ELLE's Ultimate Festival Checklist Survival Guide: How To Camp, What To Take And How To Skip Toilet Queues
Where to go, who to see and what essentials to bring with you
Sleeping on 50° incline in the muddy, rain-sodden fields of Glastonbury. Using a plastic bag as a form of waterproof inside a broken wellie at NOS festival. Maintaining a questionable level of drunk to blur out the fact you may or may not have sat in someone’s poo while trying to remove your dungarees in the portaloos at Primavera.
We've all done some pretty dodgy sh*t when it comes to surviving a festival with only a backpack full of gin, wet wipes and anti-bacterial gel in our arsenal.
With festival season finally upon us (check out our top picks this summer), we’ve rounded up your go-to survival guide to making it through a festival in one piece (or at least, with your soul intact).
From packing essentials and advice on how to skip the toilet queue, to little-known ways to sneak alcohol into the venue and hack your way to the front of the crowd, here’s all you need to know:
Katie O'Malley is the Site Director on ELLE UK. On a daily basis you’ll find Katie managing all digital workflow, editing site, video and newsletter content, liaising with commercial and sales teams on new partnerships and deals (eg Nike, Tiffany & Co., Cartier etc), implementing new digital strategies and compiling in-depth data traffic, SEO and ecomm reports. In addition to appearing on the radio and on TV, as well as interviewing everyone from Oprah Winfrey to Rishi Sunak PM, Katie enjoys writing about lifestyle, culture, wellness, fitness, fashion, and more.
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