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Things to bring with you to a music festival

July 7th, 2008 by Cormac Moylan · 15 Comments

On Thursday myself and the guys are heading to Oxegen. I’m hoping the ol’ itinerary below is enough to bring with me in order to survive four nights in the wilderness of a campsite at Oxegen. Anything missing?…

  1. Ear Plugs - cancel out the noise of folk partying at 5AM when you’re wrecked.
  2. Flash Light - I can’t see in the dark anymore.
  3. Pillow - I have a nice little pillow which I bring with me on trains. :)
  4. Disposable Plastic Cups - for Jack Daniels.
  5. Booze - can’t bring in glass so need to pour JD into plastic bottles. Tough times.
  6. Toilet Paper - for when the toilets at the festival get destroyed.
  7. Radio + CDs - for listening to music in the morning.
  8. Toothbrush/Mouthwash - if I forget either of these I will have a cranky weekend.
  9. 2 Towels - small and big one for the showers.
  10. Shower Stuff - shampoo and body wash.
  11. Baby Wipes - for when you’re dirty but can’t fit in a shower or the showers are crap.
  12. Suncream - hopefully I will need this.
  13. Foldable Chair - going to bring up a cheap deck chair and leave it behind.
  14. Wellies - have to have ‘em.
  15. Bin Liner Bags - for my wet and mucky clothes.
  16. 4 Changes of Clothes (cheap clothes) - God bless Pennys. Picked up loads of clothes for about €60.
  17. Water - lots of water. 10 or 12 liters between a few friends sounds good.
  18. Fruit - apples and bananas can’t be beaten for the old hangovers according to Paul. + orange juice.
  19. Gun - a flare gun for a distress signal. A real gun for killing idiots who fall on your tent.
  20. Blankets - Blankets keep you warm at night. The night can be cold.
  21. Sunglasses + Hat - for defending yourself against the elements and starring at girls.
  22. Raincoat - Ireland is no longer a hot tropical country.
  23. Bags of Nudity - Eh? Don’t know about this one but don’t go to a festival with Phil. (see comments)
  24. Passport - For proving your age. Some festivals accept coloured photocopies so that’s a better choice if they accept copies. Thanks to Dave for the reminder.
  25. Glow Sticks - because you’re only young once.
  26. Anadin - or other types of pain relief.
  27. Mobile Phones - I’m bringing three charged up phones with me. I doubt there are electrical points at any festival so bringing a pack of charged up phones means I just need to swap around the SIM card to avoid being phoneless.

And before you say “tent”, we’re renting out equipment from Tangerine Fields. They’re supplying us with the tent, sleeping bags and some pillows. We also get bumped up to the ‘posh’ camping site as a result of using Tangerine Fields. :)

Check out the comments for more things to bring with you to a festival..

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15 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Paul M. Watson // Jul 7, 2008 at 12:52 pm

    Bottles of water. And fruit (great for hangovers and a skanky Jack Daniels mouth.) A blanket too, I shivered my way through Electric Picnic (someone forgot their sleeping bag and I gave her mine. F’ing cold in late August in a wet field.) Something bright and catchy you can wave in the air for helping your friends find you in a big crowd (a flare gun perhaps.) A hat/cap, lets you snooze anywhere.

  • 2 Philip Roche // Jul 7, 2008 at 12:57 pm

    Ehhhh… Raincoat??. Tangerine Fields is a great idea. Sadly I won’t be there this year and I’m regretting it already.

    Last year I brought a big bag of nudity which went down really well - you can get some good deals on ebay. I also brought a very good pair of beer goggles which made my weekend a lot more enjoyable.

  • 3 Dave Davis // Jul 7, 2008 at 1:27 pm

    Very strange. Just making my list now and your post popped up in my reader.

    Few things to add:

    Chewing Gum
    Orange Juice
    Passport?
    Food (Sandwich and spaghetti hoops) for night time.
    Prophylaxis
    Glow sticks ;)

    Earplugs were definitely my Saviour at EP.

  • 4 Cormac Moylan // Jul 7, 2008 at 1:42 pm

    I’ll be adding those to my list, cheers guys. I forgot to mention anadin and some other pain relief, headache, hangover stuff.

    Dave,
    Not sure if I can get food into my bag. Fruit would be manageable though. Glow sticks and maybe a cowboy hat, mmm ok. I might put ‘go faster’ stickers on my tent too just for the laugh.

    Phil,
    I don’t have a raincoat. Will check out the prices before buying one. Another trip to Pennys so! What is a ‘big bag of nudity’, are you on about porn? What the feck you were doing at the festival? Dirty boy.

    Paul,
    Certainly bringing water. Tesco have a 10 liter pack of water for €5 at the moment. Only problem is traveling with all that weight. Hopefully Naas has some good options in the water department. Tangerine Fields are supplying us with some sleeping bags but I don’t know how good they are. Might pack a blanky if I have the space.

  • 5 Chris Gallagher // Jul 7, 2008 at 1:58 pm

    A waterproof Poncho! Look out the window! A rain jacket will do the same job though :)

  • 6 Cormac Moylan // Jul 7, 2008 at 2:05 pm

    A waterproof poncho! You find ‘em. I’ll buy one.

  • 7 Paul M. Watson // Jul 7, 2008 at 3:40 pm

    Bin liner and three holes, hey presto, a poncho. Get a fishing hat for the water.

  • 8 Ken Stanley // Jul 7, 2008 at 4:46 pm

    I don’t think I could manage 3 nights… which is why I’m only going on the Friday. Still though, wellies and a poncho are going to be essentials.

  • 9 Donn // Jul 7, 2008 at 5:17 pm

    http://www.thebrowncorporation.com/

  • 10 Cormac Moylan // Jul 7, 2008 at 5:33 pm

    The bog standard one looks good :)
    I wonder if they turn a tidy poofit?

  • 11 Paul M. Watson // Jul 7, 2008 at 5:38 pm

    They are going to make a shit load of money with that…

  • 12 John steel // Jul 8, 2008 at 9:11 pm

    you Sir, are a fruit

  • 13 JimC // Jul 10, 2008 at 4:36 pm

    Hows about:
    1: Fill your water bottles with jd
    2: Get a life (or drugs) so you can stay up partying all night too
    3: Bog roll
    4: Use the phone chargers at the festival
    5: Fuck carryin all that other shite

  • 14 Gob! // Jul 30, 2008 at 2:45 pm

    Good info, thanks for that!! Gonna add my meagre crappy ideas to the list:
    1.Bought a raincoat in Dunnes’s that fits into a tiny little bag. Takes up such little room in me bag.
    2.Plenty of socks!
    3.That handwash that you don’t need to use water with.
    4. A good aul cheap disposable camera.
    5. A bumbag! Ha, sounds kinda sad but if keeps your money and passport(and whatver else) safe.

    If I think of any more crappy things I shall get back to ye :)

  • 15 Cormac Moylan // Jul 30, 2008 at 2:53 pm

    Nice one Gob!

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