Full list of every banned item for Godiva Festival 2024 that could see you thrown out
In just a matter of days Godiva Festival 2024 will be officially begin. The festival starts this Friday, July 5, and thousands are set to flock to War Memorial Park to join in the three day fun.
This year is the 25th anniversary of the festival and will see Paloma Faith headline the Saturday line-up. Other headline acts include The Verve's Richard Ashcroft on Friday night with Beverley Knight on the Sunday.
Final preparations are being made at the site ahead of the huge event. But it is not just organisers who have things to do, so do those planning on going along. For the safety of all, there are a number of items that revellers cannot take along with them - or risk being kicked out or denied entry.
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Banned items - full list
Organisers are urging people not to bring the following items to the Godiva Festival site. They have said they be confiscated, and people be refused entry or ejected from the site if they are found to have the following:
Chinese lanterns
Candles
Sound systems
Generators
Animals, with the exception of guide dogs
Glass items (including bottles, makeup containers and perfume)
Golf umbrellas
Disposable vapes
Alcohol
Drinks (bottles of baby milk and sealed, unopened 500ml bottles of water will be accepted)
Drones, quadcopters or any remote-controlled flying device.
Portable laser equipment and pens
Unofficial high vis jackets or tabards
Illegal substances, psychoactive substances, nitrous oxide and legal highs
Fireworks or flares
megaphones, airhorns, compressed air
Aerosols (including but not restricted to deodorants, antiperspirants, hairspray, dry shampoo, spray paint)
Portable or disposable barbeques/gas/paraffin lamps or any fire/gas related cooking equipment
Smoke bombs, flag sticks or banners
Signs or materials displaying political, religious, offensive or race-related messages, slogans or images
Anything that could be reasonably considered for use as a weapon
Professional camera or video recording equipment (including SLRs and anything with a detachable lens)
Any objects bearing trademarks or other kinds of promotional signs and messages (of whatever nature) which we or any authorised person believes are for promotional purposes (and any Prohibited Items may be removed, confiscated and/or destroyed even if the item itself is not illegal without compensation at the discretion of any authorised person);
Food and camping chairs
People can bring food on site but it must be in a bag that is not bigger than A4 in size. One bag per person is allowed. Camping chairs are allowed on the Saturday and Sunday but not on the Friday.
Organisers say that camping chairs will need to be moved later in the day to allow for increased viewing space
Dogs
Animals are NOT permitted within the festival site. Only registered, qualified and trained guide dogs are permitted on site. But, other kinds of assistance dogs may be considered depending on circumstance.
Those who need to bring an assistance dog to the event, are being urged to contact organisers in advance. More information can be found at the Godiva Festival website or people can sign up to the Godiva Festival newsletter online.
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