Ahead of his set at A Weekend In The Gardens at tomorrow (Nov 18) Illy offers his Top 5 festival tips.

1) Pack a hoodie

Unless it’s peak summer, or you’re in Darwin, you’ll probably be thankful for it when the sun goes down.

2) Pace yourself!

No point getting too wasted to last the distance. No one wants to spend all day babysitting, or worse, leaving early because you’ve gone too hard. Which leads to number three.

3) Look after your mates

Obvious, but yeah, who cares if you’ve wanted to see the headline act for ages. Friends come first. Always!

4) Don’t be stupid

There are often police dogs, plain-clothed officers, very young people, parents, and all sorts of other people who won’t be cool with some types of good times. Act accordingly.

5) Know the words!

There’s nothing better than seeing people who don’t know the words mouthing jibberish back at you from the crowd. Which is sick – if they’re having a good time, great! But festival wrap up videos have long memories…

Ily takes over A Weekend In The Gardens at Melbourne’s iconic Royal Botanic Gardens tomorrow, Saturday November 18.

EVENT DETAILS

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 18

 Illy, Thundamentals, Spit Syndicate, Birdz and hosted by Jesswar

GA admission

Concert runs from 4.00pm – 11.00pm
For full event details, go to www.aweekend.com.au

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