attendees to bring an empty reusable water bottle with them to the event.

GATE OPENING TIMES

11am – 8pm (this includes all General Admission and Guestlist access to the event).

GET INVOLVED

We are really keen to build relationships with food organisations and community groups from across the city.  If you’ve got an idea of how we can work together or a food-related project you think we should know about, please get in touch. enquiries@teamlove.org

LOCATION

Eat Drink Bristol Fashion Festival takes place at Castle Park, Broad Weir, Bristol BS1 3XB

LOST PROPERTY

 If you lose or find something at the festival, please go to the Information Tent. All lost property from the festival will be kept in the Eat Drink Bristol Fashion office for a month after the event. Please contact enquiries@teamlove.org to enquire about your item.

RE-ENTRY POLICY

You will be able to re enter throughout the day up until 8pm.  Please ensure you retain your festival accreditation as we will not be able to let you back in without it.

RESIDENTS

We are committed to causing minimum disruption to the residents who live close to Castle Park. Please respect local residents by keeping noise to a minimum when arriving and leaving the festival. Please also use the bins and toilets provided.

RUBBISH & WASTE

Please use the bins provided to dispose of all your rubbish. Not only do we want to keep the site looking lovely, but also want to avoid harming any of the resident wildlife at Castle Park. Plenty of bins are provided around the site and these are emptied throughout the day.

We are committed to recycling as much as possible from the festival, so please make sure you use the correct bins.

SPECIAL EFFECTS

Please be aware that strobe lighting and other special effects may be used as part of performances at Castle Park.

TICKETS

A separate ticket is required for each day.

Please only buy tickets from the authorised agents listed on our ticket page. Beware of touts and unauthorised ticket agents selling tickets as there is no guarantee of their authenticity. You will be refused entry if you attempt to use a counterfeit ticket. Please note that tickets are non-transferable.

Although you will be able to access most of the festival programme with a general admission ticket, separate tickets will be required for a number of the School of Food Workshops, and Banquets. Full details and tickets available HERE.

LOW INCOME TICKETS

Low Income tickets will be available at the cost of £10 (including booking fee), if you would like to apply please contact us on  enquiries@teamlove.org to find out more.

TOILETS

Please make sure that you do use the loos provided and not the ground of the park or surrounding area as this can be harmful to local wildlife. There are toilet facilities on site that are cleaned and restocked throughout the day.

TRADERS & PRODUCER”S MARKET APPLICATIONS

Please contact enquiries@teamlove.org if you are interested in trading at the event.

TRAVEL

We encourage all attendees to travel to & from the festival on foot, by bike or on public transport.

The festival is located in the city centre so is easily accessible from across Bristol by public transport. First Bus run multiple routes that service Castle Park.  Their online journey planner can be found here.

Carbon balancing festival travel with Energy Revolution  

We’re working with UK charity Energy Revolution to tackle the environmental impacts from audience travel – these are typically the biggest contributor to an event’s carbon footprint, making up to 80% for the average festival in the UK! You can help us by making a £1 donation to balance your fossil fuel miles when you buy your ticket to Eat Drink Bristol Fashion - Energy Revolution will then invest 100% of your donation into projects that create clean renewable energy. If you missed the chance to do this when you got your ticket you can use Energy Revolution’s Travel Carbon Calculator to work out and balance your fossil fuel journey.

Energy Revolution works with over 55 of the UK’s favourite festivals, as well as artists and event suppliers. Since 2015 they have balanced over 13 million travel miles - donations have helped to power projects such as wind turbines in India with the Converging World and funded community solar power with Bristol Energy Co-op, in 2019 donations contributed to The School's Energy Co-op– a project that helps UK schools install solar panels as well as teaching the children about the benefits of clean energy. Read about all the projects here. 

Find out more at www.energy-revolution.org.uk'

Taxis

There are several taxi ranks along Baldwin Street towards the City Centre from Castle Park.

TRAINS - Bristol Temple Meads Station is approximately 15 minutes walk from Castle Park.  The National Rail Enquiries online journey planner can be found here http://ojp.nationalrail.co.uk/service/planjourney/search

BIKES - There are public bike racks available on Fairfax Street & Bridge Street.

PARKING - There is absolutely no public parking available at the event so please do not bring your car. Anyone parking illegally or irresponsibly near the site will have his or her vehicle towed.

VALUABLES & SAFETY

We recommend taking some easy steps to maximise your enjoyment of the day.

Keep money, mobile phones and cameras on your person at all times. If you suspect you have had something stolen, please check with the Information Tent to see if it has been handed in before reporting it to the police.

Make yourself aware of the location of the emergency exits, and follow any instructions given to you by security or stewards. In the unlikely event that you witness dangerous or antisocial behaviour move away and alert security if they are not already in the immediate vicinity.

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