Andrew, Luke, Hayden, Jake, Dylan, Mathian chill at the front of house before the show starts. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Josh, Carlos, Michele and Jan offer all the first-aid needs. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Chase of Graywhale selling alll sorts of merch at Twilight. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Officers of the SLPD station for the Twilight Concert Series. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Grits Green onstage at the Twilight Concert Series. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Cluck Truck, eagar to serve some great eats at Twilight in Salt Lake City. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Marcus, Sabastian and Kevon heading to the front of the crowd as the music starts. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Katrina and Maurice from L.A., hanging out in SLC. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Tons of friends, old and new, gathering, taking photos and having fun. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Chris McGowen and Kayleigh Davis arrive early to catch all the performing artists. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Rhagenetix of Grits Green. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Grits Green at Twilight Concert Series. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Vendors at Pioneer Park. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Ishmael Butler of Digable Planets onstage at Twilight. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Hip-hop artist Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler with Digable Planets. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Phily native Craig “Doodlebug” Irving onstage for Digable Planets at the Twilight Concert Series. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Mary Ann “Ladybug Mecca” Vieira of Digable Planets. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Craig, vocalist and hip-hop artist of Digible Planets. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Vocalist Mary Ann of Digable Planets. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Craig, vocalist for Digable Planets at Twilight. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
DJ Rick Geez hyping the crowd before Pusha T takes the stage. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Pusha T. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Pusha T blowing up the Twilight Concert Series in Salt Lake City. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
The crowd and Pusha T at Pioneer Park. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Pusha T dropping lyrics on the crowd confidently and effortlessly. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Rap artist Pusha T, musical guest for Twilight Concert Series. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Pusha T. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
Pusha T, blowing up the stage at the Twilight Concert Series. Photo: Logan Sorenson / @Lmsorenson
In the summertime, Salt Lake City brings life to the downtown Pioneer Park. When it’s not the weekend’s Downtown Farmer’s Market, it must be Thursday’s Twilight Concert Series. Thousands of people from all over the Salt Lake Valley slowly poured into the musical arena, fenced off with plenty of beer and wine options and food trucks galore lining the grounds for the thousands of hungry guests. With gates open before any music begins, guests can visit merch booths bye Graywhale, Discrete, SLUG, x96 and City Weekly before snagging their spot at the front barricade to await the performances.
After the crowds congregated in the summer sun, the audience turned their focus to the stage. Local group Grits Green gathered onstage, providing a welcome break from the silence with an energetic set of their dance hip-hop style. This larger ensemble incites some dancing and plenty of smiles from the crowd with rap tracks such as “Straight No Chaser.”
After a change in set, the sun lowered, the crowd thickened, puffs of smoke arose from within the anonymity of the audience and musical guest Digable Planets arrived on mic. Blending a fusion of hip-hop, rap and jazz, the trio definitely kept the energy up, engaging the crowd with their controlled and commanding performance.
Sunset, thick crowd, thick smoke—DJ Rick Geez pumped out some remixed hits and pumped up the crowd for hip-hop artist Pusha T to take the stage. Twilight was rocked by the rap, the mood and the energy of the performance. Lyric after lyric from the stage was screamed right back by the audience as the show continued to ramp up the exuberance of the atmosphere late into the night.
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