Whew, that was exhausting. The best kind of exhausting, though. When a community comes together to do something as artistically rich and rewarding (and free) as Norman Music Festival 8 was, all those hours spent walking, standing, jumping, dancing, fist-pumping and sunscreen-applying feel totally worth it. Thousands of folks must have felt the same, as everyone from your salt-of-the-earth locals to toddlers to your most rabid music enthusiasts flooded the streets of downtown Norman for day three.
Yet the typically diverse crowd seemed to disperse among every corner of the festival grounds rather than drifting toward any individual stage — not all that surprising given the diversity and consistency of the acts on display. Either way, Saturday saw everything from the fest’s biggest headliners delivering top-notch performances to lesser-known acts charming unsuspecting pedestrians, something we attempted to capture in the slideshow below. Thanks for following along with us.
The Hitt Boyz (Photo: Zach Hale)
Beau Jennings (Photo: Zach Hale)
Native Lights (Photo: Zach Hale)
Natalie Prass (Photo: Scott Rupe)
Ra Ra Riot (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Nadastrom (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Johnny Polygon (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Nadastrom (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Sardashhh (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Askanse (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Nadastrom (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Natalie Prass (Photo: Scott Rupe)
Grooms (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Johnny Polygon (Photo: Zach Hale)
Schotty & Yung Ugly (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Grooms (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Crystal Vision (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Crystal Vision (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Son of Stan (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Natalie Prass (Photo: Scott Rupe)
Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Grooms (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Will Ogletree of The Hitt Boyz (Photo: Zach Hale)
Ra Ra Riot (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Roosh Williams (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Shameless Self-Promotion (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Josh Sallee (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Native Lights (Photo: Zach Hale)
Son of Stan (Photo: Zach Hale)
The Octopus Project (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Johnny Polygon (Photo: Zach Hale)
Son of Stan (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Crystal Vision (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
LoneMoon (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Johnny Polygon (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
KNOble Savage (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Deus Eyeslow (Photo: Zach Hale)
Natalie Prass (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Johnny Polygon (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Sardashhh (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Sardashhh (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Blev (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Brainwasher + Stardeath (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Natalie Prass (Photo: Scott Rupe)
Nadastrom (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Brainwasher + Stardeath (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Crystal Vision (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
The Octopus Project (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Natalie Prass (Photo: Scott Rupe)
Kite Flying Robot (Photo: Zach Hale)
Ra Ra Riot (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Natalie Prass (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Johnny Polygon (Photo: Zach Hale)
Ra Ra Riot (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Natalie Prass (Photo: Joshua Boydston)
Deus Eyeslow (Photo: Zach Hale)
Deus Eyeslow (Photo: Zach Hale)
Ra Ra Riot (Photo: Joshua Boydston)