Lo & Sasquatch

SASQUATCH LINE up IS OUT!!! 

"I'm running, laughing, a smile on my face from ear to ear. The sun is setting over the canyon and the smell of stale beer wafts my way. Excitement is overcoming my whole body as I arrive at the top of the hill and take in the scene for the first time. Of Monsters and Men is playing on the edge of a cliff. Behind them the canyon and river are lit up by a soft golden glow of the sun. A sea of people with not a care in the world are jumping and swaying to the beat of the music. I let out a yell of excitement and B-Lined it towards the crowd. I stand at the outskirts of the mob, my muscles tense for action; I take a moment to appreciate the sights and sounds of strangers rocking and singing along with the band in unison before I dive in and emerse myself in the music and become one of them."                                                                                   

-This was my first experience at Sasquatch  

Holy molly am I ever excited! For those of you who have absolutely no idea what Sasquatch is, I am about to rock your world (hahaha)! Sasquatch is a magical 4 day music festival held at the Gorge in Washington and is home to a couple thousand dirty hippies, hipsters, oldies and youngsters that all have one thing in common, a love of superb music, partying and camping. While the main draw of Sasquatch is the music, it's really so much more than that. There is something about being surrounded by thousands of strangers for 4 days that makes you feel alive. Making eye contact with someone as you both scream the lyrics to a song and realize the passion you both share for that band, hopping up on a random guys shoulders so that you can look Hey Rossetta! in the eye, dancing with the fist person you can find to the soul music of Charles Bradley, sneaking back stage to Bon Iver, realizing that you are at the mercy of a sea of thousands of crazed fans all chanting for Jack White. It's being able to make an immediate connection with someone through a common love of music... I'd compare it to little kids at the sand box; you go up to someone and ask if they want to be your friend and BAM they are your best friend!

Gracing the Sasquatch stage for 2013:

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis  

Mumford and Sons

Imagine Dragons

The Lumineers

Edward Sharp and The Magnetic Zeros

Atlas Genius

Radical Face

The Barr Brothers

Ryan Bingham

Capital Cities 

I think what I love about this festival is that most days of the year I do the same old thing, school, work, sleep, eat... I promise myself that one of these days I'll do something reckless, create memories I'll treasure till the day I die but usually by the end of the day I'm sitting on the couch...again. This festival give me the opportunity to get lost in life, really live in the moment and to let my mind stop ruling my decisions and for once live by impulse.
My purpose in sharing this is not to force people into going to the festival but hopefully to inspire someone to go after a dream or take a risk that will bring colour into a world that can be very black and white.