Safety
When almost 30 000 people arrive to festival site, anything can happen. In order to guarantee the smooth and easy progression of things for all parties involved in the Ilosaarirock Festival, we have compiled some relevant guidelines and recommendations.
Prepare yourself well for the festival
Bringing the right gear with you helps the weekend to pass more smoothly and reduces the number of so-called earthly worries. Wearing sensible clothes and, above all, sensible shoes, increases your comfort. Good festival shoes are strong, not too new and comfortable to walk in.
The following list includes some gear that we recommend for everyone to take with them to the festival:
- rainproof clothing or a big refuse sack at the bottom of your rucksack
- a warm sweater
- something to wear on your head
- money
- a towel/swimwear
- a toothbrush
- food (something that is not easily perishable)
- a toilet roll
- some plaster for small accidents
- ear plugs
- painkillers and suntan cream
- important phone numbers on paper in case you happen to lose your mobile
- pen and paper for autographs or important phone numbers
- official identification document (a photo ID card, a passport, or a driving license)
The sound intensity at the festival area and particularly near the stages may exceed safe levels from time to time, so do protect your hearing and use earplugs or earmuffs. You can buy your own pair at the festival area.
Condoms are available at the festival area, as well as at the information points in the camping areas.
Safety guidelines
Avoid dense masses of people if you feel uncomfortable in crowded places. The front areas of stages, especially the Main Stage, are places in which the pressure of the audience masses can increase quickly and the situation may become uncomfortable.
Crowd surfing, in other words surfing on top of a concert audience's heads supported by the audience members' hands, is forbidden in Ilosaarirock Festival. It is also forbidden to carry others on your shoulders.
According to new smoking legislation in Finland, smoking is forbidden in front of stages and inside Main Tent and Sue Stage marquee. Please respect this prohibition – it is nicer and safer for all of us when nobody's smoking in the crowd. Ilosaarirock Festival reserves the right to remove from the festival area any persons who do not respect this order.
Animals think that all Ilosaarirock festival performers are loud and that it's too hectic at festivals anyway. In other words, it is forbidden to bring pets to the festival area!
First aid
The First Aid point of the festival site is open through the festival from Friday 5pm to Monday 12am. It is located next to the Poppikoppi in the immediate vicinity of the Main gate.
Allowed and disallowed items
It is forbidden to bring alcoholic drinks or any kind of glassware to the festival area! Note that it is also forbidden to bring in alcohol bottles regardless of their contents. Alcoholic drinks can be left in the alcohol deposits (Viinanarikka) outside the festival area gates. There are many licenced bar areas in the Ilosaarirock Festival area. The age limit for all licenced bar areas is 18 years.
Objects or substances that can be used to harm others, cannot be brought in to the festival area. This means weapons of any kind, explosives, fireworks etc. Please note this includes long umbrellas.
You can bring an empty plastic bottle with you to the festival area and use it as your water bottle. There are several water taps in the festival area. Especially when it's hot, remember to drink also water and not only alcoholic drinks! This will improve your ability to keep on partying into the night. You can bring in also unopened plastic lemonade bottles, juice bottles and other similar non-alcoholic bottles – the keywords are plastic and non-alcoholic.
Items you can bring in to the festival area:
- Unopened and clear plastic bottles smaller than 1,5 litre (no alcohol bottles)
- Empty and clear plastic bottles smaller than 1,5 litre (no alcohol bottles)
- Hairspray cans and other cosmetics products
- Short umbrellas
- Camping chairs (foldable, no garden chairs!)
- DSLR-cameras
Items you cannot bring in to the festival area:
- Drugs and alcohol
- Alcohol bottles/containers
- Plastic bottles bigger than 1,5 litre
- Opened bottles
- Long umbrellas
- Laser pointing devices and strong floodlights
- Guns, ammunition, explosives, torches and fireworks
- Knives or blades, needles (unless there is a well-grounded reason)
- Tools, such as multi-function tools
- Any items or substances that could be used to harm others
- Vuvuzelas, megaphones or other items that make loud noise
- Video cameras and recorders
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