9 Things I Wish I'd Known Before Attending My First Music Festival

"What did I just trip over?" is something I thought over and over again throughout my three-day experience at Panorama, and the answer was almost always "another human being." Since the festival area was mostly grass, people could sit down and stretch out basically anywhere they pleased. Definitely bring some kind of lightweight blanket that you can easily roll up in your bag if you think you might want to pop a squat at some point.