Day two of the Nelsonville Music Festival starred the likes of Columbus’ neo-funk outfit Mojoflo, Philadelphia-based R&B musician Son Little, French-Cuban musical duo Ibeyi, the newly resurrected Fruit Bats (read WOUB’s interview with the band’s creator Eric D. Johnson here), John Moreland, Hanba, a heart-swelling marriage proposal on the Porch Stage and an awful lot of cicadas; both the real thing and artistic renderings of everyone’s favorite loudest insect.
Cicadas were ever-present during the second day of the 2016 Nelsonville Music Festival. (WOUB/Shelby Coulter)Columbus-based act Mojoflo plays the Main Stage Friday afternoon. (WOUB/ Shelby Coulter)Mojoflo took to the Main Stage around 4 p.m. on Friday. (WOUB/ Shelby Coulter)Iberia brought a captivating, mesmerizing set to the crowd gathered for the Friday afternoon performances at the 2016 Nelsonville Music Festival.Ibeyi (which means “twins” in Yorba, a Nigerian language dating back to the 1700s used by those who were brought to Cuba from Nigeria by the French to be used as slaves) blew away the Friday night Nelsonville Music Festival crowd with their eccentric set. (WOUB/ Shelby Coulter)Eric D. Johnson (Fruit Bats) rocks out on the Porch Stage Friday night. Fruit Bats will also take to the Main Stage at 4 p.m. Saturday. (WOUB/ Shelby Coulter)Tulsa, Oklahoma singer-songwriter John Moreland during his Boxcar Stage set Friday afternoon. (WOUB/Shelby Coulter)Krakow, Poland’s own Hanba rocks the Boxcar Stage Friday night. (WOUB/ Shelby Coulter)A (successful) marriage proposal timed during the set of All Them Witches at the Porch Stage Friday night. (WOUB/Shelby Coulter)
