About a year ago, the city of Plano teamed up with Live Nation to brainstorm a new festival to hit North Texas. The main objective of this festival was to have a wide demographic, and not a specific niche. It was more about creating a festival that all ages could enjoy, and people from all over the world would want to come to, like Coachella or even ACL. Once the gears were in motion and ideas took form, the Suburbia Music Festival was born. Taking place in the suburbs (get it?) of Plano, TX, Oak Point Park housed this two day festival, which featured three stages – Meadow (the main stage), Prairie (second main stage) and Cedar.
Day One
The first day of Suburbia was warm and sunny– a little hot, but that’s Texas. The festivities began with an inaugural ribbon cutting by the mayor of Plano. Attendees filled the park throughout the day, toting umbrellas and chairs for ultimate relaxation. Besides the stages, there were, of course, food vendors (it looked more like a mini food court) but also tents for local businesses to sell everything from T-shirts to homemade leather purses. Never was there an absence of activity– there was even a bouncy slide and games for kids.
Once guests entered the venue, they were given a schedule of the day and a City of Plano hand fan, which was much appreciated under the bright sun. Overall, the day started off slow, but as the day progressed more and more people filled up the park and the festival was in full swing by the afternoon. As evening (and headliners) arrived things really began to heat up. All the performances where phenomenal, even considering the heat. The staging and lighting was top notch for all. The only downfall was the large distance between the two main stages, but you can’t win them all.
Artist for Day One included: Yung Nation, A.DD+, The O’s, The Rocketboys, Ume, Basic Vacation, Echosmith, Alpha Rev, Surfer Blood, Meg Myers, Delta Rae, SoMo, Midlake, Needtobreathe, Run the Jewels, The Dandy Warhols, Third Eye Blind, YelaWolf, Reverend Horton Heat, Violent Femmes, Big Gigantic and Alabama Shakes.
A nice set up for the kids.
The O’s – Prairie Stage
Ume – Meadow Stage
Ume – Meadow Stage
Behind the Scenes with Ume
Meg Myers – Prairie Stage
Meg Myers – Prairie Stage
Needtobreathe – Meadow Stage
Needtoberathe – Meadow Stage
Needtobreathe – Meadow Stage
Needtobreathe – Meadow Stage
Third Eye Blind – Meadow Stage
Third Eye Blind – Meadow Stage
Violent Femmes – Meadow Stage
Violent Femmes – Meadow Stage
Violent Femmes – Meadow Stage
Big Gigantic – Cedar Stage
Alabama Shakes – Meadow Stage
Alabama Shakes – Meadow Stage
Day Two
Day Two began just like Day One: slowly, but quickly filling up. Again, it was another hot day in Plano, but a breeze did help with the heat. Moreover, Day Two included a water sprinkler and eventually a drinkable water solution. The people of Live Nation were on top of the demands and did the best they could. The organizers even provided free water bottles to people in the crowd who were close to the stage and did not want to leave their spots. The day went on late into the night with a raging dance party, courtesy of David Guetta.
Artist for Day Two – Ishi, Veridia, The American Authors, The Unlikely Candidates, Larry g(EE), Reignwold, NONONO, Smallpools, Sol, The Wild Feathers, Twenty One Pilots, GTA, Shakey Graves, Blue October, Slightly Stoopid, Hayes Carll, J. Cole, Tegan and Sara and David Guetta. Hoodie Allen was supposed to perform, but unfortunately had laryngitis and did not preform his set.
Meadow Stage
The Amrican Authors – Meadow Stage
The American Authors – The Meadow Stage
Larry g(EE) – Cedar Stage
Twenty One Pilots – Meadow Stage
Twenty One Pilots – Meadow Stage
Dedicated Twenty One Pilots fans
Blue October – Meadow Stage
Blue October – Meadow Stage
Blue October – Meadow Stage
Slightly Stoopid – Cedar Stage
J. Cole – Meadow Stage
J. Cole – Meadow Stage
Tegan and Sara – Cedar Stage
David Guetta – Meadow Stage
David Guetta – Meadow Stage
Amazing crowd for David Guetta
David Guetta – Meadow Stage
Written and Photographed by Mehreen Rizvi.
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