Yours and Owls Festival

Saturday 12 October 2024 to Sunday 13 October 2024

Overview

Yours and Owls Festival is the Illawarra's largest and most exciting, environmentally conscious music festival, which runs annually for two days. Yours and Owls Festival will be taking over the…

Yours and Owls Festival is the Illawarra's largest and most exciting, environmentally conscious music festival, which runs annually for two days. Yours and Owls Festival will be taking over the University of Wollongong campus, igniting the University of Wollongong's grounds, lush green ovals, and hidden laneways to the sounds of some of the world's and Australia's best talent.

Don't miss seeing Bakar, Broods, Flight Facilities, Pendulum, Chet Faker, Eart Sweatshirt and so much more!

A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility

Allows a person's carer free entry into participating venues and events

Actively welcomes people with access needs.

Caters for people who are blind or have vision loss

Caters for people who are deaf or have hearing loss

Caters for people who use a wheelchair.

Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.

Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)

Employ people with disability

Have a step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)

Have a wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room

Have an accessible public toilet which is unlocked

Have at least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high)

Have Exit signs which are visible at a ground level (high level signs are difficult to see in a fire)

Have handrails on all your stairways

Have step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar

Have step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)

Have TVs with captioning option

Have visual alerts for emergencies (Include flashing light)

Have wheelchair accessible transport options available in the general vicinity (provide information on name of the operator, phone and website link to individual providers for private vehicles, community transport train, mini vans, hire cars, buses, taxis, ferry, tram, light rail etc in your access statement)

Offer a range of contact methods for receiving complaints

Provide portable ramps

Staff are trained in Auslan

Train your staff in customer service for people with vision loss (training would incorporate way finding and communicating with people with vision loss)

Train your staff in communicating with people who are deaf or have hearing loss

Train your staff in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges

Train your staff in disability awareness

Use floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth

Use Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)

Website meets WCAG 2.0 accessibility standards

Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)