16 year old daughter off to 2 day festival - help!

[BettySuarez]

DD is going to NASS at the beginning of July and I could really do with some calm and reassuring words

This will be her first festival and I have never been to one myself so could do with some pointers on what to pack

I have seen some festival kits online (which include condoms!), so will get several one of those.

What else?

How do they keep valuable safe?

How on earth will she keep her mobile phone charged?

I want to make sure that she is prepared without making too much fuss

DS17 is off to Wakestock July 5 so I share your pain. I can't see how they can charge a phone so keep for emergencies only I would presume.My list for ds is baby wipes, apples, plain cheesey type sandwiches,pepperami and massive bottle of water in order to save some money buying food on site although I imagine he'll live on dirty burger type food. A pair of wellies seems to be a must.I too await more experienced warriers mothers who have been through this.

NatashaBee cheers,I'll look into that.

Bin bags are essential - for dirty clothes, muddy wellies, storing everything if it rains and your tent becomes a swimming pool, etc. Duct tape as well, never know when it'll come in, and it can be used for everything from a tent fixer to a seal for the top of wellies if it gets too muddy.

Some festivals sometimes have sponsored charging points for phones, so maybe you could check the website (if there is one) to see if they have this? Also, you can get chargers that use solar power (I think you can get one for about £30).

Dry shampoo is brilliant, as are baby wipes (all the freshness of cleansing, without having to strip in the middle of a field for a cold shower!). Thick jumpers and socks - it gets surprisingly cold when the sun goes down!

Keeping valuables safe - the best way is not to take any. The alternative is a money belt that you never take off. Bags are too easy to pinch from tents to be completely safe.

Don't know if any of this is useful, but if I ever did another festival I wouldn't go without the above!!

Above all, don't worry! I've done Glasto twice so far, and I've never seen any trouble at any stage. At a festival, everyone is there to enjoy what's going on, so there won't be any trouble makers, and the festival organisers will want to keep everyone safe, so there won't be too much scope for crazy behaviour!

Suncream, insect repellent, cagoule, wellies, babywipes, gaffer tape, binliners, money belt, deodorant, couple of those chewy toothbrush things, smints, condoms.

Several spare pairs of socks.

Tent, bedroll, sleeping bag.

Water (buy a multipack of individual bottle? apples, cereal bars.

Torch !!!

Tell her not to leave anything in her tent, arrange a meeting point with her mates as even if phones are charged the signal might be crap.

Please remind her also how flammable tents are, smoke weed cook outside the tent only!

She will have a great time I'm sure!

I'm so glad my babies are a long way off festival age

Ha ha grumpla, yes a torch!

A not much younger but a lot less mature colleague went to Leeds last year, and asked me whether the light on his phone would be enough. Needless to say I laughed in his face advised him otherwise!

Thanks so much everyone, the wind up phone chargers sound fab

In an attempt to be 'in with the kids' I have even ordered her some UV body paint

I'm sure she will scowl when I give it to her!

grumpla when say not to leave anything in her tent, do you mean valuables only? Will her sleeping bag be safe?

Thanks

Hopefully her sleeping bag will be okay.

Not to terrify you though but when my mates and I did Glastonbury in 98 we had a whole tent nicked! Assumed it was just the tent's owner being off his face at first but no... Luckily there were about 30 of us and between us and the bhuddist tent we managed to clothe and feed him for the next few days!

That was in the olden days though

But I would advise rucksack etc left obviously empty - so if any dodgy type sticks their nose in the tent they will just leave it rather than swipe it to rifle through elsewhere.

I am proper paranoid though. Thank god I always get to camp backstage now smug smug

Maryz... Are you my mate's mum?!?!

Oh God, my dd has not so far demanded a festival weekend... God i panic when she is on a school trip, i have no clue know how she (or me) would cope at a festival..

This thread is quite informative. I'm sure she will have a great time though.

If she has a decent phone, then buy a cheapo supermarket one purely for the festival.

I don't want to scare you, but NASS is pretty grotty. My almost 16 year old sd has been refused permission to stay overnight. The thing is, it's not like a music festival - the bands stop at about 11:30 and then you've got a huge amount of teenagers with not a lot to do other than get wasted. I'd tell her to take the absolute minimum and keep her wits about her ( ie stay sober). Sorry..