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You Need These for Music Fest Season

It’s that magical time of year when bands and DJs and SPF-15-wearing out-of-towners descend upon our fair city in the name of music. You’ll be here, too. So it stands to reason that you’ll need these music festival essentials. Gin’s not in here. You’ll still need gin.

THE SUNGLASSES

They’ll Look So Right on Your Face

The Show: Shaky Knees—it’ll be sunny and in the high 80s this Saturday. We’re going to not elaborate anymore.
The Provision: Tortoise Allyn Scura Legend Sunglasses with Japanese tempered mineral glass. Which is just a fancy way of saying you have a better face now.

THE BLANKET

If You Lay It, They Will Come

The Show: Shaky Boots—little Blake Shelton. Little Brad Paisley. Little lying down and making blanket angels under the sun.
The Provision: A 100% virgin-wool camp blanket from Pendleton. It’s the size of a full bedspread, so maybe bring your mattress. Don’t bring your mattress.

THE SUSTENANCE

Everything’s Okay. You Brought Granola.

The Show: CounterPoint—the Roots are halfway through their set. You’re hungry. You need a food truck. Or...
The Provision: You need cranberry vanilla granola from Tiny Buffalo. It’s made in Grant Park and scientifically engineered to propel you through a full day of shows, minus being scientifically engineered to do that.

THE JACKET

Festival Rainstorms Hate This Thing

The Show: Candler Park Music Fest—you’ve got jam bands, food trucks and a decent chance of rain.
The Provision: Patagonia’s Alpine Houdini jacket. It weighs a feather-like 6.6 ounces, is waterproof and packs down into its own pocket. They put Houdini in the name because of that.

THE TOTE

A Lot of Nice Things Can Go into This

The Show: TomorrowWorld—someone like David Guetta will be pressing various buttons on a laptop while fire explodes from the stage and you dance in a forest of giant mushrooms.
The Provision: A vintage, Navy-issued military tote for holding your water and inflatable dinosaur. Or snacks.