Freefest

So, Virgin Mobile’s Freefest is the greatest thing on earth. I would recommend that you all go, but that would decrease my chances of getting another ticket this year. It’s a music festival to raise money for Habitat for Humanity and it’s FREE if you can be one of the lucky ones to snag a ticket online. We had 2 computers with about 40 tabs open, refreshing every second and got a pair!

It was at the Merriweather Post Pavilion outside of DC this summer. So we figured out the metro and did some DC stuff. IT RAINED, of course, during the concert, but luckily we got under the pavilion for the second half of it. We got to see Icona Pop, MGMT, and Avett Brothers ❤ along with some other bands I hadn’t heard of before. There’s a really cool setup with 2 stages, some funhouses, lots of food, and a stage in the forest that had some awesome techno stuff happening later at night. But really I was there to see Avett and die of happiness.

That Friday we did DC things and of course the first stop was the Arlington Cemetery. We drove there but could have easily taken the train.

We did a the monument walk at night — it was comfortable and beautiful out with a full moon. We parked near this memorial and it was kind of a far to the Washington Monument and the memorials but I didn’t mind. Also, the lighting is non-existant and it was pretty dark a lot of the way. It could have been sketchy but nothing happened; I just thought it was weird that some parts of the trail were completely dark.

We tried and failed to get dinner in the city so we just ended up getting pizza at my Uncle’s apartment in Columbia. He took us out to a bar that night in a small town near there, I don’t remember what it was called but it was awesome with some live music playing.

Freefest was of course outstanding. All seating was first come first serve, so we got REALLY close seats to the Avett Brothers show. If I had known it was so easy to get in the pit I would have. Next time.

We did a quick trip back to DC on Sunday morning. We did the Air & Space Smithsonian and also the Basilica near Catholic U. I didn’t take any pictures since I had been there before, but it’s one of my favorite places in DC so I made a point to go there again.