Eden Festival

What Eden Festival does

Eden Festival is an independent, not-for-profit music festival operated by Galloway Community Group, a Community Interest Company based in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. Founded in 2009, it runs an annual four-day event at Raehill's Estate near Moffat, programming 250+ acts across ten stages, with the 2026 edition scheduled for June 10-13 under the "Into The Wild" theme. The festival deliberately operates without corporate sponsorship and is supported by approximately 200 local volunteers, drawing on both returning attendees and an emerging international audience from countries including the USA, Portugal, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Denmark, and Italy.

The core product is a multi-stage, multi-day live music experience complemented by camping, glamping, food and drink traders, and family programming. Operational infrastructure includes ten hand-built permanent stages on-site. Distribution is direct to consumer through an in-house ticketing platform (now Citizen Ticket), with tiered ticket structures including early bird, tier 1-3, day, and teen tickets.

The business model is event-based and not-for-profit: revenue is generated primarily through ticket sales (with prices held flat year-on-year), on-site food and drink trader commissions, and ancillary accommodation revenue (camping and Cloudhouses glamping). Recent commercial additions include a Klarna pay-in-installment partnership to reduce upfront ticket friction and a Tuned in Travel partnership offering carbon-offset free bus travel, indicating an emphasis on accessibility and sustainability alongside core ticketing revenue.

Name

Eden Festival

Legal name

Galloway Community Group CIC

Website

https://edenfestival.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Eden Festival is an independent, not-for-profit four-day music festival in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, run by Galloway Community Group CIC, programming 250+ acts across ten hand-built stages for a community and international attendee base.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Music Festival Events

NAICS

All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries (713990), Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (7990)

akta.pro primary industry

Concerts & Music Festivals (THAJAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Arts & Culture Community Festivals (Multidisciplinary Arts Weeks) (MPAGAEAG), Cultural & Community Festivals (Ticketed) (THAJAFAI)

Keywords

• Independent music festival
• Multi-stage live music
• Family-friendly festival
• Festival camping and glamping
• Community interest events

Headquarters

HQ city

Moffat

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Ticket Sales: Primary revenue stream from tiered ticket sales including Early Bird, Tier 1, 2, and 3 tickets. Also includes 4-day weekend tickets, 3-day weekend tickets, day tickets, teen tickets, Thursday bolt-on tickets, and glamping packages.
2. Trader/ Vendor Revenue: On-site food and drink traders generate revenue through sales. The festival also offers paid shower facilities and live-in vehicle parking (campervans/caravans).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Eden Festival runs a 4-day independent music and arts festival held annually at Raehill's Estate near Moffat in South West Scotland. The festival features 250+ acts across 10 hand-built stages spanning multiple genres, with ancillary offerings including camping, glamping packages, meal combos, accessible facilities, and free bus travel from Glasgow and Edinburgh. Tickets are sold directly to attendees through tiered pricing (Early Bird through Tier 3) via the Citizen Ticket platform.

Product overview

Eden Festival is an independent, not-for-profit music festival operated by Galloway Community Group CIC. The core product is a 4-day festival event featuring 250+ acts across 10 distinct stages, spanning multiple sub-branded venues including The Great Mountain (main stage for World/Alternative/Pop/Electronica), The Garden (central hub), The Lost Disco (Disco/Funk), Ghilli Dhu Dance Emporium (electronic dance), Rabbie's Tavern (Scottish ale house/Celtic/Traditional), The Melodrome Theatre (comedy/cabaret/spoken word), The Bodega (burlesque/science talks), Vishnu Lounge (chill-out world music), The Boardwalk (cycle-powered reggae in woods), plus Workshop Arena and Kids Field. Add-on services include Festival Camping (included with tickets), Glamping Packages (bell tents/yurts via Cloudhouses Ltd), Eden Meal Combo (£10 meal and drink), and Free Bus Travel (via Tuned in Travel with carbon offset). The festival also operates Eden FM radio.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Eden Festival Main Event A 4-day independent, not-for-profit music and arts festival featuring 250+ acts across 10 hand-built stages for individual attendees and families.
• Festival Camping

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Citizen TicketcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOfficial ticketing partner for Eden Festival. Handles all online ticket sales including weekend tickets, day tickets, glamping packages, and live-in vehicle parking. Provides e-ticket system with QR codes.
• Tuned in TravelsupportingOthersProvides dedicated private coaches from across Scotland to Eden Festival. Partnered to offer free bus travel from Glasgow and Edinburgh to reduce carbon footprint.
• GreenpawsupportingOthersEnvironmental organization receiving donations from Tuned in Travel to offset every passenger's carbon footprint through strategic partnerships for sustainable and biodiverse future.
• Cloudhouses LtdsupportingOthersFestival's dedicated glamping provider offering bell tents, yurts, beauty room, posh showers and loos, and fenced dedicated glamping area.
• EventreesupportingTechnology or IntegrationPlatform used for volunteer applications and performance/artist applications embedded into the Eden Festival website.
• KlarnasupportingOthersPayment provider enabling ticket purchases to be split into 3 easy instalments for customer convenience.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Green Man Festival: Independent, family-friendly Welsh music festival with multiple stages, similar attendee scale, sustainability focus, and family programming — closely comparable in positioning to Eden's anti-corporate, multi-genre, family-friendly identity.
• End of the Road Festival: Independent UK boutique music festival with eclectic genre programming, ~10,000-15,000 attendees, woodland aesthetic and strong critical reputation — a near-comparable size and curatorial ethos to Eden.
• Knockengorroch Festival: Small independent Scottish festival in Dumfries & Galloway with multi-genre roots/folk/world programming and community-driven ethos — highly comparable in geography, scale and independence.
• Shambala Festival: Independent, not-for-profit UK festival with explicit no-sponsorship/community ethos, sustainability focus and multi-stage programming — closely aligned to Eden's CIC structure and values-based positioning.
• Camp Bestival: UK family-focused boutique festival with similar family camping, kids programming and multi-stage music lineup — comparable to Eden in the family-festival niche where Eden was a UK Festival Awards finalist.
• Deer Shed Festival: Independent UK family-friendly festival with multi-genre music, comedy and kids programming at boutique scale — a directly comparable family-positioned competitor to Eden.

Others

• Citizen Ticket: Eden's primary ticketing technology partner; included as an ecosystem enabler rather than a competitor, illustrating the dependency on third-party platforms for direct-to-consumer ticket sales.

Broad incumbents

• Glastonbury Festival: The UK's flagship multi-stage music festival; relevant incumbent for benchmarking scale, genre breadth and family-friendly programming, though far larger and commercially distinct from Eden's indie model.
• Latitude Festival: Larger established UK festival with multi-stage music, family programming, comedy and arts — overlapping with Eden's positioning but at significantly bigger scale and with corporate backing.

Regional players

• Wickerman Festival: Eden Festival's direct predecessor — Eden originated as the 'Eden Zone' inside Wickerman in 2002. Both are independent Scottish music festivals in Dumfries & Galloway with multi-genre programming and camping, making them the closest analogue in audience and ethos.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TheEdenFestival
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@EdenFestival
• Facebookfacebook.com/theedenfestival
• Instagraminstagram.com/edenfestival
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eden-festival

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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