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I had to admit that I was super nervous about going to my very first music festival. I’ve gone to hundreds of concerts just fine, even some completely by myself, but there’s something different about something as big as . Part of it is because there’s a bigger crowd and I had a prior incident at an outdoor venue that made me scared to go to another one like it.

But like many things, and finally experience one of New York City’s greatest must-dos. For the record, it helped that I wasn’t alone. Immediately after stepping into the festival grounds, I found a college friend who had been in the same sorority as me.



She told me how amazing and chill the festival was and how it has since become tradition for her to go with her sister every year. Immediately after, I caught up with our , over at the cabana for our first night, which definitely helped get us in the best vibes (and makeup) to see Rauw Alejandro, Farruko, Dominic Fike, and headliner Post Malone. The group decided that the best way to get into it is to go into the crowd, so that’s exactly what we did! We will admit, VIP does help a bit with crowd control if that’s your biggest worry.

But even then, what I liked the most about the festival was the fact that it didn’t matter if you didn’t want to be directly in front of the stage. As a more chill concertgoer, I was happy to stand in the back and see other people with blankets sitting on the grass toward the sides and the end. On top of that, the acts they.

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