Mikey Mains House Show

We were lucky enough over my spring break to host our friends in Mike Mains and the Branches for a few days while they were on tour. We were even more lucky when they agreed to play a house show for us! Such a fun Monday night. We had friends come in from Lafayette, Cincy, Indy, and even the Louisville area just for the show. Mike play songs acoustic and told stories for an hour in our living room. Many of our friends are fans of MMTB, but I think anyone who hadn't heard them before that night left with a CD or vinyl in hand. My friends even surprised me with a cake and singing for my birthday that was a few days away! It was just a really special night.

Even beyond the show it was just the best to get some quality time in with our friends in the band. They are always so busy and travel constantly, so Jake and I really treasure the time we get to spend with them every few months. We are so blessed by their friendship.

...and a little video for your listening pleasure. :)

Gentlemen of the Road

What a crazy weekend! Jake and I made the drive up to Troy, OH to Mumford & Sons' Gentlemen of the Road festival. The entire downtown Troy was turned in to a street festival with all of the local businesses having booths outside of their stores. Boy, did they get some business this weekend. All of the shops also decorated with mustaches and British flags for the occasion. There was such a fun, friendly vibe everywhere you went. You could tell Troy was very excited to host GOTR.

The concert grounds were just as festive and fun. They had food booths from all over the country, including my favorite Jeni's Ice Cream from Columbus, OH. The concert itself was on the Troy High School football field. At the height of the day's concerts, the entire field plus both sets of stands were covered with 30,000 fans (PS- Troy is a town of 25,000- it doubled this weekend!). We definitely didn't have the best view, but you couldn't match the atmosphere on both days (even with a slight rain storm that brought out our super cool ponchos- see picture below).

Some new-found favorites from the weekend were Willy Mason and Bear's Den. We also had an awesome time singing along to Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros and Old Crow Medicine Show. In fact, I like both of them better now than I did before. Mumford was excellent as usual and even brought both Bear's Den and Old Crow on stage for a few songs. You could tell they were genuinely having a great time on stage. We were as well, along with 30,000 of our closest friends.

 

Paul McCartney: Out There Tour

Well, I crossed something off my bucket list this July. Jake and I saw Sir Paul McCartney live in concert! I mean, he was a Beatle!! I still can't quite wrap my head around the fact that we saw him. The concert was very well done, and not near as flashy as it probably could have been. It was just him and four other band members on stage playing Beatles and Wings music for almost three hours. My favorite parts of the show were when he told stories about his days with the Beatles leading in to songs. One story in particular included both Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton at the same concert. He is living music history and I saw it. Unreal. I you ever have a chance to see him, go for goodness sake!

 

 For your listening pleasure, Sir Paul on ukulele. 

House of Heroes: Davis Park Show

I still can't believe it, but Jake booked one of my favorite bands, House of Heroes, to play at Davis Park a few weeks ago! Dream come true! It was a blast watching them set up for the show, and getting to know the guys a little bit. Jake even found that Matt from HOH shares his love of comic books and Spiderman (that was a dream come true for him, too). Curt Anderson and Come Wind opened for them as well, rounding out a night of great music. To top it off, the concert had a great turnout of area youth and HOH fans. Best night ever!

Columbus Concert Weekend

Waaay back in May, Jake and I traveled to Columbus, OH to see each of our favorite bands play a show together: House of Heroes and Five Iron Frenzy. I hadn't seen HOH in years, and this was my first time seeing FIF. Both were so fun! The crowd was a little older because of the bands, which was enjoyable as well. It was neat to see entire families with little kids in noise-canceling headphones enjoying the concert along with mom and dad.

We decided to make a weekend out of the concert and hit some of our favorite places in Columbus the next day. Breakfast at North Market (best waffles EVER), lunch at North Star, ice cream at Jeni's, and dinner at Basil. We did some shopping as well; our favorite by far was Tiger Tree. Can't wait to go back soon!

Letting Love Show

Letting Love
Trinity Life Center
April 27