CoSy Infos
Kollektive
WDLNDS e.V.
We are a non-profit organization from Hildesheim, which has merged from the following local 2020: Alle Tanzen, Into the Woods, KataHaifisch and Konception.
We have been organizing events with up to 2,500 visitors in Hildesheim for over ten years. With almost 50 members from the fields of organization, construction, media, technology and awareness, we want to bring culture to life.
Our many years of involvement in and organization of numerous festivals, including the Feel Festival and the Rocken am Brocken Festival, provide us with a wealth of experience that we are happy to offer to other young projects for support.
Hug Records is a social music label based in a formerly abandoned village in the mountains of the Serra da Estrela in Portugal. They are currently building the infrastructure for a music residency program to be launched in 2025. With their music, they embrace your ears with joy and at the same time support social projects financially. 50% of the profits go to the Love Foundation, while the remaining 50% is split equally between Hug Records and the artists.
Love Foundation e.V.
The Love Foundation is a community of activists and artists that spreads love, connects people and raises money for water development projects in the Global South through cultural events. With 9 international hubs and several hundred parties around the world, they motivate and inspire young people to create music, art and culture. In 2023, they celebrated their foundation at the 10-Years-of-Love Festival.
CREATOR e.V.
We are an association of young, committed people from the Hildesheim, Hanover and Magdeburg area. Many of our 38 members create art and music themselves. In the search for suitable spaces for our work, we took on the organization, design and implementation of a stage at the "Glacis Open Air" festival in Magdeburg in 2023. We were also particularly keen to take part in the BurningStone festival in Jerichower Land. A festival in a cozy setting with friends and for friends simply creates a wonderful bond among the participants.
KataHaifisch was founded in 2015 as a podcast series for electronic music on SoundCloud. In addition to the weekly podcasts, KataHaifisch has also been a record label since 2020, primarily for down- and mid-tempo. Already in the founding days, KataHaifisch developed into a collective of friends who regularly organize parties. In addition to events in Hildesheim, KataHaifisch has already been active in Hanover, Vienna and Puebla (Mexico).
The saying “Take it easy, Tiger” doesn’t just mean “Calm down.” For us, it’s more about being attentive to the little things that make music and life enjoyable. You can find a well sorted selection of artists in our pack.
Arrival
Public transport
The festival site can be easily reached by train with exit at "Prödel" train station. (approx. 2 hours from Berlin main station, 25 minutes from Magdeburg main station, 1:15 hours from Leipzig main station, 3:13 hours from Hildesheim main station). Afterwards, a 20-minute walk (1.5 km) takes you to Dornburg Castle.
Ride Sharing
Share costs and good vibes, reduce your ecological footprint and meet new people. Just join our Telegram group or organize yourself so that you can arrive with well-filled cars 🌈
--> Telegram Ride Sharing Group
Sundaytickets
If you have a Sunday ticket, you can enter the grounds from 10:00 am.
Shuttle-Ticket
Alternatively, you can also use our shuttle bus between Prödel station and the festival site for a fee of €5 (return trip included).
Please fill in this Form if you like to use our Shuttle Service
Bicycle
Dornburg Castle is located on the Elbe Cycle Path and invites you to visit it on an idyllic cycle tour. Signposting is clearly visible along the way.
In addition, there will be "Bouncy Bike Tour" to the CoSy Festival on Friday and Saturday, accompanied by a dj who is playing live on loudspeakers. The tour lasts around 1.5 hours.
The meeting point is at "Platz des 17. Juni" in Magdeburg. Luggage can already be loaded into our crew transporter and trailer here. In addition, the bike tour is accompanied by a bike specialist who can help out with tools and a few wear parts in an emergency.
Friday - 11 am meeting - 12 noon departure - 1:30 pm at the festival site
Bicycles may only be parked in the designated areas.
There will also be a luggage check-in on Sunday and Monday for the return trip, which can be picked up on Monday evening at 8 p.m. at "Platz des 17.Juni".
Please fill out this form if you would like to use our bike service.
--> Bouncy Bike Tour Form
--> BIKE ROUTE
Recommendation
We recommend traveling by bike not only because of the positive environmental impact: The district of Jerichower Land offers a true variety of beautifully situated lakes that invite you to swim, refresh and relax. A short trip here during the festival calms the mind and invigorates the senses - our absolute insider tip!!!
Address
Schloss Dornburg an der Elbe
Lindenweg 2
39264 Gommern
Germany
Camping
- Camping is included in the ticket price and is only possible in the designated areas in the Schlossgarten. Please follow the instructions of the staff members.
- Book an additional campervan ticket if you would like to arrive with your campervan.
- Pavilions are not welcome as they usually end up as garbage and there are plenty of opportunities to chill out and socialize on the grounds.
- Open fires are prohibited and will result in immediate exclusion from the event.
- The use of camping stoves is only permitted at the designated fire pit in front of the castle. Pay attention to and follow the instructions of the staff members!
- Use pocket ashtrays! These are available free of charge at the entrance and the bar. We will clean the entire area after the event. You are in the Elbe Biosphere Reserve, so please treat your environment with respect.
- Separate your waste properly! A waste separation concept will be implemented throughout the festival site (organic, plastic, paper/cardboard, glass, residual waste). Think about sensible waste consumption in advance!
Inclusion & Terrain
One of our most important values is to enable the participation of all people. On the one hand, we try not to exclude financially disadvantaged people by offering affordable and individualized tickets; on the other hand, we also want to include people with special needs through various measures and thus put a smile on everyone's face.
We have therefore taken the following measures to act as inclusively as possible:
- Persons with a disabled person's pass may of course bring a carer free of charge. Please bring your proof of disability with you to admission.
- The driveway is paved.
- The castle park and the access road to the grounds are flat and contain only slight inclines. The stairs of Dornburg Castle are an exception. Here, two ramps with a slight incline will pave the way into the castle.
- In the castle itself, festival exhibitions and stages can be found in the cellar, on the first floor and on the second floor. There will also be a stage in the outdoor area. This stage and the stage on the first floor are accessible at ground level.
- The remaining areas of the site consist of flat mown grass.
- Access to a barrier-free toilet is available throughout.
- There are several staff members on the festival site, as well as the awareness team, who are always ready to help you.
- If you have any further questions, please contact us at the following e-mail address: inklusion@cosy-festival.de.
For us, inclusion does not just mean the inclusion of people with disabilities. For us, inclusion also means that there is no elbowing society. Everyone is equal! Elbows down! We celebrate togetherness. Everyone here is helpful, peaceful and, above all, tolerant. This means that it doesn't matter what nationality, faith or social background you belong to and it also doesn't matter what sexual orientation or gender you feel you belong to. We want to create a parallel world in which we can all come together happily and contentedly. Escape everyday life for a weekend and spread this spirit out into the world after the festival. The motto is: be and let be. Self-respect and respectful interaction with others is essential.
Awareness & Care
Oropax gibt es kostenlos an der Bar und am Eingang.
In den vergangenen Jahren hat das Bewusstsein für die Existenz von Grenzüberschreitungen und Diskriminierungen erheblich zugenommen. Als Veranstalter sind wir bereit, die Verantwortung für das Geschehen während unseres Events zu übernehmen. Unser oberstes Ziel ist es, dass sich jeder Gast bei uns willkommen und wohl fühlt, ungeachtet seines Alters, Geschlechts, seiner Herkunft oder Sexualität. Zu diesem Zweck werden wir in sämtlichen Bereichen als und mit einem speziell geschulten Awareness-Team kooperieren, welches auf unsere gemeinsamen Werte von Weltoffenheit, Diversität und Toleranz hinweist, um für ein gemeinsames Mindset unter allen zu sorgen. Während des Festivals sind sie für alle Teilnehmer*innen an violetten Warnwesten und eine mit einer Lichterkette umwickelten Bauchtaschen erkennbar. Sie sind sowohl an den Stages als auch an Bar vertreten.
Lost & Found
Alle Fundsachen werden für einige Zeit in Magdeburg gelagert.
Schreibt uns bitte an folgende Mailadresse, was ihr verloren habt & ob ihr es abholen könnt oder es geschickt werden müsste:
--> lostandfound@cosy-festival.de
Cashless
Our festival works without cash. At all catering stands it is only possible to pay by chip. You can top up your credit online in advance or on site at the top-up station. The repayment of the credit, as well as the payment of the supporter and the repayment of the garbage deposit are realized exclusively via the chip. You can then decide for yourself whether you want to use the credit at the food stands, donate it to a sustainable cause or have it paid out to your account.
Your credit can be booked back via the following link from our cashless provider Purple X. If you wish, you can also leave us a part of the repayment as a donation. Please give us some time until we can make all transfers. Thank you for your patience! ❤️
--> https://my.purplex.com/refund/cosy-2024
Donation
Both the Love Foundation and the supporting collectives, as well as the small but excellent core team, is working completely on a voluntary basis, i.e. free of charge.
We want to reinvest any donations to make the next CoSys - a space for culture, exchange and connection - even better and smoother. 👏
It could also cover a few costs that we couldn't foresee, such as the theft of 2 CDJs (yes, super sh*ty ... ). 😓
In addition, one of the long-term goals of our festival is to generate donations for our drinking water projects in Africa. The Love Foundation e.V. has been committed to this for over 10 years and works closely with Viva Con Agua Sankt Pauli e.V..
You can find more information here
--> https://love-foundation.org/projects
👉 How to donate?
Simply leave a (partial) amount on your ribbon or donate directly to Love Foundation e.V. here
--> https://love-foundation.org/support
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to everyone who had a great time with us and wants to support us & our mission in the form of a donation! ❤️
Hygiene
20% more unisex seated toilets and 90% more urinals are planned than required. In addition, two washbasins with running water and disinfectant dispensers are available at each of the 4 toilet stations.
Water
"Water for all" is one of the pillars of the Love Foundation and therefore an absolute human right for us. That's why tap water is always available to everyone at two designated stations and at the bar.
Sustainability
Out of love for nature and a future worth living, we are implementing the following measures:
- Travel by bike, bus, public transport if possible
- Avoidance of fossil fuels in electricity generation.
- Waste separation on the entire festival area, maximum 25 meters distance to the next waste separator.
- Return of €5 when a correctly separated bin liner is handed in
- Eco-toilets instead of chemical-dixies
Exclusively vegetarian food and drinks, continuous reusable deposit system for cups, bowls and crockery Involvement of local suppliers wherever possible
CODE OF CONDUCT
Organizing events outdoors while protecting the climate and the environment - this is what the signatories of the Code of Conduct for sustainable festival culture are committed to. The outdoor version of the Code of Conduct "Zukunft Feiern!" was developed by the Clubtopia initiative together with event organizers from the festival and open-air scene. With the sustainability code, event organizers commit to specific climate and environmental protection goals, such as conserving resources and nature, saving water and addressing social aspects. The goals of the Code of Conduct are binding - however, this does not mean that they have to be fulfilled from the outset, but that festivals and open airs must set out to achieve them. In order to achieve the goals, the signatories can select from a detailed pool of measures those suggestions that can best be implemented at their event and location. The Code of Conduct for a sustainable festival culture is a further development of the Code of Conduct for a sustainable club culture "Zukunft Feiern!" by Clubtopia, a project by clubliebe e.V. and BUND Berlin. The sustainability code was developed as part of the round tables for a green club culture and published in September 2021. More information: www.zukunft-feiern.de and www.clubtopia.de
About CLUBTOPIA
Clubtopia is a cooperative project of the Bund für Umwelt- und Naturschutz Berlin e.V. and clubliebe e.V., which is dedicated to climate and environmental protection within the club and festival scene. The project is supported by the Clubcommission Berlin and Livekomm and is funded by the Senate Department for Mobility, Transport, Climate Protection and the Environment.