UK festivals ‘still good value’ as avg spend tops £350

More than three quarters of British festivalgoers consider their festival experiences to provide good value for money, reveals a new survey of spending habits

An average of 35% of festival spend is on food and beverage © Mike Pennington

The average UK festivalgoer now spends a total of £354.54 per event, according to new research into the rising cost of music festivals – but an overwhelming majority say festivals are still good value.

Surveying 2,000 festivalgoing Britons, insurance website Bobatoo found 82% of people said their “festival experience represented value for money”, although the cost of F&B did come in for some criticism: some 63% of people said the “one area they think is over-priced is festival food and drink”.

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