Bearded Theory 2025

[bexj]

Iggy f**kin Pop, that's all

And about 10 other class acts there.  

[CurlyPutz]

Happy with that. Never seen Iggy before so proper chuffed. 

[northernangel]

Do they do day tickets?

A Fruday ticket if Iggy played could be an option on the way up to Leeds if Nova Twins were the day day.

 

From what I've seen, no BT headliners play Glastonbury too

 

[Gnomicide]

14 minutes ago, northernangel said:

Do they do day tickets?

A Fruday ticket if Iggy played could be an option on the way up to Leeds if Nova Twins were the day day.

 

From what I've seen, no BT headliners play Glastonbury too

 

 

They've only done day tickets once, a year I don't think it sold particularly well. I don't thinks there's much chance of it happening again.

[northernangel]

5 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

 

They've only done day tickets once, a year I don't think it sold particularly well. I don't thinks there's much chance of it happening again.

Probably given all 3 of 204 price release, super early bird and early bird weekend are sold. It's outrageously expensive to be honest now I've seen for what it is so.

[Nobody Interesting]

Personally I think festivals are a bargain.

I see around 30 bands at a festival and if you say it is £300 that's just a tenner  a band and that takes no account of camping which costs £20 a night upwards in campsites.

We are going to 2 gigs in December in Cardiff over 2 nights and are staying ina  cheap self catering - total cost for 2 is almost as much as BT for 2.

[incident]

42 minutes ago, Nobody Interesting said:

Personally I think festivals are a bargain.

I see around 30 bands at a festival and if you say it is £300 that's just a tenner  a band and that takes no account of camping which costs £20 a night upwards in campsites.

We are going to 2 gigs in December in Cardiff over 2 nights and are staying ina  cheap self catering - total cost for 2 is almost as much as BT for 2.

 

Yeah, even at the current (and highest) tier, Bearded is £251.45 inc all fees which in the current market seems pretty reasonable. I know there's festivals that do charge less (in the case of Truck and Y Not, substantially less), but none of those are as appealing to me as Bearded, either in terms of lineup or in terms of the freedom of being able to bring in alcohol and take it where you want. There's also a lot of festivals that charge substantially more.

[onemoresolo]

Having just paid £350 for two tickets to see Springsteen in Manchester, gig tickets have inflated across the board but festivals still represent great value for money. I know the absolute cost is still beyond a lot of people’s means.

[emmanuel]

I guess to each his own, but it is difficult to see 30 full sets. Last year there were about 10 bands I wanted to see (all small), and I figured out that seeing all of them individually (~20 pounds) - with twice the number of songs - would be a better option than the weekend ticket. I'm local and can't take the Friday off due to teaching - so every year it is a bit disappointing there is no day ticket, but I'm happy for those who are more in festival mode than myself.

[northernangel]

6 hours ago, Nobody Interesting said:

Personally I think festivals are a bargain.

I see around 30 bands at a festival and if you say it is £300 that's just a tenner  a band and that takes no account of camping which costs £20 a night upwards in campsites.

We are going to 2 gigs in December in Cardiff over 2 nights and are staying ina  cheap self catering - total cost for 2 is almost as much as BT for 2.

 

I've got 4 bands I'd see in that lineup or make a point of seeing, £250 then a other £35 for parking as well would be madness for me personally. 

 

I don't think it's so much festivals are a bargain, it's that gigs are a rip off. I've finally used a TM voucher from nearly a year a go and its taken a whole to actually use that for a gig I actually think it worth the money.

 

I dont know who your gigs are but there are a lot of gigs out there that will cost more than what many bands that Bearded Theory book do.

5 hours ago, incident said:

 

Yeah, even at the current (and highest) tier, Bearded is £251.45 inc all fees which in the current market seems pretty reasonable. I know there's festivals that do charge less (in the case of Truck and Y Not, substantially less), but none of those are as appealing to me as Bearded, either in terms of lineup or in terms of the freedom of being able to bring in alcohol and take it where you want. There's also a lot of festivals that charge substantially more.

 

I've definitely had better value by a mile going to Y Not for example. £140 currently for a weekend is almost unbeatable value with £190 to add the Thursday. Bearded reminds me though for a lot of it as like a mini 6 music festival with some side bits and 6 music is probably my least listened to radio station.

[incident]

6 minutes ago, northernangel said:

I've definitely had better value by a mile going to Y Not for example. £140 currently for a weekend is almost unbeatable value with £190 to add the Thursday. Bearded reminds me though for a lot of it as like a mini 6 music festival with some side bits and 6 music is probably my least listened to radio station.

 

Yes, Y Not is cheaper. But it's not £140 or even £190 - I tried to be honest and include all fees in the price I quoted, so if we're talking like for like, Y Not £206.50 for a 4 day ticket. The real difference in price between the two festivals is £44.95.

 

For my taste on both the lineup and the various other aspects that I'd value, Bearded wins out and it's usually not even close - this year less so, but next year is looking like a full on return to form. Whereas Y Not would need to announce something pretty special to tempt me, and so far they've shown no sign of doing so.

[northernangel]

23 minutes ago, incident said:

 

Yes, Y Not is cheaper. But it's not £140 or even £190 - I tried to be honest and include all fees in the price I quoted, so if we're talking like for like, Y Not £206.50 for a 4 day ticket. The real difference in price between the two festivals is £44.95.

 

For my taste on both the lineup and the various other aspects that I'd value, Bearded wins out and it's usually not even close - this year less so, but next year is looking like a full on return to form. Whereas Y Not would need to announce something pretty special to tempt me, and so far they've shown no sign of doing so.

 

Y Not 3 days is currently £152 is pretty solid value. BT before a lineup came out still is £250, even at early bird, £240 minus the cost of a Thursday which is naturally a very watered down day and nowhere near the cost of £100. You are correct, it is £206.50 for a 4 day but you get a stronger day plus you could take £20 off that for the tier 1 price equvalent of BT's early bird making it around £64. In reality though that differene of £45 is probably more than most of those acts under the headliners are going to charge for their own gigs and they are full length gigs. The Darkness for exmaple are charging £45 which is more than Yard Act charged for a gig in Leeds buy £12 and they are taking Ash as support who are probably going to do a similar sized set.

 

Of course it comes down to value for you, I don't think I've seen a BT lineup that is probably worth attending. I've always found the drop of from when they have had better headliners to the undercard quite heavy.