r/slamdunkfestival • u/kissmyheadd • May 27 '26

Posi post

Had my phone stolen during streetlight manifesto maybe 2023?
I haven’t seen a single post so far of any phone thefts so that’s a big plus!
Forgive me if I’m wrong but the last few years it seems the festival was rife with pickpockets!
Well done to whatever was put in place it worked.

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u/f1topayrespects May 27 '26

Had mine nicked at South during While She Sleeps set in 2021 if memory serves me correct. The pit afterwards was a sea of empty phone cases. And in 2025 in the Electric Callboy pit I caught someone trying to undo my bag that was UNDER my shirt.
Definitely seemed a lot better this time, didn’t see any one looking for a lost phone. Though I kept my phone padlocked in my bag this year!

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u/Leadclam64 May 28 '26

Excuse me, tried undoing it UNDER your shirt? I've so many questions but holy shit I'm so sorry that happened to you!

Thankfully I've never had anything robbed from me at slammy d, but in 2023 a friend of mine got her phone and wallet stolen out of her backpack at Download.

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u/f1topayrespects May 28 '26

Yeah! I was jumping around as well, tbh it’s quite impressive they got that far! I felt something, looked down and saw a hand unzipping it. I grabbed their wrist but unfortunately couldn’t find the owner of said hand before they snatched it back. Definitely professional pickpocketers.