Accessible Festivals: Best practices, presented by HandicapNL
Conference
Accessible Festivals: Best practices, presented by HandicapNL
Speakers: Farida Baalbaki (ID&T, Amsterdam Open Air), Andrew Lansley (Accessibility Expert) and Calvin Khan (DJ)
Moderator: Eva Eikhout
In this panel, our speakers will share best practices from two major festivals, and a Deaf DJ will share best practices and insights on creating inclusive festivals, while also highlighting the key elements of a Dutch model for accessible events.
About this program
Disabilities at events are caused by how they are organised. Event organizations could readjust events every edition. This is a unique chance to adopt a social model and move towards empowering ways of dealing with disability and ensuring everyone can enjoy the magic of live events. Among the pioneers in this movement are Glastonbury (U.K) and Amsterdam Open Air (NL), both of which have implemented comprehensive measures to accommodate all attendees.
Glastonbury, one of the world's largest and iconic festivals is nominated for “World’s most accessible music festival” and Amsterdam Open Air, a pioneer in the Netherlands, had the premiere last summer of the first Sit-Down Cafe, an inclusive activation for all festivalgoers to meet and party. Eva Eikhout (NL) will host this conversation to share Andrew Lansley's (Accessibility Expert) and Farida Baalbaki’s ( Projectmanager) latest insights and measures on accessible festivals. With DJ Calvin Khan, we will dive into inclusive sound for Deaf audiences.
Who is this program for?
This panel is designed for event and festival organisers, producers, marketing or communications managers, producers and DJ’s. This program is part of ADE Green, please note that you need an ADE Pro or ADE Green ticket to join this program. For the full ADE Green program, please check here.
A collaboration between ADE Green and HandicapNL
Handicap NL presents this panel in light of the collaboration Onbeperkt Feest with Dutch festival frontrunners, which aims to make festivals accessible.
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