Product designer @GametimeUnited. Previously @Medium and @Eventbrite. I make typefaces and volunteer at concerts. mattjlew.com
2016: The Year of Concerts
As we wrap up the year, I wanted to look back, presenting 178 photos of concerts I was lucky to attend. 🙏
🗓 This year I
- Volunteered and bought tickets, last-minute and months in advance
- Got soaked from hoses of water during S20 Festival in humid, 90°F Bangkok weather
- Was drenched miserably on at Treasure Island Music Festival’s 10th and final Anniversary
- Bought an iPhone 7 to upgrade my photos after having an iPhone 5s 📱
- Saw performers multiple times including Wet (2), Bob Moses (2), The Knocks (2), and St. Lucia (3).
😅 And made amateur mistakes like
- Missing Dillion Francis because I forgot my ID
- Deciding to not go to Wet on Valentine’s Day at The Independent (but got to see at Outside Lands and The Mezzanine)
- Forgetting Coldplay because I was in LA, even though I planned Coldplay out in advance (but didn’t buy tickets)
- Leaving Treasure Island Music Festival early because it was completely rained out, missing Sigur Rós
I’d also like to address my concert opinions in award style bullets.
🏆 Live Concert Awards 2016 (LCA’16)
- Best Stage Presence goes to St. Lucia
- Best Crowd goes to The Knocks
- Best Sound goes to Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals
- Best Visual Effects goes to Troye Sivan and M83
- Best Opener goes to Shallou
- Best Small Act goes to Roosevelt
- Best Major Tour goes to Beyoncé
- Best Festival goes to S20 Festival
- Concert of the Year goes to Bob Moses
Got a favorite concert this year? Let me know. And now, the 178 concert photos of 2016.
Majical Cloudz
January 26 at The Chapel
Matt Nathason
February 3 at Ferry Plaza
Troye Sivan
February 8 at The Fox Theater Oakland
The Knocks
February 11 at The Independent
St. Lucia
March 6 at The Independent
Fall Out Boy
March 27 at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Father John Misty
April 2 at The Fox Theater Oakland
S20 Songkran Music Festival
April 12 in Bangkok, Thailand
ZHU
April 26 at The Fox Theater Oakland
Beyoncé
May 16 at Levi’s Stadium
Disclosure
May 20 at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Bob Moses
May 27 at The Mezzanine
AlunaGeorge
June 3 at The Regency Ballroom
Chairlift at Phono Del Sol Music Festival
July 9 at Potrero del Sol
The National
July 29 at The Greek Theater Berkeley
OutsideLands 2016
August 5 in Golden Gate Park
August 6 in Golden Gate Park
August 7 in Golden Gate Park
Roosevelt (with Shallou)
September 21 at The Chapel
Flume
September 24 at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Phantogram
October 5 at The Fox Theater Oakland
St. Lucia
October 7 at The Fox Theater Oakland
Bon Iver
October 20 at The Fox Theater Oakland
Kanye West
October 23 at Oracle Arena
M83
October 27 at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
Wet
November 4 at The Mezzanine
Bob Moses
November 5 at The Fox Theater Oakland
Rüfüs du Sol
Wednesday November 30 at The Fillmore
