ValeFest
The multi-entertainment, charity music festival ValeFest returns for its 18th Edition in 2022! ValeFest is Europe’s largest student-run Charity Festival!
Held the day after summer exams end, ValeFest has delivered a kaleidoscopic array of performances, presenting talent across 6 diverse stages including comedy, dance, and an epic headliner on the main stage to cater for all. The festival is organised and run entirely by students at the University of Birmingham! Feel free to drop us a message if you want to get involved, we'd love to have you on boa
27/09/2023
We're holding an EGM in 2 weeks time - 11th October!
EGMs are meetings where we vote to elect new committee members. We have 8 roles to elect, which you can find details of attached! If you have any questions about any of these roles, please feel free to ask us
08/09/2023
FAB GO-ERS!!
WE ARE COMING TO DEB HALL ON SATURDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER
Get your tickets from the link in our bio to support Valefest providing music on and around campus 💙
We will see you all there!
02/09/2023
THINKING OF JOINING VALEFEST THIS YEAR? Here are 3 reasons why you should (non-exhaustive):
1) It's free!
2) You can meet new people who enjoy going to gigs and events in and around Birmingham
3) You get valuable knowledge and experience of the events/music industries without the huge barriers - we don't ask for any pre-existing qualifications in order to participate!
Keep following us to find out how you can get involved, or drop us a message at any time :)
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Introducing: The Valefest Mix
Coming to Hey Brew Espresso 7th June 2023
More info coming very soon
09/05/2023
An update on Valefest 2023
Easy read version:
We’re so sorry that you have not heard much from the ValeFest committee over the last few days. We are devastated to announce that ValeFest 2023 has had to be cancelled. Our committee has worked tirelessly to organise an incredible event that supports local charities, local businesses, and UoB student groups, all whilst creating the highlight event of the academic year. One which has been running for nearly 20 years.
The Guild has refused to authorise the only ValeFest model that we would wish to deliver: an event that provides a value for money experience for students and achieves the committee’s aims of supporting a variety of local and student talent. We want to thank all of our acts, sponsors, stalls and caterers for their patience over the last few weeks, whilst we have been negotiating with The Guild. All of us at ValeFest were overwhelmed with the support we managed to obtain from sponsors and stall holders this year, with 2023 set to be a record breaking year.
For those of you who have supported us and bought tickets, we are beyond grateful and so sorry that you have been let down in this way. Unfortunately, we were advised at extremely late notice that 80% of tickets needed to have been sold a month prior to the event in order for ValeFest 2023 to sign contracts with the acts due to perform. This prevented us from releasing the lineup, which we know would have encouraged further ticket sales, and put significant pressure on the committee to promote the event as much as possible during the busiest time of the academic year.
We’re not sure what this means for future editions of ValeFest, but on behalf of the 2023 committee we want to thank you all again for your support. We would like to apologise that we couldn’t make this year’s event happen for you, despite the committee having done everything they could. All tickets and t-shirts will be refunded in full as soon as possible, and if you have previously won a free ticket to ValeFest we will be in contact as soon as we can to arrange an alternative prize.
ValeFest 2023 Committee
21/04/2023
pov: you've finished all your assignments and you didn't forget to buy your valefest ticket so you get to spend your saturday (10th june) in the dance tent with a pint
tickets at: https://www.guildofstudents.com/events/7491/7425/
pictured: ddq at valefest 2022
05/04/2023
Early bird and tier 1 tickets are now sold out⚠️
There’s now only Tier 2 tickets remaining, so make sure to get yours before they run out✨
⚠️VALEFEST 2023 TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE⚠️
Tickets will sell out, so make sure to get yours quickly to avoid missing out on the biggest after-exams celebration!☀️🎸✨
Don’t forget to get your orders in for our limited-edition Valefest merchandise. Please note that merchandise orders will not provide access to the festival. Tickets must be bought in addition.
Reminder: Valefest is an 18+ event 🔞
Get your tickets here:
https://www.guildofstudents.com/events/7491/7425/
05/04/2023
TODAY IS TICKET LAUNCH DAY!!
And if you’re looking to be best dressed at the festival you can get your very own Valefest t-shirt with your tickets for just £12!!
This year we’ve made two t-shirts, one in navy blue and the other in black which will feature the full lineup 👀
Just add to basket with your ticket tonight at 7pm and will be ready to collect closer to the festival date. Be quick so you don’t miss out!!
21/03/2023
get your tickets for Thursday here!
https://www.guildofstudents.com/events/7491/7352/
Merry Christmas from the ValeFest Committee! Keep an eye out for more exciting things to come in 2023!
In the meantime, take a look at our annual raffle - only £2 per ticket with a chance to win tons of fantastic prizes
https://app.galabid.com/valefestraffle/items/33ea43f0-b636-4bb7-b3f6-55db6ef96490?backPath=valefestraffle%2Fregister&fbclid=IwAR3k317rpiooMNRm4k5tU7VftU-Gjyv8VdE3uF-zH2vGtPMVAwQaJiBYglg
⚠️ RAFFLE TIME ⚠️
You’ve got just over a month to enter the Valefest 2023 raffle! For just £2 per ticket you’ll be in with a chance of winning prizes ranging from Valefest tickets, paint-balling for 10 people, a £30 Costa Coffee voucher, and SO much more.
And some of the boring (but essential) bits…
🎉 The raffle will be open from NOW until the 27th January.
🎉 Tickets will be £2 each and you can buy as many as you want via the LINK BELOW
🎉 All money will go towards the Valefest 2023 charities!
🎉 Winners will be picked randomly and we’ll keep you posted for the collection of prizes!
🎟️Buy your tickets here🎟️:
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10/12/2022
IT’S COMING HOME!! Hopefully the football, but definitely ValeFest 2023.
See you on the 10th of June 2023 🎉
04/10/2022
Put it in your calendars!
29/09/2022
If you bought a t-shirt for last year's festival and did not collect it, your final chance to do so will be Monday 3/10/2022 in the Guild reception. If you cannot attend this session, please send us a message and we will do our best to work something out with you.
27/09/2022
Introductory ValeFest meeting tomorrow at 6pm, Murray Learning Centre room UG05
Looking forward to seeing all your lovely faces there!
Don't worry if you can't make it, you can join at any time and we'll be more than happy to fill you in on what's been happening and ways that you can get involved!
21/09/2022
We'll be at the Societies Fair tomorrow! (Thursday) from 11am - 4pm. Come and give us a visit!
01/09/2022
ValeFest memberships available from the Guild societies page.
There's so many reasons to join ValeFest, it's an amazing experience which will enhance your life at uni immensely! If you have any questions about joining, feel free to send us a message!
See you at our first meeting, details coming soon!
18/08/2022
Congratulations to everyone collecting their A-Level results today! If you're coming to UoB in September make sure to give us a visit at Freshers Fair so we can tell you all about the magic of ValeFest and being a part of the student team behind it! See you there!
21/07/2022
Read all about it!!
We think Birmingham is great (obviously) and we're so proud to be a part of it. Thank you to Ticketpass for writing about us in their Birmingham highlight!
https://ticketpass.org/articles/why-birmingham-is-so-great
Why we think Birmingham is so damn great | Ticketpass Birmingham is one of the UK’s most multi-cultural, creative and community-led cities. Here are the creatives, organisations and charities that make it special...
11/07/2022
ValeFest 2022!
Can you believe it's already been a month since ValeFest? Here are some of our favourite snaps from this year's festival! A massive thank you to University of Birmingham Photographic Society - Photosoc for these incredible pictures!
Please let us know if you want any images removed and we will be happy to do so ❤️
20/06/2022
ValeFest merch!
We still have a lot of merch yet to be collected so we're running another collection session tomorrow in the Guild from 11am - 3pm. Hope to see you there!
16/06/2022
If you forgot to pick up your merch on Saturday, we are doing more collection tomorrow in the Guild reception from 12-3pm.
If you are still looking for things that were brought to lost and found, these will also be there.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
13/06/2022
Our Wireless tickets raffle ends at midnight tonight! For just £2 you have a chance to win a pair of tickets provided by Fountain Hard Seltzer and help us support our two charities: Ecobirmingham and Birmingham Friends of the Earth
https://www.justgiving.com/campaign/ValeFest22
11/06/2022
SOLD OUT!!
We're looking forward to seeing you all today 😍
10/06/2022
Who's excited for tomorrow?
Here's some general information to help you out! If you have any other questions please let us know!
09/06/2022
THE NEW COMPLETE LINEUP + SET TIMES
Please welcome to the lineup: Ciaran Bradbury-Hickey, Improvabunga, Lewis Carroll, Ringers B2B Karakat, Trombone, Wisa!
09/06/2022
Last chance to get your ValeFest tickets! Less than 100 tickets left!
www.guildofstudents.com/ents/event/6560/
09/06/2022
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Our Story
VALEFEST IS COMING to kickstart your summer and help you celebrate the end of term in style.
Vale Festival is charitable, ethical, and eco-friendly. For the last 15 years it has been hosted and organised by students at the University of Birmingham. With majority of proceeds going directly to charity.
Literally the day after exams finish, we are taking over the Vale Village and commandeering the lake to put on an amazing festival right in the University’s back yard. This year it’s going to be bigger and better than ever before!
After consulting the oracle, we were advised this year to stack out our Dance Tent with brand new speakers to give you wall to wall bass for a good bit of hilltop raving.
However, if you’re not a bass ju**ie, then you will still be more than spoilt for choice! You will be treated to sweet melodies and gentle acoustics from a range of acts in our homely Acoustic Stage tucked away by woods.
Then, when you’re feeling a bit more adventurous, you can wander over to the Lakeside Stage showcasing some truly awesome rock, alternative, and indie bands that you'll be glad to discover.
And we nearly forget to mention the Main Stage. It will be hosting a wicked range of bands and acts to keep you singing all day. We love the look of our lineup already and we can't wait to share it with you!
Now, The Vale Festival committee will not be satisfied until we have totally entertained you for every minute of our 14-hour festival extravaganza!
As well as the music there will also be a plethora of fun stuff to do. Dotted around the site are places to sample amazing food and drink, laugh at some comedy, make your own master piece, listen to an intriguing talk, check out the University's societies, fight as a sumo, watch a battle re-enactment, and simply relax in the stunning landscape of the Vale.
Not only do you get 10 and a half hours of fun, frills and frolicking in the sun to the best of the Midlands’ talent; we will be hosting our epic after-party for those who want to keep dancing into the night.
We can't wait!
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