DelFest 2008
June 4th, 2008
My dad drove our family to DelFest in his motorhome on the Memorial Day weekend. We were on the road for five hours. My sister and I played with Photo Booth on my MacBook for at least half of the journey.
I didn’t know many of the bands performing at this bluegrass festival and the few I had heard of – Sam Bush, David Grisman, Chris Thile – I’d seen at other festivals a dozen times. I went to DelFest not necessarily for the music, but for a weekend in the mountains with my family.
The festival was held at the Allegany County Fairgrounds in Cumberland, Maryland. It was on the Potomac River.
I love bluegrass festivals. I love the colors and the sounds and the people.
We camped next to a man who owned an old school bus that had been “renovated” into an RV. Its license plate was accurately “FUBAR”.
He hung hammocks inside for extra sleeping space.
For the first annual DelFest, I was impressed with the number of attendees.
My mom snuck backstage twice and met some of the performers. This is my mom with Sam Bush. Sam Bush was my favorite performer at this festival.
But my favorite part of the festival – more than listening to the live music – was exploring the fairgrounds with Eric, the faint sound of bluegrass music in the background and the backdrop of mountains in the foreground.
My DelFest 2008 Flickr set is here.
