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Photo by Samantha Davis. The Fabulous Armadillos headline Sounds of Summer Saturday evening in Marshall. Maiden Dixie, Broken Oak, White Keys, Singing Q’s and Hope Rasmussen have been among the many different pageant artists.

MARSHALL — Bringing the Marshall and southwest Minnesota group collectively for one more profitable weekend, the Sounds of Summer dwell music this yr introduced in quite a lot of genres and ages with massive crowds for 2 evenings of enjoyable.

The pageant grounds quickly crammed with followers and group members Saturday evening to see headlining band The Fabulous Armadillos. But, the celebration received began early with Maiden Dixie and Broken Oak as openers. The White Keys and Singing Q’s additionally kicked off the live-music enjoyable on Friday evening, as did Hope Rasmussen on Thursday.

“I just love live music in general, and I think it’s super fun the community that we have here,” pageant goer Sydni Badertscher stated. “Even last year, it feels like there’s more people, so I really like that.”

The crowd started to develop bigger all through Maiden Dixie’s set, who performed a plethora of genres starting from Ozzy Osbourne to Dolly Parton.

The pit space instantly in entrance of the stage additionally started to fill with dancing followers and so they completed their set with a canopy of Fishin’ within the Dark by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

“I am a big country gal, so I like that there’s country vibes,” Seely Stockmoe, one other concert-goer stated.

Sounds of Summer was held in a unique space this yr within the Whitney car parking zone in entrance of the Adult Community Center and the again of Main Street, which has beforehand been held throughout from the Schwans car parking zone. The transfer this yr was as a result of building.

Yet, apart from the brand new space, it didn’t alter the quantity of enjoyable available and was acquired nicely by the general public.

“I think the set up is amazing, like how big the stage is and how big the pit is,” Badertscher stated. “By like 10 p.m., it is just filling [around] the stage. It’s so fun to see everyone singing and everything.”

Both Stockmoe and Badertscher commented on the scale of this yr’s pageant, noting they each really feel as if it’s even greater than a yr prior.

“I think it was another record year for sure,” pageant organizer Brock Klaith stated. “It seems like it drastically grows every year.”

Beyond the music, the Whitney lot additionally welcomed different actions like a youngsters tractor pull and tractor rides, meals distributors, and inflatables and ax throwing towards the again of the lot.

“There’s so many community [activities] for families, which is so fun,” Badertscher stated. “There’s even bouncy houses, which is great.”

With the lot now crammed with folks from entrance to again, the Fabulous Armadillos went onto stage with a big applause and a flood of cheers from followers as they opened their set with a canopy of Hard to Handle by The Black Crowes.

All Sounds of Summer dwell music introduced the group again with covers of basic hits to spark nostalgia, together with a mixture of newer songs.

The Fabulous Armadillos went on to open their set with The Best by Tina Turner and included some ABBA with a canopy of Knowing Me, Knowing You.

The crowd within the pit continued to develop with folks dancing, because the night carried on with the leisure and pleasure.

“Those are [all] probably a couple of the best bands, in the region and in the state,” Klaith stated. “We were very happy with how everything ended.”

This was additionally a busy weekend for Marshall with welcoming new folks to the group, as Sounds of Summer was a possibility for the brand new Southwest Minnesota State University college students to get indulged with the realm.

Stockmoe and Badertscher, who’re present college students, famous they have been there to assist deliver within the new class and get them launched to the group the place everybody was already collectively for an evening of music.

“I’d say my favorite part [of Sounds of Summer] right now is just seeing all these people, and just being able to meet people,” Stockmoe stated. “I love talking to people, and saying ‘Hi,’ and everyone is just so sweet. It just is another reminder of why we’re going to college here. It’s because of the community.”