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# 77% of US festival goers say they plan to use drugs there
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/77-of-us-festival-goers-say-they-plan-to-use-drugs-there/
- Published: 2023-08-16T13:47:40.000Z
- Updated: 2023-08-16T13:47:44.000Z
- Description: According to a new survey, 77% of US festival-goers admit they plan to use drugs during their next festival. That’s a very sobering stat for festival organizers in two distinctly. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2023/08/77-of-us-festival-goers-say-they-plan-to-use-drugs-there.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Live & Ticketing, drug use, Festivals, music, Music Business, music industry, Music Tech, musician, musicians, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:44

According to a new survey, 77% of US festival-goers admit they plan to use drugs during their next festival. That’s a very sobering stat for festival organizers in two distinctly different ways.

First is a desire – and an insurance requirement – to keep patrons safe. But alongside that is also the reality that more hard and soft drug use also likely means less revenue from a source that many festivals count on – alcohol sales.

At some major festivals, the usage stats were much higher.

- 96% of those planning to attend Lollapalooza
- 95% of Rolling Loud attendees
- 94% of Burning Man and EDC-goers

### More Key Takeaways

- More than half (55%) of festivalgoers have taken a substance from a stranger in the crowd.
- Almost one-third of festival attendees would rather risk taking bad drugs than perform on-site testing because they’re scared to get in trouble.
- 53% of attendees have experienced a substance-related injury at a festival.
- Lollapalooza attendees are the most likely to have sex with a stranger, while EDC attendees are the most likely to suffer from dehydration. Burning Man attendees are the most likely to have a bad trip.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/innerbody-imgix-net/drug-safety-at-music-festival-reboot-new-data-01/auto_format_amp_ixlib_react-9-4-auto-format-amp-ixlib-react-9-4-0-amp-w-826-amp-h-1867-amp-dpr-1-amp-q-75.jpg)

#### **Read the full study [here](https://www.innerbody.com/drug-safety-at-music-festivals?ref=hypebot.com).**

**Bruce Houghton* is the Founder and Editor of [Hypebot](https://www.hypebot.com/), a Senior Advisor at [Bandsintown](https://www.bandsintown.com/?ref=hypebot.com), President of the[ Skyline Artists Agency](https://skylineonline.com/?ref=hypebot.com), and a [Berklee College Of Music](https://online.berklee.edu/courses/touring-101?ref=hypebot.com) professor.*