Festival checklist 2024: What to take for camping to this summer’s music festivals
You have set alarms, created spreadsheets and counted down the days to get your hands on the ever-elusive festival ticket, but once you have the paper firmly in your hands, well...that’s when the admin truly begins.
Prepping for a festival isn’t all fun and games - that’s reserved for when you eventually arrive on the field. Before you even get to that point, there’s a lot of preparation that’s required in order to ensure you are ready and rearing to go. We don’t just mean downloading the app and planning which headliners you are going to see.
There are purchases that need to be made to optimise the experience - and make it as comfortable as possible, especially for those new and amateur campers. As Scout leaders across the country say: fail to prepare; prepare to fail.
Seasoned festival goers will be all too familiar with the many, many bits of kit needed, but if it’s your first time, it can intimidating to know where to start.
That’s where we come in. We pride ourselves over at ES Best at being both festival and camping experts so we have created this (hopefully) handy checklist guide for everything you need to have purchased. It really adds up, so we’ve tried to include budget-friendly options too.
Happy festivalling!
Transport: Blacklane
Getting to and from any festival is always a logistical nightmare but if you’re tactical, you can make the journey as seamless as possible. When you’ve left it to the last minute and every train and coach is booked (this tends to happen with Glastonbury in particular!), look to Blacklane. The premium chauffeur service will help you pull up and leave the ground
