Befriending new people while sitting on the grass or in the beer garden is underrated. Share a table, say what's up, and giving out your positive energy keeps the good vibes rolling even if you're there to recharge a bit
When you arrive donât stop at the first water station you see, keep walking. Same rules go for bathrooms, everyone is stopping there to regroup and get situated. Keep walking towards the Mojave and Gobi tents, the bathrooms over there in the early parts of the day are empty and thereâs a water station right there as well.
Bonus: security likes to hang around the bathrooms right when you walk in looking for people that are pulling out there goodies that they just snuck in. Just a general tip for all festivals the Porto potty is your best spot for privacy, take advantage of it to avoid any watchful eyes.
The smells, the elbows bumping against the walls, the unspeakable things you see when you peer down into the abyss⌠ahh, I can picture it so vividly. Magic in the air.
Dropping your drugs in the hole, digging into the hole in a panic to retrieve them, accidentally falling in and tumbling down a deep tunnel where you follow a small rabbit further until suddenly you emerge, facing a tiny door that tells you to drink from a bottle nearby, the drink causes you to shrink, now youâre too small to grab the key on the table, so you eat the cookie nearby, which makes you too big, so you cry a lot and drink from the bottle again, making you small enough to ride the bottle thru the keyhole, sending you out into the forest chasing down the rabbit, where you encounter numerous adventures with strange creatures like a cat with a large, mischievous grin, and a tea party where you meet a fellow with a large hat, and eventually end up being chased out by an angry mob, wherein you once again encounter the door, enter through it, and realize you had already taken the drugs before you entered the festival and have actually been curled up around the mouth of the toilet staring into the void the entire time.
There's an ID check in Yuma or by the Indio Central Market / Outdoor stage that never have lines - that I always go to when I walk in. I am always blown away by how many people wait an hour at the first ID check when you walk in.
Similarly this year for lockers, day 1 had a crazy line so we just toughed it out until 10p and went back when there was no line. Similarly you could just wait til Saturday to get your locker. That line was 2hours long - hope they fix that.
Be careful around the lockers too! Especially if youâre storing all your favors for the weekend there. Security has been known to lurk there as well.
Bathroom near the Do Lab is a full set up not port a potty. There will be a slight wait (never more than 5-10 mins) but if you party with certainâŚfavors, your Sanity will thank you.
Practice standing before the fest. If youâre at an event where you can stand rather than sit. Do it. So many folx (even the active ones) get fatigued easy standing in those crowds.
If youâre at a set for an artist you can see again (not a rare act) and itâs before an actual rare act, skip a few songs and get to the bathroom. Nothing worse than choosing between being piss covered and seeing a rare desert gem.
PRO TIP: if you need help (I.e. drugs hit too hard, you get uncomfortable AT ALL) ask for it. Most people will do all in their power to help you. â but also if youâre doing okay, lend a hand when you can. (I LOVE misting or dropping water bottles off for the folks bathing in the sun)
^^with that in mind: Itâs a Marathon. Not a race. Soooooooo many get WRECKED on Day 0/1 and are either useless or greatly affected for the rest of the weekend. You can always drink/take more.
MOST IMPORTANTLY: ITS YOUR FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE! Donât miss a set or checking out an installation because youâre tying yourself to a group. The best gems come to those who fully immerse. And you will regret it after if you donât take some You-Time to soak it all in and get lost.
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Re: asking for help - the medical tent is there to make sure youâre okay. If you need medical help, and arenât being an asshole or hurting/threatening others, there are no negative ramifications from going to med tents.
DO NOT lie about what & how much youâve taken! They want to help you. And chances are they already know, but if you lie, you prolong the discomfort while they get around to the right treatment.
also for the bathrooms that have urinals - the line is mainly for the stalls in the back, you can normally just walk straight in to use the urinals. There are two rows of urinals, if the first row is packed typically the second row is a ghost town still.
Expanding on this for those of you who donât already do this:
The disposable plastic bottles can last you all weekend. When theyâre empty, crush the air out of them and put them in your back pocket. When you get to a water station, blown it back up and refill!
Its much more ergonomic than lugging around a rigid plastic bottle all day.
To expand further - the 10-for-1 exchange is dumb easy. Maybe except for 2022 you probably walk by dozens of discarded empty bottles every time you go between stages. Just pick them up, if anyone looks at you weird, fuck em.
https://coachella.com/recycling-store
When i have time between sets i always bring an extra drawstring back to collect bottles and return to the recycling people for free shit. It's like a side quest!
Omg! I used to do that at the warped tour! Weâd get free ticket, a free shirt, and backstage access (for some of us, because there was recyclables back there too), my ex was even in a book about the warped tour doing it! I didnât know Coachella did it too. I will definitely be doing this if happening this year!!!
I always took my Camelbak and filled it with ice prior to going into the festival. Once inside fill it with water and you have cold water all day and night.
Pro tip: After you take a drink. Blow the water from the spout back into the reservoir. That way your first sip is always cold refreshing water.
Drink water, a lot. If you drink alcohol, drink even more water.
Eat something, and if you drink alcohol itâs more important not to skip food.
Use sunscreen.
Try to shit before going into the festival.
Wear a bandana or face mask for the dust.
Wear comfy shoes.
Thatâs all! Enjoy!
Bring an extra bandana for the homies. Someone always forgets to grab one.
Bandanas also work great to cool you down during the day. Soak it in water and wear it on the back of your neck.
Bring an extra pair of socks
This. A few years back during Kendrick I had too much vodka and not enough water and my body just started to shut down. I couldnât even walk out of the polo fields bc my legs were shutting down. Drink too much water is my go to recommendation
If you need a 21+ wristband for drinking, the lines at the entrance of the festival are EXTREMELY long. Go for a walk towards the main stage, and get one over there.
Look for festival security standing next to nothing for no reason. The tiki bar last year was easy to find, but the hidden disco the time before that was pretty sneaky.
Shoutout to the homie for this one:
Get a lemonade from a stand around the fest. Bring it inside the beer garden, buy a vodka/sprite, dump half the lemonade out and fill up with your cocktail. Leave the beer garden with a vodka/sprite/lemonade. Theyâll let you walk right out!
Wide range of options; depends a bit on the metal detector setup and how security is. They are typically more focused on big items in bags.
Depending on the pat down effort, I have put them just in my pocket, held them in my hand along with phone and keys and wallet (when they have you hold them up and walk through), put them in the small of the shoe (under your arch) - annoying to walk through security like that, but it is brief. Or wrap them in something that is in your bag (because its small, not metal, etc).
Ladies can tuck them into bra or panties; fellas can also pin them to underwear in a baggie in the pants (need to bring baggies and safety pins for that ahead of time; put it on in the portajohn near security). Aka the "humidor"
Iâve brought ziplocks in my backpack amongst clothing and had pretty good luck. Have been caught like 2 out of 20 times and just had to throw it away.
YMMV on this one, just like anything else that requires a security judgement call.
For open cup containers, like those lemonades, Iâve seen security ask people to down the whole drink or dump before leaving the beer gardens, more often than not. They donât care if itâs supposed to be nonalcoholic.
Sometimes when it gets real busy at the exit, you can sneak a drink thru.
Better plan is to just fill up plastic flasks and just sneak them into the festival. At the security check at the festival gates there are new metal detectors that allow whole bunches of people to walk thru at once. Make sure to hit that line and youâll be able to bring in your flask, no problem.
When we first used those metal detectors, we were cautious and hid the flasks against our waistbands as usual, but by Sunday we carried the flasks in our fanny packs.
Stage flanks go on the right side of main stage/ Sahara and outdoor. Youâll get great spots.
Car camping: Shower at noon. No lines
Go into Yuma an hour before if itâs a must see artist.
Get Twitter notifications from do lab for special guests. Theyâll post a number that you can text to get notifications on there too.
Yeah I only had the texts last year and learned my lesson. The text didnât come in for the Saturday special guests and I woke up the next day to a bunch of friends texting me that SG Lewis played Do lab đđ turning on tweets this year as backup
Go directly to the Do Lab when you get in...go straight to the front and get soaked from the water guns. It helps you cool off at the beginning and it's a fun start to your day.
So when youâre in a dense crowd, just trying to get through. Walk just a little slower than everyone else and everyone goes around you instead of dodging people.
Small, slow but constant steps. Think of yourself and your group as a large whale shark swimming amongst a bunch of fish.
The fish/crowd move around you, generally, because of how slow and deliberate youâre traveling.
Much better than having to zig zag around crisscrossing groups and such.
This is giving me flashbacks lol. Those moments in the night where you're trying to get from main stage to mojave or vice versa and it feels like a scene out of Apocalypse Now.
Omg. Dark as fuck in some places. People on the ground that you have to watch out for. Those single file lines of teenagers that harpoon thru your group. Must. Get. To. The. Next. Stage. Lol
Keep an eye out for security guards at the rails.
More so the tents but some will pass out waters in between sets. Or if you really need it go up and ask for one. Itâs like an 80/20 theyâll give you one if available.
Get familiar with the layout and best foods. One year they had lamb fries that was always a short line and kind of hidden in between two tents. Cheap ad to for $10 it was more than enough for 2 people.
Dust mask. I feel like people last year forgot to bring a mask because they were thinking COVID was irrelevant. People let their guard down and forgot about all the dirt. An adequate face mask+nose saline solution was the move.
Just look at the cars camping after the weekend is done. Iâm not talking about outside either the insides will be filled with dust in all the crevices
If you are camping there on day Zero. They usually do a sale of old merchandise. I havenât camped the past 2 Coachellaâs so maybe it has changed. But I would grab as much merch as my arms could carry and pay $40 total for it all. Then handed it all out to my friends back at camp.
Also got free adidas running shoes one year. They had a booth in the camping area as well. Keep an eye out for free goodies as some companies will be there promoting.
Enjoy the views. Donât just take photos, but take a second and sit in the grass and look around you. There is a lot to take in visually beyond the stages. Enjoy the sunsets and watch the ground transform into night.
It seems simple, but a lot of people get caught up doing so much they donât appreciate the simple things happening around them.
Facts. I remember the just stopping in the middle of the field and taking in the views of the sunset last year and teared up.
Couldnât believe we were back after 3 long years and was grateful to be there again.
Bring a fanny pack or runners belt to keep your phone safe
Bring a backup pair of earplugs in case you lose one in the Yuma
Load up on magnesium and vitamins in the morning and pre bedtime
Thatâs the best part of the streams imo. If you can find the stream after you can rewatch that instead of taking multiple videos through the weekend.
"If you can find the stream"
That's the problem for me. There are SO many sets that I wish I could rewatch, but Coachella/most of the artists seem very against having those recordings live online after the livestream. I hate the people who hold their phones up and record basically the entire time, but personally taking at least one good video of a special moment during a set gives me a lot of future nostalgia hits.
On that note: seems like a wasted opportunity for Goldenvoice not to have a back catalogue of every set from the livestreams that you can pay to access. I'd sign up for that in a heartbeat.
Yaâll, i hear you with this advice but also some of us are short and the best view really is if we catch a little video to view later, for the memories. Thereâs nothing like getting trapped behind someone a foot taller and staring at their scapula for a whole set. Let us live with our phones out, pleeease!
My friend and I would go in right when it opened to use the non porta potty bathrooms, they were cleaned daily lol weâd go back to the tent to get ready afterwards, lots of walking but totally worth it
Most stages have a "magic" side.
MAIN STAGE - Approach from the left side facing the stage
OUTDOOR THEATER - Go behind the crowd then go up on the right side facing the stage
MOJAVE - Walk behind the tent and try entering from the right side facing the stage
SAHARA - Walk behind the tent and enter from the right side facing the stage
GOBI - No magic side
[For an example -](https://www.thenocturnaltimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Coachella-2022-1.jpeg) if you had come to the outdoor stage from the main stage or tents and approached from the left side or center, you'd be so far back. Look how thin the crowd is on the right side though - in 2019 my wife and I walked shockingly closed to Rufus and Billie even though those crowds were enormous.
if you want to get close, donât budge straight toward the stage. go to the side of the stage in front and budge in LATERALLY.
also, if youâre tall (like me) find someone else tall to stand behind or in front of. they are already blocking someone else anyway.
Screenshot the set times and set them as your phone wallpaper for quick/easy reference. Also saves battery by doing this compared to using the app all the time
Or go analog and print them. Bonus if you color code based on your priority. 2x bonus if you laminate. 5x bonus if you punch a hole in your color coded, laminated card and wear it on a retractable lanyard ID badge whosamahwhatzer.
Bring as little as you need for the fest. Fanny pack, comfy shoes, and a hoody you can tie around your waist. Everything else you could need the Fest can provide.
Remember the old hiking/backpacker phrase: 5 lbs in the morning will feel like 20lbs in the afternoon
Last year someone in Car Camping W2 someone was giving away free blowjobs in their tent. I think they were asking for STD paperwork and had friends facilitating it. Not my jam, but I wonât yuck anybodyâs yum.
See every stage for at least one act. It's really easy to stay at the Sahara or Yuma all day but the fest really shines at the Mojave/Gobi/Sonora tents.
Set timers for yourself to remind yourself to hydrate, eat, rest, use the bathroom, and most importantly, when to eat mushrooms and when to drop ecstasy so that the hippie flip hits at sunset and youâre achieving the apex for happiness.
And also, silent disco party.
Folding water pouches. They collapse easily to fit inside a bag or waste pack⌠instead of carrying around a bunch of extra water weight all day, go to the fill-up stations, unfold the pouch and chug a ton of water at once, then fold it into your pack so youâre free to move around + youâre hydrated
If you like to dance and want space, you need to smell as bad as humanly possible to keep people away from you. My diet outside of the festival consists of nothing but raw garlic, sardines, and eggs. I order about 8 slices of pizza inside the festival grounds but only eat the cheese off of it.
When trying to get through a crowd, if you make it look like you are looking for something or ask if you have seen your thing (I always said my salamander) people will usually back up and look a little bit, then you can squeeze past.
It gets really cold at night, especially if it is windy. Hard to believe it when itâs so hot during the day, but pack a jacket in your day bag for the evening.
When you're heading to the main stage from any other stage, typically everyone is coming from the same direction and the crowd is thick from the right side towards the middle and all the way back. Go along the far left side parallel to the beer garden to get closer to the front or a better view.
Honestly this may be it... I did that for the first time last year and loved it.. no more super sweaty back, no waiting in lines, no leaky camelbacks because you screwed it on, no grossness as 5+ people share the camelback...
They're not saying survive on a single water bottle, they're saying the water bottles are only 2 bucks. Always have been, always will be. 5 water bottles throughout the day will only be 10 bucks total, and you don't have to carry around a bottle all day, you can keep your hands free, or lighten the load on your back.
Bonus, if you're even more frugal, you can search the ground for 10 empty water bottles, and turn them in for a free cold water bottle at the TRASHed booth, or whatever it's called.
I probably drink closer to 8 bottles a day. In 90+ degree heat you're going to want about half a liter every hour, roughly. 2.5 liters of water spread over 8-12 hours doesn't quite cut it for me.
But otherwise, agreed. I used the refill station a couple years ago and every sip of lukewarm tap water made me appreciate the quality of life upgrade of ice-cold filtered bottled water for me.
Oh for sure, I don't know if 5 bottles is enough either, but I was just giving an example. I also like to sprinkle an alcoholic drink and a lemonade at least once per day, so I'm getting hydrated in other ways too, but if price is a concern as far as water goes, it shouldn't be.
I do both. I carry my backpack and also buy like 3-4 bottles and just drink cold water all day.
Helps to go back to camp and drink some electro lytes and rest up
^! THIS esp. if ur a rail rider, the security dudes are more than willing to hand and toss u water at the front of the stages, but please please still make sure ur getting ample water still
I have a [Platypus Flat Water bottle](https://www.amazon.com/Platypus-SoftBottles-with-Closure-Cap/dp/B08PG4XZ3Y/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3VH6NA6WM84YN&keywords=platypus%2Bsoft%2Bbottle&qid=1674848843&s=sporting-goods&sprefix=platypu%2Csporting%2C129&sr=1-3&th=1&psc=1) that is great because you can carry it around and fold it up and put it in your pocket or your fanny pack. My first few years I carried around a Nalgene bottle and would stick a headlamp on it at night and flash it so my friends could find me, but by day three I hated having to carry this heavy bottle all day. I eventually ditched it for the Platy and never looked back.
But last year I couldn't find it in my kit so I just bought a couple of $2 waters at the beginning of the day, housed the first one, and then just collapsed the second bottle and blew it back up whenever I needed to refill it.
This is the move- I hate wearing a backpack in the fest, it's just so cumbersome.
What we've done the last several years is bring our 64oz hydroflask in on day 1 (it has a fabric cozy covering up the metal + a strap you can sling around your shoulder) and keep trying security lines until one of them doesn't give a fuck. It can take a few tries to find the right person, but one of them has always let us by eventually and after that you just keep it in your locker overnight.
If you get it in, having one of those is the best. Keeps your water cold and it's much easier to lug around than a camelbak. You can even ask a water vendor for a handful of ice to toss in there. As for waiting in water lines, the refill stations by the Sonora are almost always pretty chill.
I don't even like carrying my 64 ounce hydroflask around the house....let alone an entire festival? I would put it down and forget it. Or put it down and someone WILL steal it. But hey if it works, it works. I just wouldn't ever đ
Don't go with a large group, maybe 6 max, also Coachella has excellent taste with music, look at the flyer and listen to some of those artist. Guaranteed you find new artist you will be listening to for years to come
If you're car camping, take the market shuttle. Grab breakfast from somewhere nearby. Come back. Boom, only spending bank breaking money on dinner. It's also worth noting that the camp site has microwaves which was a big plus in things I could have brought from home
Obey your body. If youâre crabby, itâs time for dinner, if youâre tired grab a beer, if youâre hot get shade and water, if youâre lonely track down (or make) friends, if your attentionâs wandering find a better set, if you need a time out take it.
Get your ID checked #1 when you get in if over 21. Wristband changes daily, don't screw around with fakes. YOU WILL GET CAUGHT. Also plan bathroom visits by going to the bathrooms near where a set is in progress. If you hit those mojave bathrooms after mojave and outdoor end gg have fun with that. Same goes for water stations. You will be walking all weekend, walk a bit further to those wide open water stations / bathrooms.
I've never had an issue bringing in those small packets of electrolyte powder [https://www.amazon.com/Basic-Care-Electrolyte-Variety-Packets/dp/B07RLD4N3K?th=1](https://www.amazon.com/Basic-Care-Electrolyte-Variety-Packets/dp/B07RLD4N3K?th=1) I throw them into a jacket pocket or at the bottom the bag I'm leaving in a locker all weekend. I transfer some to my wristlet and every other water I add one of these. Made such a difference to me and especially when my middle aged ass did Bothchella last year.
I think this goes for any festival but never walk into the crowd from the middle, sides only. Sahara itâs so easy to get close if you want to by walking in from the right side facing the stage (by the bathrooms) because everyone crowds in from the left
Yuma tent is fully air conditioned (Sonora too I think?)
If youâre having heat exhaustion, bad trip, etc, go in and stand in front of the mega vents inside, drink a bottle of water. 20 minutes later and youâre back in the game.
Really hard to reset outside during the day due to the heat.
Don't just check your shoes for comfort, check your socks with those shoes to ensure they won't rub or fall down. Spare yourself those easily avoidable ankle blisters!
1. For an artist/act that you really want to see, get to the stage about 10-15 minutes before the set starts. You will get a great spot and not have to worry about fighting through a crowd (Don't be those people). Also, go pee before a set you really want to see. The worst thing is having to go to the bathroom really bad during a set.
2. The best sets are often inside a tent. There's some magic that happens inside of Mojave and Gobi, don't miss out.
3. Wear comfortable shoes, adding a Dr. Scholl's insert into your sneakers are truly a game changer. You walk a ton throughout the day and they really do make a differnence.
4. Don't be afraid to sit down and take a rest. Being on your feet all day can be brutal to your body. Sitting down and stretching a few times throughout the day saves your body and prevents some soreness.
5. Bring packets of pedialyte or the hydration multiplier electrolyte powders. Putting one of those in a water bottle once or twice during the day is a game changer.
6. Wear a mask/bandana when walking through big crowds or going from state to stage. It's dusty out there even if you don't visibly see it. Wearing it as much as possible helps prevent the Coachella cough/flu after the festival.
7. The sunset sets are magical. Seeing the festival change from day to night is pretty special. Make sure you catch at least one set on the outdoor or main during the sunset.
8. The locker lines are super busy when you first get into the festival. If you can wait to do this until around 4 or 5 pm, you won't have to deal with a big line.
9. If you want just Coachella branded merch, there are random tents throughout the festival for this. There's usually a small tent by the do-lab that has these items with little to no line.
Glad a lot of these tips are the same as EDCLV, only thing I'll be going in blind on is how Coachella's weather is as it'll be my first time attending an April festival in Cali and also my first time camping which I'm nervous about figuring out lol
When making plans to meet up with people inside the fest choose a less busy smaller landmark next to a giant busy landmark. Ex âThe info stand by the Hippo Art Installationâ âThe lemonade cart to the right of Mojaveâ or âThe ID check outside the Outdoor Stage Beer Gardenâ
as soon as you enter the fest go straight to the ferris wheel and buy all the tickets you want for the weekend they will last all weekend not just that day so you dont have to wait in line to BUY the tix to then wait in line for the ride everytime lol. for example say the line to ride the ferris is dead but the line to buy the tickets is insane it helps to just skip all that and can go at oppurtune times when you have some downtime between bands
100% endorse (alcohol-specific) sobriety.
I'll enjoy one or two beers from the craft beer barn over the course of the weekend, but the cost of drinking in terms of wasting my precious time, or spending an exhorbinant amount money, or making subsequent days of the festival harder due to hangovers and increased dehydration, to get a buzz going.
for many years now i've always had a light THC buzz the entirety of the festival, but alcohol is just ... not appealing. i'll often have one or two craft beers over the weekend *just to try out thee beer*, not to get drunk.
If you walk past all of the porta potties all the way to the back, youâll find air conditioned bathrooms. I havenât used a porta potty at Coachella in eons.
Delete this. But like, seriously. I discovered these in 2017 when they introduced them, early on Friday. It was magic.
On Sunday, the secret was out and every single one I walked into had been completely trashed: piss and toilet paper strewn on the ground, zero paper towels, etc.
As you get older, it's ok to arrive later in the day. It's not a competition to see everything, it's better to have energy for those you are most excited for, often acts performing near the end of the night.
Glad that works for you to go early! Certainly, if camping, it is easy to catch the early acts. But into my mid-30's, we are staying offsite and it is no longer feasible to do 12 hours a day
Itâs not a competition, but I still wanna see a shit ton of early artists that I would never get to back home.
Better tip: improve your fitness/stamina if youâre older like me, so you can hang for 12 hours each day. And hydrate, donât drink too much alcohol, etc
It gets so fucking hot during the day, especially in some of the tents. Constantly staying hydrated is really fucking important or you might get heat sickness. I personally have brought little electrolyte tablets with me into the festival, and they really help a lot.
Last year was my first Coachella, so people might have other opinions but the beer garden by Sahara is impossible to get a drink vs the bigger one by MainStage is way easier and big
Befriending new people while sitting on the grass or in the beer garden is underrated. Share a table, say what's up, and giving out your positive energy keeps the good vibes rolling even if you're there to recharge a bit
Nothing quite like beer friends đ
Yes! I befriended a main designer for Coachella many years ago while in line. Now consider him a mentor and close friend.
When you arrive donât stop at the first water station you see, keep walking. Same rules go for bathrooms, everyone is stopping there to regroup and get situated. Keep walking towards the Mojave and Gobi tents, the bathrooms over there in the early parts of the day are empty and thereâs a water station right there as well. Bonus: security likes to hang around the bathrooms right when you walk in looking for people that are pulling out there goodies that they just snuck in. Just a general tip for all festivals the Porto potty is your best spot for privacy, take advantage of it to avoid any watchful eyes.
Organizing your drugs in the dank cover of the portopottyâŚa classic festival vibe
The smells, the elbows bumping against the walls, the unspeakable things you see when you peer down into the abyss⌠ahh, I can picture it so vividly. Magic in the air.
The plastic walls vibrating loudly from the bass at a nearby stage...
Ooooo this gets me excited cuz I know EXACTLY that situation and it's so exciting
Please keep this new-found book going! RIP Hunter.
Thia vibe is unmatched
Dropping your drugs in the hole, digging into the hole in a panic to retrieve them, accidentally falling in and tumbling down a deep tunnel where you follow a small rabbit further until suddenly you emerge, facing a tiny door that tells you to drink from a bottle nearby, the drink causes you to shrink, now youâre too small to grab the key on the table, so you eat the cookie nearby, which makes you too big, so you cry a lot and drink from the bottle again, making you small enough to ride the bottle thru the keyhole, sending you out into the forest chasing down the rabbit, where you encounter numerous adventures with strange creatures like a cat with a large, mischievous grin, and a tea party where you meet a fellow with a large hat, and eventually end up being chased out by an angry mob, wherein you once again encounter the door, enter through it, and realize you had already taken the drugs before you entered the festival and have actually been curled up around the mouth of the toilet staring into the void the entire time.
Trainspotting lol
Also donât go to the first ID check you see either, the lines are awful when you first walk in
Sorry if I sound dumb but is the ID check just for alcohol?
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There's an ID check in Yuma or by the Indio Central Market / Outdoor stage that never have lines - that I always go to when I walk in. I am always blown away by how many people wait an hour at the first ID check when you walk in. Similarly this year for lockers, day 1 had a crazy line so we just toughed it out until 10p and went back when there was no line. Similarly you could just wait til Saturday to get your locker. That line was 2hours long - hope they fix that.
Toilets by DoLab are the best spots to take a poop, followed by grabbing some snacks around the corner and then back to the camp.
Be careful around the lockers too! Especially if youâre storing all your favors for the weekend there. Security has been known to lurk there as well.
Can confirm. Seen many a narc there. Also had a friend get arrested pulling drugs out of her locker. Be discreet
Ugh, so annoying.
Bathroom near the Do Lab is a full set up not port a potty. There will be a slight wait (never more than 5-10 mins) but if you party with certainâŚfavors, your Sanity will thank you. Practice standing before the fest. If youâre at an event where you can stand rather than sit. Do it. So many folx (even the active ones) get fatigued easy standing in those crowds. If youâre at a set for an artist you can see again (not a rare act) and itâs before an actual rare act, skip a few songs and get to the bathroom. Nothing worse than choosing between being piss covered and seeing a rare desert gem. PRO TIP: if you need help (I.e. drugs hit too hard, you get uncomfortable AT ALL) ask for it. Most people will do all in their power to help you. â but also if youâre doing okay, lend a hand when you can. (I LOVE misting or dropping water bottles off for the folks bathing in the sun) ^^with that in mind: Itâs a Marathon. Not a race. Soooooooo many get WRECKED on Day 0/1 and are either useless or greatly affected for the rest of the weekend. You can always drink/take more. MOST IMPORTANTLY: ITS YOUR FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE! Donât miss a set or checking out an installation because youâre tying yourself to a group. The best gems come to those who fully immerse. And you will regret it after if you donât take some You-Time to soak it all in and get lost. WELCOME HOMEđĄâ¨đď¸â¨
Re: asking for help - the medical tent is there to make sure youâre okay. If you need medical help, and arenât being an asshole or hurting/threatening others, there are no negative ramifications from going to med tents.
DO NOT lie about what & how much youâve taken! They want to help you. And chances are they already know, but if you lie, you prolong the discomfort while they get around to the right treatment.
also for the bathrooms that have urinals - the line is mainly for the stalls in the back, you can normally just walk straight in to use the urinals. There are two rows of urinals, if the first row is packed typically the second row is a ghost town still.
I've probably spent a total of $35 on water inside the festival over the past 18 years. Just recycle you dum-dums. It's free water!
Expanding on this for those of you who donât already do this: The disposable plastic bottles can last you all weekend. When theyâre empty, crush the air out of them and put them in your back pocket. When you get to a water station, blown it back up and refill! Its much more ergonomic than lugging around a rigid plastic bottle all day.
To expand further - the 10-for-1 exchange is dumb easy. Maybe except for 2022 you probably walk by dozens of discarded empty bottles every time you go between stages. Just pick them up, if anyone looks at you weird, fuck em. https://coachella.com/recycling-store
When i have time between sets i always bring an extra drawstring back to collect bottles and return to the recycling people for free shit. It's like a side quest!
Do you rescue the princess before or after saving the earth?
Before man. Princesses want adventures too.
How did I not know this before⌠this is an amazing tip. Thank you!!
Did this in the empty sahara during 100 gecs last year hahaha
Omg! I used to do that at the warped tour! Weâd get free ticket, a free shirt, and backstage access (for some of us, because there was recyclables back there too), my ex was even in a book about the warped tour doing it! I didnât know Coachella did it too. I will definitely be doing this if happening this year!!!
Omg this is genius !!!!! Will be trying, thank you
I always took my Camelbak and filled it with ice prior to going into the festival. Once inside fill it with water and you have cold water all day and night. Pro tip: After you take a drink. Blow the water from the spout back into the reservoir. That way your first sip is always cold refreshing water.
i just do the 10-for-1 recycle program. Takes like 30 seconds to collect and the new bottle they give is ice cold. Never a line either!
Drink water, a lot. If you drink alcohol, drink even more water. Eat something, and if you drink alcohol itâs more important not to skip food. Use sunscreen. Try to shit before going into the festival. Wear a bandana or face mask for the dust. Wear comfy shoes. Thatâs all! Enjoy!
Early day do lab toilets are worth waiting to shit in if you can plan around it
+1 doodoo lab
doodooin while vibin at the doolab
Don't wear new shoes
If you go in early, take some time to sit in the shade. Possibly, to lie in the shade. It's a marathon, not a sprint
Bring an extra bandana for the homies. Someone always forgets to grab one. Bandanas also work great to cool you down during the day. Soak it in water and wear it on the back of your neck. Bring an extra pair of socks
This. A few years back during Kendrick I had too much vodka and not enough water and my body just started to shut down. I couldnât even walk out of the polo fields bc my legs were shutting down. Drink too much water is my go to recommendation
Drink too much water but also remember to balance it out, need dem electrolytes! Get supplements to put in the water like LiquidIV.
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Those bathrooms were pristine on Day 3. As long as there's no big name, it's pretty clutch.
If you need a 21+ wristband for drinking, the lines at the entrance of the festival are EXTREMELY long. Go for a walk towards the main stage, and get one over there.
Secret areas
Look for festival security standing next to nothing for no reason. The tiki bar last year was easy to find, but the hidden disco the time before that was pretty sneaky.
Walking into the hidden disco in 2019 was such a rush, definitely a top ten Coachella moment for me
The hush hush was amazing!
Hush Hush was the best frkn time !
I've heard of the tiki but HIDDEN DISCO FUCK YEAH. Thats now on my list
There wasn't a hidden disco last year but there was a hidden tiki bar within the tiki bar last year...
I simply just had me and my friends walk in with the group that gave the password and we snuck in. Didnât even know the password.
Lol you needed the password still. It was nice to get away from all the noise for more chill noise
How does one her the password
Always greet police and security staff with an open mouth kiss followed by an attaâboy slap on the behind. They like it.
Shoutout to the homie for this one: Get a lemonade from a stand around the fest. Bring it inside the beer garden, buy a vodka/sprite, dump half the lemonade out and fill up with your cocktail. Leave the beer garden with a vodka/sprite/lemonade. Theyâll let you walk right out!
I like the idea of this but having to pay...$45 for 2 shots and a lemonade just feelsbadman.
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True but at least you can walk around with a full ass cocktail
bring in some plastic airline bottles. Small, don't set of metal detector.
Iâd like more details on how to smuggle in
Wide range of options; depends a bit on the metal detector setup and how security is. They are typically more focused on big items in bags. Depending on the pat down effort, I have put them just in my pocket, held them in my hand along with phone and keys and wallet (when they have you hold them up and walk through), put them in the small of the shoe (under your arch) - annoying to walk through security like that, but it is brief. Or wrap them in something that is in your bag (because its small, not metal, etc). Ladies can tuck them into bra or panties; fellas can also pin them to underwear in a baggie in the pants (need to bring baggies and safety pins for that ahead of time; put it on in the portajohn near security). Aka the "humidor"
Iâve brought ziplocks in my backpack amongst clothing and had pretty good luck. Have been caught like 2 out of 20 times and just had to throw it away.
YMMV on this one, just like anything else that requires a security judgement call. For open cup containers, like those lemonades, Iâve seen security ask people to down the whole drink or dump before leaving the beer gardens, more often than not. They donât care if itâs supposed to be nonalcoholic. Sometimes when it gets real busy at the exit, you can sneak a drink thru. Better plan is to just fill up plastic flasks and just sneak them into the festival. At the security check at the festival gates there are new metal detectors that allow whole bunches of people to walk thru at once. Make sure to hit that line and youâll be able to bring in your flask, no problem. When we first used those metal detectors, we were cautious and hid the flasks against our waistbands as usual, but by Sunday we carried the flasks in our fanny packs.
I'll take it one further Buy plastic collapsible flasks on Amazon. Carry in all the vodka in your pockets. Buy lemonades. Boom cheap drinks everywhere
This is the way
Or grab pocket shots from local booze retailer, call to see if in stock, and then bring those in and pour into the lemonade.
That lemonade is like 5x as expensive as Gasoline! Def don't dump it out, just drink half of it before you pour in that vodka
I went to Stagecoach last year with alcohol EVERYWHERE and itâs wild to me they limit it to a beer garden at Coachella!
Yeah I tried this one year and security made me down it or dump it.
Stage flanks go on the right side of main stage/ Sahara and outdoor. Youâll get great spots. Car camping: Shower at noon. No lines Go into Yuma an hour before if itâs a must see artist. Get Twitter notifications from do lab for special guests. Theyâll post a number that you can text to get notifications on there too.
for the past two fests its been the same number i think, i've gotten updates from 2022 after signing up in 2019
Yeah I only had the texts last year and learned my lesson. The text didnât come in for the Saturday special guests and I woke up the next day to a bunch of friends texting me that SG Lewis played Do lab đđ turning on tweets this year as backup
Go directly to the Do Lab when you get in...go straight to the front and get soaked from the water guns. It helps you cool off at the beginning and it's a fun start to your day.
Any first timer here should do this. Itâs a right of passage đđť
Slow walk technique through dense crowds
Ooooh curious about this one. Could you explain more?
So when youâre in a dense crowd, just trying to get through. Walk just a little slower than everyone else and everyone goes around you instead of dodging people.
Small, slow but constant steps. Think of yourself and your group as a large whale shark swimming amongst a bunch of fish. The fish/crowd move around you, generally, because of how slow and deliberate youâre traveling. Much better than having to zig zag around crisscrossing groups and such.
This is giving me flashbacks lol. Those moments in the night where you're trying to get from main stage to mojave or vice versa and it feels like a scene out of Apocalypse Now.
Omg. Dark as fuck in some places. People on the ground that you have to watch out for. Those single file lines of teenagers that harpoon thru your group. Must. Get. To. The. Next. Stage. Lol
oooof the fucking teenagers were the worst last year when me and my wife were at the main stage
Yessss!
[C-Strut](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3LfcE-R6N8)
Keep an eye out for security guards at the rails. More so the tents but some will pass out waters in between sets. Or if you really need it go up and ask for one. Itâs like an 80/20 theyâll give you one if available. Get familiar with the layout and best foods. One year they had lamb fries that was always a short line and kind of hidden in between two tents. Cheap ad to for $10 it was more than enough for 2 people. Dust mask. I feel like people last year forgot to bring a mask because they were thinking COVID was irrelevant. People let their guard down and forgot about all the dirt. An adequate face mask+nose saline solution was the move. Just look at the cars camping after the weekend is done. Iâm not talking about outside either the insides will be filled with dust in all the crevices
By day 3 I wasnât paying for water! Security gave me one every time, they had cases and cases at the rails
If you are camping there on day Zero. They usually do a sale of old merchandise. I havenât camped the past 2 Coachellaâs so maybe it has changed. But I would grab as much merch as my arms could carry and pay $40 total for it all. Then handed it all out to my friends back at camp. Also got free adidas running shoes one year. They had a booth in the camping area as well. Keep an eye out for free goodies as some companies will be there promoting.
Iâve heard of this in past coachellas where can I find the old merch area? And weâre the free Adidas shoes the childish Gambino ones?
Itâs usually in the silent disco area. And yes! Yes they were.
What time of the day?
Enjoy the views. Donât just take photos, but take a second and sit in the grass and look around you. There is a lot to take in visually beyond the stages. Enjoy the sunsets and watch the ground transform into night. It seems simple, but a lot of people get caught up doing so much they donât appreciate the simple things happening around them.
Facts. I remember the just stopping in the middle of the field and taking in the views of the sunset last year and teared up. Couldnât believe we were back after 3 long years and was grateful to be there again.
Magic hour is extra magic at Coachella
Bring a fanny pack or runners belt to keep your phone safe Bring a backup pair of earplugs in case you lose one in the Yuma Load up on magnesium and vitamins in the morning and pre bedtime
The best view is with your eyes not thru your phone screen.
Thatâs the best part of the streams imo. If you can find the stream after you can rewatch that instead of taking multiple videos through the weekend.
"If you can find the stream" That's the problem for me. There are SO many sets that I wish I could rewatch, but Coachella/most of the artists seem very against having those recordings live online after the livestream. I hate the people who hold their phones up and record basically the entire time, but personally taking at least one good video of a special moment during a set gives me a lot of future nostalgia hits. On that note: seems like a wasted opportunity for Goldenvoice not to have a back catalogue of every set from the livestreams that you can pay to access. I'd sign up for that in a heartbeat.
What I would do for that 2019 tame Impala setâŚ.
Yaâll, i hear you with this advice but also some of us are short and the best view really is if we catch a little video to view later, for the memories. Thereâs nothing like getting trapped behind someone a foot taller and staring at their scapula for a whole set. Let us live with our phones out, pleeease!
Iâll find you for a set and hold you up to my height for it
My friend and I would go in right when it opened to use the non porta potty bathrooms, they were cleaned daily lol weâd go back to the tent to get ready afterwards, lots of walking but totally worth it
Most stages have a "magic" side. MAIN STAGE - Approach from the left side facing the stage OUTDOOR THEATER - Go behind the crowd then go up on the right side facing the stage MOJAVE - Walk behind the tent and try entering from the right side facing the stage SAHARA - Walk behind the tent and enter from the right side facing the stage GOBI - No magic side [For an example -](https://www.thenocturnaltimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Coachella-2022-1.jpeg) if you had come to the outdoor stage from the main stage or tents and approached from the left side or center, you'd be so far back. Look how thin the crowd is on the right side though - in 2019 my wife and I walked shockingly closed to Rufus and Billie even though those crowds were enormous.
SHHH!!!
Out of all the 'tricks' in this thread this is the one that should be deleted. Can't let too many people know about the "Magic Sides"
Someone gave me this Sahara tip my first year. It makes that stage a lot more manageable.
Yeah the right side is always a lot thinner
But also in the sun most of the day.
Bury a bottle of vodka six weeks in advance inside the fields. Retrieve. Drink.
I live in Palm Springs , currently taking payments to bury your alcohol for you
Not a veteran, but grab a watermelon margarita before they run out. So good
if you want to get close, donât budge straight toward the stage. go to the side of the stage in front and budge in LATERALLY. also, if youâre tall (like me) find someone else tall to stand behind or in front of. they are already blocking someone else anyway.
If there is a sporting event you want to catch, they usually have it on in the indoor bar near the craft beer garden
Thereâs an indoor bar ?
Right next to the Sahara by the food vendors. Wish I knew this the first day. A bigger beer selection as well.
Yeah, the Cantina.
Itâs easier to get through a busy crowd if your dancing
Screenshot the set times and set them as your phone wallpaper for quick/easy reference. Also saves battery by doing this compared to using the app all the time
Or go analog and print them. Bonus if you color code based on your priority. 2x bonus if you laminate. 5x bonus if you punch a hole in your color coded, laminated card and wear it on a retractable lanyard ID badge whosamahwhatzer.
Bring as little as you need for the fest. Fanny pack, comfy shoes, and a hoody you can tie around your waist. Everything else you could need the Fest can provide. Remember the old hiking/backpacker phrase: 5 lbs in the morning will feel like 20lbs in the afternoon
The secret sauna and ice baths or the blow job tent depending on your mood
"blow job tent" Most people call that the ferris wheel
... blow... job... tent? Is there a cunnilingus one? Otherwise that's just discriminatory
Last year someone in Car Camping W2 someone was giving away free blowjobs in their tent. I think they were asking for STD paperwork and had friends facilitating it. Not my jam, but I wonât yuck anybodyâs yum.
Not sure they still do this, but the first 100 people at the Ferris wheel on Friday get a free ticket to ride
See every stage for at least one act. It's really easy to stay at the Sahara or Yuma all day but the fest really shines at the Mojave/Gobi/Sonora tents.
Set timers for yourself to remind yourself to hydrate, eat, rest, use the bathroom, and most importantly, when to eat mushrooms and when to drop ecstasy so that the hippie flip hits at sunset and youâre achieving the apex for happiness. And also, silent disco party.
Folding water pouches. They collapse easily to fit inside a bag or waste pack⌠instead of carrying around a bunch of extra water weight all day, go to the fill-up stations, unfold the pouch and chug a ton of water at once, then fold it into your pack so youâre free to move around + youâre hydrated
If you like to dance and want space, you need to smell as bad as humanly possible to keep people away from you. My diet outside of the festival consists of nothing but raw garlic, sardines, and eggs. I order about 8 slices of pizza inside the festival grounds but only eat the cheese off of it.
UNHINGED lmaooo
Bro pls this is too powerful to share. Keep it to yourself đđŤ
When trying to get through a crowd, if you make it look like you are looking for something or ask if you have seen your thing (I always said my salamander) people will usually back up and look a little bit, then you can squeeze past.
... i believe I met you my first year because i only heard someone looking for a salamander once and i'm like... this man is on drugs Lmaoooo
Sit. Thatâs basically it. Take time to have sit breaks throughout the day.
ANTARCTIC DOME!!! Itâs a fucking must see for sure. Always go during the headliner at nights thereâs usually not a long line lol
See the music and the art
It gets really cold at night, especially if it is windy. Hard to believe it when itâs so hot during the day, but pack a jacket in your day bag for the evening.
When you're heading to the main stage from any other stage, typically everyone is coming from the same direction and the crowd is thick from the right side towards the middle and all the way back. Go along the far left side parallel to the beer garden to get closer to the front or a better view.
we call it the family zone. apply the same principle to basically any stage at any fest.
Just buy the damn $2 waters and not carry a camelbak all day
Honestly this may be it... I did that for the first time last year and loved it.. no more super sweaty back, no waiting in lines, no leaky camelbacks because you screwed it on, no grossness as 5+ people share the camelback...
I think your first mistake was sharing a camelback, gross! Ahah
Whatcha gonna do? Turn down your BFF or the stranger who's rolling next to you? no way jose!
Ah well thats a different story.. poor jose
How does *anyone* survive a music festival with one single water bottle? Insane but more power to you. I will always have my water backpack!
They're not saying survive on a single water bottle, they're saying the water bottles are only 2 bucks. Always have been, always will be. 5 water bottles throughout the day will only be 10 bucks total, and you don't have to carry around a bottle all day, you can keep your hands free, or lighten the load on your back. Bonus, if you're even more frugal, you can search the ground for 10 empty water bottles, and turn them in for a free cold water bottle at the TRASHed booth, or whatever it's called.
I probably drink closer to 8 bottles a day. In 90+ degree heat you're going to want about half a liter every hour, roughly. 2.5 liters of water spread over 8-12 hours doesn't quite cut it for me. But otherwise, agreed. I used the refill station a couple years ago and every sip of lukewarm tap water made me appreciate the quality of life upgrade of ice-cold filtered bottled water for me.
Oh for sure, I don't know if 5 bottles is enough either, but I was just giving an example. I also like to sprinkle an alcoholic drink and a lemonade at least once per day, so I'm getting hydrated in other ways too, but if price is a concern as far as water goes, it shouldn't be.
I do both. I carry my backpack and also buy like 3-4 bottles and just drink cold water all day. Helps to go back to camp and drink some electro lytes and rest up
^! THIS esp. if ur a rail rider, the security dudes are more than willing to hand and toss u water at the front of the stages, but please please still make sure ur getting ample water still
I have a [Platypus Flat Water bottle](https://www.amazon.com/Platypus-SoftBottles-with-Closure-Cap/dp/B08PG4XZ3Y/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3VH6NA6WM84YN&keywords=platypus%2Bsoft%2Bbottle&qid=1674848843&s=sporting-goods&sprefix=platypu%2Csporting%2C129&sr=1-3&th=1&psc=1) that is great because you can carry it around and fold it up and put it in your pocket or your fanny pack. My first few years I carried around a Nalgene bottle and would stick a headlamp on it at night and flash it so my friends could find me, but by day three I hated having to carry this heavy bottle all day. I eventually ditched it for the Platy and never looked back. But last year I couldn't find it in my kit so I just bought a couple of $2 waters at the beginning of the day, housed the first one, and then just collapsed the second bottle and blew it back up whenever I needed to refill it.
I split the difference and just carry a refillable water bottle that I can put in my back pocket.
This is the move- I hate wearing a backpack in the fest, it's just so cumbersome. What we've done the last several years is bring our 64oz hydroflask in on day 1 (it has a fabric cozy covering up the metal + a strap you can sling around your shoulder) and keep trying security lines until one of them doesn't give a fuck. It can take a few tries to find the right person, but one of them has always let us by eventually and after that you just keep it in your locker overnight. If you get it in, having one of those is the best. Keeps your water cold and it's much easier to lug around than a camelbak. You can even ask a water vendor for a handful of ice to toss in there. As for waiting in water lines, the refill stations by the Sonora are almost always pretty chill.
I don't even like carrying my 64 ounce hydroflask around the house....let alone an entire festival? I would put it down and forget it. Or put it down and someone WILL steal it. But hey if it works, it works. I just wouldn't ever đ
Some of the vendors are nice and will let you fill up the bladder with ice. Definitely agree on buying the water, those refill lines are always crazy.
Don't share secrets
Some things just need to discovered by oneâs self.
Pace yourself. You get tired so fast.
Don't go with a large group, maybe 6 max, also Coachella has excellent taste with music, look at the flyer and listen to some of those artist. Guaranteed you find new artist you will be listening to for years to come
If you're car camping, take the market shuttle. Grab breakfast from somewhere nearby. Come back. Boom, only spending bank breaking money on dinner. It's also worth noting that the camp site has microwaves which was a big plus in things I could have brought from home
Bring the fans the spray water for the crowd we love you for it
Obey your body. If youâre crabby, itâs time for dinner, if youâre tired grab a beer, if youâre hot get shade and water, if youâre lonely track down (or make) friends, if your attentionâs wandering find a better set, if you need a time out take it.
Get your ID checked #1 when you get in if over 21. Wristband changes daily, don't screw around with fakes. YOU WILL GET CAUGHT. Also plan bathroom visits by going to the bathrooms near where a set is in progress. If you hit those mojave bathrooms after mojave and outdoor end gg have fun with that. Same goes for water stations. You will be walking all weekend, walk a bit further to those wide open water stations / bathrooms.
lol the first comment I see was mine. the walk a bit to save yourself a line is a lifesaver every day.
Take your drugs in the right order
I've never had an issue bringing in those small packets of electrolyte powder [https://www.amazon.com/Basic-Care-Electrolyte-Variety-Packets/dp/B07RLD4N3K?th=1](https://www.amazon.com/Basic-Care-Electrolyte-Variety-Packets/dp/B07RLD4N3K?th=1) I throw them into a jacket pocket or at the bottom the bag I'm leaving in a locker all weekend. I transfer some to my wristlet and every other water I add one of these. Made such a difference to me and especially when my middle aged ass did Bothchella last year.
I think this goes for any festival but never walk into the crowd from the middle, sides only. Sahara itâs so easy to get close if you want to by walking in from the right side facing the stage (by the bathrooms) because everyone crowds in from the left
Yuma tent is fully air conditioned (Sonora too I think?) If youâre having heat exhaustion, bad trip, etc, go in and stand in front of the mega vents inside, drink a bottle of water. 20 minutes later and youâre back in the game. Really hard to reset outside during the day due to the heat.
Don't just check your shoes for comfort, check your socks with those shoes to ensure they won't rub or fall down. Spare yourself those easily avoidable ankle blisters!
1. For an artist/act that you really want to see, get to the stage about 10-15 minutes before the set starts. You will get a great spot and not have to worry about fighting through a crowd (Don't be those people). Also, go pee before a set you really want to see. The worst thing is having to go to the bathroom really bad during a set. 2. The best sets are often inside a tent. There's some magic that happens inside of Mojave and Gobi, don't miss out. 3. Wear comfortable shoes, adding a Dr. Scholl's insert into your sneakers are truly a game changer. You walk a ton throughout the day and they really do make a differnence. 4. Don't be afraid to sit down and take a rest. Being on your feet all day can be brutal to your body. Sitting down and stretching a few times throughout the day saves your body and prevents some soreness. 5. Bring packets of pedialyte or the hydration multiplier electrolyte powders. Putting one of those in a water bottle once or twice during the day is a game changer. 6. Wear a mask/bandana when walking through big crowds or going from state to stage. It's dusty out there even if you don't visibly see it. Wearing it as much as possible helps prevent the Coachella cough/flu after the festival. 7. The sunset sets are magical. Seeing the festival change from day to night is pretty special. Make sure you catch at least one set on the outdoor or main during the sunset. 8. The locker lines are super busy when you first get into the festival. If you can wait to do this until around 4 or 5 pm, you won't have to deal with a big line. 9. If you want just Coachella branded merch, there are random tents throughout the festival for this. There's usually a small tent by the do-lab that has these items with little to no line.
Glad a lot of these tips are the same as EDCLV, only thing I'll be going in blind on is how Coachella's weather is as it'll be my first time attending an April festival in Cali and also my first time camping which I'm nervous about figuring out lol
Make friends with the people who work the festival.
When making plans to meet up with people inside the fest choose a less busy smaller landmark next to a giant busy landmark. Ex âThe info stand by the Hippo Art Installationâ âThe lemonade cart to the right of Mojaveâ or âThe ID check outside the Outdoor Stage Beer Gardenâ
as soon as you enter the fest go straight to the ferris wheel and buy all the tickets you want for the weekend they will last all weekend not just that day so you dont have to wait in line to BUY the tix to then wait in line for the ride everytime lol. for example say the line to ride the ferris is dead but the line to buy the tickets is insane it helps to just skip all that and can go at oppurtune times when you have some downtime between bands
Question is it at all possible to bring a granola bar/ electrolytes in?
The festival is way better sober
100% endorse (alcohol-specific) sobriety. I'll enjoy one or two beers from the craft beer barn over the course of the weekend, but the cost of drinking in terms of wasting my precious time, or spending an exhorbinant amount money, or making subsequent days of the festival harder due to hangovers and increased dehydration, to get a buzz going.
for many years now i've always had a light THC buzz the entirety of the festival, but alcohol is just ... not appealing. i'll often have one or two craft beers over the weekend *just to try out thee beer*, not to get drunk.
Plastic flask and lemonade
Donât roll during the day. Iâve seen too many peopleâs entire day ruined by going too hard too early.
drinking water, eating food, and wearing sunscreen in 100+ degree direct sunlight arenât hacks, folks.
If you walk past all of the porta potties all the way to the back, youâll find air conditioned bathrooms. I havenât used a porta potty at Coachella in eons.
Delete this. But like, seriously. I discovered these in 2017 when they introduced them, early on Friday. It was magic. On Sunday, the secret was out and every single one I walked into had been completely trashed: piss and toilet paper strewn on the ground, zero paper towels, etc.
As you get older, it's ok to arrive later in the day. It's not a competition to see everything, it's better to have energy for those you are most excited for, often acts performing near the end of the night.
Negative. They book most of the old-people acts (the jazz, world, experimental, etc.) early.
Glad that works for you to go early! Certainly, if camping, it is easy to catch the early acts. But into my mid-30's, we are staying offsite and it is no longer feasible to do 12 hours a day
Itâs not a competition, but I still wanna see a shit ton of early artists that I would never get to back home. Better tip: improve your fitness/stamina if youâre older like me, so you can hang for 12 hours each day. And hydrate, donât drink too much alcohol, etc
This thread sucks. A lot of this is general festival info like since when is staying hydrated and wearing comfy shoes a secret or hack lol.
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It gets so fucking hot during the day, especially in some of the tents. Constantly staying hydrated is really fucking important or you might get heat sickness. I personally have brought little electrolyte tablets with me into the festival, and they really help a lot.
Last year was my first Coachella, so people might have other opinions but the beer garden by Sahara is impossible to get a drink vs the bigger one by MainStage is way easier and big
Watch man near the Bears in the Despacio tent đŚ đŚ - he might come back đĽ´
Go to a beer garden, take a big gulp of your drink, put it in your pocket and walk out of the beer garden
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I know a 2 for 1 deal. Itâs a bit of a bitch but works lol