We played a show in Milwaukee this past Thursday. It was a big festival called "Summerfest." It's actually ten days long and has a lot of big name acts. Apparently it's the largest summer festival in the world! This was the first day of the festival.
We were on the US Cellular stage (which is a real legit one). We were slotted to play at 7:15pm...right before Say Anything and Jack's Mannequin (they're both pretty big). Well, Say Anything dropped off a few days ago, so we got bumped up to their spot. This put us right before Jack's Mannequin. Perfect!
The show ended up being amazing! This was the biggest crowd the guys have ever played for. There were around 3,000 people watching them! The guys played well, the sound and lights were great, and the crowd was way into them! We did pretty well on merch sales.
There was a contest going on that day called the US Cellular "Emerging Artist" contest. The crowd voted (by text messaging) on their favorite band to take the US Cellular stage that day (I believe there were 8 bands on the stage that day). Anyways, we weren't really too aware of the contest...
Well, next thing we know, after the guys are done with their set and chilling in their dressing room, Andrew McMahon (singer of Jack's Mannequin) comes in and tells us that we won the contest! We were stoked! The guys won a guitar, two really nice microphones, a cell phone, and a drum cymbal! In addition, that should ensure us a good slot on the festival next year. This night couldn't get any better!
We didn't get out of Milwaukee until about 1:30am. We drove all the way home (and got there around 8am). Overall, it was a great time. I can't wait to go back next year!
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