Festival ticketing
Sell the field.Paid before the gates.
Scheduled releases, VIP tickets and extras at checkout, with scanning on as many phones as you need. Ticket money goes into your own account every Monday, not after the last act.
Festivals cost money long before anyone buys a pint. Stages, security and the deposit on the site. So get paid while you're selling, not after the last act's gone home.
The guest experience
Booked in under a minute.
A page that sells the day.
The lineup, the times, the age policy and a map, on one page worth sharing.
Tickets in two taps.
Guests pick a ticket and how many. Returning guests are already filled in.
One price. One tap to pay.
The booking fee is shown up front. Apple Pay and Google Pay are built in.
Ready at the door.
A confirmation code the moment they pay, plus a QR code and Apple Wallet pass when you switch them on.
Built for festivals
Everything a festival needs. Nothing it doesn’t.
Releases that go on sale on their own, tickets for every kind of guest, and a queue that keeps moving.
Scheduled releases
Line up early bird, second release and final release, each going on sale at the time you set.
Secret links
Hide a ticket behind a link or a code for your crew, your traders or last year's crowd.
Extras at checkout
Sell parking, merch or a drinks bundle with the ticket, paid for before anyone arrives.
Scanning at every gate
Scan tickets with the free Covered Entry app on as many phones as you need.
Meta Pixel built in
Add your Pixel and every ticket sale is reported back to your ads, through the browser and the Conversions API.
Paid every Monday
Money lands in your own Stripe account and pays out weekly, so stages and suppliers are paid while you're still selling.
Payouts
Paid every Monday. Not after the event.
The big ticketing platforms hold your money until the festival's over, and then you wait for the payout. On Covered, ticket money goes into your own Stripe account and reaches your bank every week while you're still selling. That pays for the stages, the acts and the site before the gates open.
CoveredEvery Monday, from your first sale
Eventbrite3 business days after the event, by default
SkiddleAfter the event, in twice-weekly runs
Fixr3 to 5 business days after the event
FatsomaOn request, from 48 hours after the event
From each platform’s published payout terms, October 2026. Eventbrite: Can pay during sales once you've already run and been paid for a paid event with them. Skiddle: Can pay as you sell through your own Stripe account, without Skiddle's protections. Fatsoma: Payouts are requested by the organiser and take up to 3 working days to arrive. Covered: A brand-new account's first payout can take a little longer while Stripe verifies the business.
Pricing
A £45 festival ticket. Here’s what it costs.
No monthly fee, no set-up cost and no contract. Pass the fee on to guests as a booking fee, or cover it yourself.
Covered, per ticket
£2.25
5% of £45.00. Minimum 30p per ticket.
A crowd of 1,000
£2,250.00
Compared with £4,770.00 on Skiddle (10% + 27p per ticket, £1 minimum). Compare every platform
Booking fees only. Card processing (from 1.5% + 20p on UK cards with Stripe) is billed to your own account separately.
Questions
Festivals, answered.
When do I get paid?+–
Every Monday, while you're still selling. Payments go straight into your own Stripe account and pay out to your bank weekly, not after the event as on most ticketing platforms. A brand-new account's first payout can take a little longer while Stripe verifies your business.
Can I sell different types of ticket?+–
Yes. Add general admission, VIP or anything else as its own ticket, each with its own price and number available.
Can I schedule ticket releases?+–
Yes. Add each release as its own ticket and set when each one goes on sale.
Can more than one person scan at the gate?+–
Yes. Scan tickets with the free Covered Entry app on as many phones as you need.
How much does Covered cost?+–
Nothing to start and no monthly fee to sell tickets. Covered's fee is 5% + card processing (minimum 30p per ticket), which you can pass on to guests as a booking fee or cover yourself. Card processing is billed by Stripe to your own Stripe account.
Can I take bookings on my own website?+–
Yes. Paste two lines of code and the full booking flow appears on your site, as well as on Covered and in the Covered Discover app.
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