Photos: LouFest Music Festival Highlights, Day 1

Atmosphere at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis, Missouri on August 27 & 28, 2011. (Todd Owyoung)

Photo highlights from the first day of the LouFest Music Festival in beautiful Forest Park, St. Louis. With abundant sun and a cloudless sky, this was the perfect scene for an outdoor music festival in one of the great city parks in the US.

Performances for Saturday's schedule included The Hold Steady,  Deerhunter, Surfer Blood, Dom, Kings Go Forth, Troubadour Dali, Sleepy Sun, Jon Hardy & The Public and a special DJ set by Questlove.

Atmosphere at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis, Missouri on August 27 & 28, 2011. (Todd Owyoung)

Atmosphere at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis, Missouri on August 27 & 28, 2011. (Todd Owyoung)

Atmosphere at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis, Missouri on August 27 & 28, 2011. (Todd Owyoung)

Atmosphere at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis, Missouri on August 27 & 28, 2011. (Todd Owyoung)

 

Atmosphere at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis, Missouri on August 27 & 28, 2011. (Todd Owyoung)

Atmosphere at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis, Missouri on August 27 & 28, 2011. (Todd Owyoung)

Atmosphere at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis, Missouri on August 27 & 28, 2011. (Todd Owyoung)

Atmosphere at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis, Missouri on August 27 & 28, 2011. (Todd Owyoung)

Atmosphere at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis, Missouri on August 27 & 28, 2011. (Todd Owyoung)

Atmosphere at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis, Missouri on August 27 & 28, 2011. (Todd Owyoung)

Atmosphere at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis, Missouri on August 27 & 28, 2011. (Todd Owyoung)

Atmosphere at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis, Missouri on August 27 & 28, 2011. (Todd Owyoung)

Atmosphere at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis, Missouri on August 27 & 28, 2011. (Todd Owyoung)

Atmosphere at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis, Missouri on August 27 & 28, 2011. (Todd Owyoung)

Atmosphere at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis, Missouri on August 27 & 28, 2011. (Todd Owyoung)

Atmosphere at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis, Missouri on August 27 & 28, 2011. (Todd Owyoung)

 

Atmosphere at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis, Missouri on August 27 & 28, 2011. (Todd Owyoung)

Atmosphere at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis, Missouri on August 27 & 28, 2011. (Todd Owyoung)

Atmosphere at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis, Missouri on August 27 & 28, 2011. (Todd Owyoung)

Jon Hardy & The Public:

Jon Hardy & The Public performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Jon Hardy & The Public performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Jon Hardy & The Public performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

 

Troubadour Dali:

Troubadour Dali performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Troubadour Dali performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Troubadour Dali performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Sleepy Sun:

Skeepy Sun performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Skeepy Sun performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Kings Go Forth:

Kings Go Forth performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Kings Go Forth performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Kings Go Forth performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Dom:

Dom performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Dom performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Suffer Blood:

Surfer Blood performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Surfer Blood performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Surfer Blood performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Questlove:

Questlove of the Roots performing a DJ set at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Questlove of the Roots performing a DJ set at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Questlove of the Roots performing a DJ set at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Deerhunter:

Deerhunter performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Deerhunter performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Deerhunter performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Deerhunter performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Deerhunter performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

The Hold Steady:

The Hold Steady performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

The Hold Steady performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

The Hold Steady performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

The Hold Steady performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

The Hold Steady performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

The Hold Steady performing at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis on August 27, 2011 (Todd Owyoung)

Atmosphere at the LouFest Music Festival in St. Louis, Missouri on August 27 & 28, 2011. (Todd Owyoung)

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