The Music Was On
There are a few things in life that, historically, the Dutch are either just the best at or sit in that same bracket with just a few. Football, windmills, cannabis and festivals. Now I’m no stranger to a festival in Holland, as I’ve been to a few, but Music On Festival was something else. The music was most definitely on and those that were there to hear it could feel it right through their bodies a week later. Sweated out T-Shirts, battered bodies and blistered feet was the look and feeling that predominately all had succumbed to, because Marco Carola and the team behind the project had the music on and it was bumping. From the outlook alone, just scoping a view of the line-up of artists that were set to play was enough to make your mouth salivate: Jamie Jones, The Martinez Brothers, Apollonia, Paco Osuna, Loco Dice, Steve Lawler and the rest. Seeing names like this and knowing that this was taking place in the capital of the Netherlands was enough to tickle me and get me excited, but being there in full action was a different feeling within itself as the Dutch really do know how to put together a party, as does the Music On team. The Ibiza nights speak for themselves.
Music On Festival was set over 2 days in early May and situated at Havenpark just a mere 20 minutes from the city centre and the venue truly was a masterpiece. My MO experience was only to last just for the 1st day, the Saturday, and it was truly enough. It was so good it had me contemplating cancelling my flight and rebooking just so I could attend the Sunday, but the responsible grown up inside
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