Fun Fun Fun Fest celebrated its 10 year anniversary. We recap the festival with Micco, Sweet John from RockSauce Studios, and Deborah Sengupta Stith from Austin360 Music and Austin American Statesman:

• Our history with Fun Fun Fun Fest
• What we were excited to see at the festival and how we prepared
• We review shows and recap key moments by day:
  • Friday:
    • Bomba Estereo
    • Rae Sremmurd rapping on vocals
    • Schoolboy Q tired of performing the same songs
    • Peaches and the marriage proposal
    • King Khan & BBQ Show
    • Benjamin Booker
    • Hudson Mohawke
    • Saffron Herndon, the 10 year old stand-up comic
    • CHVRCHES
    • Fun Fun Fun (really late) Nites with GZA at Parish
  • Saturday:
    • GZA and the “Science of Hip Hop”
    • Stand up comedy: Gad Elmaleh, Lucas Bros, Doug Benson
    • Shamir, the artist to watch next year
    • Roosevelt
    • Joey Bada$$
    • Neon Indian
    • Grimes
    • Murder By Death
    • The (lesser) Wu-Tang Clan
    • Jane’s Addiction and the soft porn show
  • Sunday:
    • Eric Andre’s comedy and nakedness
    • The mix-less performance of Afrika Bambaataa
    • The high energy of DoomTree
    • Big Freedia‘s class and performance with “Ass Everywhere“
    • Chromeo and their 70’s/80’s sound
    • The refreshing sound of BadBadNotGood
    • Future Islands with the emotional Cookie Monster voice
    • Great closer with Lauryn Hill
• Issues with the sound
• The great selection of food vendors (Slab BBQ, Cazamance, Frank, Chi’Lantro, and more) and drinks
• The games and skateboarding
• Fun Fun Fun Fest vs ACL vs SXSW
• The fashion trends at Fun Fun Fun Fest

Quotes from the show:

“My approach was going to be an ACL approach where I camp out at stages but I changed it to just take chunks. So I ended up seeing people I wasn’t expecting to see. And I really enjoyed it.” – Micco

“I want to thank everybody at Transmission Events. They put on a fantastic event this year.” – Sweet John

“I give it all the Funs!” – Deborah

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Thank you Fun Fun Fun Fest! See you next year

The team behind Fun Fun Fun Fest
(Photo by Jay Janner/American-Statesman)