Book your room at our preferred partner Strandhotel and enjoy FoodFest to the fullest! 

BOOK AT STRANDHOTEL

Reservations at Strandhotel don't include your festival ticket. You can buy that separately in our ticket shop.

There are no official FoodFest afterparties. If you’re not ready to go home after the festival, check out the neighbouring clubs and remember to stay safe! Don’t drink and drive.

We’ll have a charging point at the festival. 

Drugs are in any case forbidden. Only legal medical drugs are allowed. Anyone caught with illegal drugs will be removed from the festival site.

It is forbidden to bring alcohol onto the festival site. We will not serve alcohol under the age of 18.

Don’t throw away our reusable cups. You can use them at the bar for 1 FF, return them at the bar for 1 FF and ask for a refund afterwards.  

Or if you really like them, take them home or give them to a friend. They're fun to keep!

Visitors are not allowed to bring their own food and drinks. There are enough options on the festival site in our bars, food market and food experience corner.

Please keep the site clean. Garbage cans are spread over the site, so please use them, also for your extinguished cigarette butts. 

All other terms can be found in our General Terms and Conditions.

There will be lockers available at the festival site.

Don't forget to get your stuff before leaving. All items left behind will be gathered and brought to the local police station with all other lost items.

Politie 
Trageldam 1
4501 CX Oostburg
Tel. +31 (0) 900 88 44 

The minimum age for FoodFest is 18. If you are younger than 18 (eighteen), you will be denied access to the festival, except under the supervision and responsibility of your parent and/or guardian and with an absolute minimum age of 18 (eighteen).

Don’t forget to bring your passport or ID.

Children younger than twelve years old can enter the festival for free under the supervision of a parent and/or legal guardian.

Tickets and FF’s can be purchased with cash of with debit card online or at the festival. You can also buy everything in advance in our ticket shop to avoid queueing.

All press requests can be submitted from March until May 15th to press@food-fest.eu. Press inquiries will be handled by The Wicked PR (Antwerp).

Please mail us all following information:
Name of attendees + roles
Days attending
Photo pass needed
Photo imagery or video footage needed
Content you’d like to publish
Date of publishing
Any other specifics or comments

Note that we will be reviewing every request in April and May, we’ll get back to you during that period.

General safety
Please read in full here.

Recording for safety
Camera surveillance in accordance with the law of 21 March 2007 is used on the festival site. This means that registration and saving of all images and footage by the police and/or organiser will be conducted for the purposes of maintaining and complying with site security.

GENERAL
The security of our visitors, artists and entourage, crew and people of and neighbouring villages is a number one priority to the organization of FoodFest. Our security measures were taken in consultation with the police, the emergency services and local government. 

All visitors can be subject to a full hand search. They are deemed to cooperate and to open their bags spontaneously in order to show the contents to security and crew members responsible for the search. Small backpacks and handbags (max. 45 cm high) will be allowed on site after search. 

We have set out clear guidelines concerning all items that are allowed or forbidden at the festival (see list* below). 

Not allowed:

• Professional photo, video and audio recording equipment
• Tripods, selfiesticks, drones
• Food or beverages (alcoholic and non-alcoholic, except water in plastic bottls for campers)
• Glass, plastic bottles, cans, beverage boxes (except water in plastic bottls for campers)
• Camelbags 
• Drugs (people who have to take medication are advised to bring a medical certificate)
• Fireworks, explosives, torches and any other flammable products
• Weapons, knives and other sharp items
• Portable benches or chairs (except foldable camping chairs at the camping site)
• Inflatable items (pools, balls, chairs and sofas…)
• Non-drinkable gels and liquids such as deodorant, perfume and other spray cans (except cosmetic products in packaging smaller than 50ml)
• Laser pens
• Backpacks or purses larger than 45cm
• Gas, gas burners and candles
• Large parasols and umbrellas with pins
• Plastic or wooden containers
• Animals (except guide dogs for people with a visual disability)
• Flyers, stickers, posters and other promo material not approved by FOODFEST
• Banners with discriminating or provocative messages that could disturb public peace and safety
• Any other item that can be seen as dangerous by the organization

*This list can be altered at any time by the organization.

Tip: Try and avoid bringing redundant items or large bags. Leave them at home if possible or store them in our lockers. Only bags under 45cm height are allowed at the festival.

We’d like to thank all visitors for understanding and cooperating so we can all enjoy an unforgettable, but above all safe FOODFEST 2019!

If you've lost your ticket, didn't receive it or have any other problem, please contact Eventix. Visit their website for more information.

You can buy your tickets online or at the entrance of the festival as long as it's not sold out.

Buying tickets means you agree to our general terms and conditions. Tickets cannot be cancelled nor exchanged for another day. However, tickets don't have to be registered in your name. You can buy tickets for you and your friends.

Printing your ticket is not necessary. Show it on your mobile phone and save some trees.

Flyers, posters or any other kinds of advertisements are not allowed without permission of the FoodFest organization.

For any other question about advertising or promotion at our festival, please contact info@food-fest.eu.

Currency
FoodFest is a cashless festival. We use FF’s as our currency to pay for everything you purchase at the festival. You can buy them online with your ticket to avoid queueing at the festival, or you can just decide at FoodFest to buy them with cash or debit card.

FF's are only sold in multiples of €10 and are only valid on site.

Bracelet
The FF's you purchase in our ticket shop to spend at the festival will be charged onto a bracelet chip that you'll receive at the entrance of the festival. Mind that the FF's are linked to your ticket and bracelet. For example, if you add €100 to one Sunday ticket, the amount will be charged onto the Sunday ticket holder’s bracelet and no one else’s. 

Charging
ONLINE: FF’s cannot be bought without a festival ticket. In other words, you have to buy a festival ticket first to add F’s during the same online order.  in order to purchase FF’s. 

ON SITE: If you already bought your ticket and just need FF’s or if you’d like to wait before buying FF’s, you can buy them at the festival with cash or debit card.

Refund
If you have FF’s left on your bracelet, you can request a refund. They don’t take place automatically and can only be requested during a limited time period from June 6th 8AM until June 16th 8AM. More information can be found in our General Agreement (link to … open in a new tab).

Info
If you haven't found the answer you're looking for, please contact cashless@food-fest.eu for questions about our cashless system or check our FAQs for other information.

People who are disabled can contact us at info@food-fest.eu. We look into every case to see what we can do to get you moving around smoothly. We want everyone to have a comfortable and unforgettable experience at our event.

Take care of your ears! Bring earplugs or use the ones we provide at the festival thanks to Safe ‘n Sound.

There will be security around and on the festival site. We'll also have a first aid post marked clearly on our festival map published shortly before the festival takes place. In case of emergency, please go there and follow their instructions.

Buying a ticket or entering the festival site means agreeing to our General Terms and Conditions.

Maritiem Plaza 1, 4506 KN CADZAND

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All lost and found items will be gathered at the entrance of the festival at our Lost & Found booth. After the festival, all items are brought to the local police station:

Politie 
Trageldam 1
4501 CX Oostburg
Tel. +31 (0) 900 88 44 

Should you forget or lose anything, please check our Lost & Found booth first, then the police station.

Sunday June 2nd     12 PM – 23 PM

Monday June 3rd    12 PM – 23 PM

Your own material
Simple (digital) cameras and phones with cameras are allowed, professional cameras aren’t. This means that cameras with an interchangeable lens and larger cameras aren’t allowed on the festival site unless you’re entering the festival as press and requested a photo pass.

Recording for promo
By entering the festival you give your automatic and explicit approval:

• to being photographed and filmed,
• to the organisation and its partners to use and broadcast all images and footage for promotional purposes of the festival.

Recording for safety
Camera surveillance in accordance with the law of 21 March 2007 is used on the festival site. This means that registration and saving of all images and footage by the police and/or organizer will be conducted for the purposes of maintaining and complying with site security.

More information in our General Terms and Conditions.

If you have FF's left on your bracelet, you can request a refund. They don’t take place automatically and can only be requested during a limited time period from June 6th 8AM until June 16th 8AM. More information can be found in our General Terms and Conditions.

For more information about our cashless system, please check Cashless in our FAQs link.

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