Future Forest Code of Conduct

Attendees and Guests

Version 1.0 |  Effective June 24, 2026

Future Forest is built on respect, consent, safety, and care for the land and for each other. By buying a ticket and entering the festival, you agree to follow this Code of Conduct everywhere on site, at all times.

This is a plain-language summary of how we expect everyone to behave. It works together with our Terms and Conditions and our other posted policies, which apply in full. Our staff, volunteers, contractors, vendors, and artists also follow our internal Code of Conduct.

Land Acknowledgement

Future Forest gathers on the unceded and traditional lands of the Wolastoqiyik people beside the river Nem-Dit-Qu in the Wolastoqey Nation. We recognize the historical injustices against Indigenous peoples and are committed to learning from the custodians of this land.

1. Respect and inclusion

Everyone belongs here. We have zero tolerance for harassment, intimidation, bullying, or threats, and for discrimination or hate of any kind. No one will be targeted or treated unfairly based on race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability (including mental health and neurodivergence), age, or any other ground protected under the New Brunswick Human Rights Act. This includes slurs, hateful remarks, deliberate misgendering, and demeaning comments. Treat everyone, including guests, staff, volunteers, artists, and vendors, with courtesy and dignity, even when things get busy or stressful.

2. Consent is mandatory

Consent is required for all physical and sexual contact, every time. Consent is enthusiastic, ongoing, and can be withdrawn at any moment. Being intoxicated is never consent.

• Sexual harassment, coercion, assault, or any non-consensual contact is strictly prohibited and will result in removal from the festival and, where appropriate, involvement of law enforcement.
• Ask before touching, photographing, or filming anyone.
• Look out for one another. If you see someone who is unsafe or being pressured, get help.
• Our Consent Kitties team is on site for consent and survivor support. You can reach them through any staff member, Security, or the Info Hub.

3. Alcohol and substances

Future Forest is a strictly 18+ event. Please carry government-issued photo ID, as you may be asked to show it.

Alcohol

• We do not sell alcohol on site, and alcohol is not permitted in public or common areas.
• If you are of legal drinking age in New Brunswick (19 or older), you may bring and drink your own alcohol at your own campsite only.
• Do not be intoxicated in public spaces. For everyone’s safety, our security team manages public intoxication.

Drugs

• Selling, sharing, or distributing illegal drugs is strictly prohibited and will result in removal and possible involvement of law enforcement.
• We do not condone illegal drug use, and your safety comes first. Harm-reduction support and naloxone are available on site.
• If you or someone near you needs medical or harm-reduction help, get it right away. Asking for help with a substance-related concern will not, by itself, get you removed or penalized under this Code.
• Do not put yourself or others at risk. For your safety, our teams may step in if someone is a danger to themselves or others.

4. Your safety and getting help

We are in a remote, natural setting with no cell phone service on site, and the nearest hospital is about an hour away. Our on-site teams, connected by radio, are your fastest and most reliable source of help, so please look out for yourself and others and ask for help early. Because phones will not work here, in any emergency look for a person, not a phone.

• In any emergency, including a medical or life-threatening one, go straight to the nearest Future Forest staff member, Security, First Aid / Medical, or the Info Hub. Our teams carry radios, can reach our emergency responders at once, and can call 911 and outside help on your behalf.
• For harm-reduction help, or if you feel unwell, go to First Aid / Medical or find any staff member with a radio.
• To report harassment, assault, violence, theft, or anything that makes you feel unsafe, tell any Future Forest staff member, Security, or the Consent Kitties, or visit the Info Hub.
• Agree on a meeting spot with the people you came with and check in with each other, since phones will not work for finding your group either.
• You can also report anonymously through REES at reescommunity.com/festivals. As there is no cell service on site, you may need to do this once you reach a connection.
• You do not need an emergency to ask for help. Our Tea Hive welfare space and harm-reduction teams are here for support, a calm space, and early help, and no concern is too small.

5. Care for the land

We share this land, and we leave it better than we found it. Please:

• Pack out what you bring in, and sort your garbage and recycling. Leave no trace.
• Protect the Little River. Keep soap, products, and other contaminants out of the water, and do not litter in or near it.
• Respect wildlife and their habitats.
• Bring a refillable water bottle and stay hydrated.
• Do not light personal or open fires. Fires are only permitted in designated, supervised areas provided by Future Forest pending no fire ban.

6. Respect property, art, and equipment

• Theft, vandalism, and damage to property, whether ours, the site’s, or someone else’s, are prohibited and may result in removal and involvement of law enforcement.
• Take care around art installations, staging, equipment, generators, and fire features. Do not climb on, tamper with, or interfere with them.
• Report any damage, hazard, or safety concern to staff or Security right away.

7. Accessibility and accommodations

We want everyone to take part fully. If you need an accommodation, please contact us before the event at becca@futureforest.ca so we can plan the right support with you.

8. If you do not follow this Code

We take this Code seriously, and we apply it fairly, based on what happened. Breaking it can lead to:

• A warning, or being asked to stop and correct your behaviour.
• Removal from the site for the rest of the event, with no refund.
• A ban from future Future Forest events.
• Referral to law enforcement where appropriate.

Safety always comes first. We may take immediate steps to keep people safe while we look into a concern, and those steps are not by themselves a finding against anyone.

9. The full terms

This Code of Conduct is a summary. Your complete agreement with Future Forest is set out in our Terms and Conditions, and our Privacy Policy, Accessibility Plan, and other posted policies apply as well. By attending, you agree to follow all of them.