Gabriel Bermea

While thousands of people attended the A-C-L music festival this past weekend, many others chose to attend a different kind of festival. Here's Gabriel Bermea with the story

Miles away from any big city, the town of Utopia doesn't have a lot of loud activity, except for one weekend around this time of year. Utopiafest brings together families, festival culture and some amazing live acts.
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The festival, which is in its eighth year, takes place in the Four Sisters Ranch. In order to deter festival attendees from crowding the small town, the festival allowed free camping, various food vendors and the option to bring your own alcohol.
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Utopiafest doesn't try bring in many big name artists, and instead focuses on a more comfortable and laid-back atmosphere. Total attendance at the event was about two-thousand people.
With no music overlap and two stages in the main campgrounds, it was hard to miss any of the live acts. Some noteworthy performers at the festival were Ratatat, Victor Wooten, and Chali2na from the group Jurassic 5. Most of the other bands were from Austin. Many attendees experienced something different from the large scale festivals.
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Many other activities were scheduled throughout the festival, including hiking, yoga, mountain biking, free happy hour and a silent disco that lasted all night. For Bobcat Update, I'm Gabriel Bermea