Tips and Tricks For The
Best Festival Experience

Festival Season has arrived and here is some advice that will make your experience go from good to great. Veterans of the festival scene come armed with tricks up their sleeves in order to make their experience as optimal as possible. Many of these tricks aren’t obvious and are learned through experience. We are here to save you time so you can begin living your best festival life right away. Here are the tips and tricks you need to know in order to party like a pro.

 

1. Screenshot your ticket so you can pull it up even if you don’t have service

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2. Save a picture of the schedule to your phone.

 

3. For the most room go to the side of the stage that is opposite of the side where the crowd is coming from.

 

4. Get up front easily by first going up along the side and then going slightly back but towards the middle.

 

5. Use the soundbooth as a meet up spot with friends. Use the soundbooth as a reference point to where you are at. (ex: in front of the soundbooth, left of the soundbooth, etc.)

 

6. Hold your hand up when getting through a crowd. People will see your hand and notice you getting through before you get next to them and will automatically shift their body as you get near without you asking. 

 

7. If they sell water with no caps, always ask the vendors if you could please keep the cap before purchasing a water bottle if you give them a tip. (If they say no, try a different vendor) 

 

8. Before you come to the fest backup all your photos, notes and contacts in case you lose your phone
 

9. Set your lock screen to say, "if found, please text (friends #)". If a good person finds it, it can save you the trouble of going to lost and found.
 

10. Do a walk around the festival with your squad so everyone knows what the festival and stages look like and where some main locations are. locate the medical tents, water stations, bathrooms, stages, etc. That way you know where everything is and what it looks like.



Additional advice below provided by Jules Johnson
 

Change shoes and socks! Like twice a day or every day.

 

Shop for sanctioned merch at the booths on Thursday (or Friday) because they will have the best selection of products.

 

Shop the renegade vendors on Sunday because they're more open to negotiation and heady trades.

 

Try something new! Don't fixate on the really cool thing you heard about or remember from last year or making it to every single set. This will wind you up so tight that you won't be able to unwind and have fun. Let the festival choose your adventure.

 

Make new friends. Compliment someone, buy a line-mate a drink, help someone who is doin a struggle, Share your bounty with the other revelers.

 

Test your party favors! Don't go too far outside your network for things.

 

BRING A DUST MASK, neti pot will help you avoid wook flu. Plan for all the weather and temps. All of them. Trust me. Idc if the festival is in Florida in February or Canada. Weather works differently around festivals and the predictions are wrong and the unexpected will happen.

 

Wear sunscreen.

 

Always carry a bandana

 

Keep anything you value ON YOUR PERSON secured to you if possible. Hip bags, cross body, chest bags, etc are great for this. Carabineer clips are so useful.

 

Things will not go as planned. Plan less. Be open minded. Don't let the 30m downpour ruin your whole week.

 

Check out smaller stages and workshops. These people are competing for attention in an incredibly competitive environment. They may be performing for their first time at a festival and they're going to give you the very best performance they possibly can. They might become your next favorite artist and next year they might be headlining EDC.

 

Watch the flow artists.

 

Wander.

Be Kind.

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