Bloodstock 2024 has recently added 11 new acts to fill out this year’s already stellar lineup. With early bird tickets sold out and the remainder of the tickets selling fast, now is the time to sit down and plan the weekend we’ve all been waiting for.
Travelling to a festival can be the boring bit of the weekend, but Bloodstock has made some great efforts to ease the journey to their Derbyshire residence. Even those on a budget have a chance to jump headfirst into those moshpits.
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Headliners Amon Amarth and Architects were announced at the close of last year’s festival, both doing UK-exclusive shows. And if that wasn’t unmissable enough, Opeth will also perform their only UK show in 2024 as Friday’s headliners on the Ronnie James Dio main stage. In a fan-chosen set, the Swedish group will play a setlist that festival-goers have picked themselves.
To round off the legendary weekend, organisers gave us another treat last month when Carcass were placed in Sunday’s special guest slot.
With so many one-night-only sets, this lineup makes it worth a cross-country expedition to Catton Park.
Ticketing Packages
VIP and campervan tickets are already sold out, but there are still standard weekend tickets and camping going at £185 (+ booking fee). To make things easier, the ever-popular deposit scheme is now available. Spread out the payment over six months with their instalment plan of £30.83 a month (+ single booking fee on first payment).
How to Get There on the Cheap
Big Green Coach offers trips from 35 locations around the UK straight to the gates of the festival. It’s only a £10 deposit to secure your place when buying a ticket on the Bloodstock website. Prices start at £57 for coaches from nearby Coventry and Nottingham and go up to £95 from further afield cities in Scotland.
Travelling from afar to experience the festival needn’t be a gruelling trek.
Catton Park lies just 27 miles north of Birmingham International Airport, meaning flights from distant corners of the UK will get you there in record time. Cheap flights to Birmingham can also cut the amount of a coach trip in half, with tickets from Edinburgh and Glasgow costing as little as £46 return. Fly into Birmingham and get the train from Birmingham International to Tamworth via Birmingham New Street. The festival operates shuttles direct from Tamworth station to the site, making a budget-friendly journey to Bloodstock possible from anywhere in the UK.
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Alternative Ways
Really stuck for cash this year? Festaff offers a free ticket and free camping with one catch: volunteer with them for a shift or two over the weekend. The work often involves putting wristbands on arrivals as they enter the site. Not to mention you’ll still have to pay your own way to get there.
The shifts are easy and you can experience the festival with a new community of people, but it could sometimes mean you miss your favourite up-and-coming act in the daytime. If it’s a risk you’re willing to take for free entry, applications to volunteer open from April 2024 onwards.
