Bearded Theory 2014 moves weekend

Organisers of next year's Bearded Theory have confirmed they have had to move festival weekends from those originally announced.

Festival organisers released a statement on the festival's website (here) yesterday, saying, "Due to matters beyond our control the dates for next years Bearded Theory have been changed to May 23rd, 24th and 25th with the gates opening on Thursday 22nd . We will obviously refund anyone who has purchased pre-sale tickets that wanted to attend on previous weekend. We apologise for the inconvenience and we did our level best to try and retain our usual dates in 2014. Anyone wishing to obtain a refund please contact The Ticket Sellers by email [email protected] or call 0844 870 0000."

The 6th family friendly, laid back, fancy dress party with beards, bands and DJs, returns to Kedleston Hall Park, in Derbyshire from Friday 23rd to Sunday 25th May 2014, with early entry available on Thursday (for an additional fee).

There are no acts to be confirmed yet for 2014. Every year Bearded Theory attempts to break the world record for the most amount of people wearing a fancy dress beards in one place and at one time.

Pre-sale tickets have sold out, and tickets are not currently available. A weekend camping Thursday ticket was priced at £75. A 12-15 year old weekend ticket is priced at £40, a child's aged 6-11 weekend tickets is priced at £15 whether for arrival on Thursday or Friday, children aged 5 and under are free and Family Tickets were priced at £175 (2 x adult & 2 x children). All children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. There will a charge for car parking of £10. A live in vehicle ticket is priced at £30.