Psychedelic Threads: Visionary Festival Chronicles & Rave Hub

Kids Festival Outfits for Cold Nights: Hoodies and Sweatpants Parents Can Trust
The lantern walk starts at dusk, and your kid is at the front of it. A parent's guide to layering kids for the cold, magical part of a festival night. Read more...
What to Wear to a Winter Rave or Cold-Weather Festival
It's 11:38 on New Year's Eve and the line is out the door. Full winter rave outfits for the warehouse, the outdoor winter festival, the snowy mountain and the desert... Read more...
Crushed Velvet vs Cotton vs Fleece: Which Festival Hoodie Is Warmest?
Three friends, three fabrics, one windy mountain sunrise. What crushed velvet, cotton and fleece each bring to a cold festival night, and why layering picks the winner. Read more...
Dream Weaver Cloaks: Orange, Green, Purple and Every Colorway Compared
One wolf, one temple, six colorways. Here's every Dream Weaver festival cloak described from its photos, which color suits which friend, four colorways up close, and when to order one... Read more...
Cosmic Cross Cloaks: Gold, Silver, Black, Red and Every Colorway Compared
One mirrored filigree, six colorways, twelve cloaks. Here's every Cosmic Cross festival cloak described straight from its photos, which color suits whom, and when to order one as a gift. Read more...
Enochian Vision Cloaks: Every Colorway and the Story Behind the Art
A marble table in Oxford, an alphabet its makers believed came from angels, and fifteen cloaks in eight colors. Every Enochian Vision colorway, and who to give each one. Read more...
Mushroom Flower of Life Cloaks: Every Colorway of the Mandala Festival Cloak
One mushroom, one Flower of Life, twelve colors and nineteen cloaks. Here's every Mushroom Flower of Life festival cloak described from its photos, who each color suits, and when to... Read more...
Stocking Stuffers for Ravers Under $50: Small Gifts That Glow at the Next Festival
How to pack a raver's stocking from toe to cuff: earplugs and kandi at the bottom, a folded crop top in the middle, a snapback peeking over the top. Every... Read more...
Gifts for Burners: Burning Man Gift Ideas That Honor the Gift Economy
The best gift for a burner is the one that lets them keep giving. Cloaks for deep-playa nights and camp sunrises, dust-day layers, handmade gifts to hand out on playa,... Read more...
Gifts for Someone Going to Their First Festival (and What to Tell Them Before They Go)
The gift that turns a first-timer into one of the tribe, plus everything a festival lifer would whisper to them at the gate: what to expect, what to bring, PLUR,... Read more...
Psychedelic Gifts Under $75 for Ravers and Festival Lovers
Psychedelic gifts for every raver on your list, from the psytrance lifer to the smallest festival kid, all under $75. Plus the free-shipping line and the date to order by... Read more...
Twelfth Place: A Valentine's Speed-Dating Love Story at a Mexico City Rave
Six stories down, the plaza was strung with paper hearts from the bandstand to every lamppost, and old couples were dancing danzón beneath them, slow and exact. Read more...
Four Paper Cats: A Valentine's Day Rave Love Story on an LA Rooftop
The third cat was waiting on the mixer when Isla got back from the water station. Ears up, tail curled around its paws, folded from newsprint so thin the booth... Read more...
Chance of You: A Northern Lights Love Story From an Arctic Winter Festival
At noon the sky over the Arctic was the color of blue ink, and the sun wasn't in it. Read more...
Snowed In: A Winter Techno Rave Story From a Rocky Mountain Lodge
At 2:40 a.m. the snow outside the great room stopped falling and started flying. Inside, sixty-one people were dancing in their socks. Read more...
Frost on Steel: A Winter Music Festival Love Story in a Gondola
The first gondola of the morning swings out of the station at 5:10, and the snow is falling sideways. Read more...
Party of Two: An Escape Room Love Story at a Winter Laneway Festival
The clock above the hatch said 60:00 in red, and through the wall the lane was already thumping. Read more...
The Ice Window: A Fire and Ice Love Story at a Swedish Lapland Ice Hotel
The poster was frozen to the door of my hall, and it said FIRE. Read more...
Three More Hours at Minus Twenty: A Winter Techno Rave Story
The river was still moving at nine o'clock, which seemed impossible. Plates of ice the size of parked cars slid past the end of the quay, grinding against each other... Read more...
Six Cards and a Sunrise: A Winter Solstice Love Story on a Cornish Clifftop
The shortest day begins in the dark, and on the cliff it smells of coconut. Read more...
The Secret Santa in the Crane Cab: A Warehouse Techno Christmas Story
I unfolded the slip, and the name on it belonged to the one person in the crew I had never heard speak. Read more...
Last-Minute Festival Gifts: How to Give Made-to-Order Art After the Christmas Cut-Off
Ordering after the Christmas cut-off? Wrap a printed photo of a festival cloak, write down when it lands, and hand over the real thing for New Year's, a birthday or... Read more...
Spiritual Gifts With Sacred Geometry, Chakras and the Third Eye: Wearable Art for Yogis and Dreamers
Wearable spiritual gifts for the yogi, the meditator and the dreamer on your list: chakra mandalas, the Flower of Life, the Om and a third eye, plus how to give... Read more...
Cozy Gifts for Someone Who's Always Cold: Festival Cloaks, Hooded Blankets, Velvet and Fleece
For the friend who keeps borrowing your hoodie: six rungs of warmth, from a cat-ear hooded blanket on the couch to a faux-fur-lined festival cloak at the top, plus the... Read more...