Festies

Head Trip and Valley of the Seven Stars landed on the same October weekend, and both got hit by storms. We get into Head Trip’s Saturday shutdown and how the Seven Stars crowd stayed locked in through the mud. Then we zoom out to why 2026 has been such a rough year for festival weather, from storms to extreme heat, and what it means for the festivals we love.

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Megan, a Festie since day one, joins us as our first ever Festies correspondent to recap Portola Music Festival 2026! She spent the weekend at Pier 80 in San Francisco and came back with all the details. We get into her top sets from Robyn, Zara Larsson, Swedish House Mafia, and Dog Blood, the warehouse stage, the disco chicken drama, and her best Portola tip.

Check out the Festies Tool Kit for festival packing lists, planning resources, helpful guides, and products we actually use to make festival weekends smoother and more fun: Free Festival Planning Toolkit 

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Thanks for listening to Festies! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube at @festiespodcast. Festies is hosted by Vanessa and Sunny, engineered by Clark. If you're enjoying the show, a rating/review means a lot and helps other festies find us!

SSBD 2026 is in the books! Sunny and Clark were on the ground all weekend. Vanessa's here to get the full scoop.

We get into how we camped, what we'd do differently, and how we beat the heat at the lake. Then we talk about the sets we loved the most.

All weekend, Festies left notes on our welcome table. We're reading the wildest stories and the juiciest confessions. Plus some advice that was surprisingly thoughtful.

Check out the Festies Tool Kit for festival packing lists, planning resources, helpful guides, and products we actually use to make festival weekends smoother and more fun: Free Festival Planning Toolkit 

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Thanks for listening to Festies! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube at @festiespodcast. Festies is hosted by Vanessa and Sunny, engineered by Clark. If you're enjoying the show, a rating/review means a lot and helps other festies find us!

Portola holds a special place in our story. It was the first festival we covered after starting Festies, and the first to hand us media passes. Now we're back, and leveling up: sending our first ever correspondent, Megan, to report live from the grounds at Pier 80 in San Francisco. This episode, we run through the 2026 lineup, then get practical, how to plan your day at Pier 80 so you don't burn out or miss the moments you came for.

Check out the Festies Tool Kit for festival packing lists, planning resources, helpful guides, and products we actually use to make festival weekends smoother and more fun: Free Festival Planning Toolkit 

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Thanks for listening to Festies! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube at @festiespodcast. Festies is hosted by Vanessa and Sunny, engineered by Clark. If you're enjoying the show, a rating/review means a lot and helps other festies find us!

Bonnaroo just dropped the news: no festival in 2027. We get into why a year off might be exactly what The Farm needs to come back stronger. Then we hop over to Olivia Rodrigo's Daisy Chain Fields, talking the mission, the crowd energy, and the logistics everyone's still talking about.

Check out the Festies Tool Kit for festival packing lists, planning resources, helpful guides, and products we actually use to make festival weekends smoother and more fun: Free Festival Planning Toolkit 

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Thanks for listening to Festies! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube at @festiespodcast. Festies is hosted by Vanessa and Sunny, engineered by Clark. If you're enjoying the show, a rating/review means a lot and helps other festies find us!

No stress prep for Same Same But Different at Lake Perris. Built from community tips plus everything we learned camping there ourselves. The gear that actually keeps you comfortable. The camp mistakes that ruin a good night. The food prep that makes festival days easy. Everything you need before you roll into Lake Perris.

Check out the Festies Tool Kit for festival packing lists, planning resources, helpful guides, and products we actually use to make festival weekends smoother and more fun: Free Festival Planning Toolkit 

See you at Same Same But Different!

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Thanks for listening to Festies! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube at @festiespodcast. Festies is hosted by Vanessa and Sunny, engineered by Clark. If you're enjoying the show, a rating/review means a lot and helps other festies find us!

Clark joins us to break down Outside Lands 2026, day by day.

We rank the highs. We rank the lows.

Surprise sets, sound failures, and the stuff everyone was talking about all weekend!

Check out the Festies Tool Kit for festival packing lists, planning resources, helpful guides, and products we actually use to make festival weekends smoother and more fun: Free Festival Planning Toolkit 

And for more Festies content, follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube @festiespodcast

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Thanks for listening to Festies! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube at @festiespodcast. Festies is hosted by Vanessa and Sunny, engineered by Clark. If you're enjoying the show, a rating/review means a lot and helps other festies find us!

Vanessa and Sunny are joined by Clark this episode, gearing up for Outside Lands 2026: Reddit finds, the fog you need to dress for, and a few side quests in Golden Gate Park worth ditching a set for. Plus our battle-tested tips for surviving crowds, staying warm, and dodging the mistakes every first-timer makes.

Head to Spinning Platters for their top 10 of the bottom half of the Outside Lands 2026 poster.

Check out the Festies Tool Kit for festival packing lists, planning resources, helpful guides, and products we actually use to make festival weekends smoother and more fun: Free Festival Planning Toolkit 

And for more Festies content, follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube @festiespodcast

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Thanks for listening to Festies! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube at @festiespodcast. Festies is hosted by Vanessa and Sunny, engineered by Clark. If you're enjoying the show, a rating/review means a lot and helps other festies find us!

Just Vanessa and Sunny on the mic today. Sunny recaps seeing Major Lazer with Clark at Stern Grove, then hypes up Same Same But Different, one of her all-time favorite fests.

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You can watch our Stern Grove recap vid on Instagram, TikTok, and Youtube @festiespodcast

Check out the Festies Tool Kit for festival packing lists, planning resources, helpful guides, and products we actually use to make festival weekends smoother and more fun: Free Festival Planning Toolkit 

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Thanks for listening to Festies! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube at @festiespodcast. Festies is hosted by Vanessa and Sunny, engineered by Clark. If you're enjoying the show, a rating/review means a lot and helps other festies find us!

Bonnaroo 2026 is officially in the books.

This week, Sunny and Clark sit down with Vanessa and her fiancé, Ed, to hear all about their trip to The Farm. It was their first time tackling a major camping festival in the ambulance camper, and we're going to hear all about it. The good, the muddy, and the unforgettable!

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Check out the Festies Tool Kit for festival packing lists, planning resources, helpful guides, and products we actually use to make festival weekends smoother and more fun: Free Festival Planning Toolkit 

Check out our Bonnaroo recap reel on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube @festiespodcast

Support the show

Thanks for listening to Festies! Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube at @festiespodcast. Festies is hosted by Vanessa and Sunny, engineered by Clark. If you're enjoying the show, a rating/review means a lot and helps other festies find us!