Ep. 26 Festies Survival Guide: Outside Lands 2025

Outside Lands is next weekend (!!) and we’ve got your back. This episode is for all the first-timers—we answer your questions about what to wear, how to plan your day, and what to expect. We’re also introducing a new segment: Festival News, where we cover the Tomorrowland stage fire, the heartbreaking loss of a festival-goer, and updates from Bonnaroo. Plus, Sunny and Clark are going to Outside Lands, so stay tuned for some live updates next week 👀

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Festival News: Tomorrowland's Stage Disaster

Vanessa 0:00

Hey Sunny ,

Sunny 0:01

yeah Vanessa .

Vanessa 0:02

What do you call two best friends that love music festivals ?

Sunny 0:05

Hmm , I guess you'd call them Festies

Clark 0:35

music festivals , friendship festies .

Vanessa 0:41

We're gonna start off with some festival news , a new segment . We're gonna try have semi-often , depending on how much festival news there is out there . This one was a big one last week . Tomorrowland Festival in Belgium was supposed to start July 18th through the 20th . It's two weekends which I actually didn't even know . I didn't even realize how much of a monster this thing is .

Sunny 1:02

It's the biggest EDM festival .

Vanessa 1:05

Realize how much of a monster this thing is . It's the biggest edm . I know it's . I know it's the biggest edm festival but like size wise .

Vanessa 1:08

Oh yeah , I didn't realize . There's like 16 stages , 400 000 people like crazy , but the main stage , which is usually like their big , what do you even call it ? It's just like a masterpiece I think is what I would call it caught fire . Some news articles were saying it was like something gone wrong with their testing of the fireworks . The whole stage was basically destroyed , which is so sad . They worked for so long on that stage . So that was on July 16th , the Wednesday before people were supposed to start arriving .

Sunny 1:46

I think they started arriving on Thursday it was so hard to watch that like my heart just sank .

Vanessa 1:52

I couldn't believe what I was seeing I know big props to this festival and the organizers and everything they worked day and night to , yeah , not only get rid of all the rubble but make it structurally sound so that people could still be there and find their exit routes and paths . You know , on the back end of things , what a logistical nightmare , but they pulled off a miracle and they had a new stage brought in , all thanks to metallica . Metallica had their stage from like their european leg of the tour that's coming up . I love this yeah , yeah it was .

Vanessa 2:39

It was in storage in austria and they airlifted it there overnight . Wow , and that's what they used for their main stage . Isn't that crazy ? That's amazing that they can pull shit like that off I wonder how did that get started ?

Sunny 2:56

that's what I was thinking like who has that connection ?

Vanessa 2:59

yeah , did you know that ? What ? No , that metallica no .

Sunny 3:02

Metallica . No , no , you didn't no idea . That's incredible . So it went like it brought them closer to their audience because it kind of cut out all the bells and whistles of their show , you know , and it was just like them , and the audience and this stage that they weren't prepared for .

Vanessa 3:34

You know yeah so that's kind of cool . Big thanks to metallica for that , yeah , and the organizers and everybody , you know everybody involved that they were able to pull that off . That's so cool . On a sadder note , though , there was a 35-year-old woman that died that first weekend . The initial report is saying that it was a drug-related death ,

Bonnaroo Returning With Major Changes

Vanessa 3:56

which is always really sad .

Sunny 3:58

Yeah , it's hard to hear when people lose their lives at these things . Yeah . So condolences to their family , hear when people lose their lives at these things .

Vanessa 4:05

Yeah , um , so that's that . I didn't know that either . To their family . Yeah , in other festival news we put out our bonnaroo recap episode literally the day after they announced that it will be returning next year . Yes , we will be back on the farm on june 11th to the 14th . However , there are going to be some changes . Some of the changes are the campsites that were located in the area that were the most affected by the flood will not be in use , so they are going to cap it at a smaller size and there will be no entry on tuesdays . Everything will begin on wednesday . They will have a kickoff thursday evening at the what stage , which is the main stage with an epic welcome party , epic .

Vanessa 5:00

all other center stages will be programmed in full , starting Friday through Sunday . And then the when in the Woods UFO stage will be making its landing inside Centauru . This will take place of the Infinity stage and feature late night DJs and dance parties . The when in the Woods space will continue to serve as a relaxation haven in Outeroo and the caliber of artists you expect from us will remain very similar to previous years rip infinity stage I'm just happy that it's happening .

Vanessa 5:30

Yeah , I will take it , no matter what . I'll most likely 90 be there if I can get tickets in the ambulance in the ambulance .

Sunny 5:39

So I'm excited about that oh , do you have to do rv camping with that thing ?

Vanessa 5:44

no , because , remember , ed asked one of the ladies that was letting us in who's like so could we have brought , like , an ambulance in here ? Like would you have let us in to the ga , whatever she was , like you could bring a spaceship for all I care . No , I don't know . Ed was like I knew it , because the whole time we were like no , we can't bring the ambulance , we'd have to get rv parking , we didn't buy that pass and blah blah blah .

Vanessa 6:05

Well , now you know , now we know , and we will definitely be there in 2026 with Wanda the Wambulance . I don't know if that's the official name , but that's just what we call it for now .

Sunny 6:15

Yeah , that was the first time I've heard that . Wanda the Wambulance .

Outside Lands Survival Guide Intro

Vanessa 6:21

It's almost your favorite time of the year . It's the most wonderful time outside lands I feel like I can't say that it's mine because I haven't been in the last couple years , but I'm excited for you all year .

Sunny 6:37

We know it's coming and then all of a sudden it's like oh shit , it's here . Bam clark .

Vanessa 6:42

He's so cute , he's getting clothes on and stuff online , oh I feel like I never put that much thought about my outside lands outfits I did when I was fit , but I don't not anymore give me some sweats and t-shirt , I'm good yeah , the picture that we have for our actual um like our cover , not our cover .

Sunny 7:02

oh yeah , we're all dressed up Our album art .

Vanessa 7:04

Yeah , you're wearing like a dress . Yeah , oh my God , I would never wear that . I used to wear like rompers to Coachella and stuff . Yeah , I can't imagine doing that now .

Sunny 7:13

Yeah , but yeah , for Outside Lands . We've always talked about how we were going to put out an episode that's like a survival guide type thing . Since we've been so many times , this will be my 12th year no , this will be your 13th year lucky number 13 this will be my 13th year and , vanessa , this will be your . No , you're not going this year I'm not going .

Vanessa 7:33

You've been how many ?

Sunny 7:34

times seven , seven yeah , that's a lot , as we're recording this outside lands is in two weeks and we decided to ask some of our friends who are going for the first time . We put it up on our instagram if anybody had any questions , and so we thought we would answer those questions for everybody , and some of these are very basic questions too yeah so for like first time outside land attendees , outside land goers , first time outside land attendees Outside land goers , first time outside land goers Attendees and also first time festival goers .

Vanessa 8:10

So we had some really basic questions about festivals in general . Yeah , we have some answers for you guys .

Sunny 8:18

Starting off with some basics how many stages are there ?

Vanessa 8:23

Well , you said that . The website said seven . We have panhandle , sutro , soma , twin peaks and lands end .

Sunny 8:30

For the very first time , they're gonna have the debose triangle stage , and then we have dolores and soma stage and casa bacardi has artists too .

Vanessa 8:42

Yeah , so , has artists too . Yeah , so seven or eight stages , that's what we'll land on . One of the other questions we got was how do we ?

Sunny 8:53

know who plays where . Well , hopefully , by the time this airs , the set times will have come out , but they use a grid style schedule that shows who's playing on which stage , where and when and we would recommend getting the app .

Vanessa 9:07

That way you can set your own schedule . You can select all the artists you want to see and it'll tell you what stage they're on , and then it can also send you reminders . I think you can set it to how early before you want to be notified , but it'll tell you so-and-so , starting at this stage in 15 minutes . Okay , another question we have is what if I get tired ?

Sunny 9:28

sunny , I'm tired not what if when ? Yeah , there will be times you're gonna get tired . That's totally okay . Make sure to take breaks . You don't have to be in the crowd all the time . Some of my favorite moments are when I'm not packed in the crowd and when I'm just taking a break and chilling alone or with one other person Sitting in a circle with your friends , just talking , yeah , playing .

Vanessa 9:53

Quack DiLeo , we have done that a few times , huh .

Sunny 10:00

Listen to your body . It's a marathon , not a sprint . What time should I get there and what time should I leave ?

Vanessa 10:09

Well , we always recommend getting there early . We said this many times . Not only do you not have to deal with traffic and the long lines getting in , especially if it's your first time at a festival or at Outside Lands it gives you time to explore the grounds , get to know where all the stages are , find your water , find your bathrooms , food , the lockers if you're going to get a locker all that important stuff . So maybe you don't have to get there at noon like us crazies do , but I would say before three , maybe two , the music starts at noon ish right so , yeah , there'll be stuff going on for you to do if you want to really dive into information on getting there and leaving .

Vanessa 10:57

Our last episode is specifically about the logistics of getting there and leaving , but Vanessa pretty much got all of it yeah , and then in terms of leaving , I would say , if you don't really care that much about the headliner , then leave 15 , 20 minutes early so that you skip the rush , yeah , of the bottleneck , of trying to get out of the tunnel or just in general .

Sunny 11:21

But also if you really want to see the entire headliner , stay and watch the whole thing and then just stay , stay in the festival grounds until a lot of people have left yeah that's our biggest recommendation , because once you're outside of the park , the city streets are wild , so we always stay until they start kicking us out , and then we make our way to either entrance if you're seeing a headliner , if you're in the middle of the crowd or towards the front , I would always , 10 minutes before it's going to end , make my way to the back of the crowd , because it's difficult when everyone's leaving at the same time . But if you're having a good time , fuck it , enjoy it and do you , but do whatever you want . Prepare , prepare to be in a sea of people , a happy sea of people , but that's true .

Vanessa 12:18

If it's your first time , too , it'd be cool to experience going through the tunnel yeah lands end on the south side of the park and just singing with the crowd through the tunnel yeah , that is a great experience to have .

Sunny 12:30

Yeah , if you're not claustrophobic . What else do we have here ? We have . What are some of the best things to do besides music ?

Vanessa 12:39

I will say I'm guilty of not exploring a whole bunch there , because there's usually always somebody we want to see . But there's so many things you can do besides the music . You can take a visit to grasslands .

Vanessa 12:53

Yeah , you've done grasslands , yeah we got there really we got there really early and we headed over to grasslands . If that's your thing , they've got so many cool cannabis stuff over there . You can get pre-rolls . You can get cannabis drinks . Also , if you're a big wino , they've got wine lands . Yeah , you can go check out all those wine wine I was gonna say wineries they've got wineries in there . Wineries in there . No , you can go check out all the different wines that they offer yeah there's also sorry , you go .

Sunny 13:25

I was just gonna say you heard it here , I'm going to go into grasslands this year .

Vanessa 13:30

And if you don't I'm just kidding , If you don't , you're going to let me name your firstborn child .

Sunny 13:35

Okay , I totally trust you with that . There's also the cocktail magic too . We're sticking with the alcohol theme . And did you say beer lands for all the bureaus ? No , that's not a thing , there's beer lands . Any of the brands that have booths set up there . They'll give out freebies , like white claw .

Vanessa 13:56

Yeah , I've gotten a huge koozie from white claw before . I still have it koozie , a koozie for a big tall can . Those are hard to find . I've also gotten sunglasses , and at grasslands I feel like some of those brand activation things inside of grasslands . Sometimes they have like the spin the wheel .

Sunny 14:13

Sometimes you can get a free joint from there I don't know , they might have that if you're into that sort of thing I'm just kidding a lot of these are located on the walk from the polo field to the twin peak stage .

Sunny 14:26

Those two places I just mentioned are a completely opposite ends of outside lands . And then also , you know , what they're bringing back this year that I'm stoked about is the outsider art . You know , I did see that for the longest time they had artists painting murals towards the back of the polo fields , and then they just stopped doing that , but they're bringing it back this year . So make sure to stop and look at those artists , because it's really neat to see them just painting this beautiful artwork in real time .

Vanessa 14:57

There's a ton of other stuff we're not mentioning , but make sure you go and explore . You'll find stuff to do .

Sunny 15:03

You can get married there also .

Vanessa 15:05

Oh yeah , City Hall .

Sunny 15:06

Yeah .

Food, Drink and What to Bring

Vanessa 15:07

You can go watch somebody get married if you're not going to be the one getting married .

Sunny 15:10

Yeah , okay , maybe we should do that this year too . Okay , I think that pretty much covers the basic questions that we got . Yeah , yeah , let's move on to food and drink . All right ?

Vanessa 15:24

first question can you bring in food ?

Sunny 15:28

yes , you can't . Outside Lands is one of the only festivals in my experience that lets you bring in food , so take advantage of that . Bring in your sandwiches , yeah , snacks . Just no open containers with liquid in it . They'll dump it .

Vanessa 15:44

That brings us to our next question Can we bring in water ?

Sunny 15:47

No is the answer to that question . Just bring an empty water bottle to fill or hydration pack . Can you sneak in alcohol ? Yes , we've seen people sneak in alcohol and we've also seen people get their alcohol dumped at the gate .

Vanessa 16:02

We used to try and sneak in alcohol in , like those um sunscreen bottles yeah , okay .

Sunny 16:09

so I had one , but mine came with a seal , the foil seal . So the person checking my bag opened it and I was like oh shit . And I was like please don't take my sunscreen . They took it at bottle rock and I got so burnt and she was like oh , we would never do that to you here , and closed it and put it back in my bag .

Vanessa 16:28

Allegedly there's these things called slick shots that you can get on amazon . What are they ? They're just little plastic pouches , oh that you can fill with three ounces of like a shot oh , and then heat seal it and stick them in your boobs . Allegedly , allegedly , I don't know but no , you cannot bring in your own alcohol .

Sunny 16:49

No . Next question what are some good food recommendations ?

Vanessa 16:54

Vanessa , you have any there is a list of 100 plus I think I counted 101 , 100 plus food vendors that are going to be there All Bay Area local food vendors for you to try . So the choices are endless . It's gonna be great . Some of the ones that stood out to me are curry up now , which is like indian street food . I love their food . Beanie's kitchen is the one that we saw at mill valley music festival . They have the momos so good .

Vanessa 17:28

Would recommend trying those palmettos . Acai bowls had me in a chokehold when I first moved back to the bay area . I think I would have one like once or twice a week for like months . So those are some very good , top-notch acai bowls from palmettos . There's so many other ones . I know sunny has a few that she likes I have one .

Sunny 17:51

Oh , I mean I just put respectable bird that also was at mill valley right yeah chicken tenders , sandwiches was that the place with the really good burger ? Yes their burgers are so good yeah , and they also have vegan options too .

Vanessa 18:05

So there's that oh yeah , plenty of vegan options for you vegans . I remember one of my very first years I got a donut burger which was a burger as donuts for the buns and it was the best burger I think I'd ever had at the time . I don't know who that vendor is . If you can find them , get one if they're even there .

Sunny 18:30

But little pro tip though if you're gonna buy food and don't want to wait in line , I would grab something before four yeah , good , call those lines get ridiculous after four let's see , did we answer everything for food and drink ? Yes , okay , drink .

Vanessa 18:47

Yes , okay , moving on to what to bring and where .

Sunny 18:52

First question Should I pack a change of clothes ?

Vanessa 18:55

Well , the weather in San Francisco is very unpredictable . We usually like to wear layers . We don't necessarily bring a change of clothes , so a long sleeve t-shirt , a sweater .

Sunny 19:08

I would definitely do a jacket , because your day is going to be cycling through putting your jacket on and taking it off , because not only the weather , but just walking around , being in a crowd , standing outside a crowd . So I recommend a jacket as opposed to a pullover , because you'll be taking it off and putting it back on a lot .

Vanessa 19:26

That's literally always our biggest complaint .

Sunny 19:30

Complaint is like just put , I'm cold , put on five minutes later , fucking I'm hot yeah , off , on , off on check it on , check it off , as I would say I guess if you do want to bring a change of clothes because you won't feel comfortable wearing layers around , they do have lockers . You can get a locker or bring a clear backpack and stick your clothes in there should I bring a towel , slash blanket .

Vanessa 19:57

I mean , yeah , if you want to bring a towel to sit on , bring a towel , but I mean just a blanket or a picnic blanket , because you will find downtime where you want to sit and because a lot of the times it gets cold and foggy , maybe the ground will be a little wet or people spill their beers and stuff like that . So , yeah , definitely bring a blanket to sit on , one you don't care about . Yeah , or buy one there . They're kind of expensive , but you can get a cool outside lands one and they last forever they really do next question what's the weather like ?

Vanessa 20:29

expect for it to be cold for sure at night , but even though it is san francisco , it can get pretty hot like that one day . We decided to all wear onesies on sunday and it turned out to be the hottest day of the weekend of the year . Check the weather the weekend of that morning , see what it says yeah , and go from there , bring a hair tie definitely bring a hair tie or a claw clip our next question .

Sunny 20:54

Lockers , you want to take that ?

Vanessa 20:56

yeah , I've actually never got a locker , but they're very handy . Yeah , you can buy a locker for the weekend and it's an 8 by 12 by 18 locker . They come with a universal phone charger and unlimited access during the festival hours . You can even leave stuff there overnight if it's a three-day locker and it's $75.89.23 with fees dope . I think that's big enough to fit you and your friends stuff .

Sunny 21:24

So maybe just get one for your group it's good if you have merch you want to protect , if you want to buy a poster or something , yeah Cool . Our next category vibes and headspace .

Managing Crowds and Festival Anxiety

Vanessa 21:37

What if I get overwhelmed ?

Sunny 21:39

It can definitely happen . There's a lot going on , there's a lot of stimulation . I would say , let your group know how you're feeling and we mentioned this before . But it's okay to take a break . If you're comfortable to go on your own , go for it . But I would say , make sure to pick a clear meeting spot for later , for the future . And , yeah , give yourself permission to slow down . Find a quiet spot , grab a snack , watch people . It's okay to step back and reset . Yes , how do I deal ?

Vanessa 22:10

with social anxiety . While festivals are a great way to meet new people , it's okay to just kind of stick to your group and just have fun with your group or with your one other friend that you're going with .

Sunny 22:23

Yeah , it's your experience to have and the pressure is off .

Vanessa 22:27

Don't feel pressure to make friends . If it's a lot for you to just even be there , then just stick to your group . Have a good time , vibe into the music by yourself or with your friends , it's okay .

Sunny 22:37

I'm here for the music man .

Vanessa 22:39

Yeah , okay , I'm not sure I like big crowds . What do I do ?

Sunny 22:46

Big crowds are not for everyone but yeah , I can get packed . Especially after 5 pm Outside lands gets pretty crowded , but it's not like wall to wall chaos . There's plenty of space to step back and reset . I like to just take a second and look up at the trees and remind myself where I am in beautiful Golden Gate Park , and it kind of just grounds me .

Vanessa 23:08

We would go with a huge group of people and there was a few people in our group that didn't like crowds . So for a lot of the artists that some of us wanted to go into the crowd for , like half of us would go in and then the rest of us would sit in the back . What kind of watch all of our stuff ? Yeah , if you're okay with doing that , kicking back that's a good strategy , for sure .

Sunny 23:30

Do you have any favorite spots at Outsidelands where you go ? Take a break .

Vanessa 23:34

Favorite spots . I guess it depends on what stage we're at , Because at Sutro you can always go sit up on the hill . That's a good one . At Land's End , the farther you go back , the more space there is for you to sit down . So you can sit down in the back and still enjoy the artists or stand at the picnic tables .

Vanessa 23:53

Yeah , grasslands would probably be a good place to go to because it's kind of secluded . Okay , there's tables back there and stuff where you can just like chill and sit not necessarily partake in the grass lands activities . Woodsy areas are good places to go and get away from the crowds and relax .

Sunny 24:13

Let's see Next . What if I want to take drugs but I've never done it before and I'm bringing my sister ? What do I do ? Whoa , that was specific . Yeah , I mean , we're not going to ever , you know , promote on here doing any illegal sort of substance . They're dangerous . But the question is , what if I want to take drugs but I've never done it before and I bring in my sister ? What do I do ? Okay , vanessa has three of them .

Vanessa 24:40

I don't have any , so I'll let you take this , I would say first make sure that they're okay with you doing them around them . Yeah , communicate Communication is important . But also I would say if you've never done them before and they're not down , then don't do it . Yeah , I would recommend doing them with somebody that's experienced and can tell you what to expect and can help you through it in case something goes wrong .

Sunny 25:10

Yeah , I know , like are they older than you ? Are they younger ? What's the dynamic here ? There's so many like it depends type of questions .

Vanessa 25:18

You know the last thing you want to do is ruin someone else's experience by having them take care of you yeah , so it's a good point . I would proceed with caution on that and just talk about it beforehand . Don't spring it on them . Day of yeah or after you've swallowed it guess what that's good advice that's a hard one . On that same note , make sure that whatever you're taking is safe . Make sure you're testing it .

Vanessa 25:49

There's a lot of sketchy stuff out there please find fentanyl test strips and carry some narcan just in case and if you see a booth that's given out narcan , get some if you don't do drugs , it would be a good idea to take some anyways , because you never know when someone might drop in front of you and you'll have to use it . So let's proceed with caution on that one next , before and after the festival .

Festival Pacing and Meeting Up Tips

Sunny 26:14

Let's see first question we have here what to do pre slash , post festival ?

Vanessa 26:19

day of make sure you eat a good , balanced breakfast .

Sunny 26:22

Yep the end . What am I , a nutritionist , make ?

Vanessa 26:26

sure you eat a good , balanced breakfast and I don't know , pre-game , pre-game , hard , I'm just kidding .

Sunny 26:35

What's it do before the Fellsview Pre game ?

Vanessa 26:40

Postfest , postfest . Now , if a whole day of music festival and standing on your feet was not enough for you , there are so many afters , afters . Look at me , what am I ? Young kid .

Sunny 26:53

After parties Are you going to go to the afters ?

Vanessa 26:56

I was writing after parties'm gonna go to the afters . I was writing after parties . I was like , do we people even say that nowadays ? Is it just afters ? Um , there's so many after parties by artists that were there that weekend , so there's so many shows that you can go to if you still want to keep the party going . It does end kind of early ish because it's in a residential area , so outside lands ends early yeah , outside lands or just go to a bar or go back to your friends and keep the party going there .

Sunny 27:20

Go to a house party , yeah or be like us and go to sleep . Yeah , next question tips for pacing yourself , don't ?

Vanessa 27:28

go too hard on the alcohol , make sure you take breaks , make sure you eat and don't forget to use the bathroom , especially before 5 pm , because those lines can get really ridiculous .

Sunny 27:41

Most important thing for me to feel good the whole weekend is to sleep . Yeah , make sure you get a good night's sleep , Whether that good night's sleep starts at 4 or starts at midnight . Get the chunk of hours in a row .

Vanessa 27:55

Get enough sleep . Also , make sure you're drinking some liquid iv . Coconut water is a good one too . Yeah , anything with electrolytes maybe not so much sugar . Liquid iv is like using the word kleenex for tissues . You don't have to use that brand . Actually , that brand has a lot of sugar . There's so many electrolyte packets out there that are . Just make sure you're keeping up with your electrolytes , yep , but also don't take too much , because too many can make your heart go into arrhythmias . What about pedialyte ? Pedialyte is good dope , okay .

Sunny 28:26

Next , where should you meet up with people ? Do they still have the windmills ? They have one windmill oh they got rid of one .

Vanessa 28:36

We used to use the windmills as a good meetup spot . Now we use . We always meet up at the lockers at the end of the night .

Sunny 28:43

Yeah , I stopped using the windmills because everyone uses the windmill and now there's only one of them , so we used to be able to say , like the one on the right or the left .

Vanessa 28:53

What do they mean like at the end of the night or in the middle of the ? What do they mean like at the end of the night or in the middle of the , so we always use the sound booth , yeah , as like a landmark If you're trying to meet up with groups . I know some festivals have towers with numbers on them . I don't think I would say Lance does .

Sunny 29:08

But Back right tower , back left tower . Come to a consensus with your group . What side is right , what side is left , if you're facing the stage or facing away ? We've had that problem before .

Vanessa 29:18

Also we've mentioned this before If you have a group chat with your friends , if you're texting in there , make sure you write at the end of your text like what time you're sending this , so that they know what time . If you're trying to meet up with somebody and they're like I'm over here , sent at 3.59 , because with the service they might not get it until way later . So that's also a good tip for trying to meet up with people .

Sunny 29:40

If we're all trying to meet up before a set at the main stage , we will all meet at Beer Lands , because that's in the back of Lands End .

Vanessa 29:48

We'll meet there .

Sunny 29:49

It's in the back building and then we'll head together into the main stage . That's all I got , for where should you meet up with people ? I hope that answered the question .

Vanessa 30:00

Just try to find a big landmark that everyone knows where it is , and meet there a few minutes before a set and all go in together , because trying to find people in a crowd when it's crowded is doable , but it's very hard to do . Okay , rapid fire round , best time to pee every time you pass the bathroom underrated stage panhandle , favorite non-pornographic magazine , what is it ?

Sunny 30:29

what is it good ?

Vanessa 30:30

housekeeping , yeah good housekeeping um shoes or boots . Oh , rapid fire shoes , unless your boots are comfy . Okay , very last thing we're gonna say is any items that we swear by .

Sunny 30:50

I like to bring a mini sunscreen stick band-aids . There's always somebody in the group who needs a band-aid for something and I like to save the day . So band-aids and an emergency blanket . They look kind of like foil and they fold up really small . What about you ?

Vanessa 31:05

must-haves have to have my handheld fan . I have to . I sweat so much . She has it right now . I have it in my hand right now . The butt wipes a portable .

Sunny 31:17

Yeah .

Vanessa 31:18

That's like the one thing I will never not have .

Sunny 31:21

Good ones . Let's see . I think we've covered a lot of ground here . But any last advice for newbies , Should I say mine Just take it all in .

Vanessa 31:31

Go walk through the trees at night , damn it . Oh , is that yours .

Sunny 31:35

Yeah , sorry , it says it right here when At the bottom . Oh , I didn't even look Just kidding , that's okay . I'll say it .

Vanessa 31:41

You can expand on it .

Sunny 31:43

This is a for sure thing you should do , since we're both saying it At night , take a moment to wander through the foresty areas and check out all of the lights .

Vanessa 31:54

It's really pretty looking at them from the main stage at night . Look around all the lights , it looks really cool just remember take care of yourself , have fun .

Sunny 32:02

Don't feel pressure to do anything you don't want to do . Do you boo do ? You boo boo also wanted to mention that eargasm earplugs are the official earplugs of outside lands . Do they have cool ?

Vanessa 32:14

branded ones . They do nice . Make sure you pick some up .

Sunny 32:17

I want to to be like get the Outsidelands ones , because I have Outsidelands ones , but also you can get them for 10% off if you use our Festies10 code online , but you most likely will not get those in time for Outsidelands , so do with that what you will .

Vanessa 32:30

I don't know . I got mine in like a few days , oh you did days .

Sunny 32:38

Oh , you did , so you might okay if you're listening to this on friday and you order them now you might get them in time for outside , so another must have in our backpacks there's going to be a a booth there where you can try out their earplugs . Yeah , you can't use our code there , though , but I know that's why I was going back and forth about it . Either way , try them out and then use the code later .

Vanessa 32:57

Anyways , call it out all right , besties , we hope you have the best time at outside lands . Let us know how your outside lands experience goes after the fact .

Sunny 33:06

We want to hear all about it , dm us if you have any more questions leading up to outside lands , please dm us as well .

Vanessa 33:13

Yeah , all right , make sure you go and follow us on instagram , tiktok and youtube at besties podcast and leave us a rating and review wherever you listen to us and we'll catch you on the next one . Bye , besties .

Sunny 33:39

Besties .