V Festival Prices

Festivals are never cheap, and V Festival is probably one of the UK’s most expensive music festivals. While V Festival ticket prices are lower than Reading and Glastonbury remember V Festival is only a 2 day event where as Reading & Glastonbury spans 3 days (or more). Don’t let the price of V Festival put you off though! Its worth every penny!

Below is out run down of V Festival prices for things like tickets, food and drink. Bear in mind these are estimates and stuff like Bar prices change from year to year so they might not be accurate, although you can safely assume this years V Festival prices will be higher than last years- that’s a fact of life I’m afraid!

V Festival 2011 price list

Below is our round-up of V Festival price lists for 2011

V Festival ticket prices

Much of the cost of your V Fest experience will be made up by the ticket price. If you where lucky you will have got face value tickets when they went on sale. This is obviously the cheapest way of buying your tickets. In 2011 the face value of V tickets where as follows:

  • Weekend with Camping – £175
  • Weekend no Camping – £149
  • Day Tickets – £83.50
  • Campervans – £99

(The face value price of V tickets is the same at Weston Park and Hylands Park)

On the secondary ticket market the price of V Festival tickets will go up but actually compared to previous years there’s more tickets available this year which seems to have kept prices down a bit. Use our V Festival tickets comparison to find the cheapest tickets available now:

On average the price of V Festival tickets on the secondary market is shown below:

Hylands Park, Chelmsford

  • Saturday tickets – £100 – £130
  • Sunday tickets – £120- £150
  • Weekend, No camping – £220- £260
  • Weekend, With camping – £240- £300

Weston Park, Staffordshire

  • Saturday tickets – £140 – £170
  • Sunday tickets – £110- £130
  • Weekend, No camping – £220- £260
  • Weekend, With camping – £240- £300

Prices for Saturday at Weston Park and Sunday at Hylands seem to be running higher than the other day as the lineup is stronger with Eminen and Rihanna headlining.

Warning – in previous years V Festival ticket prices have gone up considerably as the festival draws closer, especially within the week before so if you know you’re definitely going don’t leave it to the last minute, its unlikely ticket prices will drop in price and highly likely they will go up- that’s the way the ticket market works in 95% of cases. With all the tickets listed on verified sites we advertising on v Festival tickets you also have to pay a booking fee (usually around 15%) and shipping so you can add about 20% to all the prices you see above. That sucks, but at least you get a guarantee that the ticket will arrive and be valid, which we think is well worth the price tag.

V Festival bar prices

V Festival operates a token system at the bars which means most drinks are the same price, but you get limited choice- beers, Wine and alcopops at most of the bars. If you want soft drinks go to one of the food stalls.

  • Expect beer tokens in 2011 to be £4 each –

ahhhhh!! – see our tips on smuggling booze into the arena if you don’t fancy paying 4 quid for a warm carling in a paper cup☺

Food prices at V Festival

This varies pretty massively these days with the sheer amount of food options you find at V fest but here’s a guide based on what we were eating last year…

  • Burgers/ hot dogs – £3- £4.50
  • Chips - £2
  • Breakfast butties – £4 – £5
  • Fancy meals (noodles, fajitas, jerk chicken) – £5-£7
  • Soft drinks – £1- £1.50
  • Ice cream – £2 – £3
  • Tea/ coffee – £1.50

Prices for other supplies

Our advice if you’re worried about V festival prices and want to save money is to take as much as possible with you to the campsite so as much food and drink as you can carry. You can also pick up supplies on the campsites from the Cosy Camper stalls and other traders. Realistically these guys have a captive market and they’re going to charge you above the odds for things like tents, wheelies, sleeping bags and other camping supplies but they are also lifesavers at times. At a guess I’d say you could expect to pay about 20% more for stuff here than you would at the shops but you sometimes find bargains. I picked up a pair of whellies at V a few years back for a tenner and I’ve still got them today so if you really can’t carry everything you need you should be able to pick it up on site.

Like we said at the top, don’t be put off by V festival prices, save up, do it as cheap as possible and have a great time when you arrive!

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