Quite a comeback for the Midpoint Music Festival this year in my opinion. It went from a great tradition, with loads of good intentions to a legitimate, city based festival in just one year. The Midpoint Music Festival took out the paddles, slapped them onto the city of Cincinnati, and yelled CLEAR and you know what, we woke up. A great weekend was had by most that were able to attend any part of the festival, but here are a few of my favorite experiences.

- Daniel Martin Moore (his set was both beautiful and refreshing)
- Finding free parking just a block or two away from where I wanted to start each night
- Why? rocking the WOXY.com stage
- Seeing so many people actually outside and walking around in Cincinnati
- Rosehips (they sounded like early Sonic Youth if Kim Gordan did all the vocals)
- The Scion shuttles from venue to venue (awesome!)
- Christian Moerlein Barbarossa at the Know Theatre downstairs while listening to Culture Queer and The Swimmers
- Lucy Blue walkup pizza at 11pm just before catching another Scion car
- A.A. Bondy (I love folk singers, I truly do)
- Watching a group of 50 somethings purchase CD’s from 2 bands they had obviously just heard for the first time
- Pomegranates singer Isaac Karns asking the sound guy at the Blue Wisp Jazz Club for a sound tweak and then saying “Sorry, we aren’t too jazzy”
- The amazing weather all weekend

I kept it short, but overall, it was a great weekend at Midpoint. I am excited about next year already……