What are the general rules of Winnipeg Folk Festival - Birds Hill Park?
To receive important information about the 2016 Winnipeg Folk Fest sign up for our newsletter at winnipegfolkfestival.ca HOW TO FOLK When you join us at Folk Fest, the Festival Campground and/or Quiet Campground, it signifies your agreement to the rules below. Folks who don’t follow these guidelines are subject to immediate removal from the festival without refund. PARTICIPANT RESPONSIBILITIES Show off your wristband with pride. Wristbands must be worn at all times and shown for entry into Folk Fest campgrounds and the festival site. Wristbands are non-transferable, non-exchangeable and cannot be replaced. If you remove or tamper with your wristband in any way, you will not be allowed entry. Prohibited Items. Vehicles and bags are subject to search by festival staff and volunteers for excessive amounts of alcohol and prohibited materials. We do not allow and may confiscate: glass, household furniture, amplified music, drum kits, print materials for distribution, unauthorized generators, pets, commercial vending, illegal drugs, binge drinking devices, firearms/weapons, sky/ Chinese/Kongming lanterns, fireworks and other explosives. Mind your manners. Drunkenness, rowdy or otherwise disorderly conduct, obscene, crude or abusive language, taking inappropriate or non-consensual photographs or video, and/or failure to follow directions from festival staff and volunteers will not be tolerated. Leave no trace. With your help, Folk Fest is a sustainable event. Pack out everything you bring in. Campsites must be kept clean. Anything that has a larger impact (e.g. digging holes, using lumber) must be pre-approved by the Winnipeg Folk Festival (WFF). Make sure water taps are turned off when not in use and make sure to remove any ropes you tie to trees when you leave. Keep alcohol in its place. Open alcohol is not allowed on the festival site, parking lots, on trails, roads, Pope’s Hill or anywhere outside the festival site or campgrounds. Alcohol is only allowed on the festival site when purchased and consumed in the Folk Fest taverns. No personal vehicles are allowed. Due to the high density of pedestrians in the area we are unable to accommodate the use of personal motorized vehicles anywhere on our premises. Bicycles are not permitted at Folk Fest (a bike lockup is available just outside the festival entrance), and should be used with caution in the festival campgrounds. Please walk your bike on all trails you share with pedestrians. Smile – you may be on camera. You acknowledge that people are using video and photographic cameras at the event and that your image may be captured on video or in photographs, which may subsequently be displayed or disseminated without your consent or payment of compensation to you and you release the WFF from any legal liability for such filming, photographing or dissemination. You understand and accept that other than for personal use, images, film or video you obtain at the event may not be used without the prior written permission of the WFF. We have first aid and we’re not afraid to use it! You consent to have medical treatment and/or transport that may be deemed advisable in the event of injury, accident and/or illness during the event. You release the WFF and all persons participating in any such medical treatment for all legal liability for any such actions. Ticket sales are final. No refunds or exchanges will be issued for any reason, even if the event is terminated early or cancelled due to accident, nature, government regulation or conditions beyond the WFF’s control. You are responsible for yourself. You assume full responsibility and liability for your participation in and attendance of the festival. You also assume all risks and dangers incidental to the WFF, including loss or damage to property, personal injury or death, and hereby forever release, discharge and hold the WFF, its officers, directors, employees, volunteers, contractors, agents or representatives harmless from any claim arising from such risk, even if arising from the negligence of the WFF, its officers, directors, employees, volunteers, contractors, agents or representatives, or by third parties.
