Media Policy

Personal mobile phone photography and short personal video clips are generally permitted unless otherwise restricted by festival staff, venue rules, artist management, security, or posted signage.

Personal content may not be used for commercial purposes, advertising, sponsorship promotion, paid media, merchandise, or brand campaigns without prior written approval from the Festival.

Professional cameras, detachable lenses, video cameras, audio recording equipment, tripods, monopods, stabilizers, lighting equipment, livestreaming equipment, drones, and other professional production equipment may require prior written approval or official media credentials.

Media credentials may be required for photographers, videographers, journalists, news crews, bloggers, influencers, content creators, podcasters, documentary crews, and any person or organization seeking to cover the festival in a professional, promotional, editorial, or commercial capacity.

Credential applications, requirements, deadlines, approval procedures, check-in locations, and media access rules will be announced closer to the festival.

Media representatives, photographers, videographers, broadcasters, journalists, podcasters, content creators, influencers, and news organizations seeking official festival access may apply for press credentials.

Approval is not guaranteed and may be based on editorial relevance, audience reach, professional experience, content quality, publication history, and overall benefit to the Festival.

Content creators and influencers may be required to meet minimum audience, engagement, or content production standards to qualify for credentials.

Additional credential requirements, application deadlines, access levels, interview opportunities, and media operating procedures are outlined within the official Press Credential Guidelines.

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Guests, photographers, media representatives, broadcasters, content creators, and production teams should review the Photography Policy before bringing cameras, professional equipment, video equipment, drones, or other recording devices to the festival.

The Photography Policy includes information about personal photography, professional cameras, photo pit access, artist restrictions, video recording, commercial use, drones, guest privacy, festival content usage, and policy violations.

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Submission of a media request does not guarantee approval. Ka Nui Kai Music & Arts Festival reserves the right to approve, deny, limit, modify, or revoke media credentials at any time.

Artist management, tour representatives, performers, festival production, venue representatives, or security may impose additional restrictions on photography, video recording, livestreaming, audio recording, interviews, photo pit access, stage access, backstage access, and content distribution.

Approved media must follow all artist-specific restrictions, time limits, access rules, and festival instructions.

Any commercial use of festival images, video, audio, names, logos, artwork, performances, guests, staff, vendors, sponsors, or festival grounds requires prior written approval from the Festival.

Commercial use may include advertising, sponsorship campaigns, paid social media content, brand promotions, merchandise, documentaries, broadcast projects, streaming, licensing, or resale of media.

Drones, unmanned aerial systems, and aerial recording devices are prohibited unless specifically authorized in writing by the Festival and permitted by all applicable venue, safety, aviation, government, and security requirements.

Interviews, backstage access, artist access, production access, and staff access must be approved in advance. A media credential does not automatically grant backstage, stage, VIP, artist, production, or restricted-area access.

By entering the festival grounds, guests acknowledge that photography, filming, livestreaming, and recording may take place. The Festival and its authorized representatives may capture and use images, video, and audio of the event, including crowd footage, for promotional, archival, editorial, social media, sponsorship, and marketing purposes.

Approved media must act professionally and respectfully toward guests, artists, staff, security, vendors, sponsors, cultural practitioners, and community members.

• Follow all festival, venue, security, and artist rules.
• Do not block guest views, pathways, emergency access, or operations.
• Do not enter restricted areas without authorization.
• Do not harass guests, artists, staff, or attendees for content.
• Comply with all posted signage and staff instructions.

Media credentials may be revoked for violation of festival policies, artist restrictions, venue requirements, unsafe behavior, unauthorized access, harassment, misuse of credentials, or any conduct deemed inappropriate by festival staff or security.

This Media Policy may be updated as festival operations, credential procedures, venue requirements, artist restrictions, or production needs are finalized.

Ka Nui Kai Music & Arts Festival
Email: Aloha@KaNuiKaiFestival.com