Bloodstock Festival pass VAT saving onto the fans

Bloodstock Festival have passed the recent government VAT reduction onto their fans!

As previously announced, standard weekend tickets for the newly extended, now five-day event in 2021 (in response to 2020’s cancelled festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic) were due to increase by £10 on August 10th to £155. However, as the UK government has now confirmed that festivals are included in the reduced 5% VAT rate for the hospitality and leisure industries, Bloodstock will be now freezing that price at £145 until January 13th 2021, at which time the 2021 price increase comes into effect.

“Our audience is at the heart of everything we do,” says festival director Vicky Hungerford. “It has been a difficult year for everyone, but we really can’t wait to celebrate our 20th year with everyone next summer and hope these measures will make it that little bit easier for everyone to join us!”

When the festival returns next year, 2021’s event will feature main stage headliners DEVIN TOWNSEND (Friday) and JUDAS PRIEST (Sunday), headliners for Thursday and Saturday are yet to be announced. The festival also features sets from PHILIP H. ANSELMO & THE ILLEGALS, SKINDRED, PARADISE LOST, LIFE OF AGONY, BURY TOMORROW, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, DIAMOND HEAD, JINJER, VIO-LENCE, SACRED REICH, GLORYHAMMER, DARK TRANQUILLITY, BUTCHER BABIES, CATTLE DECAPITATION, BLOODYWOOD, MEMORIAM, RAMAGE INC, GREEN LUNG, CONJURER, ORANGE GOBLIN, THE NIGHT FLIGHT ORCHESTRA, UNLEASH THE ARCHERS, SAXON, SYLOSIS, TOXIC HOLOCAUST, WINTERFYLLETH, NEKROGOBLIKON, THE CRAWLING, RAISED BY OWLS, ANAKIM, ACID REIGN, SVALBARD, SOEN, DOG TIRED, BAILER, BLASPHEMER, BLACK TONGUE, LIBERTY LIES, PIST, & SHARKS IN YOUR MOUTH so far. More bands will be revealed in the coming months.

Bloodstock Festival will return to Catton Park, Derbyshire from 11th-15th August 2021. Tickets are available now and can be purchased here.

Bloodstock is teaming up with a number of other European festivals for the European Metal Festival Alliance this August. Check out details of the livestream event here!

For more information on the festival like their official page on Facebook.