2022-10.30 Piebald @ FEST 2022 (Gainesville, FL) | [FULL SET]

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iRCHVST 0087: Piebald @ FEST 2022 (Gainesville, FL)

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This show was shot in the Bo Diddley Plaza venue during FEST 2022. It's an open-air public venue in downtown Gainesville, Florida that was re-purposed to accommodate a paying audience, meaning lots of chain link fences and security.

I arrived early and was able to score a spot at the barrier (as usual) and noticed the PA system was in front of me, raised above. In front of the stage were multiple speaker cabinets, too. Woofers, perhaps? Either way, I was pleased to see this speaker array which meant my sound was going to be decent.

My goal, since I only bought tickets for this venue, was to shoot all acts from beginning-to-end for all three days. Yeah, a crazy goal, huh? But I pulled it off. Even when I got bad shots, I kept the camera rolling until the view cleared and took advantage of it as best as possible. The end result is I have a mix of great videos, alright videos, and some that are WTF? Welp, maybe not, but they're watchable if you're patient and stream the whole thing.

With the heavy presence of security on film, you'd think I'd know them intimately by now. Nope. New crews of fresh workers came in to replace the previous shift. I found shooting during the day had sympathetic security folks who got out of the way versus the night ones who didn't give a shit. I had to work the best I could considering these circumstances.

Security was heavy in the space between my barrier and the stage. They spaced themselves five feet apart and their presence is seen throughout this video. Kind of reminds me of my videos from The Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland with security guys always in the shots! The difference with these guys are that they're fans of the music and you can see them singing/nodding their heads/etc. Really refreshing, actually, but still needed them to move! LOL

And then there were the photographers. I'm glad with the first-three-songs rule, I was able to clear them afterwards. It was interesting seeing the shots the photographers were taking because they also were doing crowd pics. I'm sure some of them were FEST staffers so I'm interested in seeing what gets posted online. Hell, pics of me are just gonna feature a dude with an iPhone up to his face! Hahaha

While shooting, I found it funny that I wanted a crowd surfer to appear for the security guys to leave and give me five-minutes of a clean shot until they returned! LOL But then again, I'm not a pro shooter, so what you're getting is a fan-shot perspective, "with warts and all."

Here's a full list of my other Bo Diddley Plaza FEST videos:

Day One (10/28):
Iron Chic: https://youtu.be/JrPKQVhtwbE
The Flatliners: https://youtu.be/W3Gyw9mmLTQ
The Ergs!: https://youtu.be/1fpZi8n7NsM
The Bouncing Souls: https://youtu.be/eLaJyakN8CE
The Menzingers (playing "On the Impossible Past" + others): https://youtu.be/lte7BHG9VpQ

Day Two (10/29):
Bad Cop/Bad Cop: https://youtu.be/9eOOqP2u2tg
Comeback Kid: https://youtu.be/l0FJwiVk3T4
Against All Authority: https://youtu.be/kyTXLDVzr2o
The Suicide Machines: https://youtu.be/QtyByX1o00M
Paint It Black: https://youtu.be/qMFIOVS-b50
Anti-Flag: https://youtu.be/V7C8PDwQ_B8
The Bouncing Souls: https://youtu.be/mxGZhRmgZDI
The Menzingers: https://youtu.be/aBNMiJeedIM
Hot Water Music: https://youtu.be/48U4eMTz8Js

Day Three (10/30):
Zeta: https://youtu.be/YxODMQiDiXE
Samiam: https://youtu.be/X8n4asWd6hM
La Dispute: https://youtu.be/cECLAskz5VU
Cursive: https://youtu.be/JUHXQudvS1U
Avail: https://youtu.be/8w5QTzDUmDQ
Hot Water Music: https://youtu.be/EFTxbWhrsrM
Anti-Flag: https://youtu.be/ksWAZ5REZJs

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