The line up was announced and anticipation quickly mounted. Finally, a music festival whose proportions could stand against the size of the city. It was the weekend of August 8th and 9th, 2009 and the fans turned out by the thousands for Houston's own first Free Press Summer Fest.
Some of the hottest bands in the U.S. will be appearing in Houston for the first-ever Free Press Houston Summer Fest...
Days later, this weekend's Free Press Summer Fest is still the talk of the town - and rightfully so. It was a weekend packed with expectation and anticipation as well as music, heat, humidity, excitement, and whatnot. Everybody's doing it, so here's the Houstonist take on our weekend...
"How is this Houston?"
"How the hell is this Houston?"
Aftermath couldn't stop saying that phrase over and over again to whoever we found ourselves walking with the past two days all over Eleanor Tinsley Park at the inaugural Free Press Summer Fest. Attendance figures of up to 30,000 (total) abounded by this morning, though a final number may not be ready for a few days.
Houston, after so many false starts, just might have a decent outdoor festival to call its own.
Sure, the Free Press Summer Fest was hot and sweaty and filled with hipsters in ridiculous outfits with messy hair. But it was also a vibrant showcase for some of Houston's best acts and beyond.
