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Faces in the crowd at Wavefront Music Festival | Photos
Posted in Audio File blog by Joshua P. Ferguson on Jul 1, 2012 at 11:42am
Wavefront Music Festival: Saturday crowd
Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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Wavefront Beachside Music Festival, June 30, 2012.
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With Lollapalooza, North Coast and the inaugural Spring Awakening at Soldier Field, it begs the question: can Chicago handle this many music festivals that cater so heavily to the thump of a dance beat? After one day at Wavefront Music Festival on Montrose Beach, yet another outdoor bacchanalia to debut in Chicago this summer, I can tell you that all signs are pointing to yes. While the outdoor mega-concert experience is something that really resonates with people, Wavefront's formula is deceivingly simple and impossible to argue with: DJs + sun + booze + beach = a hell of a good time. Said one person heading through the gates at the same time as me, "it's a dance party on the beach, who cares who the DJs are." Or another summation offered by a friend, "it's like Ibiza in Chicago."
While that second sentiment oversells it a bit, there was no shortage of people who jumped at the opportunity to show off some skin, drink too many Goose Island 312s and dance, dance, dance. And that's not overselling it. The beach was flooded with good-looking co-eds and they weren't sitting still—unless they were parking it in a VIP cabana. Much like Spring Awakening, neon was the color scheme of choice, finding its way into every article of clothing, from headbands to suspenders (yes, suspenders on the beach—often sported shirtless) to sneakers. One dude was so well coordinated that his bandana, sunglasses, watch, shorts, shoes and the text on his t-shirt all matched, in hot pink no less. Generally though, it was a pretty tasteful crowd. Hip, but not obnoxiously hipster, older on average than the fresh faces at Spring Awakening and feeling good about working on their tans in a setting as lively as this one.
Some general observations about the scene at the beach:
A ridiculous amount of men meticulously groom their chest hair.
There were far fewer fuzzy boots than expected, the Wavefront crowd doesn't do candy raver.
MTV Spring Break came to mind. Often.
Dudes love an excuse to take their shirts off, unless they're sporting a striped tank top, of which there were many.
Shirts with the word 'rage' on them are all the, well, rage.
There's always that one guy who's willing to sacrifice all personal comfort to run around with a latex horse head on. Or in this case, a zebra head.
Where are all the beach balls?
Women's swimwear for 2012 is a serious Scarface Miami tip, a lot of leopard print, ornamental gold and bejeweled sunglasses.
It's not a dance party on the beach without your captain's hat.
It's okay to be a show-off.
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