Innings Festival Day One Reaches Highs and Lows with Veteran Punk Bands
Tempe’s Innings Festival naturally has big shoes to fill — dynamic headliners like last year’s Foo Fighters and appearances from esteemed baseball players are expected to draw in crowds that encapture the overlapping section of a sports buff and music fan Venn diagram. By the looks of it, 2023’s festival weekend seemed like it surpassed last year’s attendance numbers dramatically, but during a Saturday speckled with irritating wind gusts and sound issues, the crowds only made the satisfactory lineup harder to get through.