Another one bites the dust! Actually, thankfully this year there wasn't a lot of dust (there was a year known as the brown booger). This might have been the best weather all three days combined in ACL history. The Austin City Limits Music Festival celebrated it's 10th year. This was my 8th year to go, WOW! My parents live walking distance to the festival and they have gone every year, it's a no brainer when your that close. You can even go back to the house for a break and here the music from their rooftop overlooking the Austin skyline.
There were so many great bands and I always enjoy hearing new music I've never encountered before. This year we also did a first and that was taking our 7 month daughter Siena to the festival. We opted to just take her in the morning from about 11-1pm. This was my first time to partake in the Kiddie Limits and it did not disappoint. There were kids with red mohawks, drum circles, live kiddie music, and much much more. Siena danced, crawled, and took it all in. She loved it and promptly passed out on our stroller ride back to the house.
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| Biking down to the festival |
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| Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr threw some cool treats to the crowd! |
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| Relaxing at Ray LaMontagne |
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| Just me and a few thousand of my closest friends ;) |
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| Siena & her rockin grandma |
Some favorites on Friday this year included Ray LaMontagne, Foster the People & Coldplay (I heard Kanye put on an awesome show too). Saturday, we took Siena to Federico Aubele and then later we went to Iron & Wine (they live in Dripping Springs). It was rainy & misty so we enjoyed the covered tent and banjo pickings from Abigail Washburn and we LOVE Gillian Welch. We caught a moment of Cee Lo and then did a lot of dancing for Stevie Wonder!! After some late night lasagna we rested up for DAY 3! My close friend is in Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr so I got there early so I could be up front and they brought their A game. Everyone was rocking out to their show. The sun came out in full force for this show and they showered us with popsicles, how nice. I danced and jumped and went crazy so by the end of the show I was exhausted and retreated home for a break and a chance to give Siena some kisses. Merritt & I made it back down for an amazing Fleet Foxes show. Their harmonies were absolutely incredible. I met up with Josh from Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr at the legendary Randy Newman show which was a classic. My husband Merritt and I finished off the night up front and center for Arcade Fire, a perfect way to end a wonderful weekend.
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