For whom · Volume

Festival merch that outlives the weekend.

Three days of sales, one fixed date, no second chance. We plan run size, size curve and reorders so that on Sunday night the stand is not empty and the warehouse is not full.

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What adds up differently here

Sales last three days

Whatever is not on the stand by Friday will not sell at all. So we fix the delivery date before we talk about run size.

Sizes behave differently

On site, M and L go first while XS stays. We build the size curve from your previous year, not from a standard ratio.

The year on the print matters

With a date, the shirt becomes a keepsake and the remainder becomes dead stock. Without one, the same run sells again next summer.

Reordering beats stockpiling

DTF delivers in under 10 days from approval. Planning tight and reprinting ties up less cash than adding thirty percent just in case.

Schedule

Counted backwards from day one.

Delivery times are fixed: screen printing in 7–10 working days from approval, DTF under 10. Everything before that is lead time, and that is where it gets tight or does not.

Lock artwork and garment

The number of colours moves the unit price more than the quantity does. Knowing early whether it is two colours or eight gives you a quote that holds.

−10 weeks

Sample in hand

A proof on the actual garment, not on screen. Ink on cotton reads differently than ink in a layout, and the sample is the cheap place to notice.

−7 weeks

Approval and main run

From your approval, screen printing takes 7–10 working days to delivery. The gap to the festival is buffer, not idle time: it absorbs a correction without moving the date.

−5 weeks

Delivery, pre-sorted

Picked by size and design, labelled for the stand. Straight to the site, to your warehouse, or split across both.

−2 weeks

Reorders during the event

If a size runs out, DTF follows in under 10 days from approval. That requires the file to be ready, not to be hunted for.

ongoing

Techniques

Which technique? The run size decides.

For the same design, different routes make sense at different quantities. We cost both and name the point where switching pays.

Screen printing: squeegee pulling ink across the screen onto a shirt

01Screen printingThe main run. From 50 pieces, and the larger the run, the lower the unit price.from 50 pieces1–12 Pantone coloursLearn more →

Control panel of a DTG printer above a blue shirt on the platen

02DTF & DTGReorders and odd sizes. No screen costs from the first piece, photorealistic across many colours.from 1 pieceunder 10 days from approvalLearn more →

Embroidery needle above light fabric in a blue magnetic hoop, the emblem half stitched

03EmbroideryCaps and crew wear. Outlasts the festival and still looks like something after twenty washes.one-off digitising3D puff availableLearn more →

Denim jacket with sewn-on patches and pin badges

04AppliquéCraft you can feel. Instead of printing colour, we work with real materials for noticeably more depth: smooth flex cut, classic flock, elaborate chenille patches or detailed woven labels at the hem.tactile & raisedflex · flock · chenilleLearn more →

Cut transfer films with colourful designs on a work surface

05Sublimation & TransferDesigns without limits. Under heat the colour bonds directly with the polyester fibre – the result is a brilliant, full-surface motif with no layer you can feel. For demanding special cases, heat transfer is the perfect choice.all-overphotorealisticLearn more →

Laser head engraving a design, violet light across the work surface

06FinishingThe art of leaving out. Laser engraving and embossing work through the material itself. The motif is worked directly into the fabric, leaving an elegant tone-on-tone result or a striking, tangible relief.laser engravingembossingLearn more →

Questions

Before you get in touch.

The questions that come up in every first festival conversation. Anything else we settle by phone.

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How many shirts do I need?

Without last year figures, any number is a guess. With them it becomes arithmetic: attendance, previous conversion rate, share per size.

First year we deliberately plan the main run tight and keep the reorder ready, rather than guessing a number you pay for on Sunday.
Later years your sales data becomes the size curve, and it beats any standard ratio.

Can we reorder during the festival?

Yes, via DTF. From approval that is under 10 days to delivery, so it works for multi-day events with lead time.

Requirement the print file is prepared and approved before the festival starts.
Limit no production covers a reorder from Saturday to Sunday. That buffer goes into the main run instead.

What happens to what is left over?

That is decided with the artwork, not at the end. A design carrying the year is dead stock after the weekend; one without keeps selling next year.

Recommendation main design without a year, plus a smaller dated run as a keepsake for those who want it.
Storage we hold the remainder and ship it to your next event.

Do you deliver to the site?

Yes, picked by size and design and labelled for the stand. Split across two addresses too, if part of it goes to storage.

Delivery window we follow your build-up schedule, not the other way round.
Proof a delivery note per address, so the stand can check what actually arrived.

Journal

Do the maths yourself.

What we learn while planning and producing, we write down. With figures instead of claims.

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Costing6 min

What does band merch in screen printing really cost?

Run size, colours, textile — the three levers the unit price really hangs on. With a sample calculation for 50 to 500 pieces and the typical planning mistakes.

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Guide8 min