Fyre was a giant debacle, and much like red flags in other areas of life, there were plenty here, too.

  • never trust the business acumen of someone who is solely a "social media influencer" or entire existence revolves around intangible promotion online.

  • music festivals, like clubs, are profit seeking enterprises meant to extract money from young men

Full stop. Read that again.

I know there is good music and festival babes, but the only point of these is to turn a profit. And it's not from the women. Any hot girl at a festival is there on a free ticket (from a BF, promoter, etc.) and she's drinking free and doing free drugs. YOU'RE the money source.

Yes, you can interact with them and spit day game, but logistics of closing are nearly impossible.

  • festivals are for followers. You follow the crowds, follow which bands to see, follow the line to the bar. Don't be a follower.

Don't get me wrong, I'll go to the occasional festival, but with a group of friends / girls I know on a free or discounted ticket. Spending $300-$400 is just not worth it to see some live music from a shitty vantage point with a bunch of tanked out bros and Instagram "models."

Don't fall for fancy luxury marketing / sizzle reels. Anything that's as awesome as they tried to make the festival look in their video is either: - private and you're not invited - costs a shit ton of money - too good to be true Don't pedalstalize frolicking on a beach with girls. You can set that up by yourself for free (assuming you live somewhere near a beach). Fuck it. Buy a discount ticket to Mexico / Thailand and live on the beach for $40 a day and at least get a vacation out of it.