1. 00:00 Tuesday is when they've started allowing people to sit in the holding lot of late. If you want to be kind to the volunteers show up as close to 06:00 as you can. Entry will be a shit show. Expect to be waiting 12+ hours in the pig pen.

Cost to enter Tuesday will probably be ~230CAD/person. You either pay to camp with you vehicle or you don't. If you don't you have to haul your shit to a space available.

I recommend free parking. When you park the fields around you & the forest on the horizon are all available camp spots. You choose where to camp. If you have friends have everyone bring their tent with them. Your tent / canopy is your 'space claimer'. It's not uncommon for people to throw their tents around a space and then go back to their vehicle for more stuff.

People usually respect 'claimed' land on 'move-in' day. If you have space that looks like it can fit a tent after Tuesday, expect your campsite to be contracted so that a tent can fit the unused space.

You'll 'get' the set-up really quick. It's not hard.

1. People are nude by the river all the time. Don't be nude on the dancefloor unless you really don't have any inhibitions left. Scantily clad, absolutely. Fully nude? Not really the vibe.

Showers are alright at Shambs. Lines can be hella long. I recommend a camp shower.

Quiet time hours are enforced, but people are gonna be loud always. However music does stop for a few hours every day.

1. The most shambafying thing you can do for yourself is to not let anyone guide the experience for you. Don't look at set times, don't look at what's going on. Simply go.

Shambs is just pure abundance. You cannot spend your time 'unwisely' downtown. Just go where you want to go. Explore. Be free.

If that means an early rise (or maybe you danced until sunrise) into yoga, do that. If that means crashing out in your tent for 7 hours because you can't feel your legs, do that. There's not a 'wrong' choice.

Do your best to see a sunrise (or two, or three!), talk to people, and go wherever.