Summertime is upon us and we all know what that means: it is the prime time for music festivals. While people are gearing up for all sorts of musical adventures, I thought it would be only appropriate to draft up some do’s and don’ts of music festival season.
- You can either wear a blouse with tasteful cleavage or a pair of hot pants – do not do both, because that is the strongest indication of a try-hard.
- Want to do drugs? Go for it – just make sure whatever you are taking enhances your experience and that it doesn’t hinder it.
- Don’t want to do drugs? Hell yeah, take it all in.
- Keep calm and stay hydrated.
- Buy a disposable camera and take pictures throughout your musical journey.
- Do your research: listen to the bands you will be seeing before going to the festival.
- Expand your horizons – see a show that you wouldn’t usually go to.
- Don’t go Instagram and Snapchat crazy – focus on your surroundings with your own eyes, not a lens.
- Go for the music, stay for the party.
- Get to know the audience – you all are there for the same reasons.
- Be mindful of your surroundings – crappy people can be in even the greatest of places.
- Make sure you and your friends have a game plan if you get separated – cell reception can be horrendous at these festivals.
- Respect the festival grounds – reduce, reuse, recycle.
- Don’t feel obligated to stick to a schedule; feel free to float around for a while.
- Budget yourself so that you can get the biggest bang for your buck during the festival.
- Put a stuffed animal on a long stick so that you can hold it up to help your friends find you in the large crowds.
- Sunscreen is sexy, so be sure to bring plenty.
- Seriously, I can’t stress hydration enough.
- Take this time to take fashion risks; what is atypical in normal society is encouraged in festival culture.
- Be a respectful audience member: you are there to see the performers, not to be an asshole.