About
A field guide, by a solo raver.
SoloRaver is for the people who keep going to festivals even when their friends don't. The ones who've sat at the kitchen table, looked at the Tomorrowland lineup, and thought: I'll just go alone.
Going to a festival solo isn't lonely — but the run-up sometimes is. Booking the ticket is the easy part. Figuring out where to camp, who to talk to, how to survive day three on no sleep, that's the part nobody writes about honestly.
This site is the thing I wish existed when I started. Honest playbooks, festival-by-festival breakdowns, and the occasional tool to make solo festival-going feel less weird and a lot more fun.
Why a separate site from FestivalMates?
FestivalMates is the app — it matches solo-goers by Spotify taste, helps you plan your schedule, tracks your festival passport. SoloRaver is the publication. The app helps you find your people. The site helps you become the kind of person who goes solo and thrives.
Who's behind it
Hi, I'm Jules. I've been to a lot of festivals — alone and not. I built FestivalMates to scratch my own itch and started SoloRaver because the writing kept piling up faster than the app needed it.
What you'll get
- One email every two weeks, no more.
- New field guides, festival breakdowns, and the occasional rant.
- Early access to new FestivalMates features.