Indoor venues
You don't need a ticket or wristband to enter the majority of the indoor venues in Rochdale town centre. You'll need a main stage ticket to enter the main stage area.
Tickets for the main stage area for Saturday, 8 August 2026
Date of festival: Saturday, 8 August 2026
Festival start time: 11.30am
Main stage gates open: 12noon
Main stage performances: 1pm
Main stage finish time: 10.45pm
Location: main stage at Rochdale Town Hall Square, The Esplanade, Rochdale OL16 1AZ and see indoor venues
Tickets can be purchased online from our festival partner Quay Tickets. We strongly advise you to buy tickets in advance.
You'll need to exchange your ticket for a wristband to enter the main stage area, food and drink village and the venues on Packer Street. How to exchange your ticket for a wristband
How much do main stage tickets cost?
Ticket types are released in phases, with each new phase opening only after the previous has sold out. The earlier you book, the more you save.
- Early bird tickets: £15 each, plus a 7.5 per cent booking fee – sold out
- Phase 2 tickets: £25 each, plus a 7.5 per cent booking fee.
- Phase 3 tickets: £30 each, plus a 7.5 per cent booking fee.
- Phase 4 tickets: £35 each, plus a 7.5 per cent booking fee.
- Phase 5 tickets: £45 each, plus a 7.5 per cent booking fee.
- VIP upgrade tickets: Not yet on sale.
Get a free reusable festival cup
To cut single-use plastic, your main stage festival ticket includes a reusable drink cup. You can collect this when you arrive at the festival. The area to collect your reusable cup from will be clearly marked close to the entrance to the main stage area, and food and drink village.
Ticket terms and conditions
These terms and conditions refer to tickets bought for the main stage area on Saturday, 8 August 2026.
- There are no concessions available.
- Artists and billed attractions may be subject to change.
- All sales are final, with no refunds, unless the event is cancelled or there is a major alteration to the line-up, that we as the organiser determine.
Ticket enquiries
Contact Quay Tickets if you've any questions about your main stage area tickets or booking your tickets for the main stage area on Saturday, 8 August 2026.
- Email: info@quaytickets.com (Monitored 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday)
- Ring: 0161 876 2015
Why we charge for tickets
In February 2020 we announced that to create less reliance on public funding we would start charging a small entry fee for the main stage area. Most performances in our indoor venues remain free of charge. Since 2008 the council has invested well over a million pounds into the festival, but severe cuts in public spending during that time have resulted in budgets being squeezed and many council services cut. The festival has lost 25 per cent of its public funding since 2017 so we want festival goers to contribute in the form of an entry fee.
The costs of staging festivals are continuing to rise each year, with increases in artist fees combining with inflation, production, labour and infrastructure increases.
We feel the ticket price is modest for a day of quality entertainment and helps us strike a balance for taxpayers who want to see the public support reduce and festival visitors who want to continue to enjoy a top-class summer event. Rochdale Feel Good Festival makes a significant contribution to the local economy as well as attracting income from sponsors and traders and we want to see it continue to grow. We also want to see it generate the funds to continue to be the best it can be.