Yesterday, my friends and I attended the first-ever Northern Invasion festival in Somerset, WI, along with almost 30,000 rock fans from the upper midwest. Over a dozen bands on two stages on a beautiful May Saturday!
I made my way to the Cities to pick up a friend who was carpooling with me. We made it to the ampitheater grounds in time to find a spot to park. We had to walk a few blocks, but were walking faster than some of the cars trudging to the prime parking spots at times!
We got to the venue in time to see Twin Cities rockers Cold Kingdom wrap up their set on the second stage, and watch funk rockers Crobot rile up the crowd with an amusing and powerful set. I ran into a friend from Michigan after the set, and caught up with my Twin Cities rocker friends who I spent most of the day with. We soon made our way to the main stage to watch Canadian rockers Thousand Foot Krutch put on an energetic set to rile up the growing crowd.
One bad thing about such a large festival is that it's easy to get lost with so many people around. We took a restroom break, and got split up for a bit while Young Guns took the second stage. Fortunately we were able to find each other and regroup in time for the band Motionless in White to take the main stage.
We stayed on the hill overlooking the front stage for performances by In this Moment, Three Days Grace and Volbeat before catching Halestorm close out the second stage with another great set. As the sun began to set and the winds grew colder, we made it back to join other friends back on the hill to catch Five Finger Death Punch and headliners Slipknot.
I woke up this morning sore and sunburned, knowing I wouldn't have traded yesterday's experience for anything! I got to see a lot of great bands, most of them for the first time on a great day, make some new friends, and get to know some friends a lot better. We're definitely planning to return next year!
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