Safety and Prohibited items
Tuska follows the principles of a safer space – under the title these texts
Tuska Festival’s goal is to provide the safest possible space for the festival’s customers, performers, employees and KVLT members. Everyone has the right to feel welcome and feel safe without fear of any kind of discrimination, harassment, sexual or verbal harassment – physical and psychological integrity is the right of all of us!
🖤 ​​intervene if you see or experience discrimination, harassment or improper treatment
🖤 ​​if necessary, turn to the staff at a low threshold and ask for help
🖤 ​​don’t make assumptions, but communicate, ask and make sure
🖤 ​​permission is always asked to touch another
🖤 ​​please respect other people’s boundaries, wishes and your own will after you have first made sure what is ok and what is not
🖤 ​​benevolence and caring is allowed, even desirable
🖤 ​​the atmosphere is kept open and communal
🖤 ​​everyone has the right to be boldly themselves at the Tuska festival – be yourself too!
Contact methods and location during the festival will be updated here in June.
At the Tuska festival, everyone is responsible for their own behavior and we also expect our festival guests to behave respectfully towards others. A sense of physical, psychological, social and spiritual security is a basic right of all of us, so let’s go with these!
However, if you experience discrimination, harassment or improper treatment during the festival, please contact the equality and harassment contact persons at our event.
With them, you can discuss what happened in confidence and get unbiased support.
They can help clarify situations and guide you in possible further steps.
Tuska festival’s equality and harassment contact persons are professionals in the social and health sector who are equipped to provide emotional first aid even in challenging situations.
All personnel are instructed to act in possible harassment situations and, if necessary, we resolve them together in a multiprofessional manner.
You can also make a simple harassment report about what has happened, which has targeted either another person or the reporter himself. The announcement can be made by someone working at the event, a festival guest or a performer.
With the help of all harassment reports and feedback, event security can be developed even better to meet the need, and we strive to invest especially in the prevention of harassment situations.
With our own actions and attitudes, we can all influence and build a more equal, respectful and open, conversational atmosphere around us.
The festival security personnel will perform a security check at the gate, which also includes a physical check according to the instructions, taking sensitivity into account. The agelimit to the festival is 18 years. Please be prepared to present your ID, security will check ID’s when entering the festival area.
You can leave your belongings in the cloakroom by the festival gate, after the security check. The cloakroom fee is 3,50€. Please note that huge backpacks or other large items can not be stored at cloakroom. Those items can be left at the Helsinki railway station storage.
A large group of professionals from event safety personnel to harassment contact person are looking after the safety of the event. On top of that there are also police and emergency services on site. You can recognize the event safety personnel from their bright yellow or orange vests. Please contact them in any issues.
Bringing your own alcohol beverages to the festival area is strictly prohibited. Bag check will be in effect upon entering the festival.
You can bring one (1) empty bottle, max. size 1,5 litres or one (1) unopened max. size 0,5 litres non-alcoholic beverage plastic bottle per customer.
Empty aluminium waterbottles, canteens, thermos bottles and drinking horns are allowed in the festival area.
Security personnel are allowed to forbid any suspicious bottles and ask to leave those to the cloakroom.
Please note that alcohol and all bottles are prohibited in the pit area in front of the Karhu Main Stage for safety reasons.
Please note safety with accessories (especially extremely studded bracelets etc.) and clothing. Your nail bracelet might hurt someone in a mosh pit Security might ask you to leave any gear deemed as risk to others Use common sense with your outfit.
Following items are forbidden on the festival area due safety reasons: any kind of weapons, class bottles, cans, professional cameras, audio recorders, selfie sticks and umbrellas. Security will do a safety check to the visitors upon arrival
There’s a cloakroom at the festival where you can leave items deemed as a safety risk by the security.
It’s not allowed to bring animals to the festival area.
You’re not allowed to make open fire on the festival grounds. So no single-use-BBQ
Fold out chairs are permitted in the festival area, but not in front of the stages or other highly crowded areas.
Tuska adheres to the sound pressure limits set by the authorities. Remember to protect your hearing.
Pocket cameras & cell phone cameras are allowed. Professional photo equipment requires press accreditation. Press accreditation & photo passes will be granted for media personnel only, not private customers. All video cameras and other recording equipment are strictly prohibited.
Smoking is prohibited in immediate approximity of all stages. in tents, under covers, indoors stage and queueing areas. Please respect others when smoking.
There are first aid points at the festival area. If the festival area is closed and you’ve received an injury call the Finnish emergency number 112.
The nearest pharmacy is located in REDI. Yliopiston Apteekki, Mannerheimintie 96, is open 24 hours.
The Tuska festival has been granted the Check! -label. for safe events by the Finnish event industry association Tapahtumateollisuus ry.