I've gone almost every single year that it's been in Chicago (with the exception of the year after I graduated college and I was in South America) and it's by far one of my favorite parts of Chicago summers.
Last year I went with my sister and we saw some bomb acts like John Butler Trio, Tally Hall, Iron & Wine, Amadou & Mariam, G. Love & Special Sauce, Girl Talk, Flosstradamus, Gnarls Barkley and Kanye West.
This was my sis and I in front of the Tally Hall stage which I'm pretty sure was her favorite act that year. We got really close and were in the shade which isn't a common combo in a giant, open space like Grant Park.I on the other hand, was obsessed with Girl Talk last year. His performance was so incredibly amazing it wasn't even funny. Gregg Gillis was literally so close to me I could touch him. He crowd surfed right over my sister and I.
Then he landed in the middle of the crowd and spun from this booth they had set up. My sister and I were mere inches from him, it was insane.
This year seems EVEN better than last year. According to this blog, and his source states that ten percent of the artists he lists may be incorrect, but the potential line-up has acts like:
- The Killers
- Kings of Leon
- OK Go
- Regina Spektor
- Atmosphere
- Ben Harper
- Franz Ferdinad
- Ra Ra Riot
- Silverspun Pickups
- TheDecembrists
- TV on the Radio
- Vampire Weekend
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
3 days passes go on sale March 31, and I know I'll be the first to swoop mine, I CAN'T WAIT.
Also, this weekend I'm going to see another one of my favorite bands, Bloc Party at the Aragon Ballroom. I've never seen them live, but I've heard they're great and I'm amped to see them. Concerts are such a great way to hang out over the weekend without the usual bump and grind of blacked out frat boys that you have to beat off with a stick at Lincoln Park bars. This weekend, I can rage in the comfort of two of my good friends and quality tunes.
No one's getting out alive,
heels
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