Saturday, September 5, 2009

OUTSIDE LANDS

AUGUST 29-31 2009

After a hectic month at work and not knowing whether I would get any time off, I was able to squeeze out a few days to make it up to San Francisco for the Outside Lands Music Festival. Tyler and I got a good deal on a pair of 3 day tickets, I had free hotel nights, and our plane tickets were free...how could we pass it up.

We flew in Saturday morning and took the Bart to the Civic Center. From there we decided to make the trek to our hotel. After a few wrong turns and some shady streets we made it to the Holiday Inn which was in a great location. We were able to check-in early and get ready for the festival. We stopped at Mel's Diner for some lunch and then BevMo:) We started to take the bus but when the bus we needed to transfer to was full we finally split a cab with some crazy guy! It was definately some good laughs along the way.

We got there just in time to see Groundation. We were just taking everything in as people were spread out all over the hill on blankets, people dancing, smoking, drinking, and just having a great time. We got lucky that it was a beautiful day and nice and warm.

Along with having a million porta potties, they also had some of the best food. Tyler and I found our 2 most favorite things....poke and sweet potato fries. We also had the best black bean burrito! They also had a WINE tent that you could go wine tasting at.

The festival was spread out over Golden Gate Park, which we were informed, is larger than Central Park. There were 5 stages, 2 huge ones and the others just average. The layout was set up great. There were tents and booths set up between the stages, food and bathrooms near every stage, and just a variety of things to keep you entertained. They were able to accommodate a lot of people.

One of my new favorite bands that I really appreciate after seeing them live is Matt & Kim. They had so much energy and just seemed to be having a great time. Here is a little video of them playing at Outside Lands.

The Barbary Tent and Stage had another group of performers and bands. There were crazy clowns, people walking on stilts, and just a bunch of different things out of the norm.

People were painting or drawing on pieces of paper and then the used each piece to create these birds.



Band of Horses put on an amazing show. I included a short clip of their show as well. All the stages were creative and different. One was even solar powered. The art around each stage made it unique and was just refreshing as you traveled all over the festival. Below you will find the complete line-up from the show. Definetely a festival you won't want to miss out on next year. I know we will be there!

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