Useful Items for festival

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I am going to festival in the hot weather in august. I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions of what to take that can be useful. Its essentially camping just with a music playing as well, no fires allowed of any kind and no glass.

I have so far:

Tent
Double self inflate mat (bit optimistic i know ;), can fold down to one though)
led camping lights
led torch
light weight camping sun chair
Cooler bag to keep drinks as cold as i can in the tent without access to chill packs.
sleeping bag
camping blanket for in/outside tent
Shade canopy/tarp if there is no shade left.
batteries
pocket shower
got all the clothes, two hats.
I am still thinking about getting a hammock.

Any other ideas?
 
Sack truck.
Wet wipes
Bin liners

TENT - at least one man bigger than you need, you need to keep your beer and clothes somewhere.
Army tent/gazebo - If one person in the group can bring this, it will give you somewhere dry to drink and socialize when not in the arena.
Sleeping Bag - Good idea unless you want to get cold.
Mat/air bed - makes it more comfortable
Pillow - I just put a fluffy jumper over a clothes stuffed rucksack.
Food -Can be bought in the camp site although quite expensive. can be bought cheap from town centre.
Cutlery- Turns out to be useful
Camping stove - If your planning to make any food, you'll need a camp stove or disposable bbq.
Pot - if your using a camp stove, then you'll need a pot to use on it.
Comdoms - Be safe or may come home with a funny itch!
DRUGS -Enough said OH wait :p (as in Asprin, pro plus, plasters)
Matches/Lighter - Need to burn things. It's a must....
Hammer - Those bloody tent pegs never go in.(don't think that'll be a problem this year.
Small Knife - Like fire it's a mans essential. Useful!!!
Torches - Un-less you've been bulking up on those carrots.
Batterys - Power those torches and other equipment
mo3 player/speakers[/b} - again if one person in the group can bring a MP3 player, then all is good.
Bog Paper - Very Important,, Will be a messy weekend without as all of the paper in the loos gets nicked or runs out
Boots/Wellington boots - The camp sites are still very wet, this is an essential this year.
Cash - 50+ ( I budget 50 a day)
Camera - Best taking a disposable one or a cheap digital which you don't mind losing.
Sun tan lotion - It can be quite hot. Hopefully we will need it, but doubt fall.
Jacket/Coat/Poncho - I take a poncho, small easy to carry/put on. Great festival image.
Sunglasses -Handy.
Deodrant -You will Smell BAD after 1 day of moshing etc..
toiletrys - Tooth paste, wet wipes (can have a wipe down everyday, keep that smell at bay) etc
Beer/spirits - What's a festival when your sober. Take plenty, leave in car. Then you can go and collect rather than walking into town, which have sold out.
Friends - Don't forget to bring them, especially if your driving
Extra clothes - Your clothes will get wrecked and lost bring some more
Warm Clothes - It can and has got very cold at night, remember you'll still be up at 3-4am and much much later. Brings Loads of warm clothes, layers is the way forward. Layer up and it traps the heat in. Jumpers, coats. make sure you can fit one pair of trousers over the other to keep legs warm. Gloves!!
Soft drinks/collapsible water container - You will get very very dehydrated, beer + moshing = lose.. So make sure you either bring loads of soft drinks, or a collapsible water container, you can fill up from a water point.
Bin liners/carrier bags - wrap bog roll, clothes etc in them. Stops it getting wet, aslo can be used as bins.
Chair - I think it's essential, You've been stood up all day. You need to chill out and relax. more comfortable and can be kept dry. Unlike the floor.

TICKETS - you wont be doing anything without them. (due to my friend losing my ticket in 2007, don't let tickets out of your sight either.)

 
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Festival is 8 nights long and in portugal, i have 23kg luggage with tap portugal. I will need to take more than just a weekend festival, its more a camping trip with music.

So far i have

lube, extra large condoms, toilet paper, I think if i can fit a full size pillow in that would be best, bin bags and others thanks.

Did you get that list from download festival or something, didn't think of looking for that.
 
Phones etc - make sure you only bring an old or spare phone. Something like a Sammy Galaxy SII which is now 3 years old but can still be used for taking pics/videos at the gigs. One of those Anker battery packs from the rain forest wouldn't go amiss either. It can hold about 4-5 charges depending on the phone.
 
SUNCREAM!

I got burned on Thursday and Friday morning at Download festival then had to endure 3 full days of mosh pits with burned back and shoulders. NOT fun
 
I have so far:

Double skin tent with 3000 hydrostatic head
Double self inflate mat or inflatable mattress
led torch
light weight camping sun chair (which won't break easily)
Collapsible bucket to fill with water for beer chilling
sleeping bag
2 pack of cheap ass pillows
Gazebo between friends
Wet wipes, deodrant, toilet paper, toothbrush and paste
Paracetemol, immodium, suncream
Clothes, hat, sunnies
Waterproof boots with good arch support AND a pair of trainers for back at camp
Waterproof ponch
Beer, cigs, spirits, kilo of bolivian cocaine
Radio
Earplugs (sleeping is hard at a festival)
Empty 5 litre bottle for water
Urine jug
Duck tape and cable ties
Cheap phone you don't mind ruining (don't bring a smartphone)
Sack truck with ratchet straps to cart it all on

If you aren't bringing hundreds in cash then bring food - beans, hot dogs, hexi stove, cereal bars, crisps etc.

Edited list based on what I consider to be minimum after doing festivaling for years, then again I'm older so comfort is a bit more neccessity. Don't leave anything in your tent that you aren't prepared to lose and sleep with valuables in the bottom of your sleeping bag.

Gone are the days when I'd show up with nothing but a pop up tent, put one tent peg in and proceed to spend 5 days drinking but if you're 18 and healthy that's the best way to go :D

I wouldn't worry about condoms, they'll just melt in the skanky festival vag. Going down on them girls is like licking a nine volt battery.
 
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Wear sunscreen.

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.

Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.

Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.
 
A spare everything, a safe, a shovel.

Put the spare everything in the safe, bury it, carry the shovel with you at all times.

That way you can be sure that you will not be without something important when it inevitably gets stolen.

Also gaffa tape to seal up your tent when it gets knifed.
 
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