Music and Film Festival Badges

Outdoor sites are decided by weather. Laminated Badges are sealed on both sides, so a crew list printed on them still reads on Sunday night, through rain and a weekend on a lanyard. Paper badges are not water-resistant, which is why the outdoor default is laminated.

Most music festivals print several designs in one order: crew for the build and the show, day staff in a different colour per day, vendors valid where they trade. Colour does the sorting at the gate, and a printed name stops a badge being lent.

Film festivals run indoors, so the material question flips. A durable paper delegate badge lasts two to four days of screenings, prints partner logos in full colour, and recycles with the programmes when the festival ends. Juries and invited guests usually get plastic, which reads more formal and gets kept.

Accreditation lists close late. Badges are printed per name from one spreadsheet, so the order can wait for the final delegate list rather than the other way round.

We print badges, not wristbands. Wristbands are ticketing: they move an audience through a gate once. Badges are credentials: they identify named people, at every gate, all weekend.

For crew, artists, vendors, volunteers and delegates, you are in the right place. For audience wristbands in the tens of thousands, you need a wristband printer, and it is better to know that before you request a quote.