Your Guide to Shambhala Festival: Camping Tips, Outfit Ideas, Stage Breakdown & More!
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Hey fam! In today's episode, we're giving you a full guide to all things Shambhala festival. Shambhala is a 4 day camping music festival held in BC, Canada that celebrates dance music culture in an idyllic natural setting đł My guest Ashley Ewanchuk is sharing pro tips on everything from transportation, camping options, weather, outfits, camping activities, stages, and more!
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
1:23 Lunchbox Promo
3:42 Intro to Ashley
6:52 Raving in the PNW
9:07 Shambhala FAQs
11:30 The overall vibe of Shambhala
14:30 Harm reduction/substance use
16:29 Getting to Shambhala
19:00 Camping at Shambhala
23:07 Campground activities
25:48 Shambhala camping check in
28:48 Food options at Shambhala
30:44 Bathrooms & showers
33:02 Quiet hours at camp
34:48 Shambhala festival grounds
36:02 Shambhala stages
43:25 The crowd at Shambhala
44:58 What goes down at Shambhala
46:56 Favorite sets from 2022
48:23 Shambhala Outfit Ideas
50:26 Camp safety
53:00 Outro
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ANKORS is the harm reduction substance testing team! âThe sanctuaryâ is the camp for women and NB to camp if they choose. Shambhala when the fest isnât on is A WORKING FARM!! Make sure you keep it clean!! Meta camping is included with your ticket! Same with free parking. Thereâs only GA tickets so no VIP! Sunshine you can camp with your car, starlight youâre in a camperized vehicle so an RV (no power)or a vehicle with a bed built in(ex: mini van where you can put seats down and doesnât include having a mattress in the back of your car), you can also buy a pass (thereâs now a wait list) for a powered RV spot! Then you get into all the Shambhalodging! If youâre not doing car camping you need a wagon and a durable one. They do offer water to buy as well as free water fill up stations and bags of ice were CAD$6 last year. Also everything is in CAD for cash. You need cash if youâre doing early entry or car camping
The artists that come in for the BASScamp art gallery are absolutely amazing!! My fav from last year was Brain Nori he paints AR paintings he can be found on insta at @brain.nori.art ! Youâll find food vendors and shops in downtown Shambhala, also while youâre walking along downtown they have a sprinkler system set up at about 5-6ft spraying as you walk through during the day!!
The river is awesome!! If you want to wash yourself with body wash, shampoo and conditioner please just buy the shower, even biodegradable stuff can be harmful to the fish in the water! And remember that this is a working farm for the rest of the year!
Thereâs the yoga garden as well that holds yoga, Acro yoga, breath work circles Thursday - Sunday!
Also when you go to the river or Shambhala in general, youâre going to see people completely naked especially at the river, and thatâs allowed, itâs not weird and itâs no different than if I just wanted to wear pasties and bikini bottoms! At Shambhala youâre allowed to wear what you want as long as youâre comfortable!
This is my favourite âTheyre not porta potties there porta PARTIES!!â The bathrooms at Shambhala are honestly so cool, some have lights in them and theyâre cleaned daily!! Never once ran into an issue with no tp, dirty toilet etc! And thereâs always some crew around if something is happening!!
Also for any ravers who need sober supports you can camp at camp synergy who works alongside the harm reduction team!!! At camp synergy youâre around other ravers who are sober! And if you donât feel like camping there for the whole fest youâre still more than welcome to go visit! They offer a safe space, a community for sober ravers, peer based recovery support and daily meetings!
And they also offer the accessibility zone camping for persons with disabilities and is located near downtown Shambhala!
Itâs super hot during the day and itâs super cold at night!! And it can get windy!! Also because itâs a working farm, you want to make sure youâre wearing a mask/face covering or getting your sinuses cleaned at the doc afterwards because the dust is not just dust!!!
Meet your neighbours!! Youâll feel safer youâll meet amazing people and new friends!! Also this really helped the first night in the dark, send yourself a pin while youâre standing in your campsite, if your knackered, or just tired and having an issue finding your site that was a life saver for me!! And youâre able to stay till Tuesday to make sure youâre sober and properly rested for when you leave!!
Cant wait to be back on the farm!!
Happy shambs!!
This is SO helpful - thank you so much for taking the time to write all of this đ
This was more informative than that whole video đ
The absence of alcohol there, sounds so good an even too good to be true.
I just got back from my first Shambhala!! It was a fantastic festival and it was so nice to have a change-up. There were some pros and cons from what I saw, but we had a very positive experience. We flew into Spokane and stayed in Shambalodging and totally recommend it. The drive there was absolutely stunning and super easy. Just had to be careful about crossing the border. Some of the border crossings aren't open 24/7. We had expedited entrance with the Shambhaloding and that was so nice, we only had to wait about 3 hours in line, while it was reported that people waited 12 hours+ to get in. The major thing I noticed was the difference in the crowdâs attitude, there were very few âexcuse meâ or âsorryâ as people pushed past us. At first, I thought it was a fluke but people werenât as polite as east coast raves, never rude just werenât as polite, maybe it was the younger crowd that didn't understand PLURR yet. The other thing I noticed was that werenât that many Kandi kids or exchanging of kandi in the crowd. Coming from Electric Forest the vibes were different but still enjoyable. It was kind of âyou find the farm, and the forest finds youâ. Having the testing tent was a game changer, I wish more festivals would have this service. The guy who help us was so informative and helped to make sure we were talking our stuff safely. We're definitely planning on coming back to the farm but maybe give it a year. I could go on and on about this festival and I really hope you get to go!!!
this was super helpful - thank you for sharing your review!
It will be super hot in the daytime and literally freezing cold at night. No joke. Trust me. Plan accordingly. (just subscribed)
Oh yes! The nights in the Rockies in the summer can be really cold, and you can also get that mountain drizzle (which can be really nice if you are sweaty on the dance floor but awful if you are already cold).
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Thanks for featuring our home festival! We canât wait to see you there one day!
Shambhala is the best! It is my favourite place i have ever been!!! I love how it is alcohol-free!
Appreciate everything about this video đ€ hope to see yâall at Shambs this year â€
Thanks for the time stamps, and great questions.đđđđ
the guest did a great recap - thank you yallzz;
Think Iâm going this year! This video is very helpful. Thank you guys đđŒđđ
you're so welcome!
Man this has got me hyped to travel across my country to go, thanks for this episode!
of course!
NO soap whatsoever is allowed in the river
first episode and omg 200!! thatâs crazy
My plan is also to go in 2024! đ€©
The electronic music festival scene in western Canada is awesome. I went to Wicked Woods last year which was truly magical. Since moving across the country I havenât found any festivals like Shambhala, Wicked Woods & Bass Coast etc. I think I will go to Ile Soniq here in Montreal but itâs not the same as going to a camping festival.
Try osheaga! Different mix of music versus all rave but it has a big festival vibe
@@amychristine8184 I will actually đ„° I am going on the Saturday to see Billie Eilish & CloZee amongst others.
shambhala tickets drop sept 15 at noon, its the 25 anniversary this year and it is expected to sell out in under a day! be prepared
Iâm mainly a RollingLoud festival type of person but man I want to go to shambhala ! Most of friends are more in to HipHop as am I but so itâs kinda hard to go to something different when you donât have anyone to go with đą
Hey, thanks for the interesting video. I'm a metalhead-, but also a psychonaut, so I also feel a great calling to go there at least once. Ppl there seem so interesting, fun and free, based on some videos.
I'm a psychonaut from Belgium, who still needs to find his people (0 friends / partners).
The thing is, I have autism, am pretty introvert, I don't 'really' travel, and I'm definitely anxious for the trip + the festival itself. Are there any organizations or groups that could help (or have some tips) for ppl like me?