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WACKEN OPEN AIR 2012 WACKEN OPEN AIR is definitely the biggest and the best festival when it comes to heavy metal music. It's indeed more than great to watch so many metal heads gathered at one single place. The place for the festival ground is placed in the northern part of Germany so rain or sun are very regular things during the days of Wacken. Be it rain or shine the band that Wacken gather each year are the most effective and prominent ones when it comes to metal or even rock music. So, all in all, if you are a proper metal head Wacken is the perfect place to join in.
At 2012 Wacken will gather various bands some of those bands are more important and popular and some less but yet it will be great atmosphere. Wacken 201 was more oriented to power and heavy metal but this year the things are different. Many of black metal bands will play out there as Dimmu Borgir or Cradle of Filth, and you can expect also some bands like Paradise Lost an Opeth. Of course, headliners like Scorpions will be there as well and lovers of power and heavy stuff will enjoy in such a groups as Gamma Ray or Hammerfall.  The festival is coming closer and many of you are already arranging their travel to the W:O:A. The count of information and possibilities regarding the travel adds up every year, so we decided to rework all topics and to focus them at one new portal with new features. This new “W:O:A travel portal” gives you all the information about traveling by bus, train, plane or automobile. Also the arrival on site with the topics festival area, parking, kiss & ride, camping and hotels is handled here. (A detailed list of facts can be found below) The Special Feature: By entering your hometown into the search box of the integrated route planner you will get a list with all travel options like for example: Points of departure of our travel partners next to your hometown (regardless of whether bus or train) as well as links to our partner companies including their ticket reservations. That applies also companies from foreign countries - Everything at a glance!!! Certainly it all works like a normal route planner which calculates the route by car. The added satellite map (google.maps) gives you a geographical overview about nearby offered bus or train trips like the Metal Train or Metal Travel. One click at one of the marked towns or places leads you to a list of bus and train companies which offer a ride to the festival. All listed options will also contain the calculated CO² emissions of the travel to the festival for the respective vehicle. In addition the detailed view of the map shows you the camping sites, parking spaces, kiss & ride places, the festival area with all important infrastructural facilities like shower camps, supermarkets, garbage bases and also all main features on site. Also a long-range selection of hotels in and around Wacken and several external campsites are listed here. Camping ground Reservation As mentioned before we will provide the group reservations again in this year but in a limited scale. All groups which took part in the reservation in the last year got new login data via mail. New groups can’t sign up at the moment! The groups have time until the 20th of May 2012, to fill out the form or to edit the values. No additional changes of parameters like persons, cars or tents are possible afterwards, so they have to be already correct at this date. We will check randomly chosen camps on site for this! After this time window, we will calculate the needed place. If too much space would be needed, we sadly have to cancel the sign-up of some camps, so we have to draw them by lots. So a sign-in at the form isn’t meaning a save reserved ground! On the other hand, we will open the sign up for new groups if we have space left after the time windows expired. We will keep you informed about this of-course! As mentioned before we will provide the group reservations again in this year but in a limited scale. All groups which took part in the reservation in the last year got new login data via mail. New groups can’t sign up at the moment! The groups have time until the 20th of May 2012, to fill out the form or to edit the values. No additional changes of parameters like persons, cars or tents are possible afterwards, so they have to be already correct at this date. We will check randomly chosen camps on site for this! After this time window, we will calculate the needed place. If too much space would be needed, we sadly have to cancel the sign-up of some camps, so we have to draw them by lots. So a sign-in at the form isn’t meaning a save reserved ground! On the other hand, we will open the sign up for new groups if we have space left after the time windows expired. We will keep you informed about this of-course! All information regarding the group reservations can be found summarized here: Terms and conditions 1. Organizer: ICS Festival Service GmbH, Hauptstr. 47, D-24 869 Dörpstedt, Tel: +49 (0) 4627 - 18 38 0 +49 (0) 4627 - 18 38, Fax: +49 (0) 4627 - 18 38 80 e-mail: headquarter (at) ics-woa.de CEO: Thomas Jensen - Commercial Register: AG Schleswig - HRB 646SL 2. Application of Terms; Ticket resale ban 2.1. The Wacken Open Air takes place at the designated festival area in the district of Steinburg in Schleswig Holstein. The festival site includes all areas to which access is granted only with a valid festival ticket, including in particular the event area of the municipality Wacken; further referred to as the infield (area in front of the main and side stages), Wackinger Village, forecourt "Wacken Wacken Center & Plaza" camping area, Parking zones ("festival ground"). These Terms and Conditions apply to the entire festival grounds. 2.2. These Conditions shall apply between the buyer of a ticket ("Visitors") and the organizer, the ICS Festival Service GmbH ("Promoter"). 2.3. It´s only allowed to use tickets for private purposes. It is prohibited to resell already purchased tickets for commercial purposes. 2.4. In front of the main stages of the festival grounds there is enough space for all visitors and holders of a valid ticket. It goes without saying that the spatial capacity in front of the stages is limited and the operator may block the access to a side stage when the capacity is exhausted. Timely appearance is highly recommended. The instructions of the personnel must be obeyed. 3. Arrival, parking, camping 3.1. A valid ticket permits parking and camping on the designated areas on the festival grounds from the 01.08.2012, 00:00, without an additional fee. On the whole festival area you must follow the traffic rules. 3.2. Aggregates up to 1 KW are permitted on the festival camp ground, unless they are in perfect condition and do not loose oil or fuel. The Use is permitted until 12.00 o´clock. Per vehicle a maximum of 5 liters of fuel to be carried in tanks. 3.3. The organizer provides detailed information about travel, start of camping, alternatives etc. in the Festival ABC which is available on the Internet at www.wacken.com/de/woa2011/main-info/festival-abc/. In general, the park and camping rules must be obeyed. 4. Entrance, entrance control 4.1. The Admission to the festival site is only possible with a valid ticket or wristband. When entering the site the first time the ticket is to be presented and will be exchanged against a wrist band. Visitors who leave the festival ground a re-admission is granted only if they carry a closed, undamaged wristband around the wrist. Unlocked and damaged wristbands lose their validity. 4.2. At the entrance to the festival site, a security check by the security staff will be conducted on site. When entering the infield and any other tents and stages, as well as Wacken Plaza and Wacken Centre the security staff is instructed to conduct physical inspections and bag inspections. The visitors agree to these procedures. 4.3. The organizer reserves the right to deny a visitor the entry to the festival grounds for cause. An important reason could be the carrying of objects according to no. 5, an obvious highly intoxicated visitor, visitors being under the influence of drugs, or an obviously homophobic, sexist, racist or inhuman attitude. In violation of youth protection, the entry is also denied. If there is one important foresaid reason for the denial of admission the ticket or wristband loses its validity, the entry fee is not refundable. 5. Prohibited Items 5.1. Throughout the festival grounds the following items are prohibited; 5.1.1. Glass bottles of any kind, animals / pets, weapons of all kinds (in the technical sense), flares, pyrotechnics, sparklers, sky lanterns vuvuzelas, megaphones, shirts from right winged bands, commercial, political or religious objects of all kinds, including banners, signs, symbols and leaflets as well as dangerous objects of any kind. 5.1.2. Without prior written permission photographic, film, video cameras or other recording equipment, according to their installations, type and size are obviously not only for private use. 5.2. At the event site, especially the infield and all the tents and stages and Wacken Plaza & Wacken Center the following items are not allowed: any form of glass containers (including perfume bottles), Camelbags, cans, plastic bottles, PET bottles, drinking horns, cans (including hair spray, deodorant, etc.), CS gas, pepper spray, spike bracelets, studded collars and belts with high-sharpened or rivets or studs with a length of more than 1.5 cm, chains, flag poles, poles, ammunition belts and / or other drinking containers, own food, rigid packaging, cool bags, other heavy containers. 5.3. The organizer is entitled to keep prohibited items and temporarily take possession of it. 6. House rules, rules of behavior, photography and filming 6.1. The domestic authority is exercised by the organizers as well as its enforcement and security personnel. On the festival ground the house, park and camping rules defined by the organizer apply to all festival visitors. The instructions of the staff of the organizer are to be obeyed. On the festival site the visitors are prohibited to: 6.1.1. carry prohibited items (no. 5) 6.1.2. carry out physical violence against other visitors, staff and other third parties, 6.1.3. throw objects on stage or on other visitors, 6.1.4. to exercise the "Wall of Death" or the "Circle of Death" 6.1.5. to urinate outside the toilets or to defecate, 6.1.6. to paint/spray or pollute physical structures, walls, etc. 6.1.7. to do commercial trade or conduct marketing campaigns and promotions without a written permission of the organizer. Advertising of any kind, i.e., advertising a product, service, company or brand, and the installation of decorations and other objects are prohibited on the entire festival grounds 6.1.8. To enter areas and spaces which are not accessible for visitors, climbing stages, tents, trusses or the like. 6.2. taking photographs for private use with miniature cameras and cell phones is permitted. The personal rights of third parties are to be protected at all times. The production of film or sound recordings of any kind, and their online and offline publication, without the permission of the organizers are prohibited. 6.3. Visitors who breach the rules of conduct or the rules of behavior no. 4.4, 5 and 6.1, 6.2, can be banned from the festival ground by the organizer. In case that a visitor commits a criminal offense at the Wacken Open Air (e.g. drug trafficking, assault, theft, sexual assault, etc.) the person responsible has to leave the festival without any warning. The matter will also be reported to the police. 6.4. If there is one important aforesaid reason, and the organizer bans the visitor from the festival, the ticket or the wristband loses their validity, the entry fee is not refundable. Anyone who culpably violates these terms is liable to pay the damage compensation to the organizer. 7. Cancellation or termination of an event, program changes 7.1. In case that Wacken Open Air must be canceled, the ticket holder is entitled to get a refund of the ticket price without booking fee. 7.2. Wacken Open Air will be carried out in all weather conditions, should the weather conditions, however, endanger the life, limb or health of visitors, artist or staff, the festival will be terminated immediately. In this case, and in case of cancelation of the festival or for other reasons beyond control, due to regulatory or judicial decision arrangement, a refund or claim for damages is not possible, unless the organizer can be accused for intention or gross negligence. 7.3. A festival ticket entitles you to attend a variety of concerts and related events at the festival site. In the case of program changes, a cancellation of individual shows, deletion of individual concerts from the program, showa of the headliners, the visitor has no claims against the organizers, while changes remain within a certain framework and the overall character of the Wacken Open Air is maintained. Delays or relocations of individual programs are to be accepted by the visitor. Changes will be immediately announced by the organizer at www.wacken.com. 8. Health impairment by volume The visitor is aware that at Wacken Open Air, in particular in front of the stages, there is a specific volume which may cause the risk of possible damages to health, in particular hearing loss. The organizer will provide appropriate technical equipment, sound limiter, and the selection of individual venues that ensure that the visitor will not be harmed by the sound level of performance. It is, however, urgently recommended to use ear plugs, especially when you are close to the speakers or choose to stand in front of the stages. Free ear plugs are provided in our Full Metal Bags (FMB). 9. Parental Controls - For each event the provisions of the Act applies to the protection of youth in public. 9.1. Children and adolescents aged 1-16 years have only access when accompanied by a custodial person or a designated educational person. A person responsible for education is every person over 18 years unless they are permanently or temporarily, by agreement perceives the custodial person or educational responsibilities if they have a child or young person under the Education or the youth welfare care (§ 1 para 1 no 4 JuSchG). Admission is free for children up to age 12. 9.2. Young people between the age of 16 and 17 years, i.e. under 18 years, have access only when accompanied by a custodial person or a designated educational person, and is only allowed to stay on the campsite after 12:00 o´clock. Such restrictions exist for all children and adolescents. 9.3. Education Officers carry a written confirmation of their assignment and must present a copy of the passport to the custodial person. 10. Limitation of Liability 10.1. The organizer, his representatives or his vicarious agents are liable only with intent or gross negligence. 10.2. Unaffected by the foregoing limitation of liability, the liability of the organizer for initial impossibility and for breach of contractual obligations even in simple negligence, but limited to the predictable and contract damages. Claims for damages from injury to life, body or health, and under the Product Liability Act of foregoing restriction remain unaffected. 10.3. The organizer is not liable for lost or damaged property. Parking in designated parking spaces or the campsite is at your own risk. 11. Right to the image During the event the organizer is entitled to make audio and video recordings of the visitors produced without remuneration which may be used in all known and future media or reporting, for advertising the Wacken Open Air, for the acquisition of sponsors and all other business activities of the organizer and its affiliates. 12. Governing Law, Miscellaneous 12.1. It is governed by German law. 12.2. The organizer reserves the right to change the terms at any time. Dörpstedt, August 2011 |
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