Inclusion

Article 27

Dour Festival collaborates with Article 27, whose aim is to facilitate access to culture for anyone experiencing social and/or economic hardship.

Accessibility

Dour Festival aims to be accessible to everyone. To this end, the festival has joined forces with its partner 3D ASBL. The aim is to make the festival more accessible to people with disabilities.

Among the facilities are amenities for people with reduced mobility (dedicated parking spaces, facilities at campsites, raised platforms, ramp plates at concert venues for wheelchairs, etc.).

Each year, preparatory work ahead of the festival allows us to rethink accessibility issues and improve the infrastructure put in place.

Gender

Gender issues (gender parity, gender minorities, etc.) are also central to our concerns.

To this end, Dour Festival is committed to improving the representation of women and gender minorities in the music industry in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation by setting targets to achieve gender parity (on certain stages, in festival teams, etc.).

These values have been central to the festival for many years, both within the organising team and the organisation as a whole.

You’re Safe Here

Keen to ensure that everyone feels safe and supported at the festival, the organising teams have implemented the ‘You’re Safe Here’ plan in collaboration with SISU, the Red Cross’s emergency psychosocial intervention service.

This service trains many members of the crew, who wear orange armbands during the festival so they can be easily identified. The aim is to have people in multiple locations throughout the festival who are able to assist any festival-goer who is the victim of or witness to an emergency situation, reassure them and then direct them to SISU.

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