This past weekend, my husband and I went to a music festival in Gladstone, MI (lovely weather for it, eh?) called PRF Thundersnow. Our friend was performing in it so we went with him and his wife and their baby (which made for an interesting but not altogether unpleasant time on the road) as moral support.

It turned out to be kinda neat. The entire music festival takes place in an old Inn, Terrace Bay Inn & Suites. Concert goers stay in the rooms and the musicians perform in the ball room. Everyone has the hotel breakfast and the festival includes dinner and a midnight snack. (That being said, the food was pretty awful.) It made for a sort of camp-like feel, especially with most everyone else there already knowing each other and being really friendly.

While the festival was Friday to Sunday, we didn’t get there until Saturday afternoon. Caught a bit of Low.

My friend’s band, Exa Teks, was playing Sunday afternoon. We made sure to check them (and a few other shows out). They were a lot of fun.

Overall, the festival was a nice change of pace. I’m really glad we decided (on a whim) to check it out. The idea is really cool and reduces some of the way-too-many-people effect that other festivals I’ve been to suffer from.