Hulaween 2019

A collection of photos from Hulaween 2019.

Going to a camping festival isn’t easy. You need to pack all your camping shit into suitcases, lug those suitcases through the airport, get a rental car, stock up on disposables and consumables at Walmart, set up camp - and after all that, you spend all day walking and all night dancing. But there’s a certain combination of anticipation, relaxation, and exhilaration that makes it worthwhile. On our way into the campground, we saw this “Cheese Love” sign, referring to the jam band The String Cheese Incident. Cheese played seven sets throughout the weekend. Their infamous Saturday night set featured various 90’s covers, and I am convinced that it was the biggest and craziest party in the world between the hours of 10 and 11 pm. I was personally blown away by their cover of the west-coast rap ballad ‘California Love’, which had me questioning not only the capabilities of The String Cheese Incident, but also reality itself. Cheese Love indeed.

After getting our camp set up on Thursday afternoon, we made our way into the venue to see the melodic electronic virtuoso Tycho Perform at the Amphitheater stage. I’ve come to believe that the Amphitheater at Hulaween is one of the greatest stages ever made. It’s gorgeous, it has great sound quality, the artists love it, it feels both intimate and substantial. The only drawback is that it’s very difficult to get out of the crowd. Anyways, Tycho was amazing; everything was played live, plus he brought out the vocalist Saint Sinner for a few tracks and she was terrific. Since this was on Thursday, we were able to zig-zag our way real close to the stage for the last few songs - it was foggy and vibey up there and we loved it.