=== basics ===

- music fest tickets/wrist-bands (parking/shuttle tickets)

- IDs

- cash, credit cards

- phone, charger/back-up battery

- camera, DVR

- glasses

- wallets, car keys, hotel rooms keys

- a good mood: attending music fest costs a lot of effort, time and money, a good mood is an order

=== optionals/tricks ===

- sun blocks, sun glasses

- (disinfectant) hand wipes, tissue paper

- band-aids, or whatever first aid stuff you often use

- disposable ponchos: for raining, also serve as blankets for seating on grass and wrapping for your bags

- bubble envelope, with size of your ass: sometimes you need to sit on concrete floor; also great for holding pointy wierd merchants you buy when no one is playing and you are bored

- big light scarf, coats: it gets cold after sun-sets, especially in hell city like SF, freezing in July

- friends: if you are lucky enough to find some pleasant human beings to go with you