Every festival crew has the same Monday. Five people, five camera rolls, and a group chat full of "send me that video" and "who filmed the encore?" A few clips get shared. Most don't. By the next festival nobody can find any of them. Here's how to keep the whole crew's weekend in one place, from the night before to the morning after.
Before you leave
Sort it out while everyone still has battery and signal. One person starts a Night in Chord for the festival: give it the festival's name and pick Festival as the night type.
Then turn on Festival Mode. You name the festival, set how long it runs and tap Activate. From then on, every moment you capture files itself under that festival, with a banner showing the countdown and how many moments you've caught. No sorting on Monday.
Last step: share the Night. Drop the Night link in the group chat, or open the Night's QR code and let everyone scan it with their iPhone camera. Chord opens with the code filled in, and one tap joins them. Do it at the pre-drinks and nobody has to fiddle with it in the crowd.
One honest note: everyone who joins needs Chord on their iPhone. During the beta, that means each of them requests an invite first — so do this a few days before, not at the gate.
No signal in the field
Festival networks fall over the moment forty thousand people try to post the same drop. Chord is built for that. Capture works offline: your moments save straight to your phone and sync once you have signal again — on the walk out, at the campsite or back at the hotel. Your crew's clips arrive in the Night as soon as each phone has signal.
The one thing that does need a connection is naming the song. If you film with no bars, the clip is safe, and the song is named once you're back online. You'll get a "Song found" notification when it is.
In the crowd
Film the way you normally would. Live Mode listens while you record and attaches the song to the clip when it catches it, so there's no typing in the crowd. If it misses, you can add the song later.
On a shared Night you'll also see a small "here" count: how many of the crew are active on the Night right now. It's a number — never names, never locations. It won't tell you where anyone is; it just tells you the crew made it in.
Same moment, two phones
It always happens: two of you film the same drop from a few metres apart. Chord notices when you and a friend you're connected with captured the same moment — the same song, close by, within a few minutes — and asks whether you were together. Say yes and the two clips are kept as one moment, from two angles. Location is only used to answer that question; it's never stored on the memory.
The morning after
This is the part that used to get lost. The morning after, Chord has your Morning Recap waiting: a pre-cut, Stories-style montage of your night, a grid of its numbers, and a card you can share.
Open the Night's Setlist tab and there are two lists. The setlist you witnessed is built from your own captures. The Crowd Setlist shows every song the whole crew caught, ranked by how many of you caught it — counts, never names. It's the quickest way to settle "what was that track at 1am?"
Where the official setlist is available, Songs you missed shows which songs from the set you didn't catch. Useful for the one you'd have sworn they didn't play. And if you want the night on repeat, "Save the setlist" turns it into a Spotify or Apple Music playlist.
Post it
When you want to share the day, you don't need to build a carousel. The Night Card is one 9:16 card: your hero moment, how many moments and songs you caught, and the crew's top three songs. One tap sends it to Instagram Stories, and everyone in the crew can post their own.
More on keeping a crew's night together: Chord for your crew →
Going to more than one this year? Make your Festival Season 2026–27 card →
A note for Sunburn, NH7, Magnetic Fields and Lolla India
If you're heading to Sunburn, NH7 Weekender, Magnetic Fields or Lollapalooza India this season, all of the above works the same way. To be clear: Chord isn't an official app for any of them, and we aren't affiliated with their organisers. It's your own app for your own night, and it doesn't need the festival to do anything.
Notes for India's festival season: Chord at India's festivals →
And, as always: your moments are private by default. Tag a friend and they see that memory; join a Night and your crew sees what's added to it. A public link or a Night Card on your story is always your choice, never the default.