Dear families and other Freaks,

In the last few years the freaks movement has been visibly growing from the bottom up. Many small and bigger children are enriching our living together, our services and with that, all of Freakstock as well. We have put in a lot of work in the last few years to keep up with this development, have expanded the original child care offer by Kidzstock, the Babyhanghout and Limitbreaker and invested into the personal and financial equipment of those areas.
The relaxed accommodation in rooms we were able to provide for you in Borgentreich will not be realisable like this in Allstedt (see post NEW GROUND - AIRFIELD ALLSTEDT).

So especially for the families among us, a lot about Freakstock will be new ground this year. That's why we want to give you information about the grounds as early as possible which will be especially important for the families, since families often have to plan ahead a bit more long term.

- There will be a camping area for families which will be separate from the other campers and relatively close to the entrance of the grounds. Close by will be the kitchen and the child care area so that both locations will be easily accessible for you. Adjacent to the family camping area on the way to the grounds will be the big area where families with caravans etc. will be able to stand, then there will be the area for vehicles of "non-families" and then the event locations from where you can then go across to the "normal" camping grounds.

- If you don't have any camping experience with your children, you might want to test it at home in the garden, in the living room or something similar and if possible borrow a caravan, a mobile home or a bigger car where uneasy children can sleep with one adult or something like that, so that you are well prepared. Since renting one won't be that cheap it will make sense to ask around in your extended family or circle of friends where you might be able to borrow something like that or reserve a cheap vehicle with an agency before they are gone.

- We will ensure that you will have a central location in the family camping area where you can get and heat up water, charge your devices, change and feed children, etc.

- The distance between the camping area and the other locations is about 600 metres (about the same distance as between the Check in and the camping area in Borgentreich). It can take quite a bit of time if you go back and forth a few times a day. So maybe bring pushcarts, bike trailer, bicycles or something similar, so that it will be faster with the little ones. In contrast to Borgentreich the ground will be even, so that it will be more comfortable to get around.

- Please bring pavilions and seats that you can sit together with other parents, so that parents who have to watch the children at night and can not join the hustle and bustle won't be bored. Maybe you feel like having your own bar in the camping area? We'll happily deliver Freakstock drinks to you.

- As a general rule: you're very welcome to bring swing sets, trampolines, slides, etc. as far as your car allows so that you can build little play corners in the camping area (this could be nice especially for children who like to wake up early) Be creative! Maybe you fancy a fire place, maybe you want to build an area with lots of hammocks...

- Freakstock has quite some possibilities and is happy to support you. If you want to build bigger things or need bigger things for what you want to build, please let us know in advance as otherwise we might not be able to get it in time since we have a lot to do in a lot of different places in this first year.

For any questions or further ideas, please get in touch with doerthe@freakstock.de. If anyone wants to take charge of the coordination and organisation of the family camping area at Freakstock who will arrive for the build up and wants to give it their best, please also contact us. It would be great if one person or a team would feel in charge.

Until Freakstock, your Dreamteam