Outside Lands brings music fans and festival goers to the trees of Golden Gate Park every August. I say “music fans and festival goers” because these days the two are almost different with the culture becoming how f-ed up can I get for three days and less about how can I see great bands. Regardless, it’s magical and full of lots of happy faces. Here’s what I saw.
Also, here’s a playlist to enjoy the music from afar and let these pictures bring the party to you.
My festival supply kit
DAY 1
Grimes
My favorite sign of the weekend
Halsey
My other favorite sign
LCD Soundsystem
Dancing ourselves clean
LCD Soundsystem
DAY 2
Starting strong
AMPED
So is this kid
My fave OSL meal : donut bacon cheeseburger
How I feel about that burger
Lord Huron
Most seen site of OSL
Peaches slayed so hard that I had to include several photos of Peaches slaying AND THEY DON’T EVEN DO HER JUSTICE
RADIOHEAD
Day 3
Made a friend
Kehlani
Chance the Rapper
The homies Chancing out
Ate this beautiful funnel cake
I caught some Pokemon
This is how you catch Pokemon right?
The homies and 40,000 of our closest friends
This dude knows how to party
Major Lazer ripped people’s shirts off
Wandered into a Tay vs Ye Dance Party
Miguel
Lana del Rey
And with a dusty walk out
That was Outside Lands 2016.
Your photo essays as always are great. Especially love the use of double exposure feature on the X Series cameras(which reminds me I need to play with that more). How was Radiohead live?
This photo essay was gorgeous and I can’t wait to dive into the playlist!
In my experience the best way to find a festival that isn’t just a parade of hipsters or wooks looking to get fucked up is to go to smaller, less well-known camping festivals. You don’t get as many super trendy headliners but better atmosphere and great music.