Lisa’s Lens: Another Day Dawns on Musikfest’s Sands Steel Stage
On the first Saturday of Musikfest, one of our own locals had the chance to enjoy the festival’s biggest stage.
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GRAMMY Award Winning Guitarist Gary Clark Jr. & GROUPLOVE to Headline Musikfest 2018
GRAMMY-winning guitar virtuoso Gary Clark Jr. and indie-pop sweethearts GROUPLOVE will rock Musikfest when they perform at the Sands Steel Stage Wed., Aug. 8, 7 p.m. and Thurs., Aug. 9, 7 p.m., respectively. Tickets for the Gary Clark Jr. performance are $39-$59, and tickets for the GROUPLOVE concert are $25-$39. They go on sale starting today, May 29, 10 a.m., to ArtsQuest Members and Fri., June 1, 10 a.m., to the public at www.musikfest.org and 610-332-3378.Â
LVU Wants to Know: How Would You Fill Out Musikfest’s Sands Steel Stage Lineup?
We’re going to break, for just a moment, from covering the local artists to our scene and turn our attention to the Musikfest Sands Steel Stage. Despite being six months away, the 10 coveted main stage slots are already filling up.
PHOTOS: X Ambassadors at Sands Steel Stage
Friday night featured a high-energy show on the Sands Steel Stage, when alternative rockers X Ambassadors came to rock the opening night of Musikfest.
Supported by opening acts Jukebox the Ghost and Rachel Platten, the Ithaca, New York-based four-piece rocked an opening night crowd of a couple thousand mostly 20- and 30-somethings.
Although we regretfully missed Jukebox the Ghost (we hadn’t arrived to South Side from opening ceremonies in time), LVU arrived just in time for Platten to take the stage. The pop singer excited the younger members of the audience in particular with hit songs like, “Fight Song” and “Stand By You.”
As night fell, X Ambassadors took the stage and delivered a strong and energetic performance that immediately captivated the audience. The band contrasted fun, swinging rock tunes like “Naked” and “Gorgeous” with mellow tunes like “Low Life” just as well as the intense “Jungle.”
A particularly powerful moment came toward the end of the show, right before the band played its biggest hit, “Renegades.” Frontman Sam Harris took time before the song to call upon the audience to unify and evoke positive change in the world, and then encouraged a sing-along to the tune’s catchy, “Hey-hey-hey” chorus.
