• Northern Nights spans three days, July 18th – 20th, 2025.
• Northern Nights goes on rain or shine. No refunds or exchanges.
• Northern Nights is strictly 18+ to attend and 21+ to drink. Bring your ID.
• Campers may bring food & beverages.
• Campers 21+ may bring 1 case of beer cans or a box of wine.
• No glass or kegs allowed.
• Gates open at 10AM July 18th, 2025. Campers must leave by 10AM Monday July 21st. Gates close at 10PM each night.
• Plan to arrive only between 10AM – 10PM, entry will not be permitted outside of these hours.
• Attendees and vehicles will be searched upon entering Northern Nights.
• Experienced security and medical staff are available around the clock.
• Northern Nights is not responsible for any items lost, damaged, or stolen.
• Schedule changes, including lineups and set times, might happen.
• Each person at the event must have a ticket and be wearing a Northern Nights wristband.
• Wristbands are void if removed or altered.
• No dogs, pets, or animals allowed on site.
• Water refills stations are available.

• DO buy tickets in advance! Northern Nights will sell out.
• DO arrive on time! Gates open 10AM Friday and close each night at 10PM. There is no early entry. Entry will not be permitted after 10PM on any night.
• DO pack your ID! Northern Nights is strictly 18+ to attend and 21+ to drink.
• DO bring camping gear, snacks, and lots of water.
• DO cook! You may bring a small portable camp stove to use carefully at your campsite.
• DO come prepared for changing weather. It might be HOT! It could be cold.
• DO wear your festival wristband at all times. It is void if removed or tampered with.
• DO lead by example.
• DO be courteous to your neighbors!
• DO clean up after yourself.
• DO be kind.
• DON’T bathe in the river – showers are available onsite.
• DON’T bring you dog/pets/animals.

• Bring camping gear, snacks and water, reusable cup, plate, and reusable water bottle.
• Pack your eco-friendly and biodegradable sunscreens, soaps, shampoos and body products. We love our River and want to keep it clean.
• Be kind to your skin! Don’t forget your hat, sunglasses and any other sun protection. Reef-safe sunscreens are river-safe too!

• ALL SALES ARE FINAL. Refunds will not be issued. Northern Nights is a rain or shine event.
• Minimum age for admission is 18 years old. Proof of age is required at check-in.
• Box office opens at 10AM and closes at 10PM on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Please plan to arrive between these times only or you will be turned away.
• Wristbands will be available at box office check in when you arrive.
• Ticket does not need to be in your name. You are allowed to give a ticket to a friend.
• The General Admission ticket includes free first-come, first-served camping and access to all stages.
• The VIP ticket includes free first-come, first-serve GA camping and access to all stages. At our Main Stage you will also have access to our VIP happy hour, a VIP viewing area, extra bathrooms, massages, a tea lounge, and much more!
• No dogs, pets, or animals allowed on site unless qualified service animals.

Northern Nights works hard to create an environment that is accessible to all festival guests.

• Please contact nnmfada@gmail.com to enhance your experience if you require festival access support. We will do our best to make your visit enjoyable.

• The Northern Nights grounds are full of natural beauty with towering Redwoods, an amazing meadow, and the Eel River all within Cooks Valley Campground. Northern Nights strives to make the festival grounds as accessible as possible. Please be aware that the grounds are rocky and un-level in some places.

• Northern Nights will provide patrons requesting assistance with access for themselves and one companion to an elevated viewing platform. Guests must make arrangements in advance.

• Northern Nights will have accessible restrooms located throughout the festival grounds.

• Guests requiring mobility assistance devices may use motorized wheelchairs and three or four wheeled scooters. Guests may NOT use personal golf carts, all terrain vehicles, scooters, hoverboards, motorbikes, or any other recreation vehicles.

• Qualified Service Animals are welcome with their handler. Pets, Emotional Support Animals, and Companion Animals, are not permitted. It is a crime to misrepresent your animal as a Service Animal. Please make arrangements to register your service animal by emailing us in advance.

Please demonstrate respect for everyone participating in Northern Nights by not bringing the following prohibited items:

• • Weapons are obviously not allowed and not tolerated.
  • Fire and fireworks create unnecessary fire hazards and are strictly and expressly prohibited.
  • Due to extremely high fire danger, all burning is prohibited, including fireworks, campfires, BBQs and fire dancing.
  • Glass is not allowed anywhere within the festival and will be confiscated. Plan accordingly.

*Please note: Northern Nights Staff are instructed to confiscate any prohibited items, including glass containers, knives or anything deemed a weapon, unauthorized video or audio recording equipment, unauthorized professional cameras, pets, aerosol cans, drugs or drug paraphernalia, unauthorized solicitations, handbills, samples or giveaways.

10AM – 10PM on Friday, Saturday, & Sunday

Hot showers will be available on-site for purchase.

We recommend bringing layers as temperatures drop to low 50s at nights.

Main Stage music goes until 2am on Friday and Saturday, and 12am on Sunday. Live sets on the Grove Stage and DJ sets on the Bunker Stage go throughout the night. The Silent Disco continues until sunrise each day.

There is free drinking water available onsite. We do recommend that you bring drinking water for your campsite. You can visit a water bar or hydration station and fill your reusable bottle with free delicious purified water all weekend.

Yes, all tickets include free camping. High demand camping areas will be filled on a first come first served basis. However, all ticket holders are guaranteed onsite camping with the purchase of their ticket.

Campers may bring food & beverages. Campers 21+ may bring 1 case of beer cans or a box of wine. No glass or kegs allowed.

Yes, small propane stoves appropriate for camping are allowed. Propane or charcoal BBQ grills are NOT allowed. Open flames are not permitted.

Please email us at info@northernnights.org