Top 10 Things You Must Take To Your Next Music Festival
Every music festival junkie shares one thing in common. Experience. Accomplished festival goers have gained insights from each festival attended, rising above festival newbies in their level of experience are typically more prepared for the next adventure. This experience continues to grow by participating in distinguished festivals that entail different needs. Collective background knowledge is further perpetuated and put to use as the avid music lover continues to grow their repertoire of festival pros and cons, utilizing their knowledge to pack strategically and specifically for their next voyage. Some items become essential to bring to every kind of fest, no matter the kind. The following list of 10 essential things to bring to your next music festival
1. Hydration Backpack
An essential key to maintaining your energy and thriving through multiple days of festival raging is to stay extra hydrated. Quench your thirst with any style hydration backpack that doubles as a popular accessory for festival goers and rave enthusiasts alike. This must have item is able to hold at least 3 times as much water as a normal water bottle, saving you multiple trips to the water refill stands and keeps you hydrated longer. A conveniently hands-free hydration method, the hydration backpack is best suited for raving and sipping simultaneously.
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2. Portable Charger
Don’t miss out on capturing concert videos or pictures of you and your festival buddies by letting your phone die. Prevent losing your device’s accessibility by bringing a fully juiced portable charger along with a cord to lengthen the lifetime of your phone battery to last all day. Carrying this around with you will also stop you from wasting time spent at charging stations, that may already be jampacked.
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3. Walkie Talkies
Getting clear reception for your phone is difficult, and sometimes nearly impossible take to achieve while floating to and from stages at a music festival. Losing cellular reception obviously makes staying in contact with your festival groupies unattainable and can be frustrating as well as a safety concern. Solve your problems by getting your group equipped with matching walkie talkies. This communication device is a fail-proof way to stay connected with homies that tend to roam. Just make sure you all are synced on the same station.
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4. Throw Blanket/ Tapestry
Finding a comfortable patch of grass, under a tree that provides the perfect amount of shade to rest on in between acts, is just simply untangible at most music festivals. Instead, patrons are usually forced to sit criss-cross on uncomfortable grounds that are flat and dusty from heavy foot traffic or trek all the way back to their campgrounds to get some rest. However, not all festivals provide campgrounds for festival goers, leaving them with the first option only. Make a comfortable resting spot almost anywhere, by setting down a thick tapestry or throw a blanket on the ground. Bring one with a groovy pattern to fit the festival aesthetic and double as a dope background for festival photo ops. In addition, this cute prop can be used to shade your head and back from the piercing sun rays. We love versatility!
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5. Sun Protection
Attending any music festival during the hot months of spring and summer means you’ll be spending long days outside exposed to the hot sun. Sun protection in the form of sunglasses, hats, or is crucial for surviving a multi-day concert. UV protective sunglasses not only protect fragile eyes from sunbeams but can be the transformative piece in a stand-out festival costume.
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6. Disposable Camera
What more appropriate way to capture snapshots of the most memorable festival moments, than with a retro disposable camera. A sweet little trinket that has one simple purpose: capture memories authentically, should be used as a replacement for the camera on your phone. Digital cameras have given us a way to capture multiple shots of one photo until we are satisfied with at least one picture. However, this method has caused us to often stage photos of ourselves instead of taking random pictures and fully capturing the raw moment, as well as the emotions and story behind it. Digital cameras bring us back to a groovy state of simplicity. The lengthy development process of disposable camera photos dismiss instant gratification and allow us to relive the moment we captured with more appreciation.
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7. Fanny Pack
Carry your cash, ID, chapstick, phone, portable charger, disposable camera, or anything else you fancy to bring to a concert, in a fanny pack that matches your outfit. The fanny pack is has been revolutionized since its beginning in eighties activewear. It has now become a must-have item at music festivals because of the dynamic ability to hold everything you need in a bag that never leaves your body. Styling the bag as a front-facing accessory may reduce the chances of losing your personal items or having them stolen from you. This lightweight accessory best feature is that its handsfree which allows you to rage as hard as you want all day long.
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8. Bandana Mask
This trendy accessory should be taken to every music fest you attend. Cute and practical, a bandana mask, or other masks like it, cover your mouth and nose to protect you from breathing loads of dust, smoke or other unwanted festival substances.
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9. Kaleidoscope Glasses
Take your concert experience to another level with some groovy kaleidoscope glasses. These special glasses manipulate the bright lights and lasers moving about during the set. Lights are twisted, warped and multiplied in a variety of ways, depending on the type of glasses you get. Put these on and you’ll block out the rest of the world and fall heavily into the moment of music and lights.
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10. Biodegradable Glitter
Music fests bring out the most outlandish and grooviest outfits, accessories, and makeup. Glitter is popularly used by many fest chicks and rave enthusiasts as a fun way to make you shine and feel sparkly inside and out. With the heavy use of this playful stuff, festival grounds tend to be covered in sparkles which don’t leave when the festival goers and musicians do. To reduce the environmental impact that plastics from glitter create, use glitter that is biodegradable instead.
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