Press Accreditation and Permits
Ø Please note there is no restriction on hand-held photography, video or audio recordings.
Ø Also note that we are unable to meet travel and subsistence expenses for international media.
Ø For access to the photographers' pit (immediately in front of the stage), press meetings, press facilities, interviews with artists, movers & shakers you will require a Festival Press Pass.
Ø Operations involving a tripod, microphone-stand, extra lighting, or more than one person are only allowed with a Festival AV Recording Permit.
Festival Press Passes
Ø You must apply for a press pass in advance
Ø Please write and tell us your ideas for coverage and your certainty of getting placement (a letter from your editor is ideal)
Ø Please tell us how you will ensure we receive an archive copy of your published material
Ø Press passes are priced the same as Festival passes
Ø Required for access to the photographers' pit (immediately in front of the stage), press meetings, press facilities, interviews with artists, movers & shakers
Festival AV Recording Permits
Ø Numbers of these are severely limited,
Ø Please apply well in advance describing the nature of your project
Ø Required for operations involving a tripod, microphone-stand, extra lighting, or more than one person
Ø Sorry, but we cannot allow line-out access from the mixing desk under any circumstances unless a contract involving the artists concerned has been prepared and agreed in advance.
