Tickets
Three days for the price of one night out
Weekend passes are ₵420 until the end of September. Transfers are free and always will be; refunds run on a sliding scale to 31 October.
Day ₵180
Weekend ₵420
Patron ₵950
Three passes
Pick a weekend or pick a day
Prices hold until 30 September and go up by a fifth after that. Under-twelves come free with an adult on any pass.
Day pass
one day
One day of your choosing, every stage on it. Pick the day at the gate — you are not tied to the one you booked.
Every stage on your day
Exhibitions and the drum line
Workshops if places remain
Re-entry all day
Weekend
Most bought
all three days
The whole festival, Friday afternoon to Sunday night, with first refusal on every capped workshop.
All three days, every stage
Priority on capped workshops
The Sunday morning set
Re-entry all weekend
Patron
all three days
Everything in the weekend pass, the late sessions included, and a seat at the Friday dinner on the wall. Fifty of these, and they fund the open call.
Everything in the weekend pass
Late sessions wristband
Friday dinner on the wall
Two guest day passes
Where it goes
What a ₵420 pass pays for
Published every year in January, audited, and posted in the journal alongside the numbers that were wrong last time.
44%
Artist fees and travel
Every act on the bill is paid, including the eight who come off the open call. The smallest fee in 2026 is ₵2,400.
31%
Site, rig and licences
The stages, the sound, the fencing, the power, the medics, the harbour authority licence and the insurance.
17%
Crew
Forty paid roles for three weeks and two hundred volunteers who get a pass, all their food and a shirt.
Questions
Everything people ask us
If it is not here, the box office answers within a day — hello@echo.com.
Where exactly is the festival?
The Old Harbour Yard, Jamestown, Accra — the old customs yard and the harbour wall behind it, five minutes' walk from the Jamestown lighthouse. The nearest drop-off is High Street; there is no parking on site and the trotro to Korle Bu passes the top of the road every few minutes.
What does a pass actually include?
Every stage, every exhibition and every workshop that still has a place in it, all three days for a weekend pass and one day for a day pass. The late sessions in the fish market are the only thing that is separate, because the room is licensed differently and holds four hundred people.
Can I bring children?
Yes, and under-twelves come free with an adult — the drum line and the exhibitions are built for them as much as for anyone. The site is family-facing until 20:00; after that the main stage stays open but the yard clears out and the late sessions are strictly eighteen and over.
Can I get a refund or pass my ticket on?
Full refunds up to 30 September, half until 31 October, none after that. You can transfer a pass to somebody else free of charge at any time — email the name to tickets@echo.com and we reissue the QR the same day.
27–29 November 2026 · Jamestown
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Weekend passes are ₵420 until the end of September and go up after that. Under-twelves come free with an adult.
