ACL!!!!

My dad and I started attending ACL my freshman year and we have gone for the past 4 years now. My sister joined us our third year and came again this year. We all have similar music tastes so we usually stick together for most of the weekend so I have come to associate ACL with family time, which is pretty unusual for a teenager.

Each year when the schedule is released, I buy a few albums by a couple artists I think I'll like and by the time the festival rolls around, I am usually obsessed with at least one of them. This year, the band that I looked forward to the most was Head and the Heart. My sister and I camped out at their stage on Sunday morning and were at the front of the crowd. Normally, we don't like to the fight the masses that much but we both loved Head and the Heart and we knew it would be worth it. The show was incredible, especially because we knew all the words and sang along at the top of our lungs.

More than any specific band though, I just love the environment at ACL. There is music playing everywhere and, even if you don't know any of the bands, you'll find something you like. The food is good and there is a wide variety of options. The park is gorgeous and the grass has actually held up well the past two years, solving the dust and mud problems that came up the first two years we went. There's also a sort of community feel that I love. No matter how hot or muddy or rainy it gets, we're all going to stay and listen to music together because we love it that much.