Jurassic Dance Festival 2024 Tickets
About Jurassic Dance Festival 2024
Countdown to eruption as Jurassic Dance Festival licence is granted for August 2024!
It's on! Jurassic Dance Festival 2024 is all set to erupt over the weekend of August 16-18 at Wilkswood Farm in Swanage, Dorset. House, disco, garage, drum’n’bass, trance, old skool rave – whatever your bag it will be featured, with pioneering DJ Judge Jules headlining the inaugural festival supported by a stellar cast of over 30 DJs and producers across two stages, including David Penn, Wh0, K-Klass, Slipmatt and Brandon Block.
Presenting a nostalgic trip back in time, the festival will host three days of classic dance vibes plus three night's camping in a relaxed countryside setting right on Dorset's Jurassic Coast. Last year's event had to be postponed due to police authorities being unable to process the license application in time but this year's festival has now got the nod and is forging ahead.
Friday will see House pioneers K-Klass top the bill on the main stage with slots from the godfather of oldskool Slipmatt, Mr Ibiza Nutter himself, Brandon Block and vinyl junkie Matt Handy. Stage 2 will see a takeover by UK garage maestros Step2 Records.
Spanish superstar DJ David Penn (Defected) will headline Xtra Hot Ibiza House session on Saturday, alongside Dr Packer (Glitterbox), Kev Scott & Shannon Lawton (Hot Radio), Doctor Feelgood (Mambo Ibiza), Martyn T Hat and Chris Rowland. Stage 2 sees a Bump’N’Hustle deep and soulful house takeover throughout the day.
Then it’s ‘Put your hands in the air’ time as the legend that is Judge Jules closes the main stage on Sunday night, appearing with WhO (Ministry/Printworks), Andy Galea (Sol Brothers), Paul Moss & Jon Langford (Manor), Mark Rush Palmer (Manor) and Tom Perry.
The family-friendly festival will invite mums and dads ready to revisit the club sounds of their youth in a safe, relaxed and welcoming setting in the heart of the Purbeck countryside. With capacity limited to 1,000, the festival will be a more relaxed, calmer environment than other larger events, aiming to encourage both dance-addicted teens and ex-clubbing parents to bring their kids to see how they did things in the old days. With a kid's zone and lots of activities for children over the course of the weekend, including DJ and dance workshops, mum and dad should be free to let their hair down like they did back in the day.
The main arena and bar are undercover so the music can continue whatever the weather. There is ample camping across the site so there's plenty of space for everyone. Campervans and small caravans are welcome in the campervan field and there is a designated field close to the arena for disabled ticket holders. There will be bars and street food stalls catering for all tastes and persuasions as well as merchandise stalls selling clothing, sunglasses, hats and the odd smiley badge or two.
Adult weekend tickets are priced at just £99 and include full access to the main dance arena from Friday to Sunday, three night's camping and free parking for the weekend. Under 18s are £49 and under 3s are free. A Family Weekend Bundle (two Adult & two Youth tickets) is available for £249. Campervans, mobile homes and small caravans are welcome in the campervan field for an extra £39 for the weekend.
The festival is organised by Hard Way promotions, the same team behind the
Wilkswood Reggae Festival, now in its eighth year and which runs on the same site in July.
Music genres: 90s, Drum n Bass, House, Jungle, Old Skool
Jurassic Dance Festival information & FAQs
Jurassic Dancer gates open at 10.00 am on Friday 16 August 2024.
Music starts each day at noon and finishes at midnight.
The main stage will finish at midnight on Sunday 18th.
The site will be expected to be clear by 2.00 pm on Monday 19th.
Yes. Jurassic Dance has an allocated field for campervans, motorhomes and caravans.
Only vehicles that have been specifically adapted to sleep and live in will be allowed. Unfortunately, this does not mean work vans with a mattress in the back.
No tents are allowed to the side of the van to prevent contiguous fires and only one small/pup tent is allowed behind each van. Van awnings are allowed.
One car is allowed with each caravan. This cannot be moved until the festival ends so if you think you will need to leave the site during the weekend, the car must be left in the car park.
A van camping ticket must be purchased separately to guarantee a pitch.
Also, please note that there will be no electricity or water hookups provided.
The festival is on a working farm in the Purbeck Hills with unmade tracks and some arduous slopes so access is always going to be a challenge for the physically disabled.
Jurassic Dance have a separate accessible camping area for much closer to the main arena. We have also designated parking for Blue Badge holders situated adjacent to the camping areas. You will need to email info@jurassicdance.com to discuss this further and to book a pitch.
We will also have the Camp Gator, a golf buggy-style vehicle capable of carrying camping equipment for festival-goers requiring assistance. The Gator will also be available to able-bodied campers for a small hire charge.
There will be no electricity or water hook-ups on site at all so if this is important you may want to look at nearby Woodyhyde Campsite which has full facilities.
There will be locked accessible toilets in this campsite and in the main event area. Please contact a steward as you arrive for details.
Jurassic Dance also provide a free carers ticket to each disabled ticket purchaser. Please email carers@jurassicdance.com to arrange this before buying your ticket.
Yes. Day Tickets are available to purchase.
There are no cash machines on the festival site but there will be card payment facilities in the main bar and the majority of food and merchandise stalls.
If you bring a quantity of cash with you please keep it safe and secure and don’t keep all your cash and valuables in the same place.
The extra charge for the camper vans is to cover tow outs, repairing damaged farmland and chemical toilet waste provision. It creates a contingency fund for when the weather is bad and we have to employ ‘tracking’ and local farm vehicles to help clear the site. We’ve been thankfully blessed with the weather over the last three years but, without this contingency and should wet weather occur, the cost of laying tracking and towing out vehicles could seriously deplete the festivals’ finances for subsequent years.
Yes, the cost of the ticket includes parking as well as full admission to the Jurassic Dance Campsite and camping in the tent camping field for three nights.
There is an additional charge for campervans and caravans of £25 for the weekend. This is essential to cover a contingency for tracking and towing in the event of wet weather. A van camping ticket must be purchased separately to guarantee a pitch.
The festival venue, Wilkswood Farm, is a working cattle farm for most of the year. Because broken glass would be an obvious danger to grazing animals, glass bottles are not permitted in the main arena or the camping areas. This is in line with the majority of UK music festivals. If you arrive at the camping area with glass bottles you will be requested to return them to your vehicle or decant them into suitable containers; failing this it will be confiscated at the entrance. Beer cans and plastic bottles are permitted but we request that you use either the waste bins provided or remove your litter to leave the site.
Yes, there are hot showers as well as washing facilities and toilets, all of which will be regularly cleaned and inspected throughout the festival. There is a small charge for the use of the showers.
Unfortunately, because the festival site is part of a livestock farm, we cannot allow dogs anywhere on the festival site with the exception of registered guide dogs. However, there are several campsites in the area that allow dogs: check out Acton Field and Tom’s Field in Langton Matravers and Harmans Cross Campsite, all of which are close to the festival site.
Yes. There are several water points on the campsite for campers and general use.
Unfortunately, we cannot accept any other generators onsite other than those necessary for the live music, the sound systems and the caterers.
There are no electrical hookups or phone charging points on site. The use of portable phone chargers is encouraged if you wish to stay ‘connected’ for the weekend. However, we hope most of you will take the opportunity to go ‘off-grid’ and immerse yourself in the sights, sounds and smells of the festival. The festival programme will have details of the weekend’s schedule and acts and the lineup and times will also be signposted at various points in the main arena.
All trader enquiries should be directed to traders@jurassicdance.com.
Unfortunately, neither open fires nor charcoal barbecues are allowed at the festival. Basically, if it can create a spark, do not use it; the grass is tinder-dry in the summer and it won’t take much to get it going. Gas-fired stoves/barbecues (raised up from ground level, either with a stand or on stable blocks) are permitted. The festival will have a communal fire-pit zone for those not ready to turn in straight after the live acts finish performing.
Chinese lanterns are also not permitted as they pose a threat to livestock as well as a risk of fire.
Queries about tickets should be emailed to tickets@jurassicdance.com.
Traders should email traders@jurassicdance.com.
Disabled/Carer enquiries should email carers@jurassicdance.com.
Any other queries should be directed to info@jurassicdance.com.
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