The national reviews of the 2011 DeLuna Fest are heaping praise on the three-day music festival. Scott Greenberg recaps the weekend for Consequence of Sound and it looks like he had a good time and the organizers may have a foundation upon which to build. Read more.
Paste Magazine has its top 10 moments from DeLuna Fest: “Most things are better on the beach: hot dogs, cheap beer, and even scorching humid heat. So when we got the chance to cover some of our favorite bands and musicians on the golden sands of Pensacola Beach, we definitely made the most of it.” Read more.
Creative Loafing-Tampa: “DeLuna Festival wasn’t quite brain-melting, body-beating, or simply depraved like many of my previous festival experiences. It was pretty tame by comparison, yet I loved it, maybe even more at times, than the typical outdoor mega-fest.” Read more.
MVRemix: “Every festival that lays on the indie music this thick, that has the stages crawling with sought after DJ’s after 10 pm, that caters to the people who like to bop and jump around has to give us something so we can also bump and grind. Thank you, De Luna Fest, for bringing us Big Boi.” Read more and see photos.
Birmingham News: “DeLuna Fest 2011 may not have had a line-up that could stack up with The Hangout Fest and Bonnaroo for out-of-town traffic, but the festival’s second year showed both promise and potential for a successful musical venture in years to come.
…And even though crowd size was rather lacking, DeLuna Fest has shown that it can become a force to be reckoned with if given a better logistical blueprint, a more large-scale advertising campaign, and a little less bad luck.” Read more.
IN has its own reviews and photos from the weekend – here.