Hey y'all! I know a bunch of you guys were in Grand Rapids this past weekend for Breakaway! I'm not sure who it was on the main stage who asked who all in the crowd was there (maybe Two Friends?), but it made me think of this amazing community and unfortunately how long we have until we're back together again!😩 I love and miss you all and had a great time at Breakaway!
I'm not new to raving and I just completed my 5th Electric Forest but it was my first time at Breakaway this weekend and I had an incredible time. Weather held out, good crowd, fun afterparties! I think a smaller city fest is the way 2 go!
Crowd was a bit young (for my tase, and I'm 26 for reference XD) and because of that some baby ravers who aren't well versed in crowd rules, but pretty PLURR and GROOVIN to every set. Lots of the artists even said we brought the energy. I went solo and met up with some friends here and there, but every stranger I met in the crowd was so kind.
My only qualm was getting home on Friday night (I only live about 3 miles away) because Ubers were impossible, buses stop around 9/10pm, and the Lime scooters only went 5mph and only within the downtown area. But I also could have planned better, not any fault of the festival's! To those complaining about the noise; this is an annual event held the same weekend every year, which cuts off promptly at 11pm. For the amount of revenue and culture and pride it brings to our city, I feel like it can be tolerated and planned around for the short 14 total hours that it operates.
Fisher, Subtronics, Skilah and D.O.D. were my favorite sets of the weekend. You'll be seeing me at Breakaway 2027!!!