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| - My fiancee and I went to this event today. While it was cool for a free ($5 "suggested donation," we gave them $2) event, we both thought it could have been better.
A lot of the exhibits were neat, but kind of boring. There were some exhibits for kids (a LEGO building station, and some craft areas), and they looked like they were enjoying them. Many (about 50%) of the exhibits involved TVs or projectors of some sort, so I wasn't too thrilled about staring at a bunch of screens.
We walked outside between the buildings where a band was playing. This was the most disappointing point of the event: the band was playing COVER SONGS! When we walked by the first time, they were playing an R.E.M. song. When we walked by to leave, they were playing a song by The Shins.
Why would they hire a cover band to play at an event like this? It was the main stage, too. Maybe we were just there at the wrong time or something, but we both thought this was really lame...even a mediocre local band would have been more interesting and appropriate--I guess that's what you get when 87.7 sponsors the music stage...
In the food area were a bunch of standard fair/festival food vendors, and we got a funnel cake. There were only 1 or 2 local food vendors in the whole food court, which was a disappointment. With all the great local restaurants and food trucks in the city, why were our only choices generic vendors selling french fries and frozen lemonade at bloated prices?
All in all, we can't say that we had a bad time, but it would have been more interesting with more variety of exhibits, local food options, and NO COVER BANDS at an art festival that's all about ingenuity!
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