Summer rings in music festival season

The sun is glistering, and temperatures are on the rise. Summer brings music festivals to people around the world. During Memorial Day weekend, which is known as bank holiday in Europe, I attended my first music festival of 2016 in Portsmouth, England. More than 15,000 people came to Mutiny, which featured artist such as Steve Angello, CeeLo Green, Fat Man Scoop and DJ Pete Tong. Celebrating its third year as a festival, 2016 was the best year Mutiny has seen.
Perfect weather all weekend, we dressed in our festival clothes and painted our faces in glitter. We arrived at Mutiny around 1 p.m. for a day filled with music, dancing, rides and drinks. The festival was at King George V Fields and was filled with food trucks, shopping booths and carnival rides. Mutiny felt like an adult playground. I’ve been to many music festivals — Coachella being one — and I will be returning to Mutiny’s fourth year in summer 2017. Mutiny is a music festival I will continue to return to.

— Brittany Sowell

Four Crossed Logs intern

professional communication major