Friday night, firedancers to the left of the main stage were a big hit, and under the right settings, make for beautiful photographs. Click on the photos to see the entire weekend on flickr, with many more firedancer shots as well.

A very large hill takes you from the main camping area to the stage, and moments before catching your first glimpse of the stage, a sign welcomes you: “Hello! Waited over 1,000,000 years to see you.”

Moments after the sign, here you are. The stage is under the cave, and you can see the white tent where the sound booth is facing the stage. All in all a very beautiful scene both during the day and at night, with proper lighting of course.

More pictures and commentary after the jump…

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It was inevitable.  After a recent camera purchase and some beautiful weather recently, I’ve opted to finally upgrade my Flickr account so I can upload unlimited photos and have unlimited sets/collections.  I’ve already been having fun with it, and you can check out all some good concert coverage there:

Concerts:

-Guster @ Foellinger Auditorium 2007
-Red Hot Chili Peppers @ Assembly Hall 2007
-Big Summer Classic 2005

Festivals: 

-Summer Camp 2006
-SXSW 2007
-Cavefest 2007 <–Just got back from this yesterday, coverage soon, or at least a photo montage

Artistic:

If you like me that much, my “artistic” collection can be found here.

Everyone have a good weekend?

I’m headed down to Southern Illinois this weekend near Carbondale for Cavefest 2007, headlined by Cornmeal and Vince Herman. Should be a great weekend of camping, drinking, and latenight dancing. Here’s the lineup and some links to the bands, anyone else headed down there?

Vince Herman of Leftover Salmon to be joined by Bill Laymon of the New Riders of the Purple Sage and David Nelson Band Fame:
http://www.billlaymon.net
http://www.vinceherman.com

Cornmeal - http://www.cornmealinthekitchen.com

Woody McBride - http://www.djesp.com

The RumRunners - http://www.therumrunners.com

Defined Perception - http://www.definedperception.com

The New Ledge Band -
http://www.myspace.com/thenewledgeband

E-Zel - http://www.myspace.com/ezel1995

Level D - http://www.myspace.com/leveldmusic

Jobu - http://www.myspace.com/jobujams

The Fill - http://www.myspace.com/fillmusic

Any of these acts in particular I should check out, other than Vince/Billy and Cornmeal?