Burning River Fest on Whiskey Island

Saturday afternoon Jared and I trekked up to Cleveland for Burning River Fest, an environmental festival sponsored by the Burning River Foundation and Great Lakes Brewing Company on Whiskey Island (the lighthouse on the right in the picture above is the Old Coast Guard Station where the concert venue was).  We got there with plenty of time to spare and spent some time on the beach.

We made tiny mosaics in the cracks of the logs with sea glass…

And played with shadows…

When the doors opened we perused booths, ate overpriced festival food and stayed for two sets.  First up was Young Man, a new band to us that we now love.

The final set (for us at least) was Bethesda, a local band from Kent that we have been fans of for a year or so.  They are fresh off their first year at Bonnaroo and just finished recording their 2nd full length album (due out in March I believe).  They were great live.

We left early before the bulk of crowd would be trying to get out as well.  If you are in North East Ohio, I would highly recommend checking it out next summer.  The venue is truly unique and of course it’s for a great cause.