Festival Applications for the Masses!!
This
summer is all about music festivals and the only way to easily make through a
4-day concert binge is to use applications on your smartphone that help keep
you prepared and informed. In the spirit of going to Firefly Music Festival
this weekend, I would like to share with you all the applications that I will
be using to make it through t weekend.
Which
one are you all going to? Are you more into a small gathering like Camp Jam? Or
EDM music so maybe you hit up Wakarusa? Or are you a festival pro hitting up
Bonaroo this year? The music festival scene has really blown up in the last few
years which is great for people who love music and who are learning to spread
their musical wings. If you like concerts, good food and drinks, an experience
you’ll never forget then I highly encourage you to check out a festival near
you…. And that’s pretty much everyone, right?
So
here are the applications I will be using to help with everything from taking
pictures/videos, finding my friends when we’ve inevitably split up, and of
course, saving battery.
First,
download the application associated with the music festival you are attending.
For example, Firefly
music festival created an application that is interactive enough to want to
use it but not so overwhelming that you refuse to open it. On this app, and I’m
sure likewise for the other festivals, you will see the lineup and schedule,
the map of the grounds and names of the stages. Icons identifying bathrooms,
food/water stations and the extra that they offer such as a beer garden or
merchandise table. These are critical since they allow for live updates and you
don’t want to be the person waiting for a show to start after not having got
the message that band relocated to another stage!
Next,
the Find
My Friends application. This is something that all of your friends can
join, even non-smartphone users, whoever they are. Essentially, you all join a
group and this application allows you to see the exact distance between you. So
when you wonder off to the merchandise table and forget where your friends are
posted up at, this application will tell you how to get back.
Victorinox
Festival Ready is the swiss army knife of festival applications, literally.
Made by Swiss Army knife, this app spotlights the following great features: 3D Navigation, sound flare, ticker messaging,
torch, live weather, packing checklist, camping tips, and festival protect
range. This app is on point.
Then
we have a less intense application for those photo inclined individuals. I
always imagine I’ll take a lot of pictures when I’m out at an event like this
however, I get home and realize yet again I’ve barely taken any pictures and
half of them are blurry. Well, with Camera+ I
will no longer have this problem. This application has a stability feature to
prevent blurry photos as well as the burst feature to take several pictures in
one shot so you avoid missing the best one. There are also built-in filters so
need to take a square photo just to filter through Instagram.
Lastly,
we have Easy
Battery Saver. Without this application, how will I be able to use all of
the other super cool applications I’ve already downloaded? Sometimes I’m
skeptical of these applications because I don’t want to put in the time to
decide what not to use however, with this app things are automatically adjusted
to preserve battery life. I’m optimistic, at least, that this will help m have
battery left for when the headliners come on at 10pm.
So
there you have it, folks. Apps to boost your festival experience. What do you
think? I hope you all take what you’ve learned here today and down load some of
these great applications to use on your next music festival adventure!
To
all my fellow Fireflyer’s.. see you soon!
