u/Nacho140100

Hey! My friends and I have been going to music festivals together for years, usually with a pretty big group, and we always run into the same two problems:

• Everyone has different music tastes, so trying to figure out a schedule in the group chat gets chaotic fast.
• Once we're actually at the festival, it's almost impossible to keep track of where everyone is and what sets people are going to.

We couldn't find an app that really solved both, so we ended up building one ourselves.

https://beacon-festival-app.web.app/events/north-coast-2026

It's also available on the Play Store and App Store.

Before the festival, everyone can like the artists and sets they're interested in, and you can easily see where your tastes overlap with the rest of your crew. Once you figure out your plans, you can mark sets as "going" so everyone knows who's planning to be where without digging through a million group chat messages.

Then once you're at the festival, you can turn on Festival Mode, which basically strips everything down to what you need while you're there:

• Now tab – See what's coming up next on your personal schedule and which sets your friends are interested in.

• Live schedule – See the full timetable with a live "now" line so it's easy to see what's happening at a glance. You can also filter by your interests and reorder the stages however you want.

• Crew – Quickly see which sets everyone in your group is going to.

• Set details – Tap any set to see which of your friends are planning to be there.

We're still working on it and have a bunch more features we want to add, so we'd genuinely love to hear any ideas or requests that would make it easier and more useful.

And if there's another festival you'd like to use it for, just send me a message and I would love to add it for you!

Hey! We've been going to Shambhala for a few years with our friends, always with a big group, and we always had these two issues:

• There's a lot of different tastes in our group so aligning on a schedule through the group chat was always a mess
• During the festival it was hard to keep track of where everyone was, who was seeing what, and where our totems were

We couldn't find anything available that fixed all of these so we built it ourselves.

https://beacon-festival-app.web.app/events/shambhala-2026

Also available on the Play Store and App Store.

For planning, everyone in the group likes the artists and sets they're into, and you can instantly see where you overlap with others. Once you decide, you can mark specific sets as "going". You can also set up your group's totem from the group settings tab with a name and profile pic, and mark which sets your totem will be at.

Then when on the farm, you can enable Festival Mode which keeps the app focused on the festival and nothing else:

• Now tab - follow your personal schedule with what's up next for you, and see which sets your crew is into

• Live schedule - full timetable with a "now" line so you always know where you are in the night. Quickly glance who's on each set, filter by your interests, and order stages however you like

• Friends tab - see which sets your friends are going to

We still have more features planned, but let us know if you have any ideas or requests that would make this more useful for you! If anyone wants to use this for a different festival, send me a message and I can add it.