Yaga Gathering is a community built on care, consent, freedom, respect, and shared responsibility. How each of us acts shapes the experience for everyone.
This Code of Conduct applies to everyone: visitors, artists, crew, volunteers, traders, media, guests, and partners. By entering Yaga Gathering, you agree to keep it safe, welcoming, and respectful.
Safety is collective
We take care of ourselves and those around us. We notice how our behaviour affects others. We ask for help when we need it and we offer help when it is needed. We respect the guidance of Yaga staff, volunteers, medical crew, security, and support teams.
We do not always have to have all the answers before we speak up. If something feels unsafe, uncomfortable, or unclear, we contact Yaga staff, Be Safe Lab, medical crew, volunteers, or security.
Consent is the ground we dance on
Enthusiastic yes only.
Consent means a clear, freely given, and ongoing yes. Silence is not consent. Hesitation is not consent. Ambiguity is not consent. If it is not a clear yes, we treat it as a no.
Consent can be withdrawn at any moment. A yes to one thing is not a yes to everything. This applies to touch, intimacy, dancing closely, entering someone’s personal space, photography, filming, and any other interaction.
We ask before coming close, listen to the answer and respect it immediately. If something feels off, we contact staff, Be Safe Lab, medical crew, volunteers, or security.
We respect bodies, identities and boundaries
All genders, identities, bodies, backgrounds, and ways of being are welcome at Yaga. We come as we are and let others do the same.
We treat others with dignity. This means respecting personal space, names, pronouns, bodies, choices, differences, and boundaries.
Harassment, discrimination, intimidation, threats, violence, and abuse have no place here. This includes racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, xenophobia, body-shaming, hate speech, unwanted attention or contact, aggressive behaviour, or humiliating jokes or comments.
Freedom comes with responsibility
Yaga is a place for expression, play, exploration, and transformation. That freedom only works when it is handled with care.
We do not take advantage of someone who is intoxicated, overwhelmed, lost, confused, asleep, afraid, or otherwise vulnerable.
We do not pressure anyone to consume alcohol or any other psychoactive substances and we do not give anyone anything without their clear knowledge and consent.
If someone nearby seems unwell, unsafe, or lost, we do not ignore it. We stay close if it is safe to do so and contact the staff, Be Safe Lab, medical crew, volunteers, or security.
What is lost is not ours to keep; it should be returned to the person who lost it.
Roles of trust carry extra responsibility
People in visible or responsible roles at Yaga have an extra duty of care. This includes crew, volunteers, security, artists, DJs, performers, workshop leaders, facilitators, traders, healers, media, and anyone representing Yaga.
We do not use status, access, backstage privileges, workshop settings, professional roles, or social influence to pressure or exploit others.
Access, favours, opportunities, substances, support, work, or participation must never be exchanged for intimacy, attention, or silence.
The dancefloor is a shared space
We dance freely, but stay aware of the bodies and boundaries around us.
We give people room to move, rest, express themselves, and leave. We ask before joining someone’s dance closely.
The dance floor is not a hunting ground. We let people be strange, joyful, quiet, emotional, wild, alone, or connected on their own terms.
Campsites are shared homes
A good campsite is not a fortress or a private stage. It is part of the shared village.
This means we are being aware of the situation, noise, lights, ropes, fences, and movements that affect those around us. We respect our neighbours’ rest, space, belongings, and different rhythms. Not everyone wants to sleep, party, or recover at the same time.
We help keep the campsite trustworthy, we pay attention to what is happening around neighbouring tents.
Conflict, boundaries and repair
Misunderstandings can happen. When it is safe and appropriate, we speak clearly and respectfully. We listen if someone tells us that our behaviour affected them. We step back, apologise and change our behaviour where needed.
No one is required to confront someone who made them feel unsafe. If a situation involves harassment, discrimination, sexual behaviour, intoxication, aggression, or any safety concern, we involve the Yaga team instead of trying to resolve it alone.
Retaliation against someone for setting a boundary, asking for help, or making a report is not tolerated here.
If something happens
If you experience, witness, or suspect behaviour that goes against this Code of Conduct, please contact Yaga staff, volunteers, security, medical crew, Be Safe Lab, Info Point, a stage or bar manager, or another team member.
You do not need to investigate. You do not need to prove anything. You do not need to be certain. Tell the Yaga team what you know, and they will take it from there.
Reports may be made by the person affected or by someone who witnessed or became aware of the situation. Every report will be taken seriously. Privacy will be respected as much as possible.
How Yaga may respond
If someone acts against this Code, the Yaga team may step in.
Depending on the situation, this might include a conversation, a warning, removal from a space or role, removal from the event without a refund, a ban from future Yaga events, or involving medical, security, or public authorities if necessary.
The response will focus on care, safety, proportionality, and the well-being of the community.
Event Rules
This Code of Conduct covers behaviour, consent, dignity, care, and community safety.
The Event Rules cover practical site rules, including entry, wristbands, fire safety, camping, vehicles, sound, waste, water protection, prohibited items, and other operational matters.
By entering Yaga, you agree to follow both the Code of Conduct and the Event Rules.