Overseas summer music festival, anyone? Music festivals can be wild travel experiences of music, culture, camping and partying.
Some festivals, like Denmark’s Roskilde Festival with its climate-friendly camping area, Green Boot Camp, are going greener.
If you’re going to a music festival, what should you pack? Caxton FX recommends these essential packing list items:
- A prepaid currency card. “Unlike the traditional English festival in a field, overseas fests are largely based in or are within reach of a town with ATM machines.”
- UV protection and a hat. “Spending all day outside means you’ll need proper protection – nothing worse than being sunburnt in a sleeping bag! So pack some sun tan lotion. A hat is also good for preventing sunstroke and perfect for hiding greasy hair.”
- Footwear. “Most festivalers consider wellies prime footwear, but crocs are more versatile and weigh less – which makes them much better for packing light.”
- Garbage bags (and sticky tape). “It’s not only Glastonbury that turns into a mudfest. Packing garbage bags, sticky tape and a safety pin means you can create anything from homemade waterproofs to fixing your tent! Use the pin to cut the tape rather than carrying scissors.”
- Phrasebook. “Get to know your fellow festival goers and engage in the culture.”
- Torch. “Preferably (take) a hands free head mounted device, useful for midnight toilet trips.”
- Earplugs. “(Bring them) just in case the tent next to you decides to party hard, all day, all night, all festival.”
Photo credit: Jens Dige/Rockphoto/Roskilde Festival
