Travel

Plan your Journey to Shambala

Shambala takes place at Kelmarsh Hall and Gardens, Northampton NN6 9LY. It’s a gorgeous countryside site, with stunning lakes, lush flat fields, woodlands and meadows.

Exact directions to the festival gates will be sent out with your tickets in early August.

We encourage travelling sustainably and have several initiatives in place to help – and reward – those who do.

Travel by train, Shambala Express Coach, or join a Red Fox guided cycling tour with and bag yourself a £40 Green Traveller discount – or get in on a car share to reduce your carbon emissions and arrive the sociable way!

You’ll find more information on all the available options below.

Travel FAQs

To encourage sustainable travel to and from Shambala, we offer a £40 Green Traveller Discount on Adult Weekend Tickets.

How it works

To qualify for the discount, you’ll need to:

Add a Green Traveller Adult Weekend Ticket to your order.
Add one of our official low-impact travel options to the same order:

Shambala Express Coach
Rail Station Shuttle Bus (for those arriving by train)
Red Fox Cycling Tour

When all required items are added to your basket, the discount will apply automatically.

Your Green Traveller ticket is only valid if you arrive using your chosen travel option.
Failure to do so may result in refusal of entry, or a surcharge applied at the gate.

Proof of Travel

You’ll need to show evidence of your low-impact journey when you arrive:

Rail Traveller: Present a valid train ticket to Market Harborough or Long Buckby for the same day as your festival entry.
Shambala Express Coach: Arrive on an official Shambala Express Coach.
Red Fox Cycling Tour: Arrive as part of an official Red Fox Cycling group.

Please note:
All ticket holders travelling by rail are responsible for their own train travel arrangements. Shambala Festival cannot accept liability for any delays or disruptions to your journey.

Shambala is committed to reducing and balancing the environmental impact of travel to the festival.

Every Vehicle Pass purchased for Shambala includes an onboard:earth carbon balancing fee of £1.50 for cars and £3 for live-in vehicles. It helps fund certified projects that offset the emissions from vehicle travel to and from the site.

It’s part of Shambala’s broader sustainability mission to reach net zero and ensure that every journey to the festival contributes positively to the planet.

We have a Shambala Community on Liftshare to help make getting to and from the festival easier, greener, and more sociable than ever. Please follow one of these links:

New users to LiftShare

Existing Liftshare users

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.

The nearest stations are Long Buckby and Market Harborough.

Festival shuttle buses run regularly between both stations and the festival site on the main arrival days – Thursday and Friday – making it easy to complete your journey without needing a car.

Return shuttle services also operate on Monday, taking you back to either station after the festival.

Nope! You can book an outward journey only and find your own way home – by bike or otherwise – or book a Return and hop on a Red Fox coach back to your departure city.

Your bike will be transported safely to meet you at the other end!