Break Free Fest

Brother…sorry for the delay on a wrap up on this year! After a 2-day drive (this is Scout) back to the Midwest, I was exhausted, sick, and had to immediately move and start a new job. My b🫪!

But, this isn’t about me, it’s about Break Free. This year we went harder than we ever had and ya’ll showed up. We were able to donate $1000 EACH to Mohammed's Mission and 4 The Homies this year. The most we’ve ever been able to do in BFF history. None of that would’ve been possible without you all buying tickets, pre-ordering merch, buying buttons (making buttons), setting up, putting up flyers, vending, carpooling, playing, and just telling us how much this fest means to you.

This year our time team is getting smaller (♥️more on that later) and we’re figuring out what the future looks like, but I’m so happy this fest continues to do what it does no matter what because it fills a gap in something we’ve all felt at one time or another. Thank you to all the bands, vendors, to the 4333 team, to Brian Bodine , to Philly 🦅 to every single person who shows up from afar, and to of course my friends Darby Cox Adesola Ogunleye and Nate George Harris . I love ya’ll tremendously and thank you for keeping me together so we can all be together.

Big tingz coming soon ya’ll. Keep an eye out for that and more. See you in 2027! ⛓️‍💥

📷: Hugo

SUNDAY NIGHT RECAP

You guys are what makes Break Free Fest so magical 🥹 Another perfect night down with amazing bands, amazing food from Juana Tamale and 앤젤라 언니, vendors, and the best crowd of any fest ever 😤

And we’re not done yet! The final night starts at 5pm at Ukie! See you there (:

First night of Break Free Fest was a beautiful, sweaty, hot, sweaty, humid, incredible, sweaty time and we had a fu***ng blast

TODAYS THE DAY

We have free tickets to give away thanks to amazing people in our community!! Please read all the directions on the post to claim one. ONE PER PERSON so that means you can’t ask for 2 weekend passes or 2 Sunday tickets 🤝

We can’t thank all the sponsors who have supported our 8th year enough 💕

Big thanks to , , , and

We love getting to add metal bands to the BFF lineup like

This crazy talented group plays Sunday 6/14! Tickets in the bio unless you wanna miss out 😤

Lástima is a black metal/screamo project from Philadelphia. Initially founded in 2019 as a studio-only solo project by composer, engineer, & bandleader Richie Devon, the project soon recruited frequent session collaborators and friends, eventually growing into a live outfit that includes members of Witching, Sonagi & Capacities. Musically, Lástima blends influences from black metal & emo with elements of romantic era classical & traditional latin music, exploring themes of latino-identity, depression, & existentialism.

There’s about 30 mins left until pre order for long sleeves and shirts closes! After that, ya gotta cop one at the show this weekend so get on it or come on out. Remember- there’s a limited amount being sold alongside our totes!

Order form in our bio ♥️