I had been looking forward to the Hideout Block Party all summer. Neko Case, the New Pornographers, Tim Fite, Robbie Fulks, Rhymefest, all in a family-friendly street fest atmosphere? There is no downside.

And it actually ended up being just as good as I had anticipated.

Especially since the Cubs clinched the division before we left for the Hideout. Dorrie’s reaction:

Then we checked out the tasty food (and actually skipped the food there to go to a little Mexican place):

Dorrie and her Dada went up to listen to some music (at one point during the New Pornographers set she wouldn’t even let him come back to where I was sitting because she was too busy dancing on his shoulders):

At the end of the night she went to sleep in her wagon and we pulled her around until we left.

Then the next day, we got there in time to play with the fun artsy stuff at the kids area and Dorrie screen-printed a tote bag.

And played with the chalk until she was a huge mess.

If you didn’t go, you missed Robbie Fulks (alt-country) doing a tribute to Michael Jackson culminating in kicking the set over to Rhymefest (hip hop) in the middle of Thriller. You definitely missed out.

More Best Shots here.

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