I've seen so many people wearing those lightweight, loose hippie pants at the festival. I always want to grab a pair from the vendors, but I don’t want to carry them around and end up forgetting. Where's the best place to get them?

Hi all! 2025 will be my fourth EF, and our entire group is finally ready to make the upgrade to Good Life. We are just trying to strategize ticket sales, and we can’t remember how far into loyalty sales the good life tix usually last before selling out. We have some in our group that get early loyalty sales (8-10y) that are pretty guaranteed, but most have the same loyalty as me. TIA for any input!

At Wooli, a stranger was kind enough to let me try on their clear lens kaleidoscope glasses. They were AMAZING. I then tried on some with a rainbow tint but preferred the clear ones way more. Any suggestions on where to get the clear ones? Amazon doesn’t look like they have what the person had, so any suggests would be amazing!

I have never been to a festival before, and am looking to go to EF 2025 with a few friends. Even though my friend have festival experience, EF is also new for them too. What should I be expecting from the festival? What are some prep tips that you guys can give based on your experiences? Approx. how much one will be looking at to attend the festival? Any extra information that I do not know yet but would be nice to know? When should we start preparing and when do the tickets go on sale? Aside from the location and the scene of the festival, I do not know anything else. Thank you in advance!

i’m finally at a point where i would be able to spend the money to go and be able to take off time but i don’t have a lot of friends and none of them would go with me because it’s not really their scene or too pricey. i want to just go by myself but i’ve only been camping once and someone else was doing all the work. this is the number one festival i’ve always wanted to go to but i don’t know if it’ll be unreasonable to go alone. i’m not worried about being or traveling alone. it’s really just the matter of camping successfully (i’m more of a hotel person).

edit: i don’t want to get a hotel and would only go if i could camp

edit#2: i’ve been to festivals and shows alone and know i could have a great time on my own. my concern is actually camping and sustaining myself for those days. i’ve only helped set up a tent once lol

edit#3: all of the positive comments i’ve gotten here have really encouraged me to send it this upcoming year! i have a friend who might come with and if not i’ll probably try to find a group to temporarily adopt me. but i feel confident that with some research and planning i could handle it! i’m really open to all advice or dms :) you all rock so much and i can’t wait to finally be apart of this

Hi fam! Throwing a Halloween party tonight for some coworkers. Does anyone know of a dj set that has classic Halloween songs mixed over a good beat that’s palatable for the masses? (No heavy dubstep etc ☹️) Something like Levity or Disco Lines type energy. Appreciate any suggestions, thank you Forest fam!

Hey yo ok so I have a question about this. I never registered my wristband. I tried to do it like once in fest and it wouldn’t work. However I bought the tickets on my account using my card and email. Is there a way I’ll still be able to get loyalty for 2025?

Hey forest fam!

I’ve never been to forest but I’ve been a longtime raver and have done festival camping a lot in the past year - campEDC, Bonnaroo, and lost lands.

I was looking forward to EF2025 but something came up on the Friday and I absolutely have to be at home for the event. I’m about 6 hours away from Forest.

So my question is- for first timers, would it make sense to come for even half of the fest? Is that enough time to experience things? I might have friends who are going earlier so I could join their campsite. or, is it common for people to sell their Friday/Saturday portions of the wristband?

Thanks in advance!

Hello friends. At forest this last year, I played harmonica while someone played piano man on the forest piano. It looked like many people were taking videos. Any chance someone has a video of it?

I was just wondering if anyone who stayed in the RV section knows about space.. Was going to stay in the RV section w/o the electricity.. I just bought a pop up camper to better my forest camping experience.. What is the size of the camp site like? And being we have people driving in different cars, wasnt sure if it was a set amount of space you get and can fit another car.. There is festival parking, we just each carry different items to make one camp and would be easier to have both on site... not too much longer till we are back in the Forest... Thank you 🙂

Hello EF group, have one question:

Me and 2 other friends went last year to EF (GA passes) for first time and we have 2 questions:

With our loyalty of 1 year, do you think we should be able to secure higher love passes?

How many tickets could each of us (using our loyalty) buy if we are inviting more people.

Thanks and see you on EF25. =)

2024 was my first forest and I’m wondering when they send your loyalty? is it around when tickets go on sale?

Hi guys!! Me & a large group of friends (15-20+) are looking to all go to our first forest this year. What is the best way to go about buying tickets? I know that GA will pretty much be the only tickets available to us. What tips and tricks do we need to know? Pretty much just asking for advice on literally anything you think we need to know 🫶🏼

Looking forward to experiencing the magic of the forest for the first time 🫶🏼🥰🥳💚🧚🏻🌿🍄

Every stage sounded absolutely incredible last year. The bass at Sherwood for Knock 2 was fucking unreal. I know the sound at Tripolee has been an issue for a couple years, but this past year was absolutely perfect. Carousel Club sounded incredible, and Observatory(my favorite place in the world) sounded perfect Friday night at Layton. I’m glad I brought and used my eargasms. I’d much rather use them and get blasted by full sound than be able to hear every conversation going on around me. Great job on the upgrade and please keep the same setup for next year!

Just making this for fun and to start the hype train for our return to forest :)

Here are my undercard hopes to see next year

Eliminate, crankdat, Grabbitz, eater, cool customer, of the trees, TVBOO, heyz, culture shock, blanke (both regular and aeon mode set), ship wrek, sippy, smoakland, buku, wax motif, side piece, jauz, Sunday scaries, sodown, joyryde, the sponges, whethan, cyclops

There is definitely more but those are ones I could think of rn. Happy forest!

EDIT: Forgot to throw in Tape B lol

Pretty sure I just asked this elsewhere lmao, oops Planning to attend for the first time in 2025, and Im stoked, but trying to be realistic on pricing So 4 people altogether, GA, tent camping, parking pass, possibly early arrival pass, comparing 2024 pricing came up to about $2800-3000? Is That a good ballpark to expect for the group of us?

Dear Foresters new, old, and curious,

Within the last year, we have noticed Electric Forest is changing. As the trees have grown so has our team. We have branched off in different directions and returned when we feel the forest calls us home. In-venue the disc golf courses have turned into safe havens under the trees and stages have escaped from Sherwood enchanting Good Life Village. Carousel Club has transformed into Dreams fit for royalty landing parts of homes on Main Street. But one thing we can count on is the lights dancing through the trees and the music never ceasing.

Since 2016 the moderation team has given resources like the First Timers guide, the megathread, and AMA with EF HQ. We have also hosted gathering events like The Brainery Q and As, unofficial group camps, concert meetups, and Custom bingo games. We strive to share important information and relay it quickly and efficiently while allowing connecting as a family 365 days a year surrounding our reunion.

We have heard the feedback that our guide and megathreads may need an update. In the background, we are working on editing and finding more up-to-date threads to reference to. Many categories are no longer applicable and much more detailed answers are now more available. This includes the WET program, campsite experiences, and preparation.

Our guide has been written since 2016 with consistent updates. HQ has thrown the community curveballs post-COVID-19. Ticket sales packages have changed the way we prepare for the festival, and the cost and equipment needed have all grown. Our guide has laid out everything step by step that you may need to know about the festival. While detailed, you already know what to expect, and it can ruin the “magic” of the festival. The whole experience should feel like a side quest.

For our future guide, we would like to give you tools and resources to feel prepared to tackle the festival and make informed decisions. But not tell you how to do the festival. Our guide will answer your most frequently asked questions and highlight the festival from past to present. We want you to make mistakes, learn from one another, get lost, and find unique opportunities.

Additionally, the moderation team would like to change our identity as well. Instead of ModSquad, we now are the Sherwood Shepherds. We are meant to be stewards of the community, to build, nurture, protect, and entertain. We all act as one leader and our individuality should represent what the community values. We thank you Foresters for questioning, speaking out, and sharing your thoughts.

Finally, we request your opinion. Your voice matters to us and you help make the community what it is. Please share your thoughts with us with a quick survey. What do you want to see more of? The survey is anonymous to answer honestly.

https://forms.gle/v7evjVd1tbB5XzSP6

Thank you,

Sherwood Shepherds

Hello Forest Family!

I ran into one of you beautiful souls at LSZEE’s RedRocks show and you had an incredible UV reactive Square Wave that you had gotten at Forest. Did anyone else see these or happen to know which vendor was selling them? I want one so badly but can’t find a UV reactive one anywhere. Thanks in advance!

Happy Rufus Du Sol album day to all those who are also manifesting them at Forest next year.

I got super anxious, and over stimulated at a Halloween spirit last night while shopping with my family, to the point I had to basically plug my ears til we left, my husband asks me, how does that work when we go to festivals with 10s of thousands of people and sounds everywhere, multiple times a year, I have no idea...if you have some insight to help me feel less ridiculous about it, please share. Lol

Myself and a small group of friends (4 total) are wanting to do eforest next year, and are super interested in their back 40 cabin for 4. I saw somewhere that the more “elevated” camping experiences - the cabins, shift pods, etc - are harder to get tickets for if you’re not a loyalty member. This would be all of our first years going. If anyone has more info or details on this that would be phenomenal! Just wanna make sure we’re able to get the tickets when they drop lol.

Edit: Okay so I’m now fully aware that I won’t be getting a cabin & my chances of any other elevated camping is slim 😭 LOL. Sorry if it was a silly question! Like I said, this would be my first eforest & only my second festival so I had no prior knowledge about their camping before posting except for the existence of there being cabins amongst other things & didn’t know much about their loyalty stuff either hehe. Thank you guys for the help! Definitely looking into GA camping now!

Does anyone know what they do with all the messages? Does anyone listen? I would die to hear all those stories told.

Good time zones Forest Fam! Hope you are all doing well and being excellent humans (as I know you all are).

Just your friendly neighborhood wook Parksy here announcing a game night tomorrow night (10/10/24) at 8PM EST/7PM CST in the Discord! Come play some fun party games (Skribbl.io anyone?), meet some new Forest Fam and enjoy a lovely Thursday evening!

If you're not in the Discord, hop on over to Discord.gg/ElectricForest, hit that join button and hang out with us.

See y'all tomorrow!

Where are the forest family photos from this year? Did I somehow miss an email or something because usually they release the official photos a few weeks after the event and so far I’ve seen next to nothing besides independent media like MLive etc. I know the cancellation probably threw a wrench into the works but to not post any photos at all seems weird. Anyone have any information on this?

This is completely for fun and pure speculation from someone who loves this festival- In no particular order-

Justice, Lane8, Griz, Porter Robinson (Live Band..?), Liquid Stranger, Nora En Pura, The Floozies, Louis the Child + Levity (&Friends Set) and Under Construction..? I know I’m missing some good guesses!

Who do YOU want to see?? Edit: RUFUSSSSS Double edit: I LEFT OFF MISSY ELLIOT. I called her about a month ago and I stand by it. (Thank you commenter ❤️) I feel like you saw my old post