Have a mint chocoalte ice cream cone laced with Irish Whiskey while enjoying live music and artery hardening treats at this Saturday's Celts on the River.
If you thought the Forecastle Festival was just hand dyed cotton dresses and t-shirts made from recycled water bottles, check out the hipsters, lolitas, and people in random costumes we saw this weekend.
I’m not naive enough to think the three would be anywhere close to
equal, but when art is one of the attractions of a festival I expected
to see more than what I could get in a housewife’s Etsy shop.
It’s right there on the flyers: Music, Art, Activism. There’s a ton of great music at the festival this weekend ranging from big name acts to promising new bands to a live marching band - but what about the other two thirds of the festival?
If you need to take a breather from all the Forecastle Festival goodness, sneak over to Brainquility between the East Stage and the Ocean Stage for a quiet, relaxing 10 minute nap.
An amazing marching band takes the music off the stage and onto the sidewalks at this year's Forecastle Festival. Click the link to see some video of them in action.
I'm not sure if Pandora would've combined Grace Potter and the Nocturnals with Cake, but after the first four songs, I can say I really like this band.