Speed of Sound Fest

I’ve been to numerous inaugural music festivals, with varying degrees of success. This was the first inaugural, 1-​day festival that I had been to, which lets face it– has got to be much easier to pull off than a 3-​day. Plus, the festival was at a regional airport, so there wasn’t really traffic/​city/​infrastructure issues to deal with either. But a success nonetheless…
Obviously, the main draw for any music festival is the music. SoS Fest was put on by Radio Woodstock (same crew that puts on Mountain Jam), to celebrate their 35^th year, so you’d expect a similar genre’d festival– and that is to say Rock/​Southern Rock/​Folk. 2015 was headlined by The Avett Brothers, with a bill that also included Hot Tuna, and Chris Robinson Brotherhood, to name a few. For me, it was all about the Avett Brothers and the $ 55 ticket was worth seeing them (2.5 hour set) alone.
The sound here was great. There was a quarantined off area of GA for people to put their chairs/​blankets, then the rest was standing room. It was super easy to get close for the headliner, as I think a lot of families left by then (children 10 and under were free). I had never been so close to the stage for Avett Brothers before, and it was kind of surreal.
There were ample porto-​potties. Food was supplied by local Hudson Valley vendors, and was pretty good. There were also local artisans selling goods throughout the festival as well as activities for children. There were a fair amount of kids running about (almost enough to be a buzzkill) as a lot of parents neglected to keep their children in check.
All in all, I really enjoyed this festival, but in all honesty, it was really just an Avett Brothers concert for me; the other acts were great, but it was just a glorified concert IMO. Either way, if they have Avett on the bill next year, I’ll surely make the 2+ hour trek from NYC once again.