Warwick Folk Festival brings £1m benefit to town

The 2025 Warwick Folk Festival brought in just under £1million to the town in terms of additional economic benefit which has been revealed in an ‘Economic Impact Analysis’ report. It has also been revealed that the festival days in 2023, 2024 and 2025 averaged a footfall uplift of +46% in the town centre, compared to the average footfall on the same non-festival days. Data also showed that 2025 had the largest footfall increase over the festival period, of +59%. Based on survey data, 70.5% of visitors stayed overnight in Warwick or on the festival site and 70% of visitors came from outside Warwickshire.  Read more