Australian music festival attendees: a national overview of demographics, drug use patterns, policing experiences and help seeking behaviour.

This bulletin provides an overview of the demographic profiles, patterns of festival attendance and drug use, policing experiences and help-seeking behaviours of 5,155 Australian music festival attendees surveyed in late 2018. Specifically, it outlines:1. Demographics (age, sex, residence, education, employment, criminal history)2. Frequency and nature of festival attendance within and outside Australia3. Frequency of illicit drug use and typical quantities consumed4. Likelihood and nature of police encounters5. Emergency Medical Treatment (EMT) seeking and level of interest in reducing drug use