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Here's the story. The winner, Gillian that went up on stage is a friend of mine. We also sat across the table from another winner for the Sat night dinner. He said that they decided not to bring all of the winners up on stage so they drew straws to see who would go up. Gillian won but she wasn't able to attend Friday night, so they brought her up on Saturday instead. I asked her what she was planning to request and since she's a casual fan (as I suppose most ticket winners would be, otherwise they'd have bought a ticket already, right?) anyway, since YHF is her favorite record, the songs that

Thank you! We just checked it out. Really interesting story. I'm happy to have caught up a bit about them.

Today I stood in the pouring rain. A lot.

I believe it was designed by Lawrence Azerrad...inspired by the Field Notes brand. He posted something about it here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152007032414418&set=a.10150716768059418.499198.679529417&type=1&theater

I'm toying with the idea of going to the Chicago show but I really am not interested in this festival at all otherwise. I'm holding out a bit waiting for an announcement of single day tickets or maybe an extended tour after these 3 shows. It was really exciting to see Tommy Stinson play with Wilco at Solid Sound last weekend, so now, I'm really itching to go.

Today. I finally got a Mast Brothers/Solid Sound chocolate bar. Better late than never!

"Jeff Tweedy doesn’t like music festivals. “I often say, sort of semi-jokingly, that I wouldn’t go to any festival unless I was getting paid, because it’s just not in my nature,” the leader of Wilco says, citing discomfort with crowd sizes as well as the distance between stages at the major festivals that his band plays. “Most of the time, it’s an in-and-out proposition, trying to minimize the misery.” Solid Sound—a Wilco-curated festival in its third year at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art’s factory complex in the Berkshires—provides the exception. “If you go to a restaurant with

This is a festival that bills itself as being the antidote to big, awful festivals. I just think they need to be careful where they tread. A lot of fans were annoyed by Saturday.

Yes, I saw that. Made me laugh a little bit

Well there were some capacity issues. The bathrooms in the basement were shut down Sat due to flooding. The lines were super long at all of the food and drink vendors. It didn't feel good to me on Saturday and I kept hearing the same thing from other people throughout the later part of the day, particularly people who had attended SSF before and were missing the relaxed feeling of previous years. Mass Moca did a fine job, for sure, but the overcrowding took away of bit of the special feel of the festival that day, imo.

Me too. It would be great to see them move on to a new way to close out shows...or actually if it changed every time and wasn't so predictable.

I think the first year was between 5000-6000. This year, I bet it was 8000 on Saturday. Way too crowded feeling for me. A lot of what is great about this festival wasn't there for me on Sat starting mid afternoon. Sunday was back to normal though.

Good luck with that. We were able to stay there the first year and it was great to be able to walk to the museum, but no one I know has been able to get a room there since...even if you try to book before the dates are announced. I think that is now reserved for the bands, crew, etc.

Personally, I love the Sunday morning Bloody Marys.

I know, that was odd, I thought. I just happened to need a break and cool off so I went inside and got lucky.

Reggie Watts was phenomenal. If you get a chance to catch him. Do it!

Just want to say a few things about this. remphish1, I think you're cool and I hope you come back around at some point. Taking a break from this board is a fine thing to do from time to time. I think you simply made a mistake in judgement by choosing only to attend Fri night and that you should be mad at yourself for that, not the band. Most fans wanted to see something different from them and they delivered. It was pretty clear that it was going to be an unusual night so coming with specific expectations and making it your only show was a risk on your part. As for being bored, I'll admit to

This was a highlight for me. I'd love to see your picture of that moment.

Totally agree. I've been to all 3 SS Fests and I've yet to stick it out to see anyone on that stage. It's too hot and I just can't seem to find a good spot to feel comfortable in. I was thinking that the museum should challenge some artists to create some kind of a shade sail or something to help out at least a little bit.

Agree. I was told we were 160. I only saw Nels, John & Jeff. They weren't exactly dining with us. More like stopping in. But I enjoyed it nonetheless and got a pic of my high five w Tweedy. The company was great though.

Too many more, in my opinion. It's not as enjoyable for me. It got crazy late Sat afternoon and into the night. I'm hoping it returns to a cooler vibe today.

Saturday was waaaaay too crowded. I think they oversold it. I got a high five from Tweedy at the midnight dinner though, so that made my night. I'm hoping today gets back to more manageable crowd numbers.

Most of us have heard & seen plenty of Wilco songs and will again tonight. The covers show was a blast.

Ok so when I requested The Replacements, I never imagined Tommy Stinson would show up to play a song with them. So great! Thank you, Wilco. You're always the best!!!

Tommy Stinson. Best thing ever!