Phew, what a crazy weekend and return back to work! We attended a music festival in Gulf Shores, Alabama and when I got back to the studio we began a video shoot I’m helping produce. Life’s been busy!
The fest was Hangout, a music festival started in 2010. I’ve been wanting to go but always ended up attending other fests like Shaky Knees or Music Midtown.
To say Hangout Fest was a freakin blast would be an understatement! For one thing, my gal pal Emma eloped over the weekend! This free spirit wedding was so her! *Sorry I’m not sorry for all the explanation marks, as you can see I’m very excited to share all this!
Check out her DIY’d shell veil and stunning ring!
Above: Quentin did real good with this vintage emerald ring!
Below: Gifts I brought for the bride. A smokey quartz I picked up at Wigwam Fest thinking it looked like a finger and could be a wedding stone. A brass teepee is a terrarium I picked up from Urban Outfitters that can hold jewelry or an air plant. Lastly the ombre indigo napkins I made in the previous post.
I’ve gotten ahead of myself and skipped the parts before the wedding! Let me backtrack~
We got in late Thursday and the fest started on Friday. The first act we wanted to see was Joywave at 12:30. That’s a pretty early start to a long day in the sun and sand, but boy was it worth it-they were really fun! We saw them in Atlanta with St. Lucia and both Dustin and I got big time crushes on the band!
They are so energetic and engaged with the crowd, which is one of my favorite things at shows!
Dustin and I agree, they were our favorite performance!
This is what I wore:
Hat and sunnies: UO, shirt, and shorts: Free People, bag: Target, hanky: Dustin’s
The rest of the day was awesome, and then at 6:30 we met at the beach chapel the fest had set up for all the free spirit love birds who wished to tie the knot!
She made this bouquet from flowers around condo!
I’m so happy for you, Emma and Q; you two are a solid team! So thankful to be able to be there for her semi spontaneous, part planned elopement!
When I was granted media access and then found out Emma was tying the knot, my heart was so full with gratitude that I would be able to capture her day!
Stealthy D on the first day. After this we didn’t bring anymore liquor hahaha; one day was enough!
I nicknamed these fried pickles “lava sticks” because they were the hottest things on the planet! Seriously we were amazed at how hot these were but once they cooled down they were real yummy, complete with ranch and Krystal’s sauce. Hangout had some good food vendors! We ate fish and chicken tacos twice from the same vendors.
Our BFF, shade!
The VIP area had these big bottles and small pieces of paper to write messages on, cue The Police’s “Message in a Bottle!”
Beautiful Emma walking to the fest wearing her veil the day after.
Exploring around the vendor booths. Along with having premo food stands the market area was packed with goodies.
Saturday we took a trip up the ferris wheel! Great views!
Cutest hippy kid that gave me a peace sign during Galactic.
Galactic is a funky jazz band who had Macy Gray as a guest performer, what a cool surprise! I’ve never rushed to a stage so fast!
Emma’s flash tats looked so good and they lasted the whole time and still look pretty good to this day!
St. Lucia was our second favorite performance. They also engage so well with the crowd, Again, major band crush!
This is what I wore the third day. That Free People dress I got from Shopbop. Everything else was repeated from day one.
A highlight of the trip was meeting up with Phantogram and snapping photos of Josh and Sarah before they went on the Palladia stage on Sunday night. I’ll share the photos soon, that is after Paste magazine uses them-whoop!
Here’s snaps of their performance which was our third favorite act (acts rated by day, not by favoritism)
Other non-mentioned bands we enjoyed were Foo Fighters (duh, Dave is hilarious), Cold War Kids, Major Lazer, Foster the People and so many more.
Since I’m currently typing this in a car traveling back to the beach, Daufuskie Island this time, I’m going to sign off! Everyone enjoy your Memorial Day weekend!
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