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FIREFLY: Three days of music in The Woodlands
Music fans groove in unison to the music during one of 16 concerts on the main stage during the three days of Firefly.
June 26, 2019
The eighth Firefly Music Festival, the East Coast’s largest music and camping event, is much more than music on eight stages for three days in The Woodlands near Dover Downs Hotel and Casino and Dover International Speedway.
Festival-goers participated in volleyball and other sports, meditation classes, human foosball, craft and art classes, get wet on a water slide, experience a butterfly garden and dance to their own music in a silent disco. To elevate this year’s event, AEG Presents, one of the world’s largest live music companies, made $4 million in upgrades to the venue, including a sand beach.
Danielle Kempf of St. Louis, Mo., is happy a butterfly landed on her in the butterfly garden experience in The Nook.
Sisters Marcella Solha, left, and Barabara Solha are ready to dance.
Lovelytheband lead singer Mitchy Collins takes the main stage with his Los-Angles-based band formed in 2016.
Before the gates open, campers cool off on a water slide in the North Hub Beach Club.
Mikael Temrowski, or Quinn XCII, performs on the main stage. The Detroit-based singer fuses pop, hip-hop and reggae for his own unique sound.
Reilly Ricciardi takes a photo of her friends Reese Driscoll, on top, and Jennifer Malocha, all of New Jersey.
Most people attending the festival stopped at some point to take a photo using the Firefly 2019 frame.
Elise Fisher and Mike Snyder of Boston, Mass., have the best and biggest seat at the festival.
By Sunday, the third day of the festival, some fans need to take a break.
Michelle Weltig of Los Angeles, Calif., travels the music festival circuit making and selling lemonade.
The band VHS Collection performs on The Hideaway stage presented by Pandora.
Lovelytheband lead singer Mitchy Collins and drummer Sam Price perform on the main stage.
Dominic Harrison, a British alternative rock musician, has to win the award for the most energetic performer as he performs with his band, Yungblud, on The Prism stage.
A security guard offers a drink to a music fan waiting for the start of a show on the main stage.
With headphones on in The Thicket two festival-goers dance and twirl hula hoops.
In the heart of the Woodlands, festival-goers dance to their own beat in The Thicket, a silent disco.
Fans could dance to their favorite music in the silent disco in The Thicket.
Why stand when you can be comfortable listening to music near the main stage.
Festival-goers get away from the heat of the day in one of the hammock areas in the Woodlands.
Hundreds find a shady spot to listen to music from the main stage.
Music lovers find a seat on the grounds in front of the main stage on Sunday.
In The Nook butterflies are free in an enclosed garden. They were released into The Woodlands at the end of the festival.
Most who attend Firefly camp in one of several areas set around the perimeter of The Woodlands.
Jennifer Yossick of Dover has a massive beehive hairdo as she works at a beer and spirits booth.
The Brewery by Dogfish Head is among the most popular spots to take a break and some beer from Milton.
Why not? A Fruit of the Loom blimp hovers over the festival grounds.
Friends Rachael Cutright, left, and Danielle Kempf of St. Louis, Mo., show a butterfly that landed on them in the festival’s butterfly garden.
The new Beach Club is complete with its own sand.
Before the start of the day, volunteers fan out to clean up the Firefly grounds.
He may have a sign, but there weren’t many takers – at least early in the day on Sunday.
