Shelters Unlimited
TENT ARCHITECTURE

GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL

We have been attending the festival as artists, building structures and providing accommodation for getting on for 10 years.



At the 1999 festival working with some very good friends (Graeme and Spiny) we put a tipi lightshow on in the tipi field and in 2000 we put on a smaller lightshow and tribal peoples slide show in the Field of Avalon.  Tipis are used as projection screens for these shows.



Our main input though is providing the best and most comfortable tipis at the festival for people to hire.  Based at the top end of the Tipi Field facing due east we are ideally located.

Staying in a tipi at Glastonbury is an experience not to be missed.



Your tipi will be equiped with a full lining for privacy and exrta security and it will have a layer of natural coir matting on the floor, we can also supply your tipi with backrests and a fireplace.  Your Shelters Unlimited tipi will be bright and clean, cool and cosy. 



Tipis are erected by the Wednesday before the festival starts and left up untill Monday afternoon.

The tipi field is an excellent place to stay at the festival, although its a quiet field there is always loads happening, a great social scene and its not too far away from all the action.

Check the capacity of each size tipi on the tipi page on this site - these refer to adults so if you want to accommodate small children count two for one adult space.  If you want to squeeze in a couple of friends we don¹t mind but be careful around the fire if you do.

Your tipi is delivered to the festival and put up for you and fitted with flooring before you arrive, all you need to bring is you creature comforts.

We take the tipis down after you have finished with them, please leave them nice and tidy!

SIZES & COSTS    (Glastonbury)

Prices exclude VAT @ 17.5%

VERY LARGE TIPIS (24¹ - 28¹) CAN ALSO BE HIRED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT


Please book your tipi as early as possible as we have a limited number for hire.

WOMAD

We love WOMAD.  At WOMAD we have been supplying furnished tipis and Bedouin tents to accommodate the dedicated lighting and production crew for the past five years.  We make a special effort for them, we furnish the tents with rugs, sheepskins, backrests and Mexican blankets.  Our best friends at Womad are the Mystic Lights Crew who light the flags and the main stage screens. Thanks to Graeme, Geoff and Linda.



Anyone wishing to hire tipis on the campsite are more than welcome to contact us and make special arrangements to do this.  At WOMAD the tipis are located in a quite spot fairly close to wristband exchange and crew and artists camping.

Tipis are supplied fully lined and floored and are delivered and erected ready for your arrival at the festival.

SIZES AND COSTS   (Womad)

LARGE TIPI (21¹)        £750.00
MEDIUM TIPI (18¹)      £600.00
SMALL TIPI (14¹)        £400.00

SPECIAL RATES - TIPIS AND BEDOUIN TENTS IN CREW CAMPING AND BACKSTAGE AREAS.

Any of the WOMAD crew can contact us and arrange backstage accommodation at favourable rates.


Other Festivals & Events

We can supply very large scale tipis, tipi villages, Bedouin and Berber tents for a full range of different events including weddings and private parties, local authority events and themed events. Structured environments can accommodate 400 people.  Go to our enquiry page to ask for a quote.