Fledgling Aylesbury Vale festival announces special offers for locals
A boutique music, wellness and dance festival in Aylesbury Vale is offering hefty discounts for people living nearby.
Launched last year, Found Festival features music, wellness programmes, comedy and much more. For 2026, it has announced a discount ticket scheme designed for the people who live closest to it.
Held at the scenic Claydon Estate from August 28-30, residents of postcodes MK18, HP18, HP17 and OX9 can now access heavily discounted tickets.
Found Festival comes from the same team behind the beloved Towersey Festival which ran for 60 years initially in Oxfordshire but also in Aylesbury Vale in its later years.
Ticketing information and more details on the recently launched deals for local residents can be found on the festival website here. ‘FOUNDLOCAL’ is the code for the discounted tickets which is available for residents who can prove their eligibility.
Found Festival is described as ‘small by design’ and seen as an intimate gathering with a 2,000-person capacity. However, organisers say it uses a much larger footprint of the idyllic country estate, than the previous Oxfordshire site.
Musical highlights include Oxford folk favourites Stornoway fresh from a sold-out Royal Albert Hall; New York’s The Felice Brothers - direct descendants of the same Americana café culture that gave the world Bob Dylan; Scotland’s number-one Celtic outfit Elephant Sessions and dozens more.
The comedy lineup welcomes panel-show favourites and QI and Live At The Apollo regulars Shappi Khorsandi and Kiri Pritchard-McLean; plus live podcast recordings of Origin Of The Pieces, and Insane In The Men Brain.
The wellness programme features authentic gong ceremonies and sound baths, clowning for grown-ups, and daily yoga, breathwork and meditation with Bucks-based specialists Firelight.
The family programme delivers something for everyone, including the Midnight Playground with LED hula hooping, nightly fire shows by the lake, circus skills, street theatre, storytelling and endless other ways to spark imagination and creativity.
Participate or spectate in workshops that span ballet, ceilidh, and Lindy Hop; the magical lantern making and finale procession, and the Big Art Project led by resident artist Michael Sutherland. Daily DJ sets and silent discos keep the dancefloor going late.