Car sharing is a great way to take climate action. Last year, our footprint from Audience, Crew and Artist travel was nearly 500 tonnes of CO2e, which equates to over 50% of the festival’s impact!
There were approximately 2.43 people in each vehicle. Can we challenge you to fill your car with 4 people? If each of those vehicles seated 4 people instead – emissions would drop by over 200 tonnes of CO2e.
We understand not everyone can travel in shared transport, or fill a car easily. But if you are able to, give it a try! Sharing your car journeys has the potential to reduce the festival’s carbon footprint considerably.
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)
- Check 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 with any issues – as this will 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 it’s totally worth it!
This year, we’re rewarding 1,000 Car Share Heroes with beautifully laser-cut wooden Shambala medals and a chance to win free tickets to Shambala 2026!
Here’s how to enter:
- Snap a selfie of your fully loaded car (that’s 4 humans minimum).
- 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 photo (with a visible timestamp), and you’re in the draw!
Two lucky groups will each win 4 tickets to come back in 2026!
How long does it take to drive?
Here are some distances, to help you gauge your journey:
- From Birmingham it is only 45 miles and takes a ridiculous 47 minutes.
- From Bristol it is 120 miles and takes a very manageable 2 hours.
- From London it is 80 miles and takes a very do-able 2 hours.
- From Sheffield it is 95 miles and takes a measly 1 and half hours.
- From Penzance it is a long way – but it’s well worth it!
Balancing Emissions
We’ve been balancing our unavoidable emissions for over a decade – most of which are travel related. We paid for a wind farm in India, and regular donations to tree-planting via our partner at Onboard: Earth. Please follow the link or download the app to make a tiny donation of £1- £3 to support regeneration around the world. Also, be sure to encourage your friends!