With this summer’s music festival season in full swing, it’s never the wrong time to make sure you’re prepared for your favorite festival weekend. At a music festival, the elements can work against you in a number of different ways, so packing accordingly is essential if you want to truly enjoy yourself. Most festivals offer the sparsest of amenities (think porta-potties and a parking area to pitch a tent), but “roughing it” doesn’t have to be so rough if you come prepared.
Here are a few things that you really can’t go to an outdoor music festival without:
Sunscreen. Most likely, it’s going to be incredibly hot, with little shade available to you and your friends. Pack lots of sunscreen because there’s really nothing worse than waking up the second day of a weekend, or even weeklong festival, with a sunburn. In the same regard, bring a hat! You may go days without a shower or shade, so protect your eyes and face, and keep long hair pulled back under a hat to avoid the inevitable development of dreadlocks (unless of course that’s what you’re going for).
Water, and reusable water bottles. This one might seem like an obvious item to pack, but its importance can’t be stressed enough. You’ve got to stay hydrated to avoid heat stroke and other symptoms related to the summer heat. Many festivals provide water, so keep a lookout for stations to refill your water bottle.
Walkie-talkies. With thousands of people flooding one area at a festival, cell phones to contact the crew you came with might become useless with cell towers overloaded by signals. Also, you may not have access to outlets to charge your phone. You can buy cheap, battery-powered walkie-talkies to communicate with your group if you get separated.
A few other items you might want to consider packing are: toilet paper, extra socks and clothes in case it rains, and hand sanitizer or baby wipes (a.k.a. known as the closest thing you’ll get to a shower this week).
Check out this detailed list of even more things to be sure to pack for your favorite music festival this summer.
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