Day 1 - Nick McCarthy of Franz Ferdinand Poses with Fans :

Szilvasi Gipsy Folk Band : You are seeing and unusually calm crowd at the Roma Stage. Since the music here inherently inspires the dancing feet, this is a rare moment. The calm before the storm.

Traveling Fun Fair :

Outside the Cokxpon Ambient Tent : The Cokxpon Ambient Tent has always been one of my favorite little relaxing areas. Shoes off before you enter, lie down, and chill out. This year they opened up the garden for shoe-wearers. Interesting choice, as I've always thought of the shoes-off policy as an ingenious barrier for people to leave the tent; the atmosphere and performances were so relaxing that putting your shoes back on is just to bothersome.

Octopus : This one is taken along the Museum Row, which further extended the reach of Octopus this year. From the looks of it, yo could hang out and/or saw things.

Congas : African Village :

Brotherhood of Brass (magenta) : Frank London's Klezmer Brass Allstars
Barbara Flaska, PopMatters:
"Every player with this group has devoted a lifetime to klezmer. The repertoire is not merely the bulgars, doynes, freylekhs, and horas, but a rare rhythm known as "the Oriental," a reflection of the musical influence from Odessa and the Carpathians."
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Boban Marković Orkestar
Boston Herald 09/2004:
"Imgagine the rowdiest, fastest rendition of "Hava Nagila" you've ever heard, zip it up with wild brass playing that would make a New Orleans marching band stop and stare, and throw in percussion so thunderous it shakes a hall, and then you've got an idea why the Orkestar gets a crowd into a frenzy."

Unicum NEXT - Rec Party : There's nothing like a good party on my last night at the festival. The Unicum NEXT stage and bar had just the right mix of firepower and sexappeal.

Museum Row : Do museums put you to sleep? Well, you;re not alone.
OK, that wasn't fair, but it was sooo easy . . .

DAY 3 - Afro-Latin Drummers :