Great Big Sea - Festival Of Friends

Festival of Friends Gage Park, Hamilton, Ontario August 10, 1997

Festival of Friends was probably my favorite concert. It was my first ever visit to Hamilton without "adult supervision" (I'm surprised that I didn't get lost with all those crazy one way streets!). A lot of really interesting things happened at this show. I met SueB, Sandy, and Gareth for the first time, and I got a chance to see a lot of friends that I had met at the previous concert. The guys played a really amazing set to the tune of about 20,000 people. It was the place to be that night! And, who would of thought that many people would be so into the guy's performance that they would carry Bryan Adams' "Summer of '69" from start to finish??

Alan picking on Bob (A friend of mine absolutely loves this shot because it's proof that Alan was indeed picking on Bob throughout the whole performance. Just look at the expression on his face!)

The Playlist

The following pictures of the guys were taken after the show. The guys were kind enough to sign autographs for the group of people found lurking around the backstage entrance an hour after the show.

Bob

(can't you just picture Alan as a little boy from this shot?!)

(what a great pic! Too bad he wasn't looking "up")

(my very rare pic of Darrell - and it's a close-up too!)

Alan "play"ing it "up" to the people in the front row

Darrell and Alan belting out a tune

This picture was also taken after the show (but I can't remember who took it!!) My only thought when I look at is what exactly was going on under that table?!?!

Alan and S�an

Bob and his whistle

S�an beating out a song on his bodhran

This is the little promo blurb about GBS that was in the program