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Woman Petitions For Pill Testing At Festivals In Australia After Her Son’s Death

January 19, 2016

After losing her son to suspected drug abuse at a music festival, this woman launched a petition, urging people to support pill-testing at festivals in Australia. There have been many deaths in the past yea...

This Is The Reason Why Drugs And Music Festivals Go Hand In Hand

Anupama Khedkar

January 18, 2016

FS News

This report explains why music sounds so much better when you're high. Since the reverent Woodstock era, drugs and music festivals, much like sex and psychedelia at these festivals, have been intermingled....

Was The Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival The Worst Music Festival In History?

Meher Manda

January 18, 2016

Culture, FS Features, Music

The whimsically named festival, organised way back in 1972, was such a disaster that festival pundits still refer to it as the worst music festival ever. Bad music festivals are aplenty. In fact, even iconic...

10 Of The Trippiest Festival Stories You Will Ever Read

Anupama Khedkar

December 14, 2015

FS Features

Here are some unbelievable festival experiences to light up your day. Music festivals are lands of the impossible - a chance to get away from your regular self and explore the unknown. This is also one of t...

Drugs at Music Festivals : Do You Know What You’re Doing?

Meher Manda

December 3, 2015

Culture, FS Features, Music

The use of drugs has grown to become synonymous with music festivals and their culture. The Sherp dissects the concerns of the growing phenomenon. “Dealer Caught Smuggling Drugs In Return For A Festival Tick...

An ER Doctor Talks About The Effect Of Drugs At Music Festivals

Anupama Khedkar

December 2, 2015

FS News

Dr. Caldicott believes in harm reduction measures at festivals, instead of shutting them down altogether. In light of recent events at Stereosonic, where a 25-year-old festival goer lost her life along with...

Sex & Psychedelia : How Psychedelic Music Festivals Became A Backdrop To Sexual Expression

Meher Manda

November 16, 2015

Culture, FS Features, Music

Music festivals are notorious for the amount of sexual shenanigans that prevail. But how much sex is too much? The Sherp dissects. Music Festivals, especially psychedelic one, are considered to be liberated ...

10 Ridiculously Creative People Who Got Away With Sneaking “Stuff” Into A Festival

Anupama Khedkar

October 16, 2015

FS Features

How far would you go to sneak contraband into a music festival? It's no secret that everything-- from food to cigarettes to alcohol-- at a music festival is exorbitantly priced. The same way, it's no secret ...

Drugs Worth £70,000 Were Recovered At Bestival This Year

Anupama Khedkar

September 16, 2015

FS News

Crime at the Isle of Wight festival may have decreased to some extent, but drug seizures are a big concern for Bestival. Music festivals are no strangers to criminal activity. An event that draws a crowd as ...

The Sherp’s Top Stories Of The Week

Anupama Khedkar

September 4, 2015

FS Features

It was an eventful week in the world of festivals. Kumbh Mela celebrated another spectacular and culturally rich year as Mark Zuckerberg took a helicopter to Black Rock City to serve grilled cheese at Burning M...

Question Is: What Was The FBI Doing At Burning Man?

Anupama Khedkar

September 4, 2015

FS News

The FBI has allegedly admitted to gathering secret intelligence about the Black Rock City festival since 2010. Read more below. As strange as it sounds, it's legit. The FBI have been keeping close tabs on Bu...

Is Drug Testing More Useful Than Banning Drugs At A Music Festival?

Anupama Khedkar

August 28, 2015

FS News

Unlike most festivals, Shambhala Music festival takes a difference approach to substance on festival grounds. Shambhala Music Festival, held in British Columbia, Canada, is great for many reasons. It offers...

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