Stories & Background
Festival guides, honest comparisons and notes from building an indie app — written by someone who has been going to festivals since the early 1990s.
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- Latest
- 16 June 2026
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- Journal
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The Band Hub is here — your favourite bands across the whole season
With FestivalPilot 2.3, every band gets its own home base. Tap, and you see it all: where they play this season, when you last experienced them, and where to give them a listen.
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FestivalPilot 2.2: The app that knows your taste
With 'For You', FestivalPilot now suggests bands that genuinely fit you — and is honest about why. Plus: the Season Recap for everyone, a live step counter, and a seamless jump to your next festival.
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FestivalPilot 2.1: Setlists, Budget, Walking Times — Plus Everything for the Drive
The biggest feature update yet. Setlist predictions, a full budget tracker, walking times between stages, plan sharing, arrival planner and location markers. Plus a smarter hub, better packing lists and new festivals.
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FestivalPilot 2.0: Home Port — the whole season, not just the schedule
Our biggest update since launch. Festival Hub as the new home base, packing list with weather, set reactions and Festival Wrapped. Plus 8 new festivals and a look ahead to 2027.
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FestivalPilot is live: App Store and Google Play
The app is officially available — free on the App Store and on Google Play. 15 festivals on board for the season, 1,100+ bands, offline timetable, clash detection, real Apple Watch companion. No tracking, no ads.
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Festival app with reminders: why notifications really help on site
Between the bar, the campsite and three parallel stages, it is easy to miss a marked act. Why reminders, adjustable lead times and smartwatch alerts turn a festival timetable into a real companion.
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Offline festival schedule app: why screenshots and PDFs fail on site
Printed schedules, screenshots and lineup PDFs only help until bad signal, rain, battery drain or three parallel stages get in the way. Why an offline festival schedule with favourites, reminders, smartwatch alerts and Live Mode is more realistic on site.
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Wear OS, Live Mode and crowd-sourced data quality
The first Smartwatch companion is in place, Live Mode focuses the app on active festival days, and users can flag outdated data. Plus: full bio coverage for 916 bands and new lineups.
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Marketing site and backend are live
festivalpilot.app is online on its own Hetzner cloud infrastructure in Nuremberg: German hosting, no tracking by default, auto deploys and a solid SEO foundation.
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