Last year, travel from our Audience, Crew, and Artists generated nearly 500 tonnes of CO2e – that’s over half of the festival’s footprint.
2024’s average number of people per vehicle? Just 2.43.
If every car arriving at Shambala carried 4 people instead, we’d slash emissions by over 200 tonnes of CO2e. That’s a huge climate win – and it’s completely within reach.
That’s where you come in. Whether you’re offering a lift or hitching a ride, becoming a Car Share Hero is one of the easiest and most effective ways to take action and shrink our collective carbon footprint.
We understand not everyone can travel in shared transport, or fill a car easily. But if you are able to, it really does make a big difference!
How To Car Share to Shambala:
We’ve teamed up with Liftshare to make getting to and from the festival easier, greener, and more sociable than ever! Please follow one of these links:
Here’s how it works for new users:
- Click ‘Get Started’.
- Sign up and verify your email, or log in if you already have an account.
- Add your journey: search for “Shambala” or “Shambala Festival” as your destination and set your travel dates (scroll right to the bottom if we don’t immediately appear).
- IF YOU CAN’T FIND SHAMBALA FESTIVAL – please add “Kelmarsh Hall” instead. This will be included in search results of others.
- Keep an eye on your Liftshare messages or emails for replies from other festival-goers.
If you’re struggling to find Shamabla Festival, you may be experiencing a bug in the app. Please email sustainability@shambalafestival.org and we’ll email a workaround – this will also really help LiftShare correct any problems you’re facing.
Car Share to Win Free Tickets!
Yep, squeezing four people into one car takes a bit of effort… but we really want to get more people sharing to reduce our travel impact. So, this year, we’re rewarding 1,000 Car Share Heroes for their efforts with beautiful laser-cut wooden Shambala medals and a chance to win free tickets to Shambala 2026 for the whole car! We’ve got 8 tickets to give away in our competition…
Here’s how to enter:
- Snap a selfie of your fully loaded car when you set off AND when you arrive at Shambala (that’s 4 humans minimum). We will check the timestamps!
- Come to the Car Share Heroes Stand (in front of Orange Camping, with Matter Wholefoods, besides People’s Front Room) on Saturday between 12-4pm.
- Show us the photos (with visible timestamps), and you’ll be entered into the prize draw!
- Please note: this is for over 18s only.
Two lucky car sharing groups will each win 4 tickets to come back in 2026!
Let’s fill those seats, forge some new friendships, and make 2025 our greenest year yet!