Music as Art Festival

Today was the 20th Anniversary Music as Art Festival. We didn't go this year. We have gone to many of these festivals over the years including the first one in 2002 in Delaware Park. This one was down at Buffalo RiverWorks. We love going down to RiverWorks but not when it is crowded. Becky has also been nursing a sore back the past few days and will start physical therapy for it on Monday. We needed to take it easy this weekend and we really didn't want the hassle of another crowded event.

I had been thinking about going to the festival over the past few weeks. I thought RiverWorks would be a good place for it but I guess so did everyone else in town. Lately people have been looking forward to outdoor festival like gatherings all over the area and the crowds prove it. 

This year there was live music on 20 stages scattered throughout the site. We were hearing ahead of time that parking was going to be an issue and the festival organizers were asking people to take uber/lyft rides. Later in the day I saw on the news that the site was overwhelmed with parking problems and the bridge to Kelly Island and the festival site was closed to traffic with only performers allowed to enter the parking areas. 

That being said, I did see a lot of friends posting from the festival and it looked like people were having a good time. Maybe next year we will go again but overall I've been to enough crowded concert venues. I would like to get down to RiverWorks sometime this fall.