Dartmouth Visitor Centre

03/05/2026

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18/03/2026

13/03/2026

Welcome to Dartmouth for English Tourism Week

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10/03/2026

💙 Today we have opened our pre-order line for programmes and wristbands.💙

Phone Sam on 07966 271614
and she will call you back 😁

So it’s a good time to explain why we sell wristbands when our festival is free to attend and requires no “proof of admission “

So … here is last year’s post, with a few tweaks..

Yes, we sell wristbands.
But what are they all about and why do we sell them? And isn’t this festival actually completely free to attend? 🤷‍♀️

All reasonable questions so let us answer them.

The music festival is run (as you probably know by now because we do mention it a bit!) entirely by volunteers. No one is paid to run it and no one makes any money out of it. But every single musician, every single sound guy, every single member of the security team, the first aid team and numerous other people contracted to help us, are paid. So the festival costs us a lot of money to put on. (Over £100,000 this year and it would be considerably more if some many people didn’t do SO much for free)
💰💸💵

We have spent many years trying to get the message out and explain that although we are “free music for all“ and you don’t need to buy tickets and you don’t have to give us any money at all… if you don’t, There is a very good chance that the festival won’t happen again 😳

To raise the money we need we have a large amount of sponsorship from our amazing local sponsors (we thank every single one of you and couldn’t do it without you) that raises about a third of what we need.
So the rest of it comes from selling our program and from shaking buckets at people when they are out and about enjoying the festival to ask them to give us any money they can spare in order to make it happen again. Yes, we agree that this is a nuts business model but it has worked for 28years🤞

So what does all this have to do with the wristband?

Well, if you’re wearing a wristband you show that you have donated a fixed sum to us. You have understood the message, you love the music festival, you want it to continue, and you have been kind enough to give us a little of your hard earned money to make sure that it does. 😇

It’s not obligatory.

It doesn’t mean you can’t see any of our music without it.

But it does mean that you’re in the gang, you’re a member of the team, that in a small way you have helped towards ensuring that this festival goes on for many years to come! 🎶🎵🎶

And that is literally all there is to it.

if you want to pre-order them great, thank you.

This is particularly helpful this year as we will be VAT registered from 1st May and will have to hand £4.17 from each sale after this date , to HMRC 🫣

If you want to buy them when you get here, perfect, we will have plenty and we aren’t increasing the price.

If you’re having a hard time and literally don’t have the money that’s fine too, come and enjoy the music anyway, we love to see you.

It’s about what you can afford to give and all of us (Dartmouthians and all our welcome guests) coming together as a community to make this thing happen.
See you in May
it’s gonna be fab!!! 💃🕺🪩

09/03/2026

🧡A SMALL FAVOUR TO ASK FROM OUR DMF FAMILY 💙

Pre-orders for the 2026 Dart Music Festival Programme & Wristbands open TODAY! 🎶

📞 Call Sam on 07966 271614
Leave a message and she’ll call you back.

And here’s why pre-ordering this year makes a HUGE difference to the festival…

💙 Prices are frozen for the 3rd year running

• £6 – Official DMF Programme
• £25 – Adult Wristband

But there are two really important reasons to order in advance:

1️⃣ We are desperately short of volunteers to sell programmes and wristbands over the festival weekend. So…
The more we sell before the festival, the better .

2️⃣ If you pre-order before 30 April, EVERY PENNY goes to the festival.

If you buy during the festival weekend, HMRC will take £4.17 from every wristband and £1 from every programme sale. 😭

Although DMF is run entirely by volunteers, this year it is going to cost over £100,000 to stage your favourite weekend. 😳

For 29 years we’ve managed to stay below the VAT threshold, but with costs rising every year it looks almost inevitable that we’ll cross it this year. We will be registering for VAT from 1st May

We’re determined to keep DMF:

🎶 FREE to attend
🏡 Focused on supporting local businesses
🍻 Without bringing in outside traders

Which means your support matters more than ever.

Our amazing sponsorship team are working incredibly hard to bring in new sponsors 👏

But if you love the festival and want to help keep it going for years to come, pre-ordering will really help us this year

🎶 And the countdown is on…

Just 9 weeks this Friday until Dart Music Festival 2026!
Huge thanks as always for your love for DMF ❤️
You always come through for us x

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💙 Want to support the festival even more?

Become a Sponsor or Festival Friend
www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk

🧡 Interested in volunteering during the festival?
(No obligation!)

www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk/want-to-be-a-part-of-the-best-team-in-dartmouth

28/02/2026

28/02/2026

Visiting Dartmouth or Devon in March? Why not book a guided tour of BRNC as part of your holiday.

Link for further details and booking in the comments below.

28/02/2026

Enjoy a Luxury Afternoon Tea and help Save Lives at Sea!

24/02/2026

Come along and pick up your copy

Have you seen our new Dartmouth town map? 🗺️✨

Beautifully illustrated and showcasing everything from Bayard’s Cove to the Dart Marina Hotel, it’s the perfect way to explore our historic waterfront town.

You’ll find the map inside our NEW Dartmouth Town Guide… packed with inspiration on things to do, places to eat, and those must-see spots you’ll only find right here in Dartmouth.

📍 Pick up your copy from the Visitor Centre, local shops and restaurants, holiday accommodation, and TICs in surrounding towns and cities.

Have you got yours yet? 💙

23/02/2026