We Out Here, Gilles Peterson’s annual festival held on the St Giles Estate, Wimborne St Giles, has launched its 2026 day and community ticket allocation.
Weekend tickets for the festival, which takes place from August 20th to 23rd, 2026, are already 75% sold out, marking the most in-demand year to date for the festival. We Out Here is committed to its regional communities and to ensuring neighbours are given every opportunity to attend. Local festivalgoers looking to secure a day ticket are encouraged to book swiftly due to unprecedented interest in the 2026 lineup.
We Out Here also launched its local community and resident tickets this week. More discounted tickets are available for neighbouring residents than ever before, driven by local audiences’ significant desire to attend. Additionally, the festival’s community team has confirmed the return of its Verwood Ballot, with 100 discounted tickets available for those living within the Verwood area.
Chris Halkett, Local Community Liaison Lead at We Out Here, said: “Day tickets are particularly popular among our local audiences who tend to be travelling from nearby towns and cities. We’re expecting day tickets to be a popular option and with limited supply, we recommend that our loyal and local supporters buy now, as these will sell out ahead of time.
“We’re pleased to also have launched our local community and resident tickets for 2026. We purposefully reserve ticket allocation for our neighbours within a certain catchment of the festival and are looking forward to welcoming local families back to We Out Here this summer. We’re incredibly grateful for the support of our local community and discounted tickets is the least we can offer to thank them.”
Headliner Joy Crookes is newly confirmed to play on the Friday night of the festival alongside a number of special performances still to be announced.
Chris added: “We Out Here is a celebration of music, art, culture, and togetherness and of the beautiful landscape we come together in. Reflecting the local environment and community in our programme is something we dedicate time to each year. It’s exciting to see this year’s on-site community come together.”
Day tickets are available now via the We Out Here website: weoutherefestival.com. Find out more regarding local community and resident tickets online: weoutherefestival.com/local-community/
More info:
Local community and resident tickets are available for those living in the following locations: Wimborne St Giles, Boveridge, Brockington, Chalbury, Cranborne, Edmondsham, Gussage All Saints, Gussage St Michaels, Haythorn, Hinton Martell, Horton, Knowlton, Long Crichel, Manswood, Monkton up Wimborne, Moor Crichel, Sutton Holms, Uppington, Witchampton & Woodlands. *Please note – proof of address must be supplied.
Further information on the Verwood Ballot is to be announced in the coming weeks.
About We Out Here
Having taken their name from the 2018 Brownswood compilation, a calling card for London’s bright-burning young jazz scene, We Out Here Festival sees integral members of the movement alongside legendary icons, genre-spanning DJs and young improvisers alike for four days of music in one of the UK’s most beautiful, landscaped festival sites.
Joining the musical dots between soul, hip hop, house, Afro, electronica, jazz and beyond, We Out Here showcases both outstanding live music and some of the best record collections in the world. They also place an emphasis on high-quality food and drink offerings, arts and cultural offerings, crisp sound and production, family activities and wellness: all to complement quality-led musical curation.
About Gilles Peterson
Best known as a radio presenter on Saturday afternoons on BBC 6 Music and as an international club DJ, Gilles Peterson is also an avid record collector, a curator, a music producer and record label boss. Every year he puts on three large events – the Worldwide Awards in London which are his annual showcase of that year’s best music, and the Worldwide Festival which has expanded to two editions – one in south of France in July and one in Switzerland in March. He also presents a syndicated weekly radio show that is broadcast all over the globe, from Shanghai and Sydney to France and Germany.
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