Wild & Well Festival was created with the pillars of community, connection, and collaboration at it's core.

Every year we come together to co-create this portal is a reminder of the importance of these spaces – sober, independent festivals that prioritise community over commercial. We trust that everyone who shows up to this event is exactly who is meant to be there, and we are in no rush to expand as we know it will happen organically and authentically.

We made the decision to step away from sponsorship, brand partners, and paid content creators to maintain the integrity and align with the values we strive to uphold. While we don’t believe there is anything wrong with these aspects being a part of a festival frame, they simply do not feel right for this particular space.

Over the last four years, nearly half of our running costs have been covered by ticket sales, going towards covering the costs of materials, stretch tents, venue hire, sound and lighting, facilitators, performers, speakers, insurance, health and safety, sanitisation, and everything else required to bring this vision together. The remaining balance has been covered personally by our founder, Jenn, and while she has been grateful to be able to work throughout the year to ensure costs are covered, this is not financially sustainable moving forward.

Sadly, the reality of our financial loss over the last three years in particular has hit quite hard and is no longer sustainable. For this reason, we have made the very difficult decision not to go ahead with Wild & Well 2027. Instead, we'd like to take the time to rebuild financially and expand our team, and tentatively plan to resume in September 2029.

For those who are in a position to offer financial support, we have set up this GoFundMe to help partially cover the loss for this year’s festival.

We strive to be open & transparent about the reality of organising an event, including the financial requirements & challenges.

Here are some of the costs that your donation will help cover:

€75 covers the cost of one portaloo

€150-€300 covers the fees for a facilitator / artist

€400 covers the cost of cutting wood on-site for our sacred fire

€500 covers the cost of our welfare team

€600 covers one security personnel

€1220 covers the cost of a medical vehicle & tent

€1300 covers the cost of one stretch tent

Thank you, thank you, thank you for continued trust and support.

With love,

Jenn & the Wild & Well Team