Survival Punk Rock Festival

10. Have Fun and Go Crazy

            Now you are ready and prepared to have an awesome experience at your festival. Festivals are way better than regular concert because you get so much more than what you paid. More show for your money. This is because festivals are longer, with more bands and more fun. This is kind of like the six flags motto “More flags more fun”. Who cares if you’re half deaf for awhile if you know you had a blast at your festival.

            Be crazy and spontaneous during your festival. Give crowd surfing a try, trust me it’s not bad if you follow my advice from my crowd surfing blog. I’ll guarantee you after your first crowd surfing experience you will want to crowd surf again. With crowd surfing, also try being in a mosh pit and get to tell your friends about all your new battle scars, a.k.a bruises. Usually you get a couple during a huge mosh and really hard core metal song. It happens and it always makes for a funny story to tell your friends or family.

            Also, don’t forget to get your tickets early just in case they sell out quickly during the first couple weeks. Usually the sell out quick especially if the festival is like Warp Tour or Edgefest. Once you get tickets, have a budget plan meeting with your friends so you can discuss how much should everybody spend at the festival.

            Meet and support bands is a must if you want them to stay around. Especially the new ones to the industry. Usually concert goers get introduced to their new favorite bands or new favorite genre that’s out now at a festival. Take pictures and videos and post the on Facebook, Twitter, or Myspace so you can help that band get their name and music out there to the public.

  Take this blogs in and they can help you not have such a bum time from getting hurt from crowd surfing or getting your new band merchandise stolen. I tried to cover everything I know and seen during the few festivals I have been to over the years and trust me I still learning new things every time I go to a show or festival. This blogs are just the basic survival tips I have noticed that everybody uses to make their festival fun and safe and it works every time. Also for those you haven’t been to a festival you are missing out on a fun and awesome experience. 

Also check out my Prezi presentation on history of Warp Tour. http://prezi.com/qv48a_dnevz0/vans-warp-tour/