a) It was free, yet there were five stages and many good acts to watch, AND this meant you could come and go as many times as you pleased, you're not just locked into the event.
b) At many free festivals, you HAVE to buy drinks there (its how they pay for the acts, I'm not against it but...). Here? Nah...they let you bring your own drinks if you want to! Amazing...
c) It was in the downtown of a city, which provides other things to do (bars, restaurants, etc.) at regular prices when the world music gets to be a little too much.
d) The drinks at the festival were actually pretty cheap.
e) Vendor food, Lafayette style: crawfish tamales, fried catfish, red beans, boudin, jambalaya, alligator/chicken/fried chicken/shrimp/anymeatreally on-a-stick, funnel cakes (which they called dutch cakes--anyone ever heard of that before?), crawfish boats (bread bowl filled with creamy crawfish spinach concoction), and many other things that I've never heard of.
f) Everyone was nice. Everyone.
g) There was shade (sort of).
h) And there was this...
THE WORLD'S LARGEST BOOT!!! How hilarious is that? This kind of kitchy crap is definitely not at the Fair Grounds.
If you can't tell already, it was a great weekend. Now I just have to shelve my complaints because Sunday, it is imperative I go to the Fest. Becker and Fagan wouldn't be able to perform without me.
3 comments:
Well, maybe not Fagen, but I'd do OK. Without you, that is. Only because I have to.
I think of Steely Dan alot, and I can't think about them without thinking of Becker, and then I can't think about Becker without thinking about non-Steely Dan Becker, so therefore Steely Dan=Dave Becker. It works, I promise.
HA! I love it! How Americana.
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