1. The association Afro-Pfingsten is the official organizer of the AFro-Pfingsten Festival in Winterthur and operator of the website. 
2. These General Terms and Contitions (GTC) are the basis for the use of services, such as the use of the website or social media linked to Afro-Pfingsten as well as the reservation of market stalls, or the purchase of tickets for concerts, workshops, lectures and other events.
3. By ordering a service via order form on the website, by e-mail, telephone or letter, the customer declares to accept and comply with the GTC.

1. Tickets are checked electronically at the entrance to the event hall. We reserve the right to check the authorization of the ticket presenter. 
2. Only tickets purchased directly through an official sales channel are valid. Copying, altering or imitating tickets is prohibited. Tickets are not transferable. They must be protected from moisture, dirt, damage, mechanical or optical effects, etc. The vardcode must be machine-readable.
3. If payment is made by invoice, the payment deadline must be observed, otherwise the ticket will become invalid. 
4. The ticket will be confiscated at the entrance to the concert hall and exchanged for a wristband. The wristband must be properly closed and worn snugly on the wrist until the end of the event and must be presented upon request. Any misuse of tickets and wristbands is prohibited. Damaged, torn, cut and distorted wristbands indicate misuse and will neither be accepted nor replaced. The instructions of the event statt must be followed. In the event of non-compliance, the right is reserved to cliam damages in addition to forfeiture of the right to participate. A return or exchange of tickets is excluded.

1. The market regulations are an integral part of the GTC.

of workshops, concerts, lectures, cinema screenings and other events

1. The visit of a partner event is on your own responsibility and is the responsibility of the respective organization, outside of Afro-Pfingsten.

1. Afro-Pfingsten does not guarantee the correctness, accuracy, timeliness, reliability and completeness of the information. Liability claims against Afro-Pfingstn for damages of a material or immaterial nature arising from access to or use or non-use of the published information, through misuse of the connection or technical faults are excluded.
2. All offers are non-binding. Afro-Pfingsten expressly reserves the right to change parts of the webpages or the entire offer without prior notice, add to, delete or cease publication temporarily or permanently. 

1. References and links to third party websites are beyond our responsibility. Any responsibility for such websites is declined. The access and use of such webistes is at the user's own risk. 

1. The copyright and all other rights to the content, images, photos or other files on the website belong exclusively to the Afro-Pfingsten association or to the specifically named rights holder. For the reproduction of any elements, the written consent to the copyright holders must be obtained in advance. 

1. Based on Artivel 13 of the Swiss Federal Constituion and the data protecion regulations of the Swiss Confederation (Data Protection Act, DSG), every person hast the right to protection of their privacy as well as protecion against misuse of their personal data.
2. Afro-Pfingsten complies with these provisions. Personal data will be kept strictly confidential and will not be sold or given to third parties. 
3. Afro-Pfingsten strives in close cooperation with the hosting providers to protect the databases as well as possible against unauthorized access, loss, misuse or falsification. However, any liability for cyber attacks by third parties is excluded.
4. When accessing the websites of Afro-Pfingsten, the following data is stored in log files: IP address, date, time, browser request and general transmitted information about the operating system, respectively browser.
5. These usage data form the basis for statistical, anonymous evaluations, so that trends can be identified, based on which the offers of Afro-Pfingsten can be improved accordingly. 

for the use of Facebook plugins (Like-Button)

1. On the websites of Afro-Pfingsten are plugins of the social network Facebook, 1601 South California Avenuw, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA integrated. The visitor recognizes the Facebook plugins by the Facebook logo or the "Like button" on the page of Afro-Pfingsten. 
2. When visiting the websites of Afro-Pfingsten, a direct connection between the visitor's browser and the Facebok server is established via the plugin. Facebook thereby receives the information that the visitor has visted the page of Afro-Pfingsten with his IP address. 
3. If the visitor clicks the Facebook "Like button" while logged into his Facebook account, he can link the content of the pages of Afro-Pfingsten on this Facebook profile. This allows Facebook to associate the visit of the pages of Afro-Pfingsten with the user account of the visitor. Afro-Pfingsten as the provider of the pages receives no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data and its use by Facebook. Further information on this can be found in the privacy policy of Facebook. 
4. If the visitor does not want Facebook to be able to assign the visit to the pages to his Facebook user account, he must log out of the Facebook user account in advance. 

for the use of Twitter

1. On the websites of Afro-Pfingsten are functions of the service Twitter integrated. These functions are offered by Twitter Inc., 795 Folsom St., Suite 600, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.
2. By using Twitter and the "Retweet" function, the websites visited are linked to the visitor's Twitter account and made known to other users. In the process, data such as IP address, browser type, domains called up, pages visited, mobile phone provider, device and apllication IDs and search terms, among other things, are transmitted to Twitter.
3. Afro-Pfingsten points out that it, as the provider of the pages, has no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Twitter. Due to ongoing updates of the privacy policy of Twitter, reference is made to the latest version. 
4. The privacy settings on Twitter can be changed in the account settings. 
5. Questions should be addressed to Afro-Pfingsten. 

On our pages are functions of the service Instagram integrated. These functions are offered by Instagram Inc, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA integrated. If you are logged into your Instagram account, you can link the content of our pages to your Instagram profile by clicking on the Instagram button. This allows Instagram to associate the visit to our pages with your user account. We would like to point out that we, as the provider of the pages, have no knowledge of the content of the transmitted data or its use by Instagram. For more information, please see the privacy policy of Instagram: http://instagram.com/about/legal/privacy/

or the use of YouTube.

Our website uses plugins from the YouTube site operated by Google. The operator of the pages is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA. When you visit one of our pages equipped with a YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers is established. This tells the YouTube server which of our pages you have visited. If you are logged into your YouTube account, you enable YouTube to assign your surfing behavior directly to your personal profile. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account. For more information on the handling of user data, please refer to YouTube's privacy policy at https://www.google.de/intl/de/policies/privacy.

"Should individual provisions of this contract be invalid or unenforceable or become invalid or unenforceable after conclusion of the contract, the validity of the rest of the contract shall remain unaffected. The invalid or unenforceable provision shall be replaced by a valid and enforceable provision the effects of which most closely approximate the economic objective pursued by the contracting parties with the invalid or unenforceable provision. The above provisions shall apply mutatis mutandis in the event that the contract proves to be incomplete."

If political or economic events, epidemics (or pandemics) or force majeure in general make it impossible or difficult to hold the event, the participant cannot make any claims for damages against the organizer.

Place of performance and exclusive jurisdiction for disputes arising from the relationship between Afro-Pfingsten and the user or participant is the registered office of Afro-Pfingsten. The legal relationship is subject to Swiss law.