Jazz Fest Packing List - Festival Essentials you may have forgotten

Not your typical Jazz Fest Packing List.

Kats go outside the lines to compile the PDKK Essential Festival Packing List.

Pet de Kat Krewe's travel tips answers the popular question, "what do I pack for jazz fest."  The krewe compiled this collection of packing tips via message board:

• Airplane Tickets ... (Steve Miami)
• Ashtray ... (Pony Dancer)
• ATM Card ... (Swag)
• Backpack for Fair Grounds ... (Steve Miami)
• Bandaids for your feet ... (Jayfest)
• Bandanas ... (Jujuvoo)
• Bandanas (cooling) ... (Neen)
• Binoculars (cheap, lightweight) ... (ZydecoBonnie)
• Blanket ... (Kinderkitti)
• BodyGlide. prevents blsiters and chafing ... (Swag)
• Boots ... (BethesdaBoy)
• Bubbles ... (Jujuvoo)
• Buttons, buttons, buttons ... (Neen)
• Camera ... (Neen)
• Camera (optional) ... (Swag)
• Camera batteries ... (Neen)
• Camera battery charger ... (Jayfest)
• Cash ... (Swag)
• Cell Phone ... (Steve Miami)
• Cell Phone Charger ... (FreidaFrostbite)
• Chair ... (Kinderkitti)
• Comfortable shoes ... (Swag)
• Concert Tickets ... (Steve Miami)
• Condoms ... (Stlbarb)
• Cool Brew Coupons ... (FreidaFrost)
• Count's Picks ... (Neen)
• Cubes ... (Neen)
• Deodorant ... (Steve Miami)
• Dr. Scholls Gel Liners ... (Pony Dancer)
• Earplugs ... (Swag)
• Electric Shaver ... (Steve)
• Festival Tickets ... (Barry12345)
• Flask(s) ... (FreidaFrost)
• Food/Craft Locations ... (Neen)
• Glasses ... (Pony Dancer)
• Grocery Bags, plastic (for food to go) ... (ZydecoBonnie)
• Ground cover (Neat Sheet) ... (ZydecoBonnie)
• Gum ... (Neen)
• Hair Brush ... (Steve Miami)
• Hand Moisterizer ... (Steve Miami)
• Hand Sanitizer - for the post PortaJohn trip ... (Saturnwreck)
• Happy Feet ... (Kinderkitti)
• Hat ... (Swag)
• Hotel Reservation ... (Steve Miami)
• Lagniappes (see Buttons) ... (Ohio T Head)
• Lifesavers ... (Neen)
• lighters ... (BethesdaBoy)
• local phone number contacts ... (Steve Miami)
• Map of Fairgrounds ... (Neen)
• Map of New Orleans ... (Steve Miami)
• More cash ... (Swag)
• Party "supplies" ... (Ohio T Head)
• Pen and paper ... (ZydecoBonnie)
• Pharmaceuticals ... (Jayfest)
• Plastic bags (small) to keep sock/feet dry in rain/mud ... (IBJamn)
• Pocket tissues, for when the port-o's run out of TP ... (Swag)
• Rain poncho so that it doesn't rain. ... (Jujuvoo)
• Razor ... (Steve Miami)
• Rental Car reservation ... (Steve Miami)
• Rolling papers ... (Atzlancat)
• Sandals ... (GrisGrisGirl)
• Shaker egg ... (BethesdaBoy)
• Shampoo ... (Steve Miami)
• Shirts ... (Steve Miami)
• Shoes (broken in) ... (Kinderkitti)
• Shorts ... (SteveMiami)
• Shrimp Boots ... (StlBarb)
• Smile ... (Swag)
• Sneakers ... (Jayfest)
• Socks ... (Neen)
• Socks (extra pair on Fair Grounds) ... (Neen)
• Spray bottle for water misting ... (Kinderkitti)
• Sunglasses ... (Swag)
• Sunscreen ... (Swag)
• Sweater for overly air conditioned bldgs ... (Louisiana Crunch Cake)
• Tablecloth-plastic, felt-backed to sit on at Fair Grounds... (IBJamn)
• Talcum powder ... (ZydecoBonnie)
• Tee Shirts ... (Steve Miami)
• Tevas sandals ... (TybeeDawg)
• Toilet Paper ... (Ponydancer)
• Toothpaste ... (Steve Miami)
• Trash bags (incase it rains) ... (Steve Miami)
• Underwear ... (Pony Dancer)
• Water (bottled) ... (Steve Miami)
• Frozen water bottle ... (WendyR)
• Wet wipes ... (Neen)
• Windbreaker jacket ... (Steve Miami)
• Ziplocks ... (ZydecoBonnie)

Compiled from the message boards on petdekat.com

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