THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, JUNE 16, 201
BOULEVARDIA
Locals gather at KC festiva
DYLAN GUTHRIE news@kansan.com
Boulevardia, the food, music and beer festival in Kansas City, Mo., has come and gone as of 6 p.m. Sunday. The event was characterized by loud sonic reverberations, ample amounts of flowing beer, festivalgoers young and old, hot and humid weather and food trucks galore.
"We've been really blessed tonight, it's been unbelievable weather, the crowd's insane," Chris Haighirian, a Boulevardia board member, said Friday. "When you take the time and work toward something, you don't know what you're going to get, and it's all worked really well."
The local 14-piece afrobeat band, Hearts of Darkness, played a 40-minute performance Friday night. By the end of their first song, a previously
vacant dance floor was packed with people dancing.
"What else could you ask for? When you imagine [Boulevard] throwing their own party, it's really cool," Rachel Christia, a vocalist from Hearts of Darkness, said. "It's KC representing pretty hard."
Hearts of Darkness will play next in Lawrence on June 27 at an outdoor stage at Eighth and Vermont Streets.
Despite the number of breweries at the event, KU Beer Club president Kendall Goodden was a bit disappointed by the beer selection.
Goodden said he tried several times to purchase beer from other breweries during special tapping sessions. Even when he showed up fifteen minutes early, he said he was told that they ran out of the keg.
Goodden paid $24 for four beers on Saturday, only one of which he
hadn't tried before. He also c into the Taps and Tastes Exp which sold out before the opening day.
"We got in line 20 minute and by the time we got to they were out again," Goode "In my opinion, if you're go to try different beers, define the Taps and Tastes. Other not worth it at all. Other thought it was awesome."
The profits from tips on B beer purchases benefited and non-profit organization as the Victory Project, which ports children who are term and the Midwest Music For which provides healthcare sured musicians.
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