This summer will include our first visit to the Vancouver Folk Festival. Every festival has its own characteristics and quirks. For those who have attended this one, do you have any thoughts or advice for our family (me, spouse and teenage daughter who can only tolerate so much actual folk music,and will appreciate nearby diversions)?

I'm looking mostly for very practical tips. For example, people going to the Hillside Festival in Guelph should take a bathing suit...people going to the Goderich Celtic Festival should take a comfortable lawn chair....people going to the Winnipeg Festival should get there really early every day and run to the main stage with a tarp and tall marker. That kind of stuff....

Thanks!

~black walnut