General Info

The festival site will be open from 2.30pm on Friday 29th May for those with 3 day camping tickets. The car park will be open from 1pm that day. The car park and box office will close at 11.30pm on Friday so all visitors coming on Friday must arrive before then. The box office will be open from 10.30am to 11.00pm on Saturday 30th May and from 10.30am to 10pm on Sunday 31st May.  WE DO NOT HAVE CREDIT CARD FACILITIES ON SITE AND CAN ACCEPT CASH PAYMENTS ONLY FOR TICKETS PURCHASED ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

Beaulieu House is just a 5 minute drive from Drogheda, or 10 minutes from Drogheda Bus Station.

If you need a taxi:

• East Cost Cabs – 041 984 4498 / 041 981 1198 / 086 838 4444
• Elite Cabs – 041 9833398
• Drogheda Taxi Cabs – 085 116 6969

Make sure to quote Vantastival when booking!

We will also be operating a shuttle bus service on Saturday and Sunday (see below). Full directions on how to get to Beaulieu House if driving can be found on our venue page.

A shuttle bus service will operate between the festival site and Drogheda at Pine World, N Quay, on Saturday and Sunday. (click link for directions) 

The shuttle bus will run from 11.30am until 2am, with a bus each way approximately every 30 minutes. There is no shuttle bus on Friday.

Tickets will be exchanged at the box office for wristbands.

In order to make this festival as affordable as possible, it is a BRING YOUR OWN BEER event. Cans of beer are welcome, no glass bottles are allowed on site. Please transfer everything to plastic bottles before heading to the festival. Our festival bar will stock a range of craft beers and cider, as well as a good selection of spirits. The bar will also sell cans of craft beer. Under 18s must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, who will have to sign accepting responsibility. Anyone under the age of 18 drinking alcohol, along with their accompanying adult, will be asked to leave the event. Proof of age is required for minors and accompanying adults.

Weekend Parking

The car park for 2-day and 3-day ticket holders is adjacent to the festival site and will be well signposted. Please note: Beaulieu House will charge for use of the car park, money to go towards the upkeep of the estate. Price for parking is €5. For safety reasons we cannot allow patrons to drive cars into the campsite to unload their belongings, but even if you have to make a couple of trips from the car, it should only take a few minutes. Absolutely no camping will be permitted in the Car Park. No sound systems will be permitted in the car park and anyone attempting to operate a sound system here will be asked to leave the site.

Day Parking

Parking for single day ticket-holders is located beside St. Fechin’s GAA club, just 2 minutes from the festival entrance.  A shuttle bus will carry passengers from the car park to the festival entrance. Cost for parking is €5 and price includes the shuttlebus.

There are various camping areas on the festival site. For health and safety reasons, campervan camping is separate from tent camping. Absolutely no vehicles are permitted to drive into the tent campsite. There is a family campsite which will be subdivided into a tent area and a campervan area. Day Ticket holders will not be allowed to camp overnight, unless they have a Sunday camping ticket.

On arrival, campervan and caravan drivers must leave their vehicles while exchanging tickets for wristbands at the box office. Once on site, campervans must remain on site – vehicles leaving the site during the weekend will not be re-admitted. After exchanging tickets for wristbands, caravans may be pulled to the campsite by car, then the car MUST BE REMOVED to the Car Park.

Toilets will be dispersed throughout the site, as will drinking-water dispensers.

There will be a very limited number of electric hook ups available in one area of the campsite for campervans and caravans, but these are really needed by families with very small children and babies, or people with medical conditions, so unless you are really in need of the power, just use your leisure battery. A charge of €35 for the weekend will apply for an electric hook up, payable in advance. Just email info@vantastival.com to book one. We do not provide any leads so if you book a hook up, you must bring your own lead at least 20m long. If you arrive without leads and need to rent one from us, you will be charged an additional €20 for the rental. Please ensure that you do not take any leads or distro that doesn’t belong to you when you leave! Every year the festival’s leads are stolen by attendees and it costs us a fortune to replace them. Stealing leads jeopardises our ability to continue to provide hook ups in the future. Please note, hook ups will be reserved only for those arriving before 6pm on Friday 29th May. We cannot guarantee the availability of an electric hook up for any patrons arriving after this time, and any hook up fee paid will be forfeited by late-comers. FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY REASONS WE CANNOT PROVIDE HOOK UPS TO TENTS.

There will be a range of food and drink stalls open all weekend which should cater to every taste. For a full list of this year’s food vendors visit our trader page.

If you have any special needs or are accompanying someone with special needs, please email us directly at info@vantastival.com. More info on our Disability Access Information page.

• Tickets – Don’t forget to bring your e-tickets. They can be scan from your phone so keep them handy. And if you haven’t got yours yet get them now from https://www.vantastival.com/tickets/ 😃

• Tent – Something solid, avoid buying cheap camping gear, as cheap tents and chairs break and tear and end up in the tip after only a couple of uses. Think about investing a little more money in a better tent that will last you years or ask a friend to borrow theirs if you can’t quite yet!

• Sleeping bag – a warm one. The weather can get very cold at night. Camp mat recommended.

• Rain gear, wellies and extra socks – plastic ponchos are use once items so please don’t bring them. Everyone has a rain jacket, it’s Ireland after all!

• Reusable Water Bottle – There will be drinkable water points throughout the site to fill up your bottle. Please avoid bringing excess plastic to site.

• Reusable coffee cup/ mug – we highly encourage bringing your own eco cup or mug to use throughout the event as this minimises the number of purchased coffee cups going into circulation and thus landfill, even though they’ll be compostable this year, each one less makes a huge difference!

• Cash – we won’t have any ATM’s on site so make sure you bring enough money for the weekend.

• Torch – your phone’s battery won’t last if you keep using it as your torch all weekend so we also recommended to bring a …

• Portable battery pack – always good to have a backup!

• Sun cream, Sunglasses and Sun Hat – we like to be optimistic about the weather! 😎😎😎

• Baby wipes – (biodegradable/bamboo/flushable please, you can find these at Supervalu and they’re super cheap), toilet roll and hand sanitiser

• Ear plugs & Ear defenders – Protect your and your little ones ears!

• Ashtray – if you’re a smoker bring a portable ashtray with a lid to carry with you. Please don’t drop cigarette butts on the ground!

• Rubbish bag – to keep you landfill waste and recycling separate, we will be providing everyone with a clear plastic bag for their recycling this year so it can be dropped off at our recycling points when full!

• Beer or tipple of your choice

*** We highly recommended checking the weather before the weekend so you’ll know exactly what to expect and have a better idea of what to bring from the above list! No point to bring wellies if it’s going to be like the past 3 years!! ***

 

Download our Green Policy here →  Our Festival, Our Planet – Vantastival Green Policy 2019