Best festival tents for 2024: Get your camping setup sorted with two person tents and larger options
A weekend (or longer if you have the annual leave days) spent in a field, listening to great music with your best mates, trying not to let a cold pint trickle down your fingers - what could be better?
Up and down the country, festival goers are preparing for some of the summer’s greatest parties, from Glastonbury, Bestival, Leeds or Reading, or smaller affairs like Houghton in Norfolk, there’s one thing you’ll need above all else: a lightweight but robust festival tent.
Because even if you’re not planning on much sleep, you’ll still need somewhere to put your stuff.
How to shop for the perfect festival tent
If you’ve never shopped for a tent before, much less one for a festival, there are some crucial things to remember.
Size is key: whatever number of people the tent claims it can fit, halve it immediately. The figure never seems to account for backpacks, sleeping bags or any room at all unless you plan to lay completely still, side-by-side, like sardines wedged inside a tin.
whether you’re planning to drive or get public transport, you’re going to have to carry everything yourself to the best pitch you can find. While your chosen tent may not feel so heavy on its own, once, and various totes carrying , food and , you’ll soon feel every kilo.
