Beat the Heat: These Handheld Fans Are Perfect for Music Festivals, Concerts & More

The weather is heating up! With sweltering temperatures just about everywhere, the summer heat wave that we’ve been dreading has officially arrived.

If you plan to attend music festivals, concerts and other outdoor activities this summer, a portable fan should be on your list of seasonal must-haves. Below, we’ve put together a short roundup of portable, handheld fans that are small enough to bring to music festivals and more.

Although portable fans are available at several major retailers — Amazon, Target and Walmart, to name a few — the roundup below features Amazon-only products priced between $10-$32 (if you’re looking for an option under $10, check out this portable fan from Urban Outfitters). Amazon Prime members get free and fast shipping on millions of items. Not a member? Click here to start your free 30-day trial.

For more festival gear, check our lists of venue-approved bags, the best earplugs for concerts and our picks for the best gear to buy for Lollapalooza, Rolling Loud and other music festivals.

You might be surprised at the wind capacity of this cute but powerful mini fan from TriPole. The handheld, lightweight, mini-fan has two speeds and measures 6.7 inches long. The battery-operated fan works for up to three and a half hours before it needs to be recharged. The fan is available in a handful of colors including blue, black, yellow, pink and white.

Stay cool and charge your phone with this two-speed, convertible pocket fan. The Jisulife Portable Handheld Mini Fan has a battery life of 14-21 hours, a maximum rotating speed of 3400 rpm, and it’s around the same size as a credit card. This fan is also on sale at Walmart.

It takes just 10 seconds for this handheld fan to reach a cool 53 degrees. Three speeds of powerful wind and a built-in ceramic, semi-conductor radiator naturally converts hot air into cold. The fan measures seven inches long and approximately three inches wide; it has a 5400 rpm high-speed motor and 2000mAh rechargeable battery.

Not interested in a handheld device? Try a portable neck fan! The Jisulife Portable Neck Fan has 78 air outlets to keep your neck cool in hot temps. The three-speed neck fan is dust and sweat proof; it’s built with a 270-degree air supply angle and works for up to 16 hours at a time. Made from eco-friendly ABS and silicone, this portable neck fan is available in green, blue, black, yellow, pink or white.