MSF TICKETING TERMS & CONDITIONS 

Patrons agree to the following terms and conditions of ticket purchase and entry to the festival.

Age Restriction

Mountain Sounds Festival is an +18 event.

Event Entry

Photo ID

Only the following forms of ID are acceptable for entry to the festival under NSW Liquor Licensing Laws:

Recording Devices

Small sized digital devices (phone, Go Pro, camera) are permitted but professional photography, video equipment and tape recorders are not allowed without permission in writing from MSF (i.e. any detachable lens, camera stands or any lens over 20cm).

Prohibited Items

Alcohol, animals, glass, illegal substances, chairs, umbrellas, drums, sporting equipment or anything that could be used as a weapon are not permitted. 

Wristbands & Lanyards

Wristbands & Lanyards are not transferable and must be worn at all times, they WILL NOT BE REPLACED IF LOST.  If you are found without a wristband, you will be removed from the venue.

Passouts

NO PASSOUTS for festival patrons. Special passout conditions apply for campers, please refer to the Camping section below for more info.  

Refunds & Exchange

No refunds on any ticket except as required by and/or specified by the Entertainment Industry Code of Fair Practice. Incorrect purchases may be exchanged at the discretion of MSF.

Cancellation

We play rain or shine. Cancellations due to weather will occur only in the event of dangerous conditions and will be at MSF’s sole discretion. 

Line-Up Change

The right is reserved to vary, add, withdraw or substitute artists where necessary. No refunds available in the event of a line-up change. 

Patron Responsibility

Camping

All of the conditions listed above apply to campers.

Camping is prohibited unless you have purchased a valid camping ticket and wearing the appropriate wristband.

Sealed plastic water, juice and soft drink bottles/cans are permitted. Bottles will be opened by our friendly security at entry for sniff tests.  Glass bottles are not permitted.

Mountain Sounds Festival is a fully licensed event therefore NO BYO ALCOHOL IS ALLOWED. Alcoholic beverages will be available from the campsite bar.

Consumption of alcohol within the campground is only allowed in the campsite bar area. Any camper found in possession of alcohol or found consuming alcohol, will be immediately evicted from the campground and their ticket will be cancelled without refund.

There is a TOTAL FIRE BAN – fires (of any kind), flares, fireworks are not permitted.

Ticket Resale

Tickets may not, without the prior written consent of MSF, be resold or offered for resale at a premium (including via on-line auction sites) or used for advertising, promotion or other commercial purposes (including competitions and trade promotions) or to enhance the demand for other goods or services, either by the original purchaser or any subsequent bearer.

If a ticket is sold or used in breach of this condition, the ticket may be cancelled without a refund and the bearer of the ticket may be refused admission. SCALPER WARNING: The resale of tickets in certain circumstances is governed by ticket sales legislation and may attract criminal penalties.


Ticketbooth Terms and Conditions

Ticketbooth Pty Ltd, ticketbooth.com.au (collectively "Ticketbooth") operate the ticketbooth booking system and web pages ("ticketbooth platform") for events created by EVENT ORGANISERS.Ticketbooth provides the ticketbooth platform and associated software to EVENT ORGANISERS so that they may list event details, set ticket inventory, sell tickets, take registrations and manage other event functions using the ticketbooth platform. Ticketbooth provides access to certain parts of the ticketbooth platform to the general public so that they may transact and interact with the EVENT ORGANISER.The following Terms and Conditions of Use and Purchase Policy ("these Terms") have been created to ensure you are happy with your ticket purchase and that you fully understand the purchase process with the EVENT ORGANISER who uses ticketbooth, the ticketbooth platform, ticketbooth powered partner websites and ticketbooth retail store associates to promote the EVENT ORGANISER's events, sell tickets, make registrations and bookings.

Section 1 - General

  1. You must be 18 years or older to use this Service.
  2. By using or visiting the ticketbooth platform, you expressly agree to be bound by these Terms and to follow these Terms and all applicable laws and regulations governing the ticketbooth platform.
  3. Ticketbooth Pty Ltd and ticketbooth.com.au (collectively "Ticketbooth") reserve the right to change these Terms at any time, effective immediately upon posting on the ticketbooth platform. To ensure you are aware of the latest Purchase Policy and Terms and Conditions of Use, please check this page of the ticketbooth platform periodically which is available from every event page on the ticketboth platform. The latest date of issue will be posted at the top of this page. 

Section 2 - Permitted Use Of The Ticketbooth Platform

  1. You agree that you are only authorised to visit, view and to retain a copy of pages of ticketbooth platform for your own personal use, and that you shall not duplicate, download, publish, modify or otherwise distribute the material on this site for any purpose other than to review an event and its promotional information, for personal use, or to purchase tickets for your personal use, unless otherwise specifically authorised by Ticketbooth to do so.
  2. The content and software on this site is the property of Ticketbooth and is protected by Australian and international copyright laws. We post a legal notice and various credits on the ticketbooth platform, which may not be amended or removed. You must not remove this notice or these credits, or any additional information contained along with the notices and credits.

Section 3 - Links And Search Results On The Ticketbooth Platform

  1. The ticketbooth platform may include links posted by the EVENT ORGANISER or automatically produce search results that reference or link to third party sites throughout the World Wide Web. To the extent permitted by law, where Ticketbooth has no control over these web sites or the content contained within them, Ticketbooth cannot guarantee, represent or warrant that the content contained in third party websites is accurate, legal and/or inoffensive.
  2. Ticketbooth does not endorse the content of any third party site, nor do we warrant that they will not contain viruses or otherwise impact your computer in a harmful or damaging way. By using the ticketbooth platform to search for or link to another site, you agree and understand that you may not make any claim against Ticketbooth for any damages or losses, whatsoever, resulting from your use of the ticketbooth platform to obtain search results or to link to another site. If you have a problem with a link from the ticketbooth platform, please notify us at [email protected] and we will investigate the problem you describe in your email and take actions that we deem are appropriate in our sole discretion.

Section 4 - Unauthorised Use Of The Ticketbooth Platform

Illegal and/or unauthorised uses of the ticketboth platform, whether for unauthorised ticket sales, unauthorised framing of or linking to the ticketbooth platform will be investigated and appropriate legal action will be taken.

Section 5 - Violation Of These Terms And Conditions

  1. If you violate these Terms including if you post or provide User Content which violates these Terms or has violated the rights of ticketbooth, any other User or the law, Ticketbooth may terminate your use of the ticketbooth platform, prevent you from making all future bookings using the ticketbooth platform, and/or take legal action against you. Where this occurs, Ticketbooth will provide you with reasonable prior written notice that this will be implemented, together with reasons for that action being taken. If you wish to dispute that decision of Ticketbooth, you have 5 days within Ticketbooth providing its notice to you to do so and Ticketbooth will act reasonably in considering your response.
  2. If you materially violate these Terms (which includes any breach of clause 6), in addition to paragraph 5(a), Ticketbooth may cancel your ticket orders in which case Ticketbooth will provide you with written notice of that cancellation together with reasons for that cancellation and will provide you with a refund of the ticket price paid by you.
  3. You agree that monetary damages may not provide a sufficient remedy to Ticketbooth for violations of these terms and conditions and you consent to injunctive or other equitable relief for such violations.
  4. Ticketbooth may release user information about you if required by law or subpoena, or if the information is necessary or appropriate to release to address an unlawful or harmful activity. This is in addition to any other uses permitted under our Privacy Policy.
  5. Ticketbooth is not required to provide any refund to you if you are terminated as a user because you have violated these Terms, except as expressly set out in these Terms. 

Section 6 - Ticketbooth Copyright Policy

You may only submit content to the ticketbooth platform ("User Content") where you have the rights to do so. In particular, you:

  1. may not use the ticketbooth platform to unlawfully transmit copyrighted material (including articles, images, stories and software) without a license, express consent, valid defence or fair use exemption to do so; an
  2. must ensure that the content you upload does not infringe the copyrights or other rights of third parties (such as privacy or publicity rights).

Section 7 - Disclaimers

  1. Ticketbooth does not promise that the ticketbooth platform will be error-free, uninterrupted, nor that it will provide specific results from use of the ticketbooth platform or any content, search or link on it.
  2. The ticketbooth platform and its content are delivered on an "as-is" and "as-available" basis.
  3. Ticketbooth can not ensure that files you download from the ticketbooth platform will be free of viruses or contamination or destructive features although Ticketbooth will take steps consistent with industry practice to protect against this occurring.
  4. Ticketbooth does not by these Terms exclude any rights and remedies in respect of goods or services under the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) or equivalent state or territory legislation which cannot be excluded, restricted or modified. However, Ticketbooth excludes all rights, remedies, conditions and warranties in respect of goods or services from your use of this site and the ticketbooth platform whether based in statute, common law or otherwise to the extent permitted by law. To the fullest extent possible, the following paragraphs of this clause 7 will apply.
  5. Ticketbooth will not be liable for any damages of any kind arising from the use of the ticketbooth platform, including without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, and punitive and consequential damages.
  6. Ticketbooth makes no guarantee of any specific result from use of the ticketbooth platform or use of the Ticketbooth service.
  7. Ticketbooth disclaims any and all liability for the acts, omissions and conduct of any third party users, Ticketbooth users, advertisers and/or sponsors on the ticketbooth platform, in connection with the Ticketbooth service or otherwise related to your use of the ticketbooth platform and/or the Ticketbooth service. Ticketbooth is not responsible for the products, services, actions or failure to act of any venue, performer, promoter or other third party in connection with or referenced on the ticketbooth platform.
  8. Without limiting the other provisions of this clause 7, you may report the misconduct of users and/or third party advertisers, service and/or product providers referenced on or included in the ticketbooth platform to Ticketbooth at[email protected]. Ticketbooth may investigate the claim and take appropriate action, in its sole discretion.

Section 8 - Payment Methods

Ticketbooth processes your credit card depending upon the methods accepted by the EVENT ORGANISER which may include: Visa, MasterCard, American Express. 

Section 9 - Limits On Tickets Purchases Per Customer

When purchasing tickets on ticketbooth, you are limited to a maximum of 10 tickets for each event unless the EVENT ORGANISER has authorised such purchases in its terms and conditions. If you try to circumvent the ticketbooth platforms to purchase more than 10 tickets the EVENT ORGANISER may at its discretion cancel additional bookings. This limitation has been designed to prevent unfair buying practices at popular events and make sure everyone gets a fair chance of attending the event. The reselling of tickets is strictly prohibited by non-authorised re-sellers, tickets found to be re-sold maybe voided and canceled at Ticketbooth's discretion.

Section 10 - Pricing And Ticket Availability

  1. ticketbooth sells tickets on behalf of EVENT ORGANISERS which means ticketbooth does not determine the ticket prices, booking fees, postage and handling fees (if posted tickets are an option) or the seating selections.
  2. Ticket inventory is the responsibility of the EVENT ORGANISER. Given inventory set by the EVENT ORGANISER, popular events may sell out quickly. Occasionally, additional tickets may be available in addition to inventory using ticketbooth set by the EVENT ORGANISER, however the EVENT ORGANISER controls this inventory and its availability.

Section 11 - Credit Card Purchases - Proof Of Identity

  1. In most cases where you purchase your tickets using a credit card, in order to collect your tickets, you will be required to present the credit card used to purchase tickets and a picture identification, which must match each other and must match the name under which the booking was made.
  2. You can only buy tickets with your parent's or another person's credit card if:
    1. You have both permission to use the credit card and can bring it to the event or;
    2. You have permission to use the card and the card holder has completed the ticketbooth credit card authorisation form - you will need to bring the form completed by the card holder to the event - click here to view and print AND IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY WITH EITHER OF THE ABOVE, YOU WILL NOT BE LET INTO THE EVENT, even with a valid ticket.
    3. All purchases are charged to your credit card at the time of purchase, not at the time of entry to the event.
  3. All purchases are charged to your credit card at the time of purchase, not at the time of entry to the event.

Section 12 - Licensed Venues - Proof Of Identity

In Australia, Ticketbooth sometimes sells tickets for events at licensed venues, and these venues require a valid driver's license, passport or proof of age to prove you are over 18 years of age. You may need to present this proof at the event venue to obtain admission.

Section 13 - Delivery Of Tickets

Through the ticketbooth platform the EVENT ORGANISER may elect to offer one or more of the following delivery options for your ticket order. The proof of identity requirements set out in clauses 12 and 13 will apply regardless of the delivery of ticket method used.

  1. By "email / e-ticket" option:
    The ticketbooth platform provides an opportunity for you to provide your email address and will attempt to deliver your e-ticket by email to that email address. If you do not receive your e-ticket then please contact Ticketbooth by email [email protected] at least 48 hours before the scheduled event.
  2. By "at the door" option:
    Tickets delivered through "at the door" delivery option are typically available one hour prior to the event start time at the location set by the EVENT ORGANISER.
  3. By "Post" or "Registered Post" option:
    Please ensure you supply the correct billing and credit card account information for ticket orders as incorrect details will delay processing and delivery. Ticketbooth and EVENT ORGANISER do not post to PO Boxes.
  4. Delivery of tickets are the responsibility of the EVENT ORGANISER, unless Ticketbooth has undertaken to provide this service to the EVENT ORGANISER. If you have selected delivery through the mail, please allow at least 10 working days after your order is made to receive your tickets from the EVENT ORGANISER unless the EVENT ORGANISER has provided express delivery options. If you have not received your tickets within 48 hours of the event, please contact the EVENT ORGANISER via the phone number or email address supplied on the EVENT ORGANISER ticketbooth event page or contact Ticketbooth at [email protected].
  5. All purchases are charged to your credit card at the time of purchase, not at the time of entry to the event. 

Section 14 - Cancelled Events

  1. Occasionally, events are cancelled or postponed by the EVENT ORGANISER due to weather conditions or situations affecting the staff or audience. When this occurs, the EVENT ORGANISER will make every effort to ensure you receive a prompt refund and/or exchange if applicable.
  2. If an event is cancelled or postponed, refunds will be determined by the EVENT ORGANISER. To find out about the refund availability and process:
    1. you will be notified by email if you have opted in to receive email updates; or
    2. you can review notices posted on the EVENT ORGANISER's website or contact the EVENT ORGANISER via the email address supplied on the EVENT ORGANISER's ticketbooth listing.
  3. If the event was moved or rescheduled, the EVENT ORGANISER may set refund limitations. Contact the EVENT ORGANISER for exact instructions.
  4. If a refund has been confirmed by Ticketbooth then the following refund method applies:
    1. If you booked online or by phone using a credit card, Ticketbooth will automatically refund to the credit card used for purchase within 14 days of notifying you that a refund for this event applies.
    2. If you booked in an authorised Ticketbooth retail outlet, please return to the same outlet you purchased from and take along with you your ticketbooth receipt to obtain a full refund within 90 days of the event cancellation. You will be asked to sign for your refund. If you are genuinely unable to return to the store for a refund, please contact [email protected] providing details of the event and point of purchase and any other information as reasonably required to allow Ticketbooth to arrange a refund. Note that any refunds conducted through this method will take significantly longer than refunds conducted through the retail outlet.
    3. If you purchased the ticket(s) independently of the ticketbooth platform, you will need to return the tickets directly to the place where you purchased the tickets.

Section 15 - Exchanges And Refunds

Before purchasing tickets, carefully review your event and ticket selection. Policies set forth by EVENT ORGANISER will dictate the issuing of exchanges or refunds after a ticket has been purchased or for lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed tickets.

Section 16 - Other Items

EVENT ORGANISERS may reserve the right of:

  1. Admission to events, latecomers may not be admitted until a suitable break.
  2. To change/withdraw advertised artists, programs or seating without notice.

EVENT ORGANISERS may also append the ticketbooth terms and conditions and these additional terms are displayed and agreed to by the purchaser during the booking process.


Changes to our Terms and Conditions

May 15th, 2012

  1. "Colloquial" Summaries