Tickets

Welcome to the ‘tickets’ section. We’d like to highlight that this isn’t a ticket to a show, instead it is an entry into a week-long, psychedelic, community-led celebration. Transforming passivity to engagement, consumption to creation, bystanding to deep-diving – the spaces for new world-building await.

 

Next convergence lakeside: 19 to 24 June 2024.

  • Participation fee (ticket) €250
    excluding €10 waste deposit
  • Shuttlebus
    from and to Lisboa, Porto and Madrid airport
  • Sleepy Tipi
    sleep in a comfortable and equipped tipi
  • Klingeling
    pre-purchase WL currency at a discount
  • Eco contribution
    support our regenerative initiatives

General info

Tickets to Waking Life are limited. All tickets include free parking and access to the campsite, and each ticket is sold with an additional €10 waste deposit. Earn your waste deposit back by handing in your full (and recycled) bags of waste along with your waste deposit ticket.

Ticket personalisation

All tickets have to be personalised. This means that the name on each ticket will be checked without exception, and it will not be possible to enter with a ticket under someone else’s name. The only safe platform to re-sell and buy tickets is Ticketswap. It will automatically update the name on the ticket to the one of the new ticket holder.

Subsidized

Waking Life aims to be an inclusive space, accessible to people in different geographical, economic and social situations. Subsidized tickets cost €150 and are meant for participants who couldn’t afford the regular priced ones. We welcome your application until March 15th if you are in a difficult financial situation, whether due to personal circumstance or the economic context of the country you live in (such as the one in Portugal). We offer an extra ticket to any person with disability to bring along one person to assist you, free of charge.

Volunteer

All volunteers need to purchase a volunteer ticket in advance, which will be paid back after the festival. Volunteers who cannot afford the regular priced ticket can apply for a subsidized ticket like everyone else.

Kids

Kids between the age of 3 and 13 years old accompanied by at least one parent or guardian are granted free access to Waking Life. To keep up on how many youngsters are running around on site, parents or guardians will need to apply for this ticket via kids@wakinglife.pt.

I lost my ticket(s)

Click here if you lost your tickets or if you need to download them again.

Instalment plan

You can spread your ticket payment over two months, until April 15th. Half of the ticket is paid upon ordering, the remaining amount in the consecutive month. Payments are not refundable.

Bus rides

Hop on for a comfortable and more sustainable way to get to Waking Life. Shuttles drive between Lisbon, Porto and Madrid airport to Crato and back. Travel times in normal traffic are about 3 hours from Lisbon, 4 from Porto and 6 from Madrid.

Sleepy Tipi

A limited amount of tipis are available, intended for those who won’t have the possibility to bring camping gear to Crato. Upon entering your tipi a deposit of €100 will have to be paid by card, which will be given back after leaving it in good condition.

Transparency

Waking Life is an independent nonprofit association, free from sponsorships, financed by family and friends and all of you. So where does the money go? Gain insight about the monetary value flowing in and out of our community from our yearly updated financial report.

Crato residents

Registered Crato residents can apply for a ticket between May 1st and May 31st at their junta de freguesia. Please bring your ID card and a proof of residence to register.

Weekend tickets

Day or weekend tickets are not available. Waking Life is best served as an immersive week-long happening, where time takes a backseat to the experiences you will encounter and create.