Kmoe opened and set the tone right away. His set moved between glitchy chaos and more vulnerable moments, and the crowd stayed with him the whole time. “Bloodbath (Dance)” was the turning point where people really started moving, and by the time he closed it felt like the energy in the room had doubled.

Quannnic came on after and things just exploded. From the first song people were stage diving, bodies flying in every direction. The set felt heavy and alive, with the crowd screaming along and pushing closer with every track. In the middle of all that, someone pulled out a Nintendo 64 and started playing Smash Bros on stage between songs. Instead of breaking the momentum, it somehow made the night feel even more unhinged.

They closed with one of the loudest singalongs of the night, and then brought Kmoe back out for the encore to play “Stick” together. That was the peak with more dives, more yelling, the kind of ending where everyone’s drenched and smiling.

Show Review: Hunter Hagedorn 
Photos: Celine Osiemo