There are various services offered to our participants to make Andanças a success for everyone. In the following you find a list of those services, where to find them, the opening hours and a short description.
Program office
- Where: center of the festival, Casa Amarela (the yellow house)
- Special information for participants
- Support of workshop leaders and artists: contact and meeting point
- Management of the whole program, from workshops to balls and concerts
- Display of the daily updated program schedule
- Information for participants
Gastronomy
Canteen
- Where: close to the shore of the dammed lake
- When: Breakfast 8:30-11:00 | Lunch and Dinner 12:00-23:00
- Meat, Fish and vegetarian meals, each consisting of bread, soup, main course, salad, fruits and drink
- Only for participants with a valid wristband
- Prices: Breakfast: 2€ | Lunch or Dinner: 6€
- Here you can find more information
Sale of meal vouchers
- Where: next to the canteen
- When: 8:00 - 23:00
- Meal vouchers can be purchased in advance for different days. The vouchers have to be bought at this place; cash payment is not accepted where the food is served.
Camping kitchen
- Where: tent next to the camping site
- At this place, participants of the festival can prepare their own food. There are no stoves, you need to bring your own cooking gear. This kitchen has also a place for barbeque. This is the only place at the whole festival grounds, where it is allowed to make fire.
Food and drinks:
- Where: Social area
- When: 09:00 - 05:00
- Yoghurt, juice, spirits, beer and sangria, tea and fruit sirup
- Typical food from Alentejo
- Vegetarian dishes
- Steaks and snacks
- Soups
- Salads
- Coffee
- Ice cream
Grocery:
- Where: next to the entrance of the camping site
- When: 8:30 - 20:30
- Grocery products
- Fruit and vegetables
- Drinks
- Coffee
- Ice cream
Ticket shop
- Where: at the entrance of the festival, in a separate building
- When: 9:00 - 2:00
- Ticket sale, hand out of wristbands
- Exchange of wristbands for tickets from the advanced sale (please make sure to bring the confirmation of the payment)
- Hand out of temporary wristbands for camping
- Exchange of wristbands for invitations
- Hand out of credentials and wristbands for journalists (Media)
Recharging station
- Where: center of the festival, Casa Amarela (the yellow house)
- When: 9:00 - 24:00
- Charging of batteries of cell phones or small electrical devices
Parking
- Where (general parking): next to the road to the festival.
- Organized by volunteers
- Visitors parking: Parking place for visitors of the area, who are not participating in the festival.
- This part of the parking place has a separate exit to the beach of the dammed lake.
- Parking for artists, market or gastronomy stand holders, and the organization of the festival: Access to this parking is only possible with a card handed out by the organization. It is located very close to the entrance of the festival and has direct access to the festival grounds
- Temporary parking for 60 minutes: A parking place with a limited number of spaces, parking is allowed for up to 60 minutes
- Controlled by GNR or volunteers
- This is the parking place closest to the festival. There are five spaces indicated for handicapped persons
Nursery
- Where: behind the program area for children
- Open in the afternoon and at night.
- Afternoon: 13:30 - 16:30 – Afternoon naps for children of a maximum age of 5 years. The parents put their children to sleep.Night: 21:30 - 01:00 – For children of a maximum age of 5 years.
- The children can only be brought in during the first hour after opening.
Program area for children (Espaço Criança)
- Where: next to the ponds
- With its own program, especially designed for children and families – workshops, balls, concerts, etc.
- The parents remain responsible for their children.
- Children younger than 5 years are not allowed without company
Printshop
- Where: in the area Além'Corpo
- When: 10:30 – 12:00 | 15:30 – 19:00
- Printing of t-shirts with the Andanças logo
Artist reception
- Where: next to the ticket shop
- When: 09:00 - 02:00
- Reception of artists and hand out of the welcome package, wristbands as well as meal and drink vouchers, reimbursement of expenses, guiding the artists through the festival areas.
- Hand out of parking cards for the parking place restricted for the organization
CD Sale
- Where: center of the festival, Casa Amarela (the yellow house)
- When: 12:00 - 22:00
- Sale of promotional material of the artists at the festival, and much more!!!
Instrument guard
- Where: center of the festival, Casa Amarela (the yellow house)
- When: 9:00 - 6:00
- Storing of musical instruments and other materials of the artists, workshop leaders and also for participants, who bring their own instrument to the festival.
- Lost and Found: Here you can pick up lost property, which was handed in at the Information.
Information
- Where: at the Mug rent (Canecário)
- When: 09:00 - 02:00
- General information
- Personal advice
- Handing in of Lost and Found property
- Where: at the Program Office
- When: 09:00 - 04:00
- General information
- Information on the program and the artists
- Handing in of Lost and Found property
Medical center
- Where: center of the festival, Casa Amarela (the yellow house)
- When: 24h
- Treatment of small maladies, medical care and check-up. Management of ambulances and coordination of transports to the hospital.
Operational headquarter
- Where: Casas Geminadas, at the dam wall
- When: 24h
- Emergency center
- Coordination of security staff
- Management of the security of the festival
- Contact point for missing children (in the security room)
- Contact to fire fighters
- Check point
- Lost and Found headquarter (hand in)