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| First City Festival 2014 Photo by Nikki DeMartini |
After days spent with family, friends, joyful celebrations and well wishes for a happy New Year, the festive feel is still in the air and as shows in 2015 are being announced it means that the Festival Season will be here before we know it!
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| Treasure Island Music Festival 2014 Photo by Nikki DeMartini |
Last year, I was approved to cover two music festivals over the summer: the 2nd Annual First City Fest in August and the 7th Annual Treasure Island Music Festival in October and it was super exciting to be there to professionally cover both of them!
The First City Festival returned to the beautiful, serene beach town of Monterey California for it's second year this past summer. The weekend was filled with a diverse line-up of high caliber acts that would satisfy any music enthusiast, free carnival rides for ticket holders, artisan style grub from various food trucks and traditional carnival treats.
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| First City Festival 2014 Photo by Nikki DeMartini |
The Fest's three different stages were jam-packed with some of indie music's biggest acts like, Beck,The National, Best Coast and The Naked and Famous, along with emerging bands on the brink of blowing up like Future Islands, Tanlines and Geographer.
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| Best Coast @ First City Festival 2014 Photo by Nikki DeMartini |
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| Future Islands @ First City Festival 2014 Photo by Nikki DeMartini |
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| Geographer @ First City Festival 2014 Photo by Nikki DeMartini |
Sunday's lineup included: Cool Ghouls, The Family Crest, QUILT, Sleepy Sun, Midi Matilda, Connan Mockasin, Lo-Fang, The Men, San Fermin, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Liars, Geographer, Lake Street Dive, Future Islands, CULTS, Dawes, The Naked and Famous and The National.
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| Cool Ghouls @ First City Festival 2014 Photo by Nikki DeMartini |
One of the great aspects of The First City Fest is the short distance between each stage and because the fairgrounds aren't that large themselves it's an easy trek from one stage to the next. The Red Wood Stage, or Main Stage and The Cypress Stage, or secondary stage are a brisk walk across the park from each other with the Manzanita Stage, or local band stage, smack in between the two!
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| The Vau de Vire Society @First City Festival 2014 Photo by Nikki DeMartini |
A fourth, small stage, The Vaudeville Stage, offered entertainment from circus subculture entertainers, The Vau de Vire Society, The John Brothers Piano Company and covers from the beloved Puddles the clown, via Puddles Pitty Party.
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| Puddles Pity Party @ First City Festival 2014 Photo by Nikki DeMartini |
You could catch these acts in between bands, on your way to see a band at one of the other stages, while waiting in line for concessions, on your way to the bathroom... really whenever you wanted throughout either day!
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| LIARS @ First City Festival 2014 Photo by Nikki DeMartini |
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| Phantogram @ First City Festival 2014 Photo by Nikki DeMartini |
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| Beck @ First City Festival 2014 Photo by Nikki DeMartini |
The great thing about having these stages in such close proximity to each other is that it meant there was minimal set overlap giving fanatic fest-heads the opportunity to catch a vast majority of the bands they wanted to see with ease.
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| Ana Tjoux @ Treasure Island Music Festival 2014 Photo by Marc Fong |
Since it's inaugural year when Justice headlined, to the summer of 2013, when Alexis Krauss from Sleigh Bells joined Beck on stage for an epic duet, the Treasure Island Music Fest always has a eclectic line-up building up to monumentous headlining acts. The Seventh Annual T.I.M.F last summer was no exception with the re-united Outkast on Saturday night and the rather illusive Massive Attack wrapping things up on Sunday night!
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| Mo @ Treasure Island Music Festival 2014 Photo by Marc Fong |
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| The Growlers @ Treasure Island Music Festival 2014 Photo by Marc Fong |
The well-rounded line-up was skillfully mixed with solid indie bands like St. Lucia, Washed Out and Policia, up-and-coming acts like Jungle, Mo and Banks, some local bands including Cathedrals and Painted Palms and big supporting bands like Janelle Monae, Zedd and T.V on the Radio, just to name a few.
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| Banks @ Treasure Island Music Festival 2014 Photo by Marc Fong |
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| Janelle Monae @ Treasure Island Music Festival 2014 Photo by Marc Fong |
Saturday October 18th: TAMO, DJ Tom Thump, DJ M3, Laura Lisbona, Ratking, Tobacco, Ana Tjoux, XXYYXX, Classixx, Ryan Hemsworth, Jungle, Mo, Janelle Monae, St. Lucia, Zedd and OutKast.
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| Alt-J @ Treasure Island Music Festival 2014 Photo by Marc Fong |
Sunday October 19th: MPHD, Push the Feeling, Luxxury, Motion Potion, Cathedrals, Bit Funk. Asgeir, Bleached, The Growlers, Chet Faker, White Denim, Policia, Banks, T.V on the Radio, The New Pornographers, Alt-J and Massive Attack.
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| Treasure Island Music Festival 2014 Photo by Nikki DeMartini |
Music fans are inundated with Music Festivals these days, but the Treasure Island Music Fest in particular stands apart from all of the others :
- the weekend long lineup has a day geared toward rock while the other day has more of a dance appeal.
- there's ONLY TWO STAGES which are practically next to each other.
- set times are scheduled so that there's no one set that over laps another. (this is a music fest marvel!)
- it takes place in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, so needless to say, the panoramic views are beautiful!
- you're surrounded by art! Huge sculptures that bend and are illuminated at night, fun interactive art, art for sale, DYI art-project booths... plenty of artistic ways to stay entertained when you need a break from the show!
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| Massive Attack @ Treasure Island Music Festival 2014 Photo by Marc Fong |
The lay out, schedule and welcoming vibe allow T.I.M.F show-goers to truly relax and fully enjoy the sites and sounds all day and night!
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| Outkast @ Treasure Island Music Festival Photo by Marc Fong |
I can not wait to find out what the Festival Season will give us this year, can you?!
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