Happy Camping: Embracing Community at Lucidity

Think about this: It’s Friday, April seventh, and the time has lastly come to start your long-awaited weekend at Lucidity.

You and your crew roll into Dwell Oak Campground, park your automobile and bounce onto the shuttle wagon to be taken into camp. You’re dropped off in the midst of the competition with baggage gripped tightly and swung over your shoulders. Able to discover a spot to name residence for the following few days. This is where it begins— the place the competition group is actually fashioned. All of it begins at camp.

Again within the early 2010’s, I made a behavior out of attending occasions like Past Wonderland within the Bay Areas. Or SnowGlobe within the South Lake Tahoe Mountains each winter. Whereas the occasions had been enjoyable and the music was nice, there was additionally a way of disconnect from every competition as a complete.

In 2014 I attended Excessive Sierra Music Competition in Quincy, CA. I used to be excited to listen to we might be tenting for 4 days on the competition. This concept was new to me and I used to be excited to see the way it made the expertise totally different. Having skilled each methods of festival-ing, I believe that tenting on the competition means that you can join extra intently to your entire competition and what it has to supply.

You aren’t simply displaying up, partying, and leaving—That is now the place you reside, eat, sleep, and get up within the morning. One thing about that makes room for such a deeper connection to the competition and the others who’re there experiencing it with you. 

Tenting at a music competition is the place we construct group.

From the second you arrive, the very first thing you’ll do is select a spot to arrange and adorn your new residence. For a lot of, It’s customary (and enjoyable) to have a theme camp the place there are enjoyable actions to partake in (whether or not it’s face portray or a full on bloody mary bar and dance ground) to give passersby a reason to stop on in.

This may be how a few of the greatest friendships are fashioned at festivals— and I’m talking from expertise! My crew and I coined the camp theme, “Camp Cease Gained’t Cease” years in the past and built-in it into our totem and the important thing ornamental items in our camp yearly. Cease by and say hello at Lucidity if you happen to see us!

The good half about Lucidity competition is that the camp-sites are the competition. Neighborhood is all over the place.

I keep in mind waking up one morning at Lucidity, making a cup of espresso at camp and strolling barefoot to a workshop being held about 20 ft away.

With the competition fully built-in inside the group, it’s straightforward to really feel as in case your camp itself is a part of the thrill.

One factor to recollect as you end up a house for the weekend is that totally different areas shall be host to totally different camp-vibes. Tenting close to the Therapeutic Temple will bless you with a quieter and calmer vitality. Whereas tenting on the Nook is the place you’ll be able to count on the bass to be pumping late at night time.

Wherever you resolve to camp, simply take into account that that is now your property and your group. Treating it as such is a crucial a part of the general expertise. Completely happy Tenting!