The Festival 2018

Graduation heartbreak and humiliation

On the day of their university graduation, Caitlin breaks up with Nick. Nick pleads for her to take him back during the ceremony, turning the celebration into an embarrassing scene in front of classmates and faculty. The moment sets the tone for Nick's awkward attempt to move on.

To the Giant Music Festival

Shane convinces Nick to attend the Giant Music Festival to get over Caitlin, and they’ve already bought their tickets. On the train to the festival they meet Amy, an exuberant Australian who seems to hit it off with Shane while Nick resists her. They are ejected from the train for traveling on child tickets after trying to hide from the conductor in the toilet.

Festival arrival and new acquaintances

After reaching the festival on foot, Nick and Shane scout for a campsite and cross paths with Caitlin and her wealthy friends who invite them to stay in a luxurious tent. They also meet a man nicknamed Pirate, an amputee who has designs on Caitlin and belittles Nick by calling him Lick. The new trio begins to form amid festival chaos.

Caitlin's tent drama

Caitlin loses her phone, and Nick goes to retrieve it only to be urinated on by another man. He returns to Caitlin’s tent to find Caitlin and Pirate having sex, and he hides when they enter. When their tryst is discovered, Shane and Nick are ousted and forced to camp elsewhere.

Mud humiliation and retreat

The next morning Nick discovers he and Shane have camped near Amy and spends the day with her. He is humiliated when a man knocks him into the mud, mistaking him for Harry Potter, and he storms back to his tent in frustration. The incident pushes him further from Caitlin's circle.

Druid wedding and backstage passes

Shane and Amy stumble upon a Druid wedding in the woods. Brother David, Hammerhead's manager, reveals backstage passes and is bound to his male goat bride, a comically lurid turn that culminates in a prolonged sex show for the attendees. The discovery hints at the bizarre backstage world behind the festival's spectacle.

Smurf Girl and a drug-fueled night

Nick meets a girl dressed as a Smurf who gives him half a pill of MDMA. They share a drug-fueled night that ends with ecstatic sex in a stranger’s car. He wakes up to find Smurf Girl has left and that he now has a nipple ring as a consequence of the night.

Tattoo and missing prosthetic leg

Nick, Shane, and Amy search piercing parlors for Smurf Girl and discover that Nick had 'My Name's Not Lick' tattooed on his buttock the previous night. They also realize a prosthetic leg has been left behind, and later learn it belongs to someone else involved in the night’s chaos. The clues drive their search back toward the camp.

Smoke-and-smurfs strip tease arrest

The trio encounters a Hen Party of women dressed as Smurfs who promise Smurf Girl’s phone number if they perform a strip tease. They comply, but the performance lands them in custody and their wristbands are confiscated, cutting off their access back into the festival. The event strains their friendships and fuels resentment.

Robin and the car heist

Shane's stepfather Robin collects them to take them home. At a petrol station, Nick apologizes to Shane and then steals Robin's car, driving them back toward the festival. They reunite with Amy and climb a fence to gain re-entry, with Nick injuring his nipple in the process.

Backstage return and Smurf Girl

The trio re-enters the festival by climbing the fence; Pirate, now security, tries to stop them, but David vouches for them and they gain access backstage. Nick tends to his nipple injury and unexpectedly finds Smurf Girl in the VIP bar, though she has little memory of him and no interest in reconnecting.

Hammerhead's calamity and the crowd-pleasing finale

Hammerhead suffers an allergic reaction to shellfish; Amy unsuccessfully tries to treat him with an EpiPen, so Shane steps in wearing the Hammerhead mask. Pirate tries to end the show by removing the mask and cutting the music, but Nick intervenes and they fight on stage as Shane performs his own song, which the crowd loves. Amy then destroys Pirate's artificial leg and tosses it into the crowd, signaling a chaotic but victorious finale.

Forgiveness and onstage romance

Amy forgives Nick for ostracizing her throughout the film, and Shane and Amy share a kiss on live camera. They attempt to jump into the audience but miscalculate, ending up crowd-surfing away as the end credits roll. The trio's bond is strengthened by the wild events they survived together.