Festival & Event Outreach

Fireside can provide uniquely useful support to festivals, nightlife, music venues and events, and has prioritized developing partnerships in these areas.

People can and do use psychedelics in all sorts of places, but psychedelic use at festivals, in nightlife, music venues, and at other events comes with specific well-being and safety concerns. People are often trying psychedelics for the first time, in environments that can be intense and over-stimulating. Plus, people often need ongoing emotional support in the days after an event, when they’re trying to process their experience. Fireside Project is here to help!

A Proven Intervention

Our Psychedelic Support Line helps attendees reduce the risks of their psychedelic experiences. Peer-reviewed research shows that the majority of people who use the line believe it helped de-escalate them from psychological distress. And 12.5% of callers to the line said it prevented unnecessary calls to 911 or trips to the emergency room. You can see what others are saying about our service in our Pressroom.

For Attendees

Although we don’t offer in-person services, our Psychedelic Support Line offers emotional support during or after psychedelic experiences by phone, text message, or mobile app. Every attendee who knows about our confidential service has this powerful (and free!) risk-reduction service at their fingertips!

We have also created 10 Safety Practices which we can share with attendees.

For Emergency Medical Services

In addition to partnering with the festivals and venues themselves, we’ve also partnered with emergency medical services to ensure that attendees who have been medically cleared can receive on-demand emotional support.

For Harm Reduction Services

We can also work in tandem with on-site harm reduction services so that people leaving their space can receive ongoing emotional support, in the hours and days after their psychedelic experiences.

Since our partnerships with festivals and events began in the summer of 2022, our call volume has increased every month, and we have received steady feedback that we help people avoid unnecessary visits to medical while providing high-quality emotional support.

Our top ask of our festival and event partners :

  • Distribute our materials during their events (which we print and ship for FREE)

  • Post signs displaying our information at the box office, medical, and other areas

  • Digital partnership! Feature Fireside Project’s Psychedelic Support Line on the event website, socials and emails!  

  • Feature us in their printed event programs and information booklets

  • Invite Fireside Project to speak to their communities about our work

  • Introduce us to other festivals and groups who can help us get the word out!

What about free booth space at an event?

  • We will accept free booth space ONLY if the event has already committed to several of the above actions, is located in an area where we have a strong volunteer base, and can provide at least two months advance notice. Thank you in advance!

Fireside volunteer team at Outside Lands 2022, spreading the word about the service.

Do you want to partner with us to make sure that your event attendees know about this important service? Contact us at info@firesideproject.org. We welcome and encourage festivals, venues and groups serving communities beyond the traditional psychedelic and electronic music spaces to reach out. For more background, we invite you to read our Impact Report.

If you’re an individual who wants to spread the word at festivals and events you attend in your area, see our Spread the Word page for printable and digital materials to share!

PAST & CURRENT PARTNERS