ALSO Festival

Welcome to the wonderful world of , the award-winning, show-stopping, jaw-dropping festival where ideas run wild, with over a decade’s experience putting the IQ in Boutique Festival AND consistently tipped as a Top 10 festival by The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Condé Nast Traveller, The Evening Standard and more. Set in 50 acres of lakeside Capability Brown sculpted parkland, our twelfth fabulous edition runs

Join us for a weekend full to the brim of eccentric, playful, thought-provoking programming. From life-enhancing ideas and big bands on the main stage, long table dinners, tastings and demos, creative masterclasses and wonderful workshops elsewhere. With intimate talks by day, clever comedy and music by night and a half-mile-wide lake offering swimming, paddleboarding and an in-festival sauna, enjoy a magic summer weekend at ALSO26.

Dive into ALSO 2026 highlights below and make sure to take a tour of our ALSO26 line-up on the ALSO website, see what's for you. . .

We hope to see you lakeside this summer. . .

HUGE IDEAS

Our spectacular 13th edition turns the wheel to Oh Fortuna!, and together we’ll playfully explore luck and chance encounters that ask how much of our fortune is already written and how much can we make ourselves. ALSO26 will be packed with huge ideas that could transform your fortune. Hear from Emma Jane Unsworth, Jamie Bartlett, Claudia Hammond, Anthony Seldon, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Luke Wright, David Tong, Oliver Bullough, Daniel M. Davis, Catherine Loveday, Fred Mills, Ken and Mary Okoroafor, Ella Berthoud and so many more - with fabulous interviews, excellent Q&As and inspiring talks and guided walks. See the ALSO26 first wave line-up here

COMEDY

ALSO26’s offering of smart comedy features the award-winning comedian Elf Lyons and her father, economist Dr Gerard Lyons, for Elfonomics—a unique look at how the world works, multi-award-winning political comedian and activist Mark Thomas. Jane Gregory and Steve Hall test their marriage in Sounds Like Misophonia, and don’t miss comedy polymath Robin Ince in his legendary session on the Woods Stage. And how could we not recommend a touch of French flair as Marcel Lucont presents his legendary show, Cabaret Fantastique. Plus, if you want to go deeper or are on your own comedic path, we have workshops, masterclasses and debates to extend your knowledge, experience and engage with the most entertaining art. You’re in for a treat. Check out our first wave ALSO26 comedy programme here.

MUSIC

Music at ALSO is all about the new, the eclectic and the movement-inspiring.From the genre-defying sounds of Sheep, Dog & Wolf, Chris Coull’s dazzling new jazz suite, with award-winning vocalist Imogen Ryall, Brazilian carnival vibes of Tribo with their high-energy samba drumming, Late Night Live Film Score with Steve Pretty, and an immersive conch shell journey in Shellectronica. Jackson Roy brings a masterful mix of traditional and experimental sounds. Naturally, our exceptional programme of DJs will keep you dancing from the lakeside Rum Bar to the straw-bale Bunker 54 before closing the weekend with Hoolla Music’s Ecstatic Dance. With our Saturday night (big band) and Friday night (electronica) headliners, and ALSO’s Future Music Programme - giving you the chance to discover up and coming musicians - still be announced, there is oh so much more to come. Check out our first wave ALSO26 music programme here.

FOOD

ALSO is here to fire your taste buds. We thread through our talks, cocktail bar, dining stage, demo kitchen and Book'n'Shop so many different ways to engage with what we enjoy eating and drinking... From our fabulous handpicked concessions to our legendary long table dining experiences, you can weave your weekend around the table as we kick off with Friday night’s Cabaret Dinner, then onto Saturday’s Woodland Long-Table Lunch with River Cottage. As night falls, you’re invited to dine by candlelight at our themed Saturday Night Feast of Fortunes with Georgia Hearn before Sunday brings the unmissable Bingo Brunch - a riotous blend of bingo, brunch, beats, and Buck’s Fizz. Finally, cap off your weekend with the high-summer-inspired Sunday Long-Table Lunch with Aram by Imad. Take a look at our ALSO26 first wave food programme here.

WELLBEING

Being boutique and beautiful, your ALSO weekend enmeshes you in nature in a way no other festival can. Dip into our lakeside sauna, then slip into our cold water plunge or the cool waters of Compton pools. Take in our blue mind programming as you tour our half-mile-wide lake on a guided SUP experience or guided swim, or try one of Numinity’s exceptionally special experiences - from cacao ceremonies, manifestation lab, ecstatic dance to transformative sound baths, there will be so many chances to try something extraordinary this ALSO. Dive into the first wave ALSO26 wellbeing programme here.

EXPERIENTIAL

Let’s do it. Our ethos is to have plenty of things to do, leaving you to curate your weekend as you see fit. Wildly experiential, we believe your best ideas happen when you allow a little time for chaos into your life, and we curate many, many workshops, experiences, and masterclasses for you to up-skill, go deeper into things you like, or just to try something new and wild. Look out for the full experience line-up landing in March 2026. Take a tour of the ALSO26 first wave experience programme here.

ALSO KIDS

Calling all ALSO Kids - learn how to escape being shipwrecked in our legendary Raft Building experience, or join the award-winning Playbox for a number of creative workshops in the performing arts or tiny dancers for a family rave up. Wild Adventures and Bushcraft supremo, Simon Birbeck, teaches survival basics of fire, water, shelter, food deep in the ALSO woods and don’t miss Marcel Lucont’s Les Enfants Terribles 2 - Another Gameshow For Awful Children (Winner: Best Kids Show - UK Kids Comedy Festival). And parents who’d like a child-free hour or two can book one of our experienced Festival Nannies to look after their little ones in style. See the first-wave line-up here.

CAMPING AT ALSO

Camping at ALSO is included in the weekend ticket pass and we have 50 acres of beautiful parkland to camp in so plenty of options to set up in style for the weekend. But if you want more from your wild weekend away with us, we have the option to book in to our High Glamp Camp in one of our pre-erected lovely looking bell tents or you could bring your camper to ALSO by booking a Campervan pass. Take a look at the options here.

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