Are you new to music festival traveling? There’s a few things you’ll want to know before you set out on the trip of a lifetime. Many people find themselves in over their head early on when it comes to trekking out and surviving the show. Enjoy the show and learn the basics!

I consider myself a bit of a music festival traveling expert. I’ve been lucky enough to attend more music festivals than I can count on my fingers (running out of toes now!), although it’s come at a lot of sacrifice. There’s plenty of things I wish I knew early on about music festival traveling that would have saved me a lot of headache my first few shows.

This will be a periodic feature here on the site, providing tips to help you survive the madness that is a music festival. Hopefully with my advice you’ll become a music festival traveling junkie yourself!

Music Festival Traveling Tip

SO anyway… Today’s tip!

Always bring a festival buddy. If it’s your first time attending the festival, if you’re new to the area – there’s just endless reasons why you should bring someone along with you. Be advised that if you’re green around the gills when it comes to music traveling, you’ll want a safety net in place to help you along when things get a little dramatic. Besides, who doesn’t want to share such a memorable experience with their closest friends?