Reading festival day ticket by herself..

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Hi, DD’s friend group is all going to Reading. They are 16.

DD doesn’t want to go and camp - she’s quite anxious - but has FOMO and would love to see some of the acts.

so she’s now decided she wants to go on the Sunday, day ticket only, but she’ll be by herself. Is this a bad idea in terms of managing to meet up with her friends, and more importantly, leaving the venue and finding my DH (wherever he would be picking her up)?

It should be fine. You can come and go from the festival grounds at any time so she could arrange for her friends to come out and meet her if she’s anxious about going in on her own and finding them inside. Likewise maybe a fiend could come out with her when she’s leaving. Although be aware that the pick up/drop off points are still a good walk away from the main entry points.

Drop her and pick her up on the same place... the best pllace for this is Aldi car park.
Most of her mates may have no battery left by Sunday... so finding them maybe a problem! It's full of teens and they have charging stations.
My teens go every year but we live quite close by.
They also have the most amazing volunteers and security.

Thank you.
Good that her friends could come and meet her outside and drop her off, but yes, my worry is that they will no longer have charge. Maybe she can persuade them to meet her at a certain time at Aldi car park, but if it’s a walk and they’ve not slept, they might not welcome that idea!!

Good about volunteers and security - I’ve been reading horror stories and people saying security is rubbish and they don’t give a damn 🤔

They can always meet her at a certain gate? It's a walk from car park but it's the nearest you can get to park.

She'll be fine for the day... it all gets mad Sunday and Monday night! But only in camping areas!

OP - would she be resilient enough to cope if she didn't find her friends? ie. could she just make the best of it? I thihnk she should weigh in the chance they oversleep/ over drink / are lost/ forget - ?

I went to a lot of festivals at that age although not Reading - and sunday is usually a total mess in terms of peoples mental states!

She will be fine. And she will have fun.
Just ensure her phone has battery so give her a power pack so she can contact you and her friends

I think she would be upset if she couldn’t find them and would stress out rather than think, ok, I’m just going to enjoy the music. She would get especially stressed once it got dark.. I’ll have a chat to her about this

Yes, I’ll make sure she has a power pack and enough data, but also a back up of time and place to meet if no signal/charge

There are phone charger units at several points across the site, or could she take an extra power bank for a boost?

Ok thank you, that’s good to know

Could she find another friend who only wants to go for the day and go with them that way is she doesn't find her friends she isn't on her own.

That said I managed to bump into a school friend at Glastonbury when we hadn't made any plans to meet!

Unfortunately not, everyone else is camping for 2 nights