Cursus Festival

About the show

Cursus Festival is BACK in Dorset on bank holiday weekend 22nd - 24th May 2026!!
www.cursusfestival.com
3 days of the best grassroots, family-friendly, small festival fun.
We are also DOG-FRIENDLY.
Headliners PEAT & DIESEL (Saturday), LAND OF THE GIANTS (Sunday) and BLACK WATER COUNTY (Friday) are joined by a brilliant line-up of original acts across different genres. Including THE HEMPOLICS, SKIMMITY HITCHERS, SAMANTICS, MR IRISH B*STARD, THE SNEAK EAZIES, IDESTROY, PRONGHORN, RUMAC, NOTHING RHYMES WITH ORANGE, TECHNICOLOUR STEAM TRAIN, COMMON CULTURE, SKANKT, TYPICAL GIRLS, TWO MAN TRAVELLING MEDICINE SHOW, TRAV CATS.
PLUS! DJs all weekend in the Dorset Dirty Dance Tent and LIVE WRESTLING in the arena (Saturday only).
ALSO... Kid's DIY Den, rural craft demos, camp fire, record shop, fire show, camping, food and drink.
Tickets ON SALE NOW!! Tent camping included, live-in vehicles welcome for an extra charge.
Kids go FREE with weekend family ticket and adult day ticket.
Cursus Festival is located at Myncen Farm, a working farm between Blandford and Salisbury and home to award-winning cider producers Cranborne Chase Cider.