Nelsonville Music Festival

Happy Nelsonville Music Festival 2026! We started things off on Thursday evening at Howard's Stage with Saintseneca.

Summer and me at Saintseneca!

Then we headed over to the Porch Stage for the best dancing of the weekend. First up, The Animeros. They were incredible!

After The Animeros, we walked around for a little bit. Meredith and me at the NMF letters!

Golden hour!

 

Summer, Susan and me!

Look at the rainbow over the beer tent!

Then we ran into Jenny Wray!

Then back to the Porch Stage for Los Mirlos!

Heather and me.

Los Mirlos were so much fun! We danced our butts off!

We headed back to the main stage for a bit to check out some of Geese.

And we ended the first night with Big Freedia.

The energy was amazing! I've never seen that much twerking before in my life!

Heather always stays with me for the weekend and we have a tradition of having bagels and lox each morning. It's one of my favorite parts of NMF weekend! Friday morning we enjoyed a smoked trout bagel spread.

YUM!!

Then back out to the fest to check out Emily Hines at the Creekside Stage.

 

Yumi, me and Heather!

Then Main Stage for Thee Sinseers.

And then Mon Rovia!

Then back to Creekside for one of my favorite performances of the weekend.

 

S.G. Goodman! She was freaking amazing and so so funny too.

 

Friday night wrapped up with Gillian Welch and David Rawlings at Howard's Stage.

Saturday was the final day! Heather and I enjoyed a smoked salmon spread that morning. YUM YUM!

It was the 20th anniversary of NMF and there was a circus theme throughout the festival. I love me a good circus theme.

Friends!

High five!

Steph and me!

Mer and I found a fellow Cougarbat!

BUBBLES! Me and Janna!

We spent a lot of time in the bubble zone.

 
 

We caught some of Elizabeth Moen at Creekside.

Valaree, Nancy, and Valerie!

Dom's first glitter! Aw!

Ginger!

MATCHING TATTOOS!

Peggy and Doug!

Mer and I got this pizza to split and somehow snagged the last two seats in the food court tent right before a downpour hit. This pizza was INCREDIBLE.

We passed the time waiting for the rain to pass over by making new friends and glittering them.

 

When the rain cleared, we headed back to Creekside for Cat Clyde.

We were a little bit scared of this creepy moon.

Jody and Kevin and Val!

Jacqie!

Julie and Jamie!

We caught the end of the Fruit Bats at Howard's Stage. I wish I had gotten to see more!

Marideth and Suzie!

We spent some time up on the hill overlooking the festival. Look at the pretty lights!

Summer in maximum chill mod.

Then we headed to the Porch Stage for our last band of the weekend, The Mystery Lights.

There was a really cool portal set up to enter the Porch Stage area!

 

The Mystery Lights!

And that's a wrap! Another wonderful NMF weekend. Til next year!