Is Georgia Still on Your Mind? A Look Back at CounterPoint Music Festival 2014

Sunday, April 27

With Sunday came the rain. An hour and a half delay caused everyone to retreat to their campsites while causing a few sets between 3-5 to be cancelled and the later shows to be pushed back. This would prove to be a blessing for those that would round out the weekend at the silent disco.

This Goes Out to the Underground

Cashmere Cat put on a show for the ages. Anyone who walked by the Underground Stage got sucked right in. Never before have I heard so many people say, “Wow this is amazing. Who is this guy?” By the end of his set the area was jam packed with festival-goers enthralled in the neon lights as the Norwegian turntablist threw down Miguel, 2 Chainz, and more.

Phantogram owned at 8:00 o’clock. Singer Sarah Barthel grabbed ahold of the festival with her powerful vocals, belting out “Black Out Days,” “Fall in Love,” and “When I’m Small” from new and old EP’s alike as Josh Carter carried her on the guitar.

Major Lazer turned up the volume. Things got ratched as girls within a half mile began twerking so hard the ground started to shake. Maybe it was just the bass. Either way…

Turnt and PLURNT

And then things got PLURNT. Flosstradamus turned the crowd in to a moshpit, literally. Dropping old school Dirty South classics, totems wave side to side as the crowd screamed “To the window, to the wall…” This set definitely earns the award for most girls on shoulders the ENTIRE set. Mad Props to Floss for keeping things TURNT.

For everyone begging the event team to turn up the speakers all weekend, I’m pretty sure they did for Flux. The English producer dropped the dub with “I Can’t Stop,” “Got 2 Know,” and more before closing out with “Gold Dust” as confetti filled the sky and everyone rejoiced in the weekend that was shared.

And then things got real.

The line for the silent disco extended all the way back to the vendors on the other side of the Midway. Those patient enough to wait for the hour required to get inside got to experience one of the best (combination) of performances from the entire weekend. Griz joined Michael Menert as the two absolutely destroyed the decks so much so that the tech team had to come out and literally fix them (maybe it was a glitch, but we will just go with it).

Silent Disco Surprises

This is where the rain out earlier in the day turned in to a blessing. The legend Rob Garza from Thievery Corporation came out and played a full set on the decks as the party kept going, after which Minnesota, whose set was cancelled earlier in the day, followed up by spinning until almost 6 in the morning; And I’m convinced he would have kept going if he was not cut off.

I have never been a part of a silent disco like this and doubt I ever will again. The stage was at its’ 1000 person capacity all the way up until the end when Minnesota closed out with Aluna George’s  “You Know You Like It.” What an end to the madness and what a great overall weekend.