What to wear to Sunburn Festival: Goa sits at 32°C (90°F) by day and 21°C (70°F) at night in December, on beach, with a low chance of rain. That means loose natural fabrics and real sun protection, flat sandals you can rinse, with trainers for the night stages, and a bag small enough for the gate rules. The crowd leans beach, rave and psy, so anything that survives the day reads as right.
Women's outfits at Sunburn Festival have to clear the same three hurdles as everyone else's. 32°C (90°F) by day, 21°C (70°F) at night, beach underfoot, with more options for solving them.
The dominant aesthetics at Sunburn Festival are beachwear, rave wear, psytrance and tropical. That is the visual language of the site, the stages, the merch, the crowd photos, and outfits that speak it look intentional rather than borrowed.
There is no enforced dress code. What the crowd rewards is a look that survives 3 days of beach without you having to protect it.
What people actually wear: swimwear as a base layer, a sarong or shirt over it, and shoes that can be rinsed; the same jacket every day, because it lives in the tent and does everything; something identifiable, a colour, a hat, a flag, so your group can find you in a crowd of that size.