61 Festival Tips You NEED for the Best Festival Ever

ByVictoria Philpott Last Updated:

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.

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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.

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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 to consider.

2. Look at the weather before you go and pack accordingly, and a few degrees either side. Have you seen my almighty festival packing list for all the festival packing tips you could need?

3. Use Tiger Balm under your nostrils to cope with the smell of the toilets when you go in.

4. Bag up each outfit in a separate bag in your backpack before you go – helps to have everything you need in one place when you’re rustling around in your tent in the morning.

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5. Know the booze rules of the festival, so you know whether you need to bother sneaking alcohol in or not.

6. Warm beer and cider is horrible. Don’t bother with the chore of carrying it and just bring spirits instead, or bags of wine. Here’s the best alcohol for festivals, if you’re thinking about packing some. And you might want to check out the best festival cool boxes too.

7. Don’t expect your phone to work. If you really need to, you could buy a signal booster .

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