From chill festivals like Spilt Milk to intense ones like Stereosonic, music festivals are generally notorious for being super fickle. One minute you’re with the whole gang having the time of your lives, next minute it’s a three hour adventure finding them again.

We rounded up the pros and cons of going out to a music festival – many of them will be much too real for some of us.

Pro: Seeing Your Favourite Live Band/DJ/Singer

It’s actually pretty amazing to say that you’ve seen Drake, Oliver Heldens or Angus & Julia Stone in person, performing right in front of your eyes. Of course, you’re going to film it so everyone can know that you are in fact there – just make sure your snapchat story isn’t ten minutes long because no one likes that.

Con: From All The Way At The Back

Unfortunately only a smaller percentage get to be right up close and personal with the band. And that almost never gets to be you. It’s hard to squeeze through a crowd of 50,000 people who has the same agenda as you.

Pro: Getting A Sick Instagram Pic

Whether it’s at pres or at the festival, there must always be a sick group shot of the gang having a blast. The girls have their make up on point and the guys have their ‘biceps’ out or their long, surfer hair in plaits to just be a little bit different like all millennials aspire to be. It’s destined to receive over a hundred likes on Instagram or Facebook.

Con: Where’s Wally?

So, you’re all together at one point and then next thing you know, everyone’s disappeared. It’s probably the worst feeling – especially at festivals that are in the country or middle of some bushland where there’s no service.

Pro: Not Caring

This is the perfect time to just not care. Of course, we all care about the outfit we’re going to wear and how we might style our hair and make up. But, once we’ve had some Little Fat Lamb and soaked up the vibes at the festival, we become totally care-free.

Con: Mosh-Pit Fights

Or, there can be dramas. It’s basically just standard now for there to be some idiots wanting to start a fight with strangers. It always happens. Just make sure you walk away from the mosh-pit fight before someone gets a sprained wrist… Yes, I’m speaking from experience. It’s not fun.

Pro: Creating Memories

These are the days of our lives – our 20s. It’s occasions like these that stay with us when we’re old and married one day. They’re good stories to tell to the young-adult children of our own who are going to a sci-fi futuristic festival in the year 2042, so we can say, “ah the good ol’ days”.

Con: That One Mate Who Has Too Much

But then, of course, Harry has to go ahead and vomit or pass out and someone is a designated mum or dad for the rest of the day. Bloody Harry…

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