Summer of Sloss

by Brandon Varner

This summer, Birmingham’s Sloss Furnaces hosted the inaugural Sloss Fest. The event was graced with many prominent bands of today, and a few old favorites. Follow the Kaleidoscope on a journey through the festival weekend.

Day One

Slossfest Style

Lord Huron

Clouds Roll In

Just before Lord Huron took the stage, and for several minutes into the beginning of their set, dark clouds rolled over Red Mountain towards the festival. Luckily, the storm just missed the field and the party kept going.

Art on Display: Day 1

Young The Giant

Sunset: Day One

The sun slunk over the horizon as festival attendees geared up for the closing acts of the day.

Cage The Elephant

Modest Mouse

Day one was in the books, and the Saturday crowd disappeared into the night.

Day Two

Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear

Kenny Loften

A Birmingham native, 18–year-old Kenny Loften made his festival debut this weekend.

Slossfest Style: Day Two

The New Pornographers

Art on Display: Day Two

Over the weekend, the Sloss Metal Arts Program hosted an event where people could have their own designs cast in iron.

St. Paul & The Broken Bones

This Birmingham-born act electrified the Slossfest audience as the Sun went down.

Purity Ring

Primus

Tyler, The Creator

This was the Odd Future catalyst’s first time in Birmingham, and the fans certainly seemed to appreciate him making the trip.

The Avett Brothers

The last act of the night on Sunday was this folk group that many had been waiting to see all day.

And just like that, Slossfest was over.