SunFest Music Festival Review

The rapper turned actor turned rapper again from Long Beach kicked off Sunfest on Wednesday night and he did not disappoint! He played all of his classics and did covers from 2-Pac, Easy E, and House of Pain.

IMO, perhaps the best song played all 5 days was Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals' popular song "Burn One Down". The bongos intro had everyone feeling the mood!

SunFest regulars Dirty Heads (3rd appearance in 6 years) always fill the SunFest reggae spot on Saturday perfectly. They closed with their current hit "That's All I Need". Everyone in the crowd sang along word for word.

Blink 182 closed out SunFest on Sunday night just the way any headliner should: be the best show of the week. I can say they were in my top 2 (Snoop Dogg takes the cake). They didn't play my favorite Blink song "Adam's Song". Perhaps they would be #1 if they did.

The crowd was insane during the encore (pictured) and the hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis addressed the crowd about the rain delay that postponed their show for a half-hour. “A little rain?” Macklemore cried out to the crowd. “A little rain just makes us go that much harder. We’re from Seattle, Washington. We get a little rain, and we’re like, okay, it’s time to perform. We’re ready to turn up, right? We’ve been waiting for this one, man. We’ve been waiting for SunFest, Florida!”

The Strumbellas are a Canadian rock band, whose music has been described as alternative country, indie rock, and "gothic folk". I don't care what you call it, it was great including their extremely popular hit song "Spirits"