We headed out Saturday afternoon with Emma and Caleb to Meadowbrook in Gilford, New Hampshire for Old Crow Medicine Show and Avett Brothers.
It was overcast, but he weather was nice and the drive there was excellent. We stopped enroute at a Honey Dew doughnut place for a snack and bathroom break. I'd never been to one before so I sampled the donuts. They were pretty good, better than Dunks, but Bolley's is still my favorite.
We arrived at the venue with plenty of time to spare and staked out our place on the lawn. We were surrounded by hippies and boy did they like to dance during Old Crow, it was like nothing I'd seen before! We were sitting on the ground at first, but after I got stepped on and then fell upon we decided that standing was the only option.
I would like to note that the drunk, pot smoking, and very apologetic hippie that fell on me never touched the ground as I caught him and then raised him back to his feet.
Boy those hippies sure did like their Old Crow and didn't seem to care much for the Avett Brothers as when they took the stage it was a completely different type of audience around us.
My main reason for going was to see the Avett Brothers, but I enjoyed Old Crow a lot more! Kate says that Avett is much better in a small intimate environment like The State Theatre. It was great to hear my favorite Avett Brothers songs live, but they didn't sing January Wedding which surprised me.
We had a great time! Here are some clips on your tube from the show while they last!
On Sunday Kate and I went to the Old Port Festival in Portland and to attend the Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zero's concert at the State Theatre.
Neither of us had been to the Old Port Festival before and were surprised that they close down so many streets, such a large portion of the area and those streets are packed with food and merchandise vendors, to mention the local businesses having sales and events. In total there are 6 stages with 4 - 5 lives acts on each through out the day.
Due to the Facade falling on the side of the building at the State Theatre there was a fear that the concert would be cancelled. In the end the start time of the show was pushed back and hour, which would cause a headache all it's own later.
We walked every street and looked at every booth and caught a song or two at most all stages. We had a cupcake at East End Cupcake, as seen on Cupcake Wars, I had a NEHI Orange Soda finally, it was so good! Ice cold glass bottle! Best of all we found that there is a Cabot Cheese Annex store where I can buy White Cheddar Shake!!!! They have a dozen cheese's for sample, some dips, the cheddar shake, and a root beer and we sampled them all.
At the WCLZ stage we watched the whole set of Charlie Mars, he was great! I would see him again that's for sure!
He told very entertaining monotone stories before each song. It was great!
Other acts we caught at various stages, Northern Lands, Sha Sha Sha, The Pete Kilpatrick Band, Vicci Martinez, Morgan Frazier, Eric Paslay, and Enter the Haggis.
Kate's best friend Erin and her boyfriend Chase joined us for the Edward Sharpe concert. It was a good show but I've got more than just a few complaints. The show was supposed to start at 8pm, but was pushed back until 9pm, and they didn't come on stage until 915pm. They were their own opening act singing and acoustic set of cover songs for half an hour with the audio all messed up so we couldn't even hear them. Then after their set they took a half hour break and came back on stage with their songs at 1015pm.
Finally the show got good and the audio was perfect. But as the night wore on the concert was getting later and later, bad for us because the garage we parked in closes at midnight. Finally at 1150pm we decided to leave, but Kate couldn't go because we still hadn't heard Home or Om Nashi Me, our favorite songs.
So Erin and Kate stayed while Chase and I went and got the cars and pulled them around parking near the State and waited for the girls, where at least Kate got to hear them perform those songs. Click the link below for a you tube video of Home, I couldn't get it to embed.
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros at the State Theatre Portland
All in all it was a good show, there was just some very frustrating parts like every song being extended and not getting to hear Home or Om Nashi Me. I did get to hear some wonderful versions of Man on Fire and Fiyi Wata.
It was a wonderful weekend with two very long days and some great music!
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