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Enjoying your EDM festival is down to planning well for it and these six tips are there to help you do just that. Check them out.

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1. Never Forget To Protect Yourself…

…from the sun! Yes keeping hydrated and cool will help you feel just fine, however, it will not provide protection from the harsh rays of the sun. Sunscreen is often overlooked, however as you stand out there roasting in the June and July sun, it will become your best friend.

If you are left nursing from head to toe and resembling some kind of a lobster, determining how awesome the event was will be kind of difficult. As the day goes by, make sure you regularly apply sunscreen. If your skin is feeling sore or dry, immediately apply sunscreen and when you will leave with are some fond memories and a healthy looking tan.

2. Bring Along Your Fanny Pack

Due to its lack of popularity in the nineties, for a long time now, the fanny pack has become popular once again besides, what else are you going to carry in?

The times of touristy families vacation and the embarrassment of a fanny pack are now long gone. For both the ironic kids of the nineties and many a new sleek fashion, it is back and in full force. If being fashionable is not reason enough for you, well they are also compact and very versatile. Many festivals are beginning to allow the entrance of a fanny pack as opposed to other bags, this saves you the hassle of having to scrounge around a huge bag in search of essentials such as ID, diffraction glasses and sunscreen.

Due to its compact design, having your essentials right at your fingertips making it easy for you to access them in not time, has never been easier. One of the most underrated essentials of the festival world is in fact, that fanny pack.

Just when the music has hit its apex, you immediately get inspired to reach for your phone in order to capture a moment as iconic as this, however, you are faced with having to fumble in a giant bag or pockets in an attempt to retrieve it. Not only have you missed such an awesome moment, but all the contents from your bag or pockets have been scattered amongst the crowd. A scene like this is terrifying!

By using something as underrated and simple as a fanny pack, all of this can be avoided.

3. You Portable Charger is in Essence Your Lifeline

Even  the top of the line batteries can be tested during festival days. Nothing can be worse than needing your phone and being out of juice at that very moment. There is one thing that can avoid that, carrying a portable charger in your fanny pack. Finding chargers that are small enough to fit easily into the tiniest nook and yet still deliver enough power to keep your electronics going is quite simple.

Make sure that the one you get is not overly heavy or too big, you do not want it weighing you down or bouncing around as you dance. Having a portable charger will allow you to keep in touch with friends, record the light show and even just in case there is an emergency and you need to make just one call, carrying one is something you will not regret.

4. Carry Back Up Cash

It may surprise you to find out the extent in which your experience at an EDM festival can be ruined when you carry your debit or credit card with you, yet it gets lost and you are left without a single penny on you. Never risk bringing with you something of that importance without also including some backup cash.

Bring along some cash and store it in more than one place, for example, some in your socks, a bit more in your fanny pack and some in areas we would not even know about. If you can bring enough for daily expenses, perfect, if not at least enough to get you home if there were an emergency.

If however, you want to blow it all on some awesome new rave gear, who would blame you? After all is money not meant to be spent?

5. Eat Before Your Day Begins

Festival days are known to run strong and long, al the energy that you are able to get will be needed and refilling may not be that easy. Eating a meal that is balanced and filling prior to even getting to the festival will allow you to remain healthy and energetic throughout the day.

If you were to become hungry in the middle of a show, generally the food option venues are expensive and as the days go by, that can quickly add up. By having something healthy and filling, you will have a lot of long-lasting energy. Here are some tips.

6. Look Great

There are a number of ways to look great when enjoying your festival and a little forethought about your look can go a long way. So, here are some things to consider when trying to accomplish some cool fashion at your next festival: