About The Festival

The Zig Zag Festival will run on 3rd & 4th October 2025.

The festival is spread across 3 venues all with live music:

• The Village Hall

  Thursday from 7pm
  New preview evening for quieter acoustic music - details TBA.
  This evening is all about the music and we respectfully ask guests to keep the noise down during performances. Friday and Saturday are louder and more relaxed!
  
  
  Friday from 6.30pm, Saturday from noon
  The village hall is ticketed. For pre-purchased tickets no need to print the e-ticket, we'll have a list of names at the door. Or just buy a ticket on the door! You will be issued with a festival glass, drinks tokens, a guide and a colour coded wristband. This will give you entry the village hall for that day, or both days if you have a weekend ticket and let you buy tokens which can be exchanged for beer at the village hall, pub and taproom, wine at the village hall and select wines at the pub & taproom.
  
  The tokens give you a discounted price on beer and wine.
  
  The Village Hall will have up to 12 real ales, 13 wines & 2 ciders.

• The Selborne Arms

  Friday and Saturday from 11am
  The Selborne Arms will have up to 7 real ales and a selection of wines and ciders. It will have live music on Friday and Saturday night. It will also be serving food throughout the festival.

• The Jubilee Tap

  Friday from 4pm - 11pm, Saturday from noon - 11pm
  The Tap Room across the High Street from the brewhouse stocking the Gilbert White range of beers, plus wine and cocktails. Also serving snacks.

Also:

Gilbert White's Brewery & White's Café

The village microbrewery will be open to visitors and selling bottled beers. White's Café will be open for meals, snacks and coffee.

La Luna

Artisan coffee shop serving coffee, teas, freshly baked baguettes, and cakes including gluten free and vegan.
https://www.facebook.com/lalunaselborne

Food

Fabulous fresh food served in all venues.

More details coming soon!

Car Parking

The map below shows the location of the festival venues along with car parking and other village shops and attractions.

The main village car-park is located behind the Selborne Arms. Note that the front car park is free but you will need to pay for the back car park - details on signs.

There is a large field being used as an overflow car-park in Gracious Street (see map).

History

The festival is named after Selborne’s famous Zig Zag Path which climbs up from the village to the top of Selborne Hanger. The path was cut in 1753 by naturalist and ornithologist Gilbert White with help from his brother. The views from the top are spectacular and climbing the Zig Zag is a highly recommended excursion for any visitor to Selborne.

The Zig Zag Festival was born in 2005 with the aim of promoting the village and its pubs along with local food producers, brewers and musicians. Only one pub - The Selborne Arms - remains in the village and the festival is split between here and the village hall with live music and a large range of ales and wine in both venues.

The festival runs from noon until midnight on the first Saturday in October. The evening sees lively headline music acts in both venues whereas the afternoon session in the village hall is a more relaxed, family friendly affair with a focus on folk and acoustic music acts.

Food is available in both venues throughout all sessions.

Although not intended as fundraiser any money raised is ploughed back into village community projects. Recent donations include resurfacing the village tennis court, kitchen refurbishment at the village hall and regular start-up funding for the annual Christmas Fair.

The Visit Selborne website contains more information about the beautiful & historic village of Selborne.

Tickets

Tickets sales NOW OPEN!

Advance tickets are from £10 for a single evening/afternoon - £18 for the whole weekend.

Online sales close at 4pm on 03/10/25.

Tickets will also be available on the door - Friday £12, Saturday £15.

Price covers admission to the Village Hall, 2 drinks tokens, souvenir glass, festival guide & live music.

No need to print out e-tickets, we'll have a list of names at the door. Once you're checked in you will be issued with glass, guide and tokens!

Free admission for under 16s but they must be accompanied by an adult ticket holder.

Music

Village Hall

Friday 3rd

• 7.00pm : Resurrectionists
  
• 8.00pm : Swell
  
• 9.00pm : The Dazed Minded

Selborne Arms

Friday 3rd

• 8.00pm : Bridestone

Village Hall

Saturday 4th
afternoon...

• 1.40pm : Sam Meller
  
• 2.20pm : Two For Joy
  
• 3.10pm : Retrophonic Pete
  
• 4.10pm : Fate of the Magpie
  
• 5.00pm : Seasick Waves
  
• 6.00pm : The Lurxx

evening...

• 7pm : Cold July
  
• 8pm : Cold Comforts
  
• 9pm : Key Lime Pi

The Selborne Arms

Saturday 4th

• 8pm : Mikey May
  
• 10.15pm : Waist of Time