Governors Ball, Gambino, and Gifs: A Weekend in Photos

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Governors Ball Music Festival jump-started New York’s summer festival season this past weekend with three days of performances and only a little bit of rain. A diverse set of headliners set the festival up for a wide ranging and changing crowd scattered across Randalls Islands. Relive the weekend or see what you missed with Culture Trip’s three-day photo recap below.

Roosevelt performed Friday on the Big Apple Stage.
MUNA performing on the main stage
Kehlani

Tove Lo showing off her moves on the Honda stage.

Charles Bradley returning to the stage for Governors Ball to a loud and dedicated crowd
Danny Brown performing on the Bacardi Stage
Fans up front and ready for ScHoolboy Q.
ScHoolBoy Q
Lorde starting her set veiled and singing directly into the camera
Lorde
Flume lit up the crowd, literally.
Chance the Rapper closing out the night
Lo Moon commanding the early afternoon crowd on day 2
Stormzy hyping before the start of his set.
Car Seat Headrest
Taylor Rice of Local Natives
Local Natives singer Taylor Rice singing from the floor on day two
Balloons, which changed colors each day, were a staple of festival

Wu-Tang Clan

Crowd view from the Honda Stage

Childish Gambino closed out day two and alluded to a “final” album to come.

Sunday started off grey and rainy, but that didn’t stop anyone from seeing Warpaint, who played on the Big Apple stage
The Avalanches, fresh off a flight from Australia, pumping up a slightly damp but happy crowd.
Mike Kerr and Ben Thatcher of Royal Blood
Remnants of the popular festival drink
Phantogram
The rain stopped by sunset and crowds gathered for the final headliners of the weekend.
Logic closing out the Big Apple stage on Sunday night of Governors Ball.
Governors Ball Music Festival 2017

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