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Words: SuperDee
| Photos: Michael
Jurick, George Weiss
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out more photos from Dave Vann here.
Welcome to Langerado! Photo by Michael Jurick
The Pyramid by Night - Photo by George Weiss |
The last weeks of winter have a tendency to drag on. There's no better time
to be reminded of the glories of festival life. And where does it always feel
like summer? Florida! Five years ago, the Langerado
Music Festival was born. What started in 2003 as a one-day event with
15 acts has grown into a three-day smorgasbord of nearly fifty acts. While its
roots are still firmly planted in the jam world – headliners this year
included Trey Anastasio
and Widespread Panic
– the festival organizers acknowledged expanding tastes by welcoming hipster
indie rockers like Stephen
Malkmus & The Jicks, Band
of Horses and Explosions
in the Sky alongside hippie fest regulars New
Monsoon, Tea Leaf
Green and moe.
Those that walk the line between these camps - My
Morning Jacket, The
Slip and Apollo
Sunshine – found themselves very much at home at this festival.
Langerado has become the unmistakable kickoff to festival season. The diversity
of acts makes it appealing to many different kinds of fans. Festival regulars
might be rocking to their favorite Galactic
jam while others are there to check out buzz bands like The
Hold Steady. While this kind of diversity can be found at the behemoth Bonnaroo
- in fact, they probably were the first to really believe that such a diverse
lineup could work - things seem a little more accessible at Langerado. With
three closely placed stages, it's possible to see a little bit of everything.
Langerado Hooper - Jurick
Night Hooper - Jurick
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