> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://resources.getvolt.dk/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The Ultimate Guide to Festival Lockers (2026) - URL: https://resources.getvolt.dk/guides/festival-lockers-guide/ - Published: 2026-08-10T08:30:13.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-21T11:13:31.000Z - Description: Everything about festival lockers: sizes, access codes, sharing with friends, cost, day vs full-festival, and what to do if something goes wrong on site. - Author: The Volt Team - Tags: guide, Event Lockers, For Festival Goers Your phone's dead, you're at 4% brain capacity too, and you cannot remember the code for the locker where your ticket, your wallet and your only dry hoodie are sitting. It's midnight on day three. This guide exists so that moment never happens to you, and covers everything else about festival lockers along the way: what size they are, how booking and the access code system work, whether you can share one with a friend, what they cost, and exactly what to do when something goes wrong. At Volt festivals this product is called **Event Lockers**, booked ahead and code-locked storage set up on site for the days the event runs. This guide covers the whole system end to end, with links out to a deeper answer on anything you need more detail on. ## Contents - [What is a festival locker?](#what-is-a-festival-locker) - [Where you'll find Event Lockers](#where) - [What size is a festival locker, and what fits inside](#size) - [How booking works](#booking) - [How the access code system works](#access-codes) - [Can you share a locker with a friend?](#sharing) - [Day locker or full-festival locker?](#day-vs-full) - [What festival lockers cost](#cost) - [Lockers and charging together](#charging) - [What not to put in a locker](#dont-store) - [Locker or Cloakroom, which one do you want?](#locker-vs-cloakroom) - [QR, PIN or physical access: the locker types you'll see](#access-modes) - [For organisers: running lockers at your event](#organisers) - [When something goes wrong](#when-it-goes-wrong) - [FAQ](#faq) ## What is a festival locker? A locker, in the general sense, is what [Wikipedia's definition](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locker?ref=resources.getvolt.dk) calls "a small, usually narrow storage compartment," the same idea used in schools, gyms and train stations. A festival locker takes that idea and deploys it temporarily: a bank of individually coded compartments built for the days the event runs, then packed up and moved on to the next one. At a Volt event the product is Event Lockers: a personal locker number and access code, sent to your phone before your slot, that you can open and re-lock as many times as you like during opening hours. No queueing at a coat check counter, no paper ticket to lose. You carry your phone, which you were carrying anyway. ## Where you'll find Event Lockers Volt runs Event Lockers at over 120 festivals and events across six markets: Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands and Belgium. That covers everything from a multi-day camping festival with lockers scattered across several camp zones, to a single-day city event with one bank of lockers near the entrance, to a sports event or a permanent installation at an arena, station or gym that runs year-round rather than for one weekend. Not every event runs every service described in this guide, so the specific festival's own listing on [getvolt.dk](https://getvolt.dk/?ref=resources.getvolt.dk) is the source for what's actually on offer where you're headed. ## What size is a festival locker, and what fits inside Volt's standard Event Locker is roughly 30 x 30 x 50 cm, about 45 litres, which comfortably takes a jacket, a day bag and everyday valuables like a wallet, keys and a spare battery. There is no power outlet inside a standard locker; charging is a separate service, covered below. Some events also run **Cool Lockers**, refrigerated Event Lockers built for food, drinks or medication like insulin, and larger deployments let you choose a location inside or outside the main gate, or in the camping areas. For the full breakdown of what actually fits, what doesn't, and how to pack a locker efficiently for a multi-day stay, see the [30x30x50 packing guide](https://resources.getvolt.dk/articles/what-fits-in-a-festival-locker-the-30x30x50-packing-guide/). If you're weighing what you're allowed to bring into the festival in the first place, the [bag rules by festival](https://resources.getvolt.dk/articles/nordic-festival-bag-rules/) piece covers that separately. ## How booking works The short version: book online before the event, ideally, since prices tend to rise the closer you get to the date. You choose a single day or a full-festival rental, pick a location if your event offers more than one, and pay. That's it, no visit to a booth required until you actually collect your code. A locker rental at a Volt event is booked ahead and personal, tied to your slot rather than shared on a first-come basis. Some events run their own booking windows and price tiers (day-by-day, weekday vs weekend, or an all-week option at big camping festivals), so check the specific festival's own listing on [getvolt.dk](https://getvolt.dk/?ref=resources.getvolt.dk) for what's on offer this year. ## How the access code system works Your locker number and a personal access code arrive by email and SMS shortly before your booked slot opens, not weeks in advance. That timing is deliberate: a code that lands fresh at the top of your inbox the night before is harder to lose track of, and harder to reuse improperly, than one sent out a month early. SMS goes to Northern European numbers; email is always the backup, so it's worth checking spam if the text doesn't land. Underneath, this is the same basic idea as any coded entry system, what [Wikipedia's electronic lock entry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%5Flock?ref=resources.getvolt.dk) describes as a lock that unlocks with the correct electric input rather than a physical mechanism. You enter the code, the locker opens, and the same code re-locks and re-opens it as many times as you like during the event's opening hours, at no extra charge. If your code never arrives, or you've genuinely forgotten it, don't panic and don't guess repeatedly at the keypad. The full recovery steps, in order, are in [what happens if I forget my locker code](https://resources.getvolt.dk/articles/what-happens-if-i-forget-my-locker-code/). ## Can you share a locker with a friend? There's no official multi-code feature, one Event Locker booking issues one code. In practice, sharing works fine if you trust the people you're sharing with: pass the code around your group like you would a tent zip combination. What you lose is any way to track who opened it and when, since Volt only sees the one code being used. If your group has enough stuff that one 45-litre locker won't cover everyone, booking two lockers and splitting the group is the cleaner option. The full reasoning, including what changes if your group is bigger than a couple of friends, is in [booking an Event Locker for your group](https://resources.getvolt.dk/articles/event-locker-group-booking-one-code-or-one-each/). ## Day locker or full-festival locker? If you're only at the event for one day, or you're not camping, a single day locker is usually the cheaper choice. If you're on site for the whole run, a full-festival locker means one dedicated locker and code for the entire event rather than rebooking, and potentially getting reassigned to a different locker, each day. Some events specifically do not guarantee you the same locker on a repeat single-day booking, only a full-festival booking gives that guarantee, so if you're storing something you'd notice being moved, that's worth knowing before you choose. The full comparison, with the maths on when each option actually pays off, is in [day locker or full-festival locker: how to choose](https://resources.getvolt.dk/articles/day-locker-or-full-festival-locker-how-to-choose/). ## What festival lockers cost Pricing varies by event, by location on site, and by how far out you book, so this guide won't quote a fixed number that will be stale within a season. What holds steady across events: single-day rentals are the cheapest per booking, full-festival rentals cost more upfront but work out cheaper per day across a multi-day stay, and prices generally rise the closer you book to the event itself, so booking early online beats turning up at the gate. Check the specific festival's own listing on [getvolt.dk](https://getvolt.dk/?ref=resources.getvolt.dk) for this year's pricing, or read the organiser-facing breakdown in [what it costs to offer Event Lockers](https://resources.getvolt.dk/articles/event-locker-cost-for-organisers-revenue-share-explained/) if you're the one running the event rather than attending it. Organisers aren't limited to renting lockers by the event either. Volt offers Event Lockers both as a short-term rental for a single event and as an outright purchase for a permanent, year-round install, the same two commercial routes rival locker suppliers list separately as "lockers for rent" and "buy lockers." Worth knowing if you're comparing options for something that isn't a one-off weekend. ## Lockers and charging together Lockers solve storage, not a dead phone, that's a separate service. Volt runs **Volt Charging Service** (a rental powerbank you swap for a fresh one once a day at a staffed booth), **Volt Self-Service Charging** (a take-with-you charger from an unstaffed station), and **hand-in charging** (drop your own device or powerbank to be charged and collect it later, covered in full in [hand-in charging, explained](https://resources.getvolt.dk/articles/what-is-hand-in-charging/)). Many events also sell a **Locker + Charging bundle** at a better combined price than booking each separately. See the full charging lineup at [Volt's charging service page](https://resources.getvolt.dk/services/charging/). ## What not to put in a locker A standard Event Locker is under cover but has no power outlet, no climate control beyond a Cool Locker's refrigeration, and a fixed 30 x 30 x 50 cm footprint. That rules out anything oversized or anything that needs charging itself, a SOUNDBOKS is the obvious example, along with bikes and e-scooters, which need a dedicated parking or lock-up service rather than a locker. The full rundown of what needs a different service entirely is in [festival items that need a special service, not a locker](https://resources.getvolt.dk/articles/soundboks-bikes-e-scooters-not-a-locker-job/). ## Locker or Cloakroom, which one do you want? An Event Locker is yours for the day or the festival, and you can get in and out of it whenever you like during opening hours. A **Cloakroom** is a different, digital coat-and-bag drop, no paper ticket, claimed from your phone with a code, but built for a single drop-and-collect rather than repeat access all day. If you want your stuff on hand between sets, a locker fits better. If you just want a coat off your back for a few hours and don't need to touch it again until you leave, a Cloakroom does the job. Both are on [Volt's storage services page](https://resources.getvolt.dk/services/lockers/), alongside the Cloakroom's own [service page](https://resources.getvolt.dk/services/cloakroom/). ## QR, PIN or physical access: the locker types you'll see Not every locker system works the same way, and if you've used lockers at a different event or a train station, the mechanics might differ slightly from what a Volt Event Locker does. The trade runs four broad access types: QR code lockers (booked and opened from a link, no queue), PIN code lockers (a code card, no deposit to hand back), key lockers (a deposit-based token you return at the end, the most staff-heavy option), and open mode lockers (you pick your own PIN on the spot, common at corporate events). Volt runs Event Lockers primarily as a QR/code system sent to your phone. The organiser-facing comparison of all four, including when each makes sense, is in [key lockers vs PIN lockers vs QR lockers](https://resources.getvolt.dk/articles/key-lockers-vs-pin-lockers-vs-qr-lockers/). ## For organisers: running lockers at your event If you're planning locker provision for an event rather than attending one, the two questions that come up first are how many lockers to order and what it actually costs. Under-ordering is the common mistake, locker capacity is physically fixed for the run of the event while demand is dynamic, so a shortfall on day two can't be fixed on site the way a staffing gap sometimes can. [How many lockers does your festival need](https://resources.getvolt.dk/articles/how-many-event-lockers-does-your-festival-need/) covers sizing rules of thumb, and [what it costs to offer Event Lockers](https://resources.getvolt.dk/articles/event-locker-cost-for-organisers-revenue-share-explained/) covers the commercial side, including revenue share. For the full range of what Volt runs on site beyond lockers, charging and Cloakroom, start at [Volt's storage services page](https://resources.getvolt.dk/services/lockers/) and talk to the team from there. ## When something goes wrong Most festival locker problems fall into one of three buckets, and each has its own full answer: - **You never got a code, or you've lost it.** Check spam first, the backup email usually beats the SMS delay. Full steps: [what happens if I forget my locker code](https://resources.getvolt.dk/articles/what-happens-if-i-forget-my-locker-code/). - **The locker won't open, even with the right code.** This is a hardware issue, not a you issue, and Event Lockers are monitored daily with on-site support during the event. Full steps: [event locker won't open, even with the right code](https://resources.getvolt.dk/articles/event-locker-wont-open-even-with-the-right-code/). - **You've lost something else entirely,** a phone, a wristband, keys, not stored in a locker at all. It happens more than you'd think: around 200 forgotten phones and up to 50 bunches of keys were handed to police after a single Roskilde Festival, according to [a report from The Local](https://www.thelocal.dk/20190711/denmark-200-forgotten-phones-found-after-roskilde-festival/?ref=resources.getvolt.dk). It's the strongest argument for putting valuables in a locker in the first place rather than a pocket. Volt's on-site support is checked daily during the event, so a real fault gets fixed fast rather than sitting broken for the rest of the run. More on what that actually means operationally is in [what on-site support means for Event Lockers](https://resources.getvolt.dk/articles/what-on-site-support-means-for-event-lockers/). ## FAQ ### What size is a festival locker? Volt's standard Event Locker is roughly 30 x 30 x 50 cm, about 45 litres, enough for a jacket, a day bag and everyday valuables. There's no power outlet inside. See the [full packing guide](https://resources.getvolt.dk/articles/what-fits-in-a-festival-locker-the-30x30x50-packing-guide/) for what fits and what doesn't. ### How do I get my access code? It arrives by email and SMS shortly before your booked slot opens, not weeks in advance. Check spam if the text is late; email is always the backup. ### Can I share a locker with a friend? There's no official multi-code feature, but nothing stops you sharing the one code with people you trust. If your group needs more space, book a second locker rather than overloading one. Full reasoning in [booking an Event Locker for your group](https://resources.getvolt.dk/articles/event-locker-group-booking-one-code-or-one-each/). ### What happens if I forget my combination at midnight on day three? Don't keep guessing at the keypad. Check your email, spam folder included, for the original code first, since it's usually still there even if the SMS is long gone. If you genuinely can't recover it, find the on-site Volt team, who can verify your booking and get you back in. The full walkthrough is in [what happens if I forget my locker code](https://resources.getvolt.dk/articles/what-happens-if-i-forget-my-locker-code/). ### Do festival lockers have power outlets inside? No, a standard Event Locker has no outlet. Charging is a separate service, either Volt Charging Service, Volt Self-Service Charging, or hand-in charging, and some events sell a combined Locker + Charging bundle. See [Volt's charging services](https://resources.getvolt.dk/services/charging/). ### Should I book a day locker or a full-festival locker? If you're there one day, a day locker is usually cheaper. If you're there the whole run, a full-festival locker is usually cheaper per day and, at some events, is the only option that guarantees you the same locker throughout. Full comparison: [day locker or full-festival locker: how to choose](https://resources.getvolt.dk/articles/day-locker-or-full-festival-locker-how-to-choose/). ### What if the locker won't open even though I have the right code? That's a hardware fault, not a code problem. Event Lockers are monitored daily with on-site support, so find the Volt team on site rather than repeating the code. Steps: [event locker won't open, even with the right code](https://resources.getvolt.dk/articles/event-locker-wont-open-even-with-the-right-code/). ### Can I store a SOUNDBOKS, a bike or an e-scooter in a locker? No, none of those fit a standard 30 x 30 x 50 cm locker or its no-power-outlet design. Each has its own service, covered in [festival items that need a special service, not a locker](https://resources.getvolt.dk/articles/soundboks-bikes-e-scooters-not-a-locker-job/). Whatever question brought you here, the short version is this: book early, keep your access code in an email you can find without signal, and if anything goes wrong on site, the Volt team is there to sort it, not just a website. Browse this year's offering at [getvolt.dk](https://getvolt.dk/?ref=resources.getvolt.dk) or start at [Volt's storage services page](https://resources.getvolt.dk/services/lockers/). For the vocabulary rundown (smart lockers, smart locker solutions, indoor vs outdoor) and what organisers need to decide before booking, see the [Event Lockers guide](https://resources.getvolt.dk/guides/event-lockers-guide/). No campsite to leave things at also changes the packing calculus: see [where to put your stuff at a one-day city festival](https://resources.getvolt.dk/articles/where-do-you-put-your-stuff-at-a-one-day-city-festival/) for the full rundown of what to bring versus lock up.