Garden Party

Yesterday I was enjoying sunny Friday evening, good music and company at Garden Party in Helsinki to mark the start of my summer holiday.

Hietaniemi was cool location and festival area was nicely organized. Copenhagen beer had the most stylish stand, which was the perfect place to sit and enjoy music, refreshments and evening sun. 

 

Due to early playing times we unfortunately missed French Films and Little Dragon, which I had willingly seen. The Shins we listened from outside of the tent and it sounded all right. The biggest disappointment was that Charlotte Gainsbourg cancelled due to missing instruments. Difficult to understand that even if the artist was present and the audience was waiting for her, she chose not to perform at all.

So despite of all the interesting artists the festival had scheduled we saw only one. Luckily it was Regina Spektor, who did deliver 100%.


Regina Spektor

Regina Spektor was as gorgeous as always. She played some 1,5 hours and many of the new songs, like All the Rowboats and Don't Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas). I still think the older songs were highlighs of the concert, especially wonderful Samson, which ended the whole Garden Party.

And one could not have been happier with the beautiful weather!

Taivallahti

Overall stylish and well-functioning event with good selection of artists. Some improvement areas for the next time, such as timetable (if the festival is scheduled outside of the main holiday season) and selection of food suppliers. City festivals are always nice and I am really looking forward to next year's Garden Party.