# RCW 70.108.020: RCW 70.108.020: Definitions

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T70_C108_S020

## Section

- **Citation:** RCW 70.108.020
- **Heading:** RCW 70.108.020: Definitions
- **Jurisdiction:** Washington
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Washington Code / Title 70 / Chapter 108 / Section 020

## Text

For the purposes of this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the indicated meanings: (1) "Applicant" means the promoter who has the right of control of the conduct of an outdoor music festival who applies to the appropriate legislative authority for a license to hold an outdoor music festival. (2) "Issuing authority" means the legislative body of the local governmental unit where the site for an outdoor music festival is located. (3) "Outdoor music festival" or "music festival" or "festival" means an assembly of persons gathered primarily for outdoor, live or recorded musical entertainment, where the predicted attendance is two thousand persons or more and where the duration of the program is five hours or longer: PROVIDED, That this definition shall not be applied to any regularly established permanent place of worship, stadium, athletic field, arena, auditorium, coliseum, or other similar permanently established places of assembly for assemblies which do not exceed by more than two hundred fifty people the maximum seating capacity of the structure where the assembly is held: PROVIDED, FURTHER, That this definition shall not apply to government sponsored fairs held on regularly established fairgrounds nor to assemblies required to be licensed under other laws or regulations of the state. (4) "Participate" means to knowingly provide or deliver to the festival site supplies, materials, food, lumber, beverages, sound equipment, generators, or musical entertainment and/or to attend a music festival. A person shall be presumed to have knowingly provided as that phrase is used herein after he or she has been served with a court order. (5) "Promoter" means any person or other legal entity issued a permit to conduct an outdoor music festival.

## Nearby sections

- [RCW 70.108.010 RCW 70.108.010: Legislative declaration.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T70_C108_S010.md)
- [RCW 70.108.020 RCW 70.108.020: Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T70_C108_S020.md)
- [RCW 70.108.030 RCW 70.108.030: Permits—Required—Compliance with rules and regulations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T70_C108_S030.md)
- [RCW 70.108.040 RCW 70.108.040: Application for permit—Contents—Filing.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T70_C108_S040.md)
- [RCW 70.108.050 RCW 70.108.050: Approval or denial of permit—Corrections—Procedure—Judicial review.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T70_C108_S050.md)
- [RCW 70.108.060 RCW 70.108.060: Reimbursement of expenses incurred in reviewing request.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T70_C108_S060.md)
- [RCW 70.108.070 RCW 70.108.070: Cash deposit—Surety bond—Insurance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T70_C108_S070.md)
- [RCW 70.108.080 RCW 70.108.080: Revocation of permits.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T70_C108_S080.md)
- [RCW 70.108.090 RCW 70.108.090: Drugs prohibited.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T70_C108_S090.md)
- [RCW 70.108.100 RCW 70.108.100: Proximity to schools, churches, homes.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T70_C108_S100.md)
- [RCW 70.108.110 RCW 70.108.110: Age of patrons.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T70_C108_S110.md)
- [RCW 70.108.120 RCW 70.108.120: Permits—Posting—Transferability.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T70_C108_S120.md)
- [RCW 70.108.130 RCW 70.108.130: Penalty.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T70_C108_S130.md)
- [RCW 70.108.140 RCW 70.108.140: Inspection of books and records.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_WA_T70_C108_S140.md)

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