Friday night belonged to bluesier sounds on the festival's Tire Kingdom stage, and who better to really set the nighttime mood than Gary Clark, Jr.? The Austin-based guitarist is 29 years old now, but in a genre crowded by elder statesmen, he's still something of...
One of the best things about SunFest for both fans and artists alike is the festival's programming of local acts on big stages, opening for major headliners. So everybody won yesterday evening for an early set on the FPL stage by rising local artist SJ....
Tonight marks the third night of SunFest 2013, but the real kickoff of the weekend. TGIF right? To start things off right, tonight is also the first night all three festival stages will be open. So check out the FPL stage, where you'll find an...
[caption id="attachment_2922" align="aligncenter" width="614"] Photo by Chris Salata[/caption] Just after 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, the lights on the Ford Stage dimmed and the unmistakable whistle of a steam-powered locomotive rang out above the Intracoastal. As the sound of chugging steel wheels quickened, so did the screams...
[caption id="attachment_2918" align="aligncenter" width="436"] Photo by Chris Salata[/caption] The weather may try to take center stage, but there’s no way it’s stealing this show. The second day of SunFest 2013 once again helped showcase exceptional bands and the most faithful fans. The Crazy Carls were the first...
[caption id="attachment_2911" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Photo by: Chris Salata[/caption] The second day of SunFest is about to begin. Here is the scoop on who to catch tonight! Raggy Monsters It’s important never to judge a book by its cover or a band by its name. With that said, just...
[caption id="attachment_2910" align="aligncenter" width="518"] Photo by: Chris Salata[/caption] Last night’s start to SunFest was a little wet. But the fans came out. At almost exactly 5 p.m., the skies offered a soaking of most of South Florida. Despite the raindrops, there was a remarkable number of attendees...
The All American Rejects returned to SunFest last night (they previously played in 2007) to deliver an explosive show to fans. Tyson Ritter, Nick Wheeler, Mike Kennerty and Chris Gaylor are currently on their "Shaking Off The Rust" tour and in addition to playing their...
Frenetic, intelligent, hilarious and provocative, Girl Talk turned in SunFest's most exhilarating set so far. As stated earlier, Girl Talk, aka Gregg Gillis, makes mashup music—his music comprises innumerable samples of others' music, layered and collided into something transcendent and encompassing. Yeah, it's just one dude...
There's a supermoon on the rise. It's being soundtracked by the All American Rejects. "Feliz Cinco de Mayo, b*tches!" singer Tyson Ritter just squealed, sounding like a slighter version of Steven Tyler. Then the band went into "Fast and Slow" and the crowd erupted. Pop-punk in...