The highs and lows of Innings Festival 2023 in Tempe
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- 27 Feb 2023
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Innings Festival returned to Tempe Beach Park on Saturday with Green Day headlining a sold-out bill that also featured heavy hitters Weezer and The Black Crowes. The Sunday lineup was stacked with appearances from Paris Jackson, Marcus Mumford and, of course, Eddie Vedder topping the bill.
This marked the fifth year for Innings, the baseball-meets-music bash that rang in Arizona's Cactus League spring training. The 2023 event brought musical artists and MLB players to the park near Tempe Town Lake for a weekend of performances, appearances and a fair amount of fun and games.
A lot of the weekend was an unmitigated blast. But it wasn't all, ahem, a walk in the park. Here's a look at the weekend's highs and lows of Innings Fest.
High: Nothing but praise for Mt. Joy
Mt. Joy eased into their Home Plate Stage performance with "Lemon Tree." Matt Quinn strummed an acoustic on a hushed first verse that didn’t even hint at the electrifying, borderline-cacophonous conclusion the song came to, driven by Sam Cooper’s truly heroic guitar leads. Read More…
