HEALTH AND SAFETY 

• In case of any emergency or if you hear the fire alarm, stop what you doing and go to the assembly point (outside - in front of the Manor, in the parking lot)

• There are trained First Aid personnel on site, please ask anyone from the team if needed

• No candles or incense are allowed inside of any buildings. Candles at the workshop space will be lighted ONLY by the Eden Team

• NO FIRES ARE ALLOWED! We will have an official fire that you can join, and it will only be lighted and managed by a team member

• COVID-19, Please do not attend the festival if you're feeling unwell. If you begin to feel unwell during the festival, please wear a face mask to help reduce potential transmission to others and ensure social distancing whilst you make your way home and seek advice from a medical center. Please use clean practices of washing hands, so we can all care for eachother. 

 

TICKETS

• NO TICKETS FOR SALE AT THE GATE, please buy your ticket online at (https://www.edenfestival.co.nz/tickets) by 10th of January or sell-out date (there is a limited number of tickets)

• Please be aware of purchasing tickets from places other than the Eden Festival Website or Trybooking. If you do, this at your own risk, Eden Festival takes no responsibility for those bought as a scam and reserves the right to refuse entry

• No refund is available if you are not able to attend the festival, although you can re-sell the ticket to someone else.

• BE AWARE OF SCAMS. If you are buying ticket from someone else, check first with us before pay (edenfestival@yahoo.com) This will help you confirm it’s not a scam, and to transfer the ticket name. 

• Please have your ticket printed or downloaded on your phone and ready when you come to the Festival gate

• Identification is required with your ticket so please have it ready at the gate

• If the festival is canceled for major circumstances, you are assured a full refund within 14 days of cancellation, less $15 administration fee + Trybooking fee

• Anyone not wearing a wristband will be escorted off the Festival site

 

ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND TOBACCO

• Eden Festival is an ALCOHOL AND DRUGS FREE EVENT, it includes Plant Medicine and Marajuana

• We are a SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENT, although we have designated areas for smoking tobacco, including vape devices

• Anyone under the influence of drugs or alcohol will be asked to leave the festival

• Please respect our environment and the container we are creating, by NOT bringing any drugs or alcohol on site. This rule assures it is a safe place for everyone. Free of altering substances, we can all be in full presence, so clean and clear consent and boundaries is possible. It is important that everyone is able to honor this. 

 

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE

• Participants are welcome to arrive starting from 9am on the 11th of January. The open ceremony will start at 1pm.

• Everyone has to leave the site by 5pm on Sunday the 14th of January.

• ROOM ACCOMODATION - Check out by 3pm, leave by 5. 

• CAMPING - Please leave the site by 5pm.

 

CAMPING 

• Please follow the instructions of the gate crew and stay within areas identified on the site map

• Be prepared and bring everything you need: tent and/or campervan/caravan, mattress, blankets, kitchen utensils (if you are cooking your meals), shower towel and anything else you need

• Sites are unpowered

• Be in synergy with your neighbors, try to be quiet between 10pm to 8am at camping ground, if you want to talk or play, go to the common areas

• Please leave the site by 5pm on Sunday 14th of January. No one will be allowed to stay extra night as the venue has another event starting the day after.

 

ROOMS ACCOMMODATIONS

• NO CANDLES OR INCENSE ARE ALLOWED INSIDE OF YOUR ROOM, it will trigger the fire alarm

• Linen will be provide (bed sheets and blanket)

• BRING YOUR OWN SHOWER TOWEL

• At check out strip off the linen and put inside the Red Bags in the corridor

• Check out by 3pm on Sunday 14th of January. No one will be allowed to stay extra night as the venue has another event starting the day after. Please leave by 5pm.

 

PETS

• Sorry, no pets are allowed at the venue, apart from the residents pets.

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AMENITIES

• Toilets, showers and tap water available for use

• You will need to take all of your own waste away with you when you leave

 

WHAT TO BRING

• Cash. No EFTPOS is available.

• Your own mug

• A print out of the schedule (if you want your own physical copy)

• Printed/downloaded to your phone the Festival ticket

• Raincoat, warm and summer clothing

• Sunscreen

• Hat

• Sunglass

• A towel

• A sarong

• Massage oil

• Medication (if necessary)

• Reusable water bottles

• Sleeping bag

• Mattress

• Bedding

• Torch

• Toiletries

 

FAQ

• Eden is an independent festival that takes place at various venues around NZ, including Highden Temple

• It is an 18+ age event

• Eden welcomes any and all expressions of self, identity, gender, and sexual orientation

• It is a full permission space, including nudity– inviting safe, whole, powerful, supported, embodied experiences. Personal Sovereignty and Self Responsibility are fundamental to this space. Each participant remains fully within their own boundaries from a place of authentic consent

• The Consent and Boundary Workshop is compulsory for EVERYONE, on Thursday 11th

• No photography or video are allowed during the event other than the Eden Team. This is because it is a transformational space and people might be in a vulnerable state and it can take them out of the process. Our team will carefully take pictures and try not be intrusive in anyone's process.  By attending this event you agree to appear in any future promotion carried out by Eden Festival. However if an image is used clearly showing you and you do not feel comfortable with its use please email us at edenfestival@yahoo.com and we can remove it. 

• Eden Festival reserves the right to withdraw, replace or substitute presenters/artists, or amend the program, and prices, with no notice.

• By attending this event you agree to adhere to our festival guidelines which include NO mind-altering substances, like alcohol or drugs. 

• Eden Festival reserves the right to amend these terms and conditions at any time to ensure a safe space can be provided at all times.