What should I bring?
To ensure you have a great day and enjoy the festival to it's fullest, you are free to bring:

• Sun block

• Empty refillable water bottles or hydration bladder packs, to use at any of the water filling stations onsite

• Small point-and-shoot type cameras

• Selfie sticks are allowed, but must expand to no more than 40" and must be lightweight

What shouldn't I bring?
The following items are PROHIBITED within the festival grounds:

• Outside alcohol or bottles, cans or glass of any kind

• Outside food/beverages, coolers and carts

• Weapons (all types of firearms, knives, pepper spray, stun-guns, any other concealed weapons, etc.)

• Large chains or spiked jewelry, fireworks, smoke bombs, aerosol cans of any kind

• Illegal substances and Chemicals of any kind

• Large bags or backpacks (small purses only) - all bags are subject to search

• All types of chairs, tents and blankets

• Stickers, Glitter, Silly String, Confetti, Spray Paint, Lasers and Laser Pointers

• Pets - service dogs will be permitted

• Unauthorized pamphlets, handouts, or advertisements of any kind

• Unauthorized, unlicensed or unapproved vending

• Professional cameras (cameras with detachable lenses) and any type of audio or video recording devices including GoPros

• Skateboards, roller skates, bicycles, scooters, golf carts or non-wheelchair motorized vehicles

• Remote-controlled vehicles, aircraft and drones 

• Other items as determined by facility management

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Everyone entering the venue is subject to search for unauthorized items. 

Event management reserves the right to handle each occurrence on a case by case basis. Depending on the item, the guest may either be asked to remove the item from the facility, dispose of the item, or risk being ejected from the event area. Confiscated items will be destroyed or given away at management’s discretion.

REMEMBER: All bags, jackets, and guests are subject to search upon entering the event.

Marketing 

No unapproved marketing collateral will be allowed, including:

• Unauthorized distribution of literature, business cards, flyers, handouts, pamphlets, forms, etc.

• Chanting or shouting words associated with commercial advertising.

• Signs/flags/banners/posters displaying words or pictures tied commercial advertising.

Guests found to be marketing by event management may be ejected. Guests found passing out literature or any written forms of unauthorized marketing will be asked to collect all pieces of marketing handed out and dispose of them properly. Any additional pieces of marketing found make the guest/marketing company subject to being billed for cleanup costs. Guests/companies repeatedly found marketing on property may be cited with trespassing.

Still Photography 

Guests are welcome to bring personal cameras into the event.

Professional photography access must be issued by event management. See Media Access.

This event is rain or shine.

Management reserves the right to refuse entry or remove any person whose conduct it judges to be disorderly,

or who fails to comply with any governing laws, or rules of the festival.

Festival attendees assume all risks of personal injury incidental to the festival,

whether occurring prior to, during, or subsequent to the event.

The sale of unauthorized merchandise is not permitted.

Guests will be ejected from the event if found selling unauthorized merchandise.

Attendees consent to The Hop Jam and its affiliates’ capturing and use of their image or likeness

in any display, transmission, or recording of the event.