Festival season is upon us, my fellow rave babes - the time where the best memories of your life are made, and where you're reminded of what exactly it means to live fully.

If you've been, you know that a music festival can only be understood by the community that inhabits it - each festival brings a unique experience, an energy of like-minded people that cannot be explained, and true bliss.

But with that being said, there are a set of responsibilities that you as a festival go-er must honor in order to keep your experience and environment as love-filled and magical as possible:

Roo-tang clan, this one's for you: Bonnaroo Music Festival.

Since 2002 Manchester TN has welcomed each of our free spirits and wild hearts with open arms for the best four days of our lives - aren't we lucky?

Let us not forget to show our appreciation and love for those behind the magic, and pay our respects by not only knowing the code, but staying true to it throughout Bonnaroo, as well as anywhere that the wind may take us.

PREPARE THYSELF

Think ahead! The Tennessee sun is unlike any beauty you've seen - but as with all beautiful things in life, if you're not prepared, you could get hurt. Stay hydrated, layer up on that sunblock (nothings worse than raving with a sunburn), and the commonly forgotten: bring shade for camp! Tapestries are both stunning to gaze at and an excellent source of shade. Don't worry though, if you don't have a source of shade make friends with the neighbors - as a roo-tang clan, or bonnaroovians, we care and share.

PLAY AS A TEAM

Making new friends is what festivals are about - keep your old friends safe, as well as strangers. If you see someone who needs a hand or drink of water, offer it. Be the person that you would want to meet. Nothing will make someone's day more than simply showing love and kindness.

RADIATE POSITIVITY

Let the energy of the farm and the music take your soul, be here when you're here - don't worry about your troubles, it will put a damper on your experience. Positive vibrations and radiation are personally, the most important factor of the code. Being a gleam of bright light, that initiation of high-fives, hellos, and hugs are day-making, and experience changing, for both the giver and receiver. Positive energy is the aspect that will mold your soul, and won't leave you.

RESPECT THE FARM

Peace, love, respect, unity - otherwise known as PLUR is a common identity that most festival go-ers carry with pride. We live it with one another, but have a tendency to forget to spread this to our environment. Your environment effects your experience! Don't forget your manners and clean up as you go too keep Roo beautiful! Don't forget the four R's - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Rave.

DON'T BE THAT GUY/GAL!

You see it at every festival, it's time to stand up and work towards ending the bad vibrations of the person who takes it too far. C'mon - we're all here for the best times of our lives, make sure you don't miss it or waste it being that person.

Lastly,

STAY TRUE ROO

Before you know it, it'll be over - make sure you squeezed everything out of the experience that you could. Leave the festival with nothing but wonderful ideals to bring back to the real world - if you open your heart and your mind, the people you meet, the environment you're in and the experience you have will change you in the most positive of ways.

Know the code, live the code, and as always: have a magical time.

Happy Roo'ing!