Concert Season!

Michael and I have been quite, quite spoiled (musically) in the past few weeks! I posted earlier that we went to an Avett Brothers show on my birthday (if you are unfamiliar, think Joey Ramone crossed with Jed Clampet...honest). They are my current favorites and I was pretty excited to see them on my birthday!

See....EXCITED!


Matt and Rachel went with us!


The show was great. Super high energy. And we stood the whole time...nearly 4 hours. Ok, I am WAY TOO OLD to stand for a concert like that. Ouch. But, totally worth it.

Then two weekends ago, Michael's favorite singer/songwriter, Josh Ritter, was going to be nearby for a FREE, yes, FREE show at the county park. It was too late in the evening to take the kids, so GraGra stayed with them, so Michael and I got ANOTHER evening to ourselves! It was a really nice night too, perfectly warm and clear. You can take food and drinks with you to these shows, so we packed a little picnic too!

Beautiful evening!

Oh yeah, and we SAT the whole show. That's what I'm talking about.

There were some technical difficulties when Josh first came out and the audio wasn't working. See the sad man....

He was very worried. Fortunately, the roadies ran and fixed it pretty quickly. Good thing too! It was a great show and we sang along to the WHOLE thing.

See Josh sing.


See the happy parents. We sat, ate, and watched all these other parents try to corral their small children. And we laughed at them.

However, THIS weekend we are taking the kids to another free concert just over the hill from us. I'm sure other people will be laughing at us.

There are several more free shows we want to see this summer. Pittsburgh has some SERIOUSLY good talent coming, and most of it for FREE. Yet another reason to love this town.