End of the Road Festival is an annual music festival in England which focuses on independent rock and folk music.
It is hosted at the Larmer Tree Gardens, on the border of north Dorset and Wiltshire, and usually takes place over the last weekend of August or the first full weekend in September, opening camping on Thursday afternoon with the entertainment running, since 2016, from Thursday evening to Sunday inclusive.
The first festival took place in 2006, and after selling out for the first time in 2008, has sold out in advance every year since.
The festival was started by two friends, Simon Taffe and Sofia Hagberg, who continue to run it.

The festival has four stages: the Woods Stage, the Garden Stage, the Big Top Stage and the Tipi Tent, as well as a clearing in the woods around the Garden Stage containing a piano at which semi-secret sets take place.
There are also children's areas and workshops, a healing field, a film tent, comedy, a library in the forest and a games area (ping pong, table football etc.).
Late night entertainment usually includes high-profile DJ sets, a silent disco, secret pop-up performances and karaoke.
Due to the nature of the gardens the festival is set in, it is not unusual to see peacocks wandering around the area and macaws in the trees.

The festival has a capacity of 15,000 (2014).

In 2011, the festival won an award for 'Best Small Festival' at UK Festival Awards.
In 2012 claims were made that End of the Road Festival was secretly organised by Scientology.
A statement made by the festival has since denied these claims, however acknowledged that two members of management were Scientologists.
In 2016, 2017 and 2019, the festival won an award for 'Best Small Festival' at NME Awards.
It was nominated 4 times in total.

The 2020 festival was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It is due to return in 2021 with some of the same artists including Pixies, King Krule, Big Thief, Bright Eyes, Aldous Harding and Little Simz.
End of the Road Festival is an annual music festival in England which focuses on independent rock and folk music. It is hosted at the Larmer Tree Gardens, on the border of north Dorset and Wiltshire, and usually takes place over the last weekend of August or the first full weekend in September, opening camping on Thursday afternoon with the entertainment running, since 2016, from Thursday evening to Sunday inclusive. The first festival took place in 2006, and after selling out for the first time in 2008, has sold out in advance every year since. The festival was started by two friends, Simon Taffe and Sofia Hagberg, who continue to run it.
The festival has four stages: the Woods Stage, the Garden Stage, the Big Top Stage and the Tipi Tent, as well as a clearing in the woods around the Garden Stage containing a piano at which semi-secret sets take place. There are also children's areas and workshops, a healing field, a film tent, comedy, a library in the forest and a games area (ping pong, table football etc.). Late night entertainment usually includes high-profile DJ sets, a silent disco, secret pop-up performances and karaoke. Due to the nature of the gardens the festival is set in, it is not unusual to see peacocks wandering around the area and macaws in the trees.
The festival has a capacity of 15,000 (2014).
In 2011, the festival won an award for 'Best Small Festival' at UK Festival Awards. In 2012 claims were made that End of the Road Festival was secretly organised by Scientology. A statement made by the festival has since denied these claims, however acknowledged that two members of management were Scientologists. In 2016, 2017 and 2019, the festival won an award for 'Best Small Festival' at NME Awards. It was nominated 4 times in total.
The 2020 festival was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is due to return in 2021 with some of the same artists including Pixies, King Krule, Big Thief, Bright Eyes, Aldous Harding and Little Simz.
End of the Road Festival