2025 Festival Costs

Registration

Registration Fee $15 per person Required when signing up for workshops, housing or meals. This fee is waived for Zimfest Association members, those only buying concert tickets or those only signing up for volunteer shifts.

Workshops

Most Workshops $20.00 per hour
Presentations $14.00 per hour

Housing (pay by the room)

We have been allotted rooms in two dorms, Alford-Montgomery and Kennedy Halls.

Single Room $70.00 per night
Double Room $80.00 per night
Triple Room
(Alford-Monty only)
$90.00 per night
n.b. linens included

Family Discount on Housing

If your family (at least one parent with one or more children 11 years or younger) wishes to request a family housing discount, please contact us at before you register and pay for housing, so that we can determine your eligibility and enter up to 20% discount off your housing costs.

Tent Camping

Dry camping (tents only) at KVEC $20.00 per night

Meals (at Holmes Dining Room)

Meal prices are the same for all ages. Pre-purchased meal prices are the same as onsite cash prices.

Meal Plans

All-Meal Plan $158.28 11 meals: Thursday dinner through Monday breakfast
Lunch and Dinner
Friday through Sunday Plan
$100.18 6 meals: 3 lunches and 3 dinners
Weekend Plan $86.88 6 meals: Saturday breakfast through Sunday dinner

Individual Meals

Breakfast $10.05
Lunch $15.48
Dinner $17.92
Per Diem $43.44

Afternoon Concerts

Afternoon concerts are free! No tickets are needed; just show up. Enjoy the African Marketplace too.

Evening Concert Tickets (Ages 0-5 free)

Adult (12+) Ages 6-11
Friday, Saturday or Sunday Evening: (donation) prepaid $20.00 $10.00
Friday, Saturday or Sunday Evening: (donation) at the door $22.00 $12.00
Three evening concert package: (donation) prepaid only $55.00 $28.00
Evening Performer:
Admission for night of performance
Free Free
Daytime Performer:
Admission for choice of one evening concert
Free Free

Making all concert tickets by donation will allow all visiting Zimbabweans, including those holding the B-1 visitor’s visa, to be able to perform in any concert free and open to the public as the visa requires. All evening concerts are inside the SURC ballroom.