I love a good festival, me. I’m not sure if it’s the camping, the camaraderie or just the ridiculous clothes that seem to be socially acceptable when you’re partying in a field but I’m well excited for the summer. Here are 75 reasons why you should love festivals too, or at least give one a go if you’ve never been before.
1. You live in the present – it doesn’t matter what’s happened before or after, what band you’re seeing next is what’s important
2. They’re a cheap way to see your favourite bands
3. You get to discover new music
4. Everyone’s friendly
5. You make loads of friends
6. You get back to basics, and enjoy it
7. Everyone’s filthy
8. The shower you have when you come home
9. Do it right and you’re so dehydrated by the last day you don’t even need to visit those toilets
10. Drinking as soon as you wake up is perfectly acceptable
11. Being on the same wavelength as so many people
12. The exercise without knowing you’re doing it
13. The planning
14. The excitement in getting a ticket
15. Festival food shopping beforehand
16. Drink shopping
17. The range of food stalls there
18. Meeting up with friends
19. Seeing random people from your past
20. It being socially acceptable to wear a onesie all day
21. Dressing up
22. Glitter and face paint
23. Feeling trampy but it doesn’t matter because everyone else is
24. Just feeling the love for the music
25. Partying the night away in a small tent to some random band
26. Loud music
27. Possible celeb spots
28. Camping
29. Looking at the onsite shops
30. Being outside
31. People watching
32. Dancing
33. Getting willies stuck in the mud
34. The camaraderie in the toilet queue
35. Drinking a cold pint of cider under the hot sun
36. Sunny weather
37. Not washing
38. Not having far to go to get home
39. A break from the computer
40. The fact there’s bad connectivity and you have to rely on the gentleman’s agreement to meet
41. A break from the news
42. Being off work
43. Random games you get to play – Twister at Glasto
44. Free samples
45. You never know what’s going to happen next
46. The random festival stalls and hippy villages
47. The fact that nothing matters except for what you’re going to eat and who you’re going to see
48. The hype
49. Talking about it after
50. The memories
51. Writing about it
52. Listening to a festival mix of the music we’re about to listen to on the way there
53. Setting up camp
55. That first explore of the festival ground
56. Getting to know the quirks of the festival
57. Being in it together
58. Getting to hang out with friends
59. Having mad experiences
60. Getting to know the festival and the people it attracts
61. Listening to the bands when I get back
62. Or in Glastonbury’s case watching the catch up of the ones I didn’t see
63. Lying on your air bed in the breeze in the morning
64. Great way to get a tan without having to be boring and lie in the sun all day
65. There’s a festival for everyone…
66. … and everything
67. Winter festivals can be just as fun and crazy as the summer ones
68. There’s always another one round the corner to look forward to
69. The build up is just as fun as the festival
70. If you can’t afford to go, you can just work at a festival instead
71. You will never run out of festivals to go to
72. The festival fashion
73. Going over the festival line up and planning the weekend
74. Stumbling across random festivals you never knew existed
75. Just because they’re awesome.
I’m pretty sure I’m going to think of more reasons to add to this list, but for now, have you got any I’ve missed?
No.33? Why have I never seen this?
Haha, that just made me laugh. I mean wellies. I'm so silly. I wish it was willies. Shame, but I should probably change it. I'll see if anyone else notices first.
Don't change it. See if anyone else is paying attention. Made me laugh too. Very, very strange mental images going on!
Getting willies stuck in the mud?? Vicky if that's how you were told to do it you've been doing it wrong for a while.... ;)
Ohhh, ladies please, the thought of it makes me cringe!
Have you ever been to one Bob? You'll love them if you try. I can guarantee.
Last one was at Yepoon, near Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia a few years ago. It was only 3 smaller stages, but was really good. Nicy sunny, warm, dry Aussie bushland setting and no mosquitos. The mud sounds like a British variation on festivals.
I am so sharing this list with my friends that don't understand my love for festivals, you summed up the magic amongst the muddy mayhem perfectly.
Great news! I don't really understand people who don't like festivals, but it leaves all the more for the rest of us so I think it's not always a bad thing to have some haters.