Named after a song from San Pedro, CA punk legends Minutemen, This Ain't No Picnic was one of the first festivals from LA powerhouse concert promoter Goldenvoice, launched the same year they debuted Coachella in 1999. The inaugural Picnic fest—which ran until 2002 in Irvine, CA—featured an indie-punk heavy lineup, including Sonic Youth, Sleater-Kinney, Sunny Day Real Estate, and, naturally, Minutemen co-founder Mike Watt.
In a nod to the fest's origins, Watt returned to the revised festival—which took place over two days this weekend in Pasadena, CA—along with one of the most impressive festival lineups this year, including headliners LCD Soundsystem and The Strokes, Kathleen Hanna's reunited electro-punk trio Le Tigre, SoCal greats Sparks and Circle Jerks, hip-hop eccentrics slowthai and Earl Sweatshirt, UK indie stars Wet Leg and IDLES, and Pasadena's own Phoebe Bridgers, among many others.
Check out highlights from the fest grounds shot for FLOOD by Kevin Allen below.
SATURDAY
Le Tigre
Ethel Cain
Courtney Barnett
Earl Sweatshirt
Circle Jerks
Indigo De Souza
Yves Tumor
Genesis Owusu
Mac DeMarco
Magdalena Bay
Magdalena Bay
Dawn Richard
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem
SUNDAY
The Strokes
The Strokes
The Strokes
Phoebe Bridgers
Idles
Sparks
Slothai
Turnstile
Turnstile
Spelling
Beach House
Caroline Polachek
Caroline Polachek
Four Tet and Floating Points
King Woman
Scroll through more highlights from This Ain't No Picnic in the gallery below.
Phoebe Bridgers
