Access is a practice.

All festival venues are selected with accessibility in mind. We prioritize working with venues that have:

• Step-free and wide entrances

• Ramps and elevators

• Accessible washrooms

• Accessible seating

All events have venue-specific links on our website for more detailed access information, including RAMP venue audits where possible.

We offer live captioning at all indoor dialogue events. Captions are known to be beneficial for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing, for language learners, or for people with sensory processing issues and other disabilities.

Captions can be accessed via your smartphone with an internet connection. Look at the event descriptions through this program to find out which events offer this feature.

Many of our festival events are low-vision friendly, meaning they are accessible without the need for visual interpretation. These include audio-focused events such as panel conversations, artist talks, comedy, and some music performances.

Guests who are blind or partially sighted are eligible for priority seating and companion ticketing. We are proud to partner with VocalEye to expand access for blind and partially sighted community members.

While we recognize that surface-level English-to-ASL translations do not fully convey the poetics of Sign Language, we are happy to arrange ASL or Deaf interpretation by request.

To request ASL support, please contact info@indiansummerfest.ca at least two weeks before the event

A complimentary companion ticket is available for anyone who requires assistance to attend. You can request this during ticket checkout or by contacting us directly. Availability may be limited, so we recommend booking early.

Except for venues which have assigned seating, most festival seating is first-come, first-served. To protect dedicated seating for people who need it, we offer:

• Early entry and/or priority seating for guests with invisible disabilities, low vision, or chronic pain, or for folks for whom having an unrushed entry is beneficial

• Front area reserved seating (for those who request in advance) for people with sight or hearing loss

• The option to request seating accommodations during the ticket checkout process

• Onsite assistance if you did not pre-register your access needs

We email all attendees requesting they help us maintain scent-reduced environments by avoiding scented products at our events. However, we cannot guarantee a scent-free space, and our venues do not have permanent scent-free policies in place.