Within our long-term development plans lies our commitment to positively impacting this local area; returning the favour of the warm welcome and incredible support we have been shown so far. Alongside these plans (more info below), we have special discounted tickets available to those who live nearby.
Our Community Catchment is defined as those living in the villages of:
Wimborne St Giles • Monkton Up Wimborne • Cranborne • Boveridge
Edmondsham • Sutton Holmes • Woodlands • Knowlton • Horton • Haythorn
Gussage St Michael • Gussage All Saints • Brockington • Chalbury • Moor Crichel
Long Crichel • Manswood • Hinton Martell • Uppington • Witchampton
You can contact the festival’s Community Liaison Team via email at community@weoutherefestival.com if you’ve got any questions or would like to be added to our Community Mailing List to receive information and invitations directly (stating your village of residence). We will reply to all emails within 7 working days.
If you’d rather have a chat, drop us an email and we’re happy to organize a good time for a call.
In the months leading up to and after the event:
We Out Here strives to be a festival that welcomes everyone.
You will find lots of useful information on our Accessibility page and you can also email community@weoutherefestival.com who can support you in exploring how we can meet your individual needs at the festival with the Accessibility team.
There are a variety of accommodation options available at the festival if you are coming for the weekend and would like to stay over.
All Weekend Community Ticket holders will have access to the General Campsite as standard. If you have purchased a day ticket, you will not have access to the Campsite.
More information can be found on our Accommodation page. If you have any questions that haven’t been answered by this page, please contact info@weoutherefestival.com who will be happy to help.
We Out Here is proudly a family-friendly festival; a space for families to explore and enjoy music, arts and culture together! Tickets for children under 15 are available free of charge, and can be added in at point of booking.
More information can be found on our Family Page. If you have any questions that haven’t been answered by this page, please contact info@weoutherefestival.com who will be happy to help.
You will be directed to the main festival entrance by signage in the surrounding area, and once arrived, you will be directed to park up and enter the festival via the festival’s Main Entrance Gate.
If you are a resident of Wimborne St Giles and will be walking to the festival, please email us on community@weoutherefestival.com for details of the specific WSG Residents Festival Entry & Access route.
Gate opening times are listed here
We Out Here festival production will be moving into St Giles Park from 2nd August 2024, and moving out by 26th August 2024.
We Out Here festival customer arrivals will be spread across Thursday 15th and Friday 16th August, and departures across Sunday 18th August and Monday 19th August.
Entertainment will cease no later than midnight on Thursday and Sunday, and 04:00 on Saturday (Friday night / Saturday morning) and Sunday (Saturday night / Sunday morning) as per licenced timings for the event.
Get in touch with us if you want to get involved, or simply tell us what matters to you via community@weoutherefestival.com.
Other opportunities to get involved:
You can find the musical lineup so far here, which will be updated as we get closer to with full day-by-day running orders.
We also have a wide-spanning programme of Talks, Family & Wellness activities, a Record Store, a lake for Wild Swimming, a Roller Rink, and independent craft markets. You can read more about these here, and all are free to access.
In 2023, we aimed to:
How did we do this?
In 2024, we are aiming to:
To do this, we need your help! Get in touch with us if you have ideas for how we can create a meaningful impact for your community, if you want to get involved and contribute to the event, or simply to tell us what matters to you.
We want everyone to feel safe, to look after themselves, and each other.
More information can be found on our Safety, Welfare & Facilities Page. You can also contact community@weoutherefestival.com who will be happy to help with any unanswered questions or concerns.
Sound Levels set by Dorset Council Environmental Health team will be monitored by specialized devices both on and off-site. The data from those devices will available to both our Sound Management Team and Dorset Council in real-time to respond to any issues.
We have a team in the neighbourhood monitoring for noise & keeping the music within the permitted levels. As a result of reports of noise, they may attend your location to assess impact.
We will have a 24/7 Phone Line to report any issues, which will be logged and responded to as required.
Residents of Wimborne St Giles
Residents of the Local Community
Feedback from both our local and customer communities is so important to help us shape the future of the festival and improve your experience.
Our customer survey generated a set of commitments we’ve made to improve the festival experience for all of our attendees. More information can be found here.
In addition, our Local Community feedback highlighted some themes that we’ve set out to address in 2024.
Your feedback on toilets, connectivity, and sound are areas covered by our Customer Commitments.