Six spaces, one gathering

The Spaces

Making Hay isn't one big programme grid — it's a set of distinct spaces around the grounds, each with its own rhythm. Wander between them as the mood takes you.

The main stage at dusk, a Making Hay banner behind the band, crowd gathered on the grass
01 · The Garden

The Garden — Main Stage

The musical and celebratory heart of the weekend. Live music and the wedding party. This is where everyone comes together.

A candlelit circle of chairs and cushions set up for readings and conversation
02 · The Word

The Word — Creative Space

Writers, poets and authors in conversation, readings, storytelling, and workshops.

An immersive tent installation for the album This Is The Fire, with Pete Lawrence and Oskar Vizan seated in conversation
03 · The Fire Within

The Fire Within — Immersive Experience

Step inside Pete's album This Is The Fire and other audio-visual delights.

Shaded wellbeing tents on the lawn, with a gong bath session laid out under trees
04 · The Well

The Well — Relax

A wellbeing space of gentle sessions with Lizi's gong bath meditation, yoga, breathwork, movement and massage and more. Plus holistic village offerings.

Musicians seated in a circle in an ornate wood-panelled room, playing fiddle, banjo, accordion, guitar and tuba
05 · The Jam Jar

The Jam Jar — Jamming & Sessions

In the music room, in the true folk tradition: spontaneous sessions for anyone who plays. Bring an instrument, pull up a chair, and join in.

A festival hall strung with bunting and fairy lights, full of dancers mid-ceilidh
06 · The Barn

The Barn — Dancing

Making Hay's dance floor, set up in the old gym. Time-honoured folk dancing by tradition — full ceilidhs with a live band and a caller. More freeform as the night wears on, with DJ sessions taking over once the last dance is called.

DJ Serious Jones spinning a record under a mirrorball, mid-set at a Making Hay late-night session
Also in The Barn

The Barn — DJ Nights

An eclectic late-night soundtrack to dance your socks off to! Featuring Serious Jones and other guest DJs.

Plus

The Hub

The connective tissue of the whole gathering, running alongside the six spaces above.

Food, drink, makers & the festival shop

Bars, coffee, food stalls, craft and book traders, and space for a birthday exhibition — this is where people discover things between everything else. Expect a proper local bar (The Baskerville among the vendors on-site), informal music drifting through, and a children's and family space too.

Where the day settles

The Campfire

Not a programmed space so much as a mood — conversation, reflection and connection, under the stars, usually well after midnight. A lot of the gathering's best stories get told here.