Harm reduction infrastructure for live music

The people at
your festival
deserve better
than luck.

Tools for festivals, raves, and nightlife — grounded in harm reduction, not moralising.

Built as one system, not scattered tools.

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The Ecosystem

Three parts.
One system.

Most safety work at festivals happens in silos — a first aid tent over here, a harm reduction stall over there, an incident report filed after the fact. None of it connects. None of it learns.

ViceLab is structured differently. The research arm produces the evidence base. Cooked Pilot delivers it to attendees in real time. VibeGuard gives organisers the visibility to act on it.

Each division is independently useful. Together, they form something that hasn't existed before — an end-to-end harm reduction infrastructure for live events.

Research layer
ViceLab
Evidence, frameworks, field instruments, education materials. The methodological foundation for everything else.
↓ informs
Peer safety layer
Cooked Pilot
Real-time safety platform for festival-goers. Alerts, peer check-ins, and the Wingmate network — built on ViceLab protocols.
↓ feeds data into
Compliance layer
VibeGuard
Safety analytics and compliance tools for event organisers. Turns crowd intelligence into documented, defensible decisions.
The Three Divisions

What we build,
and why.

Each division has a distinct audience and a specific job. They share a methodology, a values framework, and a data architecture — but they're not trying to do the same thing.

Research & Instruments

ViceLab produces the evidence base that underpins every product in the ecosystem. Not academic research shelved in a journal — practical instruments, field guides, and education materials designed to be used by workers, not cited by researchers.

  • Peer-based methodology, not clinical
  • Practical safety guides and evidence-based harm reduction resources — for crews, community workers, and anyone who wants to understand risk without judgment.
  • Education materials for frontline workers
  • Ethics frameworks for organisers & councils
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Festival Safety Platform

A peer-to-peer safety app for festival-goers. Not a hotline. Not a government service. Cooked Pilot puts harm reduction in people's pockets — real-time substance alerts, check-in tools, and a Wingmate network that keeps groups accountable to each other.

  • Real-time substance alerts from the crowd
  • Wingmate peer check-in system
  • MAYDAY escalation — not surveillance
  • Zero personal data retention
See the platform →
Compliance & Analytics

Built for the people responsible when things go wrong. VibeGuard gives event organisers a real-time safety operations layer — incident monitoring, regulatory reporting, and documented evidence of duty of care. Safety that's also defensible on paper.

  • Real-time safety operations dashboard
  • Anonymised crowd intelligence
  • Regulatory reporting & export tools
  • Post-event safety reviews
See VibeGuard →
Field Intelligence

Not merch.
Field intelligence.

Every ViceLab product is built on one principle: precision, density, real-world usability. Limited runs. No restock guarantees. These are working documents — not decoration.

Limited — First Edition
Harm-Reduction Prints

Hand-numbered, first edition prints designed as both awareness tools and art objects. Built on ViceLab field research. Once the edition closes, it doesn't reopen.

  • Hand-numbered — each print is unique
  • First edition, no guaranteed restock
  • Awareness tool and art object
  • Grounded in ViceLab research
Access
Field Access Cards

Unique access codes that unlock ViceLab's digital resources — field guides, protocol documents, and updates as they're released. Your entry point into the ecosystem.

  • Unique access code per card
  • Unlocks digital field resources
  • Ongoing updates included
  • Ecosystem entry point
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Why trust this

What we stand on.

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Peer-based, not prescriptive

Harm reduction works when it comes from people who understand the context. Our methodology is built around peer knowledge, not clinical hierarchy. We inform — we don't instruct.

02
Non-surveillance by design

Cooked Pilot and VibeGuard are built on a zero-surveillance commitment. No identifiable data is retained. No user behaviour is sold. The system works because people can trust it with their honesty.

03
Grounded in established practice

ViceLab's methodology aligns with organisations including Jellinek, The Loop, Energy Control, and Kosmicare — the field's established practitioners. We build on what already works.

04
Non-medical in scope

We are not a medical service and we don't claim to be. That boundary is intentional — it's what makes the system honest. We handle risk information; we refer for clinical response.

Who we work with

Where do you
fit in?

For festival-goers
You're going to a festival and you want to look out for yourself and your people.

Cooked Pilot gives you real-time safety information, peer check-in tools, and a direct line to support — without anyone watching over your shoulder.

→ Download the app
For festival organisers
You run events and you want a safety infrastructure that actually works.

Licence Cooked Pilot for your event. Get VibeGuard for real-time ops and compliance documentation. Build something you can stand behind.

→ Explore licensing
For harm reduction orgs
You work in harm reduction and want field-ready tools or research collaboration.

ViceLab's education materials are freely available to partner organisations. We're actively seeking embedded partners for pilot events in Australia and Europe.

→ Partner with us
For sponsors & investors
You see harm reduction infrastructure as a fundable, scalable public good.

We're building across three divisions, targeting AU and EU markets, with an evidence base and established partner relationships. Let's talk about what that looks like.

→ Investment overview
Our Position
Harm reduction is information. Not intervention.

"People will take drugs at festivals. That is not a problem to be solved — it's a reality to be navigated with care, accuracy, and respect for human autonomy."

ViceLab exists because the gap between what people do at festivals and what the infrastructure around them acknowledges is dangerous. Not dangerous because people are reckless — dangerous because the silence forces them to operate without information.

Every product in the ViceLab ecosystem is built on one principle: people make better decisions when they have better information. We don't moralize. We don't surveil. We don't pretend abstinence is a safety strategy.

We also don't pretend this is simple. Our ethics framework is available in full — because the people working with this system deserve to know what it was built on.

Read the ethics framework →

Ready to work
on this together?

Whether you're organising an event, running a harm reduction program, or looking to fund infrastructure that matters — there's a place for you in this ecosystem.

Get in touch
Festival organisers
Licence Cooked Pilot for your event
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Harm reduction organisations
Partner with ViceLab on research or deployment
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Investors & sponsors
Fund harm reduction infrastructure at scale
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Harm reduction workers
Access free field guides & education materials
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