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06-19-2006, 11:07 AM
|  | hold your horse is. | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: pollen lane
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| | | The Festival Packing Thread!
remember this thread? now its all festival season i figured it was a good idea to make this right about now.
so what are you ladys taking? and even boys? i have no idea what to take, im thinking serious minumum. gah!
this thread needs lists lists lists! helpful good products to take and the such
yay, summer!
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06-19-2006, 11:18 AM
|  | Chairman~MouseyTongue | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Chairman Meow
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| | Ive been advised to bring a wetsuit..
wtf?
Im gonna be doing janitorial work at all the major festivals in Ireland (Oxegen incl.) and the Marlay Park gigs (Radiohead, Pearl Jam ect..)
Why the fuck am I told to bring a "wetsuit" on my list? 
Does anyone know what on earth Id be doing that Id need it?
John Frusciante, would you like some more bog-roll  haha, I wish I was included in back-stage catering, oh god this sounds like something I tried last year. 
Tent
sleeping bag
inflatable matress
Food, drink, tissue.
Clothes
Make-up/toiletries/accessories
sunblack/hat/sunglasses/umbrella (god knows what weather we'll get)
Underwear/socks/big woolly jumper in case its freezin at night.
torch, portable battery opperated stereo and some suitable CDs.
Card games. |
06-19-2006, 02:26 PM
|  | disappearing one | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Scotland
Posts: 4,546
| | | Tent, sleeping bag, rollmat/inflatable mattress. Torch/lamp.
Toiletries: if you're not going to shower and aren't doing anything elaborate with your hair then dry shampoo is a must. baby wipes, antiseptic wipes, deodorant wipes, face wipes; it's all about the wipes. sun lotion & after sun (and fucking USE the shit, unlike I who got stupidly sunburned last weekend). make up if you're that fussy. If you're gonna shower, obviously you'll need the typical shampoo, body wash, blah. TOILET ROLL or at least some packs of pocket tissues. The antiseptic wipes double as a handy way to clean down an icky toilet seat before you go near it - I hover but I'm still scared I'll accidently come into contact with other people's business, that they kindly left behind all over the toilet seat.
Gear: a variety of clothes (& underwear) for any weather. rainjacket (i love my mac in a sack). umbrella. bikini & sarong in case it's hot? a change of shoes in case one pair gets wet/wrecked/lost. wellies?
Food & alcohol if you're not wanting to buy expensive shit from the stands. Camping cooker or disposable BBQs if you fancy cooking.
Entertainment: cards, portable stereo, etc.
Plenty of cash to last the duration. Keep it in various places so if you lose some or it gets stolen, you have back-up.
And most importantly: TICKETS.
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Deux hommes font une promenade amicale. L'un des deux porte un parapluie à son bras.
Il se met à pleuvoir. L'homme n'ouvre pas son parapluie et l'autre lui demande pourquoi.
- Parce que ça ne servirait à rien, lui répond son ami. Il est plein de trous.
- Alors, pourquoi l'as-tu pris?
- Parce que je ne pensais pas qu'il pleuvrait. |
06-19-2006, 02:34 PM
|  | she dances | | Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 2,874
| | | tent
sleeping bag
pillow
rollmat
food/ soft drinks/ beer
clothes/ underwear/ shoes
torch
hats / sunglasses / sun lotion/ hand lotion
make up
Toiletries
money
cards/ stereo/ many cds
i'm sure i've forgotten something. always do.
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06-19-2006, 02:42 PM
|  | gotoffwivkeily | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: the harbour
Posts: 6,066
| | | Tent
Sleeping mat and bag
Suncream
CASH- don't rely on their being a cashpoint nearby
Water
Baby Wipes (ESSENTIAL)
Deodrant
Drugs
Tickets
Underwear
If you want to travel light u can make do with a couple of t shirts with one pair of jeans and shoes if its sunny |
06-19-2006, 05:52 PM
|  | Registered Member | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: edinburgh
Posts: 254
| | | All the above ^ but I have to emphasis wellies |
06-19-2006, 07:38 PM
|  | poisoning your fantasy | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: the netherlands
Posts: 1,682
| | | BABY WIPES are bare essentials, as mentioned before
drugs
booze
tent
sleeping bag
airbed
army boots
one extra pair of jeans
plenty strings and 2 good bra's
food (sultana crackers are a great festival snack)
3 clean shirts
make-up remover!!
a hairbrush and plenty elastic bands
CONDOMS (keep a few in the pockets of your jeans!)
and deffinately something really warm, like a woolen sweater cause it can be fcking cold at festivals!
Im gonna see the arctic monkeys, bloc party, massive attack and placebo amongst others at the lowlands festival in the netherlands this summer hurray!
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06-20-2006, 05:10 AM
| | the soul is cheap | | Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 210
| | i wouldn't have come up woth the baby wipes, thanks guys |
06-20-2006, 05:43 AM
| | gotoffwivkeily | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: the harbour
Posts: 6,066
| | | Wellies are for pussies
just take old trainers-you can't dance in wellies! |
06-20-2006, 05:50 AM
|  | fast and bulbous | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: uk
Posts: 80
| | | trainers with plastic bags round them if it is really muddy, and plenty of socks, you can never have enough if it rains.
a box or two of red wine, the best way to bring alcohol to a festival.
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06-20-2006, 09:50 AM
|  | Freeze Sucker!! | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: dullsville
Posts: 424
| | | Oh dude, this thread was sooo helpful last year!
Im going to Reading again and V (Radiohead night)
Well Ive learnt a few things from last year, the main thing being just to take the bare minimum of clothes & stuff as I didn't use/need half of what I took.
I might just take my (v colorful heart patterned) wellies and no other footwear because I lived in them last time, along with a denim mini skirt and a few t-shirts.
soooooo....
tent/sleeping bag/roll mat/torch
wellies
socks x 5
underwear
footless tights
denim skirt
t-shirts
sunglasses
suntan lotion/spf lip balm
deodorant wipes
impulse spray
face cleansing wipes
moisturiser
mini toothbrush + toothpaste
makeup bag
hairbrush + hair ties
digicam
mobile phone
wallet + money + bank card
some crisps + cereal bars
big bottle of water
booooze |
06-20-2006, 10:23 AM
|  | Born a loser | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sweden
Posts: 1,599
| | | If ya'll put cameras on those lists we can have a nice festival picture thread! |
06-21-2006, 07:00 AM
|  | 2,000 light yrs from home | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: 2,000 light years from home
Posts: 75
| | the tent & sleeping bag go without saying...i would say don't take all that much, really. This is my essentials list:
wellies
waterproof poncho with a hood
baby-wipes
toilet roll/tissues
a thick blanket ( to wear like a pashmina when it gets cold when you're wandering round in the middle of the night....these have saved my life before )
a FUNNEL. this one is so that when the toilets get really grim, you can piss standing up / piss into an empty bottle in your tent without spilling
painkillers
mag-light ( ultra small torch you can put on your keyring )
swiss-army-knife ( so you have a bottle opener, etc )
sunglasses
a bag of fudge, or something equally sugary... for an instant glucose hit when you start to feel tired and ill
a comb, lip-balm, eye-liner, travel toothbrush & paste
a small across-the-body bag ( ie, about the size of a DVD box with a long strap, it needs to be small enough not to get on your tits, but big enough for your keys, tabs, wipes, phone and money.... you defo don't want to overload your pockets or have a fuck-off massive bag that'll restrict your dancing, etc)
body-wipes and travel size deodorant
DON'T take loads of changes of outfit, because once you're fucked you won't really care and everyone else is going to be looking a right state anyway. Combats and a nice vest/top, a hat, and a thick, warm hoody you can tie round your waist if you get too hot is the most practical thing to wear. you always see some twat who is dressed totally inappropriately (as if they were off to a club) not enjoying themselves because they are stressing about what they are wearing/the fact that they are covered in mud/piss/shit/are freezing/etc   |
06-21-2006, 09:28 AM
|  | Karma Duster | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hereford / Reading
Posts: 528
| | | Take the bare essentials, you'll only looks stupid lugging a huge bag around the campsite and it'll be horrible to carry.
- A container for storing water, you can buy plastic bag type ones that are much better for packing as they fold up smaller.
- Suncream and aftersun, because you WILL get sunburned.
- Wellys.
- Plasters, painkillers and condoms.
- Baby or cleansing wipes and toilet roll.
- Lipbalm, because I always forget it and the sun drys out you lips just as much as your skin.
- Roll on deodrant, so twats can't throw it on the fire to make a big bang.
- A couple of t-shirts/vests, underwear etc.
- A spare change of trousers/shorts or skirt, but there's no point in bringing a spare one of all three.
- A hat, again the sun can really tire you out and every year I've ended up buying a hat for this reason.
- A disposable camera.
- A small day bag to store your loo roll and stuff whilst in the arena.
- A small torch you can tie up in your tent for when you get ready to sleep in the evening.
- One warm jumper or hoodie.
- Cash because you can gurantee any nearby cash points they set up will charge you, and the queues are always huge for them anyway.
I never bring food with me, I usually set up my tent and stuff, then find a nearby supermarket and stock up, it's less to carry in one go. |
06-23-2006, 10:22 AM
| | hold your horse is. | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: pollen lane
Posts: 7,981
| | | this thread is good yay no i think i have a better idea here is my list, draft one! ha
but i still dont know what i should wear, help! i dont want to take jeans incase it rains, but skirts could be bad incase i end up showing things i dont want to show!
- baby wipes, lots of them
- chewing gum, incase forget to clean my teeth when drunk
- small toothbrush and mini toothpaste
- small torch
- little bag to carry essesials around like Furlisitea mentioned
- mini packets of tissues
- 3 change of underwear?
- vaseline
- suncream factor 50
- blusher and eyeliner, nothing more
- roll on deodrant
- 2 tshirts, vest tops
- skirt trousers? confusing.. maybe just a dress?
- wellies
- sunglasses
- dry shampoo? does that actually work?
- comb
- hair bobbles
- warm wolly cardigan or something
and the obvious tent and sleeping bag
- food like nuts, andthings tht stay in your body for a long time, musli maybe?
- beer
- cash
- camera, disposable
- water
oh and tickets of course
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06-23-2006, 12:30 PM
|  | HandbagTechnoDiscoElectro | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brighton
Posts: 477
| | | tickets
alcohol/drugs
wet wipes
loo roll
sun lotion
toothbrush
condoms
change of clothes
tent
headband to hide minging hair on the last day
sunglasses
hoodie |
06-23-2006, 12:37 PM
|  | some kind of wonderful | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: life in the fast lane
Posts: 3,681
| | | what are wellies???
and maybe bug spray, since the mosquito thread freaked me out |
06-23-2006, 01:01 PM
| | some kind of wonderful | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: life in the fast lane
Posts: 3,681
| | Quote: |
Originally Posted by BabyBoredom | so...boots? |
06-23-2006, 01:01 PM
| | HandbagTechnoDiscoElectro | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Brighton
Posts: 477
| | wellies = wellington boots  | |
