PEOPLE
BEFORE
PROFIT

Here you’ll find information about how Earth Beat is run and funded, the rationale behind the 2023 ticket prices and insight into how these funds are distributed among the community.

Earth Beat is distinct from many festivals in that we are independent and run as a not-for-profit. This means that that we do not undertake activities and events for profit or gain. All proceeds from the festival are used for the benefit of the community and the land. In the past, this has involved participation in planting projects, involvement with restoration of Ātiu Creek and the Kaipara (particularly through providing a platform and supporting environmental groups in the region), funding arts and culture in the local community and country-wide, enabling greater participation in arts and culture for whānau in the region.

Your support helps protect Earth Beat’s independence and it means we can keep delivering quality events that empower and inspire new and regenerative ways of living.

Funding Earth Beat

Earth Beat Festival is a totally independent and free from corporate sponsorship. It is organised by an independent not-for-profit company called Earth Beat Community Ltd.

The festival is funded solely by participant tickets, on-site restaurants and cafes and merchandise.

These are the funds that allow us to make an investment into the production of each event, to pay off the loan we took during the pandemic, and which helps manifest other community projects that we run parallel to the festival.

It is due to your support that we can provide ongoing work for our crew, and support all artists and creatives that are part of the co-creation.

2023 Ticket Pricing Rationale

The current ticket tier pricing has been designed to facilitate the growth and evolution of the festival community.

We understand that we’re living in a fragile socio-economic milieu, where growing inequality is a global trend. While we aim to create pathways for people in less privileged financial circumstances to attend (volunteering opportunities, subsidised rates for whānau etc.), we still need to take into account rising festival production costs.

Our mission is to keep delivering a unique festival experience that facilitates celebration and transformation. Hence the increase in ticket prices in 2023 compared with the previous edition in 2021.

Current rising costs in New Zealand, worldwide and on the festival culture scene have been considered when we designed how to price the tickets this year. Artists, logistics, technologies, suppliers, materials and tax are just some components the overall production of the Earth Beat village at Ātiu Creek.

We would like to thank each and everyone of you for supporting Earth Beat Festival. It is due to your ticket funds that we are able to walk this kaupapa and continue to dream together into the future.

Revenue Distribution

Everything that is generated throughout the event is reinvested in the festival, in innovative ideas and initiatives, people, artists, musicians, facilitators, the land, the local community and the infrastructure required to create from scratch such a potent manifestation of human creativity. The revenues are re-invested into the festival production the following year. They are also used to support the organisation working on a daily basis, the dedicated group of people that work throughout the year.