day one: we didn't get into chicago until around two am the previous night, so we decided to sleep in and get to grant park in the late afternoon. we were staying with our friend allison who lives right next to wrigley field, and a couple hundred feet from the train. this made for easy access to travel, but craziness due to cubs games. there weren't too many great bands playing in the morning so we didn't miss out on much. we had lunch at the famed pick me up cafe, and made our way downtown around two pm. dirty projectors were alright, but i wasn't too impressed. we wandered the grounds for a bit, getting our bearings and figuring out our schedules. we stumbled onto a massive crowd for matt and kim, and eventually made our way to the main stage to see hot chip (who were absolutely fantastic) and eventually lady gaga. katie and bri left to watch the strokes; jared stayed with me amongst all the little monsters.
dirty projectors
matt and kim
hot chip
lady gaga
day two: up and at em! we decided to get breakfast at starbucks downtown on michigan, and walked the rest of the way to the grounds. rogue wave was pretty great, and we had a nice view. stars sounded fantastic and we were waaaay far away just sitting in the grass. love love love stars, they were deifnitely my jam this summer and it was fun to see them live. the xx, although you'd think would put on a boring show, were awesome. i loved it. once again, we sat in the grass for them. (it was freakin hot and we were malnourished all weekend long trying to avoid costly food. thank goodness for the free water!) bri and katie were super stoked for grizzly bear and i'm pretty sure they managed to get front row spots. jared and i laid in the grass for the majority of their set, i believe. great music to lay down and look at the clouds to. and finally phoenix. crazy, chaotic, and absolutely awesome. it took about five years to get from the park to the train to home, but we made it.
rogue wave
stars
the xx
grizzly bear
phoenix
day three: starbucks ten am breakfast take two. ...in a monsoon. we stopped and bought ponchos and although we looked like idiots, it didn't matter. we were tired and dirty, but we were dry for the day. we met up with meesh too, a good friend of mine who lives in chicago. the two of us danced in the rain to minature tigers, and met up with the rest of the group for the antlers, who put on a great live show. company of thieves were next and i was about to pee my pants with excitement. they are just so, fucking. GOOD. after that, meesh and i went to visit our friend joe who was working the festival. long story short, meesh and i won VIP cabana passes. so we got free food, star treatment, and got to sit in on interviews with mgmt and wolfmother. SWEET. we watched minus the bear from our air-conditioned cabana while chatting with worlfmother, and eventually made our way back to real life to watch mumford and sons in the heat, and they killed it. they stole the weekend for me in the nest way possible. after that was yeasayer, who i listened to from my back with eyes closed, and i did the same for mgmt, who, quite frankly, sucked. we were all exhausted after the long weekend and decided to leave before the headliner. we still had to go home, pack, and drive back to st. louis. it was a loooong drive home. but MAN, was it worth it. definitely foing again next year if i can scrape the cash together.
miniature tigers
the antlers
company of thieves
minus the bear
(wolfmother)
mumford and sons
yeasayer
mutemath
mgmt
not at our best, but we were pretty freakin happy.
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