Fan to Fan Resale

We get it. Plans change, and you might not be able to make the festival now, so we have partnered with Tixel to offer a safe and easy place for you sell your ticket to another fan. How does it work? On Tixel’s website you can upload your pdf tickets for other fans to buy. You can sell the ticket for no more than 110% of what you paid. They will handle the transaction safely […]

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Deva Laughs initial Line Up Revealed

Our initial Deva Laughs line up is here and it features award winners, tv regulars and even stars who sell out arenas and theatres! Big love to our MC for all three nights Danny Mcloughlin – Danny puts together the epic weekly comedy nights at Alexander’s Live in Chester and he has blagged some pretty top names to come and grace our marquee. Our comedy festival within a festival opens every night at 6pm, and […]

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Bring a Picnic!

A little change of policy which will hopefully help lighten the load on your wallet when you come to Deva Fest this summer.   Given all that is going on in the world we want to make the event as affordable as possible for you to bring you and yours to, so we are now going to allow you to bring picnics, food and your own soft drinks into the festival.   There will still […]

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Old Time Sailors at the Lakes

Deva Fest Presents the long awaited return of the Old Time Sailors to Chester! 21st May 6pm at Chester Lakes (same venue as Deva Fest – head to our Find Us page for directions). Just £14 + booking fee! Join us for a night of sea shanties, rum, dancing, shenanigans and good times at the Chester Lakes marquee. Journey back and become a sailor for one epic night of Irish sing-a-long classics with Captain Nicholas […]

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Volunteer and Come to Deva Fest for FREE!

Fancy attending Deva Fest for free? We have a limited number of spaces to volunteer at the event, and the deal is that you work some of the time for us, but get to enjoy the festival at no charge when you finish. Roles include checking tickets and handing out wristbands, looking after information points, checking in campers, artist liaison and traffic marshalling. We offer great work experience opportunities if you are studying or want […]

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Hack the VAT and beat the Price Rise

IMPORTANT TICKET NEWS if you have not yet bought Deva Fest tickets   When the pandemic first hit in 2020 our good friends at HMRC gave festivals like ours a bit of a break and reduced VAT on events tickets from 20% to a rate of 5%.   This let us keep a little more of our revenue to get us through to the other side.   Even though we haven’t been able to hold […]

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Mermaid Mania!

We are thrilled to let you know that every day of the festival the mermaids (and mermen!) of Mermaid Cove will be joining us at Deva Fest in Europe’s largest 10 meter long mermaid tank! Get ready for bubble discos, meet & greets, games, interactive fun and of course real live mermaids!!! The mermaids of Mermaid Cove have promised to take on our Pirates on Pirate Saturday in a Battle Royale and there will be […]

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New Artists added to Deva Fest 2022 Line Up

With just over six months til Deva Fest we have been busy adding some new artists to Old School Dance Anthems Friday and Pirate Saturday! Added to Friday… Take yourself back to a dance floor in 1994 or 1995 and you would have been waving your hands in the air to the the JX featuring Shèna anthems that are There’s Nothing I Won’t Do, Son of a Gun or You Belong to Me! The amazing […]

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Give the Gift of Deva Fest this Christmas!

Christmas 2021 should be about giving local experiences and shopping local too, and by giving the gift of tickets to Deva Fest this year, you can do both! Deva Fest is the Chester festival jam-packed with international artists, and despite being missed in 2020 and 2021, we have seriously ramped up the good times for 2022, ensuring our position as the top-rated great value family festival for all ages. The event takes place at Chester […]

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David O’Connor Joins Deva Fest

If you’ve been to Deva Fest before you will have caught the talents of singer David O”Connor on our stage. Well, we love him so much we’ve asked him to join Team Deva Fest, and he agreed! Originally from Cork, Ireland David has a double life as a voice over artist (pretty much every ad on Irish radio is him) and he has worked for the likes of Disney as well as gigging around Chester, […]

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