Camping at the 2008 Saul Canal Festival


The 2008 Saul Canal Festival will again provide a truly special weekend in glorious Gloucestershire.

Saul's five facets merge into a unique Festival experience:

1. Boat Gathering - every type of boat afloat...Canal, River & Coastal

2. Folk on the Water Weekend - Music, theatre and dance with artistes from far and near

3. Craft & Marine Trades Market - traders from around the inland waterways

4. Real Ale Bar - real ales from local breweries in The Drum & Monkey Alehouse

5. Family Fun - Games, displays, boat trips, children's theatre and interactive exhibits

Electric & manual wheelchairs will be available on site.

Other outstanding Festival features include:

- Riverside Green : craft & arts traders create an ‘evening street market' atmosphere

- Food Street: an international range of quality cuisine and refreshment

- Four music venues: The Drum & Monkey Alehouse; The Oliver Cromwell Riverboat Hotel; The Barge Sabrina Theatre and The Folk on the Water Music Pavilion to keep live music flowing all weekend

- Top Line Concerts: drawn from the best of bands and musicians

NEW for 2008
Being ever alert to the needs of Saul Festival patrons, we continue to implement a rolling program of improvements suggested
by festival goers

1. New Camp Site
Following the freak floods of 2007 we have transferred the campsite to pastureland that has never flooded!

2. Exclusively Yours
Camping in 2008 is exclusively for Weekend Season Ticket Holders.
Campers just purchase The Campers Gold Wristband to get access to absolutely everything - all weekend!

- Adult Camper Gold - £60 (includes Adult Season Ticket and Camping Fee)

- *Youth Camper Gold 11-16yrs - £30 (includes Youth Season Ticket & Camping Fee)

- *Child Camper Gold – An accompanied Child under 11yrs = Free (includes access & concerts)

*Youth & Child Camper Gold Wristbands can be purchased only with Adult Camper Gold Wristbands

3. Easy Booking – On Line
Responding to feedback we have simplified booking & paying for camping. It is charged per person and can be done on line click here

4. Easy Booking – Postal
You can also book by post with the new, easy to complete, postal form - available here in PDF format click here

5. Payment Receipt & Route Map
Whichever way you choose to book and pay, soon after the payment has cleared you will receive a Purchase Receipt & Route to the new Camp Site Map by post

6. No Worries
Don't worry about losing your wristbands! We hold them for you on site and fit them on arrival

7. Phone a Friend
Saul Canal Festival presents the perfect opportunity for your friends to visit you in this beautiful waterside corner of Gloucestershire. They can pay on the gate. The Daytime Festival Site Entry fee is £6 per adult while accompanied children up to the age of 16yrs enjoy free admission. Pay on the Gate & stay ‘til late!

8. Alternatively
For campers who do not seek the ‘full on - see it all' season ticket experience here is a list of alternative ‘close-by' campsites click here

9. Camping for Support Staff Volunteers
‘Support Staff Campers' pay only £10 Camping fee per adult and are issued with Support Staff Wristbands. Saul Canal Festival is organised and operated entirely by volunteer members of the Cotswold Canals Trust. We need some help to put on this wonderful weekend of fun and entertainment therefore, adults who register as Support Staff Volunteers for two or more 2-hour shifts enjoy free & unrestricted access to the Festival site! (Does not include Music Concerts in the Folk on the Water Pavilion) See www.junctionevents.org.uk for Support Staff Registration Forms & Festival updates.

We look forward to welcoming you to the 11th Saul Canal Festival. And do remember… Absolutely all the surplus proceeds from this Festival will go towards the restoration! Whether your interest is boating, folk music, real ale, crafts, or simply a super family weekend away, the 2008 Saul Canal Festival has something for you.