ENTRY TIMES & LOCATION
ENTRY TIMES & LOCATION
The gate opening times are:
SATURDAY 19th JULY 2025 – 11.30am
Shuttle bus pick up times will ensure you arrive each day well before the music starts and they will return to the same pick up/drop off points after the music finishes each night. Car Parks will open 30 mins before the gate opening times.
The Event will finish around 10.50pm and shuttle buses will wait until everyone who’s booked a bus ticket has boarded for the return trip.
Yes, you can. Once you have entered the event, you can leave any time you wish and re-enter by showing your wristband, which you will be given on entry. There will, however, be a last entry time to the event of 8pm, after which time you will not be able to re-enter the event.
This is to allow us to ensure that as much attention as possible to paid to the running of the event at its busiest times and the site can be made ready for the exit of all of the attendees in a safe manner.
TICKETS & ENTRY
Before the festival day, you can buy tickets from this website using a debit or credit card, such as VISA or MASTERCARD. Tickets are emailed electronically to you 2 weeks before the festival dates, so please enter your email address accurately.
Tickets for Monument Festival 2025 will be released in tiers containing a pre-determined allocation of tickets. When each tier, sells out, the following tier becomes available at a new price. There will be announcements on the website and social media before each tier is due to sell out.
We can guarantee that the initial Early Bird price launched first are THE cheapest tickets available at any time for 2025’s Monument Festival.
We expect Monument Festival 2025 to sell-out in advance (the event has a set capacity determined for safety reasons), but if there are any tickets remaining, they will be available to purchase on the day of the event but these will be strictly limited!
- Children aged 6-15 qualify for a ticket at a reduced price.
- Children ages 5 and under are free and do not require a ticket.
- Under 18s must be accompanied by a responsible ticket-holding adult aged 21+.
Ticket order receipts are emailed electronically to you, immediately after you have ordered and the e-tickets can be downloaded from your tickets order login, at any time from 2 weeks before the festival weekend. If you can’t find your tickets please contact us on info@monumentfestival.co.uk or using the our Contact page , confirming the details of your ticket order (name and email address used when ordering and tickets order reference number, if known) and we will use these to find your booking.
CAMPING INFO
Unfortunately due to the increased costs of running camping at this event we are unable to offer camping at Monument Festival 2025
FOOD & DRINK
Our fully licensed bars will stock a variety of draughts including lager, beer and ciders plus a range of real ales. We also serve spirits, wines, cocktails, a variety of other drinks and a range of soft drinks. Hot drinks including barista style coffee are also available. Milkshakes (it’s summer!) are also available on site.
Monument Festival have hired a team of specialist festival bar suppliers, enabling us to offer very competitive drink prices. For 2024 we’re doubling the number of bars which will be open from 11.30 am and will close shortly before the music ends on each night.
CHALLENGE 25
Monument Festival operates a strict Challenge 25 policy. If you’re lucky enough to look younger than you are, please remember to bring original ID and don’t be offended if our staff ask to verify your age.
You can expect a great variety of cuisine, such as pizza, burgers, hot dogs, curry, noodles, jacket potatoes, fish and chips, wraps and much more, plus all the sweet things you can think of from ice cream to milk shakes, all at very reasonable prices.
We’ve decided to increase the number of caterers further since 2024 so there will be a much greater variety of British and World foods available at Monument Festival to ensure there is something available for everyone.
There will be a number of Vegan, Vegetarian and Gluten-free choices available.
Not all dishes served by caterers will be suitable for specific dietary requirements, so please check to see what options are available.
Each attendee can bring a small bottle of water or soft drink up to 500ml, if it remains sealed, as bought. Free drinking water will be available at points throughout the festival, so you can bring an empty reusable plastic or aluminium bottle to the event for water refills. Alcohol cannot be brought into the event.
Any person with specific dietary requirements can inform us in advance and where suitable options aren’t available on site, we will give dispensation to bring suitable food to the event. Please email us via our Contact Page if you have specific dietary requirements. Small personal picnics are also permitted into the event, upon arrival, but no metal/glass utensils or cool boxes, for safety and security reasons. Further take away food cannot be brought in during the event. We will have a wide choice of caterers who will be very reasonably priced.
Please note, to allow time for security bag searches, we are operating a ‘no big bags policy’, so no large rucksacks or bags, are permitted. Only small rucksacks/bags with length/width dimensions no larger than a piece of A4 paper, can be brought into the music arena.
TRAVEL & DIRECTIONS
Travelling southbound on the A1, take the turnoff for the A1231 (Washington,Sunderland). At the 1st roundabout, take the 3rd Exit (A1231, Washington, Sunderland). At the next Roundabout, take the 3rd Exit (A182). At the next Roundabout take the 1st Exit to continue on the A182. At the next Roundabout, take the 2nd Exit onto the A183 (Sunderland). Continue on this road until you reach Herrington Country Park.
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Travelling northbound on the A1, take the turnoff for the A690 (Sunderland). Continue on the A690 until you reach the A19. At the Roundabout take the 1st exit onto the A19. Take the next exit signposted A183 (Sunderland). Take the 1st Exit at the Roundabout and follow the road until you reach Herrington Country Park.
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Travelling on the A19, take the turnoff signposted A183 (Sunderland). At the roundabout, take the 3rd Exit onto the A183 (Herrington) and follow the road until you reach Herrington Country Park.
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Travelling on the A19, take the turnoff signposted A183 (Sunderland). At the roundabout, take the 1st Exit onto the A183 (Herrington) and follow the road until you reach Herrington Country Park.
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Yes! Blueline will be providing a taxi rank at the end of the event.
ACCESSIBILITY DETAILS
It is very important to the organisers, that we ensure that the event is accessible as possible, to everyone, and all aspects of accessibility are reviewed regularly, to ensure improvements can be made, where required, on an ongoing basis. This includes the availability of accessible disabled parking, wheelchair access and disabled toilets in a secure stewarded area, a wheelchair viewing platform for the main stage and a festival site that utilises hard standing routes, where practicable, to make the event as accessible as possible for wheelchair users.
We strive to do all we can to make Monument Festival as accessible as possible. As with any outdoor event, weather conditions and uneven ground in parts, on a grassed site, need to be taken into consideration, when using a wheelchair or mobility scooter, and for wet weather conditions, suitable clothing, footwear, etc, is recommended.
There will also be a dedicated main stage viewing area for wheelchair users to view the event, though it does have a limited capacity and will be on a first come, first served basis, exclusively for wheelchair users and one companion.
To obtain access to these facilities, you will need to contact our team via the CONTACT PAGE to ask for an Accessibility Questionnaire which is used to help determine exactly which areas are needed to enhance your experience.
If you are disabled and require the assistance of a carer (or in the case of a disabled customer aged under 18, an additional carer, in addition to the ticket holder aged over 18, which is required to accompany you), you may apply for a free Carers Ticket to accompany you at the festival. If you wish to apply for the same please email us via our Contact Page or at info@monumentfestival.co.uk where we will make provision for this directly.
VIP
Monument Festival’s 2025 VIP option is being arranged by a new team of independent hospitality experts, to ensure the very best VIP experience possible, with a host of further changes and improvements implemented, to make our VIP experience the very best it can be. For 2024 there will be:
- A top quality meal included with your ticket.
- Posh toilets for exclusive use of VIP only.
- Separate parking and a fast track separate entrance.
- Dressed marquee, heated, with table seating and soft furnishings.
- Dedicated cocktail bar with trained mixologists and premium drinks (ice buckets, etc.).
- Welcome drink of your choice included on arrival.
- Guest DJ in the VIP marquee.
- Beer garden seating area
This VIP experience will be for very limited numbers only on each day and a VIP ticket can be purchased including the standard entry ticket, or as a VIP upgrade, if you have already bought a standard ticket. If you have any queries about VIP just email us at info@kubixfestival.com
GENERAL QUESTIONS
Back for a 7th year, Monument Festival will be held on Saturday July 19th 2025!
The views across Herrington Park will be dominated by two stages both under big tops; a main stage with the most spectacular production yet and a second stage in a big top giving you even more choice, and a food and drinks village, with a large number of bars and food vendors, plus rides and activities, to cater for all needs. With big stages, video screens and a spectacular production planned, it’s going to be something very special.As one of the North East’s biggest festivals, it’s going to look, sound and feel very special.
Kubix Festival began as an effort by a group of local North East promoters to deliver first class quality entertainment by sensational recording artists, at a price that won’t hurt your pocket! We’re fans ourselves and want to see live music remain as accessible as possible to all fans, which is why we continue to keep our prices so reasonable for such brilliant line-ups! 2025 is no different and will be bigger and better, but still fantastic value.
After a brilliant 2024 we’re back for a 7th year in 2025 and it’ll be even better in 2025. One of the things we’ve noticed is that the Kubix Brand has become synonymous with Kubix Pop and The rock event was being lost in that brand, so we decided, in order to create the best possible event possible, a rename to MONUMENT FESTIVAL was needed. The same great event, just with it’s own identity!
There will be lots of bars, with much more choice of drinks next year, a wider range of food options, including vegetarian, vegan and more specialist caterers, plus a funfair and lots of extra activities coming – for adults and kids alike.
Parking is FREE and available within Herrington Country Park. On your arrival, our Stewards will direct you to the appropriate parking area which includes disabled parking (VIP Guests will have access to a separate parking area even closer to the event).
Shuttle bus services will be improved next year with more buses delivering you to the door of the event. A small charge will be made to cover the costs of this service, but again, we’ve kept it to an absolute minimum!
There will be a two stages both under big tops, a main stage with the most spectacular production yet and a second stage in a big top giving you even more choice. It will have a few surprises each day with bands, DJs and artists you’ve maybe never seen, but now’s your chance.
There’s a camping option for the day of the festival, offering a dedicated camp site next door to the music arena, with Camping tickets offering you the chance to stay and party on the Saturday nights, and not worry about how to get home at night!
It’s all here for you – Monument Festival, the same great event you know and love just under it’s own unique brand!
Certainly! Monument Festival is a family friendly event and children of all ages are welcome! Junior tickets allow access, at a reduced price, for children aged 15 and under. Under 18s are welcome, provided they are accompanied by a responsible ticket-holding Adult over the age of 21. Children 5 and under are free and do not require a ticket.
Monument Festival’s Security Provider are specialists in Live Music Events and supports it’s provider in ensuring that our zero-tolerance approach to anti-social or disruptive behaviour maintains a calm and enjoyable atmosphere for everyone.
Also available on site are a team of professional medical staff to assist with any problems.
We also have comprehensive safeguarding policies including a professional approach to dealing with lost children to ensure that all possible steps are taken to keep everyone as safe as possible.
We provide a small amount of seating and tables around the bar area, but cannot provide enough for everyone. If you would like to bring your own folding chairs or blankets, please feel free. Chairs can be brought into the arena itself, but due to safety reasons, they cannot be brought into the music tents.
Gazebos, tents, etc, are not permitted for safety reasons.
Monument Festival is an outdoor ‘music in the park’ style event
Unfortunately, for safety reasons, we are unable to allow dogs onto the Festival site, except for guide or assistance dogs, who will be permitted.
There is no ATM facility on the festival site but all the bars will accept credit and debit cards, including contactless. There will also be a cash bar at the festival.
There is a large car park within Herrington Country Park which will be manned by our stewards. There is NO CHARGE for this car parking at Monument Festival. If you have a VIP ticket, you will have access to a further car park right at the door of the event, included in the price of your VIP ticket.
The bar accepts cash and card and the majority of food traders also accept card payments.
HEALTH & SAFETY
Covid created a rapidly evolving landscape for events in the UK. Outdoor live events and festivals are back but our team, will continue to plan a series of comprehensive safety and hygiene measures, to ensure that public safety and specifically Covid-19 safety is of the utmost importance.
We will fully comply with any legal requirements in place and react swiftly to any further changes to requirements or legislation, and keep customers fully informed of this and all other steps that we are taking, to ensure that the safety of our customers is not compromised in any way.
We will also be ensuring that a dedicated team of trained cleaners are providing regular and thorough deep cleaning of all commonly touched items, toilets, tables, bar surfaces etc. There will be ample hand sanitiser and disinfectants available and customers will be readily encouraged to make frequent use of these facilities.
SHUTTLE BUSES
ALL BUS TICKET OPTIONS, ARE ON SALE ON OUR TICKETS PAGE, AND EACH TICKET RESERVES A SEAT FOR RETURN BUS TRAVEL, TO AND FROM THE FESTIVAL. BUSES WILL DEPART AT A SET PICK UP TIME AND THEN RETURN BACK FROM THE FESTIVAL AT 11PM, AFTER ALL MUSIC HAS FINISHED. BUSES WILL RETURN TO THE SAME PICK UP/DROP OFF POINT. EXACT DETAILS OF DEPARTURE TIMES TO THE FESTIVAL AND THE PICK UP/DROP OFF ADDRESSES ARE BELOW:
Saturday 19th July 2025
- 09.35 Middlesbrough, Bus Stop outside Domino’s Pizza, Linthorpe Road, TS1 3RB & 10.15 Hartlepool, The National Museum Royal Navy Hartlepool, Jackson Dock, Maritime Avenue, Hartlepool, TS24 0XZ – Coach Park
- 10.25 Newcastle, Bewick Street & 10.45 Gateshead, Bus Stop at bottom of Jackson Street (High Street end) outside The Metropole
- 10.30 Durham, Sutton Street bus stop opposite Domino’s
- 10.45 Sunderland, Cowan Terrace (adjacent to Park Lane Interchange)
- 09.45 Darlington, Outside Dolphin Centre
PLEASE SEE GOOGLE MAPS FURTHER DOWN THIS PAGE, FOR EACH EXACT BUS STOP DROP OFF/PICK UP POINT LOCATIONS
DARLINGTON
SUNDERLAND
DURHAM
GATESHEAD
MIDDLESBROUGH
HARTLEPOOL
NEWCASTLE
SUNDERLAND
DURHAM
GATESHEAD
MIDDLESBROUGH
HARTLEPOOL
NEWCASTLE
PROHIBITED ITEMS
SECURITY –
a) Monument Festival reserves the right to evict a customer without refund, and/or refuse admission.
b) You may be body/bag searched at the entrances, on the site or when leaving.
c) Any item(s), reasonably considered for use as a weapon, which may cause danger, offence or disruption to any other person, will be confiscated.
d) Any person carrying illegal items or carrying out illegal activity will be given to the Police and refused entry.
e) Anti-social behaviour may lead to eviction. Please act responsibly.
f) Throwing gas, aerosol or similar canisters/containers on to fires is extremely dangerous and will lead to eviction.
DAMAGE/LOSSES –
Monument Festival is unable to accept any liability for personal or property damages, losses (including confiscations) or injuries sustained at this event – other than caused as a result of our negligence.
BANNED ITEMS –
a) Banned from all areas of the festival – Glass bottles/containers, airhorns, fireworks, flares, illegal substances, drugs, ‘legal highs’, laser equipment/pens, megaphones, nitrous oxide, sky or ‘chinese’ lanterns, sound systems, spray cans, tabards/high viz jackets.
b) Banned from arena – Cans, disposable BBQs ,campsite stoves, alcohol – food and drinks are not permitted to be taken into the arena. Campers must keep any alcohol in the camping area only.
c) Generators with the exception of fixed in campervans.
d) Anyone resisting the confiscation of disallowed items or disregarding these conditions will face eviction.
e) Under 18’s are not permitted to bring alcohol to the camping area or to purchase alcohol on site.
f) It is illegal for an over 18 to purchase alcohol on the behalf of under 18s.
OTHER ATTRACTIONS AT THE FESTIVAL
Monument Festival aims to be much more than just the live music and there will be various other activities within the event, including fairground rides, lots of new children’s entertainment, novelty attractions and a variety of traders exhibiting items for sale along the theme of the event.
BAND APPLICATIONS
We welcome applications from bands and artists. Applications for the 2025 festival have now closed, and 2026 applications will open from the start of September to the end of November 2025.
When applying, please email us as many details as possible and tell us about your music, where you’ve played and why you’d like to play at Monument Festival. We receive hundreds of applications each year but they are all given full and fair consideration. The Bookings Team will get back in touch if your application is being considered.