[ATTENDED: September 30, 2023] All Things Go [Day 1]
Sometime in April, my daughter asked if we could go to the All Things Go Festival. I had never heard of this Festival and assumed the answer was no. But then I saw that it was at the Merriweather Post Pavilion which is exactly three hours away from us. So when tickets went on sale, I managed to get two pre-sale tickets for Sunday. And then when they went on proper sale, I managed to score two more for Saturday.
If I had managed to get tickets to see boygenius at the Mann Center, we would have blown off this day, but that didn’t happen, so we hunkered down for our first Festival day (and her first Festival).
I was excited for the Festival too, as there were a bunch of bands that I wanted to see. But this was a Festival for her, so I told her, that I wanted to arrive in time to see Sudan Archives and then the rest of the day was up to her. I wanted to see Maggie Rogers and a few other bands during the day, but I’d go where she wanted.
I’ll write a separate post for each band we saw.
The Festival was set up very nicely with the Chrysalis Stage within easy walking distance from the main stage (and from the food and merch). And there was free parking.
We arrived and, even though we had VIP entrance passes, we waited on line, not quite realizing how it worked. Well, they sent us back to get our wristbands which allowed us quick entrance (very useful on Sunday). These wrist bands also go us a swag bag full of weird goodies.
The rest was a Festival. The food was overpriced, the bathrooms were inadequate, the water lines were really long. At least it was September and not July. The first day worked out great weather-wise as it was overcast and a little cooler.
I felt a little bad because we didn’t stop for lunch on the way down (tight schedule), so I made my daughter wait in line for food so I could see Sudan Archives. I told her, that it was the last time that I’d make her do anything like this, and she was cool with it.
I enjoyed Sudan Archives in the sun, she sat in the shade and enjoyed the video screens. (more…)
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Sometime in April, my daughter asked if we could go to the All Things Go Festival. I had never heard of this Festival and assumed the answer was no. But then I saw that it was at the Merriweather Post Pavilion which is exactly three hours away from us. So when tickets went on sale, I managed to get two pre-sale tickets for Sunday. And then when they went on proper sale, I managed to score two more for Saturday.
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