Summer Concert Series

This summer I went to some pretty fun concerts.

I love going to concerts, and I feel like it has 

been a while since I hit up the music scene.

So, I was excited to liven up my summer with some

great music from some talented performers.

Going to concerts of artists that you love

and music that you live

creates such intense feelings of excitement. 

I love being filled to the brim with those emotions as

I listen to the songs I know all the words to and can

sing my happy, little  heart out.

Concerts are wonderful.

First up:

Tim Mcgraw

June 14

USANA Amphitheater 

This was my first country concert,

I have suppressed my love of country music for years,

and now that I have fully embraced it,

 I'm mad at my younger self for not doing so earlier.

I adore country music, and very rarely listen to anything else now a days

This was one of the best concerts I have ever been to.

Who better to attend Tim's concert 

with then his two biggest fans,

Alexis & Laura 

I have them to thank for my country education

They have taught me everything I know

Our tickets were in the GA pit

we wanted to be as close to that 

perfect country boy smile as possible

Worth.  It.

She & Him

with Tilly and the Wall

June 25

Red Butte Gardens Amphitheater 

Going to a concert at Red Butte Gardens

had been on my life bucket list for years.

I was ecstatic when Angie asked if I would like to go to the 

She & Him concert there.

I adore Zooey Deschanel

I find her to be incredibly talented in whatever she does

We had the most wonderful evening.

We brought a picnic dinner and plenty of blankets

We enjoyed the blissful summer evening air,

The music, the crowd, the good company, and plenty of laughs

Pictures weren't allowed in the venue 

so we secretly snuck a few 

but I can't overload you with endless concert pics 

like I did for Tim.

sorry.

This concert was the birth place 

of one of our favorite inside jokes.

This picture was snapped when 

Angie was fixing her own hair for a photo

but it definitely looks like we are sharing a moment

We both walked away with some pretty awesome merch

I used to be all about owning a shirt from every band that 

I had seen in concert.  

I was constantly dropping by Hot Topic.

However, I haven't bought a concert related souvenir in years

but this was too cute to pass up.

and it's unisex, so you know it's crazy comfortable.

Angie got the shirt version of this pattern

so now we can look even more like 

SISTERS AND TWINS!

(another favorite inside joke from a memorable trip to vegas)

Annie Get Your Gun

July 23

Sundance Outdoor Amphitheater 

No, Annie Get Your Gun is not a band.

And this was not a concert.

It was a play.  But it has plenty of music

and was held in an outdoor amphitheater 

and it was really fun and I wanted to blog about it 

so here it is.

Lisa invited me to come with her to the employee night

I was so excited.  I find Sundance enchanting.

So, seeing a play up there, in the gorgeous, outdoor surroundings

sounded like a lovely evening. 

We got dinner at the Tortilla Bar beforehand, that place is 

one of a kind and very delicious.

The play was spectacular

It was put on by the UVU theater department 

and they did a fabulous job

I want to be friends with the girl that played Annie

she was adorable

Empire of the Sun

&

MGMT

Twilight Concert Series

August 29

&

September 5

Pioneer Park

I know I have said this for pretty much every event in this post but ...

I had been dying to go to the Twilight Concert Series for years

I just never made it up for one for whatever reason

But this year, I was determined.

And so was Bethy

So we made it happen, and it was worth it.

Before the concert I met up with Beth in her new, gorgeous apartment 

and we walked across main to get some empanadas at Bodega

That is a fun little place that I would like to go back to.

However, I hadn't eaten anything else that day so when we got to the park

I couldn't pass up the opportunity of trying a waffle sandwich

from one of the food trucks.

Empire of the Sun puts on

ONE AMAZING CONCERT

I can honestly say this was the second most visually

interesting concert I have ever attended. 

(Muse is number one)

The costumes, the dancers, the backgrounds

Everything, was so creative and elaborate 

I wish I had been closer in order to take it all in better 

and to get some better pictures of it all.

Bethy and I went back to the the concert series 

the following week to see MGMT.

It was fun and exciting.

We only know three of their songs

and we danced the night away during those three songs

But they are much lower key then EOTS and didn't really have.

any visuals so we didn't take any photos and we may have left early.

Luke Bryan 

With Florida Georgia Line & Thompson Square

September 20

USANA Amphitheater

To end my concert series right I went to see Luke Bryan. 

I am now completely and hopelessly in love with that Georgia boy.

I decided to attend this concert last minute, I didn't know much about

Luke when Laura first invited me.  So we got lawn seats.

I can't wait for him to come back so that I can get GA pit tickets 

so I can see his perfect, white smile and amazing dance moves up close.

It was one of the last warm summer evenings and

Laura, Sydney and I danced during the entire show.

We were all thrilled to be there.

I still live and breathe his music everyday.

Until next time Luke.