Have your festival brand stand out

Yes, across the whole range. Organic and recycled cotton on tote bags and t-shirts, recycled RPET on drawstring bags and non-woven bags, recycled aluminium and glass across water bottles and mugs. Sustainable promotional products cost slightly more per unit and get discarded far less, which changes the real cost per impression on your festival merchandise rather than the invoice. If your event carries a waste target, tell your account manager and it will change which promotional items we recommend.

Drawstring bags and branded polo shirts for crew and stewards, because both leave the hands free and identify staff instantly across a site. For artist and VIP areas, a heavier canvas bag, a festival kit pouch or a gift set changes the register entirely: same brand, very different signal. Lanyards, badge holders and USB flash drives cover the trade and press side of a festival, where the audience is industry rather than public.

The audience changes indoors, and so should the promotional merchandise. Pens, notebooks, desk accessories and business card holders read as professional rather than as festival giveaways, and they stay on a desk long after the event. USB flash drives and power banks work well in press packs, where the accessories people need are chargers and storage rather than sun hats. Gift sets pull several promotional items into one branded pack and suit sponsors, partners and artists at any festival or cultural event.

Order early. Festival dates do not move, and lead times on custom branded promotional products do. Several weeks ahead is the safe window for large volumes or anything custom printed, and the earlier you start, the wider your choice of promotional items and branding methods. Early orders also unlock the best volume pricing across the range.

On many lines, yes. Deep UK stock across our core range of promotional merchandise means selected festival products can be reordered quickly, subject to availability. If you are expecting heavy footfall, we would still plan the volume upfront rather than rely on a mid-weekend restock of your festival giveaways.

A festival gives a brand hours of daylight attention in front of thousands of people who chose to be there. A branded cotton tote bag carried across a site for three days is seen by more people than the same design on a poster, and promotional merchandise keeps working after the gates close. Reusable water bottles go back into daily use, bucket hats come out the following summer, drawstring bags end up at the gym. That retention is why branded festival merchandise remains one of the cheapest ways to increase brand awareness at live events, and why festival promotional items outperform most single placements on cost per impression.