5/22/16: Raleigh, NC- Artsplosure. Artsplosure is a great free festival that takes place throughout downtown Raleigh. Our trend of awesome North Carolina shows showed no sign of stopping as we got to the festival, which was full of art, music, and good food. The weather at the beginning of our set was questionable with dark clouds in the sky, but by the end we had shining sun and crowd of people dancing and enjoying the beautiful afternoon. It made our day to see our good friend, Gene, had driven a ways out to see the show and after a fun set we got to go out to lunch and catch up with him and some friends. I saw Austin, Collin and John W’s smiles widen as they discovered the menu at the restaurant we had decided on had an entire ‘vegan’ section. After a nice outdoor dinner we got on the bus and began our long drive back to Chicago. This was an incredible short run of shows here in NC and after such a great time we know we’ll be heading back soon.