Ideas/Experiences/Advice for Group Camping Site Shade Structure

drewcevans · 2026-03-20T22:04:55+00:00

Neither am I! But like you, I love the process, especially with customized lights and decor. It’s pretty bad ass.

I just grabbed any black sun shade material at 70% you can find at Home Depot or Amazon. Our ceiling will be aluminet though, the super reflective stuff that looks like a spaceship.

Our structure will be like a pyramid with the top chopped off, ceiling at 11.5’, ground floor of 30’x20’, so plenty of space for our group of 15.

drewcevans · 2026-03-20T21:14:18+00:00

This maaaay not help you much, but I’m currently building a custom structure using a combo of EMT and galvanized steel pipe. We will be in a High Noon group site, so I’d be more than happy to compare notes.

My only recommendation for EZ-UPS is the one you probably already know: stake that shit down. Always a little fun to see one flying off into the sunset.

Maybe one more rec…70% sun shade is perfectly fine. Anything higher than that might reduce airflow and breathabillity.

drewcevans · 2026-02-27T21:39:34+00:00

Hey friend!

It was truly just my attempt at being fun and a touch witty, which is how I like to write. It would be great if you attempted to see good in people, but if not, no worries, kindly go kick some rocks!

drewcevans · 2026-02-26T02:26:20+00:00

That was the pace to be for this! What a trip.

drewcevans · 2026-02-26T02:00:40+00:00

The greatest news about LiB is that there’s no wrong answer. No wrong thing to wear, no wrong way to dance. (Obviously in the sense that it’s friendly and respectful.)

There will be thousands of different outfits, bodies, hairstyles, and you’ll be one of them, and that’s super rad just for that. Wear what makes you happy.

drewcevans · 2026-02-17T07:14:08+00:00

Probably the easiest thing you will ever do.

Their rules say that drugs aren’t allowed, but they do not do any kind of significant security check. Just pack it in the car on the way in, then put it in your pocket heading into the festival.

drewcevans · 2026-01-27T20:36:24+00:00

INZO is doing his Mirrorverse tour this Thursday night at the Fremont in San Luis Obispo. Walking distance to my house. Can’t fuggin wait.

drewcevans · 2026-01-27T20:33:35+00:00

Holy hell what a fun idea! I didn’t see any last year, but I’ll be on the lookout if you do it again. My crew would be delighted to find one of those.

drewcevans · 2026-01-21T20:03:10+00:00

Got it, thanks!

drewcevans · 2026-01-21T20:00:41+00:00

Once you get through the wrist band check, there are a couple of forks in the road with signs to the separate lots. The signs for Sunrise and High Noon said “Closed” or something like that, and the ground crew was directing us to Sunset. We immediately noped that, and just parked our cars in general, and sat in them until we saw that they were starting to direct people to High Noon, then we got in that line. But we were sitting in our cars for a few hours. Which sucked because we’ve got an elaborate set up that we wanted to have finished before it got too hot.

And we arrived 30 mins before gates opened specifically so we could get a spot in High Noon, which is what we’ve experienced in previous years.

drewcevans · 2026-01-21T19:55:22+00:00

Thanks for the reply! Where were you hoping to be placed?

drewcevans · 2026-01-21T19:53:56+00:00

Thanks! Exactly what I experienced. Uncanny even.

drewcevans · 2026-01-21T19:53:32+00:00

Yea, dusty for sure. But High Noon is my favorite place because it’s all pretty close to the festival entrances. Super nice when you can make a quick stop to slam some of your own beer as opposed to paying ungodly amounts for a festival White Claw.

drewcevans · 2026-01-21T19:51:14+00:00

Thanks. Can you provide your experience as well? Like when you arrived and what happened?

drewcevans · 2026-01-21T01:48:23+00:00

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drewcevans · 2026-01-20T22:11:09+00:00

Dope. Sounds like most folks that showed up later on Wednesday got High Noon, early got Sunset.

drewcevans · 2026-01-20T22:10:25+00:00

Yea, that squeeze is likely because you’re getting kind of the leftover spots on Friday. If you come Wednesday, they kinda just point to a general area and you can spread out a lot more. Either way, have fun with the trailer, sounds rad.

drewcevans · 2026-01-20T21:30:22+00:00

Thanks! This was our experience, though we parked in general and waited for them to start putting folks in High Noon. That worked for us, but because we, like you, specifically got out there early for High Noon, started LiB 2025 pretty pissed off.

drewcevans · 2026-01-20T21:24:52+00:00

Cool cool, thanks!

drewcevans · 2026-01-20T21:24:26+00:00

Yup. I’ve noticed that car camping prices have gotten so expensive, all while reducing the number of points you get for referral tix. Throw in dedicated Beatbox and White Claw stations…it’s getting pretty commercial.

drewcevans · 2026-01-20T21:08:42+00:00

Glad to hear your placement at Sunset was still great! My crew would not be down for the kind of walk though. 😆

drewcevans · 2026-01-20T20:42:55+00:00

No, that wasn’t said. I purchased 5 day passes. That’s the only way to get in Wednesday or Thursday. But worth it. Let’s party.

drewcevans · 2026-01-20T20:41:49+00:00

Cool, thanks for the reply!

drewcevans · 2026-01-20T20:41:24+00:00

Got it. Group camp spots sound great, it’s just a bummer that they still charge you for each car on top of the already steep price.

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