The Next Generation of Festival Talent.
Play the music. Create the moments. Shape what comes next.
Valley Fest wants to discover and support emerging talent. If you’re a student or an emerging creative — a musician, a photographer, a producer, someone who wants to learn how a festival is put together from the inside — this is the page. Every opportunity below is a real part of running a live festival on an organic farm by Chew Valley Lake, 29 July to 1 August 2027.
Where You Could Fit In
Five ways in. Each has its own route to apply — performers go to our bookings team, everyone else comes through the form on this page.
Play Valley Fest
Bands, solo artists, DJs, producers and performers interested in opportunities to play at the festival. Every application is listened to by the people who book our stages.
Apply to playOpens the Be Valley artist applicationLook after the artists
Support artist communications, schedules, hospitality coordination and backstage operations, working under the supervision of our artist liaison team. Calm, organised, good with people.
Make the festival look and sound like itself
Photography, videography, graphic design, stage production, content creation and other creative disciplines — before, during and after the festival.
Build the audience
Campaigns, social media, publicity, partnerships and audience engagement with our marketing team. If you’re a student, the Student Ambassador programme is the home for this.
Be part of making it happen
Suitable opportunities to contribute to the event, support its community and understand how a festival operates. Our main steward scheme (shifts in exchange for a ticket) is on the Get Involved page.
Tell us about you anyway
A general expression of interest is fine. Tell us what you do and what you’d like to learn, and we’ll point you at the right thing when it comes up.
Apply or Register Interest
For performers, the quickest route is the Be Valley artist application — it goes straight to the bookings team. For every other opportunity, or a general expression of interest, use this form. Only the fields we need to assess an application are required; the rest are optional.
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Student Ambassadors
Represent Valley Fest on campus and work on real marketing and content briefs.
Become an ambassador The festivalLineup & stages
Who’s playing, and the stages you could be working on or performing at.
See the lineup Need to knowFestival information
Dates, the farm, getting here, access, FAQs — everything about the weekend itself.
Festival info