61 Festival Tips You NEED for the Best Festival Ever

All these festival tips are hard learned from over 24 years(!) of going to festivals. Some will help you to make friends at festivals, others to not make enemies, and others to cope with those festival toilets / queues / camping, that make us love festivals so much.

I love a festival. As proven by my festival CV covering over 60 festivals in 22 different countries. I want to share all my learnings with you, to help you have the best festival experience possible at your next / first one.

The festival tips below will cover what to do pre festival, during, and post festival. Obviously you want to pack right, look right, see your fave acts and share the good vibes, but what else can you do for the most festival fun ever?

Hope you enjoy these tips for festivals – just let me know if you’ve got any to add in the comments below!

61 Festival Tips You NEED for the Best Festival Ever

Read these tips for your first music festival to make sure you’re properly prepared.

1. Don’t take a flag, you’ll block the view for the people behind and that is NOT how you make festival friends. Although, if you do want to take a flag, here are all the best flagpoles for festivals