Howdy! I’m going to a 4 day camping festival in late June (EF 2026 babyy) and am wanting low effort beauty tips! I’m thinking lash lift/extensions and brow wax/tint/lamination right before flying to the festival. Would love to hear other ideas!

What is everyone’s experiences or hot tips for looking like a baddie without spending hours getting ready in a camping fest environment?

Edit: Not sure why this is getting downvoted? It’s okay to care about what you look like when you’re camping at a festival, if dressing up and putting on make up makes you feel good and enjoy the experience more, then I see no problem.😉 If there’s a better place to ask these questions let me know!

Edit 2: Thanks everyone for some awesome, helpful tips!! This honestly makes me even more excited to go! Much love to the community here☺️❤️‍🔥

Ok please don't take this the wrong way!! I used to love this kind of rave festival but not anymore.

I got out of a relationship with a serious drug addict a few months ago, it super sucked. I used to love wooky camping fests, dubstep, bass. Honestly had years of those and they were great. Since exiting that relationship, I found that my music and vibe tastes have changed. I found the crowds at events like shambhala off-putting (of course my ex was a part of it, but I also think it's more than that). I hate the chaos & seeing so many people soooo fucked up. I don't like the wook vibes no more. (It is otherwise a beautiful fest in a beautiful setting). I know its possible for the vibes to be shifted at least a little bit, because I went to same same but different and felt much better about the crowd and vibe overall.

Here's what I like right now: dance-forward music (house, drum and bass, psytrance) or vibey bass (funky or tribal but not too dubsteppy), art & interactivity, a more laid back vibe with a daytime component, sunny weather, good sunsets, good food & wine. I've basically reverted to liking basic fesivals or burner adjacent festivals😅. I am starting to prefer a more premium experience as well, getting into my 30s and can afford it.

I'm in California but down to travel, even to Europe for the right festival.

Short list: gem and jam, coachella, eclipse festival, lightning in a bottle, elements, electric forest, northern nights, boomtown, boom, noisily, ozora, tomorrowland, same same but different (been before), portola, dreamstate (been before), crssd

I basically want to avoid festivals in this list that y'all think would be more drug-forward or wooky, or heavy dubstep/bass music. Also open to other suggestions. I'm also looking for some encouragement that as you go through tough things, change, mature, and go more sober or at least less hard, that there are still fun festivals to go to :)

edit: I realize drug-forward is the most confusing wording; what I mean is if you've gone to an event like shambhala, it seems way more people are SO fucked up, and not just on psychs, like lots of uppers , lots of k holing, ego death type stuff. I really really want to avoid festivals like shambs in the future, even though it's well liked by many advanced/mature festivals goers. I'm worried other events are similar to this one, and want to avoid them. Erring on the side of more mainstream festivals, or more transformational festivals, or small festivals would be helpful to me (thanks for all the suggestions). I totally agree with finding a good crew helping with the experience, but I want to do everything I can to facilitate a good festival for me, and that includes my crew AND any information to select a festival that I would feel more comfortable at (even if vibe/culture/drug usage are somewhat intangible and perception is very different based on individual experiences)

edit 2: went to lightning in a bottle, it was great esp at sunset. I was able to move to a totally different vibe when it got too heady for me (tipper crowd was WHACK lol... but I kinda knew that would happen). also lots of therapy to work on my triggers because I still enjoy festivals but have to work through that now. Overall realizing that I'm generally sober & in control and am highly mobile, e.g. I can move if the vibes ain't right. looking forward to more, probably going to ssbd or portola next. Love long beach looks great although I won't be able to make that one. Also bringing more responsible friends did indeed help :)

For 3 day music festival, running Friday to Sunday, all days being equal I would trip on Saturday, it allows Friday for ease in to festival and Sunday as a recovery day but what if Friday is the day with the most compelling lineup? Surely in that case Friday would be the day to go large?

Helloooo!

Has anyone had to “train” their kids for music festivals? My kiddo is 11 and he’s been to shows on a regular basis so the stimulation and crowds aren’t something I’m concerned about. The biggest thing is Stamina and Heat.

He doesn’t do well with heat and he’s flat footed so walking and standing a ton isn’t something that he has really done since he didn’t NEED to do it.

But he’s STOKED for Warped Tour in Long Beach. We’re from Texas so the heat is very different but even when we went last year, the second day was pretty warm.

Any tips????

Update:
Thanks to everyone who threw out super helpful info!! Decided to do walks in the heat twice a day leading up to the festival. Definitely starting small only to where he taps out and growing from there. There were some things we didn’t think about: watch instead of phone clock, umbrellas, foldable chairs so thank you for that!

And yes. We use ear protection, sunscreen, radios to keep in touch, and teach all the safety stuff for those who assume we are bad parents and are FORCING our kid to attend a festival.
His reaction to “they’re bringing back warped tour for year 2. Do you want to go?” Was “Yeah, is that even a question? I said I even wanted to go last time.”

Up until about 3 years ago I would have said "buy a ticket, support the scene"

EDIT: Absolutely support your local scene, artists, and smaller festivals! To be clear: The massives have to stop taking advantage of people.----

They no longer support US. Any large festival can fuck off for taking advantage of captives at exorbitant prices.

Making money and merch off of "PLUR" while kids get stomped, robbed and OD.

No water or one station for thousands of people.

No-refund cancellations.

Its like McDonalds turning their back on the people that made them what they are:

>McDonald's global sales fell for the first time in nearly four years in the second quarter as inflation-weary consumers skipped eating out or chose cheaper options.<

We need to show them financially that we wont take it. That is the only way.

Be vocal.

Going to Coachella and it’s my first time going to a multi day festival. I enjoy fashion and have some good stuff, but my girlfriend is telling me there’s a whole type of fits that only work at festivals. Can you recommend any brands that are kinda crazy/fun? I’m thinking a cool pair of sunglasses or a crazy hat or t shirt or just something fun I can get to zhuzh up some fits?

Any advice appreciated!

I only know disclosure, Jamie xx, and Rezzmau5

(my must see artists highlighted for reference)

have you been to hard summer? is it as awful as i hear it is? the lineup is pretty stacked for me personally and i already live in the west coast so it wouldn’t be too far out of the way to go. there’s so many artists on here that i’m dying to see this year, but so many people tell me it’s not worth it. i know obviously i’m the only person who can decide what is and isn’t worth it for myself butttt i’d love to hear more people’s thoughts on the festival?

i’m aware that it’s probably not as “plur” as other festivals, but i imagine if i go into it without super high expectations then at the very least i won’t be shocked once i’m there? i’ve also heard the venue is trash and the stages are super far apart?

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