Accessibility at the Festival

Support Workers and Service Animals

Caregivers and support workers may attend RFF for free. Please contact us, or visit the box office on site if a support worker will be coming with you. Support workers are required to bring their own seating or talk to our Ambassador Team to locate a chair. Support workers are welcome to sit in the designated accessible areas. Service animals are welcome throughout Victoria Park, our festival site.

Main Stage

We have priority seating in our Main Stage area for people with mobility aides or who otherwise need extra assistance getting seated. Our Ambassadors will open up seating the folks with these needs prior to the rest of the line and there are designated places (just off the sidewalks) that are set aside for folks who need it. 

If you require accessible seating or if you need some extra time to get into the Main Stage, you can come to the front of the line at 4:45 pm. You’ll be let in before the rush at 5:00 pm.

Sunlit Stage 1

There are many options for seating at this stage, which is located in the southwest corner of the park, across from Knox Met United Church. If you find that the options are not appropriate for your needs, please feel free to speak to one of our Ambassadors.  

Sunlit Stage 2

This stage tends to be very busy and we have received feedback that finding seating with a wheelchair has been difficult or impossible. Starting in 2019 and moving forward, there will be an area directly in front of the sound booth that will be set aside specifically for mobility needs. This area will connect to the cement pathway and have flooring.  

Pathways 

In addition to the main paved pathways, there are some grass pathways used throughout the site. We check these pathways with a wheelchair prior to the festival to ensure they are passable. If conditions become muddy or wet, we will also ensure that additional flooring or options are provided. Also note that there are many alternative routes to these grass pathways, which you can inquire with our Ambassador teams about.

Accessible Parking and Unloading Zones

See the program map for accessible parking and unloading spots that we provide: further downtown accessible parking can be found at regina.ca.

Please note that Lorne Street will be closed to traffic from August 6th until August 12th in order to accommodate RFF operations.

There are four Accessible Parking Spots in front of the Regina Public Library. City-designated spots all require an official blue wheelchair parking pass.

During the festival, at the South-East corner of Victoria Park, RFF provides two additional accessible parking spots and two additional accessibility unloading spots.

We provide non-gendered porta-potties including larger ones that are more accessible. The access-friendly portable toilets that are on site have inside dimensions of 58”x 58”. The doors on these units swing out and to the left. 

The Regina Public Library and the Cornwall Centre can accommodate some of the needs that these portable toilets cannot (for instance, their washrooms are big enough to include support people and larger wheelchairs). If you would like accompaniment to either of these locations, a member of our Ambassador team will be happy to guide you.