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Photos: The 39 Best Moments from Rachael Ray’s 10th Feedback
This year, Rachael’s celebrated the 10th anniversary of her signature food and music festival: Feedback! One of her favorite times of the year, the festivities span two venues over three days, with almost 30 bands. More than 6,400 people attended, and more delicious bites of food, refreshing drinks, and smiles were to be had than we could count.
At Stubb’s, thousands of fans noshed on Rachael’s newest Feedback recipes, which featured a pretty “cheesy” theme:
- Nachos con Chorizo & Queso Suprema, with delicious blue corn chips thanks to Frontera
- Panchos con Queso, on King’s Hawaiian hot dog buns
- Tex-Mex TOTchos
- Queso on the Cobb
Fourteen bands played on 3 stages, and it was one of our most fun times at Stubb’s BBQ yet! Then, it was off to the Feedback House, for 3 more bands and delicious eats (P.S. Did we mention that Nutrish brought adoptable puppies earlier to the event?!) awaited the crowd.
But why tell you what happened? Take a look instead!
Austinite Bob Schneider opened the main stage – his first show at Feedback was in 2009! (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
Caitlyn Smith wowed the crowd with her inspired songwriting. (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
Action Bronson got sick and couldn’t make Feedback. Lucky for us, Hamilton Leithauser was able to step in! (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
Margo Price’s honeyed vocals had us falling in love with her sound. (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
Hungry? This year’s menu couldn’t be believed! (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
As a special surprise to the crowd, conductor/composer Teddy Abrams and the Austin String Quartet joined Weezer, The Cringe, and The Districts for special orchestral arrangements of their music. (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
The Drums had everyone dancing with their signature beats. (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
Benjamin Booker came up from New Orleans to join Rachael’s party. (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
Looking for Rachael? She’s down in front dancing! (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
The Cringe, with lead singer John Cusimano (Rachael’s husband), cranked their hard rock sound. (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
Rachael couldn’t stop dancing to LOLO! (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
Everyone felt the music! (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
Radkey was – you guessed it! – so rad. (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
Actor Adrian Grenier and the Lonely Whale Foundation brought their “Stop Sucking” campaign to Feedback to help end the use of plastic straws (500 million are used in the U.S. each day!). It included a fun photo booth – keep clicking for more! (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
They provided Feedback with custom paper straws instead! (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
Inside the photo booth, an “octopus” knocks a cup of water with a plastic straw out of your hands. Rachael loved it! (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
Inside Stubb’s, Big Thief stole the show. (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
Did we mention that there wasn’t a frown in the whole crowd? (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
Gutxi (pronounced “Gucci”) Bibang was explosive on stage. (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
Some of Rachael’s culinary pals, like Giada De Laurentiis, joined us! (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
The Districts came back to Feedback to light up our Queso Stage. (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
Not only did Rachael dance and enjoy all the bands, but she always had her camera nearby to take beautiful, up-close photos. (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
De La Soul was one of our headliners this year! (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
They made time to fist bump the crowd while they brought some of their classic tracks to the party. (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
The next huge act to hit the stage? Weezer! Racheal was front and center to take it all in. (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
The crowd went crazy for Weezer’s new tracks and old favorites. (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
At the end of the show, Rachael and John asked everyone to pose with them for a “family photo.” We love you, Stubb’s! (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
Back at the Feedback House, the crowd was ready for more food and fun! Here are some of our favorite snaps from our three days there… (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
The day before, Rachael got to hold 3 adoptable fur babies at once. Heaven. (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
The crowd on Saturday started their night with an amazing performance from Emily Estefan! (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
They had hangout time at the Slim Jim cornhole tournament. (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
And everyone enjoyed sipping on a Bloody Johnny – with Slim Jim a stirrer! (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
Everything we ate thanks to King’s Hawaiian was amazing. And Jack’s Quality Beans came back for another year to help us with some tasty sides. (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
Did we mention that Kings Hawaiian brought their awesome food truck out again? (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
Night fell, but the party kept going! (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
We’d love seeing January Jane again any month of the year! (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
SMITHRADIO closed out the Feedback House! (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
Over the whole long weekend, there wasn’t a frown to be found! Thank you everyone for another amazing year! (Photo by Charles Reagan Hackleman)
And a big thanks to…
…our incredible and supportive sponsors, without whom Feedback would not be possible. Thank you for making our 10th year even more delicious and memorable!
We’d also like to give a huge shout to our partners who made Feedback’s 10th anniversary even more special: Deep Eddy Vodka, Art Institute of Austin, Hint Water, Vienna Beef, PopSockets, and the Lonely Whale Foundation.
