Cranfest XIV Aug 8th-10th 2025
*Thanks everybody for making 2025 Cranfest XIV yet another meaningful and moving event – Thanks especially to the cranfest volunteer gang for all you do to make this possible, and to Everyone who brought your family and your instruments and Played Together again
See ya here next year July 31st-August 2nd, 2026 for the mid-summer full moon weekend – (plan ahead and get your tickets before they sell out (and please remember there will be NO TICKET SALES AT THE DOOR – SORRY) 🙂
Annual Mid-Summer Full-Moon Family Campout Music & Games Weekend
- Friday 2pm til Sunday Around 11:00a
- Order Tickets on our Get Tickets page beginning in June,**(TICKETS ARE SOLD ONLINE AND IN ADVANCE ONLY. IT WILL BEGIN TO SELL OUT ONLINE ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO PRIOR, AND THERE WILL BE NO TICKET SALES AT THE DOOR – SERIOUSLY – IF YOU DON’T GET TICKETS IN ADVANCE, PLEASE TRY AGAIN THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND GET YOUR TICKETS EARLIER IF YOU’D LIKE TO JOIN US)**
- Ticket numbers are limited to encourage a Very Kid & Family Friendly Atmosphere and to foster local community connection with one another – and to ensure we can fit all vehicle parking onsite and not on any roads. If you’d like to ensure you can attend, you will need to get your tickets early, the week before the event they begin to sell out, so get them before that. If they’ve already sold out, well, we’re sorry bout that, and we’ll hope to see you next year 🙂
- Tickets prices are $45* for the weekend, with a much smaller number of tickets available for Friday overnight at $25* and Saturday overnight for $35*
- * You are very encouraged to participate in our 5:00-6:30pm Potluck Dinners, with an emphasis on bringing a dish made with locally-sourced food from our local farms, farmstands, and markets. You’ll be able to purchase a discounted Cranfest ticket if you can make a commitment to bring a dish to share at our potluck made with food sourced from a local farm/farmstand/market and do your very best to arrive as early as you can (ideally prior to 3:00 on Friday and prior to to 2:00 on Saturday) . The goal is to encourage people to arrive early to connect with one another with shared food and to enjoy the early musicians while supporting our local food growers. If you can commit to arriving early with a local dish to share, use the promo code “potluck” to get $5 off your ticket prices. More info on the Schedule page 🙂
- Tickets for Kids Under 16 Are Free With An Accompanying Adult *All Kids are Required To Be Accompanied By A Parent/Grandparent or Responsible Adult and left to themselves – The emphasis is on families sharing time together – please plan to accompany your kids – and bring their grandparents too! (Please remember to select free kid tix for your kids when purchasing yours so they can easily be checked-in with their accompanying adult at the entry gate)
- Onsite Parking & Camping included (no neighbourhood street parking at all please)
- Please plan ahead and Keep all Pets, including Dogs & Cats & Kangaroos, as well as Glass Bottles (barefoot kids abound!) Safely At Home, Thanks!
- Tickets prices are $45* for the weekend, with a much smaller number of tickets available for Friday overnight at $25* and Saturday overnight for $35*
- While it’s ok to share news of our little family campout music weekend privately and appropriately with your very good friends/families, please keep in mind this is a Local Community/Family Connecting Weekend geared for All Ages – from Babies to Great-Grandparents. As word has spread, we have begun to reach max capacity. Please be mindful when considering attending yourself and when sharing this event directly with others (please, no social media or group posting invites) that the following fundamental aspects are able to be respected and upheld throughout the entire weekend:
- This is Not a party scene, it’s Not a rave, it’s Not a place to trip out – it’s for Raising Our Kids (& Ourselves) Together in Community by Modelling Fun Respectful and Responsible Behaviour throughout the Entire Weekend – no exceptions.
- Due to extreme summer fire danger on our island and to ensure we are providing positive and responsible role models for our kids – No Cigarettes, Vapes, or Campstoves. We now have a zero tolerance No Smoking Policy on any of the festival grounds – including roads, driveway, forests, camping zones and inside tents. If you must smoke, the only place to do so safely will be inside your closed vehicle or RV – no exceptions. If you plan to cook, please do so inside your RV or on our bbq grills.
- Over the years we’ve found a surprisingly large number of stray cigarette butts in the dry grass and forest, despite our previous attempts to provide a safe designated smoking space. It’s up to each of us to help keep us all safe from fire, and if you must smoke, please hop in your vehicle/rv before doing so and put your cigarette butts out in your own ashtray. If you think you might feel the need to disrespect and violate this safety policy, honestly, and respectfully, please ask yourself if your attendance is truly a good fit for our little family weekend. We sincerely hope it can be, and we apologize for the inconvenience. Disrespectful and irresponsible behaviour has no place at this event – please maintain your ability to Make Good Decisions throughout your entire stay. Thank you.
- Please Pack Out Everything You Bring, Pickup Trash & Recyclables, Cleanup Your Dishes/Potluck Containers, and Leave All Glassware at Home or inside your vehicle.
- Thanks for your discretion and for everybody helping us to ensure that the fundamental aspects of creating a Safe and Fun and Responsible environment for all is upheld. That’s what this whole little thing is all about 🙂
