All sound equipment 100 watts or larger must be registered and permitted prior to the event as a Sideburn theme camp.

Sound Permits will be distributed at check-in and must be posted at all times near your camp/projects soundboard. Infractions will be logged against permits by the Sound Squad, and a third infraction will result in a temporary suspension of permit (and system shutdown) for the day.

Certain volunteer teams and theme camps may have early entry. As we have not taken full possession of the land, please respect our sound policy and limit music to in-camp levels prior to gates opening. Testing equipment during setup is an exception and will be permitted, with the expectation that you be courteous, and comply with the Sound Team/Event Committee’s requests.

Violating the sound policy pre-event may not only jeopardize your sound permit, but your ability to obtain early entry in future years as well.

In order to be fair to everyone, all camps will need to turn down or possibly cease amplified music until further notice.

Depending on the severity of the complaint and/or how upset the township authorities are, this could last for the evening or the rest of the event. Ideally we do not want to get their attention in the first place.

We really need to avoid this happening, sound complaints are the most likely incident to prevent our event from happening again.

Measurement will be done by a handheld meter. The Sound Squad highly recommends you use a properly calibrated app to manage your own sound to keep infractions minimized.

The Sound Squad will be monitoring and working with sound camps throughout the event. Failure to comply with their requests will be grounds for removal.

Other events have found the sound monitoring app, SPLnFFT Noise Meter (for iOS) to be extremely accurate. To keep infractions minimized, we highly recommend you use this app or a proper decibel reader to manage your own sound.