8/28/09 Urbana Sweetcorn Fest, Urbana, IL

This was our second stint at the Urbana Sweetcorn Fest, our first being 2 years ago. The fest is well-run with great production, but is more of a family event rather than the usual hippie festivals that we play. A different vibe, but fun nonetheless.

The drive down to Urbana went smoothly, but as we were getting set up, the sky became dark and threatening clouds started to roll in. Would this be our third rained out festival set of the summer (6/27 Peoria and 8/9 Denver being the first two)?? Thankfully, the sky magically cleared up within the next 30 minutes or so, and it turned out to be a beautiful evening.

The crowd gathered as we played, with a smattering of our usual fanbase alongside "normal" folk. I knew something was wrong with this crowd when the merch table stats revealed many "Air Jordan" shirt sales and no WWJD sales. ;)

After our set, I got to meet some great fans and enjoy some hella-buttery sweetcorn, and Adam was very pleased with himself for tracking down passes to the VIP section where we stuffed ourselves with free food and beer.