About us

The Rising is a collective of creative minds with purpose to deliver an affordable, ethical and sustainable event that is welcome to all.

Location

You can find us on the Kibblestone International Scout Campsite just south of Stoke on Trent. A 98-acre site with loads of room for us to build a creative and special home.

The site itself is at :

Kibblestone Road,
Oulton,
Stone,
ST15 8UJ

Times

Gates open for 2pm on Thursday for Early Entry Ticket Holders and at 10am on Friday & Saturday for standard weekend ticket holders.

Fuel

We will secure the best, affordable, food vendors and will ensure we get served good quality organic foods at sensible prices.

The real ale bar is being operated by local brewers from Stone.

Taxi & Train

Train? Our nearest train station is Stone which has regular connections to Birmingham New Street.

Taxi & Black Cab Contacts

• Autocab Private Hire Taxis (01782 777777)
• A Cabs Taxis – Stone (01785 556614)
• Baileys Private Hire (07947 994270)

Camping

When you arrive head on over to the wristband exchange to swap your ticket for a wrist band and then take the route to the festival campsites 

Places to stay

• The Crown Hotel Stone (1.5 miles away)

• The upper House (1.7 miles away))

• Stone House hotel (2.2 miles away

• Days Inn Stafford (3.4 miles away)

• Stoke/Trentham Travelodge (3.7 Miles away)

• Stoke/Trentham Gardens (Premier Inn) (6.6 Miles away

• The Monkey house B&B (1.8 miles away)

• Highfields Farm B&B (3 miles away)