What to bring with you

What to pack

Festival packing can be a headache. There’s way too many things to consider! With just days to go until Boardmasters, it’s time to start packing those bags for the biggest party of the summer, so here’s a packing guide to make your pre-festival prep a bit less stressful!

Maybe it’s your first festival and you’re not sure what to take? Don’t worry, we’re here to help with our handy packing guide, letting you know everything you should (and shouldn’t) be taking with you…

✅ Your tickets. Make sure you have them either printed out or ready on your phone

✅ Bank card – our bars and traders are cashless 

✅ Your ID – which must be a drivers licence, passport or other PASS ID. It must be in date, and we don’t accept photocopies or pictures.

✅ A reusable water bottle. Lots of you have been asking if you can bring single use bottles. We’d really rather you help us #LeaveOnlyFootprints and bring a reusable one.

✅ A GOOD quality tent. Let’s be honest, the weather hasn’t been great this Summer. Bring a good tent that’s not going to leak. Not a cheap, pop-up one.

✅ Sleeping bag, pillow and a torch.

✅ Clothes for all weathers. Wellies, boots, hoodies, rain jacket as well as your trainers etc. It can get pretty chilly at night – make sure you have some layers.

✅  Suncream.

✅ Contraception.

✅ Medications – Don’t forgot to refill any prescriptions now and pack and take these with you. It’s a good idea to take a blank prescription with you in the event that you lose your medication, it will be easier to get this replaced.

✅ Mini first aid kit with plasters, paracetamol, anti-histamines (if you need them), insect repellent

✅  If you use technology to manage your health e.g. continuous glucose monitoring, please make sure you have another way of doing so just in case.  If you need help on site, go to the medical centre in either our main arena or campsites.

✅ Portable phone charger or book one with Charge Candy

How much alcohol can you bring? (If you’re over 18)

Camping ticket holders can bring alcohol into the show on their first entry. No alcohol is allowed to be taken into the main arena.

You can bring:

24 cans of beer/lager/cider or alcopops

OR

2 bottles of wine. That are decanted out of their glass bottles.

Please don’t bring

❌ Wet wipes (they clog the toilets…)

❌ non- biodegradable glitter

These items are prohibited and will not be allowed into the festival

❌ no animals (expect assistance dogs)
❌ no aerosols (excluding suncream and deodorant. Liquid suncream and roll-on deodorant are permitted)

❌ no bladed items, including multi tools
❌ candles or sky lanterns
❌ anything that could be reasonably considered for use as a weapon
❌ campfires
❌ drones or remote controlled flying devices
❌ fireworks, flares, smoke bombs or smoke machines
❌ no food into the main arena (sealed food can be brought into the campsites)
❌ no gas canisters or cylinders (except built into campervans)
❌ no generators (expect those built into campervans)
❌ no glass bottles (please decant alcohol)
❌ no high-vis jackets or unofficial tabards
❌ no illegal substances  (psychoactive substances, nitrous oxide or legal highs)
❌ no laser equipment / pointer pens
❌ no spray paint

❌ professional camera or video recording equipment (including SLRs and anything with a detachable lens)

❌ no straight spirits (alcohol)

❌ no sound systems exceeding the following size specifications (H: 184mm x D: 73mm e.g. BOOM3, please note, if on a Day Ticket no sound systems are permitted)

❌ No Single-use plastic

❌ No Portable or disposable barbeques, gas, paraffin lamps, or fire / gas-related cooking equipment

❌ No Megaphones, air horns, or compressed air