There are so many people, groups, and scenes actively trying to change this world — whether it’s founding community projects or a  Solawi, working with people with experiences of flight or sexualized violence, shopping plastic-free or building compost toilets, processing one’s own trauma or meditating, occupying a digger, or organizing protests,
and so on, and so on…

In practice, we often still experience these efforts existing alongside each other, shaped by clichés and mutual alienation, which leads to keeping distance — or even conflicts between the different groups. We want to invite all scenes and contexts to join us, to understand and inspire one another, so that together we can work towards a good life for everyone.

We hope for a space that invites letting go, where encounters can happen, and where experiences can resonate deeply.

Everyone who is excited about change!

People of all ages, genders, and backgrounds. People with physical and mental disabilities, BiPoC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour), and all Queers and Allies. We also warmly welcome children and families.

Sexism, racism, queerphobia, and any other form of discrimination. We are aware that we all live in a society in which we have internalized many of these patterns ourselves, and we are in an ongoing process of actively unlearning them.

The consumption of alcohol and cannabis, as well as other psychoactive substances, is not permitted. If you require such substances for health or medical reasons, please contact us in advance.

For a solidarity-based, sustainable, and hierarchy-free togetherness.
For respectful, mindful, warm, and appreciative communication, both verbal and non-verbal.
For self-reflective thinking and behavior.
For respecting boundaries — your own and those of others.

On-site, there are various sleeping options:

- At the campsite with your own tent
- In the campervan area, using your car or bus
- In a shared room
- In a single room

The majority of the festival will take place outdoors. All Spaces are covered.

There are both outdoor and indoor showers, as well as toilets/compost toilets.

There is a kitchen team that will run our camp kitchen and provide us with three vegan meals a day.
This, however, requires everyone’s help with chopping and prep, which we will organize on-site through shift schedules.

Please indicate any dietary intolerances directly when registering.

You do not need to bring your own dishes, but it is helpful to have your own cup and/or water bottle.
There will be stations on site to refill tap water.

The little ones are especially invited as well.
All children who want to have a say and support their parents or caregivers in engaging with the big questions of our time have a special place with us.
During workshop times, childcare will be available, and throughout the entire festival there will be a Kids Space.

Our intention is to create a festival time in which we relearn how to collectively care for children and take shared responsibility for their well-being.
On the arrival days, there will be guidance and suggestions on how this can work in practice.

All event tents and indoor spaces can be accessed without stairs. To enter the tents, grassy areas need to be crossed. The doors inside the buildings cannot be opened automatically or via switches. There is a ground-level outdoor toilet that is accessible by wheelchair.

Based on past experience, it is possible to participate in events at Freie Feldlage using a wheelchair; however, having at least one additional person to provide support is very helpful.

EMERGE takes place primarily in German. Individual Paths or workshops conducted in English will be marked.

For all formats conducted in German, we can organize whisper translation on site.

Dogs are welcome, but must be kept on a leash at all times on the premises.

We live in a system in which people are exposed to violence in different ways (psychological/verbal/physical). Dealing with experiences of violence and boundary-violating behavior is often left to the individual.
We do not want to continue understanding violence and discrimination as individual problems, but rather as symptoms of a human-made, destructive culture.

During this week, we want to strengthen our attentiveness to one another and offer you the opportunity to be seen and heard with your experiences and needs.

Our Awareness Team is there for you in cases of trauma triggers, boundary violations, or discrimination. We create a safer space using system-informed, trauma-sensitive, and transformative approaches. In doing so, we always orient our actions toward the individual protective space of each person.

Summer can be warm, and based on our experiences from previous years, it feels important to share a few words about how we relate to upper-body nudity.

We dream of a world in which we can live body freedom without shame and free from mutual or self-sexualization.
At the same time, we acknowledge that we are not there yet — not without overlooking pain, injuries, and the ongoing sexualization, especially of bodies read as female.

It is important to us to create safer spaces where our nervous systems can relax, where people can feel free with one another and where we treat each other with care and attentiveness.
We long to arrive at a place where we can dance naked together and laugh at old “images” of bodies; where there is deep understanding of the oppression of bodies read as female through sexualization; where we are aware enough of our privileges to care for one another without words; where we can sense a “stop” or “no” in body language or in the space between us; where we feel free to voice our boundaries because they are lovingly respected.
—and we are not there yet. We are on the way.

And we are looking forward to walking this path together, with you. We look forward to continued exploration, creative solutions, and emotional spaces of exchange — listening to one another, seeing one another, and moving, hand in hand, step by step, on tiptoes or sometimes in giant leaps, closer and closer to our collective vision.

In short: be mindful and considerate, and ideally check in with the people around you before taking off your top.