Do's and don'ts at a festival

The festival season is approaching and the nerves begin to be at the surface of the skin in festivalgoers around the country. From ticketea, that another year we bring you most of the most essential festivals of the national territory, we see ourselves in the obligation to help you to be prepared. That's why we couldn't resist to make this list.

If you're reading this, it's probably because you're going to a festival this summer (or several) or because you're just curious. Whatever the reason, the first thing to note when commenting on a festival is that it can be the greatest experience of your life... or it can turn into a real nightmare. Getting through a festival is not as simple as it looks. If it's the first time you go to one, you will never forget it, that's for sure.

 

10 THINGS YOU DO HAVE TO DO AT A FESTIVAL

1. Take useful items, such as folding chair (extremely useful for camping), mattress, cream (very substantial if you do not want to get scorched), cap, cooler ... and remember to set up the operation tent well so that it is the most elaborate of the campsite. If you need assistance to drive the pegs, these elements can be used to barter and help you with your neighbors.

2. Go through the life and songs of the groups and if you have no initiative, make it up. How many times have we seen people at a concert humming the songs without understanding what they are saying. Keep that ace up your sleeve.

3. Dress differently. It provides the note. For one weekend a year that you can wear a Borat loincloth, take advantage of it. Wear the most bizarre outfits you can find. Go to your local flea markets and stock up on the most hideous clothes you can find.

4. Arrive rested. Probably during those days the average number of hours you sleep will be 3, if you are going camping, so the days before traveling to the festival dedicate yourself to rest and get your strength back.

5. League. Make the most of it. You might find the woman of your life. At least try. If you don't, you may end up like the guy down here.

6. Take a shower, it's free. But don't overdo it. You should always keep a touch of festival smell.

7. Study the schedules carefully. Do not miss your favorite band. This point is truly indispensable for any music lover. There are occasions in which 2 of your favorite bands of the most indispensable bands of the festival coincide at the same time, for this reason you have to know the schedules by heart. If, in your case, you go to the festival only for the party, skip point 8.

8. Give it your all at the recitals. At the end of the day, that's what it's all about. Live every gig as if that night was the band's last night. As if it were your last day on earth. The experience, for you and those around you, will be twice as enriching.

9. Inspect the site for shadows. At 40ºC and in the middle of summer they are very popular and an acceptable nap can be a matter of life or death.

10. Hydrate yourself. As in the previous point, we are talking about survival. And no, alcohol does not count as hydration. The fridge in point 1 can be filled with bottles of water, soft drinks and some energy drinks. Very key.

10 THINGS YOU SHOULD NOT DO AT A FESTIVAL

1. Don't record during the recitals or take out your cell phone. Live it. It is an exclusive experience that you cannot live through a display. Stop updating the communities at home 5 seconds with images of the beach and the bands you see. The whole planet already knows you're having a good time. Don't make the crowd want to kill you by reading your updates from their homes.

2. Don't litter on the beach/sea/mountains/precinct/whatever. Don't be dirty and don't litter. The cleaning services pick it up in the early morning but make their lives simpler.

3. Don't take the guitar. It's too old-fashioned and no longer possesses happiness. It's a waste of time, you won't pick up any more. Besides, your playing style could be called "special" and to listen to someone playing well the day is full of good bands.

4. Don't complain all the time about how hot it is and how exhausted you are. Undoubtedly your friends or the crowd next to you are equally or more exhausted than you, but they can take it. Besides, the experiences in which you suffer a little are the ones you remember the most after a while. That's the joy of the festival.

5. Don't pick up the most recent night. Your unconscious may try to trick you but no, don't do it. The most recent night your desperation reaches to never thought parameters that makes you commit crazy things.

6. Don't camp next to bathrooms or showers. The aftermath has the potential to be dire.

7. Don't think you're the king of the mambo. On any occasion, at the beach, you could eat a wave with rare content and you would be left at the height of the bitumen. Everyone on the planet has the same options.

8. Don't steal from your neighbors at the campsite. Remember: Karma. Everything comes back.

9. Don't do karaoke like it's your life. No matter how well you think you sing, after the second hour of screaming it will seem like you're enduring Chinese torture. No one deserves to hear that.

10. Don't take off your bracelet. At least for a while. From the end of the festival your bracelet will become your religion, your object to adore and the most precious souvenir of that unforgettable weekend. It may seem a little dirty but the good thing about keeping it is that whenever you look at it you will remember that weekend. We are not unconditional to leave it on your wrist for years, but we are not unconditional to leave it on your wrist for a few months.