• Access Lane for fans with disabilities at the gate.
• Accessible points of service at food, merch and customer service locations.
• Accessible Viewing areas and Accessible Viewing Platforms for fans who use mobility devices.
• Accessible restrooms within Ohio State Reformatory
• Accessible portable restrooms
• Inclusive Schedules and information including: Braille, Large Print and Dyslexic Friendly.
• American Sign Language Interpreters (advance request required here)

• These areas require an Access Program wristband to enter.
• They are first come, first serve. There will be a posted maximum capacity at each area, when this capacity has been reached our staff will no longer allow additional fans into the area. Your safety is our priority. When space becomes available, we will allow additional fans into the area, again on a first come, first served basis.
• We will have chairs available at the Accessible Viewing Platforms. These chairs must stay in this area – without exception. This is for the safety of all our fans.
• Inkcarceration is a general admission event with no assigned seating and does not allow lawn chairs due to capacity restraints. If you have any questions about this policy, please email our Accessibility Director at: access@inkcarceration.com.

DWP and ALL IN are committed to experiential equity and language equity. We welcome all fans including those that use an ASL Interpreter to enjoy our shows. If you are a fan that uses ASL, please make your interpreting request HERE. ASL Interpreting requests must be made in advance, for Inkcarceration 2025 the deadline for specific show request is June 1, 2025, 5 pm EST. Please note: our ASL Interpreting team will do their best to accommodate requests.

If you have questions about our ASL Interpreting program at Inkcarceration, please email our Accessibility Director at access@inkcarceration.com

• When passing through the gates you will receive a short & respectful screening by a member of the Access Team. A band will then be placed on the collar or harness of your Service Animal. This band is purely a visual alert to all our staff that you have already been screened and ensure that you are not stopped and asked multiple times in the different areas of the event. This tag is only for your ease of movement throughout the festival and is not a credential to get you into the festival. You must have a ticket/wristband to enter Inkcarceration.

• Your Service Animal must always remain with you & it must be your service animal.
• Your Service Animal must be under your control at all times and have a collar or

•  If (for some reason) your Service Animal displays unsafe behavior of any kind, we

•  There will be Service Animal Relief Areas around the event. Please stop by the

•  We reserve the right to facilitate removal and/or refuse access to any animal from the campgrounds or venue if that animal is deemed to be a health or safety threat to festival fans, staff, or other service animals, or in violation of our policies.

• Please pack the food in clear Ziplock bags.
• If you need a cooler it needs to be a small and soft-sided cooler no bigger than 12” X 9” X 9″
• It will be subject to a respectful security screening for the safety of all our patrons.. Basically, they will need to see that you have just food and an ice pack in the cooler if you use one.
• When you enter the festival, please use the Access Lane.
• Only bring food for the day.
• If you are bringing anything to drink: it must be sealed, non-alcoholic – glass containers of any size will not be allowed into Inkcarceration – no exceptions. This is for the safety of all our fans.

• Prescription medication must be in the pharmacy bottle with a current & valid prescription stating: your name, medication name and dosage. Our medical staff will verify this if necessary.
• You must have a valid ID ready to present if requested.
• The name on your valid ID and the name on the current & valid prescription bottle must match.
• You are entering the event with sufficient medication for one day.
• If you will be bringing any medical supplies that require disposal after use, please use appropriate ease containers found at our Medical Tents, please for the safety of our staff that handles the trash – do not dispose of these items in the trash bins or portable restrooms.
• Medications that need to be inhaled are allowed only by prescription, and must meet the same requirements listed above, an example of this would be an inhaler.
• Marijuana and Medical Marijuana, in any form, is not allowed at INKcarceration. 
• Please Note: Drugs of any kind (including cannabis and cannabis products) are prohibited without exception.
• Over the counter medication, with the exception of marijuana in any form, will be allowed in daily amounts and must be in original & sealed bottles.

Inkcarceration is a rain or shine event, however, there are instances in which we would pause, evacuate or cancel the show due to severe weather, including (but not limited to): lightning, thunderstorms, high winds, hail, flooding, or as directed by local emergency personnel.

In the event of a evacuation due to severe weather, fans who drove to the event will seek shelter in their vehicles. Fans who are camping will return to the campground via shuttle and seek shelter either in their vehicle or a designated shelter location. Fans who arrived via Rideshare or do not have access to a vehicle will be instructed to shelter in place in the Reformatory. Fans will be informed of any emergency situation via audio and video announcements from the stages, the INK App push notifications and social media. We recommend fans download the INK app and follow our socials to stay up-to-date with festival communication.

In the event of an evacuation, staff will provide direction to fans. Access Center staff will be available to assist fans with disabilities. More information on evacuation procedures will be available on the festival map and at the Access Center.