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2013 Sweetlife Festival

Posted on May 19, 2013

(Kyle Gustafson/Photo by Kyle Gustafson)
This was my third year covering the Sweetlife Music and Food Festival and this was the first time I enjoyed myself, despite the third straight rainy day (this fest has horrible luck with the weather). The fest’s previous lineups had a lot of downtime built in but that was not he case this year. The mainstage was PACKED with great acts, inclding Phoenix and the Yeay Yeah Yeahs. Check it out…

Solange

COLUMBIA, MD - May 11th, 2013 - Solange performs at the 2013 Sweetlife Music and Food Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

COLUMBIA, MD - May 11th, 2013 - Solange performs at the 2013 Sweetlife Music and Food Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

View all my photos of Solange at the 2013 Sweetlife Festival.

Gary Clark, Jr.

COLUMBIA, MD - May 11th, 2013 - Gary Clark, Jr. performs on the Main Stage at the 2013 Sweetlife Music and Food Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

COLUMBIA, MD - May 11th, 2013 - Gary Clark, Jr. performs on the Main Stage at the 2013 Sweetlife Music and Food Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

View all my photos of Gary Clark, Jr. at the 2013 Sweetlife Festival.

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs (!!!)

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs at the 2013 Sweetlife Festival (Kyle Gustafson/Photo by Kyle Gustafson)

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs at the 2013 Sweetlife Festival (Kyle Gustafson/Photo by Kyle Gustafson)

View all of my photos of Karen O and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs at the 2013 Sweetlife Festival.

Passion Pit

COLUMBIA, MD - May 11th, 2013 - Jeff Apruzzese, Xander Singh, Michael Angelakos, Nate Donmoyer and Ian Hultquist of Passion Pit perform on the Main Stage at the 2013 Sweetlife Music and Food Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

COLUMBIA, MD - May 11th, 2013 - Michael Angelakos and Jeff Apruzzese of Passion Pit perform on the Main Stage at the 2013 Sweetlife Music and Food Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

View all of my photos of Passion Pit at the 2013 Sweetlife Festival.

Kendrick Lamar

COLUMBIA, MD - May 11th, 2013 - Kendrick Lamar performs on the Main Stage at the 2013 Sweetlife Music and Food Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

COLUMBIA, MD - May 11th, 2013 - Kendrick Lamar performs on the Main Stage at the 2013 Sweetlife Music and Food Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

View all of my photos of Kendrick Lamar at the 2013 Sweetlife Festival.

Phoenix

COLUMBIA, MD - May 11th, 2013 - Laurent Brancowitz (with guitar) and Thomas Mars of Phoenix perform on the Main Stage at the 2013 Sweetlife Music and Food Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

COLUMBIA, MD - May 11th, 2013 - Thomas Mars of Phoenix wades into the crowd at the end of his band's set at the 2013 Sweetlife Music and Food Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

View all of my photos of Phoenix at the 2013 Sweetlife Festival.

Treehouse Stage / The Fans / The Food / The Weather

COLUMBIA, MD - May 11th, 2013 - DC-based band Shark Week perform on the Treehouse Stage at the 2013 Sweetlife Food and Music Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. (photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/Photo by Kyle Gustafson)

COLUMBIA, MD - May 11th, 2013 - A food vendor prepares food while the band Shark Week performs in the background at the 2013 Sweetlife Food and Music Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. (photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/Photo by Kyle Gustafson)

COLUMBIA, MD - May 11th, 2013 - Concert goers stand in the rain at the 2013 Sweetlife Food and Music Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. Despite plentiful sun early in the day, a powerful storm blew through the venue in the early evening, soaking everything outside the pavilion. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

View all the rest of my photos of the 2013 Sweetlife Festival.

Kyle Gustafson is a freelance photographer based in Washington, D.C. His work appears weekly in The Washington Post. Complex Magazine named him one of the 50 Greatest Concert Photographers Right Now.

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