GOGOL BORDELLO
Well Joonbuggers, it's that time again, Festie time! This time we are preparing for Austin City Limits. This is one of my favorite festivals of the year, not only because Austin is home, but also because it might be one of the most musically diverse. We are seeing some of our electronic, oldies, Texas country and pop favies this year. Here is what we were looking most forward to.
If you missed our ultimate preparation guide for a festival, please click here to get the scoop on how to get you and your group ready for a weekend of music.
The Sunday Snapshot:
The festival set-up, sound and acoustics, as well as operations were extremely professional. It's obvious they have done this before. I loved how they had two stages by each other with back-to-back shows. I parked it at the Budweiser/Playstation stages for most of the weekend due to the line up, but it was incredible to see 10,000 people stacked to see the headliners on the BMI stage. Kudos Lolla.
Sunday Musical Delights & Awards:
Chiddy Bang: Award for Band Best Listened on a CD. I was personally pumped to see Chiddy play. My friends produce their music videos and I have been rocking to their cool remixes/raps for a bit now. Think, Girl Talk meets Drake for their vibe. I was sadly disappointed in the live bit, but I still like them a lot. But the electronic Perry’s stage was a sick addition to the festival. We would be visiting again.
Here is what we loved most about Saturday at Lollapalooza 2010. I wish I was still there!
In addition to the green scene at Grant Park, there were some really cool sponsorship and brand presence situations in the mix. Toyota was giving away cold bandanas and headbands (much needed with the hot temperatures). They always had a line to their tent, which I’m sure got them some good exposure. Another great sponsor was the water filling stations; I know I spent a lot of time here. AOL provided free WiFi, for those of us working during the festival, this was clutch. A fun one was the Q101 Hammock Station, where you could actually take a break and lay in the hammocks for a bit. It’s always enjoyable to see brands and companies giving out products and services that are super beneficial to the festival goer. Giving a consumer something they can really use during the weekend is really going to stand out for marketing purposes.
Completely pumped for this festival, Lollapalooza managed to blow me away. Not only with the talent they had this year, but as an event planner, I was even more impressed with the set-up and operations they had in place. If you missed our live Tweets from the festival here are some tasty tidbits from the weekend. Catch us tomorrow for Saturday's recap:
Friday:
We arrived in Chicago around 7am from New York, took a nap, and proceeded to the event around 4pm. Other than grabbing my media pass (which was like a mile away from the entrance) I was immediately impressed.
Michael Bolton One World, One Love
Bones Thugs-N-Harmony Uni5: The World's Enemy
Toni Braxton Pulse
Broken Social Scene Forgiveness Rock Record
Court House Hounds Court House Hounds
Justin Currie Great War
Deftones Diamond Eyes
The Fall Your Future Our Clutter
Free Energy Stuck On Nothing
Flying Lotus Cosmogramma
Godsmack The Oracle
Hold Steady Heaven Is Whenever
Jackyl When Mooshine and Dynamite Collide
Greg Laswell Take A Bow
Rene Lopez People Are Just People
Minus The Bear Omni
Avi Buffalo Avi Buffalo
B.o.B. B.oB. Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray
Bullet for My Valentine Fever
Mary Chapin Carpenter The Ages Of Miracles
Miranda Cosgrove Sparks Fly
Daddy Yankee Daddy Yankee Mundial
Drowing Pool Drowing Pool
Melissa Etheridge Fearless Love
Peter Frampton Thank You Mr. Churchill
Gogol Bordello Trans-Continental Hustle
Hole Nobody's Daughter
Lali Puna Our Inventions
The Lodger Flashbacks
Lonestar Party Heard Around The World
My Education Sunrise
The Mynabirds The Mynabirda
Nathaniel Rateliff In Memory Of Loss
Transhcan Sinatras In The Music
Two Door Cinema Club Tourist History
White Fence White Fence
Wounded Lion Wounded Lion
Deidre Muro and Paul Hammer of Savoir Adore are refreshingly free of egos. I had the opportunity to let them finish each other's sentences on the first night of their 3-week residency at Cake Shop. We chatted about the creative process, Brooklyn, and just what Paul plans to do when playing shows just isn't enough to keep him awake anymore.
How did you two start writing together? How did you begin collaborating musically?
Get your tickets for the All Points West Festival, in Liberty State Park, NJ, July 31st - August 2nd. Line up:
Friday, July 31st:
Beastie Boys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vampire Weekend
and: the National / Fleet Foxes / MSTRKRFT /Q-Tip / the Pharcyde / Organized Konfusion / the Knux / Ra Ra Riot / Seasick Steve / Telepathe / Shearwater / Heartless Bastards / Flying Lotus / College Humor Live / Arj Barker / Eugene Mirman / Bo Burnham
Saturday, August 1st:
Tool, My Bloody Valentine, Gogol Bordello
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