Days later, this weekend's Free Press Summer Fest is still the talk of the town - and rightfully so. It was a weekend packed with expectation and anticipation as well as music, heat, humidity, excitement, and whatnot. Everybody's doing it, so here's the Houstonist take on our weekend...

"How is this Houston?"
"How the hell is this Houston?"
Aftermath couldn't stop saying that phrase over and over again to whoever we found ourselves walking with the past two days all over Eleanor Tinsley Park at the inaugural Free Press Summer Fest. Attendance figures of up to 30,000 (total) abounded by this morning, though a final number may not be ready for a few days.

Houston, after so many false starts, just might have a decent outdoor festival to call its own.
Sure, the Free Press Summer Fest was hot and sweaty and filled with hipsters in ridiculous outfits with messy hair. But it was also a vibrant showcase for some of Houston's best acts and beyond.

Some of the hottest bands in the U.S. will be appearing in Houston for the first-ever Free Press Houston Summer Fest.

Shiny, happy, muddy people packed Eleanor Tinsley Park for the second half of the Free Press Summer Fest...

...Thousands upon thousands of people packed Eleanor Tinsley Park for a festival that delivered a lot more than headliner The Flaming Lips' candy-coated sunshine psychedelia...

Does anyone else feel post-event letdown on the scale of Christmas when you were 7 years old? I just want to do it all again this weekend.

Summer's on, in Houston. For the second year, the independent paper, Free Press Houston, hosted the Free Press Summer Fest—a two-day mix of music and mud. Free Press promotes recycling and environmentally-friendly causes throughout the event...

The yearly Free Press Summer Fest hits town again! With even bigger names and bands, check out the photos to see this awesome event!