After attending my first festival I looked back on it fondly, but also realizing that I spent WAY too fucking much! I couldn’t believe it! And what did I spend it on mostly? Food. So, this post is all about how you save at festivals when it comes to festival food vs bringing your own food! I’ve taken my total from my first Bonnaroo and compared it to my 2nd Bonnaroo. Sadly, I don’t remember what I bought in 2017 but I saved my list for 2018 so you guy can see some of it! Disclaimer: I pretty much only ate from the festival the first year. Learn more about Bonnaroo here!

After attending my first festival I looked back on it fondly, but also realizing that I spent WAY too fucking much! I couldn’t believe it! And what did I spend it on mostly? Food. So, this post is all about how you save at festivals when it comes to festival food vs bringing your own food! I’ve taken my total from my first Bonnaroo and compared it to my 2nd Bonnaroo. Sadly, I don’t remember what I bought in 2017 but I saved my list for 2018 so you guy can see some of it! Disclaimer: I pretty much only ate from the festival the first year. Learn more about Bonnaroo here!

Food

Below is a comprehensive list of all the food supplies that I bought for my second Bonnaroo. My first year I didn’t really bring any food aside from alcohol and snacks- let me just say these things WERE NOT sustaining. Check out my list from 2018 though! It’s great and I tell you about how I used it too!

Supplies List:

Refrigeration

So you’re probably wondering well this all sounds great, but how exactly are you going to keep all this food good for a couple day, middle-of-the-summer-heat music festival? Good question, there are a couple different choices- check it out below

Supplies List:

Utensils & Cleaning

Make sure you keep it clean while you’re at the festival too. I’ve quickly come to realize that it’s easiest to clean the utensils right after you’re done using them (and letting your food cool off anyway). I use the aluminum foil method (below), however, you can also always use a splash of water, soap and paper towel to clean it off quick. Make sure you have something to eat your food with & on though. 

Supplies List

Summary

So, there’s a decent amount of things here, and I’m sure you’re wondering if this really works or not. I took all the money that I spent at 1 festival last summer (2017) with more or less buying food within the festival for the majority of my meals, and compared that amount to the same festival that I attended this year (Bonnaroo 2018). Check it out below:

Bonnaroo 2017: $438.56

Bonnaroo 2018: $242.53

So as you can see, I managed to save like 230 bucks and that wasn’t even trying my hardest to be frugal about spending (sometimes you just need your drunk-chies right?). So I can only imagine how much more money I could have saved if I had made it more of a point to not go get that the funnel cake AND the corndog. But hey, it’s a festival, we can indulge ourselves a little, right?

What do you do to save money on food at festivals? I feel like food is one of the easiest things that we can control ourselves, so why not do the most you can (while still keeping it healthy too?)

Share YOUR hacks below!

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