Monkey Week uses RFID ticket system to provide a seamless experience

RFID systems can be integrated with existing event management solutions. This NFC RFID solution provides Access Control, cashless payments and social network sharing for large events. The system was provided for the Monkey Week music festival in Spain.

Monkey Week is held every year in southern Spain, with more than 200 bands participating. The event not only features performances by well-known bands, but also invites music practitioners to participate in discussions. Participants pay 65 euros for the 3-day event. About 1,500 people attended this year's event.

Monkey Week uses RFID ticket system to provide a seamless experience

(Employees read NFC Tags on participants' wristbands.)

The event has been using RFID management software. This year, NFC technology began to be integrated into the system.

In the past, companies usually provided tickets and software to manage them. Last year, I became interested in RFID technology, hoping to use this technology to automate event ticket access control and help visitors share information on social networks.

San José recalled: “Before we launched, there were already some manufacturers on the market launching RFID services. But these services usually only had access control and no payment or social network functions. The experience of these solutions was often not seamless and perfect. Therefore, the company It was decided to add these features to the system.”

In this solution, each active wristband or ticket has a built-in NXP Semiconductors NTAG216 chip and MiFare Ultralight C NFC tag. The company also provides an NFC-based mobile application that can be used on Famoco Android devices as well as Android NFC smart devices.

Monkey Week provides wristbands to all participants, and employees wear NFC reading smart devices. After visitors purchase tickets online, they will receive an electronic ticket with a built-in 3D barcode. When arriving at the event, employees will scan the barcode and bind it to the NFC tag on their wristband. Upon entering the gate, participants will hand their wristband to a nearby employee to be read. The tag ID number will be associated with the ticket holder data in the application. If the application determines that the ticket is authentic, it will forward the data to the RFID cloud server. When the Android device lights up green, the visitor can enter.

Personnel at the point of sale are also equipped with NFC-enabled Android devices for mobile payments. Visitors with bound credit card information can read the wristband at the POS. This data will be transmitted to the RFID cloud software.

The system also provides a social network sharing function, but Monkey Week did not choose to use it. Employees can take photos of visitors at events. These photo information will be transferred to the visitor's social network.

Monkey Week has deployed a total of 20 NFC reading devices - 2 at the gate and others at the POS and bar.

San José said that it is currently negotiating with several different event organizers in four countries. In the future, the company also plans to enter activities in other fields such as Sports.